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Provenance
Early Generations (5)
    1.                ♦ Jeremiah Kay (1795c…1840) m. Jane Cross (1808…1893) 
                             Jane Kay née Cross and Thomas Millington
                             Jane Millington née Cross (m1. Kay) and William Price
    1.1                 Harriet Kay (1827…1886) m. Robert Turner 
    1.1.1              Harriet Turner (1848…1896) m. Alexander Armstrong Farthing (c1844…1917)
    1.2                 Jane Helen/Ellen Kay (1828c…1920) m1. John McKenzie (1815…1884), Michael Higham, m3. Thomas Martin 
    1.2.1              Mary Jane McKenzie (c1844…1915?) m1. William Montague Cooke (1836…c1883), m2. George Henry Casburn (c1851…)
    1.2.1.1           Mary Winifred Cooke (c1868…c1937) m. William Taylor
    1.2.1.2           William Cooke (1870…)
    1.2.1.3           Ada Emma Cooke (1873…1922) m. William J Laffin (…1923)
    1.2.1.4           Emily Rosser Cooke (1874…c1936) m. Arthur Gordon Hall (…c1956?)
    1.2.1.5           John McKenzie Cooke (1876…c1955) m. Ruby Dring Colless (1882…c1968)
    1.2.1.6           Edward Montague Cooke (1879…c1932) m. Margaret L Priest (1885…)
    1.2.1.7           Alice Edith Cooke (1881…1902)
    1.2.1.8           Walter Rowland Cooke (1883…c1949) m. Edith May Langford (c1877…)
    1.3                 Joseph Kay (1829c…1903) 
    1.4              ♦ Ralph Jackson Kay (1833…1922) m. Mary Ann Rowe (1827…1907) 
    1.4.1           ♦ Jeremiah James Kay (1853…1925) m. Amelia Millicent Humphries (1862…1933) 
    1.4.1.1           Ralph George Horsley Kay (1882c…1934) m. Martha Harper (c1883…) 
    1.4.1.2        ♦ William Henry Kay (1886…1955) m. Mary Ann Connell Richardson (1893…1962) 
    1.4.1.2.1        George William James Richardson Kay (1918…1942) 
    1.4.1.2.2     ♦ Marion Millicent Richardson Kay (1920…1998) m. Sidney Morris Brown (1919…2000) 
    1.4.1.3           Autumn S Kay (1887c…1925/33) 
    1.4.1.4           Clarence Leslie Kay (1889…1971) m. Florence Tripp (1888…) 
    1.4.1.5           Gladys May Kay (1892c…1962) m Walter Michael Williams (1882…1959) 
    1.4.1.6           Cyril Charles Kay (1894…1917) 
    1.4.1.7           Ella Muriel Kay (c1896…1972) m. Arthur E Maidens (1900…1977?) 
    1.4.1.8           Ethel Millicent Kay (1899c…1973) m. Kenneth McKenzie 
    1.4.1.9           Bertie J Kay (1901…1902) 
    1.4.1.10         Clyde Athol Kay (1903…1995) m. Eileen Elenore Kelly [?Fielder] (c1905…1963) 
    1.4.1.10.1      Clyde James Henry Kay (1926…1990) m Patricia Norma Gray (1927…2008) 
    1.4.1.11         Stanley A Kay (1906c…1931) 
    1.4.2              William Robert Kay (1855…1905) m. Priscilla Rebecca Bath (1861…) 
    1.4.3              John Henry Kay (1857/9…1946) m. Sarah Susanna Neaves (1864…1935) 
    1.4.4              Ralph Thomas Kay (1858…1934) m. Ellen M McGuiness  (c1871…1941) 
    1.4.4.1           John Thomas Kay (1889…1907) 
    1.4.4.2           Florence Mary Kay (1891…1963) m. John James Hindmarsh (1889…1947) 
    1.4.4.2.1        Eileen Hindmarsh (1913…) m. Leslie Keevers (…1972)
    1.4.4.3           George Allen Kay (1897…1970) m. Florence May Plumb (c1898…)
    1.4.5              Valentine Wallace Kay (1861 …1862) 
    1.4.6              Alfred Horsley Kay (1862…1946) m. Eliza J Neaves (1865c…1888); m2? Ellen Jane Bridekirk (…1935) 
    1.4.6.1           Carlyle Kay (1886…1963) m. Pearl Maud Wasson (c1887…1960)
    1.4.7              Ellen Jane Kay (1864 …1866) 
    1.4.8              Joseph Jackson Kay (1865 …1865) 
    1.4.9              Annie Florence Kay (1866…) ?m. James L Cummings 
    1.4.10            George Allen Kay (1867…1929) m. Clara L Allen? 
    1.4.11            Mary Ann Kay (1868/73…) 
    1.5                 Hannah Cross Kay (1838c…1928) m. Mr Fox 
    1.6                 Jeremiah Millington Kay (1840…1910) m. Sarah Evans Weary (…1913) 
    1.7                 Robert Kay (1836…1890) m. Maria Hawthorn 
    1.7.1              Lillian Kay (1871…1945) m. James Richard McDonnell (…)
Possibly Related Lineages
Related Families from the same areas
Other (probably unrelated) Kay Lineage

Provenance

The Cross and Jackson families traced herein lived generally in the East Riding, Yorkshire, England (ERY) about 1800; Robert Cross (born 1786) was transported to New South Wales, Australia, in 1814, his wife Jane and their three children arriving the following day as free emigrants.

Early Generations

1 ♦ Jeremiah Kay (c1795…1840) m1. Jane Cross (1809…1893)

Jeremiah Kay was born in Yorkshire ENG in 1795. Tried and convicted before W.D. Evans, Esq., at Lancaster Assizes on 22 June 1817 for the theft of a calf, the property of Mary Smith of Eccles [Lancastershire], Jeremiah was sentenced to death and held prisoner at Lancaster Castle. There on 27 August 1817 he was reprieved and later transported to Australia for seven years aboard the 480 ton Thames built Morley, arriving in Sydney on 7 November 1818.
On 27 August 1824 Jeremiah was granted a Certificate of Freedom . It described him as a butcher, 28 years old [suggesting born about 1796], 5 feet 63/4 inches (169.5cm) tall, of ivory complexion slightly pockmarked, with brown hair and blue eyes.

 Jane Cross was born in Hull, Yorkshire, in December 1808, the daughter of ROBERT CROSS (born 1786; died September 1864) and JANE JACKSON (c1790 … 1840). Robert Cross, convict, was transported to Australia for life, and arrived in Sydney aboard the Surrey on 27 July 1814. His wife Jane, accompanied by their two sons William and Ralph and daughter Jane aged 5 years, arrived as "Free Settlers" on the Broxbornebury the next day. [Some Census and Musters shew the children as having arrived aboard the Surrey].

