Descendants of William SPALDING
Notes
Birth certificate 1885 578 483 informant Mary Tuton, mother.
He was a Minister of religion. (U. F. then Est. C. of S.)
BIRTH: NSW BDM 5245/1891 SPALDING Margaret, Father-William, Mother-Maria, Registered at BALMAIN
Marriage: NSW BDM 4626/1911 CAMARSH CHARLES F SPALDING MARGARET BALMAIN NORTH
Marriage Date: 17th May 1911
Groom: Charles Frederick Camarsh
Age: 30 years (bachelor)
Birth Place: Hobart, Tasmania
Home Address: 29 Wortlley St, Balmain
Occupation: Ironworker
Parents: Joseph Francis Camarsh
Catherine Fierse (spelling??)Bride: Margaret Spalding
Age: 20 years (spinsters)
Birth Place: Balmain, NSW
Home Address: 18 Roseberry St, Balmain
Parents: William Spalding - Iron moulder
Father gave consent for underage marriage
Maria Carr - Domestic DutiesWitness: Fred Camarsh
Ivy Spalding
Minister: William J CakebreadMarriage:NSW BDM 1923/1816 SWADLING WILLIAM T CAMARSH MARGARET BALMAIN SOUTH
Death: NSW BDM 28609/1952 SWADLING Margaret, Father-William, Mother-Maria, Registered at BALMAIN
Marriage: NSW BDM 4626/1911 CAMARSH CHARLES F SPALDING MARGARET BALMAIN NORTH
Marriage Date: 17th May 1911
Groom: Charles Frederick Camarsh
Age: 30 years (bachelor)
Birth Place: Hobart, Tasmania
Home Address: 29 Wortley St, Balmain
Occupation: Ironworker
Parents: Joseph Francis Camarsh
Catherine Fierse (spelling??)Bride: Margaret Spalding
Age: 20 years (spinsters)
Birth Place: Balmain, NSW
Home Address: 18 Roseberry St, Balmain
Parents: William Spalding - Iron moulder
Father gave consent for underage marriage
Maria Carr - Domestic DutiesWitness: Fred Camarsh
Ivy Spalding
Minister: William J CakebreadDeath: NSW BDM 9978/1921 CAMARSH CHARLES F JOSEPH F CATHERINE SYDNEY
Birth: NSW BDM 1911/37424
Death Notice: CAMARSH,William Spalding, 06MAR1978 65 Death late of Balmain 07MAR1978 SMH
Field of Mars Cemetery Transcription - 35278
William Spalding Camarsh died 4 March 1978 aged 67 - Son of Margaret & Charles
Birth: NSW BDM 1913/1484 Balmain
Death: NSW BDM 10723/1913 CAMARSH CHARLES F CHARLES F MARGARET BALMAIN SOUTH
Birth: NSW BDM 1882/3338 Sydney
See entry in Australian Dictionary of Biographies 1891-1939 vol 12, p145- trade unionist.
AIF records: 6081 Pte. SWADLING William Thomas A.G.B.D. 6.3.16 R.T.A. 6.9.19Marriage: NSW BDM 9236/1906 SWADLING WILLIAM T WRIGHT MARGARET E SYDNEY
SWADLING William Thomas
Service Number - 6081, Place of Birth - Sydney NSW, Place of Enlistment-Bathurst NSW, Next of Kin-(Wife) SWADLING MargaretAge in March 1916 was 31 years and 4 months. Address of Mrs Margaret Swaldling was 50 Palmer Street Balmain.
