Robert Henry WHITEMAN (abt 1839 Somersetshire - 1884 New South Wales, Australia)
AnneYoungAu
Robert Henry Whiteman died of pneumonia in February 1884 at Parkes in New South Wales, Australia. He left behind a young widow and one child with another child yet to be born. Robert had married Sarah Jane Way in 1882 at Parkes. He was a miner.
The marriage certificate does not give details of his parents. Similarly details of his parents were not known at the time of his death (informants were from his wife's family). His death certificate states he had been born in Somersetshire, was aged 45 (born about 1839) and had emigrated to Australia at the age of 5 - ie about 1844.
I would be delighted to share information with any other researchers.
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KableWalker on 2014-11-30 01:49:47I've got a Reginald Walter WHITEMAN b 1914, Boggabri, NSW. Could he be part of the same family as yours? He married a Joyce Kathleen KABLE in 1939. I believe [though cannot prove] that Reginald Walter WHITEMAN is the son of Walter J and Maria [nee Haley] of Moree as they have some other children registered at Narrabri and Boggabri at around the same time.
AnneYoungAu on 2014-11-30 05:14:20Hi, Reginald could be part of the same family but I don't have enough information to make the connection. Robert Henry's son was also called Robert Henry. He married in Tasmania and had children there and later in Victoria.
janilye on 2014-12-01 13:08:43His eldest also known as Robert Henry, was Born 10 March 1883 in Parkes, Died 1 November 1957 in Bendigo, Victoria.
Name: Robert Henry Whiteman
Birth Date: 1883
Father's Name: Robert Henry Whiteman
Mother's name: Sarah Jane
Birth Place: New South Wales
Registration Year: 1883
Registration Place: Parkes, New South Wales
Registration Number: 17269
A daughter Mary Anne Whiteman Born 19 August 1884 in Parkes, Died 28 April 1945 in Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia
Name: Mary Anne Whiteman
Birth Date: 1884
Father's Name: Robert H Whiteman
Mother's name: Sarah Jane
Birth Place: New South Wales
Registration Year: 1884
Registration Place: Parkes, New South Wales
Registration Number: 19055
10 years later Sarah Jane had another child registered
Jack Walsh Whiteman. He was adopted by her younger Sister Elizabeth LEISTER, nee WAY and named Leslie Leister. He was killed at Fromelles 20 July 1916.
Name: Jack W Whiteman
Birth Date: 1894
Father's Name: Whiteman
Mother's name: Sarah J
Birth Place: New South Wales
Registration Year: 1894
Registration Place: Parkes, New South Wales
Registration Number: 26364
A month after the birth of Jack/Leslie, Sarah Whiteman, nee WAY married John Young
1856?1928 in Victoria. 3 children were born to this couple :-
Caroline Young 1895 ? 1895. John Percy Young 1896 ? 1918. and Cecil Ernest Young
1898 ? 1975.
Sarah Jane Young, nee Way formerly Whiteman died in 1898.
Name: Sarah Jane Young
Death Place: Rokewood, Victoria
Age: 35
Father's Name: Way Jno
Mother's name: Sarah Dan
Registration Year: 1898
Registration Place: Victoria
Registration Number: 13825
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1863
Her parents were John Way 1835 ? 1911 and Sarah Daw 1837 ? 1895