In February 1825 at St Peters CoE, Richmond, NSW, Jane Cross, 15 years old, married Jeremiah Kay, who was about 30 years old. At least six of the following children were born to this marriage:
The 1828 NSW Census notes Jeremiah as a Protestant whose occupation was a butcher. Jeremiah died May 1840, aged 42 years

Elizabeth Mills of Oxford, England [elizabeth@eminence-grise.co.uk 28 January 2006] wrote:
I … have been wondering if your Jeremiah Kay b. 1795 Yorkshire d. 1840 Australia could be the brother of my Ralph Kay b. 1799 Beverley, Yorkshire; married Mary?; d. 14 Nov 1862 Hull, Yorkshire. Their children were:
       Mary Ann Kay b. 1827
       John Kay b. 1828
       William Kay b. 1829
       Ann E Kay b. 1834
       Thomas Kay b. 1836
       James Kay b. 3 Mar 1841
       Emma Kay b. 1843
       Charles Kay b. 14 Jun 1846
       All born in Hull, Yorkshire (also known as Kingston on Hull).
There seem to be enough common Christian names with Jeremiah’s family to be more than just a coincidence!
I have found census returns for Ralph for 1851 and 1861 as follows:
       1851 census: Ralph Kay, 52, Mariner, living at Nicholsons Buildings, Holy Trinity Parish, Hull with his wife, Mary, 49, and their children, William 22 (labourer), Anne E 17, Thomas 15 (Printers apprentice), James 10 and Emma 7.
       1861 census: Ralph Kay, 63, Messenger living at 3 Nicholsons Entry, Holy Trinity Parish, Hull, with his wife, Mary 59, and their children, Thomas 25 (Letterpress printer), Emma 18 (hay maker), and Charles 15 (Teacher)
       [Ralph Kay was] Described as a Mariner on the Marriage Certificate of his son James to Elizabeth Fooks in 1866
       Ralph Kay was my husband’s Great Great Grandfather. … I know nothing about Ralph Kay’s father. Have you found out anything about Jeremiah’s parents?
All good wishes,
Elizabeth Mills, Oxford, England

To date [May 2008] no connection has been established between Ralph Kay, born Beverley YKS c1799 and Jeremiah Kay born YKS c1794-8. Ralph may have been born 3 November 1798, baptised 13 December 1798, Saint John and Saint Martin, Beverley, Yorkshire, the son of WILLIAM and MARY KAY. Jeremiah’s birth and ancestry remain obscure. Listings for Ralph Kay (b1799) appear in the 1841, 1851 and 1861 English census returns.

[Jeremiah may have been a brother of Ralph Kay (born 1799, Beverley YKS : it is possible that he was the boy christened 22 March 1795 at Saint Mary parish, Bury, Lancashire, or the child baptised 8 September 1794 at All Saints Church, Wakefield YKS. Vicki Kay (pers comm. 2008, Sydney) located a 1779 baptism for a Jeremiah, son of Joseph, and has postulate that Joseph may have been baptised 13 July 1740 at Saint Peters, Leeds YKS the child of Isaac Kay and Ruth Sheffield, and married 14 July 1760 at Saint Peters, Leeds.]

Jane's Other Marriages
Jane Kay née Cross and Thomas Millington
Jane Kay née Cross later married mounted police sergeant Thomas Millington at S Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Singleton NSW in November 1840; Jane bore Thomas two sons and two daughters.
Jane Millington née Cross (m1. Kay) and William Price
Jane's third marriage, as the widowed Jane Millington, was in October 1859 to William Price, a widower, at St Paul's CoE, West Maitland NSW. When more than 50 years old, Jane bore William a son:
[Further details of these marriages refer to the CROSS-JACKSON lineages].
Jane died in June 1893, aged 84 years, at the home of her son Thomas Millington in New Lambton, NSW, and was buried next day at Sandgate Cemetery under the name Millington. Her grave is shared by her daughter Harriet Turner (née Kay).

1.1 Harriet Kay (1827…1886) m. Robert Turner

Harriet Kay, baptised 1827 as CoE at St Luke’s Liverpool, married hotel-keeper Robert Turner in April 1843, their union producing three children which included:
Robert Turner was a cousin of John McKenzie, a husband of Harriet's sister Jane Helen Kay, the sisters being married on the same day and at the same place. Robert Turner was a hotelier in inland NSW. Harriet Turner née Kay died in 1886 at the Ship Inn hotel in Newcastle NSW.
 
 

1.1.1 Harriet Turner (1848…1896) m. Alexander Armstrong Farthing (c1844…1917)

Harriet Turner, born at West Maitland and baptised 1848 as CoE in the Hunter region of NSW, daughter of ROBERT TURNER and his wife HARRIET KAY, married Alexander Armstrong Farthing at West Maitland c1879. Alexander was the son of WILLIAM and LILIAS FARTHING, and had been baptised in NSW c1844. Harriet and Alexander were the parents of twelve children:
Harriet Farthing née Turner died in March 1896 at Paddington NSW and was buried in the Roman Catholic section of Waverley Cemetery. The death of Alexander A Farthing, son of WILLIAM and LILLIAS, was registered at Woollahra in 1917.

1.2 Jane Helen/Ellen Kay (1828c…1920) m1. John McKenzie (1815…1884), m2. Michael Higham, m3. Thomas Martin

[Virtually all the detail related herein to the descendants of Jane Helen [Ellen] Kay (born c1828) was provided by Kim Cooke [Blue Mountains; mert.cooke@bigpond.com [pers comm. dec2004] and is presented reformatted and abridged with some minor additions and editing]

Jane Helen [Ellen] Kay appears with Harriet in the 1828 census, and seems to have been born c1828. She first married (as Jane G Kay) John McKenzie, on 20 April 1843 in a Presbyterian ceremony near Singleton ; by John she had one child:
 
 
 

John was a cattle and horse thief who escaped from the Berrima Gaol, was sent to Tasmania as a convict and was a part of the gang who stole the cattle from Bowen Downs Station QLD (the story of Captain Starlight). Robert Turner who married Harriett Kay was John McKenzie’s cousin (his mother’s sister’s son).

Jane later married Michael Higham, and later still Thomas Martin. [the marriage of James Thomas Martin and Ellen Jane Higham was registered at Tamworth NSW in 1873]. Jane Ellen Martin, who did not have any children to the later two husbands, died at New Lambton in 1920.
 
 

1.2.1 Mary Jane McKenzie (c1844…1915?) m1. William Montague Cooke (1836…c1883), m2. George Henry Casburn (c1851…)

 
Mary Jane McKenzie appears to have been baptised to JOHN and JANE E in 1844. Mary married William Montague Cooke in September 1865 in a CoE ceremony at Singleton; the witnesses were Thomas Morse Cooke (the groom’s next youngest brother) and Harriet Turner (the bride’s aunt??? on her mother’s side). Denise Thompson of Cherrybrook NSW [den.thom@bigpond.net.au, 30 October 2008] is the grand-daughter of Freda Rosser Ann Cooke, the daughter of Thomas Morse Frederick Cooke and his wife Louisa Bradshaw.

