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James and Oliver Tindall (Last changed Thursday September 05, 2019) The Tindall family was amongst the early arrivals in both the Colony of New South Wales and the Nimmitabel area. The Tindall connection with Nimmitabel began around 1846 when James and Almeria Tindall moved to the Nimmitabel area from Yarramundi Lagoon, near Agnes Banks in the Richmond area. They had been married at St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Sydney on 21 December, 1836. Early documents list the birth of their first four children in the Nepean/Castlereagh area but the fifth child, Arthur was born at Bredbo in 1845 and the last two of seven children, Jane and Daniel were born at Curry Flat in 1847 and 1850 respectively. Family anecdotes allude to a lack of firewood at Curry Flat so the family moved to live on Kybean Road (near the Kirwin’s place). There is a record of a J. Tindall’s license to depasture stock from 1850-1857 and in 1865 James Tindall was listed as the lessee of Nimmitybelle Run, area 16,000 acres, grazing capability 400 sheep. James died at Greenland in February, 1865 and he may have been buried there. James Tindall was a son of Daniel Tindall (1759-1827) who had been sentenced in Surrey in 1803 and arrived in Sydney on board the "Duke of Portland" in July, 1807. Daniel’s wife Amelia ‘Jane’ arrived free with their four children, Daniel (jnr), James, Mary and Charles on board the "Kangaroo" on 12 January, 1814. They had two more children, Emma and Susannah before Daniel’s death in 1827. Daniel Snr was given a Ticket of Leave in March, 1814 and emancipated by Governor Macquarie in 1817. Daniel Jnr also has a connection with the Monaro and in 1840 was listed as having a license to depasture stock in the "Maneroo’ district in his own right and as executor for the late Stephen Burcher (his sister, Mary’s husband). In 1868, Oliver Tindall, born at Castlereagh in 1842 and one of the seven children of James and Almeria Tindall, married Christina McDonald, also from Nimmitabel. She was the daughter of Duncan and Catherine McDonald who had arrived in Sydney on December 31, 1837 on the "Midlothian". Oliver and Christina Tindall lived on a selection called ‘Burragunda’,on the Tomgroggin Road and both are buried alongside their daughter, 6 year old Catherine, in the Pioneer Cemetry, Tomgroggin Road. Oliver was the last person to be buried in this cemetry. Oliver and Christina had six children and their eldest son, James Duncan Tindall, (1869-1950) married Sarah Peters (1876-1957) on 7 February, 1908. Daughters, Almeria Tindall (b. 1872 married Ned Peters) and Christina (b. 1878 married Walter Cash) and moved away and second son, Roderick b. 1874 married Lillian Donaldson. James and Sarah Tindall initially lived at ‘Burragunda’ and shortly after they moved closer to town to ‘Fair View’, on the Tomgroggin Road. That property is still in the Tindall family in 2003. (Ian and Rae Blyton subsequently purchased the Old Place/ Burragunda in 1979). In his youth, James D. Tindall had travelled to New Zealand to work as a shearer as well as trying his luck at gold mining at Cowra Creek. James died on 7 December 1950 and was survived by his wife, Sarah and five children. Sarah Tindall was the daughter of Thomas and Catherine Peters, nee Jarvis. Thomas and Catherine lived at ‘Cowbed Creek’ on the Tom Groggin Road for several years until they purchased property known as ‘River View" on the MacLaughlin River. In addition to farming, Thomas also owned a bullock team which he used for carrying supplies to Eden and back. Sarah was one of their family of 12 children: Bridget (1868-1959), Catherine 1870-1953 m. Charles Freebody, John 1872-1949 m. Elizabeth Rumph, Mary (1874-1953 m. Donald Rankin- daughter Millie Waldock-), Julia (1879-1959) , Margaret (1881-1972 m. James Casey), Hannah (1883-1987 m. Roderick Mc Donald lived at ‘Chatham’), Thomas (1885-1970 m. Ellen "Nellie" McDonald), Elizabeth "Aunty Queen" (1889-1974 m. Sylvester Bede Powning) and twins Theresa and Cecilia b. June 1890 d. August 1890). Sarah Tindall, outlived her husband by 7 years at ‘Fair View’ until her death in Cooma Hospital in 1957. Her sister, Bridget Peters, had lived with their father Tom Peters (1844-1926) in Bombala St, Nimmitabel (near Springfield Rd turnoff) when the River View property was sold. Like her sisters, she was well known for her work for the Catholic Church and other charity work around town. Bridget spent the last few years at ‘Fair View’ with her sister Sarah and nephew, Tom and his family. Another of Sarah’s sisters, Hannah McDonald known in the family as ‘Auntie Anne’ was one of Nimmitabel’s longest living citizens when she died in Canberra aged 103. James and Sarah Tindall’s five children (Jack, May, Herbert, Bob and Tom) grew up at ‘Fair View’. They either walked or rode their horse to primary school at St Joseph’s in Nimmitabel and were well known in the local area. From Trish Tindall and David Smith
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Descendants of Daniel Tindall
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