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| 1601 |  | The True Story of Mary Beatrice Wooster (nee Ridley) Mary Ridley from Kent, England aged 18 in 1873 travelled to Napier, New Zealand by ship with her older married sister Charlotte Pollington, husband John and their five children to help with the family on the long voyage. The ship “Invererne” sailed on 21st Nov 1873 from Gravesend and arrived at Napier on 8th March 1874. Passengers – 240 immigrants – 107 days travel; 16 children died from scarletina – in charge Captain Foreman. Mary’s relations: John Pollington 30yrs, Kent, Charlotte Pollington 28yrs, Kent. Children – John 8yrs, Maria 6yrs, Alice 4yrs, Albert 2yrs (died on board) and Martha 1yr. Mary herself, 19yrs, Kent, cook. Mary actually turned 19 later in May. From Napier they all travelled to Waipawa where Mary worked as a cook for the Rev and Mrs Tanner for 18 months to work off her passage, during which time Mrs Tanner taught her many cooking skills. It was during this time that she met Thomas Brandon Wooster who often called in on the Tanners for refreshments during his work time. Thomas was a drover and also a dealer. Mary was very elegant and beautiful with long black hair and bright eyes, was very taken with this handsome gentleman and they were married at Napier on 13th November 1875. After the service they travelled back to Waipawa to Thomas’s home farm, known as “The Bush”. Their marriage certificate was rather strange, only stating Bride – Mary Ridley aged 21yrs, Thomas Wooster 32yrs. No birth dates, no relations, places of birth or family names of parents! Suddenly, after her marriage, Mary added Beatrice as her middle name and severed all connections to her English parents and families for her lifetime. Her granddaughter Evelyn often asked her mother Alice about her mother Mary’s relations and Alice always replied “it seemed my mother had a secret past and refused to discuss it with anyone!” When Thomas died on 26th March 1910 Mary went to housekeep at Clive for Michael Clabby who lived next door to her daughter Margaret Holleron. This man was a lonely bachelor who had nobody to leave his home to and after much persuasion from Mag, who thought Mary would be financially secure, Nary married Michael in 1921. In his youth he had been a champion boxer but lived only 1 year after the marriage. Mary often stayed with her daughters but when she became ill she sent her last two weeks with Alice at 901 Eaton Road and died there on 20th August 1935. Evelyn said that her father and Mary got on so well and they would laugh and joke together, he with a beer and her with a stout. The Mary Ann Ridley Revelation Finally after many years of research and letters to and from England, Mary’s great granddaughter, in August 2007, exactly 72 years to the month, by researching just Mary Ridley came up with her whole family. There were in total eight children of her parents William and Charlotte Ridley (nee Norris), Mary being the sixth child, born 27th May 1855 in Wrotham, Kent, England. It turned out that Mary married Thomas Brandon Wooster when she was 20yrs 5mths, and because she was under 21 and needed her parents’ permission to marry she just put 21 as her age. In those days you could risk jail for wrong data on records and fearing her marriage wouldn’t be valid if found out, she didn’t mention her second name Ann but slipped in Beatrice on the records after that to prevent being traced. This worked well until 72 years later when all was revealed! Mary’s granddaughter Evelyn, aged 94 and the only survivor of that generation, was amazed and excited by these revelations with all the records to back it up. She said it answered many of the questions she had wondered about over the years. Mary’s Life in New Zealand We can’t help but admire this young woman who left her home in Kent, made this long voyage to a new country, coping with her nephew Albert’s death at sea and working hard to pay off her passage. Her steadfast marriage to Thomas was a busy time, raising twelve children, losing Samuel so young and Thomas in action in France. They also made a home for young Tom Slatford, whose mother and four children were murdered by their step-father Roland Herbert Edwards, the first white man to be hanged in Napier jail. Thomas and Mary’s family motto was “Nil Arduum” – nothing is too hard. Both had a driving force and determination to overcome obstacles and their qualities were passed down to their children enabling them to cope with the hard times of the war and depression. Mary must have lived in constant fear that if her true birth date was revealed, her marriage would be null and void! |
