Next Friday is 125 yr anniversary celebration for Empire Bay PS. (all welcome) We would welcome any information on the attached families whose parents in 1879 signed schedule to petition start the first school in .(see end of email) Also on any settlers / land grantees in the area & environs up to this time, viz: The names on the early land grantees that I'm also looking for are also below- also info on subsequent dealings to 1900. : hanks in advance for any assistance Kay First Land Grantees: Joseph ANDREWS Daniel EGAN Arthur RICKARD Henry PIPR J B RICHARDS William FITZGERALD Mabel McFADZEAN S P ADAMS T B A PALMER T A PALMER Elizabeth MURRAY William NASH E J HUGHES Edward DAVIES William WARD Also the names from off-shore and Davistown, feeding into school from time to time.: John RILEY Fr G D Coughlan Robert HENDERSON Jas MARKS T HUGHES Ben DAVIS In case attachment is stripped here are signatries: *ANNEX TO APPLICATION FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL AT COCKLE CREEK. We, the undersigned, Parents (or Guardians) of children residing within the undermentioned distances from the site of the proposed Public School at Cockle Creek hereby undertake that our children, whose names are inserted below, shall attend the said school. Columns are: Name of Parent or Guardian Distance . from School Name of Child Age Edward Beattie 1 mile Edward Beattie Angus Beattie Walter Beattie Ernest Beattie Agnes Beattie Leslie Beattie 12 10 8 6 4 James F Merrett 1 mile James MERRETT Frederick Merrett Sarah Merrett Elleanor Merrett Harry Merrett Gertrude Merrett 13 11 9 7 5 3 William Riley 1 mile Sarah Riley Margarit Riley John Riley Sisselia Riley 13 9 7 5 John Murray 1 mile John Murray Sarah Murray Mary Murray Alfred Murray Patrick Murray 13 11 9 7 5 Jas Mullins 2 miles Kate Mullins Telina Mullins lydia Mullins 13 10 8 Thos. A. Palmer 1/2 mile Lucy Palmer Alice Palmer Daniel Palmer Henry Palmer 9 12 7 5 Catherine Hughes 3/4 mile Robbart Hughes Celia Hughes 6 4 Alfred Settree 1/2 mile Albert Settree Wifliam Settree May Settree Alice Settree 13 10 8 6 Patrick Murray James Murray Sam Murray William Woodward 1 mile Emily Woodward Jeanett Woodward 5 3 Rick Barrett 1/4 mile ? lowyven Barrett Abgil Barrett William Barrett 11 9 5 William Sheiles John Sheiles Anne Sheiles Cecelia Sheiles Benjamin Sheiles 8 11 13 12 Giles Jenkins 1!2 mile Margaret Jenkins Emily Jenkins Ellen Jenkins 7 5 1/2 4 A. G. Flekner Edw!n Flekner/Osborne 6 -- Kay Williams Pearl Beach NSW AUS 2256 ********************************************************************** This message is intended for the addressee named and may contain privileged information or confidential information or both. If you are not the intended recipient please delete it and notify the sender. **********************************************************************