Trove Tuesday - Disastrous Flood at Gundagai

Today's article for Trove Tuesday mentions two of my relatives, my 2nd Great Grandfather Edward Batty/Battye and my half 3rd Great Grand Uncle Richard Worldon. While Edward Battye survived this experience and was awarded a Royal Humane Society Bronze Medal for his actions during the flood, Richard Worldon was drowned and left behind a widow and ten surviving children.

Source: BY TELEGRAPH.] (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENTS.) DISASTROUS FLOOD AT GUNDAGAI. (1891, June 29). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 5. Retrieved July 9, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28270926

Source: THE FLOOD AT GUNDAGAI. (1891, July 2). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 6. Retrieved July 9, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13829934

Source:ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY OF AUSTRALASIA. (1891, November 21). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 5. Retrieved July 9, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8643349

Richard Worldon was born around 1845 the son of John Glthero/Glitherow and Catherine Rhall. James Baker Waldon/Worldon formed a relationship with Catherine Rhall sometime around the late 1840's and raised Catherine's and John's children as his own with Richard and his brother William both taking the Waldon/Worldon surname. In 1867 Richard married Mary Fuller in Gundagai, New South Wales. They had the following children: William Henry (1868-1958), George Edward (1869-1950), Catherine Jane Smith nee Worldon (1871-1950), Richard (1873-1943), Sarah Smith nee Worldon (1876-1952), John (1878-1962), Mary Worldon (1880-1880), Eliza McIntyre nee Worldon (1881-1958), Charles (1883-1957), Charlotte McIntyre nee Worldon (1887-1974) and Thomas Samuel (1890-1964).

NSW BDM Birth Indexes

V18451933 67/1845 GLITHEROW RICHARD JOHN CATHERINE
9963/1868 WORLDON WILLIAM H RICHARD MARY GUNDAGAI
11635/1869 WORLDON GEORGE E RICHARD MARY GUNDAGAI
11092/1871 WORLDON CATHERINE J RICHARD MARY GUNDAGAI
11606/1873 WORLDON RICHARD RICHARD MARY GUNDAGAI
12571/1876 WORLDON SARAH RICHARD MARY GUNDAGAI
13807/1878 WORLDON JOHN RICHARD MARY GUNDAGAI
15510/1880 WORLDON MARY RICHARD MARY GUNDAGAI
16490/1881 WORLDON ELIZA RICHARD MARY GUNDAGAI
18735/1883 WORLDEN CHARLES RICHARD MARY GUNDAGAI
22360/1887 WORLDON CHARLOTTE RICHARD MARY GUNDAGAI
15530/1890 WORLDON THOMAS S RICHARD MARY GUNDAGAI

NSW BDM Death Indexes

7052/1880 WORLDON MARY RICHARD MARY GUNDAGAI
6992/1891 WORLDON RICHARD JAMES B CATHERINE GUNDAGAI
4872/1928 WORLDON MARY GEORGE SARAH GUNDAGAI
6066/1943 WORLDON RICHARD RICHARD MARY TUMUT
23156/1950 WORLDON GEORGE EDWARD RICHARD MARY GUNDAGAI
14067/1950 SMITH CATHERINE JANE RICHARD MARY GUNDAGAI
31220/1952 SMITH SARAH ELLEN RICHARD MARY TAREE
26073/1957 WORLDON CHARLES RICHARD MARY COOTAMUNDRA
32412/1958 WORLDON WILLIAM HENRY RICHARD MARY JUNEE
14955/1958 MACINTYRE ELIZA RICHARD MARY GUNDAGAI
14955/1958 MCINTYRE ELIZA RICHARD MARY GUNDAGAI
19628/1962 WORLDON JOHN RICHARD MARY GUNDAGAI
28708/1964 WORLDON THOMAS SAMUEL RICHARD MARY GUNDAGAI
59238/1974 MACINTYRE CHARLOTTE RICHARD MARY
59238/1974 MCINTYRE CHARLOTTE RICHARD MARY

NSW BDM Marriage Indexes

2178/1867 WORLDON RICHARD FULLER MARY GUNDAGAI
3973/1890 SMITH JOHN WORLDON CATHERINE J GUNDAGAI
4011/1894 SMITH JOHN WORLDON SARAH GUNDAGAI
3186/1895 WORLDEN WILLIAM H BOYTON EMMA GUNDAGAI
5497/1897 WORLDON GEORGE E SMITH LUCY GUNDAGAI
3391/1898 WORLDON RICHARD WOOD LILLIAN W GUNDAGAI
3887/1901 MACINTYRE KENNETH J WORLDON ELIZA GUNDAGAI
3887/1901 MCINTYRE KENNETH J WORLDON ELIZA GUNDAGAI
1379/1905 WORLDON JOHN MANTON CLARA GUNDAGAI
10088/1906 MACINTYRE NORMAN C WORLDON CHARLOTTE GUNDAGAI
10088/1906 MCINTYRE NORMAN C WORLDON CHARLOTTE GUNDAGAI
1650/1908 WORLDON CHARLES NORRIS JANE GUNDAGAI
1664/1913 WORLDON THOMAS S CRANE ALMA V GUNDAGAI

Source: NSW BDM Indexes. Retrieved from http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/

The Kendall Children.

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Time for a happy dance! Well kind of .....poor Catherine!

Brickwall knocked down at last! Catherine Rhall was murdered by her partner James Baker Worldon on the 14th February 1855 at Beechworth. The Trove articles do involve my 4th Great Grandparents James Baker Worldon and Catherine Rhall! I guess the family tree book will need updating now ;) I looked up the following record from the Public Record of Victoria and bingo the details match my ancestors records. Catherine Rhall's fate is now known at last, she was murdered by her partner and he was only sentenced to two years imprisonment for it and by the look of it was released early in 1856! I also found out he used the alias Milbank, which will give me new avenues for future research. Public Record Office of Victoria Series title: Central Register of Male Prisoners Sub-Item title: Worldon, James; (Milbank); (Jas Baker Worldon): No. 2265 Sub-Item number: Page 199 Date range: 1854 Public access: Open Format: Digital Source: Public Record Office Of Victoria.

Unknown8 October 2014 at 11:52
Edward Joseph Battye was my great grandfather. My grandmother was Matilda Battye Blake and I am interested in information about her if you find any. My mother Dorothy Matilda Blake spoke of her grandfather and the silver he was given by the town for his efforts during the flood.

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