Histories

Biographical Information: CHARLOTTE JEMIMA PURVIS (always known as "Aunt Shaddy"), twin, born 20th August 1845 at Prospect House, Nenagh, County Tipperary, Ireland (Eire), died 17th May 1939 at Pine Cottage, Cobra Street, Dubbo, New South Wales, buried in the Church of England Cemetery, Dubbo. She sailed (1852), when reputedly aged 4 but in fact aged 6, with her family, from Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland, to Port Phillip, Melbourne, Victoria, and thence to Dubbo. As a child on Wonbobbie Station, Dubbo, in the early pioneering days, she learnt the Waradgery dialect of the aborigines and spoke it all her days. She had a passion for birds, flowers and animals. See obituary in The Dubbo Liberal of 18th May 1939. She married (22nd April 1868 (? 1866) in Dubbo) George Henry Taylor (born 24th March 1840 in Sydney, New South Wales, died 20th November 1917 at "The Pines", Gipp Street, Dubbo, buried in the Church of England Cemetery, Dubbo), stock and station agent, property owner and auctioneer, elected (1872) alderman of Dubbo's first town council, Mayor of Dubbo (1877-82) and involved in many other public works to the extent that he was commonly known as "King of Dubbo" or "Grand Old Man of Dubbo", by account of his wife's neice Mary Marjorie Purvis or Miller (see 1.1.3.1.7.7.10 above) "a tall dark haired man with a beard and piercing black eyes, who had a reputation with the ladies", son of George Taylor (born c.1812, died 6th October 1872), who arrived in New South Wales with his wife in 1839 aboard the “Minerva”, distinguished school master, who was the first headmaster of St James Church of England Grammar School, Sydney, and founder of St Phillip's Grammar School, then qualifying as a solicitor and practising in Mudgee, New South Wales, and (from 1861) in Dubbo, where he was also the first President of the Mechanics Institute and member of the first hospital committee, always dressing formally in black frock coat and top hat, and of Maria Hill, having seven children:-