3.1.1 Frederick James (Fred) Hickmott (1899- 1976). Born at Gulgong in NSW in 1899, Fred married Grace Alice Matilda Whitehart (1900-96) on 18 August 1926 probably at Surat where they and their respective families were both living at the time of the 1925 election. Grace's parents were London-born James John Whitehart (1858-1934) and Sarah Elizabeth Kitson (1875-1958) who were married in Queensland in 1898. James died in Brisbane on 21 February 1934 and is buried in the Toowong Cemetry (Portion 29, Section 39, Plot 22). Sarah, who later married an Alfred Yeo, died in Brisbane on 7 October 1958 and is buried in the Lutwyche Cemetery at Kedron (MON-14-13-9). The Australian Electoral rolls show that after their marriage in 1926, Fred and Grace continued to live at Surat, where Fred worked as a contractor, until the late 1930s when they moved to Richmond, a rural area located halfway between Mount Isa and Charters Towers. On 22 April 1939, the Townsville Daily Bulletin reported the death of 'Fay Elaine Hickmott, aged 10 years and six months, from . . . pneumonia. The child was the eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred Hickmott, of Richmond, and had only been ill a comparatively short time'. Fay is buried/memorialised at the Richmond General Cemetery, her plaque telling us she will be 'Sadly missed by her loving family'. The electoral rolls show that Fred and Grace and their family lived in and around Richmond until the mid-1950s when they moved to Ravenhoe in the Queensland Tablelands region and then to Charters Towers (the 1972 electoral roll has them living at 15 Millchester Road in Charters Towers along with a James Hickmott, station hand, and Denise Mary Hickmott, cook). According to the 'Australian Cemetery Index, 1808-2007', Frederick James Hickmott died on 5 August 1976 and was buried in the Atherton Road Rockley Cemetery (Grave inscription: 'In loving memory of my dear husband, our father and grandfather'). The widowed Grace was registered as living at Glentor Downs via Hughenden in 1977 and on Robert Street in Atherton in 1980. The Find a Grave website tells us she died on 5 August 1996 aged 96 years and is buried with Fred in the Atherton Rockley Road Cemetery (Section M Anglican, Plot 22). Her grave inscription tells us she will be 'Sadly missed and always remembered by your loving family'.
3.1.2 Thomas Henry Roy Hickmott (1902-1965). Born at Coonamble in NSW, Roy married Cecily Victoria Margaret Ellis (1906-84) at Roma in northern Queensland on 28 April 1928. According to the 'Brown Family Tree' on Ancestry, Cecily was born on 17 October 1906 in Sa!ron Walden in Essex in England and died on 14 February 1984 at Camden in New South Wales. Her mother was Ethel Beatrice Maud Rankin (1879-1952) who
was born on 9 February 1879 at Hackney in Middlesex. Ethel married Robert Thomas Garvie
(1884-1940) in Brisbane on 12 October 1911 and had two children with him before
marrying/partnering with Cecily's father, Herbert Charles Ellis. She died in Brisbane on 5
August 1952. The Australian electoral rolls show that after their marriage in 1928, Roy,
who worked as a contractor, and Cecily lived first at Surat before, in the late 1930s,
moving to Richmond. The 1954 roll has them living on Crawford Street in Maxwelton in
Richmond along with a Beryl Jean, hd, and Roy Valentine Hickmott, shearer. They were
still registered as living there in 1963 along with Beryl Jean, Roy Valentine and a Robert
Thomas Hickmott, pastural worker. Sometime that year, Roy and Cecily moved to
Limeburner's Creek near Raymond Terrace in NSW. The 3 September 1965 issue of the
NSW Gazette tells us: 'Thomas Henry Roy Hickmott, known as Thomas Roy Hickmott, late
of Limeburners Creek, Raymond Terrace, N.S.W., formerly of Richmond, Queensland, council employee, died on 12th February, 1965'. Roy was buried in the Raymond Terrace General Cemetery (Plot RC, D2), his gravesite details stating: '62y; h/Cecily V M; father;
gm[sic]'. The Australian electoral rolls show Cecily still living at Limeburners Creek in
1968 along with Robert Thomas Hickmott, forestry worker. She and Robert were
registered as living at 8 Margaret Street Tighes Hill in Newcastle in 1977 and 1980. The
NSW index of BDMs shows Cecily Victoria Margaret Hickmott, daughter of Herbert Charles
and Ethel Maude, died in 1984. She is buried with Roy in Newcastle's Raymond Terrace
Cemetery (gravesite details: '77y; w/Thomas H R; mother; gm; ggm'). The 'Brown Family Tree' on Ancestry tells us Roy and Cecily had three girls and two boys: Roy Valentine, Helen June, Dorothy Vivian (Viv), Robert Thomas and Patricia Hickmott. Known details of the first four of these are as follows:
1) Roy Valentine (Val) Hickmott (1929-2012). Born at Richmond, Val was enrolled in the
Queensland Primary Correspondence School on 25 February 1937. By the time of the 1954 election he was married and he and his wife, Beryl Jean Hickmott nee Munro (1931-2016) were living with Roy's parents on Crawford Street Richmond where Val was working as a shearer. They continued living at Richmond until the mid-1970s when they moved to Townsville (the 1977 roll has them living at 12 Henrietta Street Townsville along
with Jean Margaret, clerk, Michael Valentine, labourer, and Roslyn Joy Hickmott, cashier).