William (later known as William Montague Lascelles Cooke), born August 1836 in Hereford, England was the son of WILLIAM COOKE (convicted of fraud on a fairly big scale and given a life sentence; he arrived in Australia as a transportee on 1 February 1839 aboard the Theresa) and ELIZA COOKE née ROSSER (baptised June 1800 in England; emigrated to Australia with William and their five oldest children).

William the transportee worked for the Australian Agricultural Company in the Newcastle area (Stroud) and continued to live in the region for the rest of his life; he died at Maitland Hospital in October 1878 aged 82 and was buried in the West Maitland cemetery (Church of England section). William (senior) and Eliza were from a "better class of people" back in England: Eliza's sister married Edward Viscount Lascelles, of Harwood House, hence the Lascelles and Montague names later in the Cooke family. It would appear that William Cooke senior died separated from his wife and children (he was known to be a bit of a scoundrel).

William Cooke junior was a station master at Lochinvar NSW. Mary Jane and William Cooke's children were:
 
 
 

William Cooke, born 1836, died at Pine Ridge in 1883 and was buried in the Gulgong Cemetery.

The widowed Mary Jane Cooke née McKenzie remarried on 9 March, 1886 at St Luke’s Church, Gulgong to widower George Henry Casburn (from Cambridge, England, aged 35 years, a butcher of Stubbo Creek, son of farmer/miller Robert Frederick Casburn and Mary Harber (or Hasker). Mary Jane Cooke gave her details as aged 40 years, Windsor NSW 40, Stubbo Creek., and parents as squatter/grazier John McKenzie and Mary Key.

Word has it that George Casburn was a brute of a man and made a habit of beating up Mary Jane and at times the children; eventually the boys had enough and the two oldest Cooke boys gave George Casburn the beating of his life and he fled the home never to be seen again. It is thought that there was no issue from Mary Jane’s second marriage.

The death of a Mary J Casburn, daughter of JOHN and MARY J [sic], was registered at Ryde in 1915.
 
 

1.2.1.1 Mary Winifred Cooke (c1868…c1937) m. William Taylor

 
Mary Winifred Cooke married William Taylor in 1885 at Gulgong NSW. Her birth date is uncertain, but she was the eldest [surviving] child and two years older than her brother William, the next eldest. Mary and WilliamTaylor lived on a place called "Stubbo" or at Stubbo at Slapdash Creek. According to Mert they had two girls and one boy, however Kim Cooke has found possibly five girls and two boys. Children of William and Mary seem to have included:

The death of Mary Winifred Taylor née Cooke, daughter of WILLIAM MONTAGUE L and MARY JANE, was registered at Gulgong in 1937.
 
 

1.2.1.2 William Cooke (1870…)

 
William (“Bill”) Cooke was born in 1870, possibly at Maitland NSW. Bill was a gun shearer, a great fist fighter and was a shearer’s union representative. His youngest brother Walter worked with him in the shearing sheds. Bill never married. He eventually developed cancer, he was brought from Blackall in QLD to St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney where he died.
 
 

1.2.1.3 Ada Emma Cooke (1873…1922) m. William J Laffin (…1923)

 
 
Ada Emma Cooke, born in 1873 at Gulgong, became a governess and worked for Mr William Laffin caring for his two boys as his first wife had died; Ada formed a relationship with William J Laffin [“Bill”] and [as Emma A Cooke] went on to marry him [the marriage was registered at Paddington NSW in 1901]. Ada and William lived in a house called "Mollyvale" on a large block of land in Constitution Road, Meadowbank in Sydney with a small creek running through it where Bill had a small vineyard, fruit trees and a tennis court.

Bill and Ada were the parents of:
 
 
When Ada and Bill died within a short time of each other while the children were young, Ada's younger sister Emily and her husband Arthur came to live at "Mollyvale" and took on the rearing of the three children. "Mollyvale" has since been demolished and the land split up into house blocks.

The death of Ada E Laffin née Cooke, daughter of MONTAGUE and MARY J, was registered at Ryde in 1922. The death of William J Laffin, aged 50 years, was registered at Ryde in 1923.
 
 

1.2.1.4 Emily Rosser Cooke (1874…c1936) m. Arthur Gordon Hall (…c1956?)

 
 
Emily Rosser Cooke, born in 1874 at Gulgong, married Arthur Gordon Hall.; the marriage was registered at the Glebe, Sydney, in 1910. Arthur and Emily were theatre performers; Arthur, 5 feet in height, was a tenor; Emily was 5’ 10”. They lived in a place called Clivedin Manor / Flats, in Roslyn Rd, Kings Cross, Sydney, where many theatre people lived. Emily and Arthur cared for Ada and Bill Laffin’s children after Ada and Bill died.

The death of Emily Rosser Hall née Cooke, daughter of WILLIAM MONTAGUE L and MARY JANE, was registered at Waverley NSW in 1936. The death of an Arthur Gordon H Hall, son of JAMES GORDON H and HARRIET, was registered at Paddington NSW in 1956.
 
 

1.2.1.5 John McKenzie Cooke (1876…c1955) m. Ruby Dring Colless (1882…c1968)

 
The birth of John [“Jack”] McKenzie Cooke, son of WILLIAM MONTAGUE and MARY J COOKE, was registered at Walgett in north-western NSW in 1876. He married Ruby D Colless at Coonamble in 1904; her birth had been registered at Coonabarabran in 1882 to GEORGE H and HANNAH Colless. Jack was also a gun shearer and a quiet country bloke and good fist fighter; he had a mixed business shop in Talbrager Street, Dubbo, it was of wood construction and was near the railway gates. Jack also worked for the railways as a timber getter or fettler.

The death of John MacKenzie Cooke was registered at Dubbo NSW in 1955. The death of Ruby Dring Cooke née Colless, daughter of GEORGE HENRY and HANNAH, was registered at Kogarah NSW in 1968 .

1.2.1.6 Edward Montague Cooke (1879…c1932) m. Margaret L Priest (1885…)

 
 
Edward [“Ted”] Montague Cooke, born in 1879 at Gulgong (uncle Ted), was a timber getter and saw-doctor in his younger days. Ted married Margaret L Priest at Byron Bay NSW in 1912; Margaret’s birth was registered at Glen Innes NSW in 1885 JOSEPH C and MARGARET PRIEST. Ted and Margaret later moved to Sydney and Ted became a tram driver and lived at Newtown. They had at least four children:
 
 
The death of Edward M Cooke, son of WILLIAM M L and MARY J, was registered at Newtown NSW in 1932.

1.2.1.7 Alice Edith Cooke (1881…1902)

 
 
Alice Edith Cook was born in 1881 at Gulgong. She never married, and died 16 December 1902. She was buried at Rookwood Necropolis on 18 December 1902 in the same plot as her sister Ada and mother Mary Jane (CoE No 45 & 46, sec5). Her death notes say that she was 22 but BDM records show she was 26.
 
