Hello does anyone have access to the book below or know anything about the DEASEY family there is a mention of him in this book and I would love to know what it says Tom Deasey married Annie Teape in 1884 Sydney and I have heard he had a property called Wyoming around the Brisbane water area which he later sold and was subdivided I know he had 3 daughters but this is all I know so far I think they may have come from Ireland as Annies mother was Amelia Hornibrook from Bandon Cork The Brisbane Water Story. - Part 1 Gosford and Henry Kendall Country by Charles Swancott Deasey, T., 144, 197. regards lesley in Tasmania

Hello Lesley, I have a few small items re the DEASEY family of Gosford: Thomas and Anne DEASEY seem to have had several children while at Gosford and they were baptised Church of England: These were Margaret Emily b. 16.8.1885 Herbert George b. 27.5.1887 Thomas George b. 19.2.1889 Annie b. 15.1.1891 Kathleen Esther b. 28.7.1898 (Check these as the handwriting is a bit hard to read). The father, Thomas DEASEY was a land agent with an office in the Gosford township. His father, Hugh DEASEY, died at his residence "Tara" in Bay Street, Rockdale, Sydney on 6.7.1916 and was in his 84th year. I believe he may have lived at Gosford before going to Rockdale. Mary DEASEY taught primary school children at Gosford Public School, and was an identity of the town, being involved in women's organisations. A man named Hugh (Bert) DEASEY died aged 62 after a long railway career in 1949. This event was reported on page 1 of The Gosford Times issue of 18.11.1949. I had a look in the Charles Swancott book you have mentioned, "The Brisbane Water Story" part 1. Page 144 for T. DEASEY names him in a list of Buildings and Shops on the East Side of Mann Street, Gosford, in the early 1900s as follows: "Beane St: Office, T. DEASEY, estate agent, in front of house and hostel for girls working at the Railway Refreshment Room". [I have seen a very early photo showing his name and occupation on a free-standing small building which must have predated the above. GD]. Page 197 names T. DEASEY, land agent, as an alderman when "the towns of Gosford and East Gosford were in 1886 incorporated into a municipality"....the first mayor being J.B. Whiteway. On page 163, Swancott recorded that Miss DEASEY of Wyoming, took up her appointment as a teacher in 1926 and retired as deputy-headmistress in June 1958. You are probably aware that the Births, Deaths and Marriage indexes for NSW are online at http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/index.htm Somebody else on the Central Coast can probably add to these brief notes. Best wishes, Gwen