In 1980 Val, who was then working as a factory hand, and Beryl were at 44 Ash Street in the Townsville suburb of Kirwan. The Ryerson Index tells us Roy Valentine (Val) Hickmott,
'aged 83, late of Good Shepherd Nursing Home Annandale and formerly of Kelso and
Richmond' died on 4 November 2012. His death notice published in the Townsville
Bulletin on 7 November 2012, reads: 'Beloved Husband of Beryl. Much loved Father and
Father-in-law of Jeanie and Michael, Roslyn and Chris, Michael and Christine, Kay and
Neil, Glenn and Donna. Adored Grandfather of their respective Families. Sadly missed
Brother of June (deceased), Viv, Tom and Patty'. The same source says Beryl Jean
Hickmott, 'aged 85 and late of Kelso and Richmond', died at Townsville Hospital on 25 May
2016. As noted, they had five children - Jean Margaret, Roslyn Joy, Michael Valentine,
Glenn Thomas and Kay Hickmott - all of whom were married and had children of their
own.
2) Helen June Hickmott (1931-2009). June - pictured at the Catholic Debutante Ball at Richmond in 1948 - attended the Convent Primary School at Richmond. The NSW index of BDMs shows that Helen June 'Hickmutt' married Eric Foley in the Raymond Terrace registration district of NSW in 1952. As reported in the Dungog Chronicle on 27 September 1952, a kitchen tea to celebrate the forthcoming wedding was held in the Limeburner's Creek Hall near Raymond Terrace: 'Miss June Hickmott, daughter of Mr and Mrs Roy Hickmott, of Richmond, Queensland, and Mr Eric Foley, only son of Mr and Mrs C. Foley, of Limeburner's Creek. Dancing was enjoyed to music supplied by Mrs J. Munro, piano, Keith Silver, accordion and Neville Munro, drums. The duties of M.C. were carried out by Mr Colin Bowden. During the evening Mr Ralph Evans, the local Forestry Officer, made a presentation of a silver cake tray to the guests of honour on behalf of the employees of the Forestry Commission, by whom Mr Foley is employed. In doing so he referred to the high esteem in which the Foley family is held in Limeburner's Creek and district. He also presented them with a large number of lovely and useful presents on behalf of their many friends, and wished them every success and happiness. A very nice supper was then served by the local ladies and a most enjoyable evening drew to a close with the singing of 'For They are Jolly Good Fellows,' and 'God Save the Queen' (27 September 1952). Born on 26 September 1924, Eric Foley was the only son of Charles William Foley (1900-63), who was born at Limeburners Creek and died at Dungog, and Fanny Ellen Ann Davey (1906-92) who were married at Clarence Town to the west of Limeburners Creek in 1924. The Australian Electoral rolls show that after their marriage in 1952, Eric and June lived at Limeburners Creek, where Eric worked as a timber cutter, until the late 1960s when they moved into Raymond Terrace and Eric worked as a truck driver. The 1980 roll has them at 2 Coonanbarra Street in Raymond Terrace along with Eric's widowed mother, Fanny Ellen Ann Foley, no occupation, Robert Eric Foley, labourer and Kaye Maree Foley, typist. According to the Ryerson Index, June and Eric both died at Raymond Terrace, she on 28 December 2008 and he on 7 July 2014. They are buried together in the Raymond Terrace General Cemetery (RC FF2). Eric's grave states he is a 'beloved husband, father, grandad and great grandad'. A Fanny Ellen Foley, '86 nee Davey w/Clarence William’ who died in 1992 is also buried there with her husband Clarence
William Foley (Ang D2). The 'Suzanne Mosby family tree' on Ancestry tells us Eric and
June had one son and two daughters one of whom had three children.
