Spouse: Mary Ann WARN (TRIPLETT)-4204. Mary Ann WARN (TRIPLETT) and Richard TRIPLETT were married on 10 April 1858 in Kapunda SA.¹⁷⁰⁷ Children were: Richard TRIPLETT-4240, Lionel Frederick TRIPLETT-4695, Matilda TRIPLETT (PUTLAND)-4696, John Thomas TRIPLETT-4209, Ulua Tryphenia Elizabeth TRIPLETT (MORGAN)-4210, Beatrice Alice TRIPLETT (FIDGE)-4211, Albert Josiah TRIPLETT-4212, Richard Edgar TRIPLETT-4213, Rosina TRIPLETT (PUTLAND)-4215, Henry Ernest TRIPLETT-4214, Albert Josiah TRIPLETT-4216, Sydney Herbert TRIPLETT-4217, Charles Clement TRIPLETT-4218, Reginald TRIPLETT-4219.

Spouse: Alice Maud GILES ( TRIPLETT)-4708. Alice Maud GILES ( TRIPLETT) and Robert TRIPLETT were married in 1901 in Freemantle WA.

Spouse: Sarah J CARTER (TRIPLETT)-4235. Sarah J CARTER (TRIPLETT) and Samuel TRIPLETT were married in 1900 in Broken Hill NSW.²¹⁵ Children were: Samuel W M TRIPLETT-4236, John H C "Jack" TRIPLETT-4237.

Spouse: Florence BLIGHT (TRIPLETT)-4710. Florence BLIGHT (TRIPLETT) and Sydney Herbert TRIPLETT were married about 1910 in SA - probably.¹¹⁰ 12. Sydney Herbert TRIPLETT. Sydney was born at Arthurton, South Australia, Australia, on 30 November 1880. He married Florence BLIGHT circa 1910. Sydney died on 12 August 1940 aged 59.

a) Maxwell TRIPLETT

b) Effie Muriel TRIPLETT married Ken HOGH. Effie was born on 10 November 1911.

c) Stanley Herbert TRIPLETT. Stanley was born in 1912.

d) Leslie James TRIPLETT married Molly Adelaide STEVENS. Leslie was born in 1914.

(1) Terry James TRIPLETT married Correlly HENDRICKS.

(a) Judith Ann TRIPLETT. Judith was born on 12 March 1938.

(b) Nancy Claire TRIPLETT. Nancy was born on 31 May 1939.

(c) Kerry James TRIPLETT married an unknown person. Kerry was born on 17 June 1944.

i) Donald James TRIPLETT married Leanne Dawn (--?--). Donald was born on 12 August 1964.

(a) Jerika Michelle TRIPLETT. Jerika was born on 12 February 1994.

(b) Jayden James TRIPLETT. Jayden was born on 21 October 1995.

ii) Julie Ann TRIPLETT. Julie was born on 10 November 1967.

iii) Gordon Leslie TRIPLETT. Gordon was born on 11 July 1975.

e) Arthur Henry TRIPLETT married an unknown person. Arthur was born at Coolamon, New South Wales, Australia, on 31 January 1916. He married Leslie (--?--) before November 1943. He began military service on 13 November 1943 at Geraldton, Western Australia, Australia, and served in the 2nd Corps of Signals in the Australian Army. He ended military service on 9 September 1946; with the rank of Signalman.

(1) Douglas TRIPLETT

(2) Laurel TRIPLETT

f) Roy Harold TRIPLETT. Roy was born at Coolamon, New South Wales, Australia, on 3 March 1917. He began military service on 14 January 1941 at Paddington, New South Wales, Australia, in the 2AASCTD of the Australian Army. He ended military service on 12 September 1946; with the rank of Private.

g) Flossie Margurite TRIPLETT. Flossie was born on 3 September 1922. Flossie died on 13 September 1985 aged 63.
Children were: Frankie TRIPLETT-5396.

