Awful Death- On Thursday an enquiry was held in the Maitland Hospital, on the body of Samuel Marsden, who had died in the hospital on Wednesday morning. From the evidence of Mr. Reeves and Mr. Corrick, it appeared that the deceased, who was a well-known character about Maitland, had obtained his living by hawking oysters, fish and other things, and was always of very intemperate habits, frequently drinking to excess. Latterly he had quarrelled with his wife, who had left him, and a little boy of his had been drowned, and since then he had got even worse than ever, being seldom sober. For some time past he had been lying about where he could, and Mr. Reeves had repeatedly seen him come out of his hay loft of a morning, as if he had spent the night there. On Monday morning, about nine o'clock.
Mr. Reeves found the unfortunate man lying under a shed in his yard, playing with an opossum cloak,which he was speaking to as if it were his dog. Mr. Reeves spoke to him several times, but could get no coherent answer from him; and observing that Marsden was trembling and shaking all over, and was evidently out of his mind, he sent for Dr. Sloan, who found him labouring under delirium tremens, and directed his immediate removal to the hospital. When taken there, he was found to be in a most filthy state, and to be very weak, as well from the attack he was labouring under as from previous extreme want and destitution. His case was pronounced hopeless from the first, and notwithstanding every care on the part of the medical men, he died about noon on Wednesday, having been delirious the greater part of the time. Dr. Sloan having certified to the cause of death, a verdict was recorded of died from delirium tremens and the effects of destitution.

Samuel Marsden
Married:7 May 1838 St Mary's Cathedral, Syd. NSW
To: Rose H Carr (Core)
DOB: abt. 1809 County Tyrone, Ireland
Died: 21 Jun.1910 Sandy Creek via Murrurundi NSW. 101yrs.
Buried: Murrurundi Catholic.
2nd. Marrage: 24 May 1847 Catholic Church, East Maitland
To: William Webb
Issue
1): Thomas Marsden reg. as Marson
DOB: 1839 NSW
Died: 30 Nov.1846 Maitland area
Thomas is listed on the burial register of St. Peters,
East Maitland, in his fathers burial notes.
It states he died aged 7 years.
Maitland Mercury states he drowned.

2): James Henry Marsden
DOB: 4 Mar.1842 Maitland. NSW
Baptised: 17 Dec.1845 Parish of West Maitland County of Northumberland, NSW
Died: 1897 Gunnedah. NSW
Buried: Gunnedah
Married: 10 Apr.1864 Haydonton (Murrurandi)NSW
To: Mary Ann Finlan
DOB: 1 May 1846 Bloomfield. NSW
Died: 5 Dec.1933 Gunnedah. NSW
Issue
1): Thomas Joseph Marsden
DOB: 1867 Murrurundi NSW
Died: 5 May1932 Westport New Zealand
Married: 1888 Gunnedah NSW
To: Venisha Anne Smith (Vanish)
DOB: 10 Nov. 1868 Tamworth NSW
Died: 22 Sep. 1912 West port New Zealand
Issue:
1): Frances B Marsden
DOB:1890 Gunnedah NSW
Died: 1891 Gunnedah NSW
Buried: Old Catholic Cemetery Gunnedah

2): Ruby G Marsden
DOB: 1891 Gunnedah NSW

3): Thomas Noel Marsden
DOB: 1894 Gunnedah NSW
Died: 24/4/1950 Gunnedah NSW
Buried: Gunnedah Catholic c.6
Married: 1917 Gunnedah NSW
To: Ethel Hutley

4): Dora M Marsden
DOB:1895 Gunnedah NSW
Married: 1911 Sydney NSW
To: Lionel Price

5): Peter H Marsden
DOB: 1899 Gunnedah NSW
Died: 1899 Gunnedah NSW
Buried: Old Catholic Cemetery Gunnedah NSW I 27

6): Olga A Marsden
DOB:1902 Gunnedah NSW

7): James Roy Marsden
DOB: 1 Sep.1909 Waimangoroa New Zealand
Died: 10 Aug. 1984 Wahroonga NSW
Married: 15 Nov.1932 Sydney, NSW
To: Mabel Myee McCallum
DOB:15 Feb.1912 Petersham NSW
Died: 5 Dec.1995 Killara NSW

2): Sarah A Marsden
DOB:1869 Blandford NSW
Died:1922 Sydney NSW
Married: 1888 Gunnedah NSW
To:Herbert Charles Cohen
DOB: 1867 Tamworth NSW
Died:1958 Scone NSW
Issue:
1): Gordon George L Cohen
DOB:1889 Gunnedah NSW
Married: 1911 Gunnedah NSW
To: Ruby I Dale
DOB: 1888 Junee

