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NameHamblyDescriptionCharles and Dinah Hambly were 25 years old when they set off from Tywardreath, Cornwall with their three young children John, William Charles and Ambrose Lord. They arrived in Sydney on 10th March 1878 on the ship Northbrook and at some stage were living in Queensland as Edward was born there on 1st November 1878.Their next child was born in in Shellharbour in 1879.

Charles could reputedly turn his hand to anything, including carpentry and stone work, and was one of the men employed to complete the stone work for the harbour. He operated a butchery and bacon business and took up dairy farming. Charles worked for William James of 'Bravella' for about six months and, after returning from a short move to Queensland, returned to Shellharbour where the family leases land at Long Point (Bass Point) from George Laurence Fuller of Dunmore.

The Hambly’s moved to a farm at Stoney Range before settling at 'Green Hills' at Dunmore, once farmed by the Lindsay family.

Charles and Dinah had seven more children in Shellharbour, Edward, James, Elizabeth, Sarah, Charles, Ruby and Daisy. On their retirement from dairy farming, they moved to Adelaide Place, Shellharbour.

Edward Hambly served with the 6th Light Horse Regiment, 28th Reinforcements. Colonel Colin Dunmore Fuller of Dunmore House was the Commanding Officer of the Regiment.

John Hambly, Charles and Dinah’s eldest son, farmed 'Glanworth' near Locking Hill Quarry at Dunmore. He was affectionately known as ‘Boss’ to everyone, young and old and respected for his straightforward methods of business, and his habit of always calling ‘a spade a spade’. He loved a good game of cards or dominoes.

'Glanworth' farm was renowned for the prolific milk production of its cattle maintained year after year. John reputedly had his own ideas on dairying, and his continued success on the farm was reliable proof of the effectiveness of his methods.

In 1905, John married Honora ‘May’ Courtney.

May was born in Melon, Ireland 1 May 1878. Her father was headmaster of a local school and she had an elder sister, Mary. Sadly, May’s mother died during childbirth, and her father was unable to take care of her.

May was left in the care of her father's sister-in-law Mary Courtney (nee Lane. Mary brought Honora aged 8, and her other children to Australia in 1886, aboard the 'Aberdeen'.

Mary Courtney's daughter Ann, married Thomas Hannan of ‘Kildorrery’, Leichhardt, NSW.

May lived at ‘Kildorrery’ with the Hannan family who raised her as their own, and loved her dearly.

May's cousin Johanna Courtenay married Martin Creagan. The Creagan family farmed 'Mayfield', Dunmore. Johanna and Martin lived on a neighbouring farm which Johanna named 'Anglesboro', after her mother's home town in Ireland.

Presumably, May met John Hambly on her visits to the Creagan family at Dunmore.

According to descendants of the Hambly family, John and May began married life on the farm, living in not much more that a shed. May delivered their first son, John Reginald (Reg) in the shed. The Hambly’s landlord, George Laurence Fuller of Dunmore House, visited the farm at the time. On seeing the shed and the newborn baby, Mr. Fuller reputedly said that May Hambly would never deliver another baby in a shed, and set about building 'Glanworth', the farmhouse that was to be the Hambly family home for the next 80 years.

John and May had another three sons, Charles Benedict (Dick), Thomas Andrew (Tom), and Maxwell Joseph (Joe),

On John and May’s retirement to Wentworth Street, Shellharbour in 1945, 'Glanworth' was farmed by their sons Tom and Joe, and eventually Joe’s son James Joseph (Jim).

Children of Dinah and Charles:

John bn.1873 Cornwall died 1945 Shellharbour married Honora May Courtney.
William Charles bn.1875 Cornwall died 1919 married Alice Charlotte Taylor.
Ambrose Lord bn.1876 Cornwall died 1954 Bangalow married Linda May Gray.

Edward bn.1878 Queensland died 1957 Marrickville unmarried.
James Ernest bn. 1879 Shellharbour died 1950 Lismore married Elsie Sarah Hurst.
Elizabeth Mary bn.1881 died 1951 Kiama married Alfred William Johnson.
Sarah bn.1882 Shellharbour died 1960 Burwood married Ernest Richard Hurst.
Charles William bn. 1883 Shellharbour died 1964 Wollongong married Mary Cameron.
Ruby May bn. 1885 Shellharbour died 1935 Newtown (buried Shellharbour).
Daisy bn.1890 Shellharbour died 1970 Young married Cecil Abraham Russell then William John Newman.

Sources:
Tongarra Heritage Society.
N.S.W. Birth, Death and Marriage Records.
Australia Birth Index.
World War 1 records.
Illawarra Pioneers Pre 1900

Information gratefully contributed by Eileen Collis (nee Hambly)

External LinkWedding May Courtney and John Hambly 1905Funeral Notice Mary Courtney 1909Late Mr C Hambly 1918Two With One Shot 1931Obituary Mrs Dinah Hambly 1934Weddings Hambly-Woods 1934The Late John Hambly, a Tribute 1945Obituary John Hambly 1945Celebrated 50th Wedding Anniversary 1952Mrs Ruby May Torrens 1935Wedding Hambly-O'Connell 1944Wedding James-Hambly 1953

Photograph

Honora May Courtney

Mary Margaret Hannan

Mary Courtney (nee Layne)

Anne Hannan (nee Courtney)

Rose McGuire

Mary Margaret Hannan

Father John Layne

Father John Layne

The Hambly Boys

The Hambly Boys

Annie Gertrude 'Nan' Creagan

Cis Creagan's Wedding, Shellharbour

John Courtney

John Reginald 'Reg' Hambly

John Hambly

Anne, Margaret and Terry Skeehan at 'Glanworth'

John Reginald 'Reg' Hambly at 'Glanworth'

John and John Reginald 'Reg' Hambly

'Kildorrery', Leichardt

Honora May Courtney

'Nancyville', Dunmore

'Nancyville' Farm, Dunmore

Draught Horses at 'Nancyville', Dunmore

Object

Hand Painted Glass Vases with Gold Rims

Pink Hand Painted Glass Vases

Kerosene Lamp

Cruet Set

Crystal Jug

Family

Courtney

Roarty

McCabe

Creagan

Map or Plan

Subdivision Dinah Hambly Estate

Bassett-Darley Estate Map A

Place

Anglesboro

Glanworth

Locality

Dunmore

Honora (May) Courtenay.

Photo courtesy of Eileen Collis and Anne Murray (Hambly).

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