 

1.2.1.8 Walter Rowland Cooke (1883…c1949) m. Edith May Langford (c1877…)

 
 
Walter Rowland Cooke was born in 1883 at Gulgong. He worked with his brothers in the shearing sheds, a roustabout, an expert and a cook. He then became a barber, he was also a "wheelman" with the League of Wheelmen, (travelling bike riders troupe) they raced and people bet on them, also sang in 'barber shop style' quartet in shearing sheds entertaining people. Walter worked as an apprentice barber/hairdresser at Alfred Street, Circular Quay NSW.

Wal opened a shop in City Road, Newtown opposite Missenden Road opposite the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and next door to a carriage works that had a 12 foot wheel as the front window. The barber shop had about four chairs in it. On two floors under the shop Wal, Bill and Ted had a gambling place where people played baccarat, euchre et cetera They formed the Newtown Uralla Pastime Club which went on to be the NSW Leagues Football Club.

About 1911 he married Edith May Langford at Newtown, whose birth had been registered to HENRY and MARY A LANGFORD at Mudgee in 1887: she was apparently born in Lue near Gulgong (it is not clear whether they knew each other at Gulgong). Wal and Edith had three children:
 
 
 

Soon after Merton’s birth, Wal and Edith bought and lived in a house in Elswick Street, Leichhardt; at the same time Wal opened a barbers shop at 422 Parramatta Road. Merton attended the Crystal Street Public School at Stanmore.

The family holidayed at Collaroy and liked it so much they sold up and moved there where Wal worked for Wittacre and Hayward in a timber yard at Dee Why, driving a truck. They moved several times within that region as they battled through the Depression.

The death of Walter Roland Cooke, son of WILLIAM MONTAGU and MARY, was registered at Manly NSW in 1949.

1.3 Joseph Kay (1829c…1903)

Born c1829 and baptised in 1829 at Christ Church CoE in Newcastle, Joseph Kay is thought not to have married. He died in the New Lambton home of his Millington half-sisters.

1.4 ♦ Ralph Jackson Kay (1833…1922) m. Mary Ann Rowe (1827…1907)

Ralph Jackson Kay, apparently born January 1833 at Singleton NSW, though baptised at St Luke’s CoE Liverpool, was the son of JEREMIAH KAY, butcher, and his wife JANE CROSS (1809…1893). Ralph, a bachelor, married Mary Ann Rowe (or Roe), a spnster, at St Mary's church, West Maitland NSW in March 1852 . The marriage, witnessed by Ralph's sister Harriet and her husband Robert Turner of Maitland, was by banns and with the consent of friends. Mary Ann Rowe was the daughter born in Sydney in October 1827 to JAMES ROWE (or ROE or RAE) and ELLEN CARROLL (or CARROTT, later m2 RICHARDSON).
The children of Ralph Jackson and Mary Ann Kay were:
Mary Ann Kay née Rowe died at Wyong on June 1907 and was buried in Jilliby Cemetery (CoE section); her son Alfred is also buried there. After her death, Ralph moved to New Lambton, apparently to his sister's place. Ralph was in a local masonic lodge, sponsored by his son John Henry Kay. Ralph Jackson Kay died at New Lambton NSW in May 1922.

1.4.1 ♦ Jeremiah James Kay (1853…1925) m. Amelia Millicent Humphries (1862…1933)

Jeremiah James Kay, born c1854 at Grafton NSW or April 1853 at Lochinvar NSW, son of RALPH JACKSON KAY, carpenter, and MARY ANN ROWE (1867…), married Amelia Millicent Humphries at Gunnedah in March 1880. Amelia was the daughter of GEORGE HUMPHRIES (1828…1903, bailiff) and ANN ELIZABETH JORDEN (c1832…). At the time of the marriage, Jeremiah, 26, was a miner residing at Vegetable Creek, and Amelia, 18, was a resident of Boggabri. Witnesses at the wedding were Amelia’s father George Humphries and John Kay, possibly Jeremiah's younger brother.
The 1906 [NSW] Electoral Rolls (Gwydir Electorate, Moree polling place) have Amelia Kay engaged in domestic duties, Jeremiah James Kay a carpenter, Ralph George Hosley Kay a labourer and William Henry Kay a tailor, all resident at Moree.
Jeremiah and Amelia's eleven children were:
During the First World War, all the eligible Kay boys enlisted as Privates in the Australian Infantry Forces.

The 1930 Electoral Roll (Commonwealth division of Gwydir, State division of Barwon, sub-division of Moree) shews Amelia Kay engaged in home duties, Clarence Leslie Kay a labourer, Florence Kay [Clarrie’s wife] in home duties, Stanley Alfred Kay a labourer, all at Heber street, Moree. Ethel Millicent McKenzie was also engaged in home duties at Heber street, Moree [a Kenneth William McKenzie is enrolled as a manager at Koreen, Gurley]. Clyde Athol Kay was a printer and Eileen Elnor Kay engaged in home duties at Boston street, Moree.

The 1936 Electoral Roll (Commonwealth division of Gwydir, State division of Barwon, sub-division of Moree) shews Clarence Leslie Kay a labourer and Ethel Millicent Kay and Florence Kay engaged in home duties, all at Heber street, Moree.
Jeremiah James Kay, undertaker aged 73 years, died at Moree on 15 May 1925. Amelia lived until June 1933, when she died at Moree, aged 70 years.

1.4.1.1 Ralph George Horsley Kay (1882c…1934) m. Martha Harper (c1883…)

Ralph George H Kay, first of eleven children of JEREMIAH JAMES KAY and his wife AMELIA MILLICENT KAY, was born c1882 near Inverell. During the First World War Ralph enlisted as a Private in the 55th Battalion of the Australian Infantry Forces on 25 September 1915; he returned to Australia on 31 March 1919.

The marriage of Ralph G H Kay and Martha Harper was registered at Newtown NSW in 1825. Martha may have been Martha J Harper, daughter of EDWARD A and SARAH A, whose birth had been registered at Redfern NSW in 1883.
The 1930 Electoral Roll (Commonwealth division of Cook, State division of Annandale, sub-division of Camperdown) shews Ralph George Hosley Kay a labourer and Martha engaged in home duties at 18 Bucknell street [Camperdown]; Martha remained in the 1936 Roll,

Ralph’s death was registered at Newtown in 1934 . It is possible that he was a house painter, regarded as a nice fellow, who died of lead poisoning. It is believed Ralph had no children.

