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Moxons Down Under a Newsletter for Moxons Living in Australia & New Zealand Moxons Down Under A Newsletter for Moxons living in Australia & New Zealand December 2013 Editorial break from their busy sched- ules every now and then to Contents spend some time getting to Editorial 1 I’d like to wish everyone a very know each other, and to share Joshua Moxon Muster 2 merry Christmas – or the com- experiences. Moxon Gathering 3 pliments of whatever festive Moxon Down Under Re- season you might be celebrat- The fires (as well as other dis- port 6 ing. asters like cyclones, floods and John Moxon’s Award 6 break-ins) should cause us all Family Trees update 6 And may 2014 be full of fun, to think about our valuable About this Newsletter 6 love and prosperity. goods, and how safe they might be in the case of a disas- I hope that any of our members ter. who live in bush fire prone sur- vived the recent fires and are “Valuable goods” will probably safe and well. include your family photos, your genealogical research and The editor’s cousin, Dr Wendy- any stories you have written or Louise Walker, lives in the Blue collected. Mountains near Sydney and she moved to temporary ac- Let’s hope you think about commodation when the fires making digital copies of every- were at their worst – fortunate- thing and storing the copies in ly, all is now well. some other location – e.g. on a second portable hard drive Wendy was possibly the first which you leave at a friend’s researcher of Moxon genealo- place (i.e. not the one you use gy in Australia. In the early for your usual backups, which 1980s she spent many hours in probably sits next to the PC), libraries and registries viewing or even on the cloud, using original documents and micro- something like DropBox, fiche readers, writing letters to Google Drive or MS Sky Drive. all sorts of possible sources, and finally writing it all down That way they’ll be there for and sending it her family. you and your loved ones after the disaster. Those of us who belong to the Joshua Middleton Moxon And while you’re sorting New Members branch owe Wendy much grati- through all your family history, A big welcome to the following tude. how about writing a short story about an ancestor and sending new members of the Moxon As you will read elsewhere in it to me for inclusion in the Society who live Down Under: this newsletter and in the Mox- newsletter? Lyal Moxon, Dickey Beach, on Magazine, Wendy was one QLD MX26 of the 27 Moxons who gath- Regards for now. Major Frank Moxon, Port Mac- ered in Parramatta to meet and John Bruce Moxon quarie NSW MX26 celebrate Joshua’s (and his Editor wife, Louisa’s) life and [email protected] And re-joining: achievements. Dr Wendy Louise Walker, Leura NSW MX26 Family is important and it is worthwhile for families to take a Moxons Down Under December 2013 Page 1 People brought their photos and Louisa’s children and Joshua & Louisa and research, and there was grandchildren. Moxon Muster great interest in the material that was shared. To celebrate the lives and achievements of Joshua Middleton Moxon and his wife Louisa Mary (nee Wil- kinson), 27 of their de- scendants gathered in Par- Mortuary Station at Haslem ramatta on 6 October 2013 Creek Necropolis (now Rookwood Cemetry). Joshua did Parramatta was chosen as much of the stone carving. Below, is the same building re- the venue for this muster A short film was shown erected in Canberra, with the bell because it has a rich history which included photos of tower on other side, and used as and was the site of the sec- some of the places where All Saints church. ond white settlement after Joshua and Louisa had lived Sydney Cove. (Dodworth, Silkstone and Grenoside for Joshua, and Hailey and Hoddesdon for Louisa. Eight of Joshua and Louisa’s An extremely enjoyable High 14 children married and had Tea was served, while peo- children. They were: ple mingled and met cousins George Joshua, they’d never met before. Henry Percy, One of three inns in Grenoside, where Joshua was born in 1840. Herbert Middleton, His father, Isaac, was an inn- Edith Emma Chiffins, keeper. Was he born here? Mortuary station at Redfern (be- William Thorpe, low) which still stands – Joshua Arthur Frederick, It also included a photo of also did much of the stone carv- Alfred John, and the church in London in ing on this beautiful building. Mary Susan. which they were married, and the street in Balmain, Four of