William Broome and Anne Patterson
Parents : John Broome and Grace Paull
, William Patterson and Eliza
Grace
William Paull Broome (b 1832 Calstock, CON, m Anne Maria Patterson
1877 Albury, d 1909 Talgarno)
Maude Grace Broome (b 1878
Cumberoona, m Arthur Horace Smith 1910 Elsternwick, Vic, d 1958
West Wyalong)
Albert Paul Claude Broome (b 1879 Talgarno Vic,
d 1887 Albury)
George Elsdon Broome (b 1880 Talgarno, m Ettie
Stapelton)
m Harriet
Martha Hill 1911 Ettamogah NSW)
m Elizabeth Margaret (Lizzie) Gillanders, d 1971 Windsor
Hawkesbury City NSW)
Alicia Annie Broome (b 1882 Talgarno, m Phil
Maxwell 1910 Albury NSW, d 1938 Griffith)
Eircell Paullina Broome (b 1884
Talgarno, m Joseph
Smart Rowley 1909 Talgarno, d 1917 Bethanga)
Melba Bernice (Melva) Broome (b 1886 Talgarno,
m George Oswald Duigan 1914 , d 1973 Albury)
William Paull (Jnr) Broome (b 1888 Talgarno, m
Margaret Josephine (Jo) Rapsey 1916 Bullioh Vic, d 1968 Albury)
Urban Patterson Broome (b 1890 Talgarno, m
Margaret Silcock 1914 Carlton Vic, d 1970 Numu Vic)
m
Ivy May Neal 1922 Royal Park Vic)
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Anne Patterson
was part of a pioneering family in north east Victoria. In her
obituary she is credited (charged?) with bringing the noxious
weed Patterson/s Curse to the north east. We take our grudges
seriously in the north east.
Her obituary in the Border Morning Mail in
1939 was titled as follows:
A PIONEER PASSES
Daughter
of Patterson's of Cumberoona
STORY
OF NOXIOUS WEED
Mrs Annie
Broome, widow of the late William P Broome, of Talgarno who
passed away at the residence of her daughter Mrs A Smith of West
Wyalong on 28 December 1938 at the age of 93 years, was
identified with the early history of Australia. She was born in
Launceston Tasmania, being the eldest daughter of the late Mr
and Mrs William Patterson, after whom Pattterson St in
Launceston is named. When a girl, the family moved to Melbourne,
their home in Chapel St, Prahan, being on the site whiich is now
occupied by the Rosella Jam Factory. When in her teens,
the Pattersons came to Cumberoona and selected the property
known as "Elphin", which became part of "Mugwee" which has been
submerged in the Hume Reservoir.
On the
journey from Melbourne, Mrs Patterson, who was a keen gardener,
is credited with having admired a purple flower and, having
brought a root of this plant to Cumberoona, grew it in her
garden. Later this spread and became known as Patterson's Curse.
Mrs Broome, herself a keen gardener, disputes this theory,
saying that she had never seen this flower in her mother's
garden.
The
Patterson's being a musical family, were often called upon
as organists at the surrounding country churches. After
her marriage to Mr W P Broome, she resided at "Wellendben" ,
Talgarno, until some years after her husbands death, since
making her home with her sons, Messers Geo Broome (Freeman's
Reach, William (Talgarno), Urban (Tocumwal) and her daughters,
Mrs Smith (West Wyalong, the clate Mrs Phil Maxwell (Griffith),
the late Mrs J Rowley (Bethanga), Mrs G Duigan (Freeman's Reach,
and her neices, the Misses Wallace, now of Wyse St, Albury.
Of Mrs
Broome's brothers and sister, Mr Edwin Patterson of Tewantiss,
Queensland, is the only survivor. Brothers and sisters deceased
were Messrs. Richard Patterson (Longreach Queensland), George
(Winton), Henry (Forbes), Elizabeth (Mrs Robert Wallace,
Rotherfield, Bowna), and Alberta (Mrs S Emmett, Picton). Mrs
Broome leaves 16 grandchildren. Until a few weeks before her
death, she was in excellent health..
Pretty tough bringing up your mother's
alleged transgressions in your obituary. For a picture of rampant
Paterson's Curse there are lots of images and info, Google
Paterson's Curse
Les Rowley
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William Paull Broome Senior
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Anne Maria Patterson
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William
Broome
William came from Calstock, England. Calstock
is on the Tamar north of Plymouth.
There is an entry for William in "VICTORIA & ITS METROPOLIS"
Vol, IIa . (Printed 1888)P.338.
