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- | By the time he was a student at St Paul's College at the University of Sydney, Hervey was a troubled soul. His letters to Nora, his step-mother but only 10-years older than he, appear manipulative and suggest that his problems with money and alcohol had already started. He told Nora that he had blown his chances of doing well in his exams, but only because he had been sick. He was thinking of breaking off his engagement to Maggie, but only because he thought he'd acted dishonourably to her all through their relationship. He thanked Nora for sending him money as he'd gone through all his allowance, having given his last sixpence to a blind old beggar.((M-P family papers, NLA MS 7801, Box 1, folder 22, Hervey to Nora, 13 May 1877, 5 October 1877.)) | + | By the time he was a student at St Paul's College at the University of Sydney, Hervey was a troubled soul. His letters to Nora, his step-mother but only 10-years older than he, appear manipulative and suggest that his problems with money and alcohol had already started. He told Nora that he had blown his chances of doing well in his exams, but only because he had been sick. He was thinking of breaking off his engagement to Maggie, but only because he thought he'd acted dishonourably to her all through their relationship. He thanked Nora for sending him money as he'd gone through all his allowance, having given his last sixpence to a blind old beggar.((M-P family papers, NLA MS 7801, Box 1, folder 22, Hervey to Nora, 13 May 1877, 5 October 1877.))\\ |
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+ | There is an entry in Find My Past under Hervey' | ||
Hervey didn't break off his engagement, marring Margaret (Maggie) Murray McDonald at St Mary's Church of England, Kangaroo Point, Brisbane on 17 August 1881.((QBDM, | Hervey didn't break off his engagement, marring Margaret (Maggie) Murray McDonald at St Mary's Church of England, Kangaroo Point, Brisbane on 17 August 1881.((QBDM, | ||
The next photo is of her as a bride. Her dress is in the latest fashion with its close fitting bodice and bustle.((// | The next photo is of her as a bride. Her dress is in the latest fashion with its close fitting bodice and bustle.((// | ||
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Her father was Alexander McDonald (or Macdonald) of Brisbane, previously of the Argyleshire Highlanders and a customs officer, who died 26 October 1872.((this compares with belief she was daughter of neighbouring property Dugandan - to check)) He had been born in Clare, Ireland. Her mother was Mary nee McGilchrist of [[wp> | Her father was Alexander McDonald (or Macdonald) of Brisbane, previously of the Argyleshire Highlanders and a customs officer, who died 26 October 1872.((this compares with belief she was daughter of neighbouring property Dugandan - to check)) He had been born in Clare, Ireland. Her mother was Mary nee McGilchrist of [[wp> |