First Settlers in Lade Vale: Frank and Catherine Lawless

Is this the house that Frank built? Remains of a substantial granite block house on land once owned by the first settlers in Lade Vale, Frank and Catherine Lawless.  It may well have been built by Frank when the family took up their circa 1826 land grant. While we cannot be absolutely certain this is his work, there can be no doubt it is just the sort of house a skilled builder/bricklayer such as Frank would have constructed to settle his family in.

Frank and Catherine Lawless  – The Lade Vale Years

The Story So Far

This is the second chapter in our look at early colonial settlers Frank and Catherine Lawless written by their 3rd great granddaughter, Carmel Peek, in association with GDHS. At the end of our last episode:

• Bricklayer Frank [as he was commonly called rather than by his formal given name Francis] had been transported to Sydney from Ireland in 1809 following his conviction for highway robbery;
• He compounded his failings and misfortunes in late 1810 when condemned to the gallows for forging and uttering;
• Happily this sentence was commuted only four days later.
• Frank married currency lass Catherine Kearns, daughter of the first registered publican in NSW, in January 1816;
• Through hard work and competence, Frank rose from being a convict work gang bricklayer to become a self taught architect and builder, acknowledged as a notable contributor to the early architecture of Sydney as well as being a meat producer and publican;
• His conditional pardon in March 1819 was confirmed in November 1821;
• We left him in July 1824, doubtless delighted that Governor Macquarie had granted him temporary occupancy of 4000 acres on the Wollondilly.

What Happened at Wollondilly?

Governor Macquarie’s large but temporary grant of land in what is now the Macarthur region of SW Sydney seems never to have been confirmed. Perhaps it was always intended to be a short term occupancy. But it is a good bet that Frank’s transition to land baron was interrupted by the “new broom” reforms instituted after Macquarie was recalled to England.

Macquarie’s successor, Major General Sir Thomas Makdougall Brisbane, found a chaotic land grants situation when he took office. Lands were occupied without proper legal title, people took up properties on the basis of undocumented promises and boundary disputes were rife. Brisbane concentrated on clearing the surveying backlog and tightened up the eligibility criteria for grants so that land was occupied only by people with the inclination and capacity to use it productively. He also began to sell crown land rather than giving free grants. Frank had demonstrated a capacity to be a successful meat producer and may well have had some capital but, nevertheless, could still have been adversely affected by this new administrative regime.

Brisbane also had clear riding instructions from the Secretary of State for the Colonies based on the Bigge report commissioned into Macquarie’s management of the colony. Commissioner Bigge could not see the benefits of Macquarie’s enlightened and successful policies towards emancipists (former convicts).  He condemned Macquarie’s public building works as extravagant and wasteful. Emancipist Frank, as we know, owed his success in the colony in large part to these now out of favour practices. It is not likely he would be at the front of the queue under the post Macquarie regime.

The Lawless Move to Lade Vale

Happily, all was not lost. On or before 15 October 1826 Frank received a Land Grant from Governor Darling, possession of which was required by 6 February 1827. We know this in part from a public notice in the The Sydney Gazette in June 1841:

Case 986 – Francis Lawless, of Yass, Representative of. 

Twelve hundred and eighty acres, county of King, parish unnamed, near Mount Mundoonan; bounded on the north by a line east 160 chains; on the east by line south 80 chains; on the south by line west 160 chains; on the south by a line west 160 chains, being upon the eastern branch of Jerrawa Creek. 

This land was located on an order of Governor Darling’s, dated 15 October, 1826 in favour of Francis Lawless, who, it is supposed, is deceased. His representatives are to show to whom a deed of grant should now issue. The description was inserted in the Gazette notice of 1 August 1839.

Frank (not deceased!) must have responded to this notice. The formal transfer of Yellongloa to Francis Lawliss Snr was effected on 15 December 1834 – almost eight years after Governor Darling’s order in Frank’s favour. Why the delay? We cannot say with certainty but a dispute between Darling and Surveyor-General Mitchell, which resulted in Mitchell transferring all his staff from marking out settlers’ blocks to trigonometrical survey work, is a likely contributing factor.

We don’t know how long the family retained their Pitt St property or when they moved to their new holding. A Sydney real estate advertisement for a neighbouring property shows Frank still owned the Pitt St premises in November 1830. It was not uncommon for intending land owners to take up occupation in advance of any approvals and formalities – the Claytons of Baltinglass being just one local example. Perhaps Frank and his son [also Francis aka Frank] and assigned convicts first occupied the grant initially before Catherine and the other children left Sydney to take up country life.

Life in Lade Vale

Robert Dixon "Squatters' Map" July 1837.  Image NSW State Library

Frank’s property was one of the earliest land grants in the Gunning district and the first for the locality we know today as Lade Vale. Surveyor Robert Dixon’s map above shows there were no other holdings in the district in 1837, the closest neighbour being many miles from the Lawless property.

One of the nearest neighbours shown is Simeon Lord. His grant in the Jerrawa district was called “Howlong”, a variant or corruption of today’s locality name Oolong – both thought to mean “place of native companions or brolgas”. Lord, an early emancipist entrepreneur brought, held and sold many properties, so much so that a contemporary said of him that “Mr Lord knows not what he owns”. He never set foot on this holding.

Life would have been a struggle for the Lawless family and other settlers in this newly established farming area beyond the mountains. The township of Gunning had not been established in those early days and contact with neighbours and the wider outside world would have been rare.

View through the main passageway of the house on land first owned by Frank and Catherine.  The main Gunning to Gundaroo road was just a few hundred metres from the house, just beyond the row of mature trees seen in the distance.

Frank had a number of convict labourers and servants assigned to him over the years. For instance, in January 1836 he was assigned “one farm servant and one farm labourer”. Assigned convicts were known to escape from time to time as evidenced by the size of the lists of ‘wanted escapees’ often appearing in the Sydney Gazette. There are no records we can find of any of Frank’s workers fleeing his service in Lade Vale although, in Sydney in 1823, a “J Kearns, govt. servt. to Mr Francis Lawless” was being sought by authorities for having absconded.

The following report in the Sydney Monitor and Commercial Gazette in March 1840 shows that, as in all remote areas, neighbours rally around and support each other in times of need:-

Gunning: Extract of a Letter from Gunning 

I have now to inform you that a short time ago, Mr Knight had a stack of wheat burned to the ground, and it is suspected had been maliciously set fire to by persons at present unknown; be that as it may, about a week ago, police apprehended a man and a woman on suspicion of having set fire to the stack of wheat alluded to. Mr Knight, of course, had to attend the court at Goulburn against those persons and, during his absence, three men, disguised with crape on their faces, forcibly entered his building, and robbed it of every valuable article they could carry away. 

On Sunday last the Chief Constable of Yass reached Gunning and took two men (supposed to be two men assigned to Mr Savage) into custody on suspicion of having committed the robbery. Messrs Grosvenor, Lawless and Best went out with Mr Knight to search for the property, in the adjoining ranges, and succeeded in finding part.

We do not know anything more about this case but it is one worth further research. Malicious burning of grain and crops is often associated with sectarian uprisings in Ireland and luddites in England. Here, it certainly speaks of serious discontent on the part of at least a few, possibly involuntary, locals. 

What’s in a Name? Yellangalo, Frank and Lawless.

Yellangalo

The Dixon 1837 map identifies Frank’s farm by the owner’s name but the family called the property ‘Yellonglar’. There are also other spelling variants of this name on official documents of the time – Yellangla, Yellongloa; Yellongler and Yellanglo. From here on we will go with Yellangalo which is the spelling used for part of original property today.

A wool stencil which we believe comes from the time when Frank Whittaker of nearby “Berrebangalo” owned the property showing the name “Yellangalla”. Today’s Yellangalo was once assimilated into Berrebangalo until being hived off as a separate property again and then later further sub-divided. 

Whatever variant we favour, the meaning of the name is not known to us yet. Perhaps Frank and Catherine knew the word from their time in Sydney or the Wollondilly district. They may also have learned this was a local aboriginal word and adopted it.

Frank

In part 1 of this story we referred to Frank by his formal name of Francis. However, he was more widely known to his contemporaries as Frank and, now that we know him better, we prefer to call him Frank unless quoting official documents.

Lawless

Around the time the family moved to Lade Vale they began to spell their surname as Lawliss rather than Lawless. For example, when his daughter Ann married George Reynolds in 1840 her surname was spelt in the new way on the marriage certificate.

Why the change? We cannot escape the conclusion that they wanted to erase any reference to Frank’s convict past. If so, they were not at all unusual for their time. Many freed convicts changed their names and assumed new identities in a quest for respectability. Indeed, it is only in the past few decades that a convict past has become something in which to take pride rather than a cause of embarrassment.

Right: Charles Darwin, the renowned naturalist and leading developer of evolutionary theory, visited the colony in 1836.  On seeing it was founded largely on convicts such as Frank he predicted “It can hardly fail to deteriorate”. 

How wrong the great man was. The skills, character, resilience and adaptability of people like Frank and Catherine flourished in the new society created in Australia – in a way that would not have been possible in their homelands.

If they came back today, Frank and Catherine could feel nothing but pride and satisfaction in seeing the lives lived by their many descendants and Frank’s contribution to our built heritage legacy. [Picture Wikipedia Commons]

The Farm Changes Hands

A notice in The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser on 19 February 1853 shows the property was taken over by Robert Bayley around this time. (You can read more about Robert Bayley in Garry Smith's article "Robert Bayley and Mary Hogan: Van Diemen's Land to Chain of Ponds" of 31 March 2018 on this site)

Public Notice

The undersigned having rented from the proprietor the farm known as YELLONGLA, formerly Lawliss’s, hereby cautions all persons from trespassing with sheep or other stock on the said farm, or on the adjacent crown lands held by him under yearly lease from the crown.Parties are further cautioned not to drive cattle off the said lands, without first acquainting the undersigned and bringing cattle to his yard.All persons found trespassing as above, after this notice, will be prosecuted. 

ROBERT BAYLEY

In 1884 the property was advertised for sale by auction following Frank’s death on 28 December 1874 at his son John’s property ‘ Erindale’. At the time of his death Frank was 88 years old and his occupation was described as ‘Bricklayer’ There is no mention of his wife Catherine having pre deceased him on the death certificate which is not unusual. The certificate states there were 2 males and 1 female living; 1 male and 2 females deceased.

The November 1884 property advertisement in the Goulburn Evening and Penny Post stated:

Situated in the parish of Mundoonan, Country of King, distant about 6 miles from the Gunning Railway Station 

Finlay and Co have received instructions from Mr John Tighe of Sydney, to sell by auction at the rooms, Belmore-Square on Thursday 27th November at 11 O’clock sharp 

The above estate known as Lawliss’s Farm comprising:- 

1280 acres in a rectangular block, extending two miles in an easterly and westerly direction with a depth of one mile north and south; originally granted by the Crown to Francis Lawliss. 

