The forebears of the members of the Poole family buried in St David’s cemetery were Irish-born free settlers, BENJAMIN and CATHERINE POOLE(nee CAVANAGH).
They married in County Wexford, where they were both born, in 1826.
On 25 February 1840, they arrived in the colony of New South Wales on the Earl Grey.
BENJAMIN and CATHERINE POOLE had six children, four girls and two boys. The eldest, CATHERINE, was born in 1839 which means she was just a babe in arms when her parents left their homeland.
Their first child born in Australia was MARY ANN. Her birth in 1842 was followed by that of a sister, MARTHA (1844), a brother WILLIAM (1847), another sister, ELIZABETH (1850) and another brother, BENJAMIN JAMES (1852).
MARY ANN had six children out of wedlock to at least three different fathers. They were: HENRY John Poole, ALICE Elizabeth Poole, ALBERT LLEWELLYN POOLE, LILLIAN EVA Poole, ALFRED CHARLES Cribb and THOMAS BENJAMIN Cribb.
The father of her first child is believed to have been James STINSON, and that of her second and third, James EYERS. Lillian’s father is unknown. Her two youngest boys took the name of their father, RICHARD JOHN CRIBB, with whom MARY ANN co-habited for a while.
Two of MARY ANN POOLE’s children are buried at St David’s cemetery, Kurrajong Heights – Alice Elizabeth and Albert Llewellyn.
ALICE became the first wife of RICHARD ERNEST PECK in 1894 and ALBERT married RICHARD ERNEST’s sister, CLARA MAY in 1902.
ALBERT and CLARA POOLE had seven children – ELLA M, CYRIL GORDON, HESTER, ANN, ERNEST(died in infancy), MAURICE HENRY and ARTHUR CHARLES.
Three of them are buried at St Davids – ELLA, ERNEST and ARTHUR, plus the wife and infant daughter of their brother, CYRIL - DOROTHY MAY and BEVERLEY MAY.
CYRIL's wife DOROTHY MAY (nee ELDER) died at the birth of her first child, BEVERLEY MAY, in 1933. Cyril married again, but not until 1947.
They married in County Wexford, where they were both born, in 1826.
On 25 February 1840, they arrived in the colony of New South Wales on the Earl Grey.
BENJAMIN and CATHERINE POOLE had six children, four girls and two boys. The eldest, CATHERINE, was born in 1839 which means she was just a babe in arms when her parents left their homeland.
Their first child born in Australia was MARY ANN. Her birth in 1842 was followed by that of a sister, MARTHA (1844), a brother WILLIAM (1847), another sister, ELIZABETH (1850) and another brother, BENJAMIN JAMES (1852).
MARY ANN had six children out of wedlock to at least three different fathers. They were: HENRY John Poole, ALICE Elizabeth Poole, ALBERT LLEWELLYN POOLE, LILLIAN EVA Poole, ALFRED CHARLES Cribb and THOMAS BENJAMIN Cribb.
The father of her first child is believed to have been James STINSON, and that of her second and third, James EYERS. Lillian’s father is unknown. Her two youngest boys took the name of their father, RICHARD JOHN CRIBB, with whom MARY ANN co-habited for a while.
Two of MARY ANN POOLE’s children are buried at St David’s cemetery, Kurrajong Heights – Alice Elizabeth and Albert Llewellyn.
ALICE became the first wife of RICHARD ERNEST PECK in 1894 and ALBERT married RICHARD ERNEST’s sister, CLARA MAY in 1902.
ALBERT and CLARA POOLE had seven children – ELLA M, CYRIL GORDON, HESTER, ANN, ERNEST(died in infancy), MAURICE HENRY and ARTHUR CHARLES.
Three of them are buried at St Davids – ELLA, ERNEST and ARTHUR, plus the wife and infant daughter of their brother, CYRIL - DOROTHY MAY and BEVERLEY MAY.
CYRIL's wife DOROTHY MAY (nee ELDER) died at the birth of her first child, BEVERLEY MAY, in 1933. Cyril married again, but not until 1947.
ERNEST died in infancy of pneumonia when his sister ELLA was aged 2 and seriously ill with the same complaint. He and the infant daughter of CYRIL POOLE are buried beside each other in unmarked graves at St David's cemetery. [The location of their graves was shown to me by their brother and uncle, ARTHUR POOLE, who took care of the cemetery.]
MARY ANN POOLE is buried in St Gregory’s Catholic cemetery at Kurrajong.
OBITUARIES
Windsor and Richmond Gazette, 3 February 1910
The death of the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Poole took place at Richmond on Sunday evening from the effects of pneumonia. The little fellow was six months old. The remains were taken to Kurrajong Heights and interred in the Presbyterian cemetery on Monday. We hear that a daughter two years old is seriously ill with the same complaint.
Windsor and Richmond Gazette,Friday 9 August 1935
A particularly sad double bereavement took place at the Royal North Shore Hospital last week, when Mrs. DOROTHY MAY POOLE, wife of Mr. Cyril Poole, of Kurrajong Heights, passed away on Sunday, followed by the death of her eight-days-old baby daughter, BEVERLEY MAY, four days later. Mrs. Poole was only 32 years of age and was a sister of Mrs MILL DUNSTON, of Kurrajong. Deep sympathy is expressed for Mr. Poole and his double loss. The remains of both mother and babe were interred in the Presbyterian cemetery at Kurrajong.
MARY ANN POOLE is buried in St Gregory’s Catholic cemetery at Kurrajong.
OBITUARIES
Windsor and Richmond Gazette, 3 February 1910
The death of the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Poole took place at Richmond on Sunday evening from the effects of pneumonia. The little fellow was six months old. The remains were taken to Kurrajong Heights and interred in the Presbyterian cemetery on Monday. We hear that a daughter two years old is seriously ill with the same complaint.
Windsor and Richmond Gazette,Friday 9 August 1935
A particularly sad double bereavement took place at the Royal North Shore Hospital last week, when Mrs. DOROTHY MAY POOLE, wife of Mr. Cyril Poole, of Kurrajong Heights, passed away on Sunday, followed by the death of her eight-days-old baby daughter, BEVERLEY MAY, four days later. Mrs. Poole was only 32 years of age and was a sister of Mrs MILL DUNSTON, of Kurrajong. Deep sympathy is expressed for Mr. Poole and his double loss. The remains of both mother and babe were interred in the Presbyterian cemetery at Kurrajong.
WHERE THE POOLE FAMILY LIVED
In the 1841 Census, the POOLE family is living in Lennox Street, Richmond. They moved to South Kurrajong in around 1847.
Ten years later, in December 1851, BENJAMIN POOLE Snr bought PATRICK BOYLAND’s section of Kurrajong 147.
When MARY ANN POOLE and her children were with RICHARD CRIBB, they lived at Tomah Cottage at Mt Tomah.
RELATED FAMILIES: Cavanagh, Cribb, Dunston, Elder, Eyers, Peck, Stinson.
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