I have just come across your request for photos and/or information My grandparents William John and Phoebe Ruth Newing moved to Merrylands Road (then opposite the tile factory) now opposite ?Central Gardens, sometime soon after 1912. Like many others in the area they had a small poultry farm. They regularly attended St Matthew's Church, then in Arcadia Street. Other relatives were the Charnock family that lived in Arcadia Street and the Kitcheners in Merrylands Road. My mother attended Greystanes School before attending Parramatta High School. I am about to rush off so can't spend any more time writing to you at the moment but I do have a few photos relating to the time and place. (Maybe 5 or 6) I attended Merrylands school for six months during the war while my father was away fighting. If I can ffer any assistance or if you are interested in the photos - please let me know Hoping to hear from you Pam On Wednesday, April 7, 2004, at 08:56 AM, Dorothy Warwick wrote: > Looking for photos or stories of people/families/places of the > Prospect & > Sherwood (now Holroyd since 1872) area of western Sydney or maybe > photos of > old family homes, shops or businesses from days gone by. > > This area covers the suburbs of Merrylands, Guildford, Westmead, > Wentworthville, Greystanes, Mays Hill, Prospect Hill, Girraween, > Toongabbie, > Pendle Hill, Smithfield & Yennora. > > > > Holroyd Local History Research > thewarwicks@optusnet.com.au > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >

I have decided to re post my interests. Joseph and Eliza STAPLEY (nee FROST) arrived in 1838 and went to work for Jamieson at Regentville. In 1840 a son Thomas was born to them. Circa 1841/42 another son William and circa 1844/45 a daughter Mary Ann. No baptisms have been found for William or Mary Ann, so i hav eno idea of their actual date of birth. Thomas was born on 12th October 1840 and baptised on 8th November 1840 in the church of St Stephen the Matyr in Penrith. He married Lucy Clarke in 1870 and their son William Richard Thomas (Bill) STAPLEY settled in the Penrith area in the 1900's. Bill Stapley was my Uncle and he married (1) Annie Maude McLeod and (2) Bertha Crowl. Their descendants still live in the area. Uncle Bill and his family lived in Smith Street. I would like to hear from descendants. I would also like to hear from descendants of Thomas Weller who settled in the area in 1839. He was the base born son of James STAPLEY and Lucy WELLER. from Sussex England, Marie gumtrees2@iprimus.com.au