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Category Archives: CHILDREN OF MELINDA
EDITH EMILY ( KENDALL) EVANS
VOYAGE UP THE CLARENCE RIVER
I include this prose piece from Henry Kendall because it describes the trip up the Clarence. It would seem that this is a description of the Kendall arrival there in the late 1840s following Basil Kendall’s conviction for forgery. Details to be checked later. Having been twice to the Clarence this year, I am interested in the evocations of this piece.
FROM MRS HAMILTON-GREY
Kendall’s prose description of the Clarence was written at a date not known. We have it from a periodical giving it as from ‘ a manuscript in the possession of Miss Evangeline Moore, of Marrickville, whose father J Sheridan Moore, Editor of a Sydney Magazine, etc. etc was Kendall’s first friend as a young man, to his ambition of being a poet:-
from the GRAFTON INDEPENDENT
VOYAGE UP THE CLARENCE RIVER
Acknowledged with thanks. TG.
A LETTER FROM JANE
The letter is from one of Mrs Hamilton-Grey’s books. She says that it is from JANE, the eldest daughter of Basil and Melinda who is named on Melinda’s death certificate. Jane was a teacher and is said to have worked with Caroline Chisholm at one time. She was born CHRISTINA JANE in 1842 and lived till 1903 when she died in the Granville District of Sydney.The letter appeals to me partially due to its being the only one we have found and also because of the poignant mention of her mother who receives a ‘bad press’ from Henry and other recountants.
WRITTEN FROM PITT-STREET TO A NIECE ( IF this is a blood niece then it would be the daughter of either Henry or Edith Emily. Mary Josephine is already dead by this time and therefore is not the niece’s ‘mother’ to whom Jane refers in the letter. Basil Edward died without marriage or children that we know of. It is more likely to be Emily than Henry’s widow Charlotte due to the unhappy connections of the family with her. There is also a possibility of the niece not being “niece” in the technical sense of that word. However, Jane writes the following with affection.)
2 August 1895
My Dear ____________,
I was much pleased to get your long letter; indeed it made up for your mother’s two or three lines,although they are always welcome. I am glad you are soon to be settled in life, and hope you may be happy. In most cases it depends on ourselves whether we are happy or miserable. We make our own little world, for either good or evil. Commence your married life as you intend to end it. Meet one another halfway and all will be well. I am glad , for your sake, that your “Boy” is a temperance man, but there are other Sins besides Drunkenness. I had a letter from Mr Simpson last week. He never forgets you and your mother. I am going to write to him this week and will not forget to tell him of your engagement, etc. He is quite well, his letters are a comfort to me, so cheerful and consoling. You do not seem to be in a hurry to get married;and your ‘love’ does not seem very “hot”; but I think you will always be better for that;from what I have read about “hot love” it soon gets cold. You must know ( or your mother will tell you ) I was never in love myself except with my dear old mother – so that I cannot give you any points about love; but write and tell me about all your affairs. I am much interested. Wishing you all happiness and with love to your mother, believe me,
Your affectionate
Aunt Jane.
Representational graphic only. This is NOT Jane Kendall. Courtesy of ETC FLORIDA
http://www.myheritage.com/site-29770641/melinda-mcnally-kendall-web-site
Thanks to TG for passing on extensive photocopies of information.
POEM: HENRY KENDALL BY HIS MOTHER
REFERENCE POINTS WITHIN THE POEM.
(Kiama Independent, Oct 16, 1883)
HENRY KENDALL
(By his mother)
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WHAT MOUNTAIN ? The South Coast NSW is a dim memory to me. My apologies to Milton people and YatteYatta people. Lets see what mountain Henry and Basil were born under. Peter has visited Kendall Dale and has the block of land on which Melinda and Basil lived pointed out to him. He did not at that time notice the Mountains, so he says. What mountain says he ? He does tell me that the twin’s birthplace is the property Kirmington next door to what is now KENDALL DALLE at Yatteyatta .