Marriage:NSW BDM 1923/1816 SWADLING WILLIAM T CAMARSH MARGARET BALMAIN SOUTH
Death: NSW BDM 20990/1964 SWADLING WILLIAM THOMAS EDWARD MARY ANN BURWOOD
Death: 6038/1926 SWADLING ELLEN WILLIAM T MARGARET BALMAIN SOUTH
BIRTH: NSW BDM 7/1894 SPALDING DORIS WILLIAM MARIA SYDNEY
MARRIAGE: NSW BDM 13182/1912 HEELS TOM SPALDING DORIS BALMAIN NORTH
DEATH: NSW BDM 4736/1936 HEELS DORIS WILLIAM MARIA ROZELLE
Possible Birth: NSW BDM 1446/1896 HEELS TOM THOMAS SABINA BALMAIN SOUTH
MARRIAGE: NSW BDM 13182/1912 HEELS TOM SPALDING DORIS BALMAIN NORTH
Birth: NSW BDM 1914/18165 Balmain North
Death: NSW BDM 6807/1914 HEELS THOMAS TOM DORIS BALMAIN NORTH
Birth: NSW BDM 1914/18166 Balmain North
Death: NSW BDM 6808/1914 HEELS WILLIAM TOM DORIS BALMAIN NORTH
Birth: Qld BDM 1895/C005430 Spalding Ivy Maria, William, Maria Carr
Marriage: NSW BDM 5441/1915 SHAW JAMES A SPALDING IVY M BALMAIN SOUTH
Death Notice: SHAW,Ivy Maria 06MAY1984 Death 08MAY1984 SMH
Birth: NSW BDM 1893/31752 St Peters
Marriage: NSW BDM 5441/1915 SHAW JAMES A SPALDING IVY M BALMAIN SOUTH
Death Notice: SHAW,James Alexander 08SEP1979 Death late of Campsie 10SEP1979 SMH
BIRTH: NSW BDM 19507/1897 SPALDING ANNIE WILLIAM MARIA BALMAIN NORTH
MARRIAGE: NSW BDM 2062/1917 SWALES EDGAR SPALDING ANNIE BALMAIN SOUTH
Death Notice: SWALES,Annie 25MAY1978 Death formerly of Padstow Heights 27MAY1978 SMH
DEATH: Transcripts Field of Mars Cemetery, NSW
Page: No 353.85 Size 1 row 1 2553 lawn 5 age 80 "our mother"
BIRTH: NSW registry office Page: 1894/13145 registered Glebe
Marriage: NSW BDM 2062/1917 SWALES EDGAR SPALDING ANNIE BALMAIN SOUTH
Death: NSW BDM 16169/1963 SWALES EDGAR JOHN ANNIE AUBURN
376. Ronald William Kenny SWALES
Death Notice: SWALES, Ronald William Kenny 08AUG1993 74 Death late of Umina, formerly of Randwick 09AUG1993 SMH
Death: NSW BDM 16789/1923 SWALES DOUGLAS EDGAR ANNIE ASHFIELD
BIRTH: NSW BDM 1282/1900 SPALDING LENA WILLIAM MARIA BALMAIN SOUTH
Marriage: NSW BDM 10042/1922 HEINRICH JOHANNAS A SPALDING LENA BALMAIN NORTH
It would appear that Johannas A Heinrich also went by the name John Arthur Bridal.DEATH: NSW BDM 11492/1943 BRIDAL LENA WILLIAM MARIA NEWTOWN
BIRTH: NSW registry office Page: 1917/43604 registered Annandale
Died in 1947 of Brain Tumour.
Birth: 10020/1899 HEINRICH JOHANNES A JOHN A MARGARET BALMAIN SOUTH
Birth: 10020/1899 BRIDAL JOHN A JOHN A MARGARET BALMAIN SOUTHMarriage: NSW BDM 10042/1922 HEINRICH JOHANNAS A SPALDING LENA BALMAIN NORTH
It would appear that Johannas A Heinrich also went by the name John Arthur Bridal.
Death Notice: BRIDAL,John Arthur 19JUL1974 Death late of Gladesville 23JUL1974 SMHDeath: NSW BDM 15334/1974 BRIDAL JOHN ARTHUR WILHELM AUGUST MARGARET
BIRTH: NSW BDM 19186/1903 SPALDING ETHEL WILLIAM MARIA BALMAIN SOUTH
Marriage: NSW BDM 14856/1922 MATTHEWS SYDNEY A SPALDING ETHEL BALMAIN NORTH
Marriage: NSW BDM 4602/1940 LIGHTBURN ARTHUR OGDEN SPALDING ETHEL BALMAIN
Death: NSW BDM 27702/1953 LIGHTBURN ETHEL WILLIAM MARIA BALMAIN
Birth: NSW BDM 529/1901 MATTHEWS SYDNEY A WILLIAM ALICE J SYDNEY
Marriage: NSW BDM 14856/1922 MATTHEWS SYDNEY A SPALDING ETHEL BALMAIN NORTH
Death: NSW BDM 3286/1954 MATTHEWS SYDNEY WILLIAM ALICE PARRAMATTA
Death: NSW BDM 3710/1937 MATTHEWS ARTHUR ERIC SYDNEY ALFRED ETHEL NEWTOWN
Birth: UK GRO Arthur Ogden Lightburn
Year of Registration: 1897
Quarter of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
DISTRICT: Toxteth Park
County: Lancashire
Volume: 8b
Page: 201Occupation: marine cook
Death: Died 22 February 1949 at sea. Died when the coastal steamer "Bombo", sank off Wollongong.