1.4.1.2 ♦ William Henry Kay (1886…1955) m. Mary Ann Connell Richardson (1893…1962)

William Henry Kay (Bill), born April 1886 (or 1885, per year of registration) at New Lambton near Newcastle NSW, was the second son of JEREMIAH JAMES KAY (master cabinetmaker and undertaker, c1854…1925, Moree), and AMELIA MILLICENT KAY (née HUMPHRIES)(c1861… ....).
Bill received some of his education at the Moree Superior Public School. With the outbreak of war in Europe in 1914, Bill soon enlisted, joining on 11 January 1915 as a Private; he returned to Australia on 9 July 1919. On leave in Scotland while serving as a bandsman with the 25th (?or 26th?) Battalion Australian Infantry Forces on active duty at Gallipoli and in France during World War I, he met Mary Ann Connell Richardson (Molly), the daughter of GEORGE RICHARDSON (boot and shoe merchant, 1871…1936) and MARION PATERSON. Bill, a bachelor whose civilian profession was a tailor, married Molly at her residence at 21 Glebe Street Kilmarnock AYR in February 1918; witnesses were P N McCracken and Maggie N Richardson.

Bill and Molly travelled to Australia aboard the Prince Ludwick in 1919 with their infant son George while Bill was still in uniform. Bill was re-employed by the Australian Post Office and worked for them at Moree. Molly, unaccustomed to the the isolation and wilting summer heat of north-western New South Wales, later repatriated to Scotland with their Australian-born daughter Marion and young George. From Australia, Bill persuaded Molly to try once more to adapt to the Australian climate, and she and the children returned to Australia aboard the Themistocles in early 1924.

Almost immediately the family was transferred by the Post Office to Bulyeroi, some 70km west along the Gwydir River. Bulyeroi, little more than the post office itself, served isolated farming communities and passing travellers. About 1927 they were again transferred, this time to the Central Tablelands township of Rockley, where they were much happier in the hilly wooded terrain.

Bill and Molly Kay had two children:
The 1930 and 1936 Electoral Rolls (Commonwealth division of Macquarie, State division of Bathurst, sub-division of Rockley) shew William Henry Kay a postmaster and Mary Annie Connell Kay engaged in home duties at Rockley,

William Henry Kay, retired Post Master aged 69 years, died in May 1955 at the Repatriation General Hospital. His residence at time of death was at 2 Potts Street (at the corner with Bycool Avenue) Kingsgrove NSW. The Australian Repatriation Department concurred that his death was attributable to the effects of German mustard gas poisoning occasioned while on active service in France during World War I. Mary Ann Connell Kay (née Richardson), aged 68 years, died in January 1962 at the same hospital as had her husband.

1.4.1.2.1 George William James Richardson Kay (1918…1942)

George William James Richardson Kay, born in October 1918 at 21 Glebe Road, Kilmarnock AYR, was the only son of WILLIAM HENRY KAY (Bill) and his war-bride MARY ANN CONNELL RICHARDSON (Molly). George emigrated to Australia with his parents aboard the Prince Ludwick in 1919, repatriated to Kilmarnock with his mother and sister, and returned to Australia aboard the Themistocles in early 1924, to Bulyeroi NSW and about 1927 to Rockley NSW.
Private George William James Richardson Kay, Signaller, sailed from Sydney for Singapore aboard the Queen Mary in February 1941, following training at Bathurst NSW. Serving with the H.Q. Company, 24th Battalion 8th Division of the Australian Infantry Forces in Malaysia, he was killed on 11 (or 12”?) February 1942 during the Japanese invasion of Singapore, probably defending the Causeway linking Singapore to Peninsular Malaysia. At the time his family were living at 5 French Street, Artarmon NSW.

1.4.1.2.2 ♦ Marion Millicent Richardson Kay (1920…1998) m. Sidney Morris Brown (1920…2000)

Marion Millicent Richardson Kay, born January 1920 at, Moree NSW, was the second child and only daughter of WILLIAM HENRY KAY (Bill) and his war-bride MARY ANN CONNELL RICHARDSON (Molly). She went with her mother and brother to Kilmarnock Ayrshire, returning to Australia aboard the Themistocles in early 1924. Almost immediately the family was transferred by the Post Office to Bulyeroi; about 1927 they were again transferred, to Rockley.
Marion began working for the Post Office at Rockley, and about February 1941was sent by the Post Office to work at Coolah NSW. After about three months, the Post Office moved her south to the historic gold-mining town of Gulgong. In November 1941 Marion was moved to Katoomba; there she met Sidney Morris Brown, then a telegram deliverer, who she married in December 1942 at the Manse, Katoomba NSW. The next day Sid entrained in Sydney with a RAAF contingent bound, they thought, for Brisbane and thence New Guinea: Sid actually detrained at Townsville QLD, where after three or four weeks in training camps he and two others were detailed for special duties and moved to Cairns. After two years at Cairns, Sid was transferred to Bowen QLD to join the 9th Squadron Air-Sea Rescue, and later posted to the Flight Training School at Temora NSW.
Marion Brown spent the early war years working in the Post Office at Katoomba and Bondi. Reunited after the war, Sid and Marion moved to Parramatta NSW, and later to Kingsgrove NSW, where Marion gave birth to two daughters:
Sid and Marion and their children moved to Epping NSW, circa 1964. Marion died at Wahroonga NSW in December 1998. Sid died in December 2000 at Westmead. [Further details of the Brown family can be found in the Brown lineage notes].

1.4.1.3 Autumn S Kay (1887c…1929)

Autumn S Kay, child (gender uncertain) of JEREMIAH KAY and his wife AMELIA HUMPHRIES, was registered at Gosford NSW in 1887.  The death of Autumn S Kay, child of Gerald [sic] and Amelia, was registered at Moree nsw in 1929.

The 1913 Electoral Roll (division of Maranoa, sub-division of St George) shews Autumn Sydney Kay, male, a painter at St George in Queensland.

1.4.1.4 Clarence Leslie Kay (1889…1971) m. Florence Tripp (1888…)

The birth of Clarence Leslie Kay at Teralba NSW in October 1889, son of JEREMIAH KAY and his wife AMELIA HUMPHRIES, was registered at Wallsend in 1889. During World War I Clarrie enlisted as a Private in the 3rd Battalion of the Australian Infantry Forces. His brother Cyril enlisted at the same time. Clarrie, bachelor aged 29 Years, married 30-year old English spinster Florence Tripp of Yeovil SOM at the CoE parish church of St Michael and All Angels at Yeovil on 19 July 1919. Florence was the daughter of deceased gardener CHARLES TRIPP. [Bill Kay, Clarrie's brother, also had a war-bride.] Clarrie returned to Australia on the Marathon, disembarking on 1 January 1920. . Clarrie’s children were:
Clarrie and Max were each captain of Moree Fire Brigade. In August 1964 Clarrie wrote to the Army from 3 Neilson Street, Wallsend, requesting a copy of his discharge papers. In 1955 Clarrie was a patient in Concord Military Hospital. The death of Clarence Leslie Kay, son of JEREMIAH and AMELIA, was registered at Moree in 1971.

