Richard Arthur Blackman [23784]

   FamilySearch ID: K4PW-QGD.

  Birth Notes:

Mudgee, Lawson Street.

  Christening Notes:

Mudgee, Weslean Church.

  Burial Notes:

Sandgate, Salvation Army Cemetery.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Military Service: Lord Kitchener's mounted forces in South Africa in the Boer war. ⁵ He had to take his own horse.

• Registration: Death, 1944, Wallsend District, New South Wales, Australia. ⁶

• Newspaper: The Sydney Morning Herald, 1947 Mar 20, Sydney, Cumberland County, New South Wales, Australia. Advertising. (1947, March 20). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842-1954), p. 17. Retrieved November 1, 2010, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18014319>
In the Will of RICHARD ARTHUR BLACK-
MAN late of Cardiff in the State of New South Wales Council Employee deceased. Application will be made after 14 days from the publication hereof that Probate of the last Will and Testament dated 5th December 1942 of the abovenamed deceased may be granted to Mabel Blackman the Executrix named in the said Will and all notices may be served at the undermentioned address. All Creditors In the Estate of the deceased are hereby required to send In particulars of their claims to the undersigned. W. G. Cannington, Proctor for the Executrix, corner Beaumont and James Streets, Hamilton. By his Agent: Irving L. Addison. Solicitor, 133 Pitt Street, Sydney.

Richard married Julia May Maher [1336] [MRIN: 312], daughter of Richard James Maher [1337] and Julia Cournane [1338], on 1915 Jan 9 in Parramatta, Cumberland County, New South Wales, Australia.¹ The marriage ended in divorce. (Julia May Maher [1336] was born in 1881 in Carlingford, Cumberland County, New South Wales ⁷ and died in 1930 in <New South Wales> ⁸.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Newspaper: The Sydney Morning Herald, 1920 Apr 16, Sydney, Cumberland County, New South Wales, Australia. DIVORCE COURT. (1920, April 16). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842-1954), p. 5. Retrieved November 1, 2010, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15882096>

BLACKMAN v BLACKMAN.
In this suit Richard Arthur Blackman asked for an order for the restitution of con- jugal rights, directed to his wife, Julia May Blackburn (formerly Maher). Mr. L. B. Bertram appeared for the petitioner, who was married to the respondent in January, 1915, at Paramatta, according to the rites of the Church of England. An order in the usual terms was granted.

• Newspaper: The Sydney Morning Herald, 1921 Mar 11, Sydney, Cumberland County, New South Wales, Australia. IN DIVORCE. (1921, March 11). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842-1954), p. 7. Retrieved November 1, 2010, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15932605>
BLACKMAN V BLACKMAN.
This was a suit by Richard Arthur Blackman for a divorce from his wife, Julia May Blackman (formerly Maher) on the ground that she had not compiled with a decree for the restitution of conjugal rights. The parties were married at Parramatta on January 9, 1913, according to the rites of the Church of England. A decree nisi was granted, return- able in six months. Mr. L. B. Bertram ap- peared for the petitioner.

• Newspaper: The Sydney Morning Herald, 1921 Nov 12, Sydney, Cumberland County, New South Wales, Australia. IN DIVORCE. (1921, November 12). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842-1954), p. 10. Retrieved November 1, 2010, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15980715>

IN DIVORCE.
(Before Mr. Justice Gordon).
DECREES ABSOLUTE.
Decrees absolute were pronounced and the marriages declared dissolved in the following suits:-
…
Richard Arthur Blackman v Julia May Blackman,

  Marriage Notes:

Parramatta, All Saints Church of England.

Richard next married Mabel Stallard [1339] [MRIN: 314], daughter of Frederick Stallard [1340] and Mary Jane Vail [1341], on 1924 Dec 10 in Newcastle, Northumberland County, New South Wales, Australia.² (Mabel Stallard [1339] was born in 1893 in Merewether, Northumberland County, New South Wales ⁷ and died after 1947.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Registration: Marriage, 1924, Newcastle District, New South Wales, Australia. 15593/1924BLACKMANRICHARD AKEWMABELNEWCASTLE