SS Bombo
The twenty second day of February 1949 had been a typical late summer's day on the NSW South Coast. At about 3 o'clock a southerly buster had passed the Wollongong area and the sea conditions had dramatically changed for the worse. Since then the ship had battled the deteriorating seas, first in an attempt to reach Sydney and then in a battle to make the safety of Port Kembla. By 10.00 pm it was only four kilometres away from safety when suddenly the list on the ship worsened. Within minutes the ship had "turned turtle" and sank, taking four crew to their immediate death. So were the last minutes of the SS Bombo.
The NSW Government owned State Metal Quarries at Bombo, just north of Kiama on the New South Wales South Coast utilised the services of a number of vessels for transporting blue metal from the quarry to Sydney. These included the SS Kiama, SS Helen Nichol, SS White Bay and SS Boambee. In the late 1920s, State Metal Quarries placed an order for a new vessel with H. Robb at Leith, Scotland.In late 1929 the 540 ton and 46 metre SS Bombo was launched and on 11 February 1930 she departed for Sydney under the command of Captain Manning. Since 1924, Captain Manning had brought six new ships out to Australia. The Bombo ran into heavy seas in the English Channel. The seas were said to be so rough that the crew could not get to the forecastle and had to spend one night in the messroom. The ship sailed via Port Said and Aden and arrived in Sydney via the Torres Strait on 23 April 1930.
Although five days early, the ship was said to have been critically short of supplies when it arrived. The Bombo commenced service transporting blue metal from the Bombo Quarry between Kiama and Sydney almost straight away under the command of Captain Arthur Bell, former skipper of the SS Kiama. In December 1935, together with the assets of State Metal Quarries, she was sold to Quarries Pty Ltd. The ship was averaging about five trips a week on the voyage.
On 22 February 1941, the Bombo was requisitioned by the Royal Australian Navy and on 28 May 1941 commissioned as HMAS Bombo (designation BB), an auxiliary minesweeper. Two Oerlikon heavy machine guns, a 12 pound gun were installed and four depth charges carried at the stern. The 12 pounder was mounted on a bandstand on the foredeck. She apparently served between Sydney, Melbourne and Hobart until May 1944 (also reported November 1943) and it is reported she was converted into a stores carrier on 27 June 1944. She was reported to have left Sydney in February 1944 and spent the next 18 months in Darwin and the Northern Australian area.
HMAS Bombo provided yeoman service taking equipment and stores to the remote Anjo Peninsula in WA. These were used to help construct Truscott Airfield which was opened in May 1944. This supports that she was removed from the Sydney, Melbourne. Hobart run in November 1943 and left Sydney in February 1944.
During 1944 and possibly part of 1943, it appears she was in Darwin a fair bit.
She was reported to have been used towing targets outside Darwin Harbour and may have visited the islands of New Year, West Montalivet, Peron and North Goulburn. On 7 September 1945 she was at Thursday Island off the tip of Cape York, the northern-most part of Australia. On 11 September 1945 the Bombo was part of a force that occupied Koepand, East Timor. This was led by HMAS Moresby.
In late November 1945 the Bombo sailed from Darwin to Sydney. The Bombo was paid off on 25 February 1946, returning to its owners on 25 July 1947.
The Bombo's regular skipper, Captain Arthur Bell once again took control of her on the run from Kiama to Sydney. In September 1947 Captain Bell brought the SS Bombo into Kiama for the first time since February 1941. On 29 December 1948, the Bombo grounded on the Kiama bar, suffering some damage. It was quickly repaired and returned to work by mid-January.
