Hello Listers Just need a bit of guidance as to where I would start looking for the hospital and inquest records relating to Catherine Lilley (nee Carmody) who died from chronic dysentry in the "Benevolent Asylum" on 22 November 1859 (as per death certificate) . Her death certificate has a note that an inquest into her death was held. The certificate gives no clues as to the whereabouts of this "Benevolent Asylum" or the "Presbyterian Cemetery" where she was buried. Catherine lived in the Patrick Plains, Singleton area and I'm assuming that it was the Maitland Benevolent Asylum. The doctor who certified the death was a Dr Gilhooley? who states he was the Resident Surgeon at the Asylum. I've searched the NSW State Records site and cannot find anything about the Maitland Asylum. Also Catherine left behind two daughters Sarah aged 11 and Maryanne aged 15. Can anyone point me in the right direction as to what may have happened to these children? I've had no luck with online orphan records. (Catherine's husband John had died in 1850 and as both Catherine and John were ex convicts they had no other relatives in Australia that I am aware of). Sorry to be a bit long winded but I wanted to give you all as much detail as I could in the hope that it may ring some bells. Cheers Wendy

----- Original Message ----- From: "Wendy" <oziewoo@bigpond.net.au> To: "Hunter Valley List" <AUS-NSW-Hunter-Valley-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 9:57 AM Subject: [HV] Maitland Asylum > Just need a bit of guidance as to where I would start > looking for the hospital and inquest records relating to > Catherine Lilley (nee Carmody) who died from chronic > dysentry in the "Benevolent Asylum" on 22 November 1859 > (as per death certificate) . Her death certificate has a > note that an inquest into her death was held. Hi Wendy I first checked in a slim book the Maitland FHC published a while back ' Death in the Hunter' Inquests in the Maitland area 1834 -1942 . Couldnt find this Catherine LILL(E)Y . Then looked up the BDMs with the same result ??? I eventually found the baptisms of a Patrick and Sarah chn of John & Catherine LILL(E)Y but not of any Mary Ann State Records out at Kingswood are keepers of surviving inquest files and published indexes on film to 1942 . These films would be in larger libraries The certificate gives no clues as to the whereabouts of this "Benevolent Asylum" or the "Presbyterian Cemetery" where she was buried. Catherine lived in the >Patrick Plains, Singleton area and I'm assuming that it was the Maitland >Benevolent Asylum. Someone who knows the history of this area better than I do would have to answer that >. > Also Catherine left behind two daughters Sarah aged 11 > and Maryanne aged 15. Can anyone point me in the right > direction as to what may have happened to these > children? By 11 &15 years they probably would have been working ....... cant find a marriage record for any Mary Ann? A Sarah LILLY married a Wm MANN in 1862 Wollombi ?? I've had no luck with online orphan records. (Catherine's husband John had died in 1850 and as both Catherine and John were ex convicts Would appear he came here on the Minerva and she on the Pyramus. Its always a good move to include the ships names when writing about even ex convicts as these names were part of their identity . Someone with a different email addy to yours has claimed both on Claim a convict > Cheers Wendy > Another good move is to include clue as to your location ......... You might be from beautiful down town Darwin , Exmouth WA , etc and not within a bulls roar of any NSW State Records building or a library that has their films Bye MargM Hunter Valley List Admin

Hi Wendy, The Benevolent Society is now Benhome in Regent Street, Maitland. It is a current nursing home and has been continuous in operation, so they at least would know where their archival records are if they no longer have them. The information that follows was found on the Maitland Community Directory: Maitland Benevolent Society (Benhome) Located at: 30 Regent Street MAITLAND 2320 Postal Address: PO Box 221 MAITLAND 2320 Phone: (02) 4932 8452 Email: benhome@1dl.net.au Contact: Administrator Mr Andy Fullerton Services and other information: Aged Care Facility Other Contact Person: Ms Sister Sarroff (Supervisor) Hope this helps. Lynette Lynette Begg P.O. Box 289 East Maitland NSW 2323 Australia BROBBEL One Name Study - brobbel@one-name.org Guild of One Name Studies www.one-name.org member 4139 researching BROBBELs worldwide from all time periods. SUTHERLAND Family Reunion for descendants of Robert SUTHERLAND and Grace LOUTFOOT / LIGHTFOOT on 14th & 15th October 2006 at St. John's Centre, Morpeth NSW Australia. Their grandchildren's surnames SUTHERLAND, HOY, RODEY, TICKLE, SMITH, WINTERS, HENDERSON, WESTWATER, SMART, PETERSON, ISLES and MEDEW. http://www.geocities.com/sutherlandreunion New England surnames from late 1800s - BERRY, BRIDGE, CARTER, CHERRY, EGAN, FARDELL, FENERTY, FRANCIS, GODLEY, GOODWIN, HANSEN, HATCH, HAYDON, HERON, HOLDER, HOY, HUNTER, JONES, KELLY, LISLE, McMILLAN, OGILVIE, RODEY, SCOTT, SMITH (James from Niangala), STEIR, SUTHERLAND, TICKLE (Henry from Quipolly), WADDS, WEBB, WINTERS, WOOD, WRIGHT -----Original Message----- From: aus-nsw-hunter-valley-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:aus-nsw-hunter-valley-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of Wendy Sent: Monday, 21 August 2006 9:58 AM To: Hunter Valley List Subject: [HV] Maitland Asylum Hello Listers Just need a bit of guidance as to where I would start looking for the hospital and inquest records relating to Catherine Lilley (nee Carmody) who died from chronic dysentry in the "Benevolent Asylum" on 22 November 1859 (as per death certificate) . Her death certificate has a note that an inquest into her death was held. The certificate gives no clues as to the whereabouts of this "Benevolent Asylum" or the "Presbyterian Cemetery" where she was buried. Catherine lived in the Patrick Plains, Singleton area and I'm assuming that it was the Maitland Benevolent Asylum. The doctor who certified the death was a Dr Gilhooley? who states he was the Resident Surgeon at the Asylum. I've searched the NSW State Records site and cannot find anything about the Maitland Asylum. Also Catherine left behind two daughters Sarah aged 11 and Maryanne aged 15. Can anyone point me in the right direction as to what may have happened to these children? I've had no luck with online orphan records. (Catherine's husband John had died in 1850 and as both Catherine and John were ex convicts they had no other relatives in Australia that I am aware of). Sorry to be a bit long winded but I wanted to give you all as much detail as I could in the hope that it may ring some bells. Cheers Wendy ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-NSW-HUNTER-VALLEY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Wendy Check Hunter Valley Genealogy http://www.huntervalleygenealogy.com/maitland/maitmisc.php MAITLAND HOSPITAL: In 1842 Caroline Chisholm founded an Immigrants Home at what is now Mill Street, East Maitland, which then became the Maitland Benevolent Asylum,.........More on site MargaretB Lake Macquarie NSW Australia

Hello Wendy, Could you please tell be able to advise where you got Dr Gilhooley's name? I recall there was a Doctor Stolworthy who was part of the Singleton Benevolent Society in the 1840's. There is some similarity. Particularly if you have seen some documents and tried to determine a name from a signature. Kind regards, David Cooke, Maitland, NSW. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wendy" <oziewoo@bigpond.net.au> To: "Hunter Valley List" <AUS-NSW-Hunter-Valley-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 9:57 AM Subject: [HV] Maitland Asylum > The doctor who certified the death was a Dr Gilhooley? who states he was > the Resident Surgeon at the Asylum.