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Alice Rebecca (Gay) Marchbank (1848 - 1926)

Alice Rebecca Marchbank formerly Gay
Born in New South Wales, Australiamap
Ancestors ancestors
Daughter of and
Wife of — married 1876 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australiamap
Descendants descendants
Died at about age 78 in Rozelle, New South Wales, Australiamap
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Biography

Alice Rebecca Gay was born in New South Wales in 1848. She was the daughter of James Gay and Ann Gordon.[1]

Alice married William Marchbank at Sydney in 1878[2] and they had three children together: Florence Ann (1880), William (1884), and James (1892).

They separated and she sued him for maintenance in 1894. She was earning money by caring for babies.[3]

In 1913, Alice was fined for keeping a large amount of poultry at her home in dirty conditions.[4][5] In 1916 she was summoned to court for throwing sand at a neighbour, and later in the same year she took a newspaperman to court for libel for his description of the case.[6][7]

She passed away at her home in Red Lion Street, Rozelle, on the 17th of August, 1926[8][9] and was buried at the Field of Mars Cemetery in East Ryde, NSW.[10][11]

Sources

  1. NSW BDM: Birth Registration 2371/1848 V18482371 33A
    GAY ALICA R, father: JAMES, mother: ANNE
  2. NSW BDM: Marriage Registration 860/1878
    MARCHBANK, WILLIAM; GAY, ALICE REBECCA; district: SYDNEY
  3. Matrimonial Troubles. (1894, August 11). Evening News (Sydney, NSW : 1869 - 1931), p. 5. Retrieved August 12, 2017, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article113329983
    At the Balmain Police Court to-day, before Mr. Whittingdale Johnson, S.M., Alice Rebecca Marchbank sued her husband, William Marchbank, for maintenance. Complainant stated that Marchbank left her about April last, and did not tell her where he was going. The first she heard of him was from New Zealand about July 1. The Rev. Mr. Grimm wrote to him concerning her position, and sometime afterwards she received £15 from him. Before he left he used to allow her sometimes £2, and at others 30s a week. She would not swear that her husband had done no work for four months. She had an idea that he was an agent for a gambling den in Union-street, Auckland. When leaving he did not part friendly with her, but he gave her the deeds of some property, and also a power of attorney to do as she liked with it. On Monday week he went to the house and complained about the letters that had been sent to him by different persons concerning the distress she and children were alleged to be in. She was washing a baby at the time, and told him to go back to Union-street, Auckland, where he came from. He was making a disturbance about the letters, and when he would not go away she threw a wet sponge at him. He came back on the Tuesday following and kicked up another row. She had not received a single shilling through her daughter from her husband during the past three weeks. Her mother came to her house on Queen's Birthday, and resided with her ever since. She knew nothing whatever about a baby farm. She received 11s a week for the child she was washing when her husband came to the house. She had, at one time, two other babies in the house, but only for a little while. She kept no boarders, but intended letting rooms to young ladies going to business. Mr. S. J. Bull, solicitor for defendant, asked complainant if she were agreeable for her husband to go home and live with her, but she would have none of him ; she wanted him to pay maintenance money. Mr. Johnson dismissed the application, and remarked that if the complainant had been of a conciliatory disposition the matter could easily have been made up.
  4. DIRTY PREMISES. (1913, October 22). The Sun (Sydney, NSW : 1910 - 1954), p. 7 (FINAL EXTRA). Retrieved August 13, 2017, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article229347274
    DIRTY PREMISES. FOWLS, DUCKS, DOGS, AND A GOAT. Alice Rebecca Marchbank, an old and somewhat infirm widow, was proceeded against by Sanitary-Inspector Frederick John Paris at the Balmain Police Court to-day, it being alleged that she kept poultry on her premises, Red Lion-street, Rozelle, so as to create a nuisance. Mr. Paris said that when he visited the premises on the 13th Inst, there were about 60 fowls and about 40 ducks in the yard. The poultry were kept under the house and in the yard, which were both filthy. The stench was very bad indeed. There were three dogs and a goat on the premises. Defendant was fined £3, with £2 5s costs, in default, three weeks' gaol. A week was allowed in which to pay.