3) Dorothy Vivian (Viv) Hickmott (1933-2014). Born at Richmond, Viv was educated at the
local convent school there and, together with her older sister June, was a debutante at the Catholic Jubilee Ball held at Richmond in December 1948. Three years later, she married a member of the local postal department staff, John Neville Dixon, at St Brigids' Catholic Church in Richmond. A report in the Townsville Daily Bulletin on 23 May 1952, tells us the wedding was conducted by the local parish priest, the Rev. Father O'Brien and 'the couple left by A.N.A plane on Sunday afternoon to spend their honeymoon in Townsville. They intend residing In Richmond'. The Australian electoral rolls indicate Viv and Neville lived at Richmond until the late 1960s when they moved first to Longreach and later to Warwick in Southeast Queensland (the 1980 roll shows Neville working as a shire clerk there and a Barry John Dixon, detailer, living with them). The Ryerson Index shows Dorothy Vivian Dixon, aged 81 years and 'late of Elanora' died on 24 December 2014. Her death notice in the Townsville Bulletin reads: 'DIXON (nee Hickmott), Dorothy Vivian (Viv) Passed away peacefully on 24th of December 2014. Aged 81 Years. Beloved Wife of Nev, loving Mother and Mother-in-Law of Helen and Adrian, Barry and Kath, Paula and Shane. Devoted Grandmother to Marnie and Tammy and Great-Grandmother to Alyssa, Sienna,
Olivia and Nicholas'.
Neville and Vivian Dixon's wedding photo and Dorothy Vivian (Viv) Dixon nee Hickmott in around 2013.
4) Robert Thomas Hickmott was working as a forestry worker and living with his mother,
Cecily Victoria Margaret Hickmott, at Limeburners Creek in 1968 and Tighes Hill in
Newcastle in 1972, 1977 and 1980. We have not been able to trace him after that.
3.1.3 Herbert Allan (Bert) Hickmott (1904-61). Born at Gilgandra in NSW on 15 April 1904, Bert - pictured on the left - was working as a drover and living with his parents and siblings at Surat in the Maranoa Region of Queensland when he married Thelma Agnes (Thel) Aldridge (1907-77) at Roma on 11 November 1926. 
According to the 'Jarvis Family Tree' on Ancestry, Thelma was born at Roma on 6 February 1907, the second youngest daughter of William Aldridge (1858-1943) and Georgina Smith (1870-1909) who were married there on 29 May 1888 and had 13 children between 1883 and 1899. William and Georgina both died at Toowoomba and are buried in the cemetery there (Section CE 1, Row 3, Plot 79). The
Australian electoral rolls show that after their marriage in 1926, Bert and Thelma lived at Surat and then Richmond in northern Queensland where, on 5 July 1928, their first son,
Roy Herbert Hickmott, died aged just 10 months. His military file in the National Archives
shows that on 28 March 1943, Bert, who was then employed as a kangaroo shooter, enlisted in the Australian Army at Richmond and served in Australia until his discharge on 20 June 1946. The 1958 electoral roll has Bert, a station hand, and Thelma, hd, living on Simpson Street in Richmond along with John Hickmott, station hand, Lloyd Hickmott, shearer, and Raymond James Hickmott, labourer. Herbert Allan Hickmott died on 2 November 1961 and is buried/memorialised in the Richmond General Cemetery. The Australian electoral rolls show Thelma continued to live on Simpson Street until her death, during a visit to New Zealand, on 18 September 1977. We believe Thelma and Bert had six children in addition to the Roy Herbert mentioned above: Raymond James Hickmott (1929-2006), Lloyd Hickmott (1933-2016), Stanley (Possum) Hickmott (1939-2010), John Hickmott, Thelma Joy Hickmott later Baillie and one other.
