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Richard VENABLES (1797 - 1845)
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
Thomas George VENABLES (1818 - 1911)
 Richard VENABLES (1797 - 1845)

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Mary BOULD (1797 - 1883)



























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Pic S1. Inscription

Sacred to the Memory
Of
MARY CLEMENTS
Relict of the late
RICHARD VENABLES
of Sydney
Who Departed This Life
July 19th 1883
Aged 86 years.
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She has gone to a higher life

Pic 2. PLOT PIONEER MEMORIAL PARK: new stone dedicated in 1985 after original stone was removed in 1976 upon creation of Pioneer Memorial Park from Bunnerong Cemetery (adjoining Botany Cemetery) at La Perouse; reinterred at Bunnerong Cemetery with original stone in 1901 (Sect. PR-V, Plot 417c Cat. D) from Sydney Burial Ground (aka Sandhills Cemetery or Old Devonshire Ground); interred originally at Sandhills Cemetery 07 Oct 1845 (cemetery closed 1888).

Inscription

new 1985 headstone:

In Memory
Of
RICHARD VENABLES
1797 -- 1845
Stonemason
of Macclesfield
Arrived with his Wife
Mary Ann
Thomas, Edward, Ann,
on S.S. 'Clyde' 1833.


original 1845 headstone:

Richard Venables
d. 5 Oct. 1845 aged 48 years,
he was a mason by trade and a native of Mackelsield (sic), Cheshire, leaving a large family. Erected by his second son Edward, also Esther, daughter of Edward and Alice Venables, granddaughter of the above, died 9th February 1854 aged 8 months

b. 30 Jan 1797 at Cheshire, England
+. Mary BOULD (1797 - 1883)
d. 05 Oct 1845 at Surrey Hills, New South Wales, Australia aged 48
Near Relatives of Richard VENABLES (1797 - 1845)
Relationship Person Born Birth Place Died Death Place Age
Self Richard VENABLES 30 Jan 1797 Cheshire, England 05 Oct 1845 Surrey Hills, New South Wales, Australia 48

Spouse/Partner Mary BOULD 03 Mar 1797 Cheshire, England 19 Jul 1883 Molong, New South Wales, Australia 86

Son Thomas George VENABLES 1818 Macclesfield, Cheshire, England 03 Mar 1911 Adaminaby, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 93

Daughter in Law Ellen THOMSON 19 Sep 1821 Lanark, Lanarkshire, Scotland 13 May 1885 Adaminaby, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 63

Grandson Richard VENABLES 06 Mar 1847 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 15 Aug 1920 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 73
Grandson John VENABLES 27 Mar 1851 Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 07 Sep 1937 Adaminaby, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 86
Granddaughter Fanny Jane VENABLES 16 Nov 1863 Adaminaby, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia 23 Sep 1896 Tumbarumba, New South Wales, Australia 32

Events in Richard VENABLES (1797 - 1845)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
30 Jan 1797 Richard VENABLES was born Cheshire, England 76
1818 21 Birth of son Thomas George VENABLES Macclesfield, Cheshire, England 76
05 Oct 1845 48 Richard VENABLES died Surrey Hills, New South Wales, Australia 76
Source References:
76. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Find a Grave, Title: Find A Grave, Locn: https://www.findagrave.com/
- Reference = https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/157896286/richard-venables (Name, Notes)
- Reference = https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/157896286/richard-venables (Birth)
- Reference = https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/157896286/richard-venables (Death)
- Notes: 30 January 1797: born at Bollington, Cheshire, England.

26 February 1797: baptized at Parish Church of St Peter, Prestbury, (near Macclesfield), Cheshire. He was recorded as the 'base' [illegitimate] son of Ann Venables at Prestbury.

15 December 1819: marriage of Richard VENABLES of Bollington, labourer, to Mary BOLD of Hurdsfield, spinster, both in this parish, by banns. Both signed with their mark 'x'; witnesses: James BARROW and Joseph CHALLENOR.

04 Sep 1832: emigrated from Liverpool, Lancashire, England aboard the ship "Clyde," 401 tons (Master: Nathaniel Ireland), departed Liverpool 4 September 1832, stopping at Cape Town, South Africa and Hobart Town; paid £ 20 to come to Australia; passenger No. 236.

15 February 1833: immigrated aboard the same ship with wife Mary and children Thomas, Edward, and Ann via Hobart to Port Jackson, New South Wales, Australia; an unnamed child born at sea, died near Capetown.

05 Oct 1845: died at his residence on Nicholls Street, Surry Hills, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
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