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Margaret (Simmons) Whiley (abt. 1835 - 1901)

Born about [uncertain] in Manchester, Lancashire, England
Died at about age 66 in Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia
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Margaret (Simmons) Whiley (abt. 1835 - 1901)

Born about [uncertain] in Manchester, Lancashire, England
Died at about age 66 in Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia

Family Tree of Margaret (Simmons) Whiley

Margaret Whiley formerly Simmons aka Smith

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Wife of — married 16 May 1852 (to before 1861) in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia map icon Wife of — married 25 Apr 1861 in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia map icon

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Family Tree of Margaret (Simmons) Whiley

Margaret

Margaret Whiley formerly Simmons aka Smith

Daughter of and

Sister of , and

Wife of — married 16 May 1852 (to before 1861) in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia map icon Wife of — married 25 Apr 1861 in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia map icon

Mother of , , , , , , and

Parents
William Simmons

bef 1813 - bef 1849

Johanna Guinen

abt 1817 - bef 1849
Ireland

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[Simmons grandmother? please help]

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[Guinen grandmother? please help]

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Biography

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Margaret (Simmons) Whiley was born in Manchester, Lancashire, England.
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Margaret (Simmons) Whiley migrated from Lancashire, England to Limerick, Ireland.
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Margaret Simmons (or Simons) was born about 1835 in Manchester, Lancashire, England, the daughter or William Simmons and Johanna Guinen. After her parents died, Margaret and her two younger sisters, Agnes and Johanna, were sent to live with relatives in Ireland. [1] [2]
Earl Grey Scheme
Margaret (Simmons) Whiley was an Irish famine orphan who emigrated to Australia between 1848-1850.
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Margaret (Simmons) Whiley migrated from Limerick, Ireland to Port Jackson, Colony of New South Wales.
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On 29th November 1849, Margaret Simons (Simmons) was 14 years old when she arrived Sydney aboard the Lismoyne, one of 175 girls under the Earl Grey Irish Famine Orphan Scheme. The shipping record says Margaret, a needlewoman, could read and write, was Roman Catholic, and she was born Manchester, Lancashire, the daughter of William Simons (Simmons) and Johanna Guinen (both dead). [3] [4]

After a stay in the Hyde Barracks, Sydney, she was deployed to the Bathurst area.

On 16th May 1852, Margaret married John Smith at St. Michael's Roman Catholic Church, Bathurst. Her address at that time was given as Campbell's River. There were no children from this marriage. [5]

In 1856, her sisters, Agnes & Johanna immigrated on the Vocalist, their passage being sponsored and paid for by Thomas Ranken, who was part of a well-established family in Bathurst. Margaret may have already worked for her after her arrival in the Colony.

On 25th April 1861, now widowed, Margaret married James Whiley in the same church as her first marriage: St Michael's, Bathurst. [6]

After their marriage they selected land at Boramel, near Condobolin, and produced nine children together: Isaac, Maria, Agnes, Emma, James, Henry, Percy, Grace Florence and Margaret. [7]

Margaret Whiley passed away on 21 February 1901. Her death was registered in the Sydney district, with her father indexed as Simmons and her mother as Johannah. [8]

The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW) Friday 22 February 1901 p 1
DEATHS
WHILEY.—February 21, at Sydney, Mrs. Margaret Whiley, of Condobolin, in her 65th year. R.I.P. [9]


Margaret was buried on 22 February 1901, in Rookwood Catholic Cemetery (Grave Mortuary 1, Row K, Plot 1654), at Rookwood, New South Wales. [10] [11]

The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW) Friday 22 February 1901 p 8
FUNERAL NOTICES
WHILEY.—The Funeral of the late Mrs. MARGARET WHILEY, of Condobolin, will leave the residence of her Brother-in-law, Mr. George Landers, 54 M'Arthur-street, Ultimo, THIS DAY, at 1.45 p.m., for the Necropolis.
COFFILL and COMPANY, Central Office, 812 George-street.
Tel., 424, &c. [12]


Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder (NSW) Friday 8 March 1901 p 5
IN MEMORIAM
IN LOVING MEMORY of our dear Mother; Margaret Whiley, who died at Dr. Worrall's Private hospital, Darlinghurst, Sydney, on 21st February, 1901.
Mother is gone but not forgotten,
Nor's the good advice she gave.
Sweetest thoughts shall ever linger
Around our darling mother's grave.
Long days and nights she bore in pain,
To wait for cure was all in vain ;
But God alone, who thought it best,
Did ease her pain and gave her rest.
Inserted on behalf of the family by her loving son, Percy J. Whiley. [13]