Spouse: Martha COLEMAN (TRIPLETT)-4073. Martha COLEMAN (TRIPLETT) and Thomas Hancock TRIPLETT were married on 14 April 1861 in Kapunda SA Residence of Joseph Rock.²⁴⁶ Married at the residence of Joseph Rook, Kapunda SA. Children were: John TRIPLETT-4074, Elizabeth Jane TRIPLETT (TRUSCOTT)-4076, Florence Amelia TRIPLETT (BARRETT)-4161, Mary Matha TRIPLETT-4077, William Henry TRIPLETT-4075, Sabina TRIPLETT (DILLON)-4207, Thomas Cleveland TRIPLETT-4241.

Spouse: Emily Jane MILLER (TRIPLETT)-4199. Emily Jane MILLER (TRIPLETT) and William TRIPLETT were married on 13 January 1867 in Chinlford SA.¹¹⁸⁴ Children were: Mary Elizabeth TRIPLETT-4227, Emily TRIPLETT-4234, William George TRIPLETT-4229, John Henry "Jack" TRIPLETT-4230, Samuel TRIPLETT-4231, Selina Lily Emma TRIPLETT-4206, Robert TRIPLETT-4232, Thomas Evien TRIPLETT-4233, James Frederick TRIPLETT-4226.

a) Eileen TRIPLETT. Eileen died. She married Colin PASCOE.
He died before 1969 at the age of 100 in WA. He was buried before 1969 in WA. Parents: William TRIPLETT-4198 and Emily Jane MILLER (TRIPLETT)-4199.

Spouse: Minnie Theresa JAMES (TRIPLETT)-4711. Minnie Theresa JAMES (TRIPLETT) and William Henry TRIPLETT were married on 14 October 1896 in Charters Towers Qld.⁸³⁴ The family of William Henry & Minnie Triplett:
a) Sabina TRIPLETT

b) Minnie TRIPLETT

c) Irene Emily TRIPLETT. Irene died. Irene was born at Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia, in 1899. She married Albert LEYSHON circa 1921.

d) Martha Anne TRIPLETT. Martha was born at Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia, on 1 March 1901. She married Albert NORMAN circa 1918. She died in 2002.
Children were: Ilene Emily Teresa TRIPLETT-5341, Martha Ann TRIPLETT ( NORMAN)-5340, Edwin Thomas TRIPLETT-5343, Sabina TRIPLETT-5342.

Spouse: Herbert E L JAMES-4707. Martha H E TRIPLETT ( JAMES) and Herbert E L JAMES were married in 1914 in Hamilton NSW (nr Newcastle).⁸³¹ They had two Children: Alda James & Phyllis James.NSWBDM also lists a death of Ernest James 2566/1969 at Newcastle.

Spouse: Albert George NORMAN-5344. Martha Ann TRIPLETT ( NORMAN) and Albert George NORMAN were married in 1919 in Queensland. Children were: Living.

Spouse: Living.

Spouse: Living.

Spouse: Francis Telfer DILLON-4709. Sabina TRIPLETT (DILLON) and Francis Telfer DILLON were married on 26 March 1896 in Adelaide SA - Eastwood, Res of J.W. Barrett.³¹³ Children of Sabina neeTriplett & Francis Telfer Dillon
a) Martha Beattie DILLON. Martha died. Martha was born at Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, on 9 January 1897. She married Carl Fritz Stanton JORGENSEN at Methodist Church, Malvern, South Australia, Australia, on 28 October 1921.

(1) Dr Donald Murray JORGENSEN. Donald was born at North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, on 19 October 1922. (an unknown value);

He served with the Royal Australian Air Force during World War II and was a Flying Officer at the time of his discharge on 30 January 1946. He lived in 2004 at 1A Drew Grove, St Georges, South Australia, Australia, 8379 3399.

(2) Betty JORGENSEN was born on 4 March 1925 at Unley Park, South Australia, Australia.

b) Thomas Cleveland DILLON. Thomas died. Thomas was born at Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, on 29 August 1900. He married Osberta Lorinda ODGERS at Methodist Church, Malvern, South Australia, Australia, on 8 December 1925.

c) Inez DILLON. Inez died. Inez was born at Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, on 15 August 1905. She married Horace Sampson CHAPPELL at Methodist Church, Malvern, South Australia, Australia, on 26 June 1929.

d) Vera DILLON. Vera died. Vera was born at Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, on 15 August 1905. She married Jack Corbin WILLIAMS at Methodist Church, Malvern, South Australia, Australia, on 15 July 1930.
Children were: Living.

