Walter Henry Cates (1827 - 1901)

Born 1827 in Guildford, Surrey, England

Ancestors

Husband of Alice (Cullen) Cates — married 14 Apr 1856 in Kensington, London, England

Descendants

Died 1901 at about age 74 in Gordon, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

Family legend asserts that 'Walter and Alice Cates were brought out from England by the Anthony Hordern's to work at their Darling Point home.' (Halstead p.259)

The couple were married at St. Barnabas' Church; Walter was a gardener living at Addison Lodge, his father Moses a farmer. Alice Cullen was living at 'Hughes Garden', her father Joseph a bootmaker.

However, having married in Kensington, London in April 1856, they sailed more or less directly to Australia for their honeymoon, and gave birth to their honeymoon baby Walter Edmond in January 1857 in Jerabomberra, near present day Canberra.

Alice Emily, their second child, was born here also in 1859.

It was not until Frederick A Cates in 1864 was a birth registration made at Paddington, which might correspond to Walter living and working at the Hordern's Retford Hall on Darling Point. The property had 3 acres of gardens, so may well have needed a live-in gardener.

Grace was also born here in 1866.

By 1871, the family had moved to St. Ives, where Charles was born in 1871, and Ernest in 1873.

Sources

• NSW death registration #11311/1901 in district St Leonards

Death Notice

Halstead, Gay 1982, The story of St. Ives (N.S.W.) and some of its neighbours, Nungurner Press, [Turramurra, N.S.W.] pp. 259-264 The Cates Family.

Retford Hall Info