Owner of original: Stephanie McCallum |
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| 1602 |  | The Waikato. Fifty Years of Sail in the New Zealand Trade, 1850 to 1900 White Wings Vol I. Fifty Years of Sail in the New Zealand Trade, 1850 to 1900 The Waikato, a well-found ship of 1021 tons, flying the New Zealand Shipping Co.'s flag, was a real clipper, and completed many fast voyages out and home. Of twelve passages outwards only three exceeded 100 days. In 1878 Captain Worster reported leaving Plymouth with 298 immigrants and nine saloon passengers on October 21, and passed the Lizard the same day, with the Lactura in company. Read more.... |
Owner of original: Victoria University of Wellington Library |
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| 1603 |  | The Wedding of Mary Rosaline (Molly) Wooster to Albert Edward Prince The wedding took place on Christmas day 1936. |
Date: 25 Dec 1936 |
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| 1604 | | The Wooster Chairmakers Expand North Article |
Owner of original: The Wooster Family Group Date: 6 Oct 2023 |
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| 1605 |  | The Worster Shaw Brothers ca. 1862 |
Owner of original: Ancestry Trees (Hogan Family Tree, martinhogan1) Date: ca. 1862 |
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| 1606 |  | Theft of a Pig Arthur Wooster, landlord of the Bell Inn, Stoke Mandeville, in court as a witness to the theft of a pig. |
Owner of original: The Bucks Herald Date: 22 May 1915 |
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| 1607 |  | Thomas Barnabas Bastard | ||
| 1608 |  | Thomas Barnabas Bastard |
Owner of original: Ancestry Trees (puiecay1) |
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| 1609 |  | Thomas Brandon Wooster Thomas Brandon Wooster with two of his daughters |
Owner of original: Stephanie McCallum |
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| 1610 |  | Thomas Brandon Wooster & Mary Beatrice Ridley - Marriage Certificate (1875) |
Owner of original: Wooster Family Group |
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| 1611 |  | Thomas Brandon Wooster - Firefighter (1889) Thomas Brandon Wooster assists in fighting a fire at a hotel in Cambridge, New Zealand |
Owner of original: New Zealand Herald/Papers Past Date: 11 Mar 1889 |
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| 1612 |  | Thomas Brandon Wooster - Witness (1869) Thomas Brandon Wooster appears in court as a witness in Christchurch. |
Owner of original: PRESS, VOLUME XV, ISSUE 1987 Date: 28 August 1869, PAGE 2 |
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| 1613 |  | Thomas Brandon Wooster Acquitted Thomas Brandon Wooster was acquitted from a larceny charge and the prosecutor severely reprimanded by the magistrate. |
Owner of original: STAR (CHRISTCHURCH), ISSUE 1151 Date: 25 October 1871, PAGE 3 |
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| 1614 |  | Thomas Brandon Wooster and 4000 Sheep |
Date: 23 May 1883 |
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| 1615 |  | Thomas Brandon Wooster and His Stolen Dog Thomas places an advert in the local papers for his dog "Tweet" to be returned |
Owner of original: HAWKE'S BAY HERALD, VOLUME XXI, ISSUE 50417 Date: 19 April 1878, PAGE 3 |
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| 1616 |  | Thomas Brandon Wooster Sues Thomas Brandon Wooster sues for wrongful imprisonment in the above larceny case |
Owner of original: MARLBOROUGH EXPRESS, VOLUME VI, ISSUE 337 Date: 4 November 1871, PAGE 5 |
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| 1617 |  | Thomas Brandon Wooster's House on Fire Newspaper report of a house fire at Thomas Brandon Wooster's property in 1886. |
Owner of original: Daily Telegraph Date: 17 Sep 1886 |
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| 1618 | | THOMAS MILLS indicted for Embezzlement (1839) John Knight Wooster clerk in Sheriff's Office |
Owner of original: Old Bailey Online - Ref. No. t18390617-1870 Date: 17 Jun 1823 |
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| 1619 |  | Thomas Roberts Carries the Wool Thomas had a carrier business and is seen here with the reigns transporting 20 bales of wool for a local farmer. |