Spouse: William HARRIS-4704. Jane TRIPLETT (HARRIS) and William HARRIS were married on 4 September 1851 in Kapunda SA - Residence of John Triplett Nth Kapunda ( Bride's Parents).⁶¹⁸

Spouse: Robert James HOOPER-4170. Elizabeth Ann Maria TRIPLETT (HOOPER) and Robert James HOOPER were married on 7 March 1887 in Silverton NSW.⁶⁶⁷ Children were: Selina Elizabeth "Sally" HOOPER (OAKLEY)(EDWARDS)-4684, Robert John "Jack" HOOPER-4243, Arnold James HOOPER-4685, Sabina HOOPER-4686, Robert Gregory HOOPER-4687, Herbert Henry HOOPER-4688, Leonard Wilfred HOOPER-4689, Thomas Gregory HOOPER-4690, Hedley Earnest HOOPER-4691, Doris Irene "Doll" HOOPER (THIELE)-4692, Joseph Robert HOOPER-4693, Frank HOOPER-4694.

Spouse: John PUTLAND -5250. Matilda TRIPLETT (PUTLAND) and John PUTLAND were married on 6 March 1890 in Agery - SA - Yorke Peninsula.¹⁴⁶⁷

Spouse: Living.

Spouse: Cecil J ROGERS-4069. Daisy Evelyn TRIPLETT (ROGERS) and Cecil J ROGERS were married on 23 January 1913 in Broken Hill NSW.^1475,1476 The family of Cecil J Rogers & Daisy Evelyn nee Triplett:
a) John Richard ROGERS. John was born at Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, on 23 April 1915. He married Betty SMITH circa 1944. John died on 16 December 1985 aged 70.
b) Delcie ROGERS (Crawford). Delcie was born at Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, in 1916. She married Thomas Herbert CRAWFORD at Perth, Western Australia, Australia, on 9 June 1943. Delcie died on 10 July 1971.
c) Frederick George ROGERS. Frederick was born at Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, on 4 May 1917. Frederick died on 19 February 1922 aged 4.
d) Lorna Elizabeth ROGERS (Marshall) married Robert William MARSHALL. Lorna was born at Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, on 27 November 1919. Lorna died on 12 June 1981 aged 61.
e) Joyce Doreen ROGERS. Joyce was born at Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, in 1921. Joyce died on 28 January 1923.
f) Ronald James ROGERS lived in Western Australia, Australia. Ronald was born at Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, on 16 December 1929. He married Thelma Muriel KEEVIL on 5 September 1953.

Children were: Daisy ROGERS-4244, John Richard ROGERS-4915, Delcie ROGERS (CRAWFORD)-4916, Frederick George ROGERS-4917, Lorna Evelyn ROGERS (MARSHALL)-4918, Joyce Doreen ROGERS-4919, Living.

Spouse: Thomas TRUSCOTT-4169. Elizabeth Jane TRIPLETT (TRUSCOTT) and Thomas TRUSCOTT were married on 19 July 1883 in Gawler SA - Wesleyan Church.^834,1758 The family of Thomas Truscott & Elizabeth Jane nee Triplett: a) William Henry TRUSCOTT. William was born at East Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, on 4 March 1884. He married Nellie Pearson HARLEY at St Paul's Church, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, on 26 August 1910. William died on 9 November 1949 at Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, aged 65.

(1) Colin Harley TRUSCOTT married Heather (--?--). He was born on 29 August 1911 at North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. He died on 15 July 1972 at Woodville, South Australia, Australia, aged 60; He lived at Leabrook at the time of his death.

(2) Ross TRUSCOTT was born on 19 March 1919 at North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.

Spouse: Elizabeth Jane TRIPLETT (TRUSCOTT)-4076. Elizabeth Jane TRIPLETT (TRUSCOTT) and Thomas TRUSCOTT were married on 19 July 1883 in Gawler SA - Wesleyan Church.^834,1758 The family of Thomas Truscott & Elizabeth Jane nee Triplett: a) William Henry TRUSCOTT. William was born at East Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, on 4 March 1884. He married Nellie Pearson HARLEY at St Paul's Church, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, on 26 August 1910. William died on 9 November 1949 at Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, aged 65.

