The Tandridge YewOn the 5th of July, 1846, William CARR and Mary THORN were married in this church in Tandridge, Surrey. Mary, daughter of Isaac THORN and Mary THOMAS, was from Tandridge, and William, son of John CARR and Hannah, was from the nearby village of Cuddington, Ewell. They were to become my great-great-grandparents. William died in Warwick, Queensland, on 19th January 1862; Mary died in Laidley, Queensland, on 23rd March 1916.
Just over two years after their marriage, on 16th July 1848, William and Mary sailed into Sydney on the "Equestrian". In the meantime, a son, Abel, had been born (on 10 November 1847, in Surrey), christened (26 December 1847, in Tandridge, Surrey) and died (on 13 March 1848, in Plymouth, Devon).
Exactly how and when William and Mary Carr travelled to Queensland is, as yet, unknown but it must have been fairly soon after arrival because a son, William Thorn Carr was born in January 1849 on a property at Merivale/Maryvale near Glengallan Run, between Toowoomba and Warwick, Queensland.
Then followed: Julia, about 1850; Mary and John, about 1852; Robert, about 1854; Thomas, about 1855; Harriett Anna, 1857-1936, my great-grandmother; Reginald, 1859; and Sarah Ann, 1861.
Somehow, the first six Australian born children had their births registered officially in 1854.
Glengallan, now in the process of restoration, has a website: http://www.glengallan.org.au/
Hi My husband's family are descendants of William and Mary Carr, Warwick. Their line is from William Thorn the eldest son. They came north for the gold rush to Maytown and eventually settled on the Atherton Tablelands where they are now. May email address is CARRGOptyltd@gmail.com if you want any more information on the line of the family. I would appreciate any other information you have on the family as I am also doing the family tree. Regards Jan
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