Joseph DOODY
| First name | Joseph |
|---|---|
| Last name | DOODY |
| Country of Origin | ENGLAND |
| Date of Birth | 1828 |
| Year of Arrival in Australia | 1853 |
| Submitted by | Robyn Mannes |
Story
When Joseph, aged 21 years (son of John DOODY AND Mary BLOOMER), married Lucy BOWDEN at Manchester Cathedral, Manchester, Lancashire, England on 12th Aug 1849 his address was 39 Grandby Row, Manchester. When their 1st child MARY was born, on 3rd June 1850, they were living at 2 Mellor St, Ardwick, Chorlton, Lancaster, England. Mary died when she was 10 weeks old. Their 2nd child LUCY was born in 1851. Not sure why they decided to leave England but because his occupation was Plumber & Glazier they may have thought they could better themselves because of the Australian Gold Rush. Joseph, his wife Lucy & daughter Lucy docked at Melbourne aboard the ship ‘Thames’, on 10th March 1853, after sailing from Liverpool, England. Joseph’s occupation was classed as a Plumber and they came on own account. Unfortunately their daughter Lucy, aged 2 years, died in Melbourne on 1st June 1853, not long after their arrival in Australia.
Joseph & Lucy had their 3rd child ELIZABETH in Melbourne in 1854. They travelled to Bendigo where they were living in High Street, Bendigo Flat when their twin son’s JOHN and WILLIAM were born on 7th May 1855. By this time Joseph’s occupation was Gold Miner/Plumber. Unfortunately John died aged 25 days. Once again they were struck by tradegy when Elizabeth died in 1856 aged 2 years and they were living at New Chum Gully and Joseph was a Quartz Crusher. Within 6 years they had lost 4 children and moved to a new country.
On 25th June 1857 JOSEPH was born at Sandhurst and on 25th March1859 when EDWIN was born their residence was Happy Valley. When their youngest child Frank was born on the 11th Oct 1861 they were living in Inglewood (near Bendigo). In1862 they moved from Myers Flat and Joseph erected one of the largest Quartz Crushing Mills at Dusty Town near Inglewood. The new machine commenced operation on 13th May 1862. ‘Messer’s Doody & Co advertised that they will crush quartz delivered to the mill for 10 shillings a ton’. Tradedy struck once again when Joseph’s wife Lucy died on 5th May 1863 at Inglewood at the young age of 39 years, just 10 years after their arrival in Australia. Shortly after Lucy died Joseph was finding life hard and sold his Cottage & Funiture at Dusty Town and moved to Eaglehawk/Raywood area.
On the 13th Sept 1865, aged 35 years and occupation an Engineer, Joseph married Fanny JAMESON in Wesleyan Church, Eaglehawk. He was classed as a versatile practical engineer who installed, among other things, the first gas lighting plant in Bendigo, at the then single storied Black Swan Hotel. On 26th July 1870 the Crown granted him a lease at Bears Lagoon. On the 4th June 1872 he applied and was granted a Publicans License at Bears Lagoon where his occupation was Victualler.
By 1877 Joseph was a Farmer at Janiember East (Bears Lagoon) along with his sons. His physical & mental health were declining from asthma, probably from the dust from the Quartz Crusher and Morbus Cordis. In 1881 (aged 53 years) he and Fanny returned to England in search of better health. They were living with Fanny’s family at 4 Deansgate, Great Bolton, Lancashire. Shortly after arriving he was admitted to the Manchester Infrimary due to ill health where he remained for 6 weeks. On the 7th July 1881 Joseph & Fanny embarked on Orient Steamer ‘Liguria’ where they arrived in Port Melb on 7th Sep 1881. On the 2nd Jan 1882 Joseph, aged 54 years, died in Brooke St, Inglewood. Fanny stayed in Australia for 2 years and then returned to England where she later died.