There were 8 children in the then un-named Parish. The Rev McFie paid an 1840 visit to the District and baptised and took the details of the 8 children including the twins. Melinda is listed in the Rev McFie’s baptismal records as MILLINDA MCALLAN. Christina Jane was born in 1842 and baptised by the minister for Camden and Wollongong and the other children were born in Sydney. Methinks she means the Pigeon House Mountain. ALSO known by its original name of Didhol or Woman’s Breast from it shape.
IMAGE FROM The original world nomad on http://www.worldnomads.com/ Probably not mine to use but I am desperate and acknowledge this fine blog. This is PIGEON HOUSE MOUNTAIN across JERVIS BAY. Follow the links below to sites on Pigeon Mountain and the Buddawang Mountains.
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| In which sand and where. It is presumed that the KENDALLS remained in Kirmington and Milton. |
| http://www.southcoast.com.au/mimosa/ MIMOSA HILL COTTAGES |
REVIEW OF MRS HAMILTON-GREY’S BOOK ABOUT HENRY
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1214117
THE ROMANTIC HISTORY.
The Canberra Times Friday 10 June 1927, page 14
HENRY’S AFFAIRS OF THE 1880s
The Maitland Mercury… Thursday 12 May 1881, page 5
INSPECTOR OF STATE FORESTS.-The Herald says:-Mr. Henry Kendall, the well-known Australian poet, has been appointed by the Government Inspector of State forests. The appointment is a new one, and the duties appertaining to the position will be those of a head forest ranger, or of an officer who is required to examine the condition of the natural forests of the colony, and to report upon their present state and the facilities at hand for their preservation, land for planting out forest trees in suitable places. For some five or six years past Mr. Kendall has been residing at Camden Haven, and during that time he has devoted himself in a singular manner the study of this question, forming the acquaintance of timber-getters, and acquiring a thorough knowledge of forestry.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article817215
( Interesting way to describe Henry’s life. Knew quite a few hard drinking men did the Henry . Very noble of him. )
The Maitland Mercury… Saturday 5 August 1882, page 4
Henry Kendall the poet, was buried yesterday at Waverley Cemetery, in the presence of a large
number of friendshttp://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article855626
The Maitland Mercury… Saturday 9 September 1882 Supplement
Extraordinary meeting was held at the School of Arts yesterday, for the purpose of assisting to supplement the Kendall fund. Subscriptions were received, and arrangements made for a public meeting next Saturday. Among others present were Dr. J. G. Smith, Mr. T. Bawden, and Mr. J. Hewitt, old friends of the deceased poet. Dr. Smith suggested that Henry Kendall having identified himself with the Clarence for so many years, and where, together with the late James Lionel Michael, also a poet, Kendall is said to have first courted the muses, that steps be taken, with the aid of the central committee, to found a scholarship in the Grafton public school, to be called the Kendall prize. No doubt a considerable amount of money will be raised in Grafton and the surrounding district.
The Maitland Mercury… Tuesday
30 January 1883, page 5
Mr John Duffy, overseer of the Botanic Gardens, has been appointed Inspector of Forests, in the room of the late Henry Kendall
The Maitland Mercury… Saturday 10 February 1883, page 4.
The subscription lists for the Kendall fund were called in yesterday, forty of them contained the gross amount of £4 15s. More than half this sum was collected by Chinese. The majority of the lists were blank.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article866841
(What are the implications of this one ?)
