Peter Healy

John came to Sydney,NSW about 1860, and soon after relocated down to the Monaro district of Southern NSW, around the Towns of Bombala, Bega and Eden ...(on the instructions of his financial backer??) Not sure exactly what job/s he had in the area, but by 1864 he had enough money saved to sponsor his Uncle, Edward Hegarty, to come to Australia, and the following year after his arrival, sees them both in Toowoomba, Qld. with a large General Merchandise store trading very successfully in Ruthven Street ...(again, possibly with the same financial backer in Sydney ??) , and in 1866 a second store was opened at Allora, Qld., both stores trading as "Hegarty & Co." Unfortunately by late 1868, they were insolvent. A long and involved insolvency case ensued... John married Mary Downend Hutton in Toowoomba in 1870, when they left the District to return to the Monaro, John to the whaling port of Eden at Twofold Bay, to set-up another store in Town, (also gained an Auctioneers License), whilst Edward established a Wine and Spirits business in Bombala, which proved to be very successful for him over many years... Not so for John, with his Store in Eden eventually going bust in 1874 and insolvency proceedings upon them again. They pressed on regardless,(with the inconvenience of having to attend Court hearings in Sydney) , with John actively utilising his Auctioneers skills to keep them afloat....(apparently he had the "gift-of-the-gab".....and later on was an Agent for the then newly formed AMP Society) John and "Minnie", as she was called, stayed in the Eden area, and after many years farming at Greig's Flat, eventually relocated residence to the banks of the Kiah River around 1890, not far from the mouth into Twofold Bay, and naming their property "Tarracoonee" , from local Aboriginal dialect. By now, they had 6 children, the eldest was Ethel (B.1871) and the youngest was Harold (B.1885), and having all been born in Eden or nearby, they were naturally drawn to all things nautical, i.e. boats, of all shapes and sizes, for many different purposes...in their case it was taking farm produce down the river to be transshipped onto larger vessels which would then sail via other coastal ports such as Marlo, eventually to Lakes Entrance, to be transhipped again for Melbourne markets. Around 1906/07 the family moved to Lakes Entrance- all the boys were Master Mariners, but with the advent of both motor vehicles and the railway, this slowly killed off their coastal shipping business. They concentrated on fishing, and stayed until about 1914, about the time WW1 was declared, when they decided their future lay in Sydney with the establishment of a Ferry service on the Harbour, and it was sons George and Arnold who initially got this new enterprise up and running, under the guidance of Norman, who remained in Lakes Entrance with his Mother following the death of John in 1910, before relocating themselves to Sydney around 1915.

Agnes Roy (Smith) Collison of Orbost-Snowy R Australia. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Agnes Roy Smith Collison.

Caroline Annette Frost was in a relationship with William Thomas Collison, and has a child Walter Herbert Collison. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Caroline Annette Frost.

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Walter became a cadet at the Naval Training establishment in Kent, HMS Worcester, in 1881 at the age of 17 years. Following his 4 year training apprenticeship, he went on to join the crew of the barque "Howrah", which in March 1886 arrived in Melbourne from Liverpool via Eurpoe, and from which he deserted. He married Agnes Roy Smith in Corowa,NSW in 1889, and they had two children - Annette in 1891 and Thomas Charles in 1893, and by which time they had relocated to the Orbost area in East Gippsland, and had selected 480 acres at nearby Newmerella. In 1898, his wife Agnes dies, and he returns to England with the two children the following year, and Annette, his daughter, remains in Yarmouth, Norfolk with his parents. Tragically, soon after their return, "Charlie" is drowned in the Snowy River in October 1902. Sometime after, Walter again sails to England to visit family, and to attend the wedding of his daughter Annette, who marries Malcolm Walker Quentin in Norfolk in May 1915. He returns to Melbourne soon after, in July 1915. In 1920, he marries widow Lydia Bennett (nee Eggleton) in Lakes Entrance, but dies soon after in August 1923 and is buried in the Lakes Entrance cemetery, leaving Lydia, in his Will, a substantial inheritance. They had no children, and Lydia lived for another 40 years in the District, until 1962 when she died of pneumonia in the Bairnsdale Benevolent Home. Lydia was born in Nunhead, Camberwell in 1881, and had also lost a spouse and child in tragic circumstances. She is buried in the Bairnsdale cemetery.

Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Kenneth Neil.

James Train was born to John Train and Elizabeth Dempster. James Train married Louisa Beatrice Hayden. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember James Train.

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John Train was married to Elizabeth Dempster, and has a child James Train. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember John Train.

James Neil of Windsor,Victoria Australia was born circa 1868, and died at age 88 years old in 1956.

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Adelaide Mona (Castlehow) of Mdura Australia. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Adelaide Mona Castlehow.