Dibbs family papers, 1828-1962

MLMSS 941

fonds

1828-1962

Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Photographs, Clippings

422118

Microfilm : Jonathan Warner letterbook, 1828-1855).
Microfilm : CY 4721, frames 1-434 (MLMSS 941, Items 2-19, including Charles Smith journal on Westmoreland convict ship, 1833-1835).

1 box of textual material

Jonathan Warner was a Lieutenant in N.S.W. veteran Corps from 1825 to 1831, when he became a settler. He was Visiting Police Magistrate at Brisbane Water 1833-1836. His son married Emily, daughter of C. F. H. Smith, who came to Australia in 1834 and was granted land in the Hunter River District. His daughter Emma married Edward Fletcher, grandfather of E. R. Dibbs

Item 1: Jonathan Warner - Letterbook, 1828-1855 (CY 4720, frames 1-234). Item 2: Charles Ferdinand Hamilton Smith - Journal, 1833-1835, kept at Wigan and on board the convict ship Westmoreland, from Deptford to Sydney (CY 4721, frames 1-71). Items 3-4: Typescript copies of parts of the Charles Smith journal (CY 4721, frames 72-154). Item 5: Eric Rupert Dibbs - Correspondence, 1921-1962, re history of the Dibbs Family (CY 4721, frames 155-349). Items 6-7: Historical notes on the Dibbs family, compiled mainly by E. R. Dibbs (CY 4721, frames 155-340). Items 8-19: Miscellaneous papers of the Dibbs family (CY 4721, frames 341-434): Item 8: Correspondence, 1880-1962; Item 9: Copies of birth and marriage certificates, 1862-1934; Items 10-19: Photographs and cuttings, with letters and certificates concerning E. R. Dibbs' service in the A.I.F. and R.A.A.F., 1919, 1940.

Information upgraded from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (1-104B) as part of the eRecords Project, 2011-2012

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