2): Leah Rose Cohen
DOB: 1891 Gunnedah NSW
Married: 1911 Gunnedah NSW
To: Hector T Proudfoot
DOB: 1890 Bathurst NSW
Died: 1959 Hamilton NSW

3):James Augustus Marsden
DOB: 1872 Murrurundi NSW
Died: 1942 Granville NSW
Married: 1893 Gunnedah NSW
To: Margaret A Wicks
DOB: 1874 Warialda NSW
Died: 14 Jun.1911 Gunnedah NSW
Buried: Old C of E. R30 Gunnedah NSW
Issue:
1): Charles James Marsden
DOB: 1894 Gunnedah NSW
Died: 1944 Redfurn NSW

2): Cecelia A M Marsden
DOB: 1895 Gunnedah NSW
Died: 1923 Redfurn
Married: 1914 Sydney NSW
To: Alan Gowland Fraser
Died: 1975

4): Francis Joseph Marsden
DOB: 1874 Murrurundi NSW
Died: Nov.1931 Botany
Married: 1904 Gunnedah NSW
To: Mary Eva Kelly
DOB: 1881 Carroll NSW
Died: 1952 Randwick NSW
Issue:
1): Monica P Marsden
DOB: 1906 Gunnedah NSW
Married: 1935 Sydney NSW
To: Herbert M Abbott

2): George Marsden
Died: 1938 Grandville NSW

3): Lionel Patrick Marsden
Died: 1954 Paddington NSW
Married: 1946 Balmain NSW
To: Elsie Gill

4): Roy Francis Marsden
DOB: 16 Dec.1916 Sydney NSW
Died: 1968 Sydney NSW
Married: 1942 Paddington NSW
To: Mary Theresa Scannell

5): Samuel Joseph Marsden
DOB: 8 Jan.1880 Bendermere NSW
Died: 2 Feb. 1936 Gunnedah NSW
Buried: 1936 Old Catholic cemetery Gunnedah NSW V40
1st. Married: 1902 Gunnedah NSW
To: Susan Winifred McCosker
DOB: 1884 Narrabri NSW
Died: 1 Feb.913 Gunnedah NSW
Buried: Old Catholic cemetery Gunnedah NSW L15
Issue:
1): Nita Cecelia M Marsden
DOB:1903 Gunnedah NSW
Died: 1975 Mc Auley Aged Care Home Gunnedah NSW
Married:1925 Gunnedah NSW
To: Barry Vincent Sampson
DOB: 1904 Gunnedah NSW
Died: 1969 Richmond NSW

2): Reginald J Marsden
DOB: 1904 Gunnedah NSW
Died:1948 Sydney NSW

3):Carl Bartholomew Marsden
DOB: 1906 Gunnedah NSW
Died: 14 Apr.1940 Rockhampton Qld.
Buried: Old Catholic cemetery Gunnedah NSW L14
Never Married

4)Keith Peter Marsden
DOB: 1908 Gunnedah, NSW
Died: 1974 Wentworth Falls, NSW

Samuel Joseph Marsden
2nd.Marriage 20 Apr.1918 St Josephs Church, Belmore NSW
To: Gladys Ila Brown
DOB: 25Jul.1896 St Leonards, Nth Sydney NSW
Died: 23 Nov.1962 Lismore, NSW
Buried:Lismore. NSW
Issue:
1): John Francis Marsden
DOB: 5 Jun. 1919 Gunnedah NSW
Died Aug: 1978 Gunnedah NSW
Buried: Memorial Park Gunnedah NSW sec.2 row c lot 80
Married: 1943 Manly Sydney
To: Audrey Patricia Sullivan
DOB: 15May 1921 Sydney NSW
Died: 1966 St Leonards Syd.NSW
Devorced
Issue
1):Janice Marsden
2):Phillip Marsden

John Marsden
2nd.Marrage: Wauchope NSW
To: Pauline Sims
Issue
1): Debbie Marsden
2): Wendy Marsden
3):Graham Marsden
4): Peter Marsden

2: Patricia Adeline Marsden
DOB: 17 Feb.1931 Gunnedah NSW
Died: 1 Dec.1977 Newcastle NSW
Buried: Flynns Beach Port Macquarie NSW
Married: 18/6/1951 Wauchope NSW
To:Harley William Workman
Issue:
1):Kerry Workman
2): John Workman

6): Peter Marsden
DOB: 1882 Gunnedah NSW
Married: 1911 Gunnedah NSW
To: Ruby E Doherty