At 11.55 am on 22 February 1949, the Bombo left Kiama for Sydney with 650 tons of metal aboard. Among the 14 crew was one Thorvald Thomsen who almost 30 years earlier had survived the wreck of the SS Tuggerah and was lucky to be absent ill when the SS Myola sank a few weeks earlier than the Tuggerah. Just off Port Kembla, a southerly change had hit the vessel turning a pleasant day into a nightmare. At 4.00 pm when north of Stanwell Park, a huge wave went right over the ship causing a list to port as the cargo shifted.
Captain Bell decided to make a run for Port Kembla Harbour where the Bombo could shelter while the blue metal was retrimmed. At 5.00 pm a message was sent to the coastal radio station at La Perouse that the Bombo had turned around. When only four kilometres from safety, the ship sank.
Ten men escaped from the ship, the other four going down with the wreck. Thomsen was one of the survivors clinging to two planks. Two crew decided to swim to shore but they never made it. At dawn, Captain Bell and another crew member were dead, six still hanging on to the planks. The land was sighted and the remaining survivors decided to set out at 15 minute intervals for the shore.
At 10.00 am, Thomsen was dragged ashore by a beach inspector at Bulli Beach while Michael Fitzsimmons, the fireman, came ashore at Woonona Beach. Two RAAF Catalinas were brought into the search but no more survivors were found. Only two bodies were recovered. Captain Bell's body was recovered by the Wollongong trawler, Pacific Pearl skippered by Captain A. Barnet. The body of Charles Barhen was also found. Of the crew of 14, 12 died that day. Dead were:
Captain Arthur Robert P. Bell - Skipper
Percy J. Carroll - Chief Engineer
Henry Stringer - First Mate
Charles Barhen - Able Seaman
W. J. Cunningham - Able Seaman
John Stevenson - Second Engineer
Edward Nagle - Donkeyman
Ernest Norris - Fireman
Thomas Belvoir - ?
Arthur Lightburn - Cook
G. Riddell - Seaman
Laurence Lucey - Able SeamanA dog, believed to be the ship's dog, was found on Bulli Beach covered in grease and sand. Thomsen and Fitzsimmons were of the view that the ship sank because the load of blue metal shifted.
When the Bombo sank, a great deal of its cargo of blue metal dropped out of the holds and fell to the sea floor. This pile of metal is now located about 50 metres to the east of the wreck. As the ship went down it ploughed into the sandy bottom bow first. This caused some damage to the bow area. Soon after, the bridge hit the bottom and then the great weight and momentum caused the ship's back to break and the Bombo buckled right across the hull almost in the middle of the ship. At the same time the weight squashed the bridge beyond identification. As she sank, some pieces fell and ended up on the sand next to the remains of the ship. This includes a hopper used to load coal/gravel and parts of the masts. Lying roughly north-south, the Bombo was now in water 32 metres deep and upside down almost in the middle of the shipping channel.
The wreck lay undiscovered by divers until 1978.
References:
Sydney Morning Herald 24/2/49 pages 1 and 3, 25/2/49 page 4 (NSW State Library SMH Microfiche 441)
South Coast Times 24/2/49
Australian Coastal Shipping by Barry Pemberton - pages 84 and 203
Lloyd's Register 1930-31, 1937-38, 1948-49.
Australian Warships of Second World War, page 174.
Warships of Australia by Ross Gillett - pages 213
Royal Australian Navy Profile No 3 by Michael Wilson pages 60 & 67
Scuba Divers Guide Southern NSW Coast by Tom Byron, pages 102 and 103.
The Royal Australian Navy - Small Ships by Iris Nesdale, pages 25-6, 231
www.michaelmcfadyenscuba.info/articles/bombo.htm
BIRTH: NSW registry office Page: 1910/12206 registered Balmain south
Marriage: NSW BDM 8665/1935 MACKAY ERIC SPALDING MYRTLE BALMAIN SOUTH
DEATH: NSW registry office Page: 1995/44146 registered Sydney
Death Notice: MACKAY,Myrtle 29DEC1995 85 Death late of Greystanes, formerly of Rozelle 22DEC1995 SMH
BIRTH: NSW BDM 810/1904 MACKAY ERIC WILLIAM R MABEL S ANNANDALE
Marriage: NSW BDM 8665/1935 MACKAY ERIC SPALDING MYRTLE BALMAIN SOUTH
Birth: NSW BDM 3714/1889 SPALDING Peter McD Peter McD Annie M E Balmain
Peter McDonald Spalding was born at Evans Street, Balmain. His name being exactly the same as his fathers.
