Charles Augustus Hoy1

M, #1516, d. 29 June 1922
Last Edited8 Aug 2022
Note* Charles Hoy arrived aboard the Monica in 1857 with his sister Sarah.
Charles said that his parents were John and Sarah living in Newtownards, County Down. He also said that he had an uncle John Wallace [sic] living at Penrith.
His brother John arrived aboard the Caribou in 1839.
Unfortunatley the surviving Roman Catholic parish registers only start in 1864 for baptisms, but Charles' father is probably Mary Hoy's brother. 
Immigration*18 August 1857 "Monica", Sydney, NSW;
Name: Hay Charles
Age: 24
Calling: Farm Laborer
Native Place: Newtonhards, Down
Parents: John & Sarah at Newtonhards
Religion: RC
Read or Write: Both
Relative in the Colony: Uncle John Wallace, Penrith
Health: Good
Complaints: None
Remarks: £4 R.R. per John Wallis
Sister Sarah Hoy, age 20, also on board the Monica2 
Marriage*24 November 1859 Penrith, NSW;Bride=Harriot Purcell1 
Birth of Daughter9 January 1871 Pemrith, NSW;Principal=Elizabeth Hoy3 
Death of Spouse27 October 1895 Wellington, NSW;Principal=Harriot Purcell4 
Death*29 June 1922 Montefiores, NSW5,6 
Article*7 July 1922 "The Dubbo Dispatch", Dubbo, NSW;
MR. CHARLES HOY.
Mr C. Hoy, an old resident of Wellington, passed away on Friday night last. He was born at Newtonwards, Cty. Down, Ireland, and came to Australia at the age of 24 years, settling in the Castlereagh district where he was married two years later to the daughter of Charles Purcell. He followed farming pursuits on the Kurrajong, and afterwards started in the carrying business from Blacktown to Mount Victoria and later on to Bathurst, with a team carrying general goods. A few years later the shale mines opened in the Hartley district and he moved there, and worked in the mines for some time. Later he tendered for the mail, which was carried on horseback from Hartley Vale to Little Hartley, thence to Mt. Victoria, a position he held for 15 years. Leaving Hartley be came to Maryvale, and started farming, and also share farming with the late J. A. Gardiner, of Gobolion, at The Holmes, after which he worked around the Wellington district for several years, later on leaving for Sydney, where he lived with a daughter. He later returned to Wellington, where he lived with his son for the last five years of his life. He leaves a grown-up family of ten, four sons and six daughters. The remains were laid to rest in the R.C. portion of the Wellington cemetery, the Rev. Father Eviston performing the last sad rites.7 

Family

Harriot Purcell b. 25 Apr 1839, d. 27 Oct 1895
Child

Citations

  1. [S12] NSW Marriage Index, 2761/1859 Charles Hoy & Harriett Purcell.
  2. [S8] Assisted immigrants to New South Wales 1838-96 ("Agent's Immigrant Lists"), Chales Hay 1857.
  3. [S13] NSW Birth Index, 16038/1871 Elizabeth Hoy.
  4. [S11] NSW Death Index, 14722/1895 Harriet Hoy.
  5. [S11] NSW Death Index, 13938/1922 Charles Hoy.
  6. [S154] Australian Newspapers, trove.nla.gov.au, The Catholic Press (Sydney), Thursday, July 13, 1922.
  7. [S154] Australian Newspapers, trove.nla.gov.au, The Dubbo Dispatch, Friday, July 7, 1922.