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Julia (Jones) Absalom (1856 - 1927)

Julia Absalom formerly Jones aka Jess,
Born in Chippendale, New South Wales, Australiamap
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Daughter of and
Sister of [half], [half], [half], , and
Wife of — married 1879 (to 1894) in Hartley, New South Wales, Australiamap
Wife of — married 1894 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australiamap
[children unknown]
Died at about age 71 in Belmore, New South Wales, Australiamap
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Biography

Julia (Jones) Absalom was born in the Colony of New South Wales (1788-1900)
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Birth and Residence
Julia was born in 1856 in Chippendale, NSW. She is the daughter of John Jones and Bridget Lyons. Her parents were unmarried. [1]

Residence On 12th July 1865 Julia and her brother John Alexander Jones (age 5) were discharged from the Register of Inmates of Randwick Asylum for Destitute Children. Julia was aged 9 years and both children had been under Child Care and Protection index 1817-1942. The remarks comment is: Alias REGAN Julia. [2] [3]

Residence On 29th February 1866, Julia was discharged a 2nd time from the Register of Inmates of Randwick Asylum for Destitute Children. She was aged 9 years and had been under Child Care and Protection index 1817-1942 along with her little brother Joseph B Jones who was age 3. [4] [5]

Marriage In 1879 she married John Jess in Hartley, New South Wales. [6]

Residence For the year 1879 (Sands Directories: Sydney and New South Wales, Australia, 1858-1933) Julia is listed as the resident of a dwelling in Rose Street, Darlington. [7]

In May 1883 Julia's husband John Jess is the informant cited on the the death registration of her father John (James) William Jones at Pipers Flat in Lithgow, New South Wales, [8] It is presumed that Julia was present at this significant paternal event.

Residence In 1886 Julia can be found in "Sydney", where she last saw her husband John Jess. [9][10] [11] [12]

Residence In December 1891 and January 1892 she was at the post office in Redfern where she issued a total of 4 successive Advertising Notices under the heading Missing Friends to find John Jess who she had last seen "in Sydney" in 1886, because she intended to marry again two weeks from the date of publication. (see research notes) [9] [10][11] [12]

Marriage In 1894, some three years after the first newspaper advertising announcement looking for her husband John Jess, Julia married Henry Edmund Absalom in Sydney, NSW. [13]

Residence In 1902, Julia was involved in a tram collision in Leichardt and at this time she was living in Camperdown, NSW [14]

Death Julia passed away on 16th February 1927 in Belmore, New South Wales [15] [16]

Research Notes

  • Society for the Relief of Destitute Children (1852-1858) / Randwick Asylum for Destitute Children (1858-1915) [17] Luckie-23 02:29, 10 June 2023 (UTC)
  • Divorce Law in the State of New South Wales
    at the time that Julia put the 3 notices in the Redfern Post Office looking for her husband, had come into operation in the Colony 18 years previously (1873).
    Grounds for divorce or judicial separation were adultery, bigamy, rape, sodomy, bestiality, cruelty or "desertion for at least two years". [18] Luckie-23 02:29, 10 June 2023 (UTC)

Sources

  1. ↑ NSW Government. Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages. Birth Registration number: 1896/1856 District: Chippendale. Father: James W. Mother: Bridget. Accessed 12 May 2022. Births Search page
  2. ↑ NSW State Archives. citation: NRS 13362 [1]; Reel 1865, Page 333, Number 910 https://search.records.nsw.gov.au/permalink/f/1ebnd1l/INDEX1922278
  3. ↑ NSW State Archives Citation: NRS 13362 [1]; Reel 1865, Page 333, Number 911 https://records-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/f/1e5kcq1/INDEX1922272
  4. ↑ NSW State Archives. citation: NRS 13362 [2]; Reel 1866, Page 007, Number 1047 https://search.records.nsw.gov.au/permalink/f/1ebnd1l/INDEX1922279
  5. ↑ NSW State Archives: Citation: NRS 13362 [2]; Reel 1866, Page 007, Number 1049 https://records-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/f/1e5kcq1/INDEX1922276
  6. ↑ NSW Government. Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages. John Jess and Julia Jones, Marriage Registration number: 3417/1879, District: Hartley. Accessed 12 May 2022. Marriage Search page
  7. ↑ (page 159 (Darlington) Sands Directories: Sydney and New South Wales, Australia 1858-1933 [database online], Provo, UT, USA, Ancestry.com Operations Inc 2010
  8. ↑ NSW Government. Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages. James W Jones, Death. Registration number: 8321/1883, District: Lithgow. Died Pipers Flat. Accessed 15 May 2022 Death search page
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 1891 'Advertising', Australian Town and Country Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1870 - 1919), 5 December, p. 1. , viewed 09 May 2022, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71260275
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 1892 'Advertising', Australian Town and Country Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1870 - 1919), 16 January, p. 1. , viewed 09 May 2022, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71232595
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 1891 'Advertising', Australian Town and Country Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1870 - 1919), 12 December, p. 1. , viewed 09 May 2022, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71260571
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 1891 'Advertising', Australian Town and Country Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1870 - 1919), 26 December, p. 1. , viewed 15 May 2022, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71260976?searchTerm=Julia%20Jess%20John%20Sydney%20Julia%20Jess#
  13. ↑ NSW Government. Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Henry E Absalom and Julia Jess, Marriage Registration number: 1620/1894 Marriage Search page
  14. ↑ 1902 'TRAM COLLISION.', The Daily Telegraph (Sydney, NSW : 1883 - 1930), 19 August, p. 8. , viewed 09 May 2022, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article237595776
  15. ↑ 1927 'Family Notices', The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), 18 February, p. 12. , viewed 09 May 2022, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16355847
  16. ↑ https://search.records.nsw.gov.au/permalink/f/1ebnd1l/ADLIB_RNSW115373955 Records, NSW Government Australia, Number NRS-13660-11-109-Series 4_14446, Julia Absalom (© State of New South Wales through the State Archives and Records Authority of NSW 2016)
  17. ↑ https://researchdata.edu.au/society-relief-destitute-1858-1915/164607?source=undefined
  18. ↑ Matrimonial Causes Division (1873-1972) / Divorce Division (1972-1973) / Family Law Division (1973-1977) (Supreme Court of New South Wales)




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