The Jerrawa Creek flows through the area for upwards of a mile of its course, and on one portion of the property there is a never failing spring, which supplies a water-hole in the creek near the eastern boundary line. During the severest season this waterhole has been a constant source of water supply. 

There are two cleared areas of land on the grant, which was originally under cultivation. On the east and west boundary lines are the fences of adjoining selectors; on the north and south sides there are thousands of acres of Crown Lands immediately adjoining the property for sale which circumstances, in view of the new Land Act to come into operation at the beginning of the year, enhance the property to a considerable degree. 

For upwards of 40 year, sheep have been folded and yarded on the land. The Auctioneers have therefore every confidence in recommending it as eminently fitted for grazing or agricultural purposes and the fact of such large tracks of Crown lands adjoining it on the north and south renders it an investment of such a character as is not often offered to the public. 

A plan of the land may be seen at the office of the auctioneers. 

Intending purchases will obtain an accurate idea of the position and surrounding of the Grant on inspecting the map of the parish of Mundoonan at the Crown Lands office, Gunning.

The history of the property from the beginning of the post Lawliss period until our times is a another story. There is still a Yellangalo today but between 1884 and now the original holding has been amalgamated with a neighbouring farm, later born again and recently sub divided. Its history illustrates economic, agricultural and social changes across the entire district and beyond which are best covered separately.

 A piece of green glass, two pieces of delft style crockery and a piece of white porcelain seen in situ where found near the ruined house – provenance and date unknown.

Death of Catherine Lawless

An extensive search of all available records has failed to determine when Catherine died. It seems likely this happened between 1836 and 1841 because: 

1. Catherine is identified as the wife of Francis Lawless in both the 1825 Australian Convict Muster and the 1828 Census. In 1825 her children were Francis (8), Ann (5) and Elizabeth (2.9yrs). John was born that same year (1825) but, as he not listed in the Muster records, his birth was likely to have been later that year.
2. In the 1841 Census, Francis Lawless is recorded as the head of family living at Yellongala County of King. There were 8 people listed for this residence, six of them male and two female. Both females were recorded as being under 14 years old. Frank himself can be identified as the male aged between 45 and 60. John (born in 1825) is the male recorded as being person aged between 14 and less than 2. Francis jnr (born 1819) was recorded elsewhere in the Census as living at ‘Temorama’ in the District of Murrumbidgee.
3. It appears then that neither Catherine nor her daughter Ann was living at Yellongala at the time of the 1841 Census. Ann had married George Reynolds in 1840 and was living elsewhere. Catherine is not shown as living with George and Ann at that time.
4. Catherine’s 6th and last child, William Henry, was born in 1836 so he would have been 5 years old in 1841. Perhaps the two children under 14 years were actually male and female and not 2 females?
5. William Henry’s 1836 baptismal record shows his two siblings, Ann and John, being his sponsors at his baptism ceremony. This may have been held in St Mary’s Cathedral Sydney but it is more probable that the baptism was undertaken by Father Therry of St Mary’s on one of his visits to country areas.
6. When Eliza Lawliss married Peter Best on the 22nd November 1841 a newspaper article reported “Eliza Lawliss of Yellonglar married Peter Best – youngest daughter of Mr F Lawliss of Yellonglar…”

From all of the above we can narrow down Catherine’s death down to between 1836 (birth of William) and 1841 (Census). Perhaps she died soon after the birth of William and may have been buried on the family property. If so, there is no known visible evidence of her grave in the area today. 

Father J J Therry, one of the first Roman Catholic priests in the colony, who baptised four of the Lawliss children. Picture State Library of NSW

Attentive readers of part 1 of this story will remember that Frank and Catherine were wed by a Church of England minister in Sydney in 1816. At that time it was not possible for members of the colony’s considerable Roman Catholic population to be married in their own church because Governor King, alarmed by the Castle Hill riot and fearing further Fenian uprisings, had withdrawn the right of the only lay minister to officiate. Fathers Therry and Philip Connolly arrived from London in 1820.

Do You Know More, or Want to Know More About the Lawless’s of Yellangalo?

This article was written by Lawless descendant Carmel Peek with some interpolations [or interruptions] from GDHS. Carmel has done a great job in researching and reporting the Lawless family history. Her genealogy of the family is at the end of this article. If you would like to read the referenced family history written by Carmel you would be welcome to do so. A PDF file of the four Lawless generations shown below is also available on request.

There is a lot more we can learn about this family and their place in history.  We hope to bring you some of these stories in the future. Do you know anything more about this significant pioneering family? If so, GDHS would like to join with you in telling their story to a wider audience so please get in touch with us.

To enquire further about either of these options please contact us at gunninghistory@gmail.com 

Thank You

Thank you to Carmel Peek for sharing her extensive research and alerting us to a little known piece of history of local and wider significance.  Locally, Brendan O'Reilly and Andrew Hooper very helpfully allowed GDHS to stomp around their properties in search of Lawless traces and Phillip Chapple, Harold Hazell and Denver Baines offered important clues and advice.

Descendants of Frank and Catherine Lawless

Generation 1

1. FRANCIS1 LAWLESS was born in 1786 in Ireland. He died on 28 Dec 1875 in Gunning, NSW, Australia registered Yass NSW. He married CATHERINE KEARNS in 1816. She was born in 1796 in Sydney,NSW, Australia. Her death is unregistered (following detailed research Catherine’s death can be narrowed down to between 1836 (birth of William) at the family property known as Yellonga and 1841 (Census) which does not include her at that address. Nor was Catherine staying at her daughter Ann's).
 

Notes for Francis Lawless:
 

At the time Francis Lawliss was transported to Sydney his records have his family name as Lawless. All muster reports and records of his marriage to Catherine Kearns and the Baptism records have the family name as Lawless.
At some point in time the family name became Lawliss. The death certificate for Francis and other members of the family are all spelt Lawliss.
 

Francis Lawless and Catherine Kearns had the following children:

2. i. FRANCIS2 LAWLISS was born in 1817 in Sydney, NSW, Australia. He died on 04 Mar 1852 in Gunning, NSW Australia. He married Elizabeth Cooper, daughter of John Cooper and Mary Ann, in 1845 in Yass, NSW. She was born on 20 Oct 1824 in NSW. She died in 1894 in Young, NSW.
3. ii. ANN LAWLISS was born in 1820 in Sydney, NSW, Australia. She died on 20 Sep 1854 in Gunning NSW. She married GEORGE REYNOLDS, son of Richard Beale Reynolds and Sarah Elizabeth STIRLING, on 10 Feb 1840 in Yass, NSW, Australia. He was born on 07 Jul 1815 in Wilberforce, NSW Australia. He died on 10 Dec 1896 in Camperdown, NSW Australia.
4. iii. ELIZABETH (ELIZA) LAWLISS was born in 1824 in Sydney, NSW. She died in 1912 in Grenfell, NSW, Australia. She married PETER BEST on 22 Nov 1841. He was born on 08 Nov 1814 in Castle Hill, NSW, Australia. He died on 13 Feb 1878 in Gunning NSW.
5. iv. JOHN LAWLESS was born in 1825 in NSW. He died on 19 Oct 1898 in Gunning, NSW, Australia. In 1848 he married BRIDGET DOWDALL in Yass. She was born about 1827 in Inniskeen Co Monoghan. She died on 23 Jan 1908 in Gunning, NSW Australia.
v. SUSANNA E LAWLESS was born in 1834 in NSW.
6. vi. WILLIAM HENRY LAWLISS was born in 1836 in NSW. He died in 1897 in Parramatta NSW. He married Margaret Blair McKay, daughter of Alexander McKay and Elizabeth Henderson, in 1870 in Yass, NSW, Australia. She was born on 15 Feb 1850 in Sydney, NSW, Australia She died on 24 Apr 1924 in "Hilverstan", 85 West St, Rockhampton, Qld, Australia.
 