Owner of original: Stephanie McCallum Date: 1908-1913 |
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| 1620 |  | Thomas William Wooster (born 1896) |
Owner of original: Ancestry |
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| 1621 |  | Thomas Wooster Convicted of Theft (1828), Transported and Killed by a Bull (1844) Thomas Wooster was accused, along with John Munday and William Dimmock of breaking into the house of Sarah Parsons at Grendon Underwood and stealing money and goods to the value of twenty-four pounds. He was subsequently convicted and transported for life to Australia. Transportation Register. Note his co-defendant William Dimmock is the next name on this list. Thomas also appears on a Prison record, where more details are found. Thomas married Mary Gray in Melbourne, Victoria and his name is spelled variously as Wooster and Worster; his widow married as Woster and his three children grew up always spelled Worcester. In 1844 he was killed by a bull and on his gravestone his age is given as 33 and does not tally with the other evidence. Could this have been a mistake by the stone mason, 33 instead of 38? Thomas was working from the River Murray area - Wahgunyah at a property called "The Pelican". His two sons became the pioneers of Omeo and Benambra (Gippsland Alps area) - still cattlemen. Same with most of the next generation - then two Worcester brothers became gynaecologists (plus their cousins who were regularly locked up !!) We have plenty of information about him but who is he? There doesn't appear to be a good fit on the GWT. |
Owner of original: Bucks FHS - Aylesbury Calendar of Prisoners Date: 1828 |
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| 1622 |  | Thomas Wooster Convicted of Theft and Accused of Assault - 1828 Thomas Wooster was convicted, along with William Hart, of stealing a trap in 1828. He was also accused of assaulting the Constable in the execution of his duties. Thomas Wooster was also accused in 1832 of stealing beans and peas in Chepping Wycombe. On this occasion he was acquitted. This is very likely to be the same Thomas. |
Owner of original: Bucks FHS - Aylesbury Calendar of Prisoners Date: 1828 and 1832 |
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| 1623 |  | Thomas Wooster Pre-Embarkation Thomas Wooster (seated left) pre-embarkation, WW1 |
Owner of original: Stephanie McCallum |
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| 1624 |  | Thomas Wooster Witnesses Theft - 1850 George Williams was convicted of theft of a paletot in Aylesbury in 1850. Thomas Wooster was a witness. Do we know who this Thomas Wooster is? |
Owner of original: Bucks FHS - Aylesbury Calendar of Prisoners Date: 1850 |
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| 1625 |  | Thomas Wooster/Worster Convicted of Theft (1828) Thomas Wooster/Worster was accused, along with John Munday and William Dimmock of breaking into the house of Sarah Parsons at Grendon Underwood and stealing money and goods to the value of twenty-four pounds. He was subsequently convicted and transported for life to Australia. |
Owner of original: Bucks FHS Aylesbury Calendar of Prisoners Date: 1828 |
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| 1626 |  | Thomas Wooster/Worster Transported (1828)
Thomas was given a Life sentence and then transported to NSW on the ship "Eliza" under Captain Doughty (sailed 29th June, arrived 18th November, 1828). Note his co-defendant William Dimmock is the next name on this list. | ||
| 1627 |  | Thomas Wooster/Worster's Prison Record | ||
| 1628 |  | Thomas Worcester - Convict Records from the Tasmanian Names Index citing convict Thomas Worcester |
Owner of original: Tasmanian Names Index |
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| 1629 |  | Thomas Worster - Headmaster of West Hoathly School Thomas was Headmaster of West Hoathly School details of which are to be found in "West Hoathly School so far " written by Basil Cridland |
Owner of original: Ancestry (Ian Tosh) |
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| 1630 |  | Thornborough ca. 1880 |
Owner of original: National Library of Australia Date: ca. 1880 |
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| 1631 | | Three Generations of Black Sheep in the Family! Article |
Owner of original: The Wooster Family Group Date: 6 Oct 2023 |