1) Raymond James Hickmott (1929-2006) was born at Surat in Queensland's Maranoa Region and married Leah Ellen Calderwood (1933-2008) who was born at Hay in NSW, the daughter of James W. Calderwood (1900-57) and Mary E. Davies. The Australian electoral rolls show Raymond, who was then working as a labourer, and Leah at Richmond in 1958 and then farming land at Coringa in the North Burnett Region of Queensland in 1963. The 1968 and subsequent rolls have them at Nanango where Raymond's brother Lloyd Hickmott and his family were also farming land. According to the Ryerson Index, Raymond James (Ray) Hickmott, aged 77 years and Leah Ellen Hickmott, aged 74 years, both died at Widgee a rural locality some 25 kilometres west of Gympie in South-East Queensland, he on 20 March 2006 and she on 12 August 2008.
2) Thelma Joy Hickmott married a local butcher, Keith Thomson Baillie (1929-2018), at
Richmond in 1952. Keith's parents were Andrew Baillie (1894-1939) - who was born at
Stone River and died at Ingham in Queensland - and Isobel Ethel (Ettie) Thomson
(1889-1962). After living on Simpson Street in Richardson for a number of years, Joy and
Keith - pictured on the right - moved to Townsville where, at the time of the 1980 election, they were registered as living at Fardon Street in Murray together with Paul Baillie, shop assitant, and Scott Baillie, linesman. The Ryerson Index tells us Keith Thomson Baillie, 89 'of Mooloolaba (born Ingham) formerly of Townsville and Richmond' died on 3 September 2018. His obituary in the Townsville Bulletin on 5 September 2018 tells us he was the 'Loving Husband of Joy. Father of Russell, Rick, Paul and Scott. Loving Grandfather and Great-Grandfather'.
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3.1.4) Ursula Caroline Hickmott (1906-2001). Born in the Wellington registration district of New South Wales on 25 July 1906, Ursula married a station hand, Angus Neil West-McInnes (1901-60), on 22 November 1924 probably at Surat in Queensland's Maranoa region although that has still to be confirmed. The 'Stephen Simpson DNA Tree' on Ancestry tells us Angus Neil West-McInnes (1901-60) was born at Surat in Queensland on 21 September 1901, second son of John West McInnes (1859-1944) - who was born at Port Stephens in NSW - and Toowoomba-born Margaret Isabella (Bella) Watson (1870-1926) who were married in Queensland on 29 December 1900 and had five children between 1890 and 1910. John and Bella both died in Brisbane, she on 9 September 1926 and he on 29 June 1944 and are buried together in the South Brisbane Cemetery (Part A, Portion 4A). The Australian electoral rolls show that after their marriage in 1924, Angus, who was then working as a labourer, and Ursula lived at Surat during the 1930s and at Charleville through the 1940s (where Angus was the 'licensed victular' of the Clara Creek Hotel at Morven). They were at Dalby at the time of the 1954 election and back at Charleville in 1958 (where Angus was working as a fencing contractor). Angus died at Charleville on 3 May 1960 and is buried as Angus Neil West in the local cemetery there. The Ryerson Index tells us Ursula Caroline West-McInnes, 'late of Kallangur, formerly of Charleville', died on 24 August 2001. She is also buried in the Charleville cemetery her gravestone telling us she is a 'forever loved and remembered mother, grandma and great-great nana'. Ursula and Angus had four children all of whom married and provided their beloved parents with at least twelve grandchildren:
1) Isobel Caroline West McInnes (1922-56) who married John Webster Rae (1920-91), son of John and Lillian Rae nee Becker, in Queensland on 11 February 1944 and died at Wondai, a rural town in in Queensland's South Burnett region on 21 July 1956. Buried in the Wondai
cemetery, her gravestone tells us she was 'a darling wife and loving mother, daughter and
sister'. We believe Isobel and John, who died in Queensland on 21 July 1991, had one
child, possibly Grace Lillian Rae, who was working as a stenographer and living with John
and his mother, Lily Rae, in the Brisbane suburb of Lutwyche at the time of the 1968 and
1972 elections.