Generation 2

 
2. FRANCIS2 LAWLISS (Francis1 Lawless) was born in 1817 in Sydney, NSW Australia. He died on 04 Mar 1852 in Gunning, NSW Australia. He married Elizabeth Cooper, daughter of John Cooper and Mary Ann, in 1845 in Yass, NSW. She was born on 20 Oct 1824 NSW. She died in 1894 in Young, NSW.
Francis Lawliss and Elizabeth Cooper had the following children:
i. SUSAN3 LAWLISS was born in 1845 in NSW.
ii. CHRISTIANA LAWLISS was born in 1847 in Yass, NSW.
Generation 2 (con't)
7. iii. FRANCIS J LAWLISS was born in 1849 in Gunning. He died on 28 Apr 1880 in Gunning NSW. He married Fanny C Lawless, daughter of John Lawless and Bridget Dowdall, in 1872 in Goulburn, NSW. She was born in 1853 in Gunning, NSW Australia. She died on 14 Jun 1920 in Homebush, NSW Australia.
8. iv. EDWIN JOSEPH LAWLISS was born in 1850 in Yass, NSW. He died on 21 Jul 1927 in Minnivale, Western Australia, Australia (death notice in The West Australian 22/7/1927 reads Lawliss- On July 21, at Minnivale, Edwin Joseph, beloved husband of Alice M Lawliss, age 77years.). He married Mary A Collins, daughter of Patrick Collins and Mary Egan, in 1874 in Hokitika, Westland West Coast, New Zealand. She died in 1931 in Wellington New Zealand. There is no evidence of a divorce between Edwin and Mary.
3. ANN2 LAWLISS (Francis1 Lawless) was born in 1820 in Sydney, NSW Australia. She died on 20 Sep 1854 in Gunning NSW. She married GEORGE REYNOLDS, son of Richard Beale Reynolds and Sarah Elizabeth STIRLING, on 10 Feb 1840 in Yass, NSW Australia. He was born on 07 Jul 1815 in Wilberforce, NSW Australia. He died on 10 Dec 1896 in Camperdown, NSW Australia.
George Reynolds and Ann Lawliss had the following children:
9. i. SARAH JANE3 REYNOLDS was born on 31 Jan 1841 in Gundaroo, Gunning, Yass, NSW. She died on 23 Sep 1904 in Gunning, NSW Australia. She married George Robert William Pye, son of James Pye and Sarah Best, on 20 Jun 1862 in Yass, NSW. He was born on 30 Sep 1836 in Baulkham Hills, NSW. He died on 10 Oct 1889 in Dalton, NSW.
10. ii. EMMA REYNOLDS was born on 17 Jan 1843 in Gundaroo, NSW Australia. She died in 1887 in Bathurst, NSW Australia. She married Richard Reynolds, son of Archibald Reynolds and Flora, on 10 Apr 1865 in Yass, NSW Australia. He was born on 14 Aug 1841. He died on 03 Jul 1888 in Lithgow, NSW Australia.
iii. GEORGE FREDERICK STERLING REYNOLDS was born on 24 Apr 1845 in Gundaroo, Gunning, Yass, NSW. He died in 1907 in Cowra NSW Australia (Death Age: 60 BDM No 4599/1907 Not married).
iv. ANN CAROLINE REYNOLDS was born on 16 Feb 1847 in Yellangla, NSW Australia. She died in 1923 in Balmain South, NSW. She married JAMES MCMULLEN in 1876.
11. v. ELIZABETH MATILDA REYNOLDS was born on 17 Feb 1850 in Gundaroo, Gunning, Yass, NSW. She died in 1887 in Queenbeyan, NSW Australia. She married Jeremiah Leahy, son of Daniel Leahy and Hanorah Leahy, in 1871 in Yass, NSW Australia. He was born in 1838 in Gundaroo, NSW Australia. He died in Jul 1907 in Gundaroo, NSW Australia.
4. ELIZABETH (ELIZA)2 LAWLISS (Francis1 Lawless) was born in 1824 in Sydney, NSW. She died in 1912 in Grenfell, NSW Australia. She married PETER BEST on the 22 Nov 1841. He was born on 08 Nov 1814 in Castle Hill, NSW Australia. He died on 13 Feb 1878 in Gunning NSW.
Peter Best and Elizabeth (Eliza) Lawliss had the following children:
12. i. JANE PENELOPE3 BEST was born on 01 Feb 1844 in Gunning NSW Australia. She died on 18 Sep 1916 in Grenfell, NSW Australia. She married John Newman, son of Joseph Newman and Sophia, in 1863 in Yass, NSW Australia. He was born on 17 Dec 1841 in Queenbeyan NSW Australia. He died on 07 Aug 1923 in Grenfell, NSW Australia.
13. ii. PETER ALFRED BEST was born on 23 Jul 1846 in Gundaroo, Gunning, Yass, NSW He died in 1907 in Goulburn, NSW. He married Margaret Paterson, daughter of James Paterson and Ellen, in 1868 in Yass, NSW Australia. She was born in 1850 in Sydney, NSW Australia. She died in 1947 in Yass, NSW Australia.
14. iii. JAMES FREDERICK BEST was born on 09 Feb 1849 in Gundaroo, Gunning, Yass, NSW. He died on 09 Mar 1923 in Boogardie, Western Australia, Australia. He married Jane Elizabeth F Mason in 1870 in Yass, NSW Australia. She was born on 03 Mar 1849 in, Sulawesi Tengah, Indonesia. She died on 15 Sep 1930 in Claremont, Western Australia, Australia.
15. iv. HENRY THOMAS BEST was born on 08 Nov 1851 in Gundaroo, Gunning, Yass, NSW. He died on 04 Dec 1883 in Meda Station Kimberleys Western Australia. He married Emma Maria Line on 10 Feb 1874 in Gunning, NSW Australia. She was born in Mar 1858 in England, London, Middlesex, Acton. She died on 18 Dec 1885 in Victoria, Brighton, Australia.
5. JOHN2 LAWLESS (Francis1) was born in 1825 in NSW. He died on 19 Oct 1898 in Gunning, NSW Australia. He married BRIDGET DOWDALL in 1948. She was born about 1827 in Inniskeen Co Monoghan. She died on 23 Jan 1908 in Gunning, NSW Australia.
John Lawless and Bridget Dowdall had the following children:
i. JOHN JAMES3 LAWLISS was born in 1849 in Gunning, NSW Australia. He died on 04 Sep 1929 in Gunning, NSW Australia.
16. ii. HENRY GEORGE LAWLISS was born in 1851 in NSW. He died on 02 May 1926 in Gunning, NSW Australia. He married Rebecca Bayley, daughter of Robert Bayley and Esther Smith, in 1881 in Yass, NSW Australia. She was born in 1857 in Yass, NSW Australia. She died on 08 Nov 1941 in Gunning, NSW Australia.
17. iii. FANNY C LAWLESS was born in 1853 in Gunning NSW Australia. She died on 14 Jun 1920 in Homebush, NSW Australia. She married Francis J Lawliss, son of Francis Lawliss and Elizabeth Cooper, in 1872 in Goulburn, NSW. He was born in 1849 in Gunning. He died on 28 Apr 1880 in Gunning NSW.
18. iv. ELIZA CATHERINE LAWLISS was born in 1855 in Gunning, NSW Australia. She married Thomas Joseph Moran in 1878 in Gunning NSW. He was born on 24 Sep 1850 in Goulburn NSW Australia. He died on 19 Apr 1925 in Kogarah NSW Australia.
v. MARY JANE LAWLISS was born in 1856 in Gunning, NSW Australia. She died on 24 Aug 1928 in Gunning NSW Australia. She married Charles Newman in 1884 in Gunning, NSW.
19. vi. FREDERICK KEARNS LAWLISS was born in 1862 in Yass, NSW Australia. He died in 1910 in Queensland. He married Helena A Lillian Crawley, daughter of Christopher William Crawley and Elizabeth Lydia Carr, in 1885 in Wagga Wagga, NSW Australia. She was born in 1863 in Tumut, NSW Australia. She died on 08 Aug 1946 in Vaucluse, NSW Australia.
6. WILLIAM HENRY2 LAWLISS (Francis1 Lawless) was born in 1836 in New South Wales. He died in 1897 in Parramatta NSW. He married Margaret Blair McKay, daughter of Alexander McKay and Elizabeth Henderson, in 1870 in Yass, New South Wales, Australia. She was born on 15 Feb 1850 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. She died on 24 Apr 1924 in "Hilverstan", 85 West St, Rockhampton, Qld, Australia.
William Henry Lawliss and Margaret Blair McKay had the following children:
20. i. ERNEST HERBERT FRANCIS3 LAWLISS was born in 1872 in Yass, NSW. He died 11 May 1953 in Rockhampton, Qld, Australia He married Emily May Hannah Dunbar, daughter of Thomas Girvan Dunbar and Mary Agnes Hempkin, on 11 Apr 1898 in Rockhampton Qld, Australia. She was born on 20 Apr 1872 in Rockhampton, Qld, Australia. She died on 27 Jun 1947 in Qld.
ii. EDITH ELSIE BEATRICE LAWLISS was born in 1874 in Yass, NSw. She died in 1884 in Gunning, NSW.
iii. GEORGE LAWLISS was born in 1876 in NSW. He died in 1876 in Yass, NSW.

