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==Tomerong People==

We estimate there are over 600 individuals (or 300 couples) that warrant a biography. We have currently commenced less than 100. Feel free to add to the list. More information is provided at the bottom of this page. 

Names are listed in alphabetical order of surname at birth. Name of the person married, and/or change of surname, is indicated in brackets. Many spouses are covered in their partners entry as their stories may be similar. Click on the letter to jump to that group or scroll. Some links within a page may take you to a page that is still under development. It may have very little or incomplete content. These will be completed as time permits. Some families that have many biographies completed may have a 'Family Page' that provides a family summary and a family tree type chart with links to their biographies and connected families.

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*'''[[James ANDREWS]]'''
:Convict who settled on Andrews Road. (1818-1898, m. '''Catherine White''') R1098

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*'''[[Elizabeth BARHAM]]'''
:Daughter of original Barham land purchaser. (1841-1914, m. '''Charles Turner''') R593

*'''[[Ellen BARTON]]'''
:From Ireland to Tomerong. (1838-1900, m. '''J Allen, Robert Kells, Benjamin Newman''') R655

*'''[[William BARTON]]'''
:From Ireland to Tomerong. Ellen's brother. (1835-1913) R3357

*'''[[Edward BAYLY]]'''
:English Mariner and Blacket partner. (1849-1917, m. '''Mary Woolcott''') R3323
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*'''[[Annie Maria BETTENS]]'''
:Tomerong and Wandandian. (1879-1954, m. '''Edward Windley''') R2679

*'''[[Joseph Charles BETTENS]]''' 
:Born near Kells Road, moved to Qld. (1900-1984, m. '''Constance Tompkins''') R2813

*'''[[Samuel John BETTENS]]'''
:Tomerong student, moved north, Anzac. (1895-1986, m. '''Ivy Layton''') R2508
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*'''[[Cyril BLACKET]]'''
:Architect and Entrepreneur, Tasman Park. (1857-1937, m. '''Florence Kelsey, Christian Home, Ida Grayson''') R1297

*'''[[Pendrill Cyril BLACKET]]'''
:Anzac, Tasman Park. (1885-1958, m. '''Alice Riley''') R1305

*'''[[Stirling Fritz BLACKET]]'''
:Anzac, Tasman Park. (1895-1993, m. '''Freda Hamilton''') R1307
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*'''[[Sidney Walter BORROWDALE]]'''
:Timber industry casualty. (1890-1918) R1882

*'''[[Brice George BRADNEY]]'''
:Anzac and Axe Handle Factory. (1892-1947, m. '''Inez Lake''') R1520
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**'''[[BRYCE Family]]'''
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*'''[[Alexander BRYCE II]]'''
:Scotland to Erowal. (1822-1898, m. '''Isabella Watt''') R5

*'''[[Alexander William BRYCE]]'''
:Anzac, moved to Qld. (1893-1978) R484

*'''[[Ann BRYCE II]]'''
:Died young giving birth. (1856-1886, m. '''Robert William Kells''') R219

*'''[[Charles Edward BRYCE]]'''
:Tomerong student, Anzac, moved to Murwillumbah. (1891-1969, m. '''Mabel Ganderton''') R1510

*'''[[Charles William BRYCE]]'''
:Lived and farmed at Far Meadow. (1893-1953, m. '''Florence Margaret Ganderton''') R450

*'''[[James BRYCE]]'''
:Born Erowal, died Berry. (1861-1937, m. '''Elizabeth Turner''') R217

*'''[[William BRYCE I]]'''
:Scotland to Erowal. (1820-1892, m. '''Mary Stark''') R6

*'''[[William George BRYCE]]'''
:Storeowner at Killarney. (1889-1947, m. '''Emily Bryce''') R461
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*'''[[Richard Frederick BURKINSHAW]]'''
:Born near Andrews Road, moved to central NSW. (1894-1959, m. '''Edith Taylor''') R2271

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*'''[[Eileen Winifred COLLINS]]'''
:Child writer to newspaper from 'Bayview'. (1914-1973, aka '''McKinnon, m. William Turner''') R1016