A baby photo of Peter was provided by Valerie Sylva who advised that her mother thought the photo was Peter McDonald Spalding.Peter was a house painter just like his father. He also was a bike rider and in 1910 won the Balmain Bicycle Club road championship (20 Miles).
Marriage: NSW registry office Page: 1915/6256 Balmain North
Marriage Date: 17 April 1915, St John the Evangelist, Balmain North
File Number: 646
Groom: Peter Macdonald Spalding
Age: 26 years (bachelor)
Home Address: 12 Chubb St, Rozelle, NSW
Occupation: Painter
Parents: Peter Spalding - painter
Annie Mary E Driscoll
Bride: Doris Jane Goddard
Age: 20 years (spinster)
Home Address: 15 Phillip St, Balmain
Parents: Stephen Goddard - Engineer
Jane Storey - Tailoress
Witness: R.V. Murry
W. SaltonPeter and Doris Spalding lived in 383 Victoria Road in a house called "Hamilton". Hamilton was the Parish in Scotland where Peter's father had been born. In 1929 when his father died Peter was listed as living in Great North Road Gladesville. (which later became Victoria Rd).
In the 1930 Electoral Roll for Martin, Gladesville, living at 383 Great Northern Road was Peter McDonald Spalding, painter, and Doris Jane Spalding, home duties.
In the 1936 Electoral Roll for Martin, Gladesville, living at 383 Victoria Road was Peter McDonald Spalding, painter, and Doris Jane Spalding, home duties.
At the time of Peter's death in 1944 he was the First Principal of the Drummoyne Masonic Chapter and a companion of the Ryde Masonic Chapter as well as a member of the Gladesville Returned Soldiers Association, and the R.P and Citizens' Association.
In addition to the property at 383 Victoria Road, Peter also owned properties at 36 Eltham Street Gladesville and adjoining land and 52/54 Eltham Street Gladesville.
Death: NSW BDM 12844/1944 SPALDING Peter MacDonald Peter Annie Mary Elizabeth Ryde
Birth: NSW BDM 1915/41526 Drummoyne
Allan's death certificate lists him as 3 months old on death. On the Burial records he is listed as 3 months and 3 weeks old when he died on 24 January 1916.
Death: NSW BDM 528/1916 SPALDING ALLAN M PETER M DORIS J NEWTOWN
232. Lillian Ruby Pearl SPALDING
Birth: NSW BDM 5471/1891 SPALDING LILLIAN R P PETER MCD ANNIE M E BALMAIN
Marriage: NSW BDM 10602/1914 HENRY RANDOLPH V SPALDING LILIAN R P BALMAIN SOUTH
In the 1930 NSW Electoral Roll of Martin, Five Dock, at 205 Lyons Road, lived Randolph Vivian Henry, shirt cutter, and his wife Lillian Ruby Henry, home duties.
In the 1930 NSW Electoral Roll of Martin, Five Dock, at Noelcourt, 205 Lyons Road, lived Randolph Vivian Henry, shirt cutter, and his wife Lillian Ruby Henry, home duties. In the 1936 Roll they were in Noelcourt, 255 Lyons Road.
Randolph was a shirt manufacturer. He was the executor of Peter Spalding's estate in 1944 and then lived at Lister Avenue Balgowlah.
Marriage: NSW BDM 10602/1914 HENRY RANDOLPH V SPALDING LILIAN R P BALMAIN SOUTH
233. Elsie May Elizabeth SPALDING
Birth: NSW BDM 5814/1893 SPALDING ELSIE M E PETER MCD ANNIE M E BALMAIN WEST
Marriage: NSW BDM 2244/1926 SYLVA FRANK SPALDING ELSIE M E BALMAIN SOUTH
In the NSW 1930 Electoral Roll of Parkes, Ashfield West, at 137 Norton Street lived Frank Sylva, carter, and his wife Elsie May Sylva, home duties. Frank's mother Mary Ann Sylva lived at 77 Carshalton Street, Croydon, doing home duties.