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| 1632 |  | Tithe Map References for Ann Wooster (nee Ives) A document showing the tithe map references for farms in Ilmer run by Ann Wooster (nee Ives) and John Eggleton in 1839 prior to their marriage in 1840. |
Owner of original: National Archives Date: 1839 |
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| 1633 |  | Tom McIlwaine | ||
| 1634 |  | Tragic Death Of Herbert Bottomley Local newspaper report of the death of Herbert Bottomley in Paris |
Owner of original: Nelson Leader Date: Fri 28 Sep 1945, Page 5 |
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| 1635 | | Transcript of Postcard From Australia to the Bell Inn, Stoke Mandeville Postcard found in the possessions of EE Clipson --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Addressed to Mr Arthur Wooster, Bell Inn, Stoke Mandeville, Aylesbury, Bucks, England. Postcard of Native Bullock Cart, Ceylon and posted in Australia. Dear Arthur and Ede, We are getting near our destination now. This is a typical picture of what we saw in Ceylon, had a 3 hour drive round the different native villages. They have oxen to draw the carts about here, horses in the carriages. There were in some parts, coach painters, Builders yards and Smiths shops, in fact we could have got a job ourselves, as they wanted carpenters, it was posted up on the gates, did not think anything about it as it is such a hot climate. There is a large Liptons tea factory. Mostly natives work there. The people are only half dressed, but it is a lovely place. Hope you are keeping well. We are A1, it has been very hot through the tropics. We are 9 days between Colombo and Freemantle, nothing but water did not even see another boat. Love to all Yours Jim. |
Owner of original: Ian Giles Date: 1912 |
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| 1636 |  | Trevia Josephine Wooster |
Owner of original: Find A Grave |
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| 1637 |  | Trevia Wooster |
Owner of original: Find A Grave |
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| 1638 |  | Unknown Boy with Peckham and Australia Connection Probably Henry Samuel Thomas Wooster |
Owner of original: Ray Wooster Date: Bef. 1892 |
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| 1639 |  | Unknown Lady The lady in this photo is unknown. The man is thought to be Frank Wooster (b.1883) | ||
| 1640 |  | Unknown Lady with a Peckham and Australia Connection Probably either Eliza Babbs or Amelia Rose Pickard |
Owner of original: Ray Wooster Date: 1884-1901 |
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| 1641 |  | Unknown Mapleton Woosters? Two unmarked photos found mixed in with Wooster photos |
Owner of original: Jack O'Leile Date: ca.1901 |
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| 1642 |  | Unknown Wooster Family Unknown Wooster Family. Possibly from the Hoddesdon area |
Owner of original: John Wooster |
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| 1643 |  | VAD Nurse Florence (Flora) Ellen Barlow (nee Wooster) Article |
Owner of original: The Wooster Family Group Date: 6 Oct 2023 |
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| 1644 |  | Verna Wooster & Eddie Gaskon Wedding Verna Wooster & Eddie Gaskon's wedding. From the left: William Francis Edward Wooster, Hazel Olive Wooster, Veronica Joyce (Verna) Wooster, Edward Gaskon, Unknown & Olga May Wooster |
Owner of original: Carol Keohane Date: 17 Dec 1938 |
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| 1645 |  | Veronica Convine Inquest Inquest into the death of Veronica Convine |
Owner of original: Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer (NSW : 1915 - 1927) Date: Tuesday 9 November 1926, page 2 |
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| 1646 |  | Violet Alvina Wooster & Ernest Bruce Campbell
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Owner of original: Ray Wooster |
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| 1647 |  | Violet and Ernest |
Owner of original: WikiTree (Teagan Chambers) |
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| 1648 |  | Violet and Ernest |
Owner of original: WikiTree (Teagan Chambers) |
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| 1649 |  | Violet May Wooster |
Owner of original: Ancestry (Douglas Mills) |
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| 1650 |  | Votes For Women John Thomas Wooster gives his support to the "Votes for Women" campaign in 1914 |
Owner of original: Daily Herald Date: 14 Jan 1914 |