2) Maxwell Neil West-McInnes (1927-88). At the time of the 1949 election, Max was living with his parents at Morven in Charleville and working as a station hand. On 30 December 1950 he married Valma Dorothy Hunter (1931-2021) who then joined him at Morven. The electoral rolls show they lived there until the early 1960s when they moved to Quilpie to the west of Charleville and where Max worked as a wool buyer. Max died at Quilpie on 9
December 1988 and is buried in the Charleville Cemetery, his gravestone saying 'always
remembered by his loving wife Valma Dorothy and family Ian, Graham, Geo!rey, Dorothy,
Mary and Joan'. The Ryerson Index tells us Valma Dorothy West-McInnes, 90 and 'late of
Hervey Bay, formerly of Quilpie and Warwick' died on 20 December 2021. Her death
notice in the Courier Mail on 22 December 2021, tells us she was the 'Beloved wife of Max (Dec'd) Devoted mother of six and loving Grandmother and Great Grandmother'
3) Joan Margaret (Meg) West-McInnes (1929-83). Joan married Reginald (Reg) Akers
(1920-2010) at Dalby in Queensland on 6 January 1950. His military file in the National
Archives tells us Reg was born at Charleville in Queensland on 6 October 1920, son of
Thomas Leslie Akers of Spring Hill Station. On 10 December 1943, Reg enlisted in the
Australian Army at Kapooka near Wagga Wagga In NSW. He served with various CMF and
AIF units within Australia until his discharge at Redbank in Queensland on 19 July 1946 at
which time he was a Private soldier in the '1 QLD L of C. BIPOD'. The Australian electoral
rolls show Reg, who was working as a station hand, and Meg living at Spring Hill station
at Charleville at the time of the 1958 and subsequent elections. Meg died there on 4
March 1983. According to the Ryerson Index, Reginald (Reg) Akers, 89 and 'late of
Charleville, formerly of Spring Hill' died on 21 May 2010. His death notice in the Brisbane Courier Mail tells us he was the 'Beloved Husband to Meg (dec'd), Loving Father to Gail and Bruce, Robyn and Boy, Donna and Brian, Jan and Je!, and Grandfather to Dianne, Allison and Evan, Neil, Nic and Jenni, Katrina, Korren and Dean, and Great-grandfather to Tahnee, Brother-in-law and Best Mate to Bill' (24 May 2010). The Find a Grave website shows Reg and Meg Akers nee West McInnes are buried together in the Charleville Cemetery (Grave No 4235). 'Dearly loved parents of Gail, Robyn, Donna and Jan.
Cherished Pop and Megsie to their families'.
Reg and Meg Akers' wedding photo. L/R:
Stanley West-McInnes (Bell), Reg and Joan (Meg) Akers and Dorothy Akers.
3.1.5) Keith Rendall Hickmott (1910-96). His military file in the National Archives tells us L/Sgt Keith Rendall Hickmott was born at Gilgandra in NSW on 30 November 1910 and enlisted in the Australian Army at Townsville on 27 March 1941. He was then working as a kangaroo shooter and was living at Richmond in Queensland. His NOK was his wife, Sadie Mary Hickmott who, a letter on the file tells us, had married Keith at St Bridgid's Catholic Church in Richmond on 13 February 1938. Allocated to the 8th reinforcements for the 19th Infantry Brigade, Keith sailed from Sydney on 27 April 1941 bound for the Middle East where he served until 13 February 1942. On his return to Australia Keith was allocated to the NT Provost Company and served with different units in both the NT and NSW until his discharge from the Army on 29 September 1944. The 'Hazel McMillan Family Tree' on Ancestry tells us Keith's wife, Sadie Mary McMillan (1905-97), was born at Ballandoran near Dubbo in NSW in 1905, eldest daughter of James Hector McMillan (1866-1951) - born at Landsborough in central Victoria and died at Dalby in Qld - and Jemima (Nina) Mace (1870-1955) who were married in Sydney in 1904 and were living and working at Yuleba north of Surat at the time of Sadie's wedding. The Australian
electoral rolls show Sadie living at Toowooma, where her parents-in-law were also residing, in 1943. The post-war rolls have Keith Rendall, grazier, and an Irene May
Hickmott, hd, at 'Ardgrain' at Ilfracombe near Longreach at the time of the 1962, 1968
and 1972 elections. By the time of the 1977 election, Keith had retired from farming and
he and Irene had also moved to Toowoomba where Sadie Mary Hickmott had been living since around 1968 (the 1968 roll has a Glenda Elizabeth Wills living at 108A Campbell Street in North Toowoomba). The Victorian Index of BDMs tells us Sadie Hickmott, aged 73 and the daughter of James Hector and Jemima McMillan nee Mace, died at Maroopna in Victoria in 1977. According to the Find a Grave website, Keith Hickmott died on 28 November 1996 and is memorialised in the Toowoomba Garden of Remembrance (Plot WOMK4-F3). The 'Hazel McMillan Family Tree' on Ancestry tells us Keith and Sadie had one child, a daughter Glenda Elizabeth Hickmott, who was born on 31 March 1945 - the Queensland School Admission Records, 1860-1992 shows a Glenda Hickmott was enrolled in the Wandoan State School in 1955 - was twice married and had at least three children.
