Malcolm family - papers, 1799-1950

MLMSS 6680

fonds

1799-1950

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Photographs, Clippings, Objects

148673

2 boxes - 0.36 Meters
Textual Records
Textual Records - (typescript)
Photographs
Clippings
Textual Records - (printed)
Objects

John Malcolm (?-1842), chemist, was born in Scotland. He served as a surgeon's mate on board HMS Hobart, 1797-1799, and emigrated to Sydney in 1824. His son, John Cleland Malcolm (1832-1867), a seaman and businessman, married Mary Binning of Bowenfels, N.S.W., with whom he had four children: John Thomas (1854-1883); Sydney Alexander (1856-1891); Jean, known as Jenny (1859-?) and Alfred Ashmore (1862-?). John Thomas and Sydney married sisters Hannah and Mary Jane Farrell. Sydney Alexander Malcolm and Mary Jane, nee Farrell, married at Manly in 1881. They had three children, Jane (1885-1967), Pearl (1888-?) who died in infancy, and Bede Reginald Stanley (1889-1949). Jane married George Augustine Try in 1911, with whom she had four children. The family lived at Brookvale House, Manly.

1799-1836; Papers of John Malcolm, chemist, (?-1842), including certificate of service on HMS Hobart, papers regarding the annulment of his first marriage, and share certificates for the Bank of New South Wales and the Commercial Banking Company, Sydney (Call No.: MLMSS 6680/1)
1846-1867; Papers of John Cleland Malcolm (1832-1867), including letters to his wife and children, legal documents relating to the estate of his father, Mariner's Register Ticket, 1852, Certificate of Discharge from the ship, Marian Watson, 1853, and a metal stencil of his name (Call No.: MLMSS 6680/1)
1883; records of John Thomas Malcolm (1854-1883) being a metal stencil of his name and a metal plaque engraved to Alma Alice Ashmore for her birthday in 1883 (Call No.: MLMSS 6680/1)
1874-1895; Papers of Samual Alexander Malcolm (1856-1891) including a notebook kept at Oavalua, Fiji in 1874, the settlement of trust on his marriage in 1881, particulars of his estate, 1893 and the sale of the Malcolm Estate, Macdonaldtown, N.S.W., ca. 1895 (Call No.: MLMSS 6680/1)
1880-1905; Papers regarding the 1905 equity case in the estate of S.A. Malcolm, including family birth and death certificates and correspondence tendered as evidence and newscuttings (Call No.: MLMSS 6680/1)
1867; Diary of Robert Binning kept on board the ship, Gleaver, on its voyage to Fiji (Call No.: MLMSS 6680/1)
Date unknown; manuscript copies of poems in an exercise book (Call No.: MLMSS 6680/1)
ca. 1867; carte-de-visite photograph of John Cleland Malcolm (Call No.: MLMSS 6680/1)
Date unknown; colour photograph of oil painting of John Cleland Malcolm done from the carte-de-visite photograph (Call No.: MLMSS 6680/1)
Date unknown; Ambrotype of unidentified male wearing a top hat (Call No.: MIN 368)
1868; Invitation to Mr. and Mrs. Harris and menu of dinner hosted by Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh on board HMS Galatea during his visit to Sydney (Call No.: MLMSS 6680/1)
1894; Invitation Mrs. and Miss Malcolm to a Requiem to be held for M. Carnot, President of France (Call No.: MLMSS 6680/1)
ca. 1880-1889; Newscuttings of family deaths and court cases (Call No.: MLMSS 6680/1)
Date unknown; Descendant chart of John Malcolm (?-1842) (Call No.: 6680/1)
1930; Prospectus for Loreto Convent, Kirribilli, 1930 (Call No.: MLMSS 6680/1)
1929-1933; Autograph book of Mary Lynette Try containing autographs of family members, fellow Loreto studets, the 1930 Gilbert and Sullivan Opera Company and local and international sports people including the 1930 British Rugby Union team and the 1931/32 South African Cricket team (Call No.: MLMSS 6680/1)
1940-1941; Newsclippings, letters and work examples regarding Mary Lynette Try's course in Interior Decoration at East Sydney Technical College (Call No.: MLMSS 6680/1)
194-; Prospectus for The Sydney Interior Decoration Sudio at which Mary Lynette Try was an assistant (Call No.: MLMSS 6680/1)
1911-1934; Scrapbook of Mary Lynette Try including newscuttings, family photographs and souvenirs of the 1928 Eucharistic Conference (Call No.: MLMSS 6680/2)
1832-36; Two share certificates for the Bank of NSW in the name of Samuel Terry; 3 share certificates for CBC of Sydney in the name of John Malcolm (Call No.: MLMSS 6680/2)
Undated; Family tree (Call No.: MLMSS 6680/2)