Hi all Following on from Gwen's submission on 6th Jan. I am interested to know if the William JARRETT mentioned is William who married Margaret Woods in Gosford 1847. Thanks Rhonda Paine, Central Mangrove 2250 Central Coast interests - COOPER, MILLER <<While the following may not be relevant to his research, it does explain the origin of some street names at North Gosford/Wyoming, NSW. The connection of at least some of the names, about to be given, with a land subdivision company known as Excelsior has been known locally for some time, but will bear some exposure. In the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper issue of 22 September 1936 the following obituary appeared for Mr A.R. JARRETT: "Mr Alfred Richard JARRETT, who died at Leichhardt [Sydney] recently in his 99th year, was a native of Chatham, England, and came to Sydney 76 years ago. He was a resident of Leichhardt for 56 years, and lived in one cottage for 53 years. He was a ship's carpenter by trade, and on arrival here became manager for the Excelsior Building Society, one of the directors of which was his brother William JARRETT. Areas of vacant land in Drummoyne, Leichhardt and Marrickville were acquired, subdivided, and built upon by the society. A number of streets in each of the suburbs mentioned were named after the society's directors - DAY, CARY, JARRETT, THORNLEIGH and RENWICK. After the subdivisions were built upon, Mr JARRETT erected a number of hotels in the suburbs, the last being the Elswick Hotel at the top of Taverner's Hill in 1882. He is survived by four daughters, seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. The remains were interred in the Church of England section of the Rookwood Cemetery." [ends] NB: The Renwick named was Dr Arthur Renwick, father of Rev. A. Renwick of Gosford. He was a director of the afore-mentioned Excelsior land company which had interests in the Gosford district.>>