Blomfield family - papers, 1768-1995, including the papers of related families

MLMSS 5658 ADD-ON 2063

fonds

1768-1995

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Clippings, Photographs

100450

7 boxes - 0.77 Meters
Textual Records
Textual Records - (computer printouts)
Textual Records - (photocopy)
Textual Records - (typescript)
Textual Records - (typescript, carbon)
Textual Records - (typescript, photocopy)
Textual Records - (typescript, processed)
Clippings
Clippings - (photocopy)
Textual Records - (printed)
Textual Records - (printed, photocopy)
Photographs
Photographs - (photocopy)
Photographs - 1 glass photonegative

Thomas Valentine Blomfield was a Lieutenant in the 48th (Northhamptonshire) Regiment of Foot when he arrived in Sydney, N.S.W. in 1817. A pioneer settler, he married Christiana Jane Brooks, eldest daughter of Richard Brooks of Denham Court, near Liverpool, N.S.W., in 1820. One of their sons, John Roe Blomfield (1824-1889), was made a Deacon in the Church of England in 1851 by Bishop Tyrell of Newcastle, N.S.W. He married Mary Rachel Wood in the same year. The couple had two sons, Valentine John Stuart and Harold Arthur. At the time of his ordination to the priesthood in 1852, Blomfield was the incumbent of St. James, Morpeth, where he remained until 1857. He went on to serve in other parishes, Raymond Terrace, 1857-1866, Burwood, 1866-1868, Mulgoa, 1868-1869, and All Saints' Church, Parramatta, 1869-1886. Mary Rachel Wood Blomfield died in 1870. The Reverend John Roe Blomfield married a second time in 1872 to Marietta Caroline Thorborn, who died in 1875. His third marriage was to Frances Harriett Clarkson in 1876. Blomfield's great-grandson, Richard Best Blomfield (1919- ) has compiled the family history, An Australian/American Blomfield Genealogy, which he privately printed between 1988 and 1991. He married Laurel Currey (1929-1994) in 1957.

Blomfield family - correspondence, 1836-1959
Blomfield family - Richard Best Blomfield - correspondence, 193--1995, mainly with Blomfield and related families concerning his genealogical research
Blomfield family - Richard Best Blomfield - genealogical files, 1768-1989, concerning Blomfield and related families for his seven volume compilation, An Australian/American Blomfield Genealogy, 1988-1991
Blomfield family - Richard Best Blomfield - research material, 18---1991, for his seven volume compilation, An Australian/American Blomfield Genealogy, 1988-1991
Blomfield family - Richard Best Blomfield - letters received, 1979-1992, from his children, with letter from Christiana (Chris) Jane Blomfield to her sister Mary Rachel Blomfield, 3 Nov. 1984
Blomfield family - Laurel Currey Blomfield - letters received, 1957-1993, date unknown
Blomfield family - photographs, 1860-ca. 1991, mainly of Blomfield and related families as reproduced in Richard Best Blomfield's An Australian/American Blomfield Genealogy, 1988-1991

This collection comprises 7 record series. You may navigate to a more detailed description of each series from this collection record.

Partly restricted: Applies to MLMSS 5658 Add-on 2063/ Boxes 3 and 6

This collection relates to the seven volume compilation, An Australian/American Blomfield Genealogy, 1988-1991, by Richard Best Blomfield which he presented to the Library in 1992 and is located at ML MSS 5658.