(1) Colin Harley TRUSCOTT married Heather (--?--). He was born on 29 August 1911 at North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. He died on 15 July 1972 at Woodville, South Australia, Australia, aged 60; He lived at Leabrook at the time of his death.

(2) Ross TRUSCOTT was born on 19 March 1919 at North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.

Spouse: John SKIPWORTH-5422. Ann TURNER (SKIPWORTH) and John SKIPWORTH were married in 1782 in UK - Lincolnshire, Bratoft (possibly). Information provided by Julie Robbins 2010.

She was a Brothel Keeper in Sydney NSW - Palmer Street.¹⁷⁶² Her criminal record after arriving in Australia between 1921 and 1925 included 75 offences for whoring, obscene language, offensive language and fighting. In 1943 she was charged with wounding an employee. ( She is reported to have lost 204 cases during her life.)
In 1925 she purchased a slum cottage in Palmer St., Sydney and opened her first brothel. However, by the late 1920's she owned 18 thriving bordellos. " Inl May 1925 when she was imprisoned for two years for malicious wounding." contd ... [ see documents]
" She continued to operate the Palmer Street Brothel until 1968 "
[ Trent Niemann's Footnote: Harry Niemann, my father as an engineer in charge of maintenance of Sydney roads, told me they re-routed ( or intended to ) the heavy traffic through Palmer Street specifically to stop the prostitution on that street. I wonder if he knew of this family connection to the infamous 'Tilly' ... I doubt it very much but it is an ironic twist.

AUSTRALIAN WOMEN FACT FILE
TILLY DEVINE
(1900 -1970)
Prostitute, Bordello Madam, Petty Criminal, Colourful Character

1900 Born Matilda Mary Twiss, 57 Hollington Street, Camberwell, London
8 September 1900
1912 Left school to work in one of the many factories in the area
Aspired to middle class riches
1914 Became a prostitute
1915 First entry in Bow Street Court
1916 Met James Edward Joseph Devine, a sapper in the Fourth Tunnelling
Company of the Australian Imperial Forces
1917 Married Jim Devine
1920 Arrived at Circular Quay. Began working as a prostitute immediately
1921-25 Arrested 75 times for whoring, obscene language, offensive behaviour and
fighting
1925 Bought a slum cottage in Palmer Street, Sydney and opened her first
brothel
Late 1920’s Owned 18 thriving bordellos. With Jim paid 1650 pounds for a house in
Maroubra. Lived there till late 1930’s then rented it out
1930 Sailed for England
1931 Returned from England
1940 Jim took his own flat in Darlinghurst after his release from gaol
1942 Planned a spectacular 25th wedding anniversary party. It ended with a
fight. Jim split Tilly’s head open. She spent 3 weeks in hospital
1943 Charged for wounding one of her workers
1944 Divorce granted. Trial followed by 6 months in gaol
1945 Married Eric Parsons. Moved back to Maroubra house
1948 Went to England to see her ailing father
1950 Tilly turned 50 and celebrated with a grand party provided by Eric
1953 Went to England for the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II
1955 Taxation Department ordered her to pay more than 20,000 pounds in
unpaid tax and fines. Had to sell her assets to pay
1957 Eric Parsons died of cancer
1958 She owned only one shabby brothel in Palmer Street. The Taxman got her
1960’s Jim Devine believed to have died
1970 Tilly died of cancer in Concord Hospital

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Tilly Devine was born into poverty in South London. As a young girl she would observe in the art galleries and theatres in the neighbourhood that some people had a different life to the one her family and neighbours led. She determined that she would find a way out of poverty to enjoy the luxuries that others obviously had. By the time she was 14, she was selling the only thing she had, her body, to achieve her dream. At 16 she met and fell in love with a sharp-talking Australian soldier, Jim Devine. At 17 she was married to him. Far from seeing marriage as a way to end the life of prostitution she had begun, this continued, with the full support and encouragement of her husband. Before leaving England she had a baby daughter who died in infancy and a son, who was a baby when she was to leave for Australia as a War Bride. Her mother said she was too young to look
after a baby properly, so her parents kept the child and raised him as their own son. ***

