Jane Mary Nicols Bloomfield

When Jane Mary Nichols Bloomfield was born on 28 March 1830 in Suffolk, her father, William (Read) Bloomfield, was 42, and her mother, Frances Jane Meares, was 41. #JaneMaryNicolsBloomfield

'Suffolk' in her death cert. Date 28 Mar 1830 in her baptism record at St James Sydney in 1838. Middle name Nichols apparently comes from two Nichols baptisms on the same day, before and after Jane Mary's baptism in 1838 [469 1830 Vol 22 reel 5005]

Birth of brother

Her brother John was born in 1831 in England when Jane Mary Nichols was 1 year old.

Birth of sister

Her sister Hepzibah was born on 5 December 1833 in The Lagoon, New South Wales, when Jane Mary Nichols was 3 years old.

17 December, 1833 - Arrival

Aboard the 'Layton' with her parents and nine siblings. Another sister, Hepzibah was born en route to Australia. Her father's younger brother Stephen Evangelist Bloomfield also accompanied them.

Death of mother

Her mother Frances Jane passed away on 21 April 1834 in Sydney, New South Wales, at the age of 45.

Birth of half - brother

Her half-brother Uriel was born on 3 May 1836 in Sydney, New South Wales, when Jane Mary Nichols was 6 years old.

Baptism - 17th September, 1838

Middle name Nichols apparently comes from two Nichols baptisms on the same day, before and after Jane Mary's baptism - children of George Robert Nichols attorney & his brother Charles Hamilton Nichols grazier [469 1830 Vol 22 reel 5005]

Birth of half - brother

Her half-brother Charles was born on 13 May 1839 in Sydney, New South Wales, when Jane Mary Nichols was 9 years old.

Death of half brother

Her half-brother Charles died on 29 May 1841 in Sydney, New South Wales, when Jane Mary Nichols was 11 years old.

Death of brother

Her brother John died on 7 September 1841 in Sydney, New South Wales, when Jane Mary Nichols was 11 years old.

Birth of half- brother

Her half-brother Charles Henry was born on 16 November 1843 in Sydney, New South Wales, when Jane Mary Nichols was 13 years old.

Death of father

Her father William ( Read ) passed away on 16 March 1852 in Molong, New South Wales, at the age of 64.

~ Marriage ~

Jane Mary Nichols Bloomfield married JAMES LEE in Kelso, New South Wales, on 30 January 1856 when she was 25 years old. 'At Trinity Church, Kelso, on the 30th inst., by the Rev. W. Lisle, James, fourth son of William Lee, Esquire, of Claremont, Kelso, to Jane Mary Nicholls, fifth daughter of the late Mr. Bloomfield, of Sydney.' [Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal 9 Feb].

Lee Bloomfield marriage, 30 Jan 1856, newspaper announcement. Family Notices (1856, February 9). Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal (NSW : 1851 - 1904), p. 2. Retrieved March 11, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article62051392.

Death of sister

Her sister Frances Elizabeth died on 22 March 1856 in Surry Hills, New South Wales, when Jane Mary Nichols was 25 years old.

Birth of daughter

Her daughter Fleurette Eliza was born in 1857 in Bathurst, New South Wales.

Birth of daughter

Her daughter Minnie Mary Jane was born in 1860 in Molong, New South Wales.

Birth of son

Her son Frederick Henry was born on 26 November 1865.

Birth of son

Her son Sydney William James was born in 1867 in Molong, New South Wales.

Birth of son

Her son Charles Harold was born in 1870 in Molong, New South Wales.

Birth of son

Her son Bertram John was born in 1872 in Molong, New South Wales.

Death of brother

Her brother Richard Alfred died on 19 April 1880 in Molong, New South Wales, when Jane Mary Nichols was 50 years old.

Death of brother

Her brother Stephen Evangelist died on 17 April 1882 in Nea, New South Wales, when Jane Mary Nichols was 52 years old.

Death of sister

Her sister Aurelia Esther died in 1887 in Molong, New South Wales, when Jane Mary Nichols was 57 years old.

Death of sister

Her sister Cherubim Anna died on 3 February 1890 in Dandaloo, New South Wales, when Jane Mary Nichols was 59 years old.

Death of brother

Her brother William Josiah died on 17 June 1891 in Paddington, New South Wales, when Jane Mary Nichols was 61 years old.

Death of sister

Her sister Zophiel died on 16 September 1892 in Paddington, New South Wales, when Jane Mary Nichols was 62 years old.

Death of half - brother

Her half-brother Uriel died on 21 February 1906 in Taree, New South Wales, when Jane Mary Nichols was 75 years old.

Death of sister

Her sister Anne Augusta died on 10 August 1906 in Molong, New South Wales, when Jane Mary Nichols was 76 years old.

Death of son

Her son Bertram John passed away on 21 February 1909 in Orange, New South Wales, at the age of 37.

Death of half - brother

Her half-brother Charles Henry died on 29 December 1909 in Taree, New South Wales, when Jane Mary Nichols was 79 years old.

Death

Jane Mary Nichols Bloomfield died on 4 July 1918 in Molong, New South Wales, when she was 88 years old. Death Certificate: Hypostatic pneumonia, arteriosclorosis. Parents William Bloomfield, Mary Meares. Informant C H Lee son, Larras Lake. [LEE JANE M 10113/1918 WILLIAM MARY MOLONG ordered Mar 2019]

Photo: Jane Mary Lee gravesite. Photo taken: 2018. Holy Trinity Church and Cemetery, Kelso N.S.W.

Burial

CofE Cemetery. 'conveyed to Bathurst by last night's mail train, for burial in the family vault at Kelso' (obit) She also has memorials within the church at Molong, according to cemetery index.

Comments

Incorrect birth in some trees. 12 April 1829 Mendlesham, Suffolk, in some trees. However this appears to be for a different couple - Samuel and Elizabeth!