George Nash
(1827 - 1899)
and his wife Eliza Thomson
Farmer and carrier in Llandilo, and retailer of Penrith NSW
George Nash was born in 1827 probably at the farm of his grandmother Maria Nash on the Nepean River near Castlereagh. His parents George Nash and Mary Lees had only recently taken possession of land in Londonderry parish north-east of Castlereagh at that time, where they settled shortly afterwards. George was residing in the South Creek district [St Mary's] near Penrith and apparently working as a farmer when he married Eliza Thomson in 1854.
Eliza Thomson
(1834-1908) was the daughter of Frederick Thomson, a wheelwright,
and his wife Charlotte Douglass of Richmond. Frederick's
parents, James and Eliza Thomson from London, England, had
arrived as free settlers per William Pitt in 1806 with
Frederick born shortly afterwards, while Charlotte Douglass'
parents, Thomas Douglass from Hertfordshire, and Sarah Pearce
from Hampshire, had both arrived as convicts in 1801 on board the
Canada and Nile respectively.
George Nash
worked as a farmer and carrier in the 1850's and 1860's and
resided with his family on a leased farm in the Llandilo
district, north of St Mary's. By 1870 the family had
settled in Penrith where George established a successful drapery
business. In 1872 they relocated their business to
"Railway House" on the north-west intersection of High
and Lawson Streets, where they remained for fourteen years until
deciding to retire in 1886. With the profits from their
business they purchased Charles York's 56-acre grant at Emu
Plains which lay between Old Bathurst Road and the Nepean River
and which they named "Carthona".
Retirement was
only to last for five years. In 1891 George purchased
"Penrith House" in Penrith which lay on the south side
of High Street between Castlereagh and Evans Streets, where he
established a successful general store. George and Eliza
remained in business there until 1899 when George died suddenly
at Penrith. "Penrith House" was taken over by
their son John who carried on the business until his untimely
death in 1916. Eliza died in 1908 at "Carthona",
Emu Plains.
This is a brief summary of the chapter relating to George Nash and Eliza Thomson published in Nash: First Fleeters and Founding Families - A Three Generational Biographical History.
Copyright 2004 - Carol Baxter
The
family of George Nash and Eliza Thomson*
1. Frederic
Nash (1855 - 1931) md Jerusha Crisford in 1882.
2. Elizabeth
Nash (1856 - 1917) md Thomas Evans in 1878.
3. George Nash (1859 - 1931) md 1.
Amelia Brown in 1888 and 2. Hilda Mary Edwards in 1905.
4. William Nash (1863 - 1944 )
unmarried.
5. John Nash
(1867 - 1916) unmarried.
6. Ada Nash
(1870- 1933) md Frederick Robert Watson in 1896.
* Some of these
dates come from registrations of births, deaths and marriages so
the event itself might have occurred late in the previous year.
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