Lauristina Scott1
F, #316, b. 25 February 1860, d. 5 July 1951
| Father | Joseph Scott1 b. c 1832, d. 3 Sep 1875 |
| Mother | Eliza Field1 b. 31 Jul 1835, d. 3 Apr 1906 |
| Relationship | Great-grandmother of Keith Graham Bassett |
| Charts | Ancestors of Keith Graham Bassett |
| Last Edited | 20 Apr 2022 |
| Birth* | 25 February 1860 | Coalpit Swamp, Hartley, NSW, Australia; Name: Lauristina Cunningham (name registered after birth) Sex of Child: Female Date of Birth: 25th February 1860 Place of Birth: Coalpit Swamp Father: Joseph Scott Occupation: Grazier Birthplace: Penrith NSW Age: 27 Date of Marriage: 1852 Place of Marriage: Hartley NSW Mother: Eliza Field Birthplace: Penrith NSW Age: 24 Previous Issue: 4 females living Informant: Eliza Scott, mother, Coalpit Swamp Present at Birth: Mrs Sarah Scott;Witness=Sarah Collits1 |
| Death of Father | 3 September 1875 | Broad Creek, Bogabagil, (near Forbes), NSW, Australia; Name: Joseph Scott Date of Death: 3 September 1875 Place of Death: Broad Creek, Bogabagil, near Forbes Occupation: Carrier Sex: Male Age: 44 Conjugal Status: Place of Birth: Penrith, Nepean River, N.S.Wales Time in Aust Colonies: Since birth in N.S.Wales Father: Michael Scott Occupation: Farmer Mother: Sarah Collits Place of Marriage: Hartley Age at Marriage: 21 years Name of Spouse: Eliza Field Children of Marriage: 3 Males living, 7 Females living, 1 Male deceased Informant: H M Beuzeville (son-in-law) & Eliza Scott (wife), Bogabagil Cause of Death: Scrofulous disease of the kneejoints Length of Illness: Three months Medical Attendant: G. J. R. Combe Date Last Seen: 2 Sept 1875 Date of Burial: 4 Sept 1875 Place of Burial: Forbes Cemetery Minister & Religion: Rev G Dunstan, Church of England Undertaker: Geo J Thomson Witnesses: William Jones & Thomas Plunkett;Principal=Joseph Scott2 |
| Marriage* | 27 November 1878 | Residence of bride's mother, Broad Creek, Forbes, NSW, Australia; Groom: William Cunningham Status: Bachelor Place of Birth: Not stated Occupation: Farmer Age: Not stated Usual residence: Forbes Father: Not stated Occupation: Not stated Mother: Not stated Bride: Lauria Scott Status: Spinster Place of Birth: Not stated Occupation: Not stated Age: Not stated Usual residence: Forbes Father: Not stated Occupation: Not stated Mother: Not stated Date of Marriage: 27/11/1878 Place of Marriage: Residence of the bride's mother, Broad Creek, Forbes NSW Religion: Church of England Witnesses: Eliza Field, Rosetta Howell Minister: Ephraim Dunstan ;Groom=William Cunningham3 |
| Married Name | 27 November 1878 | Cunningham4 |
| News-Arct* | 23 June 1899 | "The Lachlander", Condobolin, NSW, Australia; Local Police Court. Friday, 16th June, 1899. (Before D. H. Tasker and J. M. Styles, Esqs., Js.P.) Lauristina Cunningham v. John Thornton. —Stealing wire netting. Mr Chauncy appeared for prosecutrix and Mr Ford for accused. Lauristina Cunningham deposed: Information read is mine and is correct; I missed some wire between 23rd and 25th May; my boy first missed it and I went and discovered tracks of a man and boy about the yard the wire netting was taken away from; netting produced is the lost netting; I identify it by the marks on it—a piece was cut out of the end and pieces broken out where the staples had been driven in; I purchased the wire from Richard Jones about four years ago; I saw accused on 30th May and told him I thought he had taken the wire netting, and he said Yes, he had taken it, and if I wanted it to bring the police; I sent for the police, who came out on 31st May to Derriwong; I am not on friendly terms with accused. Constable Bool deposed: I visited accused's place on 31st May and asked to be shown the wire netting he had taken from Cunningham's yard; he complied, and I now produce the netting; accused said he hed taken the wire off the fence near the railway line; accused said the wire belonged to him, and that it had been taken off his daughter's fence; I could not