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Frances Sarah Wakely, Ryan & Brydon

1861–1942

The youngest of the six, and the last to die — a Morpeth postal assistant who married twice, first at thirty-six and again at fifty-one.

Born
5 May 1861 · Morpeth, NSW
Died
10 June 1942 · Maitland West, NSW
Married
John J. Ryan (m. 1897); James William Brydon (m. 1912)

Frances Sarah was the youngest of Charles and Frances Wakely’s six children, born at Morpeth on 5 May 1861.1 Like her brothers, she made her career in the Post and Telegraph service: first appointed on 7 November 1886, she was still a postal assistant at Morpeth twelve years later, on a clerical salary of £100.2

She did not marry until 1897, at East Maitland, when she was already thirty-six: her husband was John J. Ryan.3 What became of that marriage is not known, but by 1912 she was marrying again, at Nowra — recorded there under the name Frances S. Ryan — this time to James William Brydon, four years her senior.4

James William Brydon died on 16 July 1924, and was buried at Campbells Hill Cemetery, Maitland.5 Frances Sarah outlived him by eighteen years, dying on 10 June 1942 — the last of Charles and Frances Wakely’s six children to go — and was buried in the same cemetery.6

The Record

Sources & References

  1. 1

    Birth of Frances Sarah Wakely, 1861

    NSW BDM birth registration 9637/1861, Morpeth, New South Wales — Frances S. Wakely, father Charles S. Wakely, mother Frances Wakely.

  2. 2

    Postal assistant, Morpeth

    NSW Public Service List, “Section VII”: Wakeley, Frances Sarah — Postal Assistant, Morpeth, Post Office. NSW Public Service List, 1898 (Postal Assistants): Wakely, Frances Sarah, born 5 May 1861, Morpeth, Clerical division, grade B4; first appointment to the service 7 November 1886, to present position 19 November 1897; salary £100.

  3. 3

    Marriage of Frances S. Wakeley and John J. Ryan, 1897

    NSW BDM marriage registration 7906/1897, Maitland East [East Maitland], New South Wales — Frances S. Wakeley, spouse John J. Ryan.

  4. 4

    Marriage of James W. Brydon and Frances S. Ryan, 1912

    NSW BDM marriage registration 2756/1912, Nowra, New South Wales — groom James W. Brydon, bride Frances S. Ryan.

  5. 5

    Death of James William Brydon, 1924

    James William Brydon, born 1864, died 16 July 1924; buried Campbells Hill Cemetery, Maitland, City of Maitland, New South Wales.

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    Death of Frances Sarah (Wakely) Brydon, 1942

    NSW BDM death registration 14050/1942, Maitland West, New South Wales — Frances Sarah Brydon, father Charles Samuel, mother Frances; buried Campbells Hill Cemetery, Maitland.