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*'''[[Margaret Ann DALEY]]'''
:Born Tomerong, moved to NSW north coast. (1862-1936) R2656

*'''[[Johanna Mary DALEY]]'''
:Born Tomerong, moved to NSW north coast. (1861-1945, m. '''Francis Schmidt''') R2658

*'''[[James DENT]]'''
:Tomerong correspondent, timber industry casualty. (1843-1910, m. '''Mary Smith''') R1247

*'''[[Mathias John DUNCOMBE]]''' 
:Tomerong landholder. (1883-1970, m. '''Ruby Steadman''') R2970

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*'''[[Francis Arthur FERGUSON]]'''
:English Sawmill hand from Andrews Rd, Anzac who settled at Griffith. (1874-1935, m. '''Marguerite Stapleton''') R2269

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*'''[[Charles Henry GANDERTON]]'''
:Carpenter, Farmer. (1886-1943, m. '''Margaret Edwards''') R1525

*'''[[Henry GOODSELL]]'''
:Timber industry casualty. (1858-1927, m. '''Mary Harvey''') R3259

*'''[[Raymond Ashton GOODSELL]]'''
:Timber industry casualty. (1920-1964, m. '''Doris Windley''') R3256

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*'''[[Eric Arthur HAWKEN]]'''
:Tomerong student, Anzac and Axe Handle Factory worker. (1894-1946, m. '''Catherine Sainsbury''') R1254

*'''[[Thomas Arthur HENRY]]'''
:Engineer, Prospector and Farmer. (1826-1909, m. '''Jane Cooper Endsor''') R3695

*'''[[Frederick Charles HERBERT]]'''
:Gardener, Road Maintenance and Forestry Worker. (1889-1954, m. '''Alice Frost''') R543

*'''[[Owen Amos HERBERT]]'''
:Returned Serviceman and timber industry casualty. (1919-1948, m. '''June Usher''') R920

*'''[[Ann Maria HOCKIN]]'''
:Kells Road resident. (1822-1881, m. '''Samuel Bettens''') R788

*'''[[Hermann Paul HOFFMANN]]'''
:Clyde Shire employee. (1907-1948), m. '''Sarah McGuire''') R1048

*'''[[Christian Jessie HOME]]'''
:Tasman Park. (1881-1911, m. '''Cyril Blacket''') R1300

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*'''[[Waldemar Peter IVERSEN]]'''
:Sussex Inlet resident, died a fortnight after enlisting. (1899-1916) R1689

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**'''[[KELLS Family]]'''
:Links to this family's biographies.

*'''[[Albert John KELLS]]''' 
:Kells Road resident and Farmer. (1903-1988, m. '''Vina McGuire''') R478

*'''[[David KELLS]]'''
:Served in the Tropical Force after moving to Qld. (1872-1957, m. '''Johanna Dotti?''') R656

*'''[[James KELLS]]''' 
:Moved to Woonona. (1864-1929, m. Margaret Kelly) R658

*'''[[Robert KELLS]]''' 
:From Ireland to Longreach then Tomerong. (1831-1872, m. '''Ellen Barton''') R654

*'''[[Robert William KELLS]]''' 
:Born Longreach, farmed Kells Road. (1859-1923, m. '''Ann Bryce II, Mary Ashby, Emma Wickens''') R474
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*'''[[Peter James KEMP]]''' 
:Father of Tomerong boat builder. (1885-1965, m. '''Vera Grace''') R1836

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*'''[[William George LACKERSTEEN II]]''' 
:Tomerong Civic Leader, Store Owner, Shire Clerk. (1874-1951, m. '''Matilda Jane Miller''') R260

*'''[[Alfred LANG]]''' 
:Born Andrews Road area, moved to Sydney. (1870-1947, m. '''Bridget Egan''') R2227

*'''[[Alfred Thomas LANGLANDS]]'''
:Tomerong student, Schoolteacher then Anzac. (1874-1953) R1074

