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Gravestone for Matthew James Woodbury, the tenth child of Richard and Sarah Woodbury. Matthew died aged 7 years while the family was at "Greens" (Gunderman).
The inscription reads: Sacred to the memory of Matthew James Woodbury who departed this life Nov 23 1835 aged 7 years 4 months and 8 days. "His youthful days they were but few, but faded like the morning dew".
Australian Cemeteries Index - 8074034.
William Woodbury, the second son of Richard and Sarah Woodbury. William was born on 24 October 1814 at his parent's home at the brewery in Macquarie Street in Windsor.
William married an Irish girl, Mary Ann Donovan (1815-1897), in 1835, and he had extensive business interests, including ownership of a small ship, the William and Mary that traded regularly between Windsor and Sydney.
In later life, William donated land for the Holy Trinity Church and cemetery at Spencer on Mangrove Creek. He died in December 1886 at Brisbane Water and he is buried at the Holy Trinity cemetery with his wife Mary, who died in June 1897, aged 82.
Image from A Hawkesbury Story. Valerie Ross. 1989. Library of Australian History.
Matthew James Woodbury, the son of William and Mary Woodbury (above) was born at Mangrove Creek in 1838. He married a local girl, Eliza O'Neil.
Matthew and Eliza established an inn in Wyong to cater for travellers in the area. The inn was demolished in 1978 but a plaque in a park in Wyong denotes the spot (see below). Eliza was mostly responsible for running the inn while Matthew was occupied with roadbuilding and other building projects in the region.
Matthew and Eliza had 6 daughters and 2 sons. Eliza died in July 1911. Matthew died in March 1921. He is buried in Jilliby Cemetery in NSW.
Image courtesy of Wyong Shire One Place Study.
Woodbury"s Inn Park in Wyong NSW. The plaque reads:
This stone was laid on 30.5.1978 to commemorate Woodbury's Inn which was established on this site about 1866 by Matthew James Woodbury as a private residence with accomodation for travellers using the Old Maitland Road. It had a liquor licence.
The first known Catholic Church services in the district were held at the Inn which was also the first Post Office in the area.
After the town of Wyong came into being with the opening of the railway line in 1887 it was closed as an inn and became a private residence only for about 70 years. Because of its decayed and dilapidated condition it was demolished on 7.1.1978.
Photo includes another Matthew James Woodbury born nearly 120 years after the Inn was established.
Photo from family archives taken in about 1995.
Gravestone for George James Woodbury (1831-1905) and Sarah Woodbury, nee Charter (1838-1919), buried together at Inverell, NSW.
They were married on the Hawkesbury River in June 1855. They moved from the Hawkesbury River to Brodies Plains (Inverell) after the death of George's father, Richard Woodbury, in 1867. See page George James Woodbury on this site.
Photo and information courtesy of Ian Woodbury.
After remaining upright for almost 100 years, in about 2018 the base cracked which allowed the headstone to fall. The headstone was damaged but it has been reassembled neatly on the ground.
Matthew William Woodbury (1856-1933) and Jessie Ellen Woodbury, nee Seward (1863-1946). Married at Inverell in 1881. They lived at 10 Medora Street, Inverell, NSW. See page Matthew William Woodbury on this site.
Photo from family archives.
Methodist Church buildings (now the Uniting Church) at 29 Rivers Street, Inverell. Matthew Woodbury and Jessie Ellen were married here in 1881.
They were married in the original small brick church in the rear of this picture, which was built in about 1874. The larger gothic-style church in the front of this picture was built in about 1904 from a legacy donation left by Mr Thomas Taylor. This church is home to a magnificent pipe organ which underwent an extensive restoration in recent years.
Photo by Douglas Woodbury in 2024.
Matthew and Jessie Woodbury at an older age. Matthew donated land in Vivian Street, Inverell, for building the Salvation Army Citadel.
Photo and information courtesy of Ian Woodbury.
Gravestone of Matthew and Jessie Woodbury, buried together at Inverell Cemetery, NSW.
Photo by D Woodbury (2011).
Mary Woodbury (nee Chappell) at their first home in Medora Street, Inverell, which was opposite Matthew and Jessie's home at No. 10 Medora St. House bought for 100 pounds in about 1910. Note the large bird cage on the verandah. Walter had a life-long interest in keeping canaries. See page Walter Charles Woodbury on this site.
Photo from family archives.
Walter Charles Woodbury (1887-1962) and Mary Elizabeth Woodbury, nee Chappell (1887-1956) were married at Kurri Kurri in NSW in 1910.
While living in Inverell, Walter was employed by Mr Hands who had a skin-buying business and a soap factory, then he briefly ran a green-grocery and produce store which had been previously owned by Mary's brother.
Walter moved his family to Sydney in about 1920 and had a fruit and vegetable shop at Concord. The family then moved to West Street, Five Dock, where Leslie Walter (b. 1922) and Walter William (b. 1925) were born. Later they moved to Haberfield on the tram line.
Photo from family archives taken in about 1954.
Walter William Woodbury (1925 - 2017) and Ruth Marie Woodbury (nee Sutton ) (1927 - 2019). Photo taken around the time of their wedding in Canberra in June 1948.
Walter ("Wally") and Ruth met in the small “assembly” of the now named Plymouth Brethren Christian Church after Wally was posted to Duntroon RMC, prior to him being demobilised from the Army in January 1947.
Wally and Ruth were married for almost 69 years. They were loving parents to 5 children.
Photo from family archives.
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