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Postscript.
It is known that Edmund Blakey returned to England in 1868.
He had
learnt of the death of his father in 1863 from Kidney failure.
His brother, Thomas,
had also died in 1857…… and Edmund returned to see what was happening to his father’s estate. He could well use the money, as times had been hard . He had had word that the property was tied up in the name of John Blakey’s second wife Elizabeth, whom John had married on his deathbed. She had been Elizabeth Lund, the long time friend of John’s who had helped bring up his children after his wife had died in 1833 and she had recently lost her husband.
When John became ill,
she had moved in to care for him. He repaid her kindness by marrying her and assuring her future by tying up the house in which they lived and other property he
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owned, so as to provide an income for her, until her death. Then it was to be inherited by Edmund and young Caroline, who was Thomas’s daughter.. this did not help Edmund’s cause and he returned to Australia, very disappointed. He died in Courabyra, near Tumbarumba, southern New South Wales in 1874 of lung disease. He was working the goldfields and tinsmithing in the area. It has since been established that many miners who had worked for long periods underground in cramped, damp conditions suffered the same fate. It is also known that Elizabeth Blakey died that same year, so Edmund was never able to access any money from the estate. In 1877, when young Alfred Blakey turned 21, he was given all the documents relating to his father’s side of the family and told the full story of his father, by
129
George Davis. This had been a promise to Margery, which George kept to the letter. Around 1890, Alfred Blakey, after finding out all the facts, was able to receive the legacy that was rightfully his, having spent many years proving his existence. In 1879, st4eam tramways were established in Sydney and spread quickly, creating a vast network. Young engineer, Alfred, moved into this field and spent over 30 years at the tramway workshops in Randwick. Young George Harry Davis became my grandfather after his second marriage to Alice (Harriett Hersey) Owen and the consequent birth of my mother Irene alice Marlborough Davis.
130
Shirley.
2007.
131
An 1860 Family
Postscript.
It is known that Edmund Blakey returned to England in 1868.
He had
learnt of the death of his father in 1863 from Kidney failure.
His brother, Thomas,
had also died in 1857…… and Edmund returned to see what was happening to his father’s estate. He could well use the money, as times had been hard . He had had word that the property was tied up in the name of John Blakey’s second wife Elizabeth, whom John had married on his deathbed. She had been Elizabeth Lund, the long time friend of John’s who had helped bring up his children after his wife had died in 1833 and she had recently lost her husband.
When John became ill,
she had moved in to care for him. He repaid her kindness by marrying her and assuring her future by tying up the house in which they lived and other property he
128
owned, so as to provide an income for her, until her death. Then it was to be inherited by Edmund and young Caroline, who was Thomas’s daughter.. this did not help Edmund’s cause and he returned to Australia, very disappointed. He died in Courabyra, near Tumbarumba, southern New South Wales in 1874 of lung disease. He was working the goldfields and tinsmithing in the area. It has since been established that many miners who had worked for long periods underground in cramped, damp conditions suffered the same fate. It is also known that Elizabeth Blakey died that same year, so Edmund was never able to access any money from the estate. In 1877, when young Alfred Blakey turned 21, he was given all the documents relating to his father’s side of the family and told the full story of his father, by
129
George Davis. This had been a promise to Margery, which George kept to the letter. Around 1890, Alfred Blakey, after finding out all the facts, was able to receive the legacy that was rightfully his, having spent many years proving his existence. In 1879, st4eam tramways were established in Sydney and spread quickly, creating a vast network. Young engineer, Alfred, moved into this field and spent over 30 years at the tramway workshops in Randwick. Young George Harry Davis became my grandfather after his second marriage to Alice (Harriett Hersey) Owen and the consequent birth of my mother Irene alice Marlborough Davis.
130
Shirley.
2007.
131
An 1860 Family
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