Blomfield family further papers, ca. 1890-1999

MLMSS 8703

fonds

ca. 1890-1999

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Clippings, Photographs, Ephemera

152472

0.16 metres of textual material (1 box)

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, and Doris Fischer Westervelt in 1997.

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

Folder 1
Papers, cards, newspaper clippings, photographs, and letters mainly addressed to Richard (Dick) Blomfield and Laurel or Doris from family members, 1997-1999

Folder 2
Papers, tickets, cards, invitations, visa, newspaper clippings, and letters mainly addressed to Richard (Dick) Blomfield from family members, 1988-1997

Folder 3
Papers, cards, newspaper clippings, photographs, family tree, copies of birth certificates, and letters mainly addressed to Richard (Dick) Blomfield from family members, 1981-1997

Folder 4
Photographs mainly members of the Blomfield family, and photographs of artworks of Blomfield family members, ca. 1890-1996
School and university awards, newspaper clippings, letters, and birth certificates, primarily relating to Laurel Currey (Blomfield), 1946-1972

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