John was born in Northumberland, UK in 1843 and died in Western Australia in 1923 aged 80 years. He arrived in Australia in 1851 with his parents and a brother William Edward Dryden
(1839 - 1914). They settled in the Mt Macedon area where his Uncle was a prominent landowner and orginal settler of the area known as "Drydens Run". John died 8th Nov 1923 in Perth Western Australia, aged 78 years.
His wife Mary McLeod was born on the Isle of Skye in Scotland in 1843 and migrated to Australia. Mary died in Western Australia in 1931, aged 85 years.
John and Mary had 14 children and spent part of their life in Australia in Newham, Victoria and the remainder in Western Australia. They are both buried at the Karrakatta Cemetery in Western Australia.
Hi Stephanie, I came across your blog quite by accident and I'm hoping that you are still actively involved in researching your family history. I live in Carlsruhe and have been very interested in the history of the area for quite some time. I'd love to know where you got the photo of the church from - I live just around the corner from it and the earliest photo I have is from around 1920. It would be great to hear from you. Thanks, Samantha
ReplyDeleteHI Samantha What a lovely part of Australia you live in. I visited a couple of years ago and went to see the little church. I took this image form the internet and now I am very cross with myself because I cannot find the site. A lesson to me to reference everything. My apologies Stephanie
DeleteHi there, we are long lost relatives, Annie Hope (nee Dryden) was my Great Grandmother. I'm reading a great book about early Mt Macedon history with plenty of interesting stuff on the Drydens. Called "Echoes of the Past - A history of Newham and Cobaw" by Jaynnyse Williams. 2 of Annie's Granddaughters still alive in Perth. Thanks for the info. Tim K Jones
ReplyDeleteWow Tim that means we are blood relatives. Must try to get hold of that book. I also live in Perth.
DeleteI have a relative Julia Reynolds who married Adam Glascott in 1854. Their daughter ( Julia ) married John Dryden in 1862 . Julia Glascott died at Julia and John Drydens house in 1917 and was buried in the Carlsruhe Cemetery in 1917. Perhaps John was the son of William Edward Dryden.
ReplyDeleteHI Margaret, he could well be William's son. I have not got details on who that John Dryden married. I visited Carlsruhe some years ago but did not find a lot of information.
DeleteJust an interesting factoid, Annie Hope had the first dairy in Ultimo, Sydney with her husband. Sadly her husband died and she remarried, my Grandfather didn't get on with the stepfather, said he was cheating on her. The stepfather indentured him (read sold off as a slave) aged 14 to go sandlewood cutting in outback WA. Fortunately, a kindly Aunt living in Perth (your ancestor?) paid the owner of the indenture to let Harold have time off to holiday in Perth. She arranged for him to do the PMG exams which he passed and skipped the indenture to work on telegraph electronics. He went to Gallipoli, shot through the chest and lucky to survive - recovered in Egypt thanks to a local male nurse. Family tale is that the male nurse was in fact a doctor but the British Brass wouldn't recognise his qualifications. The story goes that he used to sneak a tiny bottle of some glupe that he would put in the wounds (entry and exit, exit was the big one) each day. He ended up a manager of some significant PMG offices in South West WA but died early, fell off a racehorse he was training down Leighton Beach. Think it dislodged some shrapnel left in his chest, my Mum said he was the best.
ReplyDeleteTim just found this link which you probably have but its a marriage of one of Annie's children http://www.outbackfamilyhistory.com.au/records/record.php?record_id=383
DeleteWow great story. Life was tough back then and children often got a poor deal. Sounds like he did ok for himself in the end. I don't know if my ancestor was the kindly aunt but it is possible.
ReplyDeleteI think your Dryden family may be related to my exhusband's family. We have a family bible with a marriage certificate in it. It is James Swann's (b.1844,d.8/11/14) marriage to Margaret Ann Dryden (b.1862, d. 23/4/1925) on Friday 11th January 1878 at Kyneton Vic. The witnesses were Mary Dryden, John Dryden and William Dryden. Can anyone help me out here please :)
ReplyDeleteMargaret Anne Dryden is buried with James Swann in the Shepparton Cemetary and is my exhusband's gggrandmother.
Cheers Kerry Cursons, formerly Swann
Hi i just came across this blog. My mum is a darby and they owned this church and the house next door. They must have purchased from the drydens. I cant rember when they sold it but i know whom they sold it too and they did massive renovations. We owned the manse next door until 1989. My dads fsmily all came from newham so very close ties. I have a few photos of the church.
ReplyDeleteHi. We may be related too.
DeleteMy grandmother was a Dryden. Although she was born in New Zealand,(3/6/1912) her father and grandfather came from Newham, Vic, as well
Her mother was also a Brydon (from Kent, England)
I have details
Hello, I hope you are still active. Im writing on behalf of my mother who is a Dryden (Kay Walsh)she was an orphan but through DNA test seems to be related to the Dryden from Macedon. I was hoping we could possible chat to try and fill in some gaps.
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