Tilly was attractive and could be the life of the party, but she had a vile temper and was frequently arrested for assault and foul language. It is said that no Australian woman ever went to court as often as Tilly Devine. Sometimes she won. She lost 204 times, but she always turned on a spectacular performance for the gallery. Jim also had a short and violent temper. Apart from living off Tilly’s earnings, he involved himself in whatever shady dealings came his way. He was a womaniser and abusive. Tilly suffered much physical abuse from him. But she must have truly loved him, for she endured more than twenty years of his violent and physical abuse before she finally left him. They apparently had stunning fights that entertained friends and neighbours alike.

Tilly indeed rose above her poverty-stricken beginnings. As a bordello madam running 18 brothels she could afford flashy clothes, furs and jewels. However, in the 1950’s, having enjoyed a life of relative luxury for more than 30 years, if often on the wrong side of the law, the taxman finally caught up with her. She was forced to sell her brothels to pay the taxes she had till then successfully avoided paying.

Tilly, the Queen of the Night, died in 1970, struggling to make ends meet on the aged pension, lonely and largely forgotten by the media and those she had for so long scandalised in earlier decades.

**** In a Television Program featuring Bill Leak, Artist, the Grandson and Neice of Tilly made an appearance. This is the first confirmation of the fact that she had a son before marrying Jim Devine.
Sources

*Blaikie, George Wild Women of Sydney Rigby Publishers 1980
Writer, Larry Razor:A True Story of Slashers, Gangsters, Prostitutes and Sly Grog Pan
Macmillan 2001
*Held in JSNWL
© Jessie Street National Women’s Library (2003)
Photographs taken from the Television program featuring Bill Leak.

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Dear Trent

I'm glad to hear that you enjoyed the Tilly Devine chapter in 'The Australian Book of True Crime'. It is, indeed, a fantastic read. Unfortunately, though, I am unable to grant you permission to reproduce the whole chapter on your website. I am able to grant you the rights to an extract of 500-750 words from the chapter, so long as it's retyped (not scanned, as the design is copyright) and so long as you refer people to the book, author, publisher and our website. I hope this helps!

The good news is that the book 'Razor' is being republished and will be in book stores in May. The publisher is not us, it's Pan Macmillan, should you have any further questions.

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“The Law of the Razor - Tilly Devine & Kate Leigh: Gang Leaders 1920's - 1930's by Larry Writer “
Publisher - Pier 9

East Sydney in the 1920's & 1930's, when it was the kingdom of vice queens Tilly Devine and Kate Leigh, was one of the most dangerous places on earth. Paddington, Darlinghurst, Kings Cross, Surry Hills and Woolloomooloo were sprawling slums of ramshackle rat- and roach - infested terraces and shacks where lived criminals violent alcoholics and drug addicts and those too poor to escape to more salubrious suburbs.
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Tilly & Kate's Kingdom, [reported People's Magazine], 'comprised 'sly-groggeries and gin mills full of prostitutes, pimps, thugs, blackmailers, thieves, bludgers and strong arm toughs [located in] the noisome slum which begins across the road from Central Railway Station and whose squalid, narrow streets rise and fall across Surry Hills .... the hills are crammed with ancient hovels and terraces and life is characterised by the personalities of people, the rottenness of crime, the roughness of jungle justice.. ...
“It was a lucrative milieu for Tilly and sly grog & cocaine dealer Kate. When they ruled “Razorhurst”; as the inner east was then known they ranked amongst Sydney's wealthiest citizens. Their heyday fortunes, estimated at around 250,000 pounds ( $500 000) ... many millions in today's money.
Never before in any city in the world had the kingpins of crime both been women. Tilly & Kate outdid their male counterparts simply because they were smarter, more ruthless and more violent. Each notched up more than 100 convictions and served more than a dozen prison sentences.

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Handguns were outlawed in 1927, so crooks armed themselves with cut-throat razors with which they killed, maimed and intimidated. ............. There were more than 500 razor attacks recorded in 1927.

