Eldest daughter Mary Ann HALL (1868-1909) married Frederick COSTELLO in 1895 (this was preceded by the birth of a daughter, Eileen, in 1894). Graeme kindly provided me with a copy of the marriage certificate:
Transcript:
Marriage registered in New South Wales
Number 58
Date and place of marriage: 24 June 1895 Goulburn
Groom
Name and surname: Frederick Costello
Conjugal status: Bachelor
Birthplace: Bowning NSW
Usual occupation: Traveller
Age: 18
Usual residence: Chatsbury street, Goulburn
Father's name and mother's name and maiden name: William Costello and Elizabeth Wells
Fathers occupation: Labourer
Bride
Name and surname: Mary Ann Hall
Conjugal status: Spinster
Birthplace: Yass NSW
Usual occupation: Domestic duties
Age:26
Usual residence: Chatsbury street, Goulburn
Father's name and mother's name and maiden name: William Hall and Eliza Bliss
Fathers occupation: Farmer
Married in the Parsonage, Lagoon Street, Goulburn, according to the Rites of the Primitive Methodist Church
The consent of William Costello, father, was given for Frederick Costello to marry, as he was under 21
Marriage was solemnized between us: Frederick Costello and Mary Ann Hall (both signed)
Witnessed by Sarah Holden and Amelia Burgess (both signed)
By me James W Holden, officiating Minister
They had at least seven children, at seemed to move around as they registered the births of their children in Goulburn, Yass and Narromine. In 1908 they were in Warren, a few hundred miles north of Yass. Tragically, their daughter Amelia (1903-1908) died of burns, and the next year Mary Ann appears to have drowned herself. Family stories state that she never forgave herself for the death of her young daughter. The very bare bones of these stories are heartbreakingly confirmed in the register of Coroners Inquests for New South Wales:
New South Wales, Australia, Registers of Coroners' Inquests, 1796-1942
Amelia Alice Costello
Inquest July 6 1908
Held: Warren Court House NSW
Coroner: N.W. Lovett, JP
Date when received: July 8 1909
Age: 4 years 10 months
Where born: Bowning NSW
Locality of death: Egelabra, Warren
Verdict: Effect of burns accidentally received
Cash or property owned by decesased: Nil
Doctor: P.D. Dray
Post Morten held: No
Remarks: -
New South Wales, Australia, Registers of Coroners' Inquests, 1796-1942
Mary Ann Costello
Inquest April 30 1909
Held: Warren NSW
Coroner: N.W. Lovett, JP
Date when received: 1 May 1909
Age: 40
Where born: Yass
Locality of death: Egelabra, Warren
Verdict: Suffocation by drowning her own act while temporarily insane
Cash or property owned by decesased: 3 or 4 pounds
Doctor: P.D. Dray
Post Morten held: No
Remarks: -
Egelabra was and still is a sheep station in the Warren district. While the Warren cemetery is transcribed at the Australian Cemeteries Index (http://austcemindex.com), no headstone for mother or daughter is entered for that cemetery. It is possible they were buried elsewhere (I don't have their death certificates, which would list the location of burial). Perhaps Egelabra had a cemetery. Surprisingly, the transcribed newspapers to date do not report either death.
Frederick proves tricky to follow, but after these two deaths Frederick re-married in 1911 to Jessie McBride BROWN, registered at Granville in Sydney. In 1917 he enlisted to serve in the AIF and went to France. Upon his return he was in Sydney for some time before re-locating to Queensland. The first sign they family were there was the marriage of daughter Annie in 1928. In Qld, Jessie died in 1942 and in 1949 he apparently married Frances DRINNER. Frederick died in 1956. I haven't been able to track down a single newspaper reference to Frederick - except possibly to one relating to a charge of having his horse run loose in Goulburn in the 1890s.
Most confusing is Frederick's origins. In his marriage certificate he stated he was born in Bowning NSW about 1877. His birth date is stated as 28 Jun 1876, born in Yass, in his AIF enlistment record. Yet no entry can be found for him in the NSW BDM records. His parents can be seen marrying in 1863 in Yass, however, and five children were registered in the district. It is possible this entry in the NSW BDM was mis-transcribed:
| 23426/1877 | COOPER | FREDERICK C | WILLIAM | ELIZA | YASS |
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