1.4.1.5 Gladys May Kay (1892c…1962) m Walter Michael Williams (1882…1959)

Gladys M Kay, born c1892, married Walter M Williams at Moree in 1913 ; no children; lived at Newcastle in 1955. Used to live at Tea Gardens. In 1926 Gladys and her brother Clyde survived the horrific train crash of September 13 when the Sydney-bound North West Mail train collided with several break-away wagons of a goods train at Murulla on the Murrurundi Range NSW — Clyde escaped with minor injuries but his sister Gladys received crippling injuries; 27 people died in the accident. Among those on the Mail were several schoolgirls returning to boarding schools after the spring school holidays.

The 1930 and 1936 Electoral Rolls (Commonwealth division of Gwydir, State division of Barwon, sub-division of Moree) have Walter Michael Williams a labourer and Gladys May Williams engaged in home duties at Heber street, Moree.

The death of Walter Michael Williams, son of WILLIAM JOHN and ANNE CAROLINE E, was registered at Newcastle NSW in 1959 (birth registered at Narrabri in 1882). The death of Gladys May Williams, daughter of JAMES [sic] and AMELIA, was registered at Chatswood NSW in 1962.

1.4.1.6 Cyril Charles Kay (1894…1917)

Cyril Charles Kay, son of JEREMIAH JAMES KAY and his wife AMELIA MILLICENT HUMPHRIES, was born about March 1894. Cyril and three of his brothers fought in World War I; Cyril enlisted as a Private in the Australian Infantry Forces. Cyril and Bill were to die as a result of their service, Cyril killed in action and Bill many years later as a result of gassing.

1.4.1.7 Ella Muriel Kay (c1896…1972) m. Arthur E Maidens (1900…1977?)

Ella M Kay, born c1896 at Moree, married Arthur E Maidens (Barney) at Waratah NSW in 1917 ; in 1955 Ella was living in Moree NSW. Arthur’s birth had been registered to WILLIAM JOHN and EMILY J MAIDENS at Moree in 1900. Arthur and Emily had several daughters and one son:
The 1936 Electoral Roll (Commonwealth division of Gwydir, State division of Barwon, sub-division of Moree) shews Arthur Edward Maidens a labourer and Ella Muriel Maidens engaged in home duties at David street, Moree.

The death of Ellen Muriel Maidens née Kay was registered at St Leonards NSW  in 1972. Arthur Edward Maidens, “late of Gladesville”, died 11 June 1977.

Daphne lived at Stanthorpe, Queensland. Daphne, Gwen and Maisie died in 2006. A notice appeared in Brisbane's Courier Mail on 29 April 2006 regarding the death on 27 April 2006 aged 84 years of Daphne Kathleen Rankin “at Greenslopes Private Hospital, late of Stanthorpe”. A notice regarding the death of Emily Millicent Bishop ("Maisie") née Maidens on 11 November 2006 appeared in The Sydney Morning Herald of Tuesday November 14, 2006

1.4.1.8 Ethel Millicent Kay (1899c…1973) m. Kenneth McKenzie

Ethel M Kay, born c1899 at Moree, was a daughter of JEREMIAH JAMES KAY and his wife AMELIA MILLICENT HUMPHRIES. Ethel married Kenneth McKenzie at Moree in 1919 ; lived at Moree in 1955: ??son Ken at Newcastle, one other son Jack deceased pre 1992. neither son married.

The death of Ethel Millicent McKenzie née Kay, daughter of Jeremiah and Amelia, was registered at Newcastle nsw in 1973.

1.4.1.9 Bertie J Kay (1901…1902)

The birth of Bertie J Kay, son of JEREMIAH J KAY and his wife AMELIA HUMPHRIES, was registered at Moree in 1901 . He died in 1902 .

1.4.1.10 Clyde Athol Kay (1903…1995) m. Eileen Elenore Kelly [?Fielder] (c1905…1963)

Clyde Athol Kay, born July 1903, worked for the Narrabri newspaper from the early 1920/30s well past normal retirement age.
Clyde married Eileen E Kelly [an obituary has Fielder] at Moree in 1926 ; the daughter of MARGARET E KELLY, she was born near Narrabri in 1905 . Clyde and Eileen had four sons:
Eileen died in February 1963; aged 56 years, the daughter of MICHAEL JOHN and MARGARET EMMA KELLY, her death was registered at Narrabri [the marriage of a Michael Kelly and an Emma M Parkin was registered at Bingara in 1902]. In 1992 Noel was living with his father in Narrabri. Clyde died in May 1995 at Narrabri, aged 91 years, and was buried next to Eileen in the Narrabri Old General Cemetery. The Narrabri Courier of 16 May 1995 wrote:
Passing of respected Narrabri resident
The death of a respected Narrabri resident, Mr Clyde Athol Kay, occurred on Sunday, May 14, at Narrabri Hospital.
The late Mr Kay, aged 91, was a resident of Narrabri from l932 until his death.
Mr Kay's working life was largely centred on The North Western Courier and Courier Productions.
He began work as a compositor with the company in 1933 and retired as foreman of Courier Productions in 1983.
For those 50 years he worked closely with Mr. Bruce Dunnet, co-proprietor of The Courier.
Mr Kay was acknowledged as being a crafts-man of the highest order.
He gained his knowledge after entering the printing industry in Moree in l918 and completed a six year apprenticeship under Mr Alf. Handley, the then proprietor of the Moree Champion.
Mr Kay learned the traditional skills of composing handset type and hot metal typesetting.
In 1930 Mr Kay left the 'Champion' and, after a period of a few months in Muswellbrook, accepted a position at Narrabri.
Mr Kay married Eileen Fielder, a Narrabri girl, in 1924. The couple had four children, all boys.
The late Clyde Kay was a keen sportsman. He played first grade rugby league for Moree in the 1920's but became an administrator in Narrabri, serving for 17 years as secretary of Narrabri Rugby League Club. He was secretary during the "glory days" of Narrabri when it swept all before it for the Spicer Cup be-tween 1946 and 1948. He was a life member of the club.
Mr Kay was a survivor of one of the State's worst ever rail disasters. He was a passenger on the Sydney-bound North West Mail which ploughed into a runaway chain of goods wagons near Murulla. A total of 26 people were killed and 42 injured in the smash. Mr Kay and his sister, Mrs Gladys Williams were in the third carriage when the train hit the runaway wagons from the 746 ton wool laden goods train. Mr Kay emerged from the splintered, twisted wreckage with a back injury but his sister was more seriously injured. Mr Kay could never remember details of the crash but believed he was thrown through the glass of the carriage window.
His interest in community affairs saw him become and alderman of the former Narrabri Municipal Council in the early 1950's.
Mr Kay's wife died in 1963. He retired from Courier Productions in 1983.
Mr Kay was predeceased by two sons, Clyde (who died in 1990), and Bryan (1992) and is survived by sons Noel and Geoff. and Clyde's children Stephen and Vickie, and Geoff's children Leisa and Scott.
The general manager of The Courier, Mr J. Dunnet, said that the late Mr Kay had been a "true craftsman" and had provided example, training and leadership for many younger staff members.
Mr Dunnet said that Mr Kay's service to Courier Productions had been virtually unbroken with injury rather than illness responsible for absence from work.
The funeral service for Mr Kay will be held at St. Cyprians Anglican Church on Wednesday at 11 a.m.