these families were Sydney where they lived in represented at the Muster; 1868-71, as well as the those of: George, Henry, Ar- house in Newtown that we thur, and Alfred. believe Joshua was living in when he died in 1894. In addition, we saw photos of some of Joshua’s stone All born with Moxon as a surname. carving and build- Back row: ing works in Syd- John Allan, Rebecca, Ray, Sarah, Lyal, Shirley, ney. Alana, Bruce, Frank, Danielle. A separate slide Front row: The house in Newtown where Arthur, Roslyn, John Bruce, May, Lachlan. show had photos Joshua died in 1894. of some of Joshua Moxons Down Under December 2013 Page 2 The following article is an I walked into the room where Before the AGM ended, I edited version – the full ver- the AGM was being held presented little mementoes sion is posted on the UK and and meet all my WONDER- of Australia to all those pre- International Moxon Society FUL RELLIES!!! The first sent at the Gathering. Facebook Group – Ed. person I spoke to was Tre- vor Jordon – Editor of the Scott Hults-Moxon present- Moxon Magazine, and had ed to the secretary a bag of The Moxon Gathering: the most interesting conver- ‘Moxon’ Coat-of-Arms badg- Lynne Raskow sation with him. es, as a contribution to the How do I start to describe AGM. I have 35 badges to such a wonderful event in I purchased two books, bring back to Australia! A my life? which I want to share with tremendous vote of thanks everyone back home (ha- to Scott! Leaving London in the early ven’t worked out how yet!). morning, before we realized, The first book was Don Brian and I sat with Doris an announcement was being Moxon’s facsimile of Eliza- Moxon and her daughter made that we would shortly beth Moxon’s 1741 English Marlene and son-in-law Da- be arriving in Llandudno in Housewifry (which of course vid Hamilton and Scott North Wales. I got signed personally by Hults-Moxon for dinner. Don) and the other What a wonderful evening, We arrived at this amazing was Index to the first fifty is- having a scrumptious 3 old-fashioned Queens Hotel, sues of the Moxon Magazine course meal, with a choice right out of the 1940s! As I compiled by Chris Moxon, of 3 entrées, main and des- approached the front desk to and I think that I shall prob- sert. announce that we had ar- ably use this book quite a lot rived for the Moxon Gather- to access back issues of the After a refreshing night’s ing, I felt a tap on my shoul- magazine. sleep it was time for break- der, and who should be be- fast. Lo and behold, due to hind me but my 5th Cousin, Before the AGM started I John Moxon (John de Wight) Ken Moxon. met Scott and Vivien Hults- deciding to collect all the Moxon from Birmingham, name badges at breakfast, Alabama, and gave them Brian and I were left in the both a big Aussie hug! dark a bit when it came to names at breakfast! But we Then our meeting com- muddled through. menced! It was a very in- formative meeting and Breakfast was another won- wasn’t a bit dry or boring. derful gastronomical delight. I felt proud when Margaret I had my traditional breakky Tucker Moxon was of porridge and toast with I went for a walk with mem- acknowledged in the AGM VEGEMITE!!! I took my jar bers Judy (Moxon) Huggett for all her efforts with the down to breakfast, an- and Birget Moxon around Website and everyone was nounced to everyone, the delightful town of very appreciative of how should they like to try some Llundudno, finding a little easy it is to use and move Vegemite, I had some to market, passed the Method- around the website now. share; Don Moxon (I think) ist Church, built of local Again I felt proud when Mar- was game enough to take a stone and lots of stained garet & John were acknowl- serving and Scott also took glass windows, and many edged for their efforts in join- a serving. I’m sorry to say unique and interesting little ing up so many new mem- that there were no other tak- shops, all with many hidden bers in Australia. ers treasures inside. Moxons Down Under December 2013 Page 3 At 9.00am we met outside town, and hopefully a quick on the front steps to take the look at Caernarfon Castle. ‘2013 Gathering’ photo, and Unfortunately, time was at 9.30am we hopped constrained, and I was only aboard our comfy coach to able to view the Castle’s start our wonderful day of walls on the outside, and sightseeing around the north contribute very quickly to the of Wales. Unfortunately, all good economy of Caernarfon.
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