Arthur Underwood Alley (1841-1923) - Araluen Valley History

Arthur Underwood Alley (1841-1923) the sixth son of Dr George U. Alley and Catherine Amelia Smith was born on 31 January 1841, in Dapto and died on 28 July 1923, at Turramurra.¹ Arthur married Elizabeth Ann nee Treehy on 2 July 1862 in Braidwood, NSW.

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

On 20 June 1863, the Sydney Morning Herald² published ‘ALLEY—June 2nd, at her residence, Long Flat, Major’s Creek, Mrs. Arthur W. [U] Alley, of a daughter [Amelia Grace Underwood Alley].’ In March 1865, the Sydney Morning Herald³ reported on ‘an application by habeus corpus on the part of Arthur Underwood Alley, of Braidwood, storekeeper, to obtain the possession of his daughter, Amelia Grace Underwood Alley, aged one year and nine months, who was alleged to be detained by the applicant’s wife, Elizabeth Ann Alley … case was a very painful one. It arose out of a quarrel, or rather an estrangement between the applicant and respondent -Mr. and Mrs. Alley- evidently occasioned by the influence of the parents of the parties, or of one of them, and apparently owing its origin to religious differences … She was … a Roman Catholic, while Alley was a Protestant’.

Arthur Underwood Alley and Elizabeth Ann nee Treehy had fourteen children. Amelia Grace Underwood (1863-Feb1946), Elizabeth Louisa Edith (1865-1960), Evelyne Maude Underwood (1868-Jul 1946), Arthur Underwood (1870-1954), Lillian Underwood (1872-Mar 1946), George Underwood (1874-1875), Alfred Underwood (1876-1963), Cecil Underwood (1878-1971), Ethel Millicent Underwood Alley (1880 – ) a twin with Isabel Olive Underwood (1880-1982), Reverend Leslie Underwood (1882-1966), Gertrude Alice (1885-1972), Roy Underwood (1887-1968), and Clarence [Clair] Underwood (1889-1916). ⁴

The Sydney Mail⁵ on 8 July 1865 detailed the insolvency and surrender of the Estate in June 1865, of Arthur Underwood Alley, formerly of Majors Creek, near Braidwood aforesaid, storekeeper, with Liabilities of £667.17.9 and Assets of £224.1.6. The family then moved, settling in Orange, and then returning to Araluen in the early 1880s. A notice of insolvency was published for Arthur Underwood Alley of Araluen, storekeeper. Liabilities, £640 8s 7d; assets, £5. Mr. A. Morris, official assignee, in August 1886.⁶

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal⁷ published in 1899 ‘HYLAND-ALLEY.—February 8, 1899, at St. John’s Church, Araluen, by the Rev. J. S. Dobson, Wm. James, eldest son of John Hyland, Bettowynd, Araluen, to Elizabeth Louisa Edith, second daughter of Arthur Underwood Alley, Araluen’ referencing Mr. A. U. Alley, of the Commercial Stores, Araluen.⁸

References

1
FindaGrave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/145274175/arthur-underwood-alley Accessed 4 January 2024.
2
Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842-1954), Saturday 20 June 1863, p 8.
3
Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842-1954), Saturday 4 March 1865, p 7.
4
Findagrave.com https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/249758712/clair-underwood-alley Australian War Memorial, Panel: 87, 1128; Corporal; 19th Australian Infantry Battalion; AIF; (WWI), Place of Death: France, Cause of Death: KIA, aged 27. Accessed 20 February 2024
5
Sydney Mail (NSW : 1860-1871), Saturday 8 July 1865, p 8.
6
New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832-1900), Wednesday 4 August 1886 (No.421), p 5229.
7
Sydney Stock and Station Journal (NSW : 1896-1924), Friday 17 March 1899, p 3.
8
Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal (NSW : 1888-1954), Wednesday 15 February 1899, p 2.