Generation 3

 
7. FRANCIS J3 LAWLISS (Francis2, Francis1 Lawless) was born in 1849 in Gunning. He died on 28 Apr 1880 in Gunning NSW. He married Fanny C Lawless, daughter of John Lawless and Bridget Dowdall, in 1872 in Goulburn, NSW. She was born in 1853 in Gunning, NSW Australia. She died on 14 Jun 1920 in Homebush, NSW Australia.
Francis J Lawliss and Fanny C Lawless had the following children:
i. HERBERT4 LAWLISS was born in 1872 in Goulburn, NSW Australia.
ii. ETHEL MYRA MAY LAWLISS was born in 1874 in Yass NSW Australia. She died on 02 Aug 1962 in Northcote, Victoria, Australia (Sister Mary Hilary Lawliss died at Northcote on 2 August 1962 aged 87 years and in the 68th year of her religious life)
iii. FRANCIS LAWLISS was born in 1876 in Yass, NSW Australia. He died on 21 Apr 1953 in Annandale NSW.
iv. MARY LAWLESS was born in 1879 in Goulburn, NSW Australia. She died in 1879 in Goulburn, NSW Australia.
v. ADELA MARY LAWLISS was born in 1880 in Gunning, Australia. She died on 07 Nov 1954 in Marrickville NSW Australia. She married John Bartholomew Hastings, son of Stephen Hastings and Margaret Keaveney, in 1928 in Sydney, NSW (With her marriage to John Hastings Adela became stepmother to Thomas, Patrick, James, Mary and Paul Hastings.) John B Hastings was born in 1889 in Petersham, NSW Australia. He died on 14 Jan 1972 in Kogarah, NSW Australia.
8. EDWIN JOSEPH3 LAWLISS (Francis2, Francis1 Lawless) was born in 1850 in Yass, NSW. He died on 21 Jul 1927 in Minnivale, Western Australia, Australia (death notice in The West Australian 22/7/1927 reads “Lawliss- On July 21, at Minnivale, Edwin Joseph, beloved husband of Alice M Lawliss, age 77years.) He married Mary A Collins, daughter of Patrick Collins and Mary Egan, in 1874 in Hokitika, Westland West Coast New Zealand. She died in 1931 in Wellington New Zealand. There is no evidence of divorce for Edwin and Mary.
Edwin Joseph Lawliss and Mary A Collins had the following child:
21. i. ELIZA MARY4 LAWLESS was born in 1876 in Hokitika, Westland West Coast New Zealand. She died in 1926 in Eketahuna New Zealand. She married Denis Phillip Ryan, son of Dennis Ryan and Ellen Tuckwell, on 05 Jan 1897 in Westport, Buller West Coast New Zealand. He was born on 11 Apr 1871 in Surrey, England. He died on 03 Mar 1947 in Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand.
9. SARAH JANE3 REYNOLDS (Ann2 Lawliss, Francis1 Lawless) was born on 31 Jan 1841 in Gundaroo, Gunning, Yass, NSW. She died on 23 Sep 1904 in Gunning, NSW Australia. She married George Robert William Pye, son of James Pye and Sarah Best, on 20 Jun 1862 in Yass, NSW. He was born on 30 Sep 1836 in Baulkham Hills, NSW. He died on 10 Oct 1889 in Dalton, NSW.
George Robert William Pye and Sarah Jane Reynolds had the following children:
22. i. ANGELINA SARAH JANE4 PYE was born on 14 Apr 1863 in Yass, NSW. She died on 01 Apr 1944 in Sutherland, NSW. She married John Featherstone Pickering, son of John Pickering and Ann Eliza Featherstone, on 20 Jun 1887 in Yass NSW Australia. He was born on 22 Dec 1858 in Waiheki, Auckland, New Zealand. He died on 20 Mar 1907 in Liverpool, NSW Australia.
ii. GEORGE PETER FRANCIS PYE was born in 1865 in Yass, NSW. He died in 1917 in Yass, NSW.
iii. CAROLINE ANNIE ELIZA PYE was born in 1867 in Yass, NSW. She died on 08 Feb 1917 in Marrickville, NSW Australia
23. iv. ISABELLA ADA ALTHEA PYE was born on 12 Sep 1870 in Yass, NSW. She died on 31 Jan 1951 in Moss Vale, NSW. She married Charles Edward O'Neil, son of Charles O Neil and Mary, on 17 Apr 1890 in Gunning, NSW Australia. He was born on 05 Sep 1862 in Blakeney Creek, Yass, N.S.W. Australia. He died in 1950 in Moss Vale, NSW Australia.
v. WILLIAM JAMES FREDERICK PYE was born in 1873 in Yass, NSW. He died on 03 Oct 1943 in Dalton, NSW.
24. vi. ERNEST HENRY EDWIN PYE was born on 28 Nov 1877 in Gunning, NSW. He died on 16 May 1961 in Yass, NSW. He married Jessie Vera McNally, daughter of Peter McNally and Mary, in 1902 in Gunning,NSW. She was born on 28 July1886 in Deringullen, Australia. She died on 25 Jul 1956 in Yass, NSW Australia.
vii. MILDRED CLARA PYE was born in 1881. She died in 1984.
viii. EMMA JANE AMANDA PYE was born in 1882 in Gunning, NSW. She died in 1944 in Ashfield, NSW.
10. EMMA3 REYNOLDS (Ann2 Lawliss, Francis1 Lawless) was born on 17 Jan 1843 in Gundaroo, NSW Australia. She died in 1887 in Bathurst, NSW Australia. She married Richard Reynolds, son of Archibald Reynolds and Flora, on 10 Apr 1865 in Yass, NSW Australia. He was born on 14 Aug 1841. He died on 03 Jul 1888 in Lithgow, NSW Australia.
Richard Reynolds and Emma Reynolds had the following children:
i. EMMA JANE4 REYNOLDS was born in 1868 in Yass, NSW Australia. She died in 1874 in Yass, NSW Australia.
ii. GEORGE ARCHIBALD PERCY REYNOLDS was born on 23 Mar 1870 in Yass, NSW Australia. He died on 29 Jul 1958 in Bexley, NSW Australia.
iii. SYDNEY THEODORE REYNOLDS was born in 1880 in Bathurst, NSW Australia. He died in 1880 in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia.
11. ELIZABETH MATILDA3 REYNOLDS (Ann2 Lawliss, Francis1 Lawless) was born on 17 Feb 1850 in Gundaroo, Gunning, Yass NSW. She died in 1887 in Queanbeyan, Australia. She married Jeremiah Leahy, son of Daniel Leahy and Hanorah Leahy, in 1871 in Yass, NSW Australia. He was born in 1838 in Gundaroo, NSW Australia. He died in Jul 1907 in Gundaroo, NSW Australia.
Jeremiah Leahy and Elizabeth Matilda Reynolds had the following children:
i. GEORGE FRANCIS4 LEAHY was born on 08 Jan 1871 in Yass,NSW. He died in Oct 1924.
ii. ELIZABETH LEAHY was born in Aug 1873 in Queanbeyan, NSW, Buried Gundaroo.
iii. JOHN JEREMIAH LEAHY was born in 1875 in Queanbeyan, NSW. He died in 1959 in Sydney, NSW Australia.
iv. MARGARET LEAHY was born in 1885 in Gundagai South, NSW Australia. She died in 1970.
v. CORNELIUS LEAHY was born in 1887 in Gundagai, NSW Australia. He died in 1963 in Auburn, NSW Australia.
vi. WILLIAM LEAHY was born in 1891 in Gundagai, NSW Australia. He died in 1891 in Gundagai, NSW
vii. ……. LEAHY.
viii. JAMES JOHN LEAHY.
12. JANE PENELOPE3 BEST (Elizabeth (Eliza)2 Lawliss, Francis1 Lawless) was born on 01 Feb 1844 in Gunning NSW Australia. She died on 18 Sep 1916 in Grenfell, NSW Australia. She married John Newman, son of Joseph Newman and Sophia, in 1863 in Yass NSW Australia. He was born on 17 Dec 1841 in Queenbeyan NSW Australia. He died on 07 Aug 1923 in Grenfell, NSW Australia.
John Newman and Jane Penelope Best had the following children:
25. i. JOHN S P4 NEWMAN was born in 1866 in Grenfell, NSW Australia. He died on 22 May 1920 in Bourke, NSW, Australia. He married Eliza Ann Dent on 25 Jul 1894 in Cowra,NSW. She was born on 30 Apr 1865 inAdelong, NSW . She died on 12 Jun 1947 in Sydney NSW.
26. ii. ADELAIDE NEWMAN was born in 1869 in Yass NSW. She died in 1941 in Chatswood, NSW Australia. She married Sydney Thomas Charles Wood in 1892 in Grenfell, NSW Australia. He was born on 06 Sep 1863 in Grenfell, NSW Australia. He died on 02 May 1962 in Chatswood, NSW Australia.
iii. ARTHUR HENRY ALBERT NEWMAN was born in 1872 in Yass, NSW Australia. He died on 26 Dec 1930 in Cowra, NSW Australia. He married Lily C Oates in 1901 in Hurstville, NSW Australia. She was born in 1870. She died in Apr 1920 in Chatswood, NSW.
27. iv. MIRIAM VICTORIA NEWMAN was born in 1879 in Grenfell, NSW Australia. She died on 23 Mar 1943 in Coonamble, NSW. She married William John Dent on 24 Jan 1907 in Grenfell NSW. He was born in 1867 in Adelong, NSW. He died on 25 May 1958 in Gulargambone, NSW Australia.
v. LESLIE REGINALD R NEWMAN was born on 27 Jul 1881 in Grenfell, NSW Australia. He died on 06 Oct 1933 in Grenfell, NSW Australia. He married Amanda Elizabeth (Polly) Barnes in 1915 in Sydney, NSW Australia. She was born on 27 Jan 1893 in Balmain West, NSW Australia. She died in 1957 in Sydney, NSW Australia.
vi. CYRIL SEPTIMUS NEWMAN was born in 1883 in Grenfell NSW Australia. He died in 1928 in Sydney, NSW Australia.
vii. JAMES C S NEWMAN was born in 1884 in NSW.
viii. CLEMENT OCTAVIUS NEWMAN was born in 1887 in Grenfell, NSW Australia. He died on 14 Feb 1963 in Chatswood, NSW Australia. He married MARY CORDINGLEY in 1917 in Sydney, NSW Australia. She was born in 1898. She died on 13/1/1950 in Grenfell, NSW Australia.
ix. HERBERT PERCY BEST NEWMAN was born on 14/6/ 1874 in Grenfell, NSW Australia. He died on 15/1/1918 in Grenfell, NSW Australia. He married Henrietta Yeomans, daughter of Wm Yeomans and Madelina Phillips, in 1907 in Grenfell, NSW. She was born about 1880 in Sridge, Victoria.
13. PETER ALFRED3 BEST (Elizabeth (Eliza)2 Lawliss, Francis1 Lawless) was born on 23 Jul 1846 in Gundaroo, Gunning, Yass, NSW. He died in 1907 in Goulburn, NSW. He married Margaret Paterson, daughter of James Paterson and Ellen, in 1868 in Yass, NSW Australia. She was born in 1850 in Sydney, NSW Australia. She died in 1947 in Yass NSW Australia.
Peter Alfred Best and Margaret Paterson had the following children:
28. i. LAURA FRANCES4 BEST was born in 1870 in Yass, NSW Australia. She died in 1954 in Goulburn, NSW Australia. She married JAMES D REID in 1889 in Gunning, NSW Australia. He was born about 01 Jan 1864 in Morpeth, NSW Australia. He died in 1951 in Newcastle, NSW Australia.
29. ii. MARCELLA VICTORIA BEST was born in 1871 in Yass, NSW Australia. She died in 1942 in Bowral, NSW Australia. She married (1) WILLIAM P MORPHY in 1890 in Goulburn, NSW Australia. He was born about 1870 in Braidwood, NSW Australia. He died in 1913 in Petersham, NSW Australia. She married (2) JOHN H REYNOLDS in 1904 in Petersham, NSW Australia.
iii. LESLIE EVELYN BEST was born in 1873 in Gunning NSW Australia. She died in 1921 in Tibooburra NSW Australia.
30. iv. RUPERT MELVILLE BEST was born in 1875 in Yass, NSW Australia. He died in 1947 in Granville, NSW. He married Elizabeth M Connor, daughter of James Connor and Jane, in 1898 in Mudgee, NSW. She was born on 01 Jun 1878 in Wellington NSW Australia. She died in 1935 in Wellington NSW, Australia.
v. MYRA V BEST was born in 1877 in Gunning, NSW Australia. She died in 1890 in Goulburn, NSW Australia.
31. EVAN ARGYLE BEST was born in 1880 in Gunning, NSW Australia.
32. vii. PEARLE JANE BEST was born in 1881 in Gunning, NSW Australia. She died in 1973 in Kogarah, NSW Australia. She married Henry Stephen Swain in 1902 in Sydney NSW Australia. He was born in 1887 in Orange NSW Australia.
