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From: "Jill & Mike Glover" <>
Subject: Fw: Mc William
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 07:32:50 +1000

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From: Jill & Mike Glover <>
To: Peter Page <>
Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2000 1:05 PM
Subject: Mc William


> Peter, some info. for you re. John Richardson McWilliam--- He
> was born in county Armagh, Ireland, around 1837. the son of Revd. Thomas
> McWilliam,D.D. and was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. In his early
> youth he came to Aus.,landed in Vic., in 1854.(he would have been
young! ),
> I think he came for a holiday and stayed. He subsequently came to N.S.W.
and
> became known as one of the leading provincial pressmen. Prior to coming
to
> Coonamble in 1885, he was part prop. of the" WesternPost', Mudgee.,he was
> there for about 13 years.Willian Orr McW. was born there.J.R.McW. was
> married to Jessie Orr at Rockhhampton, Qld., appx 1866, so he did a bit of
> travelling!! He had 3 sons and 2 daughters.==Thomas,William,and Russell
and
> Mrs.E.P.R. Freestone of Cumnock. and Miss Jessie McWilliam.. This is taken
> form a copy of his Obit., in the Coonamble Times, he died in1916. Jessie
> Orr was born in Scotland, and came to Aus. when she was four, and moved to
> Q'ld., where her parents acquired a property "Ayrshire Park".She
controlled
> the newspaper when J.R. died, and then passed it on to William Orr. She
left
> the Coonamble dist. in 1925,to live with her daughter at Camden.
> WILLIAM ORR was born in Mudgee,he enlisted in the 7th. Aust. Light Horse
in
> March 1916, and served about 18mths. in Egypt to be invalided home in
Nov.,
> 1918. He married Imelda Thom in 1909, and there were 11 children==Nancy,
> Janet, Joyce,Nerida, Jean,, John, Frederick, Russell, William(Dick), Peter
> and Frank. He died at Coonamble in 1938 , not long after his mother.. He
> ran the C.Times until 1925. His constitution wa wrecked by the rigors of
> war, he became sick in 1932 and seems to have been housebound?
> I hope this is of some interest to you Peter. There is a Coonamble Hist.
> Soc.,(?name for sure), address in 1994 was 29, Mendooren St., Coonamble,
> 2829. They are very helpful, send me some photo-copies of News. cuttings,
> etc.,There is also a book "Vision Splendid", av. form the Coonamble
> Shire-Castlereigh St., C. For about $25. It details the hist. to 1980's.
I
> haven't one , I have only passed through the town once, plan a longer
visit
> later in the year.Would like to keep in touch re any new info. Regards,
> Jill.
>

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