Alley family

A photograph of Dr. George Underwood Alley (1804 -1879) — ^{Dr George Underwood Alley (1804-1879)}

Dr George Underwood Alley (1804-1879), son of John Alley and Jane Anne Underwood, married Catherine Amelia Smith, daughter of Kitty Amelia (nee Forth) and Thomas Smith in 1830 in Dublin, Ireland. In 1838, Catherine and George, with their children, Catherine, Augusta, and Richard, travelled as assisted immigrants on the ship ‘City of Edinburgh‘, arriving in Port Jackson, Sydney on 12 December 1838.

Dr Alley moved to Araluen, aged 59, in 1863¹ following the flood of 1860, when the home in which the family lived on Burraga Island, near Terara, in the Shoalhaven, was washed away.²

In May 1903 the Braidwood and Araluen Express and People’s Advocate³ reported Mr T.U. Alley, ‘is the owner of that splendid property in Araluen, consisting of over 2000 acres, originally known as the Burnell Estate, on which some of the very richest gold mining claims were located’. Historical maps⁴ indicate the land purchased by the Alley family, in and around the Araluen Valley, was as set out in the maps below.

A map showing Alley land purchased in Araluen -William Underwood Alley Portion 466 and Trevor Underwood Alley Portion 583. — ^{Alley land purchased in Araluen -William Underwood Alley Portion 466 and Trevor Underwood Alley Portion 583}

Michael Underwood Alley land purchased on the Deua River nd Merricumbene. — ^{Michael Underwood Alley land purchased on the Deua River and Merricumbene}

^{Arthur Underwood Alley, Portion 57, Long Flat, Majors Creek}

An advertisement in the Araluen Star and Miners' Right, Saturday 28 November 1863, page 3 for Dr. George Underwood Alley, Surgeon and Accoucheur - (male obstetrician or midwife), November 1863 — ^{Dr George Underwood Alley, Surgeon and Accoucheur (male obstetrician or midwife), November 1863}

Dr George Underwood Alley and Catherine Amelia Smith had fifteen children, with a number of the family members, over many years, becoming well respected residents of the Araluen community.

Frances Jane Smith, (1831, Dublin – 1837, Dublin).
Catherine Amelia, (1833, Dublin – 1904, Araluen) who married William Blackwood Bruce in 1886.
Christiana Augusta Underwood,⁵ (29 December 1833, Dublin – 1904, Sydney). Christiana married three times. Alfred I’Anson on 5 June 1848 ⁶and had three children (Amelia (1852 – 1926), Alfred Edward (1862 ~1957) and William Howard (1864 -1871) . She then married John Joseph Curr on 2 March 1867 and had four children. Christiana then married Stephen Fitzgerald in 1875 and had a child.
Richard St. George Underwood (1835, Dublin – 1921, Nowra)⁷ who married Jane Emma (nee Wealands) (1839-1928) on 25 April 1866 in Boro, NSW and they had eight children.
George Underwood (1836, Dublin, 1836, Dublin).
George Underwood (1837, Dublin, 1837, Dublin).
Hugh R. Underwood (1838-1838 – Age 0 years and possibly on board ‘City of Edinburgh‘).
George Underwood (1840, Dapto – 1932, Sassafrass), married Frances Parnell (nee Werninck) in 1862 and they had ten children.
Arthur Underwood (1841, Dapto – 1923, Turramurra).⁸ Arthur married Elizabeth Ann (nee Treehy) on 2 July 1862 in Braidwood, NSW and had fourteen children.
Julian Underwood (1842, Dapto – 1925, Cessnock) married Agnes Wilson in 1879 at Orange and they had twelve children.
Cecilia Underwood (1843, Inverary [near Wollongong] – 1919, Leichhardt) married W.W. Fell at Woolloomooloo in 1867 and they had a daughter.
Trevor Underwood (1844, Dapto, – 1940, Oatley)⁹ married Emily Annie Pass on 8 February 1870 at Bettowynd, Araluen¹⁰ and they had ten children.
Ernest Underwood (1847, Dapto, – 1935, Lidcombe) married Elizabeth Winifred Gale in 1874 in Braidwood and they had ten children. Ernest Underwood – Grocer is noted in the 1875–76 Greville’s Official Post Office Directory¹¹ (p17) in Araluen.
Alfred Underwood (1848, Dapto, – 1911, Mosman) married Ann Isabella¹² second daughter of Simon Fraser, late of Gosford, Brisbane Water, in 1876, and they had four children.
Walter Underwood (May 1850, Dapto, – September 1850, Dapto).

A picture showing Alley’s Perseverance Store c.1920. — ^{Edgar Oswald Alley’s Perseverance Store c.1920}

References

1
Illawarra Mercury (Wollongong, NSW : 1856-1950), Friday 6 November 1863, p 2.
2
Braidwood Review and District Advocate (NSW : 1914-1954), Tuesday 14 May 1940, p 3.
3
Braidwood and Araluen Express and People’s Advocate (NSW : 1899-1904), Tuesday 5 May 1903, p 2.
4
NSW Land Registry Service, Parish and Historical Maps. Historical Land Records Viewer https://www.nswlrs.com.au/Parish-and-Historical-Maps Accessed 5 January 2024.
5
FindaGrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/180103450/christiana-augusta_underwood-fitzgerald Accessed 4 January 2024.
6
Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 – 1954), Tuesday 6 June 1848, page 4
7
FindaGrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/152915340/richard-st_george_underwood-alley. Accessed 4 January 2024.
8
FindaGrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/145274175/arthur-underwood-alley. Accessed 4 January 2024.
9
FindaGrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/238628131/trevor-underwood-alley. Accessed 4 January 2024.
10
Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842-1954), Saturday 8 February 1930, p 16.
11
Greville’s Official Post Office Directory for 1875–1876 https://www.ihr.com.au/secure/html/greville75.html. Accessed 18 February 2023.
12
Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842-1954), Saturday 7 October 1876, p 1.

References

Arthur Underwood Alley (1841-1923)

Catherine Amelia Alley (1833–1904)

Dr George Underwood Alley (1804-1879)

Trevor Underwood Alley (1844-1940)