James Arthur Draper (abt. 1863 - 1945)

Born about 1863 in Molong, New South Wales, Australia [uncertain]

Husband of Emma Jane (Sibraa) Draper — married 22 Feb 1893 in Bourke, New South Wales, Australia

Died 9 Feb 1945 at about age 82 in Bondi Beach, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

Birth

There is conflicting evidence about the date and place of birth of James Arthur Draper.

• The Birth Certificate listed below (11304/1863) relates to an unnamed son of James Draper and Matilda Morton. The birth was registered at Orange, NSW and the child was born on 27 Jan 1863.

• The Death Certificate of James Arthur Draper (6045/1945) identifies his place of birth as Molong, NSW and his age at time of death as 84, indicating year of birth as 1860 or 1861.

• The Headstone at South Head Cemetery indicates that he was aged 85 at time of death, indicating year of birth as 1859 or 1860.

• The Molong Express (16 Feb 1945, page 4) reports that he was aged 82 at time of death, indicating year of birth as 1862 or 1863. The same article doesn't state his place of birth, but reports that he "spent the greater part of his life" at "Redbank", Molong.

• The Narromine News and Trangie Advocate (9 Feb 1945, page 4) reports that he was born at Molong and was aged 86 at time of death, indicating year of birth as 1858 or 1859.

Marriage 22 Feb 1893. Cooleyarbooro Hotel, Bourke, NSW. ^{[1] [2]}

Husband - James Arthur Draper.

Wife - Emily Jane Sibraa

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Date of Marriage (22 Feb 1893) confirmed by BDM Index (for marriage)

Place of Marriage identified by Death Certificate for James Draper

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The Cooleyarbooro Hotel, known also, in BDM Certificates, as "Cooley Harbour" or "Cooly Harbour" is a hotel situated on the Wanaaring Road, 35 kilometres west of Bourke, NSW owned, between 1888 and 1898, by James Sibraa, Bridget Sibraa, John Sibraa and finally Abraham Wade. In 1893 it was owned by Emily's mother, Bridget Sibraa.

Death 9 Feb 1945. 71 Gould St., Bondi Beach, NSW. Cause of Death: Arterio Sclerosis. ^[2]

Burial 10 Feb 1945. Roman Catholic Cemetery, South Head, NSW. ^{[2] [3]}

"Family Notices" The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) 10 February 1945:
DRAPER.—The Relatives and Friends of Mrs. Emily Draper and Family, of 71 Gould Street, Bondi, are invited to attend the Funeral of her dearly beloved Husband and their loving Father, James Arthur Draper; to leave the Kinsela Chapels, Taylor Square, Darlinghurst. This Saturday, after service to commence at 10.13 a.m.. for Waverley Cemetery.
Charles Kinsela Pty.. Ltd.. A.F.D.A., Taylor Square. Darlinghurst. FL4136-7-8.

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Extract from Book

Emily Jane Sibraa, daughter of James and Bridget, was born at Murrumburrah in 1870. In 1893 she married James Draper at the Cooleyarbooro Hotel, on the Wanaaring Road, 22 miles (35 kilometres) west of Bourke. James was born in 1861 at Molong, north of Orange. He was the son of James Draper and Matilda Morton, married in 1853 at Carcoar. According to Greville's Directory, James Draper was a squatter at Redbank, Molong.

Emily's and James's six children, Marjorie, James, Frederick, Milton, Laura and Dorothy, were born at Molong, Dubbo and Nyngan between 1893 and 1905. Dorothy remained in contact with her cousin, my mother, Phyllis Hannan (née Watson), born at Nyngan in 1908.

James died in 1945 and is buried in South Head Cemetery. Emily died in 1946 and is also buried in South Head Cemetery. Of Emily's and James's children Laura is buried at Nyngan; Milton is buried in Waverley Cemetery; and Marjorie, James, Frederick and Dorothy are buried in Sydney.^[4]

Research

Births of children of James Arthur Draper & Emily Jane (Sibraa) Draper

Birth NSW BDM Index DRAPER MARGERY J 23054/1893 (parents) JAMES A & EMILY J (MOLONG)

Birth NSW BDM Index DRAPER JAMES S 5181/1895 (parents) JAMES A & EMILY J (MOLONG)

Birth NSW BDM IndexDRAPER FREDERICK N L 32341/1896 (parents) JAMES A & EMILY J (MOLONG)

Birth NSW BDM IndexDRAPER MILTON L 20519/1899 (parents) JAMES A & EMILY J (DUBBO)

Birth NSW BDM IndexDRAPER LAURA E 34449/1902 (parents) JAMES A & EMILY J (NYNGAN)

Birth NSW BDM IndexDRAPER DOROTHY D 36232/1905 (parents) JAMES A & EMILY J (NYNGAN)

Sources

1. ↑ NSW BDM Index, 2347/1893; Husband - DRAPER, JAMES A; Wife - SIBRAA, EMILY J; District - BOURKE. Surety: 3. Date of Marriage (22 Feb 1893) confirmed by BDM Index.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} NSW Joy Murrin, death certificate (transcription), 6045 (1945), James Arthur Draper.
3. ↑ Society of Australian Genealogists, Waverley and South Head Cemetery Transcriptions, 2002. James A Draper, monumental inscription: South Head Cemetery, died 9 Mar (sic) 1945, aged 85, My husb, our father. (buried in same grave as Emily Jane Draper)
4. ↑ Myles Hannan, Where were they and what were they doing in 1872? (Wagga Wagga, NSW: Triple D Books, 2007), Page 100.

• Birth NSW BDM Index 11304/1863 DRAPER MALE (parents) JAMES & MATILDA (ORANGE)
• Marriage NSW BDM Index 2347/1893 DRAPER JAMES A married SIBRAA EMILY J (BOURKE)
• Death NSW BDM Index 6045/1945 DRAPER JAMES ARTHUR (parents) JAMES & MATILDA (WAVERLEY)