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Katherine WARREN (1832 - 1920)
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Emma Louisa GRIBBLE (1862 - )
Jane M GRIBBLE (1864 - )
William Henry GRIBBLE (1866 - 1946)
George GRIBBLE (1868 - 1947)
Mary GRIBBLE (1870 - )
Agnes Florence GRIBBLE (1872 - 1948)
Thomas GRIBBLE (1874 - 1950)
Katherine WARREN (1832 - 1920)

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Katherine WARREN Thomas GRIBBLE

Katherine WARREN
Katherine WARREN Thomas GRIBBLE Katherine WARREN
b. abt 1832 at Ireland
m. 1860 Thomas GRIBBLE (1837 - 1927) at Windsor, New South Wales, Australia
d. 27 Jan 1920 at Yass, New South Wales, Australia aged 88
Near Relatives of Katherine WARREN (1832 - 1920)
Relationship Person Born Birth Place Died Death Place Age
Father in Law Thomas Samuel GRIBBLE abt 1808 Totnes, Devon, England 1889 81
Mother in Law Agnes Sandford JONES 1876

Self Katherine WARREN abt 1832 Ireland 27 Jan 1920 Yass, New South Wales, Australia 88

Husband Thomas GRIBBLE 1837 West Teignmouth, Devon, England 19 Jul 1927 Yass, New South Wales, Australia 90

Daughter Emma Louisa GRIBBLE 1862 Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Daughter Jane M GRIBBLE 1864 Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Son William Henry GRIBBLE 1866 Ginninderra, ACT, Australia 11 Mar 1946 Hall, New South Wales, Australia 80
Son George GRIBBLE abt 1868 Ginninderra, ACT, Australia 1947 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 79
Daughter Mary GRIBBLE 1870 Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Daughter Agnes Florence GRIBBLE 1872 Ginninderra, ACT, Australia 20 Apr 1948 Canberra, ACT, Australia 76
Son Thomas GRIBBLE abt 1874 Ginninderra, ACT, Australia 1950 Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia 76

Son in Law Arthur FLOWER 1868 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 1905 Yass, New South Wales, Australia 37
Daughter in Law Mary Ann Marianne SOUTHWELL 1866 Parkwood, New South Wales, Australia 29 May 1961 Hall, New South Wales, Australia 95
Daughter in Law Margaret Courtney MOORE 21 Aug 1871 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1942 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 71
Son in Law Henry Roland CURRAN 1867 Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia 17 Aug 1956 Ginninderra, ACT, Australia 89
Daughter in Law Helen May FLANAGAN 1875 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1947 Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia 72

Granddaughter Ethel Merlie GRIBBLE Hall, New South Wales, Australia
Grandson Thomas GRIBBLE Hall, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter Zeta Mary GRIBBLE Hall, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter Evelyn Harriett Ruth GRIBBLE 1893 Ginninderra, ACT, Australia 17 May 1975 Canberra, ACT, Australia 82
Granddaughter Milton S GRIBBLE 1894 Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Grandson Ernest William GRIBBLE 1896 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia 1920 24
Grandson Jack Edwin GRIBBLE 1899 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter Florence GRIBBLE 1900 Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter Veronica Kathleen (Vera) CURRAN 1893 Ginninderra, ACT, Australia 1938 Ginninderra, ACT, Australia 45
Grandson Arthur Henry CURRAN 1895 Ginninderra, ACT, Australia
Grandson Henry Everard 'Babe' CURRAN 1896 Ginninderra, ACT, Australia Oct 1964 68

Events in Katherine WARREN (1832 - 1920)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
abt 1832 Katherine WARREN was born Ireland 6
1860 28 Married Thomas GRIBBLE (aged 23) Windsor, New South Wales, Australia 6
06 Jan 1860 28 Immigration Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 6
1862 30 Birth of daughter Emma Louisa GRIBBLE Ginninderra, ACT, Australia 6
1864 32 Birth of daughter Jane M GRIBBLE Ginninderra, ACT, Australia 6
1866 34 Birth of son William Henry GRIBBLE Ginninderra, ACT, Australia 6
abt 1868 36 Birth of son George GRIBBLE Ginninderra, ACT, Australia 6
1870 38 Birth of daughter Mary GRIBBLE Ginninderra, ACT, Australia 6
1872 40 Birth of daughter Agnes Florence GRIBBLE Ginninderra, ACT, Australia 6
abt 1874 42 Birth of son Thomas GRIBBLE Ginninderra, ACT, Australia 6
27 Jan 1920 88 Katherine WARREN died Yass, New South Wales, Australia 6
Source References:
6. Type: Book, Abbr: Queanbeyan Register, Title: Biographical register of Canberra and Queanbeyan: from the district to the Australian Capital Territory 1820-1930, Auth: Peter Proctor, Publ: The Heraldry & Genealogical Society of Canberra, Date: 2001
- Reference = 327 (Birth)
- Reference = 327 (Death)
- Reference = 327 (Immigration)
- Reference = 126 (Name, Notes)
- Reference = 126 (Marriage)
80. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Hall Museum, Title: Hall School Museum and Heritage Centre, Locn: https://museum.hall.act.au/
- Reference = https://museum.hall.act.au/display/1939/person/1961/katherine-kate-gribble.html (Name, Notes)
- Notes: Katherine 'Kate' Gribble
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Born: 1831; Died: 1920; Married: Thomas Gribble

Katherine 'Kate' Gribble
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Katherine ('Kate') Gribble, nee Warren, was born at Ballykinlalee, near the Shannon River in North Tipperary, Ireland in 1831. She followed her sister, Peggy, in travelling to NSW. She arrived in January 1860 and worked as a domestic servant at Rouse Hill near Sydney. The Warren sisters' decision to migrate was connected to the miserable conditions in Ireland, particularly following the Irish potato famine of 1845-49. We are even fortunate enough to have Kate's own account, as recorded by her neighbour, Samuel Shumack.

"Conditions in Ireland at the time were very bad and although Peggy was engaged to Mick Ryan, the prospects of marriage were not bright. However, Mick assisted us with our passage money and promised that he would follow as soon as possible. We both obtained employment on landing in Sydney."

In Australia, she met teamster, Tom Gribble. They were wed by October and had relocated to Ginninderra by the end of the year. Tom and Kate built the homestead that was to become known as 'The Valley'. They farmed and raised a family of seven children together.

Tom's parents were shocked to hear he had married an Irish girl. His father recalled: 'My son Tom had left England about two years when we received a letter stating that he had married an Irish girl. When his mother read this letter she broke down and cried, "Oh Lord, what have we done that our son should disgrace his family and marry an Irish savage." I got the surprise of my life when we arrived here and found Tom's wife Kate was equal to any of my daughters.'

Kate is also recorded in Shumack's autobiography as warning him not to go with a neighbour, Charles White, to a local race meeting, as White was known to be a little too fond of drinking. Shumack said, 'Mrs Gribble advised me not to go because Charlie would go on the spree and would lose a week or more from work. I then told Charlie that I was not going and advised him to do likewise, and to this he agreed.' Shumack goes on to relate how White changed his mind, drank too much, and drowned on the way home.

Tom and Kate retired in 1912. They sold their livestock, leased out their property and moved to Yass. She died in 1920 from acute artero-colitis and is buried in Yass cemetery.

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