Richard Henwood Blamey Snr (1846 - 1937)

Born 15 Apr 1846 in Newquay, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Husband of Margaret Louisa (Murray) Blamey — married 1871 in Queensland, Australia

Descendants

Died 17 May 1937 at age 91 in Rockdale, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

Richard Blamey Snr migrated from England to Queensland.

Richard Henwood Blamey was born on April 15, 1846 in Newquay, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, son of James Cardell Blamey (1816–~1852) and Jane Elizabeth Henwood (1819–1913).^[1]

Richard migrated to Queensland, Australia, on the Flying Cloud arriving in January 1863^[2] as an adventurous sixteen year-old, leaving behind in England his widowed mother and sister (who would marry four years later). Richard, who had learned the trade of a butcher, found work as a cattleman in Queensland.

Richard (24) married Margaret Louisa Murray (21) (born in 1849 in New South Wales; daughter of William E Murray and Johanna R (McKay) Murray) in 1871 in Queensland, Australia.^[3] They would become the parents of nine children, eight of whom would attain adulthood. Two daughters remained single throughout their lives. Their third and youngest son was Second World War Commander-in-Chief of the Australian Military Forces, General (later Field Marshal) Sir Thomas Blamey. Their children were:

• William Edward Murray Blamey (1873–1889)
• Richard Henwood Blamey (1875–1933)
• Margaret Louisa Blamey (~1877–1918)
• Edith Mina Blamey (1877–1951)
• Lilian Mary Blamey (1879–1920)
• James Cardell Blamey (1881–1957)
• Thomas Albert Blamey (1884–1951)
• Ada Reay Mackay Blamey (1886–1931)
• Maud Eliza Blamey (1888–1976)

Richard and Margaret moved to the Wagga Wagga district of New South Wales and took up a small property at Lake Albert. Richard also found jobs as a contract drover and as an overseer of shearing-sheds.

They remained living at Lake Albert until moving to Parramatta around the turn of the century and then 'retiring' to the St George district in southern Sydney during the First World War years (1914-18). Son, Richard, took on the management of the property until, in time, also 'retiring' to the lights of Sydney. Daughter Edith and her husband, Claude Daley, remained on the land at Lake Albert.

Richard died on May 17, 1937 in Rockdale, New South Wales, Australia, aged 91.^[4]

There was certainly longevity from the Henwood family; Richard's sister, Elizabeth, reaching 100 years of age and their mother was 93 when she passed away. Their youngest daughter, Maud, was the longest-living of their children at 88 years.

Sources

1. ↑ UK FreeBMD Jun qtr 1846, vol 9, page 64
2. ↑ 1863 'THE FLYING CLOUD.', The Courier (Brisbane, Qld. : 1861 - 1864), 17 January, p. 2. , viewed 03 Mar 2024, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3160951

   THE FLYING CLOUD.

   This vessel, one of the Black Ball Line, commanded by Captain H. Keene, left Plymouth on the 10th of October last, and brought up at the anchorage ground in Moreton Bay on the 11th instant, having thus made a satisfactory run of 93 days. ... The following is a list of the names of the first and second cabin passengers:— ... Second cabin : Mr. Blamey, ...

3. ↑ Queensland Marriage Index #C631/1871
4. ↑ New South Wales Death Index #6342/1937