Somerton NSW - Notes

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Somerton, New South Wales, Australia
Surname/tag: Somerton

Research Notes relating to Somerton, NSW

• Somerton School Centenary 1880-1980 - snippets taken from online PDF at Scribd.com

Petition in 1876 to establish the school named the following potential students:

1. Edwin Harris (13)
2. Henry Harris (12)
3. Elizabeth Harris (10)
4. James Harris (9)
5. Ellen Harris (8)
6. Clara Harris (6)
7. Arthur Harris (4)
8. Harriet Woolaston (14)
9. John Woolaston (12)
10. Thomas Woolaston (10)
11. Sarah Woolaston (7)
12. William Woolaston (5)
13. William Nowland (10)
14. Lydia Nowland (8)
15. Edith Nowland (4)
16. Ellen McBean (7)
17. Jessie McBean (6)
18. Emily Crotty (12)
19. Clara Crotty (10)
20. Thomas Crotty (7)
21. Kate Crotty (5)
22. George Crotty (3)
23. Jane Steeles (8)
24. Joseph Steeles (6)
25. James Steeles (4)
26. Annie Steeles (3)
27. Edith Alderton (13)
28. Clara Verrier (13)
29. William Verrier (11)
30. Henry Verrier (9)
31. George Gibson (13)
32. Amma Stains (6)
33. Jane Jeffries (12)
34. Emily Jeffries (10)
35. Amelia Jeffries (8)
36. Annie Jeffries (6)
37. Archie Robson (9)
38. Mary Robson (9)
39. Martha Robson (5)
40. John Elsmere (5)
41. Annie Sims (14)
42. James Sims (14)

The school was established three years later (1879), but closed on 1th Jan 1887 due to decline in numbers.