33. viii. RAYMOND H BEST was born in 1884 in Gunning, NSW Australia. He died in 1928 in Eden NSW. He married Annie Beatrice Monck, daughter of John F Monck and Jane, in 1911 in Eden, NSW Australia. She was born on 22 Jul 1885 in Bega NSW Australia. She died in 1966 in Eden, Australia.
ix. CLYDE G BEST was born in 1888 in Gunning, Australia. He died in 1893 in Sydney NSW Australia.
14. JAMES FREDERICK3 BEST (Elizabeth (Eliza)2 Lawliss, Francis1 Lawless) was born on 09 Feb 1849 in Gundaroo, Gunning, Yass, NSW. He died on 09 Mar 1923 in Boogardie, Western Australia, Australia. He married Jane Elizabeth F Mason in 1870 in Yass, NSW Australia. She was born on 03 Mar 1849 in Sulawesi Tengah, Indonesia. She died on 15 Sep 1930 in Claremont, Western Australia.
James Frederick Best and Jane Elizabeth F Mason had the following children:
33. i. CLEMENCE4 BEST was born in 1870 in NSW. He married Adela Adelaide Gilgen in 1903 in Geraldton, Western Australia. She died in 1932 in Perth, Western Australia.
ii. LILLIAN BEST was born in 1873 in Yass, NSW Australia. She died in 1873 in Yass, NSW Australia.
iii. LILLY FLORENCE BEST was born in 1874 in Yass, NSW Australia.
iv. EDITH MINNIE BEST was born in 1876 in Yass, NSW Australia.
15. HENRY THOMAS3 BEST (Elizabeth (Eliza)2 Lawliss, Francis1 Lawless) was born on 08 Nov 1851 in Gundaroo, Gunning, Yass, NSW. He died on 04 Dec 1883 in Meda Station Kimberleys Western Australia. He married Emma Maria Line on 10 Feb 1874 in Gunning, NSW Australia. She was born in Mar 1858 in England, London, Middlesex, Acton. She died on 18 Dec 1885 in Victoria, Brighton, Australia.
Henry Thomas Best and Emma Maria Line had the following children:
i. HENRY ALFRED4 BEST was born in 1875 in Yass, King County NSW Australia. He died on 14 Sep 1940 in Grenfell, NSW Australia.
ii. AMY GERTRUDE BEST was born in 1876 in Yass, NSW Australia. She died on 17 Jan 1927 in Solomon Islands, Tulagi.
iii. PETER ERNEST BEST was born in 1877 in Gunning, NSW Australia. He died on 27 Feb 1955 in Goulburn, NSW Australia.
iv. DAISY FLORENCE BEST was born in 1879 in Gunning, NSW Australia. She died on 03 Jun 1913 in NT, Darwin Palmerston, Australia.
34. v. AUBREY CLIVE BEST was born in 1880 in Gunning, NSW Australia. He died on 20 Mar 1945 in Blenheim, Marlborough, New Zealand. He married Susan Mary Ann Coster on 06 Apr 1910 in Auckland, New Zealand. She was born in 1890 in Blenheim, Marlborough NZ. She died on 13 Jul 1955 in Blenheim, Marlborough NZ.
vi. RUBY M BEST was born in 1882 in Gunning, NSW, Australia. She died in 1882 in Gunning, NSW Australia.
16. HENRY GEORGE3 LAWLISS (John2 Lawless, Francis1 Lawless) was born in 1851 in NSW. He died on 02 May 1926 in Gunning, NSW Australia. He married Rebecca Bayley, daughter of Robert Bayley and Esther Smith, in 1881 in Yass, NSW Australia. She was born in 1857 in Yass, NSW Australia. She died on 08 Nov 1941 in Gunning, NSW Australia.
Henry George Lawliss and Rebecca Bayley had the following children:
i. MARY CLARE4 LAWLISS was born in 1882 in Gunning, NSW Australia. She died in 1948 in Gunning, NSW Australia.
35. ii. FRANCIS B LAWLISS was born in 1883 in Gunning, NSW Australia. He died on 10 May 1962 in Gunning, NSW Australia. He married Anita Florence Bawden, daughter of Thomas Bawden and Johanna (Julia), on 18 Apr 1923 in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. She was born in 1891 in Sydney, New South Wales. She died on 15 Nov 1981 in Gunning, NSW Australia.
iii. JOHN BERNARD LAWLISS was born in 1885. He died in 1920 in Sydney, NSW.
36. iv. FRANCES BEATRICE LAWLISS was born on 30 Jun 1887 in Gunning, NSW Australia. She died on 08 Mar 1963 in Auburn, Australia. She married RICHARD FREDERICK KEMP, son of Arthur Edward Kemp and Fanny Ada Lane Cotton, on 18 Jan 1916 in St Francis Xavier's Church Gunning. He was born on 19 Jan 1888 in Bowraville, NSW. He died on 13 Jun 1979 in Curl Curl, New South Wales, Australia.
v. AUBREY F LAWLISSS was born in 1888 in Gunning, New South Wales, Australia. He died on 14 Nov 1951 in Gunning, New South Wales, Australia.
37. vi. ANNIE C LAWLISS was born in 1890 in Gunning, New South Wales, Australia. She married James Cameron Horton on 16 May 1917 in Gunning, NSW Australia.
38. vii. FLORENCE MAY LAWLISS was born in 1892 in Gunning, NSW Australia. She died on 04 Oct 1975 in Yass, NSW Australia. She married John O'Brien on 22 Aug 1914 in Gunning, NSW Australia. He was born on 05 Aug 1874 in Currawang, NSW Australia. He died on 28 Mar 1943 in Yass, NSW Australia.
39. viii. KATHLEEN BRIDGET LAWLISS was born in 1894 in Gunning, NSW Australia. She died in 1960 in Eden NSW. She married John James Heffernan on 23 Jul 1924 in Catholic Church Gunning fourth son of Mr and Mrs Thos. Heffernan of "Caralla" Candale, to Kathleen Bridget, youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry Lawliss of Forrest view" Gunning).
ix. MAY GERTRUDE LAWLISS was born in 1896 in Gunning, NSW Australia. She died on 23 Nov 1907 in Gunning, NSW Australia (cause of death diphtheria)
x. FREDERICK H LAWLISS was born in 1898 in Gunning, NSW Australia. He died on 24 Aug 1899 in Gunning, NSW Australia.
17. FANNY C3 LAWLESS (John2, Francis1) was born in 1853 in Gunning, NSW Australia. She died on 14 Jun 1920 in Homebush, NSW Australia. She married Francis J Lawliss, son of Francis Lawliss and Elizabeth Cooper, in 1872 in Goulburn, New South Wales. He was born in 1849 in Gunning. He died on 28 Apr 1880 in Gunning NSW.
Francis J Lawliss and Fanny C Lawless had the following children:
i. HERBERT4 LAWLISS was born in 1872 in Goulburn, NSW Australia.
ii. ETHEL MYRA MAY LAWLISS was born in 1874 in Yass NSW Australia. Adele was known as Sister Mary Hilary Lawliss and she died at Northcote on 2 August 1962 aged 87 years and in the 68th year of her religious life.
iii. FRANCIS LAWLISS was born in 1876 in Yass, NSW Australia. He died on 21 Apr 1953 in Annandale NSW.
iv. MARY LAWLESS was born in 1879 in Goulburn, NSW Australia. She died in 1879 in Goulburn, NSW, Australia.
v. ADELA MARY LAWLISS was born in 1880 in Gunning, NSW Australia. She died on 07 Nov 1954 in Marrickville, Australia. She married John Bartholomew Hastings, son of Stephen Hastings and Margaret Keaveney, in 1928 in Sydney, NSW (With her marriage to John Hastings Adela became stepmother to Thomas, Patrick, James, Mary and Paul Hastings.). John Hastings was born in 1889 in Petersham, New South Wales, Australia. He died on 14 Jan 1972 in Kogarah, NSW Australia.
18. ELIZA CATHERINE3 LAWLISS (John2 Lawless, Francis1 Lawless) was born in 1855 in Gunning, NSW Australia. She married Thomas Joseph Moran in 1878 in Gunning NSW He was born on 24 Sep 1850 in Goulburn NSW Australia. He died on 19 Apr 1925 in Kogarah NSW Australia.
Thomas Joseph Moran and Eliza Catherine Lawliss had the following children:
40. i. JOHN FRANCIS L4 MORAN was born in 1879 in Gunning NSW Australia. He died in 1932 in Sydney, New South Wales. He married Elizabeth Alice Remnant, daughter of Charles Remnant and Elizabeth Thompson, in 1897 in Molong, She was born on 04 Jan 1876 in Port Pirie, South Australia. She died in 1961 in Perth, Western Australia (Age: 86).
41. ii. FLORENCE C B MORAN was born in 1883 in Yass, NSW Australia. She died on 20 Aug 1939 in Wagga Wagga, NSW She married Abraham P Wade on 03 Apr 1907 in Goulburn, NSW. He was born on 15 Oct 1871 in Yass, NSW Australia. He died on 24 Dec 1941 in Yass, NSW Australia.
iii. EILEEN M MORAN was born in 1891 in NSW
19. FREDERICK KEARNS3 LAWLISS (John2 Lawless, Francis1 Lawless) was born in 1862 in Yass, NSW Australia. He died in 1910 in QLD He married Helena A Lillian Crawley, daughter of Christopher William Crawley and Elizabeth Lydia Carr, in 1885 in Wagga Wagga, NSW Australia. She was born in 1863 in Tumut, NSW Australia. She died on 08 Aug 1946 in Vaucluse, NSW Australia.
Frederick Kearns Lawliss and Helena A Lillian Crawley had the following children:
i. VIVIAN F LIONEL4 LAWLISS was born in 1886 in Junee NSW Australia. He died on 10 Jun 1951 in Sydney NSW Australia.
ii. LILIAN MURIEL (PEARL) LAWLISS was born in 1888 in Junee, New South Wales, Australia. She died on 14 May 1962 in Sydney, NSW Australia. She married James Patrick Connellan in 1925 in Sydney, NSW Australia. He was born in 1886 in Paddington, NSW Australia. He died on 22 Jan 1962 in Vaucluse, NSW Australia.
iii. IRENE FRANCES LAWLISS was born in 1889 in Junee, NSW Australia. She died on 27 Jan 1949 in Paddington, NSW Australia. She married Charles Arthur Leahey in 1921 in Sydney, NSW Australia. He died on 01 Apr 1947 in Randwick, NSW Australia.
20. ERNEST HERBERT FRANCIS3 LAWLISS (William Henry2, Francis1 Lawless) was born in 1872 in Yass NSW. He died in 11 May1953 in Rockhampton, Qld Australia. He married Emily May Hannah Dunbar, daughter of Thomas Girvan Dunbar and Mary Agnes Hempkin, on 11 Apr 1898 in Rockhampton Qld, Australia. She was born on 20 Apr 1872 in Rockhampton, Qld, Australia. She died on 27 Jun 1947 in Qld.
Ernest Herbert Francis Lawliss and Emily May Hannah Dunbar had the following children:
42. i. HILDA MAY4 LAWLISS was born on 13 Dec 1898 in Rockhampton Qld, Australia. She died in 1964 in Rockhampton, Qld, Australia. She married John Andrew Jacobson, son of Erick Jacobson and Ernestine Brunke, on 24 Jan 1923 in Rockhampton, Qld, Australia. He was born on 12 Mar 1887 in Qld, Australia. He died on 02 Nov 1971 in Rockhampton, Qld Australia.
ii. VERA BLAIR LAWLISS was born on 29 Jan 1900 in Rockhampton Qld, Australia.
43. iii. HERBERT STANLEY LAWLISS was born in 1901 in Rockhampton Qld, Australia. He died on 15 Aug 1996 in Rockhampton, Qld, Australia. He married MARGARET CROW, daughter of ARTHUR CROW and M Crow, on 17 Oct 1934 in Rockhampton, Qld, Australia. She was born on 10 Jan 1904 in Rockhampton, Qld, Australia. She died on 23 Sep 1993 in Rockhampton, Qld. Australia.
iv. DORIS ETHEL LAWLISS was born in 1904 in Rockhampton Qld, Australia.
v. BERNARD FRANCIS LAWLISS was born on 08 May 1907 in Rockhampton Qld, Australia. He died on 01 Jun 1963 in Qld, Australia. He married Mavis Leslie Barnes in 1928 in Qld.
vi. LESLIE JOHN LAWLISS was born on 08 Apr 1909 in Qld. He died in 1961 in Qld. He married Dorothy Enid (Date of marriage not clear however is based on the electoral roll between 1949 and 1954.).
44. vii. AGNES JEAN LAWLISS was born on 12 Apr 1912 in Rockhampton Qld, Australia. She died on 27 07 2002 in Brisbane Qld Australia. She married William James Savage, son of William John (James) Savage and Ellen Irwin, in 1941. He was born on 27 Jan 1902 in Rockhampton, Qld, Australia. He died in 1986 in Rockhampton, Qld, Australia.