1.4.1.10.1 Clyde James Henry Kay (1926…1990) m Patricia Norma Gray (1927…2008)

Clyde J H Kay, born 1926, worked for an automotive firm owned by Norman Booth in Moree and subsequently for the same firm's Holden distributorship in the Sydney suburb Mosman. When Norman Booth died, Clyde went to Oberon to manage Booth's property there: Booth had no children, and treated Clyde as his own son.
At Tamworth in November 1950 Clyde J H Kay married Patricia Norma Gray (born 1927 at Upper Horton NSW (between Bingara and Barraba)). They moved to Sydney in 1950, living in in Kensington and then Collaroy Plateau before moving to Seaforth in 1954. They had two children:
Clyde Kay, aged 64 years, ‘late of Seaforth, formerly of Narrabri and Moree’, died in  September 1990. In 1992 Patrica was working for a plant nursery. Patricia Norma Kay née Gray, ‘late of Seaforth’, died aged 80 years in February 2008.

1.4.1.11 Stanley Alfred Kay (1906c…1931)

The birth of Stanley Alfred Kay, son of JEREMIAH J KAY and his wife AMELIA HUMPHRIES, was registered at Moree in 1906 . His death was registered at Newcastle in 1931 .

1.4.2 William Robert Kay (1855…1905) m. Priscilla Rebecca Bath (1861…)

William Robert Kay, born May 1855 at Newcastle to RALPH JACKSON KAY and MARY ANN ROWE, married Priscilla Rebecca Bath on 11/16 May 1881. Priscilla, born 1861, was the daughter of WILLIAM and PRISCILLA BATH . William and Priscilla Kay had seven children:
The 1919 Electoral Roll (division of Maranoa, sub-division of Charleville) shews Harold Victor Kay a labourer at Gum Creek.

The 1925 and 1930 Electoral Rolls (division of Darling Downs, sub-division of Helidon) shews Arthur Robert Kay a labourer at Helidon, Elizabeth Kay a engaged in home duties at Helidon and Percy Albert Kay a labourer at Helidon. Percy had the same listing in 1936. Elizabeth was possibly married to Harold, Arthur or Percy; she died 24 May 1934 and like Harold was buried Helidon Cemetery.

The 1936 Electoral Roll (division of Maranoa, sub-division of Eulo) shews Arthur Robert Kay a station hand at Pinaroo Station, Eulo.


William Robert Kay died December 1905. In 1916 the widowed Priscilla married George Dixon in Queensland.

The Kay family Bible records the death of Mark Bath on 1 November 1881, aged 22 years. He was presumably Priscilla's brother.

1.4.3 John Henry Kay (1857/9…1946) m. Sarah Susanna Neaves (1864…1935)

Perhaps (but given geography it is unlikely) John Henry Kay first married Sarah Eliza ?, with two children
John Henry Kay, born May 1857 near East Maitland NSW, son of carpenter and wheelwright RALPH JACKSON KAY and his wife MARY ANN ROWE, married Sarah Susanna Neaves of Wee Waa NSW at Moree in 1884. John’s younger brother Alfred Horsley Kay had married Sarah’s younger sister Eliza Jane Neaves in 1882. Sarah’s birth to ALFRED NEVES and his wife CHARLOTTE F FORD had been registered at Wee Waa NSW in 1863 . Children of John and Sarah were:
Apparently John Henry Kay was a great clog dancer and artist. A member of Masonic lodges, he was at one time in Moree where he had a newsagents shop. It is said that he was a gambler and lost his money, and so moved to Wyong where he had a billiards shop and hairdressers saloon, which his son Perce ran in later years. In 1922 John Henry Kay was living at New Lambton NSW. His death was registered at Newtown NSW in 1946. The death of Sarah S Kay née Ford was registered at Wyong in 1935.

1.4.4 Ralph Thomas Kay (1858…1934) m. Ellen M McGuiness  (c1871…1941)

Ralph Thomas Kay was born in October 1858 at West Maitland NSW, son of carpenter and wheelwright RALPH JACKSON KAY and MARY ANN ROWE. His mother, witnessed by two Jane Millingtons (one a midwife of West Maitland) provided the registrar with particulars of the birth. In October 1888, ten days before his 30th birthday, bachelor labourer Ralph Kay of Teralba NSW married Ellen M McGuinness in the St John the Baptist CoE at Lambton NSW. The bride being under the age of twenty-one years, the consent of her father JOHN McGUINNESS was sought and obtained, and the marriage witnessed by Jeremiah J Kay (Ralph Thomas Kay's brother) and Mary Jane McGuinness. Ellen had been born in June 1870 at Dora Creek NSW, and like Ralph Thomas was living at Teralba prior to her marriage. Their children were:
Ralph Thomas Kay, labourer aged 75 years, died in July 1934 at Paxton NSW (in Kearsley Shire, near Cessnock). Ellen Kay née McGuinness, aged 70 years, died in February 1941 at Ellalong. Kerryn Goldsworthy [kgoldsworthy@ozemail.com.au , 18 October 2005] eMailed "… Ellen McGuinness was the direct descendant of two First Fleeters: Jane Langley, transported for theft, and marine Thomas Chip or Chipp. They arrived on different ships and were married on Norfolk Island in 1791. Their daughter Sophia was Ellen's great-great-grandmother".

1.4.4.1 John Thomas Kay (1889…1907)

John Thomas Kay, first-born of RALPH THOMAS KAY and ELLEN McGUINNESS, was born in May 1889 at ?Narrabri NSW. Ralph was accidentally killed on 4 December 1907, aged 18 years and seven months.

1.4.4.2 Florence Mary Kay (1891…1963) m. John James Hindmarsh (1889…1947)

Florence Mary Kay, born February 1891 in NSW, was the daughter of RALPH THOMAS KAY (1859…19334) and ELLEN M McGUINNESS. In December 1912/15 at Muswellbrook NSW, Florence married John James Hindmarsh, son born January 1889 to JAMES and MARY HINDMARSH. Mary Hindmarsh died in June 1925. John's siblings included twins Francis J H Hindmarsh and Thomas W L Hindmarsh, born in 1886 . Children born to Florence and John Hindmarsh were:
John James Hindmarsh died in November 1947, aged 58 years. His wife Florence Mary Hindmarsh née Kay died in January 1963, in her 72nd year.

Other KAY Family Bible extracts per Keith Crossley include:
           Ralph Hindmarsh born November 1937.
             Margot Hindmarsh February 1942.

1.4.4.2.1 Eileen Hindmarsh (1913…) m. Leslie Keevers (…1972)

Eileen Hindmarsh, born 9 October 1913 to FLORENCE MARY KAY and JOHN JAMES HINDMARSH, married Leslie Keevers at St Basil's CoE, Paxton, 16 June 1934. ?Their children were:

 
 
 

Leslie Keevers died 25 December 1972, aged 61 years.

