Joseph BLUNDELL
1868 - 1955 (86 years)
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Name Joseph BLUNDELL Birth 30 Jul 1868 Uriarra, ACT, Australia 
Gender Male News General 11 Oct 1894 Queanbeyan, ACT, Australia [1] Newspaper Article: Tuesday 9th October John Blundell and Joseph Blundell were charged with, on or about 11th May, breaking and entering the dwelling of John Blundell, sen., and stealing therefrom a quantity of property. Mr.Garraway defended. Sergeant Nelson deposed to finding in the house of the two defendants at Condors a dish identified by John Blundell, sen., as his property, and one of the dishes stolen from his house. John Blundell, sen., repeated the evidence he gave in the case recently reported, stating that his place was broken into about the middle of May and a number of implements and tools stolen, also describing the finding of some of the things, and seeing dray tracks leading to his sons' place; found the tarpaulin about three chains away; about a week after found a spade and mattock handle, a bar of shoeing iron, and a crosscut saw under a log about 10 chains from his place and about 20 chains from his sons'.By Mr. Garraway: Lived at Weetangera at his dead brother's wife's place sometimes ; his brother's wife had had several children since her late husband's death; did not know tuhelteer his wife was dead or not; did not know whether his wife had got a divorce or not, on the grounds of adultery with this woman; knew there were divorce proceedings; his brother paid the cost of the Divorce Court proceedings; the place at Condors was often left empty; took things np to Condoro in drays; Franklin has drays; his sons did not until recently keep an eye on the place at his request ; gave his sons permission to get fruit in the garden last year; did not lend them a cow to milk ; Mrs. A. Blundell, of Weetangera, lent them the cow; this Mrs.Blundell lived at Condors while he was threshing oats; believed the letter produced was written by Mrs. Blundell, by his direction. (Letter read asking the sons to look after the cattle, the garden, etc.) Was quite sure his sons had not had the dish since October, 1893, by his permission; the dish was in the house in May ; the side of the chimney was not down, nobody could ride a horse into the chinmey; mended the chinmey at the end of May ; three slabs were down; went to his sons' place with W. McLaughlin and had tea, in June: never said a word to the sons about missing any things during the whole of the winter; the dray tracks were in the ordinary direction from Brindabella to his sons'; before the sons went to Condore there was no breaking or entering; remember once a pint pot was hanging in the room, and someone fired a shot through it ; it was in Jusly they had a row, and it was after that he laid the present information. The P.M. dismissed the case without hearing the defence, saying no jury in the world would commit on such evidence. Death 6 Jan 1955 Yass, NSW, Australia Person ID I692 treeno1 Last Modified 7 Jul 2024
Father John BLUNDELL, b. 29 Mar 1843, Liverpool Plains, NSW, Australia d. 30 Oct 1927, Tumut, NSW, Australia (Age 84 years) Mother Sarah Ann MACKENZIE, b. 1 Jun 1843, Lanyon, Murrumidgee, NSW, Australia d. 16 Dec 1920, Ashfield, NSW, Australia (Age 77 years) Marriage 23 Oct 1862 Canberra, ACT, Australia Association Living (Relationship: DNA MRCA 2HC2R 76cM) Family ID F212 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Susanna FORRESTER, b. 1869 d. 1902 (Age 33 years) Children + 1. William Henry BLUNDELL, b. 1890, Adelong, NSW, Australia d. 21 Jan 1968, Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia (Age 78 years)2. Stanley V M BLUNDELL, b. 1895 3. Lottie M BLUNDELL, b. 1898 4. Reginald N J BLUNDELL, b. 1900 Family ID F2791 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 7 Jul 2024
Family 2 Isabella Children 1. Walter J BLUNDELL, b. 1904 2. Lynda M A BLUNDELL, b. 1906 3. Ruth I BLUNDELL, b. 1907 4. Annie B BLUNDELL, b. 1909 Family ID F2792 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 7 Jul 2024
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Birth - 30 Jul 1868 - Uriarra, ACT, Australia 
News General - Newspaper Article: Tuesday 9th October John Blundell and Joseph Blundell were charged with, on or about 11th May, breaking and entering the dwelling of John Blundell, sen., and stealing therefrom a quantity of property. Mr.Garraway defended. Sergeant Nelson deposed to finding in the house of the two defendants at Condors a dish identified by John Blundell, sen., as his property, and one of the dishes stolen from his house. John Blundell, sen., repeated the evidence he gave in the case recently reported, stating that his place was broken into about the middle of May and a number of implements and tools stolen, also describing the finding of some of the things, and seeing dray tracks leading to his sons' place; found the tarpaulin about three chains away; about a week after found a spade and mattock handle, a bar of shoeing iron, and a crosscut saw under a log about 10 chains from his place and about 20 chains from his sons'.By Mr. Garraway: Lived at Weetangera at his dead brother's wife's place sometimes ; his brother's wife had had several children since her late husband's death; did not know tuhelteer his wife was dead or not; did not know whether his wife had got a divorce or not, on the grounds of adultery with this woman; knew there were divorce proceedings; his brother paid the cost of the Divorce Court proceedings; the place at Condors was often left empty; took things np to Condoro in drays; Franklin has drays; his sons did not until recently keep an eye on the place at his request ; gave his sons permission to get fruit in the garden last year; did not lend them a cow to milk ; Mrs. A. Blundell, of Weetangera, lent them the cow; this Mrs.Blundell lived at Condors while he was threshing oats; believed the letter produced was written by Mrs. Blundell, by his direction. (Letter read asking the sons to look after the cattle, the garden, etc.) Was quite sure his sons had not had the dish since October, 1893, by his permission; the dish was in the house in May ; the side of the chimney was not down, nobody could ride a horse into the chinmey; mended the chinmey at the end of May ; three slabs were down; went to his sons' place with W. McLaughlin and had tea, in June: never said a word to the sons about missing any things during the whole of the winter; the dray tracks were in the ordinary direction from Brindabella to his sons'; before the sons went to Condore there was no breaking or entering; remember once a pint pot was hanging in the room, and someone fired a shot through it ; it was in Jusly they had a row, and it was after that he laid the present information. The P.M. dismissed the case without hearing the defence, saying no jury in the world would commit on such evidence. - 11 Oct 1894 - Queanbeyan, ACT, Australia 
Death - 6 Jan 1955 - Yass, NSW, Australia = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Sources - [S825] Canberra : National Library of Australia, 2014., Goulburn Evening Penny Post, (http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-title368), 11 Oct 1894, 4, 22007342.
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- [S825] Canberra : National Library of Australia, 2014., Goulburn Evening Penny Post, (http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-title368), 11 Oct 1894, 4, 22007342.