Generation 4

 
21. ELIZA MARY4 LAWLESS (Edwin Joseph3 Lawliss, Francis2 Lawliss, Francis1) was born in 1876 in Hokitika, Westland, West Coast, New Zealand. She died in 1926 in Eketahuna New Zealand. She married Denis Phillip Ryan, son of Dennis Ryan and Ellen Tuckwell, on 05 Jan 1897 in Westport, Buller, West Coast New Zealand. He was born on 11 Apr 1871 in Surrey, England. He died on 03 Mar 1947 in Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand.
Denis Phillip Ryan and Eliza Mary Lawless had the following children:
45. i. THELMA AUREEN MARY5 RYAN was born on 21 Nov 1897 in Dannevirke, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. She died in 1976 in Auckland, New Zealand. She married Francis Hugh Kelly in 1923 in New Zealand. He was born on 13 Jun 1896 in New Zealand. He died in 1980 in New Zealand.
ii. DESMOND DENIS RYAN was born on 25 Apr 1899 in Weber, Tararua,
Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand. He died on 21 Jun 1969 in Eketahuna, New Zealand. He married Hazel Lorraine Seymour in 1929 in New Zealand. She was born on 15 Apr 1906 in Eketahuna, New Zealand. She died on 06 May 1988 in Eketahuna, New Zealand.
iii. EARL RICHMOND RYAN was born on 18 Oct 1900 in New Zealand. He died on 13 Oct 1976 in New Zealand. He married Dorothy Houlbrooke in 1927 in New Zealand. She was born on 20 Dec 1910 in Masterton, New Zealand. She died on 25 Jan 1995 in Te Kauwhata, New Zealand.
iv. JACK SARSFIELD RYAN was born on 18 Dec 1902 in Weber, Tararua, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand. He died on 04 Feb 1976 in Whangarei,
Northland, New Zealand. He married Margaret Louise Dickens MacDonald in 1926 in New Zealand. She was born on 31 Mar 1909 in New Zealand. She died on 05 Oct 1990 in New Zealand.
v. ROY RYAN was born in Mar 1904. He died in 1904.
vi. EDWIN LAWLISS RYAN was born in 1905 in Weber, Tararua, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand. He died on 05 May 1920 in Ekatahuna, Manawatu, NZ.
vii. ERIC PHILLIP RYAN was born on 16 Dec 1907 in Dannevirke, New Zealand. He died on 24 Dec 1978 in Ashburton, New Zealand. He married MAUREEN BERTA CARMINE. She was born in 1919. She died in 1959 in New Zealand.
viii. LEO OWEN RYAN was born on 28 Feb 1910 in Rangokokako New Zealand. He died on 20 May 1974 in Palmerston North New Zealand. He married Elizabeth Patricia
(Betty) Muir about 1939 She was born on 25 Aug 1916 in Bulls, New Zealand. She died on 14 Apr 1999 in Hounslow, London, England.
ix. IRIS ZITA PAT RYAN was born on 29 Feb 1912 in Newman, Tararua,
Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand. She died on 22 Apr 1969 in Oruru, Far North, Northland, New Zealand. She married Harold Stuart Garton in 1934 in New Zealand. He was born on 08 Feb 1905 in New Zealand. He died on 19 May 1990 in Oruru, Far North, Northland, New Zealand.
x. MARTIRITE GERARDINE RYAN was born on 22 May 1913 in Newman, Tararua, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand. She died on 01 Aug 1986 in Wellington, New Zealand. She married AUBREY CHARLES ASHFORD. He was born in 1895. He died on 27 Dec 1966 in Wellington, New Zealand.
xi. ADEN PATRICK KILLIAN RYAN was born on 09 Sep 1915 in Eketahuna, New Zealand. He died on 09 Apr 1981 in Eketahuna, New Zealand. He married Gladys Jean Jewitt in 1945 in New Zealand. She was born on 17 Mar 1915 in Eketahuna, New Zealand. She died on 01 May 2003 in Pahiatua, New Zealand.
xii. FRANCIS CASIMIR BEDE RYAN was born about 1919 in Ekatahuna, Manawatu, NZ. He died on 17 Nov 1991 in Palmerston North. He married Gloria Ruby Wilton Stevenson on 14 Jul 1945 in All Saints Church, Kilbirnie, Wellington. She was born in 1922. She died on 10 Sep 1993 in Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand.
22. ANGELINA SARAH JANE4 PYE (Sarah Jane3 Reynolds, Ann2 Lawliss, Francis1 Lawless) was born on 14 Apr 1863 in Yass, NSW. She died on 01 Apr 1944 in Sutherland, NSW. She married John Featherstone Pickering, son of John Pickering and Ann Eliza Featherstone, on 20 Jun 1887 in Yass NSW Australia. He was born on 22 Dec 1858 in Waiheki, Auckland, New Zealand. He died on 20 Mar 1907 in Liverpool, NSW Australia.
John Featherstone Pickering and Angelina Sarah Jane Pye had the following children:
i. LESLIE5 PYE was born in 1881 in Gunning, NSW Australia. He died in 1888 in Goulburn, NSW Australia.
46. ii. ETHEL EVELYN FEATHERSTONE PICKERING was born on 15 Apr 1888 in Goulburn, NSW. She died in 1976. She married STEPHEN WILBERFORCE HILL, son of Stephen Hill and Mary J, in 1912 in Marrickville, NSW. He was born on 01 Mar 1882 in Cobar, NSW Australia. He died on 10 Feb 1948.
iii. MABEL A F PICKERING was born in 1890 in Goulburn, NSW Australia. She died in 1890 in Goulburn, NSW Australia.
iv. CECIL JOHN PICKERING was born in 1891 in Goulburn, NSW Australia. He died in 1892 in Goulburn, NSW Australia.
v. JOHN M PICKERING was born in 1898 in Goulburn, NSW Australia. He died on 20 May 1899 in Goulburn, NSW Australia.
23. ISABELLA ADA ALTHEA4 PYE (Sarah Jane3 Reynolds, Ann2 Lawliss, Francis1 Lawless) was born on 12 Sep 1870 in Yass, NSW. She died on 31 Jan 1951 in Moss Vale, NSW. She married Charles Edward O'Neil, son of Charles O ‘Neil and Mary, on 17 Apr 1890 in Gunning, New South Wales, Australia. He was born on 05 Sep 1862 in Blakeney Creek, Yass, NSW Australia. He died in 1950 in Moss Vale, NSW Australia.
Charles Edward O'Neil and Isabella Ada Althea Pye had the following children:
i. FLORAMIA VIOLENTY5 O'NEIL was born on 06 Mar 1889 in Blakeney Creek, Yass,
N.S.W. Australia. She died on 18 Dec 1961 in Rockdale, NSW Australia. She married WILLIAM E DAVIS.
ii. CHARLES HENRY ONEILL was born on 02 Oct 1891 in Gunning, NSW Australia. He died on 06 Jul 1959 in Yass NSW Australia. He married
ALICE ELIZABETH NOAKES in 1924 in Yass NSW Australia. She was born in 1902 in Boorowa, NSW Australia. She died in 1988 in Yass, NSW Australia.
iii. MARY JANE ONEILL was born on 01 Mar 1893 in Gunning, NSW Australia. She died on 19 Mar 1987.
iv. SARAH ISABELLA ONEILL was born on 16 Sep 1894 in Gunning, NSW Australia. She died in 1945 in Burwood, NSW Australia. She married
JAMES V LEONARD. He died in 1922 in Sydney, NSW Australia
v. EDWARD JAMES ONEILL was born on 06 Dec 1895 in Gunning, NSW Australia. He died on 18 Sep 1952 in Temora, NSW Australia.
47. vi. ADA FLORENCE O'NEIL was born on 25 Oct 1897 in Gunning, NSW. She died on 07 Nov 1993 in Hurstville, NSW Australia. She married ERIC JOHN RAYMOND LANE in 1920 in Petersham, NSW Australia. He was born in 1897 in Newtown, NSW Australia. He died on 03 Dec 1968 in Burwood, NSW Australia.
vii. EMILY CHARLOTTE ONEILL was born on 04 Dec 1899 in Gunning, NSW. She died in 1963 in Wollongong, NSW Australia. She married William Thomas BALFOUR in 1923 in Burrowa, NSW Australia. He was born in 1894 in Orange, NSW Australia. He died in 1963 in Wollongong NSW.
viii. KATIE ETHEL O'NEIL was born in 1901 in Gunning, Australia. She died in 1970 in Moss Vale, Australia.
ix. FLORENCE EVELYN ONEILL was born in 1905 in Gunning, Australia. She died on 04 Nov 1969 in Wollongong, Australia. She married Robert Joseph Lawson Elliott in 1926 in Moss Vale, NSW Australia. He was born in 1906 in NSW Australia. He died on 03 Jan 1966 in Moss Vale, NSW Australia.
x. CHRISTINA GLADYS ONIELL was born on 03 Feb 1907 in Gunning, NSW Australia. She died on 16 Aug 1996.
xi. GEORGE THOMAS O'NEIL was born in 1908 in Gunning, NSW Australia. He died in 1968 in Bowral, NSW Australia.
xii. RUBY ESTHER ONEILL was born on 01 Oct 1909 in Gunning, NSW Australia. She died on 25 Sep 2002 in Gosford, NSW Australia. She married Leslie Menday in 1927 in Hurstville, NSW. He was born on 27 May 1907 in Richmond, Essex, England. He died in 1960 in Burwood, NSW.
48. xiii. ALAN CECIL "BUCK" ONEIL was born on 31 Jan 1911 in Gunning, NSW Australia. He died on 25 Mar 1980 in Moss Vale, NSW Australia. He married Sarah Ann (Sadie) Cross in 1939 in Moss Vale, NSW Australia. She was born in 1916 in NSW Australia. She died on 18 Apr 1980 in NSW Australia.
xiv. CLYDE WILLIAM ONEILL was born on 29 Feb 1912 in Gunning, NSW Australia. He died on 01 Apr 1966 in Kiama, NSW Australia.
xv. OSWALD JOHN ONEILL was born on 10 Dec 1914 in Gunning, NSW Australia. He died on 30 Mar 1931 in NSW Australia.
24. ERNEST HENRY EDWIN4 PYE (Sarah Jane3 Reynolds, Ann2 Lawliss, Francis1 Lawless) was born on 28 Nov 1877 in Gunning, NSW. He died on 16 May 1961 in Yass, NSW. He married Jessie Vera McNally, daughter of Peter McNally and Mary, in 1902 in Gunning, NSW. She was born on 28/7/1886 in Deringullen, Australia. She died on 25 Jul 1956 in Yass, NSW Australia.