1.4.4.3 George Allen Kay (1897…1970) m. Florence May Plumb (c1898…)

Dr Kerryn Goldsworthy [kgoldsworthy@ozemail.com.au; 18 October 2005] kindly supplied these details
 
George Allen Kay, born April 1897 , NSW, son and fifth child of RALPH THOMAS KAY (1859…1934) and ELLEN M McGUINNESS, married Florence May Plumb; Florence, whose birth was registered at Inverell in 1898, was the daughter of JAMES PLUMB and ALICE A WOOD, who had married at Inverell in 1896. George and Florence were the parents of four daughters:
 
 
 
George Allen Kay died 16 August 1970; his death was registered at St Leonards.

1.4.5 Valentine Wallace Kay (1861 …1862)

Valentine Wallace Kay was born on 14 February 1861, and died on 23 November 1862 .

1.4.6 Alfred Horsley Kay (1862…1946) m. Eliza J Neaves (1865c…1888); m2? Ellen Jane Bridekirk (…1935)

Alfred Horsley Kay was born on July 1862 at Glenmore; he died in 1946. In 1882 he married Eliza Jane Neaves, whose birth to ALFRED NEVES and his wife CHARLOTTE F FORD was registered at Warialda NSW in 1865 . Eliza's sister Sarah Susanna Neaves, born c1863 married Alfred's older brother John. Eliza's other siblings included Mary Jane Neves, born c1859 , and John Neaves, born c1861. Alfred and Eliza had at least three children:
After his wife's early death at Moree in May 1888, aged 22 years, Alfred eventually moved to The Entrance. He was a player at the Wyong Bowling Club with his brother John. . Alfred’s death was registered at Wyong in 1946

Perhaps Alfred married a second time, since a marriage was registered in Moree in 1891 between Alfred H Kay and Ellen Jane Bridekirk. The death of an Ellen J Kay, daughter of WILLIAM and CAROLINE, was registered at Wyong in 1935. Helen Woodward of Uralla, New England NSW [glenair@tpg.com.au, 26 November 2004] is researching the Bridekirks from Durham, Yorkshire.

Samantha McDonald [kintalla@yahoo.com.au, 07dec2008] is a great-grandaughter of Carlyle Kay.

1.4.6.1 Carlyle Kay (1886…1963) m. Pearl Maud Wasson (c1887…1960)

Carlyle Kay, whose birth was registered at Moree NSW in 1886, was the son of ALFRED HORSLEY KAY and ELIZA JANE NEAVES; Eliza died in 1888. Carlyle, hairdresser at Tighes Hill, married Pearl Maud Wasson of Armidale NSW on 11 May1910 at St Mark’s Church of England, Islington, Wickham NSW. Pearl’s parents were JOHN THOMAS WASSON (born 1834, Co Tyrone, Ireland, died 1914 at Armidale) and MARY JANE GURR (born 1847 Maitland NSW; died 1921, New Lambton NSW; she had married John in 1870 at Scone NSW).

Carlyle and Pearl had seven or eight children.

Pearle Maud Kay née Wasson died in March 1960 aged 73; Carlyle Kay died in February 1963 at The Entrance; both wereburied in the Church of England Cemetery, Wamberal NSW.

1.4.7 Ellen Jane Kay (1864 …1866)

Ellen Jane Kay was born at Branxton on 2 December 1864 and died on 7 February 1866 .

1.4.8 Joseph Jackson Kay (1865 …1865)

Joseph Jackson Kay was born in May 1865, and died the same day.

1.4.9 Annie Florence Kay (1866…) ?m. James L Cummings

Annie Florence Kay was born in July 1866, daughter of RALPH JACKSON KAY and MARY ANN ROWE. It appears Annie married James L Cummings in 1887 near Moree, their union producing five children (births registered at Moree):

1.4.10 George Allen Kay (1867…1929) m. Clara L Allen?

George Allen Kay was born September 1867 at ?Minmi.
The indexes allow two possible marriage scenarios -
to Clara L Allen at Moree in 1891, the union producing at least three children:
The 1906 [NSW] Electoral Rolls (Gwydir Electorate, Moree polling place) have George Allen Kay as a painter and a Clara Kay engaged in domestic duties, both resident at Moree. The death of George A Kay, son of RALPH and MARY A, was registered at Redfern in 1929.

1.4.11 Mary Ann Kay (1868/73)

Mary Ann Kay was born on 6 December 1873 at ?Darlington.

1.5 Hannah Cross Kay (1838c…1928) m. Mr Fox

Hannah Cross Kay, baptised c1838 as CoE in the Hunter region of NSW, married a man named Fox. This was probably Henry Fox whose wife Hannah produced at least four children:
Hannah Cross Fox née Kay of New Lambton, was buried in June 1928, aged 80 years, in the same grave as her brother Ralph Jackson Kay (died 1922, aged 89 years).

1.6 Jeremiah Millington Kay (1840…1910) m. Sarah Evans Weary (…1913)

Jeremiah Millington Kay, baptised c1840 as Wesleyan Methodist on the Maitland circuit, married Sarah Evans Weary at Tamworth in 1871, with children:
Jeremiah Millington Kay died in 1910 at Lismore. Sarah seems to have died there in 1913 .

1.7 Robert Kay (1836…1890) m. Maria Hawthorn

The marriage of Robert Kay, son of butcher JEREMIAH KAY and JANE CROSS, and Mary Hawthorne was registered at Maitland in 1858. They were the parents of ten children:
Carpenter Robert Kay, son of butcher JEREMIAH KAY and JANE CROSS, died of carcinoma on 23 January 1890, aged 54 years . The informant for his death certificate, his brother-in-law William Hinton of Teralba, stated that Robert had been born at Lake Macquarie NSW and had married Maria Hawthorn at West Maitland when aged 23, fathering five sons and five daughters (two of the males predeceased Robert). William Hinton was the husband of Mary J Millington, eldest daughter of Thomas Millington and Jane (formerly Kay, née Cross), so he was Robert Kay's half brother-in-law. Robert Kay, born 1836 at Lake Macquarie NSW, was buried in the General Cemetery (Roman Catholic section) at Sandgate.

1.7.1 Lillian Kay (1871…1945) m. James Richard McDonnell (…)

Lillian Kay, daughter of ROBERT KAY and MARIA HAWTHORN, married James Richard McDonnell on 13 April 1896 at St Nicholas Roman Catholic church, Penrith. James was a Station Master with the New South Wales Government Railways. James and Lillian had three children:
Lillian McDonnell née Kay died on 2 April 1945, aged 73 years, at Bondi Junction.
Francis Lance McDonnell was the grandfather of Genevieve Fyfe [genevievefyfe@hotmail.com, 5 September 2002]

Possibly Related Families:

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