Edward Howe Woodforde family correspondence, 1803-1896

MLMSS 4040

fonds

1803-1896

913656

Microfilm : CY 3824, frames 1-182

1 box of textual material

Reverend Thomas Woodforde, 1779-1836, rector of Ansford and Paddington, Somerset married Mary Braithwaite in 1807. Their son, Edward Howe Woodforde, born 1818, emigrated to Australia in 1837, where he worked sheep and cattle stations in NSW and latter settled in Williamstown, Victoria. Their daughter, Julia Mary Woodforde, died 1878. married Reverend Edmund Leopold Lockyer, born 1816, rector of Westcote Barton, Oxfordshire, in 1839. Mary Woodforde's brother, Lieutenant Robert Braithwaite, died 1805, owned property at Windsor, NSW

Series 01: Mary Woodforde, Mrs Thomas nee Braithwaite, 1803-1852
Letters received, 28 August 1803-24 January 1852, mainly from her son, Edward Howe Woodforde, describing his voyage to Sydney, his time spent with Major Edmund Lockyer ar Lockyersleigh, NSW, his attempts to make his fortune working sheep and cattle stations in the Binalong and Yass areas, NSW and near the Edward and Murray Rivers, NSW, often in partnership with Patrick Brougham, the depressed state of the Colony's economy, trouble with the aborigines, the Victorian gold rush, mutual acquaintances and family matters

Series 02: Reverend Thomas Woodfords, 1833
Letter received from Felton Mathew, Windsor, NSW, 28 June 1833, relating to Mrs Woodforde's claim to the property of her deceased brother, Lieutenant Robert Braithwaite

Series 03: Reverend Edmund Leopold Lockyer, 1860-1869
Letters received, 11 February 1860-29 June 1896, from solicitors relating to rent on the Braithwaite land at Windsor, NSW

Series 04: Incidental papers, 1846
Being a letter received by Mrs Emily Allen from her father and her sister, 15 August 1846

Information transferred from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (1-335C) as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011