trace the tracks shown me. William Joseph Cunningham deposed to building a wallaby yard and of placing the wire netting produced around it; the wire was originally got from Mr. R. Jones. John Joseph Cunningham swore he had not taken any netting from Mr. Thornton's; the wallaby trap was not on the stock route. Wilfred Osborne Jones deposed to seeing a wallaby yard near Mr. Cunningham's fence with wire netting round it; he had given the Cunningham's some netting — that produced. For the defence — John Thornton, gardener, Derriwong, deposed that his wife had told him on 20th May that someone had cut and carried away six panels of netting fence from his daughter's selection; his son told him he had seen, some wire round a rabbit trap on the stock route; he went and examined this netting and found it corresponded in every way to the wire he had lost; he took the wire netting and now produced netting from which the wire lost had been cut. Sophia Thornton corroborated her husband's evidence. Fined 10s or 7 days. Fine paid.5 |
| Death of Mother | 3 April 1906 | Carrawobitty, (near Forbes), NSW, Australia; Name: Eliza Stewart Date of Death: 3 Apr 1906 Place of Death: Carrawobbity Occupation: Domestic Duties Old Age Pension Sex: Female Age: 70 Congugal Status: Place of Birth: Penrith Time in Aust Colonies: Father: Edward Field Occupation: Blacksmith Mother: Esther Lees Place of Marriage 1: Penrith Age at Marriage 1: 16 Name of Spouse 1: Joseph Scott Children of Marriage 1: Sophia 53, Rozetta 51, Laurestina 46, Edward J 43, Victoria 39, Sarah 37, William H 36, Arthur R 33, Evelyn M 31; 1 female deceased Place of Marriage 2: Carrawobbity Age at Marriage 2: 43 Name of Spouse 2: Edward Field Children of Marriage 2: no issue Place of Marriage 3: Carrawobbity Age at Marriage 3: 48 Name of Spouse 3: Charles Stewart Children of Marriage 3: no issue Informant: A R Scott, son, Carrawobbity Cause of Death: Senile Decay Length of Illness: 4 mts Medical Attendant: H E M Delohery Date Last Seen: Date of Burial: 4 Apr 1906 Place of Burial: Church of England Cemetery, Forbes Minister & Religion: Church of England Undertaker: Geo J Thomson Witnesses: J E Rawsthorne & J King;Principal=Eliza Stewart6 |
| Death of Spouse | 25 July 1922 | Derriwong, NSW, Australia; Name: William Cunningham Date of Death: 25th July 1922 Place of Death: Derriwong, Lachlan Shire Occupation: Farmer Sex: Male Age: 65 Conjugal Status: Place of Birth: Campbell's River NSWales Time in Aust Colonies: Father: John Cunningham Occupation: Not known Mother: Ellen Lamanda Campbell Place of Marriage: Carrawobitty NSWales Age at Marriage: 22 Name of Spouse: Lauristina Scott Children of Marriage: Lillian M 42, William J 40, John J 38, Merilda 34, Margaret 28, Ellen L 25, Michael F 23, Joseph P 21, Kate 18 living; 2 females deceased Informant: Joseph Cunningham, son, Hillgrove, Derriwong Cause of Death: (a) Cardiac degeneration (b) Asthma Length of Illness: Medical Attendant: Francis P Quirk Date last Seen: 21st July 1922 Date of Burial: 26th July 1922 Place of Burial: Roman Catholic Cemetery, Condobolin Minister & Religion: James O'Brien, Roman Catholic Undertaker: F W Marlin Witnesses: Robert G Marlin, Alf Marlin;Principal=William Cunningham7 |
| Electoral Roll* | 1930 | Derriwong, NSW, Australia; Cunningham, Laurestina, Derriwong, home duties8 |
| Electoral Roll | 1937 | c/o Huxley, Goobang Street, Condobolin, NSW, Australia; Cunningham, Laurestina, c/o Huxley, Goobang Street, home d.8 |