*'''[[Frederick LANGLANDS]]'''
:Tomerong student, Anzac, killed Belgium. (1881-1917) R1079

*'''[[Barry Lyndon LESLIE]]''' 
:From Bherwerre, Anzac, moved to North Qld. (1898-1969, m. '''Enid Chapman''') R2123

*'''[[Geoffrey Heydon LESLIE]]''' 
:Tomerong student and Anzac. (1895-1989, m. '''Esma Holloway''') R2384

*'''[[Benjamin LOUTTIT]]''' 
:Timber worker, Hotel operator and Coach proprietor. (1866-1943, m. '''Henrietta Myers''') R1745

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**'''[[MATHIE Family]]'''
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*'''[[Alexander MATHIE I]]''' 
:Scotland to Erowal to Tippet Hill to Sunnyside. (1846-1903, m. '''Ann Watt I''') R11

*'''[[Charles MATHIE]]''' 
:Born Tomerong, Sawyer, moved to Wollongong. (1882-1965, m. '''Susannah Turner''') R22

*'''[[James MATHIE]]''' 
:Timber worker, merchant and farmer from Sunnyside. (1869-1943, m. '''Amy Jennings''') R18

*'''[[Malcolm MATHIE I]]'''
:From Scotland to Tippet Hill. (1812-1888, m. '''Ann Bryce I''') R3

*'''[[Malcolm MATHIE II]]'''
:Farmer and Sawmill owner, lived Wandandian. (1852-1919, m. '''Catherine Gell''') R13

*'''[[Thomas MATHIE]]'''
:Carpenter and Farmer, lived Coffs harbour. (1882-1966, m. '''Annie Duncan''') R24

*'''[[William MATHIE II]]''' 
:Tippet Hill to Albion Park Mayor. (1834-1897, m. '''Annie Russell''') R10

*'''[[William MATHIE III]]'''
:Born Tomerong, died Wollongong. (1872-1959) R20
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*'''[[Douglas McALISTER]]'''
:Tomerong student, Anzac, killed France. (1895-1918) R2569
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**'''[[McGUIRE Family]]'''
:Links to this family's biographies.

*'''[[Archibald McGUIRE]]'''
:Born Tomerong, Sawyer and Timber Merchant in Bomaderry. (1880-1937, m. '''Ada Bartlett''') R52

*'''[[Harvey James McGUIRE]]'''
:Born St Georges Basin, timber worker who lived on Andrews Road. (1911-1987, m. '''Alice Victoria Brownett''') R155

*'''[[Joseph Suffolk McGUIRE]]''' 
:Tomerong student, axeman. timber industry casualty. (1922-1971, m. '''Lorna Egan''') R83

*'''[[Reginald John McGUIRE]]''' 
:Born Tomerong, cricketer, timber industry casualty. (1915-1971, m. '''Isabella Bryce''') R82

*'''[[Sarah Elizabeth McGUIRE]]''' 
:Born Tomerong. (1917-2015, m. '''Hermann Hoffmann''') R142

*'''[[Walter Joseph McGUIRE]]''' 
:Born Tomerong, Sleeper Cutter.  (1886-1965, m. '''Ada Jane Parnell''') R56

*'''[[Vina McGUIRE]]''' 
:Born Tomerong, moved to Milton. (1912-1989, m. '''Albert Kells''') R145
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*'''[[Daniel Bernard McVEITY]]''' 
:Born Wandella, Anzac, Tomerong Schoolteacher. (1885-1972, m. '''Stella Brown''') R2190

*'''[[Matilda Jane MILLER]]'''
:Tomerong Store owner and Postmistress. (1866-1948, m. '''William Lackersteen''') R261

*'''[[Herbert MONAHAN]]''' 
:Master Builder and timber industry casualty. (1884-1936, m. '''Alice Gardner''') R3273

*'''[[Patrick Frederick MOONEY]]''' 
:Tomerong Barman, Senator and Tram Driver. (1880-1942, m. '''Bridjet Collins''') R2214

