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GEAFTON POLICE COURT. FRIDAY.

25 July 1865, Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser (Grafton, NSW : 1859 - 1889), page 2

…27-01-1849 in the Roman Catholic Church at Grafton on the Clarence River, Grafton. Letitia had been born in 1825 in Daysart, Londonderry, County Derry , Ireland. She was the daughter of John Docherty and his wife Nancy ).  Letitia had signed agreement to be a domestic servant of John Bryan, Parramatta St, Sydney for 12 months for the pay of 10 pounds p.a. She could read but not write, and had arrived under the of Hugh & Jane Dougherty who signed an agreement with Arthur Blaxland of “Gainimon Plains”  to work as domestic servants.  There is a mention of    Public drunkeness  –  more  in Letitia’s story.…

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GRAFTON POLICE COURT. THURSDAY.

26 August 1862, Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser (Grafton, NSW : 1859 - 1889), page 2

…Roman Catholic Church at Grafton on the Clarence River, Grafton. Letitia had been born in 1825 in Daysart, Londonderry, County Derry , Ireland. She was the daughter of John Docherty and his wife Nancy ).  Letitia had signed agreement to be a domestic servant of John Bryan, Parramatta St, Sydney for 12 months for the pay of 10 pounds p.a. She could read but not write, and had arrived under the of Hugh & Jane Dougherty who signed an agreement with Arthur Blaxland of “Gainimon Plains”  to work as domestic servants.  There is a mention of    Public drunkeness  –  more  in Letitia’s story.…

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Family Notices

29 April 1890, Clarence and Richmond Examiner (Grafton, NSW : 1889 - 1915), page 2

…Letitia   Dougherty nee Weatherstone died on 24-04-1890 in Cowan St, South Grafton, – see her  death notice  . She was buried 26-04-1890 in South Grafton Cemetery – Gravestone .  …

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GRAFTON POLICE COURT. FRIDAY, MARCH 18. Before the P.M. and Mr. E. M. Ryan, J.P. ON REMAND.

19 March 1887, Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser (Grafton, NSW : 1859 - 1889), page 4

…believed to have been born in 1841 in USA, and his occupation was described as Taxi Cab Proprietor /Carrier. It seems that Charles may have mistreated  Anne (Nancy) according to evidence tendered before the courts and she left him for a William Burrows . Her partner,  William Burrows , was born in about 1844 in Twofold Bay, Bombala, and his occupation was described as Farmer/Carrier.The saga seems quite colourful to say the least. And some years later in 1887 Anne’s brothers Samuel Jnr and John Weatherstone were found guilty in Grafton Court of assaulting a Chinaman, Ah Soon – refer Trove . It would be only several months before John Weatherstone died aged 33 years – see his Gravestone at South Grafton General Cemetery…

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Grafton Circuit Court. (Continued from page 3.) WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23.

26 April 1884, Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser (Grafton, NSW : 1859 - 1889), page 8

…Anne (Nancy) would be accused of larceny and before the courts on a number of occasions : http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/62143229?searchTerm=nancy%20weatherstone&searchLimits=  .…