In the NSW 1930 Electoral Roll of Eden Monaro, Albion Park, at Jamberoo lived Frank Sylva, labourer, and his wife Elsie May Elizabeth Sylva, home duties.
In the NSW 1936 Electoral Roll of Eden Monaro, Kiama, at Jamberoo lived Frank Sylva, labourer, and his wife Elsie May Sylva, home duties.
Transcripts Field of Mars Cemetery, NSW
Birth: NSW registry office Page: 1892/904 SYLVA FRANCIS JOSEPH MARY A SYDNEY
Marriage: NSW BDM 2244/1926 SYLVA FRANK SPALDING ELSIE M E BALMAIN SOUTH
At the time of Frank's marriage to Elsie Spalding in 1926 Frank was working as a Baker and was living at 209 Liverpool Road, Ashfield.
In the NSW 1930 Electoral Roll of Parkes, Ashfield West, at 137 Norton Street lived Frank Sylva, carter, and his wife Elsie May Sylva, home duties. Frank's mother Mary Ann Sylva lived at 77 Carshalton Street, Croydon, doing home duties.
In the NSW 1930 Electoral Roll of Eden Monaro, Albion Park, at Jamberoo lived Frank Sylva, labourer, his wife Elsie May Elizabeth Sylva, home duties, and his mother Mary Ann Sylva also doing home duties.
In the NSW 1936 Electoral Roll of Eden Monaro, Kiama, at Jamberoo lived Frank Sylva, labourer, and his wife Elsie May Sylva, home duties.
During the Depression, Frank lost his job and went down the coast looking for work. The fact that his cousins the Walshes had farms around Jamberoo may have influenced him to go there. He got a job with two ladies, the Misses Kinross, to manage their property. A house was available so he sent for his wife Elsie and child Valerie who was about a year old.
About 10 years later the family had to leave when Miss Kinross could no longer afford Frank's one pound a week wage. They moved to Kiama where Frank worked in a quarry and later for the Mains Road Board.
Frank died 26 May 1959 and is buried with his wife Elsie (who died 29 December 1961) at the field of Mars Cemetery Ryde.
Death: NSW BDM 14304/1959 SYLVA FRANK JOSEPH MARY ANN KIAMA
235. Hilda Alice Evelyn SPALDING
Birth: NSW BDM 1188/1898 SPALDING HILDA A E PETER ANNIE M E BALMAIN SOUTH
Marriage: NSW BDM 10600/1918 KIRK ROGER L SPALDING HILDA A E DRUMMOYNE
In the 1930 and 1936 NSW Electoral Roll of Martin, Drummoyne, at Poonbar, 1A Ullathorne Street lived Roger Leonard Kirk, foreman, and his wife Hilda Alice Evelyn Kirk, home duties.
Death: NSW BDM 16184/1949 KIRK HILDA ALICE PETER MARY ANN ELIZABETH BALMAIN
Transcripts Field of Mars Cemetery, NSW
Roger was a foreman.
Birth: NSW BDM 10819/1896 KIRK ROGER L HENRY E FLORENCE D BALMAIN SOUTH
Marriage: NSW BDM 10600/1918 KIRK ROGER L SPALDING HILDA A E DRUMMOYNE
In the 1930 and 1936 NSW Electoral Roll of Martin, Drummoyne, at Poonbar, 1A Ullathorne Street lived Roger Leonard Kirk, foreman, and his wife Hilda Alice Evelyn Kirk, home duties.
Death: NSW BDM 60298/1971 KIRK ROGER LEONARD FREDERICK FLORENCE BURWOOD
Death Notice: KIRK Roger Leonard Death 18AUG1971 aged 75 late of Drummoyne Sydney Morning Herald 19AUG1971
Death Notice: KIRK Milton Roger Death notice 06OCT1977 Publication late of Drummoyne Sydney Morning Herald 06OCT1977
Death: NSW BDM 1021/1931 KIRK RUSSELL K ROGER L HILDA A ANNANDALE