Ernest Henry Edwin Pye and Jessie Vera McNally had the following children:
i. DOROTHY CLARICE VERA5 PYE was born on 31 Mar 1903 in Yass, NSW Australia. She died on 02 Jan 1970 in Newtown, Sydney NSW Australia.
ii. PETER EDWIN PYE was born in 1905 in Yass, NSW Australia. He died in 1905 in Yass, NSW Australia.
iii. DULCIE IRENE PYE was born on 04 Sep 1906 in Yass, NSW Australia. She died on 02 Nov 1992 in Bombala, NSW Australia.
iv. PHILLIS LORETTA MARY PYE was born in 1911 in Yass, NSW Australia. She died in 1969 in Williamstown, Vic, Australia.
v. ERNEST WALTER ALPHONSUS PYE was born on 30 Jan 1915 in Yass, NSW Australia. He died in 1987. He married LINDA MARY CROKER, daughter of Henry John Croker and Edith Alice Carne, in 1938 in Gunning, NSW. She was born on 19 Apr 1921 in Gunning, NSW Australia. She died on 21 Jul 1959 in Wallsend, NSW Australia.
25. JOHN S P4 NEWMAN (Jane Penelope3 Best, Elizabeth (Eliza)2 Lawliss, Francis1 Lawless) was born in 1866 in Grenfell, NSW Australia. He died on 22 May 1920 in Bourke, NSW Australia. He married Eliza Ann Dent on 25 Jul 1894 in Cowra, New South Wales. She was born on 30 Apr 1865 in Adelong, NSW. She died on 12 Jun 1947 in Sydney, NSW.
John S P Newman and Eliza Ann Dent had the following child:
i. JESSIE MARY5 NEWMAN. She died in 1934 in Mudgee, NSW Australia.
26. ADELAIDE4 NEWMAN (Jane Penelope3 Best, Elizabeth (Eliza)2 Lawliss, Francis1 Lawless) was born in 1869 in Yass NSW. She died in 1941 in Chatswood, NSW Australia. She married Sydney Thomas Charles Wood in 1892 in Grenfell, NSW Australia. He was born on 06 Sep 1863 in Grenfell, NSW Australia. He died on 02 May 1962 in Chatswood, NSW Australia.
Sydney Thomas Charles Wood and Adelaide Newman had the following children:
i. DORIS5 WOOD was born on 26 Mar 1893 in Ashfield Sydney NSW. She died on 07 Jul 1965 in St Leonards, NSW Australia. She married Thomas John Mitchell in 1923.
49. ii. CLARICE ISOBEL NEWMAN WOOD was born on 09 Dec 1898 in Grenfell, NSW Australia. She died on 02 Aug 1997. She married Francis Brakenridge in 1935.
27. MIRIAM VICTORIA4 NEWMAN (Jane Penelope3 Best, Elizabeth (Eliza)2 Lawliss, Francis1 Lawless) was born in 1879 in Grenfell, NSW Australia. She died on 23 Mar 1943 in Coonamble, NSW. She married William John Dent on 24 Jan 1907 in Grenfell, New South Wales. He was born in 1867 in Adelong, NSW. He died on 25 May 1958 in Gulargambone, New South Wales, Australia.
William John Dent and Miriam Victoria Newman had the following children:
i. LORNA NEWMAN5 DENT was born on 08 Oct 1907 in Grenfell, NSW Australia. She died on 27 Aug 1987 in Grenfell NSW.
ii. ADELAIDE M DENT was born in 1909 in Grenfell, NSW Australia. She married Douglas W Buckwell in 1932 in Woollahra, NSW Australia.
iii. JOHN NEWMAN DENT was born in 1911 in Grenfell, NSW Australia. He died on 06 Oct 1995 in Grenfell NSW. He married Joan Mereworth Cowley in 1945 in Sydney, NSW Australia.
28. LAURA FRANCES4 BEST (Peter Alfred3, Elizabeth (Eliza)2 Lawliss, Francis1 Lawless) was born in 1870 in Yass, NSW Australia. She died in 1954 in Goulburn, NSW Australia. She married JAMES D REID in 1889 in Gunning, NSW Australia. He was born about 01 Jan 1864 in Morpeth, NSW Australia. He died in 1951 in Newcastle, NSW Australia.
JAMES D REID and Laura Frances Best had the following children:
i. ALISON V5 REID was born in 1891 in Goulburn, NSW Australia.
ii. GLADYS M REID was born in 1893 in Boorowa, , NSW Australia. She died in 1936 in Goulburn, NSW Australia.
iii. WINIFRED J L REID was born in 1905 in Walcha, NSW Australia. She died in 1975 in NSW Australia.
29. MARCELLA VICTORIA4 BEST (Peter Alfred3, Elizabeth (Eliza)2 Lawliss, Francis1 Lawless) was born in 1871 in Yass, NSW Australia. She died in 1942 in Bowral, NSW Australia. She married (1) WILLIAM P MORPHY in 1890 in Goulburn, NSW Australia. He was born about 1870 in Braidwood, NSW Australia. He died in 1913 in Petersham, NSW Australia. She married (2) JOHN H REYNOLDS in 1904 in Petersham, NSW Australia.
William P Morphy and Marcella Victoria Best had the following child:
i. COLIN WILLIAM ROY5 MORPHY was born in 1890 in Gunning, NSW Australia. He died on 12 Apr 1960 in Auburn, NSW Australia.
30. RUPERT MELVILLE4 BEST (Peter Alfred3, Elizabeth (Eliza)2 Lawliss, Francis1 Lawless) was born in 1875 in Yass, NSW Australia. He died in 1947 in Granville, Sydney. He married Elizabeth M Connor, daughter of James Connor and Jane, in 1898 in Mudgee, NSW. She was born on 01 Jun 1878 in Wellington NSW Australia. She died in 1935 in Wellington NSW Australia.
Rupert Melville Best and Elizabeth M Connor had the following children:
i. PATRICK J5 BEST was born in 1898 in Mudgee, NSW Australia. He died in 1899 in Wellington, NSW Australia.
ii. ROY M BEST was born in 1899 in Wellington, NSW Australia. He died in 1978 in Wellington, NSW Australia.
iii. ALLAN P BEST was born in 1902 in Wellington, NSW Australia. He died in 1934 in Wellington, NSW Australia.
iv. MARY J M BEST was born in 1906 in Wellington, NSW Australia.
v. ELIZABETH NANCY BEST was born in 1909 in Wellington, NSW Australia.
vi. FRANK WILLIAM BEST was born in 1912 in Wellington NSW, Australia. He died on 04 Aug 1982 in NSW Australia. He married Marjorie Merry Margaret Commins in 1939 in Newtown, NSW Australia. She was born on 28 Dec 1912 in Michelago, NSW Australia. She died on 28 May 1982 in NSW Australia.
vii. DOROTHY JEAN BEST was born in 1916 in Wellington NSW Australia.
31. PEARLE JANE4 BEST (Peter Alfred3, Elizabeth (Eliza)2 Lawliss, Francis1 Lawless) was born in 1881 in Gunning NSW Australia. She died in 1973 in Kogarah NSW, Australia. She married Henry Stephen Swain in 1902 in Sydney NSW Australia. He was born in 1887 in Orange NSW Australia.
Henry Stephen Swain and Pearle Jane Best had the following child:
i. DOROTHY5 SWAIN.
32. RAYMOND H4 BEST (Peter Alfred3, Elizabeth (Eliza)2 Lawliss, Francis1 Lawless) was born in 1884 in Gunning, NSW, Australia. He died in 1928 in Eden NSW. He married Annie Beatrice Monck, daughter of John F Monck and Jane, in 1911 in Eden, NSW Australia. She was born on 22 Jul 1885 in Bega, NSW Australia. She died in 1966 in Eden, NSW Australia.
Raymond H Best and Annie Beatrice Monck had the following children:
i. LESLIE RAYMOND5 BEST was born on 19 Nov 1911. He died on 17 Aug 2000 in Pambula NSW. He married Phyllis Tracey in 1934 in Parramatta, NSW.
ii. FRANCIS RONALD BEST was born on 24 Dec 1916. He married Millicent Irene Goward in 1939 in Bega, NSW.
iii. ANNY BEATRICE (NANCY) BEST was born on 25 Nov 1917.
iv. ALAN JOSEPH BEST was born on 03 May 1920. He died on 24 May 2005.
v. EUGENIE MARGARET BEST was born on 28Apr 1913 in NSW. She died on 22 Apr 2004 in ORBOST VICTORIA AUSTRALIA. She married WILLIAM JAMES HOLDEN. He was born on 20 Aug 1914 in NSW, Australia. He died on 21 Oct 1993 in Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia.
33. CLEMENCE4 BEST (James Frederick3, Elizabeth (Eliza)2 Lawliss, Francis1 Lawless) was born in 1870 in New South Wales. He married Adela Adelaide Gilgen in 1903 in Geraldton, Western Australia. She died in 1932 in Perth, Western Australia.
Clemence Best and Adela Adelaide Gilgen had the following children:
i. ROY CLEMENT5 BEST was born on 09 Feb 1904 in Geraldton Western Australia.
ii. MORGAN ERNEST BEST was born on 19 Jun 1906 in Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia. He died on 23 Jul 1942 in El Imayid, Egypt. He married HELEN MAUD HANCOCK. She was born about 1909. She died in 1979 in Canning, Western Australia.,
34. AUBREY CLIVE4 BEST (Henry Thomas3, Elizabeth (Eliza)2 Lawliss, Francis1 Lawless) was born in 1880 in Gunning, NSW, Australia. He died on 20 Mar 1945 in Blenheim, Marlborough, New Zealand. He married Susan Mary Ann Coster on 06 Apr 1910 in Auckland, New Zealand. She was born in 1890 in Blenheim, Marlborough NZ. She died on 13 Jul 1955 in Blenheim, Marlborough New Zealand.
Aubrey Clive Best and Susan Mary Ann Coster had the following children:
i. DUDLEY WILLIAM5 BEST was born in 1911. He died on 14 May 1985 in Blenheim, Marlborough, New Zealand.
ii. AUDREY DORIS BEST was born in 1913. She died in 1916.
iii. IVOR STUART BEST was born on 27 Apr 1917 in Eli Bay, Marlborough, New Zealand. He died on 10 May 1998 in Blenheim, Marlborough, New Zealand.
iv. HAZEL MARY BEST was born on 29 Oct 1919 in Blenheim Marlborough New Zealand. She died on 19 Mar 1999 in Perth Australia.
v. BERIS EDITH BEST was born in 1928. She died on 14 May 2000 in Blenheim, Marlborough, New Zealand.