Sadie Mary McMillan and Keith and Sadie Hickmott..
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Born at Lamberhurst in Kent on 24 November 1809, James was the illegitimate son of our Samuel Hickmott's older sister, Mary Hickmott (1794-c1854), who later married George
Wheeler (c1780-1851) at Lamberhurst on 2 June 1814 (Mary had had a second son,
Thomas, in 1813). The 1841 England census shows George, a 60 year-old agricultural
labourer, and Mary Wheeler (50) living on Windmill Field at Tunbridge Wells. This was
where Samuel Hickmott (1799-c1872) and his three sons had been living prior to he and Mary and Samuel's brother, Thomas Hickmott (1793-1871), being convicted in absentia on 28 March 1837 for stealing three lambs from the property of Thomas Ash a tenant farmer from the nearby Parish of Brenchley. Samuel and Thomas were later apprehended and transported to Hobart Town on the ASIA which sailed from Sheerness on the Isle of Sheppy in north Kent on 27 April 1840. By this time, James together with his wife Sarah Hickmott nee Clarke (1818-86), who were married in around 1835, and their son Thomas (who was born the same year) had left
England on the emigrant ship MAITLAND which set sail from Gravesend on 24 June 1838 and docked at Sydney Cove on 6 November the same year. Marilyn Mason, who is a descendant of James and Sarah, tells us that because some of its passengers came down with scarlet and typhoid fever, the ship was placed into quarantine at Spring Cove where it remained for 23 days. After their release, the family moved to Portland Head and then Sackville Reach on the Hawkesbury River where James worked as an agricultural labourer. While there they had two further children: Mary Ann (born in 1846) and James (1848). As detailed in the 'Hickmott Story' contained on the 'Akers and Terry Family Tree' on Ancestry, they then moved to the Wellington area in the Central Western Slopes Region of NSW:
1. Thomas Hickmott (1835-1909). As described above, the then three year-old Thomas sailed with his parents from England to Sydney on the emigrant ship MAITLAND. After spending time in the Hawkesbury River region, he moved to Wellington where he married Catherine (Kate) Barry (1849-1902) on 30 September 1870. Born at Yass in southern NSW, Kate was the eldest daughter of an Irish convict, Jeremiah (Darby) Barry (1813-91) and a native of County Limerick, Honorah (Nora) Hannon (1823-84), who
were married at Yass on 24 July 1844 and had ten children between then and 1863. The 'Tegan Harris family tree' on Ancestry tells us that on 18 March 1832, Darby and his two older brothers had appeared before the Clonmel Spring Assizes in County Waterford where they were charged with being complicit in the death of an individual during a drunken brawl. Found guilty of manslaughter, they were transported to Australia on the ELIZA which arrived at Sydney on 6 September 1832. It adds that 'the brothers were then assigned to work in different parts of NSW, though they all eventually moved to the Yass area where their sister and brother-in-law would later join them'. Darby initially farmed land at nearby Binalong before, in 1860, being granted a licence to run the town's Shamrock Hotel. After being declared bankrupt in 1865, he returned to the land and died at Yass on 3 July 1891. His wife Nora had died at Muswellbrook in NSW on 20 October 1884. The NSW index of BDMs show that Thomas Hickmott, son of James and Sarah J., died in the Wellington RD in 1909. His death notice in the Wellington Times on 15 March 1909 reads: 'Mr. Thomas Hickmott, an old resident of this district, died in the Hospital on Thursday. The remains were interred in the Church of England portion of the Wellington cemetery on Friday'. Most
family history researchers believe Thomas' wife pre-deceased him by seven years
although we are still to confirm when and where she died. We also believe they had no
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3. James Hickmott (1848-1926). Born at Sackville Reach on 27 February 1848, Jim as he was known, together with his future brother-in-law Thomas Newton, were driving bullock wagons in the Wellington/Burrendong area in the early 1860s. In her memoirs written in 1909 and entitled The Adventurous Memoirs of a Gold Diggeress 1841-1909, Mary Ann Tyler recalls walking with her husband from Penrith to the Burrendong goldfields and being given a much-appreciated lift on one their drays:
