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Joseph Whye

b. 1836, d. 6 May 1877

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Gravestone of the Whye and Murphy family in Gongolgon Cemetery 1877-1884

Birth

Joseph Whye was born in 1836 in Waterbeach.1,2,3,4,5

Parents

FatherWilliam Whye (b. 1801)
MotherHannah Headland (b. about 1804)

Family life

Joseph Whye and Prudence Reed were married on 28 April 1863 in Bourke.6,7,8,5

Children with Prudence Reed (b. 3 July 1846, d. 29 October 1940)

DaughterFrances Anna Whye (b. 1864, d. 1960)
SonWilliam Whye (b. 1865, d. 9 July 1865)
DaughterJane Elizabeth Whye+ (b. July 1866, d. 12 April 1947)
SonFrederick Whye (b. 1868, d. 4 January 1868)
DaughterEmily Maude Mary Whye (b. 1869, d. 24 August 1940)
SonAlbert George Henry Whye+ (b. 26 February 1871, d. 19 July 1927)
DaughterKate Whye (b. 28 April 1873, d. 14 July 1878)
DaughterJosephine Heazle Whye (b. 15 March 1875)
SonJoseph Headland Whye (b. about January 1877, d. 21 March 1878)

Residence information

Johannah, William, Elizabeth, James, and Frederick, 's child, resided with, in Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire, on 6 June 1841. agricultural labourer.2 Elizabeth, James, Frederick, George, and David, 's child, resided with, in Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire, on 30 March 1851. labourer.3 Joseph Whye emigrated on 12 June 1855 from Southampton at SS Gilmore. She was an old ship of 500 tons that had been built at Sulkea (India) 31 years previously. She had previously brought convicts to Australia in 1832 and 1839; and convicts in 1829.9 He immigrated on 19 October 1855 to Sydney, New South Wales, at per SS Gilmore. He had no relatives in the Colony. The ship had had a lengthy passage of 127 days due to bad weather. "On 31st August, latitude 44' S., longitude 2417 E., at 2 a.m., the vessel was running with a fine quarterly breeze, when suddenly a heavy sea broke on board, coming in before the main rigging on starboard side, and passing out over the portquarter. The lifeboat and cutter, laying on the booms, were smashed to atoms, the front of the poop drove in, and the berths in the cabins set apart for an hospital knocked to pieces, by which some of the immigrants were severely cut and bruised. The port rail and bulwarks were carried away, and two butts, together with part of the covering board started, besides other damage. Fortunately no lives were lost and Captain Scott can only account for the unlooked for accident, by the supposition that the vessel must have passed over a shoal not laid down in the charts, as there was comparatively but little sea running at the time. The casualties during the passage were six deaths (three adults and three infants), together with four deaths, all children."4,9

Working life

  • On 30 March 1851 Joseph Whye was a labourer at Church End in Waterbeach.3
  • On 28 April 1863 Joseph Whye was a stockman at Nidgery No 15 Station in Gongolgon. Nidgery is about 20 km south east of Gongolgon on the Yangunyah Cowal.7
  • On 7 September 1866 Joseph Whye was a granted a publican's license at the Lame Horse Hotel in Gongolgon.10
  • On 3 October 1866 Joseph Whye was a publican in Gongolgon, NSW, Australia.11
  • On 8 August 1867 Joseph Whye was a publican at The Lame Horse hotel in Gongolgon.12
  • On 23 April 1871 Joseph Whye was a publican in Gongolgon.13
  • On 10 May 1873 Joseph Whye was a publican in Gongolgon.14
  • In October 1874 Joseph Whye was a publican at The Lame Horse hotel in Gongolgon.15
  • On 7 October 1875 Joseph Whye was an Inn Keeper.16

Property

Joseph Whye acquired land before December 1867 at lots 4 & 5 of section 3 and lot 4 of section 33 in Gongolgon, NSW, Australia. The government resumed land that he previously owned and allowed him to purchase this land. "The site of the town was originally selected by Joseph Wye, who took up 40 acres of land on it. The government cancelled Wye's selection and surveyed the site for a township, giving Wye, as compensation, some allotments of land in it."17,15 He purchased land at auction on 28 September 1868 at lots 4, 5 & 6 in section 2; and lots 1 and 2 in section 10, in Gongolgon, NSW, Australia. He paid four pounds for lot 4 section 2 (2 roods of land in River Street); two pounds four shillings for lot 5 section 2 (one rood and 4 perches next to the above-mentioned block); two pounds six for lot 6 section 2 (1 rood and 6 perches on the corner of Lora and Colayne Streets); four pounds for lot 1 in section 10 (2 roods on the corner of Colayne and Campbell Streets); and four pounds for lot 2 in section 10 (2 roods in Campell Street). There are no further details recorded on the deeds for section 2 lot 4 and section 33 lot 1 until a century later when Reginald Ernest Burt (Grazier and Contractor) became the registered proprietor on 25 Sep 1968.18,19,20,21,22,23,24 He acquired land before 1869 at town lots x 5 totalling 8 roods and ten perches in Gongolgon, NSW, Australia.25 He purchased three lots totalling five acres of land on 19 October 1869 at lot 4 in section 33 on River Street and lots 4 & 5 in section 3 on the corner of Colayne and Bogan Streets and Colayne and Campbell Streets in Gongolgon, NSW, Australia. In section 33 he paid six pounds and 15 shillings for 3 acres of river-frontage in River street. In section 3 he paid ten pounds for lot 4 and eight pounds for lot 5. This was merely an official confirmation of the provisions of NSW Act XVII ((Appendix D) of 23 December 1867.26,27,28,29 He mortgaged two acres of land on 19 July 1870 at lots 4 & 5 in section 3 on the corner of Colayne and Bogan Streets and Colayne and Campbell Streets in Gongolgon, NSW, Australia. The mortgagor was the Commercial Banking Company of Sydney.26,27,28 He discharged the mortgage on 21 February 1871 at lots 4 & 5 in section 3 on the corner of Colayne and Bogan Streets and Colayne and Campbell Streets in Gongolgon, NSW, Australia.26,27,28 He purchased land on 26 June 1871 at portion 2 of 48 acres adjoining the southern suburban boundary of the town in Gongolgon, NSW, Australia. This land would have been useful for the grazing of animals owned by his hotel guests. It was transferred to his wife on his death in 1877.30,31 He transferred land to Thomas Davis of Milroy on the Culgoa on 20 November 1871 at lot 6 in section 2 of 1 rood and 6 perches in Gongolgon, NSW, Australia.18,19 He transferred land to William Cleaver of Dubbo on 20 January 1873 at lot 5 section 2 of 1 rood and 4 perches in Gongolgon, NSW, Australia.18 He sold land to William Cleaver (carrier of Dubbo) on 20 January 1873 at section 2, lot 5, 1 rood and 4 perches, River Street, in Gongolgon, NSW, Australia.19 He recieved section 11 lot 3, Darling Street, in Bourke, New South Wales, Australia, from Private James Reed, 80th Regiment of Foot, on 13 August 1875.32,33 Joseph Whye transferred land to his wife as Estate Administratrix on 8 May 1877 at several lots in Gongolgon, NSW, Australia. Volume 342 folio 209 includes lot 4 in section 33 for 3 acres of river frontage in River street; lots 4 & 5 in section 3 totalling 2 acres on the corner of Colayne and Bogan Streets and the corner of Colayne and Campbell Streets; and lots 1 and 2 in section 10 totalling 4 roods on the corner of Colayne and Campbell Streets. Volume 342 folio 210 includes portion 2 of 48 acres adjoining the southern boundary of the town. Volume 342 fol 211 includes lot 3, section 11 in Darling Street, Bourke.34,26,31,35 The Executrix for Joseph Whye transferred 2 roods of land to his widow, Prudence Whye on 19 June 1877 at section 11 lot 3, Darling Street, in Bourke, New South Wales, Australia.36

Death

Joseph Whye died from inflammation of the lungs over 5 days on 6 May 1877 at age ~41 in Gongolgon.37,5 He was buried on 8 May 1877 at Gongolgon Cemetery in Gongolgon.38,5 He had his estate probated on 2 August 1877 in Gongolgon.39

Citations

  1. [S293] Whye headstones x 4 Photo, Cemetery, Gongolgon; James Fleming, PAv11#25.
  2. [S1675] 1841 census of England, Cambridgeshire, Waterbeach, , ; HO107; The National Archives of the UK, Kew; FHL microfilm GSU roll 241224., piece 69, book 14, ED 18, folio 4, page 2, line 24; household of William Whye
  3. [S1676] 1851 census of England, Cambridgeshire, Waterbeach, , ; HO107; The National Archives of the UK, Kew; FHL microfilm GSU roll 193649-193650., piece 1759, folio 304, page 4, line 5; household of William Whye
  4. [S1678] Manifest, , , , passengers, Ancestry (Ancestry.com : accessed )., Gilmore; 18 October 1855; Joseph Wye aged 19; downloaded; 1 February 2022
  5. [S1777] Template Error
  6. [S292] Death Certificate, Prudence Murphy, Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages, NSW, Vol 1940 No 526.
  7. [S679] Joseph Whye and Prudence Reed, 28 Apr 1863; James Tobin and Frances Reed, 25 Nov 1863, unstated author, History of Bourke Journal (Bourke NSW: Bourke and District Historical Society, 1966-1992), First Marriages at Bourke.
  8. [S611] NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages, Index to NSW Marriages, (Registry of BDM), 1368/1863 Bourke.
  9. [S1626] "," Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, ; online image, Trove (https://trove.nla.gov.au/ : accessed ), Newspapers and Gazettes., The English Mail per the Champion of the Sea; shipping news article; 19 October 1855; page 4; http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12983073; 17 February 2022
  10. [S1746] Joseph Whye, 17 Sep 1866 Publican's License, NSW, Gongolgon, State Records of NSW, Lame Horse Hotel at Gongolgon.
  11. [S1629] "," Empire, Sydney, ; online image, Trove (https://trove.nla.gov.au/ : accessed ), Newspapers and Gazettes., Notes of a Journey from Sydney to Bourke; Magazine Article; 3 October 1866; page 8; http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60600494
  12. [S1629] "," Empire, Sydney, ; online image, Trove (https://trove.nla.gov.au/ : accessed ), Newspapers and Gazettes., Bourke; News Article; 8 August 1867; page 4; http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18725740
  13. [S1721] JM Fleming, Reed family baptisms at St Stephen's Anglican church Bourke, SAG Reel 335, Albert George Henry Whye, 23 April 1871, page 1
  14. [S1721] JM Fleming, Reed family baptisms at St Stephen's Anglican church Bourke, SAG Reel 335, Kate Whye, 10 May 1873, page 3
  15. [S1679] JM Fleming, Family Reed 1846 Prudence Whye Murphy, page 22 at http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article70485709
  16. [S1721] JM Fleming, Reed family baptisms at St Stephen's Anglican church Bourke, SAG Reel 335, Josephine Hazel Whye, 7 Oct 1875, page 5
  17. [S1679] JM Fleming, Family Reed 1846 Prudence Whye Murphy, NSW Government Act 31 Victoria 17., page 5
  18. [S1679] JM Fleming, Family Reed 1846 Prudence Whye Murphy, lots 4, 5 & 6 section 2 and lots 1 and 2 in section 10, Gongolgon, vol 85 fol 170-174
  19. [S1684] JM Fleming, Family Reed land summary, NSW land deed volume 85 folio 171
  20. [S1684] JM Fleming, Family Reed land summary, NSW land deed volume 85 folio 170
  21. [S1684] JM Fleming, Family Reed land summary, NSW land deed volume 85 folio 172
  22. [S1684] JM Fleming, Family Reed land summary, NSW land deed volume 85 folio 173
  23. [S1684] JM Fleming, Family Reed land summary, NSW land deed volume 85 folio 174
  24. [S1684] JM Fleming, Family Reed land summary, NSW land deed volume 85 folio 155
  25. [S1679] JM Fleming, Family Reed 1846 Prudence Whye Murphy, Index to Registers of Town Purchases series 13846, box 8, roll 1726
  26. [S1679] JM Fleming, Family Reed 1846 Prudence Whye Murphy, lot 4 in section 33 and lots 4 & 5 section 3, Gongolgon, vol 92 fol 215-217
  27. [S1684] JM Fleming, Family Reed land summary, NSW land deed volume 92 folio 215
  28. [S1684] JM Fleming, Family Reed land summary, NSW land deed volume 92 folio 216
  29. [S1684] JM Fleming, Family Reed land summary, NSW land deed volume 92 folio 217
  30. [S1679] JM Fleming, Family Reed 1846 Prudence Whye Murphy, portion 2 of 48 acres, volume 135 folio 78
  31. [S1684] JM Fleming, Family Reed land summary, NSW land deed volume 135 folio 78
  32. [S1684] JM Fleming, Family Reed land summary, NSW land deed volume 38 folio 27
  33. [S1679] JM Fleming, Family Reed 1846 Prudence Whye Murphy, lot 3 section 11, vol 38 fol 27 and vol 260 fol 197
  34. [S1679] JM Fleming, Family Reed 1846 Prudence Whye Murphy, several lots listed in vol 342 folios 209-211
  35. [S1684] JM Fleming, Family Reed land summary, NSW land deed volume 342 folio 209
  36. [S1684] JM Fleming, Family Reed land summary, NSW land deed volume 260 folio 197
  37. [S612] NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages, Index to NSW Deaths, (Registry of BDM), Joseph Whye, 4163/1877 Bourke, parents William and Hannah.
  38. [S1674] , Gongolgon Cemetery, Gongolgon, NSW. (in scrub near the village)., Gravestone of Joseph, Joseph Headland, Kate Whye; and Daniel Reed Murphy; 1877-1884; personally photographed
  39. [S1772] Supreme Court of NSW, "Joseph Whye Probate," file, 2 Aug 1877, [17/1824] Series 3-1515, NRS 13660-3; NSW State Archives, Kingswood. Joseph Whye, died 6 May 1877.
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