ONE MORE HENRY ARTICLE : THE REST YOU CAN FIND ON NLA
STREETS OF SYDNEY – SUSSEX STREET FROM NLA NEWSPAPERS
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MELINDA AND BASIL MEET IN SUSSEX STREET :1835 SO THEY SAY. |
AS WE KNOW THEY ARE SAID TO HAVE MET AT A DANCE IN SUSSEX STREET IN 1835 AND MARRIED THE NEXT DAY. WE HAVE INDICATORS OF A BABY BORN VERY SOON THEREAFTER. WAS IT BASIL’S ? DID THEY KNOW EACH OTHER LONGER OR WAS IT THE CHILD OF ANOTHER MAN ? PATRICK MCNALLY AND HENRY SAMUELS WORKED AT BARKERS MILL AS DID SOME OF THE KENDALL BROS. HOW DID THE FAMILIES INTERACT ? WHERE WAS THIS DANCE HELD ? I HAVE ALREADY VENTURED INTO THE ATMOSPHERE OF SUSSEX STREET 1835 INCLUDING THE PRESENCE THERE OF MY OWN ANCESTORS, HANNAH HUTCHINGS AND HENRY SAMUELS : http://www.myheritage.com/site-29656891/lynne%27s-heritage-web-site http://lynnesheritage.wordpress.com/2008/05/23/hannahs-family/ AND CHECK THE SUSSEX STREET ENTRIES ON THIS SITE. |
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1813 The year in which Patrick and Judith were ‘relocating’ from Canada via a court martial and the birth of a baby girl Eliza in England to the Colony of NSW. |
TO be disposed of by Private Contract, an excellent http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article628605
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1815 APRIL The year of Melinda’s birth. She was born October 1815. Out at Pitt Town. Meanwhile back in Sussex-street as they wrote it then. |
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article629104
HOUSES FOR SALE.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article629246
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1844 : Kendall family history as recorded in M Kendall’s ‘kissin’ cousins’ says that Melinda and Basil went south to Kiama with TS Kendall, and the matriarch Jane in 1838 – down to Ulladulla where the twins Basil E and Henry and two girls Christina Jane and Mary Josephine were born. In 1844, the children are taken to St James in Sydney for baptism and it is likely that the family was back in Sydney to live at this time. Address Unknown ( to me anyways). |
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article667530
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article669804
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1844 : and Sussex Street seems to be a busy place with escapes in boats by burglars and murders and still born children as well as the triplets mentioned earlier. |
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article670429 |
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http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article681908
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NLA NEWSPAPERS – MRS KENDALL AND CHILDREN 1881
FROM THE BRISBANE COURIER MAIL OCTOBER 1881: PURELY SPECULATIVE. MARY JOSPEHINE YATES, MELINDA’S DAUGHTER DIED FROM INFLAMMATION OF THE LUNGS EARLY IN 1881 AT HER HOME IN MARYBOROUGH. IN OCTOBER OF THE SAME YEAR A MRS KENDALL WITH CHILDREN APPEARS IN THE SHIPPING NEWS.
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ON THE LADY BOWEN SAILING INTO BRISBANE FROM ROCKHAMPTON VIA BUNDABERG AND MARYBOROUGH
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ON THE GOVERNOR BLACKALL WITH 8 CHILDREN SAILING SOUTH FOR SYDNEY
WHICH MRS KENDALL IS THIS ? IS IT CONNECTED WITH THE DEATH OF MARY JOSEPHINE YATES?
IT COULD WELL BE MRS JOSEPH KENDALL , WIFE OF CAPTAIN JOSEPH KENDALL, BUT SHE IS A PEER OF MELINDA’S AND AS UNLIKELY TO BE TRAVELLING WITH CHILDREN AS MELINDA. COULD MELINDA HAVE BROUGHT HER GRANDCHILDREN SOUTH FOR A TIME ? WE KNOW LITTLE OF THESE YEARS .
Actually does it say Randall or Kendall?
DEATH OF MELINDA’S DAUGHTER MARY JOSEPHINE
FROM NLAs HISTORICAL NEWSPAPERS OF AUSTRALIA ONLINE.
FROM THE BRISBANE COURIER FRIDAY FEB 4 1881
The death referred to is of MARY JOSEPHINE YATES (nee KENDALL)
YATES- On the 29th January at her residence Maryborough Queensland of inflammation of the lungs Mary Josephine beloved wife of W.T. YATES and second sister of Henry Kendall, poet, aged 33 years
BDMS indicate her birth as 1844
She was Melinda’s 4th child and 2nd daughter and here predeceases her by 12 years. Her older brother Basil Edward (twin to Henry) died in 1874 and Henry himself lives only one more year after Mary Josephine.
Christina Jane and Edith Emily are the only two of Melinda’s 5 children to outlive her.
MELINDA KENDALL : HER LIFE AND WRITINGS 