I was interested to read this post. My great great grand father James Pender was married at Braidwood in 1833 to Mary Ann Stewart/Stuart and his son William was born at Inverary in 1834. His brother James was born at Inverary in 1834/5 and baptised by John Vincent of Sutton Forest in 1836. They moved to Ulladulla in 1836. I believe this was the first marriage in the Braidwood district but the records were not properly kept. Certainly the baptisms and later docs attest to the fact that the marriage was in 1833 even though the records are incomplete. I recently found out from Christine Wright that it was the Reids that owned Inverary at the time. In those days the road to Braidwood came in from the Bungonia area near Marulan and went in along the Durran Durra Creek. Inverary was a strategic point in that route. Norman Whitfield of Braidwood knows the road and the exact place of the grave of the drover killed by the Durran Durra. Wade ----- Original Message ----- From: "Colin Borrott-Maloney" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 8:00 PM Subject: Re: BARRETT & GRANT of Reidsdale near Braidwood > Hi Leith > John Royal REID was born in the year 1900 in the Braidwood District. > His parents were Arthur & Mary REID. > I can't comment on whether or not John is a descendant of the REID family of > REIDSDALE. > Dr David REID was settled at his home "Inverary Park" at Bungonia in the > 1830's when he was further granted land near Braidwood at what is now known > as Reidsdale. > After David's death in 1840 the property at Reidsdale was sub-divided & > sold. > I don't have the complete descendants of Dr David REID but his wife Agnes > died in 1860 at Wangaratta. > > I am in the process of gathering an extensive study of the early families at > Reidsdale, affectionately known as "IRISH CORNER". > This is because many of the early workers & settlers were Irish immigrants. > After gold was found in the Araluen Valley in 1851, Reidsdales population > increased to about 600. > The population decreased as the gold was worked out & other means of support > were needed. > > If you or other listers have family in the Reidsdale area I will be most > grateful to share this research with them & learn more about these families. > > Cheers > Col > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Davis, Leith (FSA)" <[email protected]> > To: "'Colin Borrott-Maloney'" <[email protected]>; > <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 2:25 PM > Subject: RE: BARRETT & GRANT of Reidsdale near Braidwood > > > > I have a relative named Reid - John Royal Reid. My father tells me he > came > > from near Braidwood, rode his bike as a boy, in the 1910s, down to Redhead > > to get work in the sawmill there. He spent his life in the timber > industry > > in the Shoalhaven area. > > Does anyone have any information on the origin of the town name Reidsdale? > > > > Leith Davis > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Colin Borrott-Maloney [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Thursday, 12 February 2004 1:10 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: BARRETT & GRANT of Reidsdale near Braidwood > > > > > > Hi Fellow Listers > > I am looking for any information on the BARRETT family at Reidsdale. > > Thomas BARRETT married Bridget CARROLL in 1808 Co Limerick Ireland. > > I haven't been able to find their arrival in Australia, could you help ? > > > > Donald GRANT was in Reidsdale in by 1880. > > I don't know any background on this GRANT family except there seem to be a > > lot of them :-) > > > > If you can help with these families I will be most grateful. > > Kind Regards > > Col > > > > > > ============================== > > 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 > > > > __________ NOD32 1.624 (20040214) Information __________ > > > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > > http://www.nod32.com > > > > > > > ============================== > 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 >