EDWARD and HANNAH DESCENDANT NEWSLETTER

Issue No 2/13

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March Meeting:

We were made welcome to Carmen’s family’s new home at Lisarow on the CentralCoast and a good turn up was present.
A lot of discussion was held about the FFF reaction to our becoming a chapter. Also a lot of social talk while we were having our lunch after the meeting. /

“Edward & Hannah Corner”

From records found it appears that Edward Pugh was baptised in St Chad’s Church in the parish of St. Mary’s Shrewsbury April 1760, 253 years ago.
The original St Chad’s Church at right was old and had many structural cracks and in 1788 it collapsed into a pile of rubble.A new church was built using some of the stone from the original church. /

Also on the 17th April 1787 Edward was received on board the “Friendship”;his occupation was given as a house carpenter.Also received at the same time was Elizabeth Parker and daughter Ann. However at one point in Lt. R. Clark’s journal she was listed as Elizabeth Pugh with child.

On the 8th April 1817 the “Bank of NSW” (now Westpac) was established, it was the first bank in Australia and was founded by Governor Lachlan Macquarie. You would have to agree that Edward and Hannah would not have had much if any dealings with the bank.

Note; Bank of NSW is different to the State Bank of NSW which was started and owned by the state government in 1933 as the Rural Bank of NSW.

Introducing …Joe and Lorraine Lester

Hello to my ‘rellies’ and other readers of the Friendship Times. I have been asked to let you know a little of my history, so here goes. As the eldest of three I was born at Bankstown to the happy couple Joe and Hazel (nee Hunt) Lester. Possibly the only interesting thing about my birth is that wife Lorraine and I had the same midwife. Although we were not to meet for another sixteen years!

My mother Hazel was the daughter of John Hunt, the son of Frances Brownett, hence the connection to the Pugh/Smith dynasty. Unfortunately for brother Terence, sister Yvonne and myself Mum died of tuberculosis in 1948 and we were split up for a while. Yvonne went to an uncle and aunt at Padstow, Terry and I to the Burnside Homes at North Parramatta. During the time at Burnside I won a scholarship to go to Parramatta High School where I was not very successful academically. After completing an apprenticeship, very successfully, I dabbled in production and mechanical engineering and spent most of the working life involved in the design and manufacture of farm equipment. Lorraine and I have four offspring, a boy and three girls, nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Some of these live as far afield as Cairns and the Gold Coast which is inconvenient for visiting often.

After retiring and lots of travel we have settled down to a quiet life, Lorraine is involved in the local gym and I will graduate this year from the University of Wollongong with a double major. Both of us have been pursuing Lorraine’s family tree as her Dad died when she was only nine months old and did not know any of his family. It is an amazing story on its own, but not for now.

Thanks to Joe for his story

“Smile Time”

A lady on holidays went to the local church on Sunday. The sermon seemed to go on forever, and many in the congregation fell asleep.

After the service, to be social, she walked up to a very sleepy looking gentleman, extended her hand in greeting, and said “Hello, I’m GladysDunn.”

The gentleman replied, “You’re not the only one Ma’am, I’m glad it’s done too”.

Next Meeting;

The next meeting will be combined with a weekend workshop at Wendy’s place at Dyers Crossing near Nabiac on weekend 1st & 2nd June. The meeting will be on Sunday but the rest of the time can be devoted to some in-depth research and discussion.

Wendy has invited everyone interested to come and stay at her house on the Saturday night and make of a weekend of it.

Regards Ray (April 2013)