Leader (Orange, NSW) Saturday 22 February 1902 p 4
IN MEMORIAM.
WHILEY.—In memory of Mrs. Margaret Whiley, died Molong Hospital, Sydney, February 21st, 1901.
All you who have a mother,
Cherish her with tender care ;
For when she's gone and gone for ever
You will miss her everywhere.
—Inserted by her loving daughter, Maggie Whiley, Orange [14]


Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder (NSW) Friday 27 February 1903 p 3
In Memoriam.
IN LOVING MEMORY of MARGARET WHILEY, late of Condobolin, who departed this life on the 21st day of February, 1901, aged 64 year. Interred in Rookwood Cemetery 22nd February.
Mother is gone but not forgotten.
Nor is the good advise she gave,
Sweetest thoughts shall ever linger
Around our darling Mother's grave.
Long days and nights she spent in pain,
To wait for cure was all in vain
But God alone who knowest best
Did ease her pain and gave her rest.
Oh silent grave to thee we trust
This precious part of earthly dust.
Guard it safely, sacred tomb.
Till we, her children, ask for room.
Inserted by her loving sons, P. J. and H. Whiley. [15]


Sources

  1. ↑ unsourced family history given to Christine Randall
  2. ↑ Irish Famine Memorial|Names on the Monument. Entry for Simmons Margaret, Killmallock, Limerick.
  3. ↑ New South Wales State Archives and Records. 'List of Immigrants per Ship, Lismoyne, arrived 29 Nov 1849', p. 509. Entry no. 155, Margaret SIMONS. View Image.
  4. ↑ Irish Famine Orphan Girls database. Entry for Margaret SIMONS (SIMMONS): https://irishfaminememorial.org/details-page/?pdb=8751
  5. ↑ State of New South Wales (Department of Justice) NSW BDM online: 1852, MARRIAGE REG no. 240154/1852 V1852154 98, John SMITH and Margaret SIMMONS, LG (Roman Catholic, Bathurst); event date: 16 MAY 1852.
  6. ↑ State of New South Wales (Department of Justice) NSW BDM online: 1861, MARRIAGE REG no. 1254/1861, James WILEY and Margaret SIMMONS, Bathurst; event date: 25 APR 1861.
  7. ↑ BOOK: Making Tracks, Peter & Kate Whiley, (2nd Ed. April 2001), BSBN 0-646-41567-0; PAGES 54-55
  8. ↑ State of New South Wales (Department of Justice) NSW BDM online: 1901, DEATH REG no. 240, Margaret WHILEY; Father: SIMMONDS; Mother: Johannah; District: Sydney; event date: 21 Feb 1901.
  9. ↑ 1901 'Family Notices', The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), 22 February, p. 1. , viewed 03 Jan 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article14356289
  10. ↑ Rookwood Catholic Cemetery & Crematorium. Deceased Search, online database. Entry for Margaret Whiley ( - 1901); register No: 32271; Passed Away: 21 Feb 1901; Gender: Female; Aged: 64; Service Date: 22 Feb 1901; Service Type: Burial; Section: Grave Mortuary 1; Area: K; Grave : 1654.
  11. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 01 August 2020), memorial page for Margaret Whiley (unknown–22 Feb 1901), Find A Grave: Memorial #150094478, citing Rookwood Catholic Cemeteries and Crematoria, Rookwood, Cumberland Council, New South Wales, Australia ; Maintained by jlong (contributor 48741020) .
  12. ↑ 1901 'Family Notices', The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), 22 February, p. 8. , viewed 03 Jan 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article14356288
  13. ↑ 1901 'Family Notices', Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder (NSW : 1899 - 1952), 8 March, p. 5. , viewed 03 Jan 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article213240884
  14. ↑ 1902 'Family Notices', Leader (Orange, NSW : 1899 - 1945), 22 February, p. 4. , viewed 03 Jan 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article252289979
  15. ↑ 1903 'Family Notices', Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder (NSW : 1899 - 1952), 27 February, p. 3. , viewed 03 Jan 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article213300532

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Jo Farmer for creating WikiTree profile Simmons-2410 through the import of Farmer (4).ged on Feb 4, 2013. (Margaret Simmons born 1848)

17 March 2018: Profile adopted by Christine Randall.

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