Christopher
Malcolm Mattingley was b: 27 Dec 1886 in Temuka to parents
Thomas and
Sarah
Matting Timaru Herald 25th May 1917: DIVORCE; Richard Coombs (b: 02 Jan 1872 in Hanborough, Oxford; d: 23 Jun 1945 in 13 Te Whiti St; Wellington v. Naomi Coombs Mr Campbell appeared for the petitioner, Richard Coombs, gardener, Nelson who applied to the Timaru for divorce. He said he was married on March 17, 1898 to Naomi Stringer and for about eight years afler their marriage they lived in Geraldine. There were three children of the marriage. (two still living). Their children were:
In Dec, 1910 they were living at Fairlie
and his
wife disappeared. Richard traced her to Dunedin, and look her back
to
Fairlie where she remained home a few weeks but then again
disappeared. He next found her in service in Timaru and
Richard and Naomi met at their son Esmond's bedside in the hospital
and
after his death went together to his funeral. She
returned with
him again in Fairlie, but within a month she left for the
North
Island taking all the money he had. Except for those two
brief
intervals in 1911 it was the last he had seen of her. In
July, 1914,
he received a post card from her from Sydney. Her mother,
sister,
and brother had heard nothing of her since. Mrs Benbow, Temuka,
stated she
was a sister of the respondent her sister left Fairlie about six
years
ago, and she had not heard of her since. A decree nisi, to be made
absolute in three months, was granteed. In 1917
Richard
Coombs mar: Ruth VARLEY (b: 1887 in Oamaru, Otago; d: 26 Dec 1943 in
Ngaruawahia, Waikato 55Y Burial: Ngaruawahia Cem, Waikato)
Children
thought to be Eileen Coombs and Jack Varley
1913: The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate (Parramatta 20 Dec) Hornsby's Stray Cows Damage an Orchard. At the Hornsby Small Debts Court on Tuesday, Samuel George Truran proceeded against Christopher Mattingley and Win. Clark, of Keeking to recover from each 10 Pound alleged to be the amount of damage done to his fruit trees by the defendants' cows. Legal assistance was engaged on each side. Plaintiff asserted that on the 18th Nov. he found two cows in his orchard. One cow belonged to Mattingley, and one to Clark. Portion of the dividing fence near the slip-rails was 'busted down' though secure the previous night. In all 23 fruit trees were damaged, seven being in full bearing. Trespass was admitted. The plaintiff alleged that the fruit was eaten by the cows, and the branches of the- trees were broken down. Mattingley had made him an offer of 30/- but Clark said he would fight the claim. Edward Higgins, an orchardist, residing in the Valley, Hornsby, stated that he had inspected the trees on Truran's place and no indication that any cows had damaged them, and at Truran's mother's place, five trees damaged. The damage was very little, and if the trees belonged to him, he would not count it as damage. A case would cover all the loss of this seasons fruit and two cases the loss of fruit that might have come next year. At 10s per case, this would amount to 30s. The S.M. asked: Did you see these trees before they were damaged? The witness: No. The S.M. Then how can you say how much they were damaged? "Any practical orchardist can tell at once how much damage a tree has sustained," was the reply. The Bench assessed the damage at 2 Pound 10s, per cow, and awarded 4s costs in addition against each owner. Australian Electoral
Roll: 1913: City - Ryde, NSW; 1930 and 1933: City -
Parramatta, NSW 1933; 1933: Voter roll: City - Reid, NSW; 1936 - 1943:
Residence City Robertson, NSW; 1949 - 1954: Residence City
- Werriwa NSW
Christopher first appeared on the
electoral roll in 1922 living at Coonabarra Road in Wahroonga in
the Hornsby electorate.
In 1932 Christopher purchased land at 78 Mary Street
Merrylands in the Fairfield area. He built himself a hessian hut on
this land containing a workshop, bedroom and kitchen - the walls
were whitewashed but the floors were solid dirt.
Grandson Ken remembers his grandfather
Christopher Malcolm Mattingley living by himself and despite being a
carpenter by trade, his living conditions were poor. Christopher did
not cook for himself and Ken would go along the
road and get the old man who would have dinner each night with his son and
family. In 1955 at Auburn, NSW, now 10 years old, Ken
found Christopher dead and thought he was asleep. Fifty years
later, discovered in Christopher's possessions, was
this photo of him as a child with his mother, Sarah. Christopher had 3 sons: (a) Clifford Emil Mattingley (b:
21 Jan 1913; 1953 builder's laborer Lisbon Wood; d: 07 Mar 1974 in
Fairfield Bur: Rookwood Cem.) He Mar: 1936 in
Granville to Joyce Merle
Jameson (b: 08 May 1912 in Sydney; Bur: Rookwood Cem.) They had
3 children i Clifford (Skippy) Charles Malcolm Mattingley (b: 28 Jul
1938; ) Mar: 1960 in Parramata to Margaret Ann
Court; lived 1968 - Mitchell, NSW; 1977 - Chifley, NSW;
1980 - Prospect, NSW; (d: 5 Jul 2011 Prestons) (photo on right) ii John Kenneth Mattingley (d: 1943 in Annandale) iii June May Mattingley mar: David Robb Murray.
Children are June and Robyn Murray (b) Kenneth Leo
Mattingley (b: 29 Apr 1916 in Wahroonga; Residence: 1943
- Deakin, Victoria; 1949/1954 - La Trobe, Victoria; 1963 -
Mitchell, NSW; 1977/ 1980 - Holt, Victoria; he d: 01 Feb 1973 in
Parramatta) He mar: 1936 in Granville
to (c) Neville Christopher Mattingley Born: 1918 in Hornsby Died:
1918 in Hornsby Copyright - Please |
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