BROOME William Paul - Talgarno,
came from England to Melbourne in 1854, and was engaged in
mining at Ballarat for seven months, and at Yackandandah for
fifteen years. In 1870 he went to Talgarno, and there selected
305 acres of land also purchasing 460 acres. He was a member of
the Towong shire council for seven years and was president for
one term. Mr. Broome owns 120 head of cattle, 8 horses and 140
sheep. He was married at Albury, New South Wales and has a
family of one son & four daughters.
There is a similar entry in the Talgarno School booklet:
“William Paul Broome, Snr (1838
- 1909) had been a miner in the Yackandandah area before coming
to Talgarno with his sisters, Mary (1842-1928) and Elizabeth
(d.1910). He selected and purchased land, calling his holding
"Wellendben", after the area on the border of Cornwall and Devon
where he was born. William Paul Broome married Annie Maria
Patterson of Cumberoona, and they had eight children who were
educated at Talgarno. William Paul Snr. was a public spirited
man and had a finger in the advancement of Talgarno and his
district, and was a member of Towong Shire Council for many
years. His son, William Paul married Josephine Rapsey of
Tallangatta. At the death of his father in 1909, he carried on
in his fathers footsteps, both as a successful farmer and public
life being a Shire Councillor for 19 years. There were three
daughters. One daughter Wilma, with her husband Cliff Drummond
lived on Wellendben until 1969. Joyce, Mrs W Hall now has
returned and lives on part of the property, with two of her sons
and husband, and maintains the standard of service to their
district as did their forefathers.” Joyce died
recently.
Extracts from another book, "Doomed Talgarno" by W H Ferguson
He was a member of the Roads
Board, and for many years a member of the Towong Shire Council,
being the first representative from Talgarno. In 1887 he was
President. Mr Broome was one of the Committee of the Cemetery, a
trustee of the local Hall, and a member of the Board of
Management of the Church. He helped to obtain the Talgarno
bridge and was connected with every movement for the district.
Ancestry has a shipping record that looks like him: Arrival in
Sydney on the Dirige from Liverpool on the 14th of April 1860 as a
seaman. Age is given as 28, whic tallies with Marion Paul's
baptism record.
Of course, as a seaman, this may not be his first or last arrival
in Australia
Annie Broome
Anne Marie PATTERSON was red-headed. The
three Drummond great grandchildren were red heads, but no others
of her descendants.
For an excellent coverage of William and Anne, see Appendix B of
Janet's book Extracts follow in italics
Little is known of her early
life but ‘Family Trad’ records that she had some formal
education in Launceston and music lessons when the family lived
in Melbourne. The family lived on the
property Wellendben on the Murray River in the Talgarno district
of Victoria. Today this property has a boundary with the
Hume Weir. Ann Maria was a midwife for the district, a musician
and organist at the Talgarno church and a keen gardener. Ann
Maria died at the home of her daughter Maud Smith at West
Wyalong, on 27th December 1938, at the age of 90 (the memorial
says 92). She was buried at the Talgarno Cemetery.
Her obituary in the Border Morning Mail in 1939 was titled as
follows:
A PIONEER PASSES
Daughter
of Patterson's of Cumberoona
STORY
OF NOXIOUS WEED
Mrs Annie
Broome, widow of the late William P Broome, of Talgarno who
passed away at the residence of her daughter Mrs A Smith of West
Wyalong on 28 December 1938 at the age of 93 years, was
identified with the early history of Australia. She was born in
Launceston Tasmania, being the eldest daughter of the late Mr
and Mrs William Patterson, after whom Pattterson St in
Launceston is named. When a girl, the family moved to Melbourne,
their home in Chapel St, Prahan, being on the site whiich is now
occupied by the Rosella Jam Factory. When in her teens,
the Pattersons came to Cumberoona and selected the property
known as "Elphin", which became part of "Mugwee" which has been
submerged in the Hume Reservoir.
On the
journey from Melbourne, Mrs Patterson, who was a keen gardener,
is credited with having admired a purple flower and, having
brought a root of this plant to Cumberoona, grew it in her
garden. Later this spread and became known as Patterson's Curse.
Mrs Broome, herself a keen gardener, disputes this theory,
saying that she had never seen this flower in her mother's
garden.
The
Patterson's being a musical family, were often called upon
as organists at the surrounding country churches. After
her marriage to Mr W P Broome, she resided at "Wellendben" ,
Talgarno, until some years after her husbands death, since
making her home with her sons, Messers Geo Broome (Freeman's
Reach, William (Talgarno), Urban (Tocumwal) and her daughters,
Mrs Smith (West Wyalong, the clate Mrs Phil Maxwell (Griffith),
the late Mrs J Rowley (Bethanga), Mrs G Duigan (Freeman's Reach,
and her neices, the Misses Wallace, now of Wyse St, Albury.