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At the height of her criminal career in the early 1930's Tilly Devine ran as many as 30 brothels, mostly around Palmer Street, East Sydney [ ironically a distant connection of Jim Devine, Harry Niemann, 30 years later employee of the Department of Main Roads changed Palmer St. to a no parking thoroughfare with the intent of eradicating the prostitutes and Brothels in Palmer St. ]

Tilly was a (mostly) benevolent despot. She and her henchmen protected her 'girls' from pimps and standover men.

P56
Matilda Mary Twiss was born in Camberwell, a South-west London slum, in 1900. As a teenager she'd walk out on whatever factory job she was doing to escape across the river to the more respectable parts of town to linger in art galleries and music halls and gaze longingly at sumptuous shop windows. She became a prostitute on the Strand in London's West End not far from Buckingham Palace. One day at the height of World War 1, she was chatted up by an Australian Digger named James Devine an overbearing larrikin who claimed to his ingenuous companion that back home he was a rich squire of a Kangaroo farm. They married at the Church of Sacred Heart of Jesus in Camberwell in 1917. Leaving their baby son Frederick at home with her parents, who refused their daughter's permission to take him to Australia, she followed Jim to Sydney as a war bride in 1920.

P 61
Tilly donated thousands of pounds to children's hospitals, the Jesuits and Salvation Army.

Tilly and her second husband...................... Eric Parsons travelled to London in 1953 for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II . Eric died of cancer in 1957.

P62
[Tilly didn't fare as well ... as Kate ] When she died on 24November 1970, few came to bid her farewell at Botany Cemetery. Daily Telegraph journalist Ron Saw wrote a scathing eulogy in his column. 'She was a vicious, grasping, high priestess of savagery, venery, obscenity and whoredom ... one of the most frightening creatures spewed up by the razor gangs [ who was charged with everything from consorting to malicious wounding, from indecent language to attempted murder . She was a wretched woman.


She died of a coronary on 24 November 1970 at the age of 70 in Sydney NSW - Concord Repatriation Hospital. 'The two children of her previous marriage had predeceased her and she adopted a son ( unknown name) who was the beneficiary of her $11007 estate."
There is some confusion about children. As mentioned earlier, a son was reported to have been adopted by her parents in England, another child was stillborn, also in England. There may have been another in Australia but certainly predeceased her if that was so. There is no record of the adopted child but I guess he could be found through probate records. However, I think this is a record his family might like to record some time into the future. Tilly was buried about 24 November 1970 in Sydney NSW - Cremated, Catholic rites. 'Tilly' Devine / Divine was the infamous Darlinghurst prostitute.
Article - Daily Mirror 15th August 1984 (page 50)
According to the paper she married Jim Devine in England where he was
serving in WW1.
They returned to Sydney (Darlinghurst) and both became notorious during the
'Razor gang' wars in Darlinghurst
She was arrested over 200 times for consorting and he twice for attempted murder.

Parents: .

Spouse: James Edward "Jim" DEVINE-307. Matilda Mary "Tilly" TWISS (DEVINE) (PARSONS) and James Edward "Jim" DEVINE were married on 12 December 1917 in UK - England Camberwell Church of Sacred Heart of Jesus.^273,274 According to the Australian Women Fact File Tilly had two children before she left England. The first a daughter was stillborn and the second, a son was raised by Tilly's parents as their own, presumably under the name Twiss.
A Television program screened 15/12/2008 Paintings by Bill Leek ( Leak ?) featured the Story of Tilly Devine. The program introduced a Grandson ( Twiss)and a Neice Diedre Devine. The Grandson came to Australia from england at Tilly's invitation. This supports the contention that she had a child prior to marrying Jim Devine.
James and Matilda are reported to have had two children, who predeceased Matilda. The only record found in NSWBDM which might be one child is the following:
death: 4053/1925 Devine William J (parents) James & Matilda at *Parkes NSW
* because of the location I have not accepted this as a child of this couple, but it is a strong possibility.
There are numerous records of children connected to James Devine but no others with both James & Matilda. James' death certificate indicates 'no issue' from this marriage.