3): Sarah Anne Marsden
DOB:1 Sep.1844 NSW
Died: 1912 Murrurundi NSW
Married: 8 Feb.1870 Blandford, NSW
To: James Clear
DOB: 5 Nov.1845 Gowran Co Kilkenny Ireland
Died: 1923 Murrurundi NSW

*James aged 10 yrs arrived in Australia from Ireland in 1855 on “Simonds”, with his father Thomas aged 40 yrs, mother Johanna 39 yrs, Bridget 18 yrs, Ellen 18 yrs, Mary 16 yrs, Margaret 14 yrs, Patrick 12 yrs.Johanna 8 yrs, Ann 3 yrs, John Infant and Bridget 66 yrs

Issue:
1):Thomas Paul Clear
DOB: 6 Nov. 1870 Murrurundi NSW
Died: 9 Dec.1900 Sandy Creek, Murrurundi NSW
Buried: Catholic cemetery Murrurundi NSW
Married: 1896 Muswellbrook NSW
To: Charlotte Emma Hurn
DOB: 1878 Gunnedah NSW
Died: 6 Aug.1970 Quirindi NSW
Issue:
1): Herbert F Clare
DOB: 1897 Murrurundi NSW

2): Margaret M Clare
DOB: 1899 Murrurundi

2): Margaret Clear
DOB: 1873 Murrurundi NSW
Died: 1914 Quirindi NSW
Married: 1897 Quirindi NSW
To: John Jones MacLachlan
DOB: 1868 NSW
Died: 1953 Quirindi NSW
Issue:
1): Millison R C MacLachlan
DOB: 1898 Quirindi NSW
Died: 1913 Quirindi NSW

2): James A MacLachlan
DOB: 1901 Quirindi NSW

3): Mary A MacLachlan
DOB: 1903 Quirindi NSW
Died: 1967 Sutherland NSW
Married: 1928 Newtown NSW
To: Harold H Cox

4): Margaret E MacLachlan
DOB: 1905 Quirindi NSW

5): Angus Louis MacLachlan
DOB: 1906 Quirindi NSW
Died: 1974 Ashfield NSW
Married: Ivy Hayden

6) John J MacLachlan
DOB: 1908 Quirindi NSW
Died: 1908 Quirindi NSW

7): Richard MacLachlan
DOB: 1913 Quirindi NSW
Died: 1913 Quirindi NSW

3):Roseanna Clear
DOB: 1874 Murrurundi NSW

4): James Joseph Clear
DOB: 1876 Murrurundi NSW
Died: 1930 Murrurundi NSW
Married: 1908 Murrurundi NSW
To: Alice M Cook
DOB: 1879 Mudgee NSW
Died: 1975 NSW
Issue:
1): Dorothy M Clair
Died: 1958 Sydney NSW
Married: 1929 Murrurundi NSW
To: George G Meredith

2): Thomas Joseph Clair
DOB: 5 Jun.1910 Murrurundi NSW
Married: 1942 Murrurundi NSW
To: Joyce Frances Seckold

3): Norman Patrick Clair
DOB: 12 Mar.1916 Blandford NSW
Died: 1972 Ballina NSW

5): William Joseph Clear
DOB: 1878 Murrurundi NSW
Died: 1926 Scone NSW
Married: 1905 Murrurundi NSW
To: Maud Perry Baker
DOB: 1881 Murrurundi NSW
Died: 1941 Muswellbrook NSW
Issue:
1): Evelyn M Clair
Died: 1915 Murrurundi NSW

2): Thomas Edward Clair
DOB: 25 Feb.1906 Murrurundi NSW
Died: 2 Jun.1945 Malaysia

3): Ernest William Clair
DOB: 14 Sep.1915 Murrurundi NSW
Died: 1968 Scone NSW

4): John Clair
Died: 1975 NSW

6)Johanna Clear
DOB: 1881 Murrurundi NSW
Died: 1910 Murrurundi NSW
Married: 1909 East Maitland NSW
To: Edward P Sweeney

7):Sarah A M Clear
DOB: 1883 Murrurundi NSW
Died:1884 Murrurundi NSW
Issue:
1): Edna Sweeney
Died: 1910 Inverell NSW

8): Eva Maud Clear
DOB: 1885 Murrurundi NSW

9): Agnes Mary Clear
DOB: 1887 Murrurundi NSW

Note:
Sarah Anne Clear nee Marsden
Died as Sarah Clair and so did some of
the children, some of the children also
married with the surname Clair as well.

© Kerry Rodgers 2008.