Saturday, May 2, 2009

Maria Declaration


 

No. 1589 

I
Maria Theresa Cole of the City of Melbourne in the Colony of Victoria Widow do solemnly swear and sincerely declare


 

THAT I was married to Edward Burke Roche at the Parish Church of Eglish County of Tiperary Declared by the Reverend John Eyshaw on the twenty eighth day of August one thousand eight hundred and thirty two

That there was issue of the Said Marriage as follows Namely Jane Elizabeth who was born at Moatville in Tiperary Aforesaid on the fourteenth day of June one thousand eight hundred and thirty three and died at Sea on board the Ship Medora on a Voyage from Liverpool to Sydney in New South Wales in the month of December one thousand eight hundred and thirty four

Edward James who was born at Sydney aforesaid on the fifteenth day of November one thousand eight hundred and thirty five and is now residing at Maffra in Gippsland in Victoria

Aforesaid John Bourke who was born at Yass in New South Wales aforesaid on the fifteenth day of September one thousand eight hundred and thirty seven and is now residing in New Zealand

Mary James who was born on the twenty fifth day of August one thousand eight hundred and forty three and is now the wife of Richard Shannon and now resides in Melbourne aforesaid

That I am the person referred to as Maria Theresa Roche in the Guidelines of Settlement dated the thirteenth day of March one thousand eight hundred and fifty three and produced in this matter and the Several persons herein before mentioned and referred to as being now living are with myself the persons interested under the Said Settlement

That the Said Edward Burke Roche died in Melbourne aforesaid some years ago and I was thereafter married to one William Henry Cole who is now also dead.


 


 

AND I make this solemn Declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true and by virtue of the provisions of an Act of the Parliament of Victoria rendering persons making a false declaration punishable for wilful and corrupt perjury.

Declared at Melbourne

In the Colony of Victoria this twenty
Maria T. Cole

seventh day of May

one thousand eight hundred and sixty nine

Before me

[ Mats] Anderson JP

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