  5. CREATING A NUISANCE. (1913, October 23). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 5. Retrieved August 13, 2017, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15459760
    Before Mr. Love, S.M., at the Balmain Police Court yesterday, the local sanitary inspector proceeded against Alice Rebecca Marchbank, an elderly widow, for keeping on her premises Red Lion-street, Balmain, poultry in such a state as to create a nuisance. Defendant attributed the condition of the premises to heavy rain. Penalties amounting to £5 5s were imposed.
  6. DISTRICT COURT. (1916, June 8). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 5. Retrieved August 13, 2017, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15654425
    ALLEGED LIBEL. Marchbank v MacDougall. In this suit Alice Rebecca Marchbank, of 20 Red Lion-street, Rozelle. was the plaintiff, and Walter Cummin MacDougall, of the Balmain "Observer" Office, Rozelle, the defendant. The plaintiff's claim stated that the defendant falsely and maliciously printed In his newspaper on February 4, 1916, a report, in which the plaintiff was summoned by her next-door neighbour for throwing sand into the latter's face. The report of the case, it was alleged, stated that the plaintiff "suffered from hallucinations, and that she fancied that someone was placing chemicals into her food safe with the object of poisoning her," and that "the nuisance came to a climax when the old woman (meaning the present plaintiff) threw a saucepan full of sand through a window on to a baby. Plaintiff claimed £100 damages.
    The defendant stated that the report referred to was fair and accurate, and that the publication was made In good faith for the information of the public. Mr. David Fealy appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Boyce, instructed by Mr. Reginald Thornton, for the defence.
    The case is part heard.
  7. ARRANT FORM OF SNOBBERY." (1916, June 15). Queensland Times (Ipswich, Qld. : 1909 - 1954), p. 4 (DAILY.). Retrieved August 12, 2017, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article113149017
    In the Sydney District Court on the 8th instant Judge Murray heard a case in which Alice Rebecca Marchbank, of Rozelle, claimed £100 dam ages from Walter Cummin McDougall, of the "Balmain Observer," newspaper, on account of alleged libel. Plaintiff complained of the report of a case in which she had been charged with having thrown sand into a neighbour's face. Judge Murray decided in favour of the defendant, McDougall, without costs. In delivering judgment, he said that defendant had placed himself just on the edge of the law. The report in defendant's newspaper had referred to plaintiff as an "old woman," not as an "old lady." The latter term was an arrant form of snobbery conformed to by all sides of modern society.—Exchange.
  8. NSW BDM: Death Registration
    MARCHBANK ALICE R, father: JAMES, mother: ANN, district: BALMAIN NORTH
  9. Family Notices (1928, August 17). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 10. Retrieved August 12, 2017, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16487393
    MARCHBANK.-In loving memory ol our dear mother and grandmother, Alice R. Marchbank, who departed this life August 17, 1926. Sweet is the word remembrance As these few lines will show, You will always be remembered As the years may come and go. Inserted by her loving daughter. Florrie, and grandson. Gordon.
  10. Family Notices (1926, August 18). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 13. Retrieved August 12, 2017, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16329237
    MARCHBANK.—The Relatives and Friends of the late Mrs. ALICE REBECCA MARCHBANK are invited to attend her Funeral; to leave her late residence, 29 Red Lion street, Rozelle, THIS WEDNESDAY, at 2.15 p.m., for Church of England Cemetery, Field of Mars.
    MARCHBANK.—The Relatives and Friends of Mr. and Mrs. G. MARCHBANK, of 224 Evans-street, Rozelle, are kindly invited to attend the Funeral of their late beloved GRANDMOTHER, Alice Rebecca Marchbank; to leave 29 Red Lion-street, Rozelle, THIS WEDNESDAY, at 2.15 p.m., for Church of England Cemetery, Field of Mars.'
  11. Alice Rebecca Gay Marchbank. Find a Grave memorial.




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