Reverend Frederick Gough
| First name | Reverend Frederick |
|---|---|
| Last name | Gough |
| Country of Origin | England |
| Date of Birth | 10/16/1838 |
| Year of Arrival in Australia | 1872 |
| Submitted by | Deborah Gough |
Story
Reverend Frederick Gough and his wife, Lucretia Ann (nee Oak) arrived in the Colony of NSW on the ‘Hawesbury’ on 23 October 1872. With them came two sons, Norman (6yrs, DOB 1866)) and Aubrey (4yrs, DOB 1868) and two daughters, Bertha (3 yrs, DOB 1869) and Gertrude (2 yrs, DOB 1870). Sadly Gertrude, the youngest, died abroad the ship or shortly after reaching Australia.
The family travelled by horse-drawn wagon to Gunnedah in the central west of NSW where Frederick was to take up the position of Minister in the Church of England. His parishioners where spread throughout the district; the circuit he had to travel to visit them taking some six weeks.
Another three sons where born in Gunnedah, Edward (DOB 1873), Merle, (DOB 1875) and Symond (DOB 1877).
Unable to support his now large family, Reverend Frederick resigned from the Ministry in 1882. He subsequently started a coach building business in Gunnedah with his sons. His second eldest son, Aubrey, married Alice Elbra and their first child, born in Gunnedah in 1897, was my grandfather, also called Frederick. The direct decedents of Reverend Frederick Gough born in Australia, as at 2006, number more than one hundred and seventeen.