Of Mrs
Broome's brothers and sister, Mr Edwin Patterson of Tewantiss,
Queensland, is the only survivor. Brothers and sisters deceased
were Messrs. Richard Patterson (Longreach Queensland), George
(Winton), Henry (Forbes), Elizabeth (Mrs Robert Wallace,
Rotherfield, Bowna), and Alberta (Mrs S Emmett, Picton). Mrs
Broome leaves 16 grandchildren. Until a few weeks before her
death, she was in excellent health..
Pretty tough bringing up your mother's
alleged transgressions in your obituary. For a picture of rampant
Paterson's Curse there are lots of images and info, Google
Paterson's Curse
In the comments on her family, we can already see members of
the family have moved up to Queensland. Janet Patterson produced
the book mentioned below for a Patterson Reunion in Queensland in
2000.The children other than Anne Patterson are not covered on
this webpage. The nieces, Misses Wallace mentioned above left some
notes on the family, which are worth a read. Link to Wallace Notes
Comments From Janet Patterson's Book On
Patterson's Curse
A different origin of the name was suggested
in Border City by William A Bayley, ...Pattersons Curse
first appeared in South Australia in 1875 and was first called
Salvation Jane taking the new name when taken to Victoria by
Patterson. It appeared at Cumberoona in 1888 and spread
rapidly in the early years of the new century.
A report quoting Alice Wallace in the Border Morning Mail in 1958
put the ‘Family Trad’ in print. ...It is said that when the
Patterson family came from Melbourne in wagon and buggy and pair,
Mrs. Patterson being a keen gardener, obtained some plants from a
garden en route. These plants are said to have grown and
spread their seed over the country side…
‘Family Trad’ was also supported by an extract from Parsons
Noxious Weeds (1973). ...The origin of the name Paterson’s
Curse can be traced back to a Victorian stock inspector who in
1888 asked the name of a purple plant he could see on the other
side of the Murray River, growing on a stock reserve near
Albury. He was told it was "Patterson's Curse” as the
Patterson family owned the property adjoining the reserve.
The name has stuck, but the spelling has been modified over the
years .... a Mrs. Patterson, in traveling to Albury in the early
1860's, brought with her a garden plant which eventually became
established on her property and on the adjoining reserve…
The same story of the origin of the name Paterson’s Curse was
given in An Australian Dictionary of Eponyms, (Oxford University
Press) by Richard Trahair, except that the Patterson associated
with it was named as Richard Eyre Patterson (1844-1919) who was a
grazier near Albury from about 1874. This clearly places the
‘curse’ with our Patterson family.
The Cumberoona District origin of Paterson’s Curse was supported
by a letter from Fred Griffith of Rosebud West, Victoria, to the
Secretary of the Albury and District Historical Society in which
he stated, ...In reply to the query in this months Bulletin,
"Where Did Patterson’s Curse Originate In This District?” I
am in a position to supply most of the facts. It started as
a garden plant at the Patterson Homestead which was situated about
a mile south west of the Cumberoona Stock Reserve on the Jingellic
Road. This must have been about the end of the last century
as I remember as a boy about 1920 driving out with my father to
see acres of purple flowers as we drove past the Bowna township
towards Pat Hore's Cumberoona property - coming over a hill the
whole country was a solid mass of purple…
Paterson's Curse, a native of the Mediterranean region, has become
naturalized in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South
Australia and Western Australia. It can be poisonous to
sheep. It is a declared noxious weed in Victoria and parts
of New South Wales, South Australia and Western Australia.
Acknowlegements:
Thanks to Wilma Drummond who supplied
photographs and lots of good information, and to Janet Patterson
for her authoritative account of the early Pattersons, and of
the family later in Queensland. Janet had many helpers,
acknowledged in the book
References
Janet Patterson, "The Pattersons of
'Rangelands' Winton". To see
contents. All bar 60 pages
are about the Pattersons after they moved to Queensland. On the
other hand, the 60 pages on England, Tasmania and Victoria/NSW
reflect accumulated research by many people over a period of
years. Extracts are included on these pages.
Research Notes
Searching for arrivals in Australia give
possibles in Ancestry
William Broom, aged 23, Origin
Lancashire, departure Liverpool, arrival 14 Apr 1860, Vessel
Dirige. It is hard to read but it looks like he is given as
seaman
William Broom aged 32, Origin British, departing Melbourne for
Sydney, arrival 13 Sep 1875, vessel You Yangs. 2nd Mate
Mary Broom aged 26 departure Liverpool, arrival 25 Oct 1867,
Vessel Underley, Nationality English
No good match for Elizabeth
I have gone with the 1973 date for
Melba's death as in the Jolly File Tree in Ancestry. it agrees
with my recall of meeting her in Sydney in the 50s
George Elsdon Broom seems to be indexed as George Alston Broome.
This gives us a death from Glenn and Jan's Family Tree on
Ancestry
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