| Death* | 5 July 1951 | Newington State Hospital and Home, Newington, NSW, Australia; Name: Lauristina Cunningham Date of Death: 5/7/1951 Place of Death: Newington State Hospital and Home, Newington, District of Auburn NSW Occupation: Old Age Pensioner Sex: Female Age: 88 Conjugal Status: Widow Place of Birth: Hartley NSW Time in Aust Colonies: Father: John Scott Occupation: Labourer Mother: Unknown Place of Marriage: Unknown Age at Marriage: 16 Name of Spouse: (Given name unkown) Cunningham Children of Marriage: Lillian 71, John J 66, Mildred 62, Margaret 58, Ellen L 55, Michael T 53, Joseph P 50 living; 1 male deceased Informant: R A Hall, for manager, Newington State Hospital and Home, Newington Cause of Death: gangrene of foot, arterio sclerosis, auricular fibrillation Length of Illness: Medical Attendant: L Sharfstein Date Last Seen: Cremation Date: 7/7/1951 Cremation Place: Rookwood Crematorium Cremation Informant: T J Massey, Superintendent Cremation Religion: A O Fox, Presbyterian Cremation Witnesses: R Boyce9 |
| Death notice | 11 July 1951 | "The Sydney Morning Herald", Sydney, NSW, Australia; DEATHS CUNNINGHAM Laurestina.- July 4, 1951, at a hospital, Burwood, loved wife of the late, William Cunningham mother of Mrs. Waller (Condobolin), William (deceased), John, Edith (deceased), Mrs. Bassett (Sydney), Priscilla (deceased), Mrs. Crowe (Ootha), Mrs. Jones (Condobolin), Michael (Billinudgel), Joseph (Sydney), Mrs Yetman (Yarrabandai). Privately cremated July 6, 1951. At rest.10 |
| Obituary | 27 July 1951 | "The Land", Sydney, NSW, Australia; Laurestina Cunningham, a pioner [sic] of the Forbes district, died in Newington Hospital, Auburn, on July 4, aged 90. Her parents, John Scott and his wife, had come from Leith, Scotland, in the sailing ship "Red Rover," and settled at Hartley, where they began farming. Later the Scotts and their family, with their relatives the Collits and Fields, travelled over land in bullock drays to Cadow Station, near Forbes, and took part in the goldrush at that town, where they won a fair share of the gold from the diggings. John Scott then took up land at Carrawobuddy, now known as Carrawobitty, and was the original settler on that later well-known station property. The subject of this notice married William Cunningham at her parent's station home in 1878, and settled on what became known as Derriwong Station, between Bogan Gate and Condobolin. Cobb and Co.'s coaches were the only form of regular transport in the outback in those days, and Derriwong became a half way stage for the coaches on the 65 mile run to and from Parkes and Condobolin. When the coach was two miles away from Derriwong homestead, the driver used to blow a bugle to let the Cunninghams know the coach was approaching so that they could have tea and refreshments ready for the driver and passengers while the horses were being changed.11 |
Family | William Cunningham b. 25 Jun 1857, d. 25 Jul 1922 | |
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Citations
- [S1304] NSW Birth Certificate.
- [S132] NSW Death 6053/1875 - Joseph Scott.
- [S1339] NSW Marriage full transcription, 3020/1878 William Cunningham & Louisa Scott.
- [S1299] NSW Marriage Certificate.
- [S1565] Trove digitised newspapers, online http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/, The Lachlander, Friday, June 23, 1899.
- [S14] Death Certificate.
- [S14] Death Certificate, William Cunningham 1922.
- [S1418] Australian Electoral Rolls 1903-1980.
- [S1317] Death Certificate transcript.
- [S1599] The Sydney Morning Herald, Wednesday, July 11, 1951.
- [S1565] Trove digitised newspapers, online http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/, The Land, Friday, July 27, 1951.
- [S65] NSW Birth 13194/1879 - Lilian Mary Cunningham.
- [S69] NSW Birth 15142/1881 - William J Cunningham.
- [S139] NSW Death 17898/1943 - William Joseph Cunningham.
- [S1483] NSW Birth Registration Transcription, 18771/1884 John Henry Cunningham.
- [S71] NSW Birth 20420/1886 - Edith Cunningham.
- [S146] NSW Death 6879/1889 - Edith M Cunningham.
- [S73] NSW Birth 21673/1888 - Meldria Cunningham.
- [S57] NSW Birth 10821/1891 - Priscilla Cunningham.
- [S145] NSW Death 5020/1893 - Priscilla Cunningham.
- [S59] NSW Birth 11175/1893 - Margaret Cunningham.
- [S61] NSW Birth 11385/1898 - Michael F Cunningham.
- [S72] NSW Birth 21360/1901 - Joseph P Cunningham.
- [S78] NSW Birth 29401/1903 - Kate Cunningham.