*'''[[Raymond Malachi MOONEY]]''' 
:Tomerong student, Anzac, moved to Qld. (1890-1960, m. '''Lizzie Courtman''') R2213

*'''[[Joseph Olley MULLEY]]''' 
:Tomerong Hotelkeeper, moved to Mudgee. (1840-1903, m. '''Sarah Noakes''') R1936

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*'''[[Oswald Mathias NELSON]]'''
:Tomerong student, timber worker and Anzac, moved to Huskisson. (1889-1953, m. '''Eleanor Chapman''') R2585

*'''[[William George NELSON]]'''
:Moved to NZ, Kiwi Anzac. (1887-1949) R2586

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*'''[[John James PARNELL]]'''
:Hotel Proprietor, Farmer and iconic Tomerong identity. (1805-1896, m. '''Harriet Smith''') R2380

*'''[[Aaron Frederick PHILLIPS]]'''
:Timber worker, Anzac, died Gallipoli. (1895-1915) R2158

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*'''[[George Albert ROBINSON]]'''
:Born Bewong, timber industry casualty. (1882-1923) R2850

*'''[[Edwin Sherwin ROWE]]'''
:Born Sydney, land developer. (1856-1942) R3682

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*'''[[James Samuel SEBERRY]]'''
:Shire Clerk. (1911-2000, m. '''Isabel Young''') R3232

*'''[[Francis SMART]]'''
:Charcoal burner, timber industry casualty. (1969-1983) R

*'''[[Robert James SMITH]]'''
:Born Tomerong, Anzac, Tomerong's War Hero. (1876-1918, m. '''Isabella Powell''') R749

*'''[[Abraham Henry SUFFOLK]]''' 
:Moved to Cambewarra, Anzac, killed Bullecourt. (1870-1917, m. '''Alexandrina Atkins''') R1668

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*'''[[Harold Wyman TAYLOR]]'''
:Anzac and Tomerong Schoolteacher. (1892-1971, m. '''Mary Pearson''') R2077

*'''[[Frederick THOMASON]]''' 
:Timber worker. (1889-1962, m. '''Gertrude Cooper''') R2319

*'''[[Raymond Francis THOMASON]]''' 
:Timber industry casualty. (1945-1973, m. '''Ellen Robson''') R2306

*'''[[Charles TURNER]]''' 
:Farmer near Belfield (Quarry). (1841-1913, m. '''Elizabeth Barham''') R594

*'''[[Elizabeth Barbara TURNER]]''' 
:Lived near Belfield (Quarry). (1875-1946, m. '''James Bryce''') R449

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**'''[[WATT Family]]''' 
:Link to this family's biographies.

*'''[[Allan Charles WATT]]''' 
:Sawmiller. (1917-1956, m. '''Valerie Gwendoline Croft''') R212

*'''[[Edward Charles WATT]]''' 
:Farmer, Anzac, Store owner and cricketer. (1892-1969, m. '''Lillian McGuire''') R90

*'''[[James WATT II]]'''
:From Scotland to Torben Hill, Farmer. (1836-1912, m. '''Margaret Mathie''') R41

*'''[[James WATT III]]'''
:Clyde Shire Councillor and Farmer. (1860-1943, m. '''Mary Ann Turner''') R87

*'''[[Sidney Alexander WATT]]'''
:Tomerong student, Anzac, killed at Gallipoli. (1894-1915) R325
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*'''[[Edward David WINDLEY]]''' 
:Timber worker, Wandandian. (1877-1942, m. '''Annie Bettens''') R2678

*'''[[Reginald WRIGHTSON]]''' 
:Tomerong student, cricketer and timber industry casualty. (1919-1957, m. '''Violet Riley''') R1860

*'''[[Sydney Stephens WRIGHTSON]]''' 
:Tomerong cricketer, timber industry casualty. (1880-1936, m. '''Nellie Joseph''') R1851

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*'''[[Oswald Gordon YOUNG]]''' 
:Tomerong Butcher and Anzac, moved to Griffith. (1895-1968, m. '''Alice Chapman''') R1876

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