Wednesday, June 29, 2022

EVANS

Henry Charles EVANS was a gold miner from England, who lived in the Gulgong district during the goldrush period of the early 1870s.

Johanna (Hannah) CARROLL was born in Cork, Ireland, to parents John Carroll (1804-1870) and Mary Cavanagh (1816-1853). Around 1852  Johanna was married to William MARTIN, a publican who was born in Ireland in approx 1819 and migrated to Australia in 1841. He died in 1861 of inflammation of the lungs. At the time of William's death, their four children were: Willliam (8), Edward (6), John (4) and Andrew, (1).

Henry EVANS married the widowed Hannah MARTIN (nee Carroll) of "Windara" on 19 November 1867 at St John the Baptist Church, Mudgee (NSW BDM. Registration 02504/1867)

Their children were:
  • Henry - born 4 January 1869 NSW (died 25 March 1957, Charters Towers Qld)
  • Annie - born 28 July 1871 in Gulgong (died 10 Aug 1945, Randwick NSW)
  • James - born 7 May 1874 in Gulgong (died of convulsions of 7 days duration, on 25 Feb 1875)
  • Charles - born 28 Dec 1875 in Coonamble (died 28 November 1954 in Coogee NSW)

Henry and Hannah's only daughter, Annie EVANS, was born in Gulgong in 1871.

Annie, described as a domestic servant, married Joseph Ernest Patterson, a blacksmith from Blayney, in 1900 (reg) Orange NSW.

Annie Evans
Source: Ross Patterson

Patterson was a heavy-weight boxer in his younger days in the Orange district where he and Annie lived for a few years, and earned the In-Ring name of the “Orange Man Eater”, as he had a habit of demolishing his opponents.

1900 - Boxing Contest. FISHY PROCEEDINGS.
The boxing contest announced to take place in the Town Hall on Tuesday night last between Joe Patterson, of Blayney, and Duggan, from the deviation works at Newbridge, did not come off, notwithstanding that a fair number of people paid to go in to see the fight. The fight was said to be for a side wager of £10, and the gate receipts, and was announced to start at 8 p.m. A couple of sparring contests took place, and the doorkeepers kept telling the people outside that Patterson and Duggan were getting ready to enter the ring. They were taking money until nearly 9 o'clock, when; Patterson entered the ring, and after waiting a long time the audience called out for Duggan, but instead another man came on the stage and said that Duggan would not fight.
Then there was an uproar, the people calling out for their money. Sergeant Roche quelled the disturbance for a while, and it was decided that after paying the expense of the Hall the proceeds be given to the Hospital. Duggan then appeared on the stage and said that he was not fit to fight Patterson, but if this was so, why did he not say so before the doors were opened and people's money taken to see him fight?
The public were gulled by what appears to be a bare-face swindle, and we do not know why the police have not taken proceedings against the principals and promoters of the affair, as it was nothing more nor less than obtaining money from the public by means of false pretences. However, we would advise Sergeant Roche to see that the people's wish is carried out, viz., that the rent, of the Hall only be taken out of the receipts and that the balance be given to the Hospital.
Source: The Blayney Advocate and Carcoar Herald (NSW : 1898 - 1904) Sat 5 May 1900 Page 2

 Annie died at her home in Coogee on 10 August 1945.

DEATHS
PATTERSON.— August 10, at her home, 91 Coogee Bay-road, Coogee. Annie Patterson, beloved wife of Joseph Patterson and loving mother and grandmother of the Patterson family: aged 74 years.— R.I.P.

Grave of Annie and Eric Patterson at Botany Cemetery 
(Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park)
Source: Austcemindex




 

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