Title [Wife of J Devine seeking passage from England to Australia]
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They^273,274 were divorced in 1943 in NSW possibly.²⁷⁵ Tilly divorced James on the grounds of cruelty. " He was a womaniser and abusive. Tilly suffered much physical abuse from him .... they apparently had stunning fights that entertained friends & neighbours alike" "In 1942 Tilly planned a spectacular 25th wedding anniversary party. It ended with a fight. Jim split Tilly's head open. She spent three weeks in hospital." Aust Women Fact File

Spouse: Eric PARSONS-618. Matilda Mary "Tilly" TWISS (DEVINE) (PARSONS) and Eric PARSONS were married on 19 May 1945 in Sydney NSW.¹⁴⁴²

Spouse: William STOREY-1747. Sarah TYSON (STOREY) and William STOREY were married on 16 May 1842 in UK - England - Lancashire - Dalton. Children were: Moses Tyson STOREY-1745.

Spouse: Francis Michael "Frank" KERIN-845. Valerie Constance UNKNOWN NEE ( KERIN) and Francis Michael "Frank" KERIN were married.

Spouse: Unknown WILSON-5039. Unknown UNKNOWN NEE ( WILSON) and Unknown WILSON were married about 1920 in Broken Hill - possibly. Children were: Edna JOYCE WILSON (SPRATT)-4090, John WILSON-905.

Spouse: John SAMUEL FENTON-4360. Jane UNKNOWN NEE (FENTON) and John SAMUEL FENTON were married before 1887 in unknown place. Children were: Annie E. FENTON (HOPKINS)-788.

Mary Jane and William married in Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S.A. 28/10/1864. Harriet Jane would have been the product of this union c 1865.

Mary Jane remarried c1870 an Alfred William Price in Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.A. They had 6 children between 1872 and 1881.They were Elizabeth Emma born c1872, Annie born c 1874, Alfred born c1877, Robert, died, John born c1880 and Hilda Lilly, born c 1881.

Mary Jane Price (nee Newman and Slines) died in Victoria, Aus .6/4/1920. She had lived in Victoria (9 Reed Street, Albert Park) for 43 years and predeceased Alfred. I haven't looked into their immigration history but their arrival in Victoria would have been around 1877.They may have landed elsewhere first in Australia. A few of her kids would have been born in Victoria. She is buried in Melbourne General Cemetery.

Harret Jane married Carl George Moritz at 9 Reed St., Albert Park (their usual residence) on June 19th 1889. She was 24 and he 23 according to birth dates but marriage records have their ages reversed.. He was a tobacco manufacturer, born, according to the marriage certificate, in Copenhagen, Denmark. My records say he was born and raised in Adelaide, South Australia and his name was Charles. Carl's parents were James and Ellen Moritz (nee Tuck).

Harriet Jane's and Carl's firstborn was Virginia Newman Moritz. (The Newman would have been from her natural father, William Newman) She was born 13/11/1890. Their address is listed as 22 Herbert Place, South Melbourne. Clarence George Newman Moritz was their second child, born 6/8/1893. Their address was 6 Graham St., South Melbourne. Virginia Florence died in 1894, aged 4 and living at 6 Graham St. Carl (Charles) continues to be listed in the Sands Directory until 1899 and then I lose all trace of him. His final address listed is 47 Dundas Place, South Melbourne. Carl and Harriet Jane have provided mystery and deadends until I found your website and at least Harriet Jane is explained but still not Carl (Charles).

Clarence George Newman Moritz survived and lived a long life. I have some details about him if you are interested.
She is ASSUMED ( a calculated guess), to have died before 1960 in NSW - possibly Parents: .

Spouse: Charles George MORITZ-4962. Harriet Jane UNKNOWN NEE (MORITZ) (DEVINE) and Charles George MORITZ were married about 1880 in Victoria probably.¹¹⁹²

Spouse: Thomas Christian DEVINE Jnr-303. Harriet Jane UNKNOWN NEE (MORITZ) (DEVINE) and Thomas Christian DEVINE Jnr were married in 1900 in Bendigo Vic. Not sure how it is known that Thomas Devine (Divine) was married.

Spouse: Sydney SPANNAGLE-4926. Isobella UNKNOWN NEE (SPANNAGLE) and Sydney SPANNAGLE were married.