35. FRANCIS B4 LAWLESS (Henry George3 Lawliss, John2, Francis1) was born in 1883 in Gunning, NSW Australia. He died on 10 May 1962 in Gunning, NSW Australia. He married Anita Florence Bawden, daughter of Thomas Bawden and Johanna (Julia), on 18 Apr 1923 in Newcastle, NSW Australia. She was born in 1891 in Sydney NSW. She died on 15 Nov 1981 in Gunning, Australia.
Francis B Lawless and Anita Florence Bawden had the following children:
i. JOHN BERNARD5 LAWLISS was born on 31 Jan 1924 in Yass NSW. He died on 18 Sep 1948 in Gunning, NSW Australia.
ii. ANITA MARGARET (PEG) LAWLISS was born on 05 Jun 1925 in Gunning NSW Australia. She died on 08 Jan 2005 in Gunning NSW Australia.
iii. MARY CLAIRE LAWLISS was born in 1929 in Gunning, NSW. She died on 15 Dec 1940 in Gunning, NSW,Australia.
50. iv. HILDA LAWLISS. She married Stanley Albert Sumner in 1961 in Sydney. He was born on 29 Oct 1917 in Hackney, London, England. He died on 04 Jul 1998 in Wingham, New South Wales, Australia.
36. FRANCES BEATRICE4 LAWLISS (Henry George3, John2 Lawless, Francis1 Lawless) was born on 30 Jun 1887 in Gunning, New South Wales, Australia. She died on 08 Mar 1963 in Auburn, New South Wales, Australia. She married RICHARD FREDERICK KEMP, son of Arthur Edward Kemp and Fanny Ada Lane Cotton, on 18 Jan 1916 in St Francis Xavier's Church Gunning. He was born on 19 Jan 1888 in Bowraville, New South Wales. He died on 13 Jun 1979 in Curl Curl, NSW Australia.
Richard Frederick Kemp and Frances Beatrice Lawliss had the following children:
i. MARY PAULINE5 KEMP was born on 22 Oct 1916 in Bellbrook NSW Australia. She died on 08 Jun 2017 in Galston, New South Wales, Australia. She married Keith Ernest Creffield Houghton, son of Ernest Houghton and Marie May Creffield, on 29 Aug 1945 in Sydney, NSW. He was born on 10 Jun 1918 in Belligen NSW Australia. He died on 04 Jun 2011 in Ryde NSW Australia.
51. ii. HENRY ARTHUR (HARRY) KEMP was born on 10 May 1918 in Branxton, NSW Australia. He died on 31 Dec 2003 in West Wyalong, NSW Australia. He married Mary Lillian Prothero, daughter of Francis William Prothero and Bridget Theresa Martin, on 13 May 1942 in West Wyalong NSW Australia (St Mary's Catholic Church West Wyalong). She was born on 27 Mar 1919 in West Wyalong, New South Wales Australia. She died on 10 Aug 2010 in West Wyalong, NSW Australia.
iii. IRENE ELIZABETH KEMP was born on 12 Aug 1920 in Branxton, NSW Australia. She died on 03 Dec 1973 in Curl Curl, NSW Australia. She married Thomas Cabot in Apr 1963 in Sydney NSW Australia.
iv. KEVIN RICHARD KEMP was born on 15 Jan 1922 in Bowral, New South Wales, Australia. He died on 09 Oct 1990 in Yagoona, New South Wales, Australia. He married SHIRLEY DAGMAR O'NEILL. She was born on in "Lauriston" Guildford Rd, Guildford. NSW. She died on 24 Apr 2013 in Gold Coast Qld.
v. DONALD FREDERICK KEMP was born on 28 Sep 1928 in Cootamundra, NSW Australia. He died on 25 Jan 1974 in Auburn, NSW Australia. He married Elsie Coulthard in 1950. She was born on 17 Feb 1919. She died on 05 Oct 2006 in Auburn NSW Australia.
37. ANNIE C4 LAWLISS (Henry George3, John2 Lawless, Francis1 Lawless) was born in 1890 in Gunning, NSW, Australia. She married James Cameron Horton on 16 May 1917 in Gunning, NSW Australia.
James Cameron Horton and Annie C Lawliss had the following children:
i. GERALD LAWLISS5 HORTON. He died in 1982.
ii. JAMES (JIM) HORTON.
iii. JUDITH HORTON.
38. FLORENCE MAY4 LAWLISS (Henry George3, John2 Lawless, Francis1 Lawless) was born in 1892 in Gunning, Australia. She died on 04 Oct 1975 in Yass, NSW Australia. She married John O'Brien on 22 Aug 1914 in Gunning, NSW Australia. He was born on 05 Aug 1874 in Currawang, NSW Australia. He died on 28 Mar 1943 in Yass, NSW Australia.
John O'Brien and Florence May Lawliss had the following children:
i. JOHN HENRY5 O'BRIEN was born on 05 Aug 1915 in Yass, NSW Australia. He died on 16 Jun 1987 in Yass, NSW Australia.
ii. EDNA MAY O'BRIEN was born on 23 May 1917 in Yass, NSW, Australia. She died on 23 Apr 2001.
iii. FRANCIS AUBREY O'BRIEN was born in Nov 1921 in Yass, NSW Australia. He died on 27 Mar 1923 in Yass, NSW Australia.
39. KATHLEEN BRIDGET4 LAWLISS (Henry George3, John2 Lawless, Francis1 Lawless) was born in 1894 in Gunning, New South Wales, Australia. She died in 1960 in Eden NSW. She married John James Heffernan on 23 Jul 1924 in Catholic Church Gunning the fourth son of Mr and Mrs Thos. Heffernan of "Caralla" Candale,
John James Heffernan and Kathleen Bridget Lawliss had the following children:
i. JUDE5 HEFFERNAN.
ii. LEO F HEFFERNAN. He died in 1934 in Bega, NSW Australia.
iii. MARY HEFFERNAN. She died in 1929 in Gunning NSW Australia.
40. JOHN FRANCIS L4 MORAN (Eliza Catherine3 Lawliss, John2 Lawless, Francis1 Lawless) was born in 1879 in Gunning NSW Australia. He died in 1932 in Sydney, NSW. He married Elizabeth Alice Remnant, daughter of Charles Remnant and Elizabeth Thompson, in 1897 in Molong, NSW. She was born on 04 Jan 1876 in Port Pirie, South Australia. She died in 1961 in Perth, Western Australia (Age: 86).
John Francis L Moran and Elizabeth Alice Remnant had the following children:
i. WILFORD5 REMNANT was born in 1895 in Sturt, NSW.
ii. ERNEST MORAN was born in 1897 in Broken Hill, NSW. He died on 03 Mar 1928 in Kensington, South Australia. He married Gladys Eileen Earl in 1917 in Boulder, Western Australia. She was born in 1897 in Broken Hill, NSW. She died on 24 Dec 1985 in South Australia.
iii. GERTRUDE MAY MORAN was born in 1905 in Boulder, Western Australia.
41. FLORENCE C B4 MORAN (Eliza Catherine3 Lawliss, John2 Lawless, Francis1 Lawless) was born in 1883 in Yass, NSW, Australia. She died on 20 Aug 1939 in Wagga Wagga, NSW. She married Abraham P Wade on 03 Apr 1907 in Goulburn, NSW. He was born on 15 Oct 1871 in Yass, NSW, Australia He died on 24 Dec 1941 in Yass, NSW Australia
Abraham P Wade and Florence C B Moran had the following children:
i. HERBERT (BERT)5 WADE was born in 1909 in Yass, NSW, Australia. He died on 12 Jun 1934 in Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia
ii. MARY WADE was born in 1911 in Yass, NSW, Australia She died on 22 Apr 1912 in Yass, NSW, Australia
52. iii. PATRICIA WADE was born on 06 Aug 1912 in Yass, NSW Australia. She died on 06 Mar 2009. She married (1) MALCOLM DAVID SMITH in 1949 in Waverley, New South Wales, Australia. She married (2) CYRIL HAMILTON HUTHWAITE, son of William George Fitzroy Huthwaite, in Jan 1940 in Sacred Heart Church, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia. He was born in 1907 in Wagga Wagga, NSW Australia. He died on 21 Mar 1942, Wagga Wagga, NSW Australia. She married (3) CYRIL HAMILTON HUTHWAITE in 1940 in Randwick, NSW.
iv. KATHLEEN (KIT) FLORENCE WADE was born in 1914 in NSW, Australia. She died on 01 Nov 1934 in Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia
v. MARY BETTY WADE.
42. HILDA MAY4 LAWLISS (Ernest Herbert Francis3, William Henry2, Francis1 Lawless) was born on 13 Dec 1898 in Rockhampton Qld, Australia. She died in 1964 in Rockhampton, Qld, Australia. She married John Andrew Jacobson, son of Erick Jacobson and Ernestine Brunke, on 24 Jan 1923 in Rockhampton, Qld, Australia. He was born on 12 Mar 1887 in Qld, Australia. He died on 02 Nov 1971 in Rockhampton, Qld Australia.
John Andrew Jacobson and Hilda May Lawliss had the following children:
i. JACOBSON..5 was born in Rockhampton, Qld, Australia....
ii. JACOBSON was born in Rockhampton, Qld, Australia.... He died in Rockhampton, Qld, Australia.
43. HERBERT STANLEY4 LAWLISS (Ernest Herbert Francis3, William Henry2, Francis1 Lawless) was born in 1901 in Rockhampton Qld, Australia. He died on 15 Aug 1996 in Rockhampton, Qld, Australia. He married MARGARET CROW, daughter of ARTHUR CROW and M Crow, on 17 Oct 1934 in Rockhampton, Qld, Australia. She was born on 10 Jan 1904 in Rockhampton, Australia. She died on 23 Sep 1993 in Rockhampton, Qld, Australia.
Herbert Stanley Lawliss and Margaret Crow had the following children:
i. KEVIN FRANCIS5 LAWLISS was born in 1938 in Rockhampton, Qld, Australia. He died on 15 Sep 1957 in Rockhampton, Qld, Australia.
ii. STEPHEN ROBERT LAWLISS.
44. AGNES JEAN4 LAWLISS (Ernest Herbert Francis3, William Henry2, Francis1 Lawless) was born on 12 Apr 1912 in Rockhampton Qld, Australia. She died on 27 07 2002 in Brisbane Qld Australia. She married William James Savage, son of William John (James) Savage and Ellen Irwin (Aus), in 1941. He was born on 27 Jan 1902 in Rockhampton, Qld, Australia. He died in 1986 in Rockhampton, Qld, Australia.
William James Savage and Agnes Jean Lawliss had the following children:
i. …..SAVAGE5.
ii. …..SAVAGE.
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