Augustus Henry Worland of West Ham and Sydney

Augustus Henry Worland (1866 (based on death report, see below) - 1906) was the son of James Worland (born 1842, West Ham) and Margaret Worland (nee Cockshott, born 1847, Poplar, Middlesex). He should not be confused with Augustus Henry Warland from Melbourne (1860 - 1936)

From 1890 - Augustus Henry Worland in Australia

It is not yet known when Augustus Henry Worland arrived in Australia but it must have been before 1890.

Augustus Henry Worland married Bridget Higgins in Sydney in 1890 (NSW BDM Ref 1333). Bridget was the daughter of Patrick Michael and Julia Higgins, who was born in 1870 in Ryde, Sydney (NSW BDM Ref 16703). Bridget's siblings were as follows:

Michael Higgins (1864, Ryde (NSW BDM Ref 14538) - 1942, Ryde (NSW BDM Ref 13206))
Mary Higgins (1866, Ryde (NSW BDM Ref 14524) - )
John Higgins (1867, Ryde (NSW BDM Ref 15839) - 1957, Sydney (NSW BDM Ref 8311))
Honora Higgins (1869, Ryde (NSW BDM Ref 17695) - 1870, Sydney (NSW BDM Ref 1206))
[Bridget Higgins (1870, Ryde (NSW BDM Ref 16703) - ). See below, married Augustus Worland]
William Higgins (twins)(1873, Sydney (NSW BDM Ref 2925) - 1874, Sydney (NSW BDM Ref 807))
Julia Higgins (twins)(1873, Sydney (NSW BDM Ref 2926) - 1874, Sydney (NSW BDM Ref 1457))
Eliza Higgins (1876, Sydney (NSW BDM Ref 1760) - ). Possibly married William Shepherd in St Leaonards in 1906 (NSW BDM Ref 2356).
Patrick Higgins (1879, Sydney (NSW BDM Ref 1786) - 1951, Marrickville (NSW BDM Ref 14683))

Augustus Worland's relationship (if any) to Worlands noted on this page (NSW) or in Victoria is not yet known. There is no obvious record of his birth in Sydney.

From 1891 - Children born to Augustus and Bridget Worland

Augustus and Bridget Worland were the parents of several children:

John W Worland (1891, Glebe (NSW BDM Ref 13444) - 1892, Glebe (NSW BDM Ref 5250))
Augustus Ellis Worland (1892, Glebe (NSW BDM Ref 13619) - 1949, Glebe (NSW BDM Ref 1677)). Augustus was noted in the Sydney newspapers in October 1926 as a fettler employed by the Tramway Department, who was suing for damages as a result of a fractured ankle when a vehicle drove 'so negligently that the (danger) flags and the workmen were knocked down. His case was dismissed and he was awarded £10 instead of the £1000 he sought . Augustus' probate notice in The Sydney Morning Herald of 1 April 1949 states that he was a Tramway Employee. The estate was granted to Joyce Marion O'Keefe (his niece, see below), the sole executrix named in the will.
Lillian May Worland (1894, Glebe (NSW BDM Ref 13094) - 1952, Sydney (NSW BDM Ref 7795)). Married Sidney JA Robinson in Glebe in 1917 (NSW BDM Ref 4978). Their wedding was recorded in The Sun (Sydney) on 9 September 1917. The article noted that they married at the Presbyterian Church in Broadway, Glebe. It noted that Lillian was the 'eldest daughter of Mrs B Worland, Glebe'. The bride was attended by her sister Doreen and Agnes Ritchie. Sidney and Lillian had the following children (recorded to end 1922):
- Joyce Marian Robinson (1918, Glebe (NSW BDM Ref 30619) - ). Married Claude Reginald O'Keefe (12 June 1915, Glebe - 15 January 2009, Abbotsford, NSW) in Glebe in 1942 (NSW BDM Ref 12875). Enlisted for WW2 (Corporal, NX101726)
- Sidney Raymond Robinson (18 December 1920, Glebe (NSW BDM Ref 47110) - ). Married Gwendoline Sadie Jean Macpherson in 1944 in Glebe. (NSW BDM Ref 22557). Sidney enlisted for WW2 (Corporal, NX100602). Appears to have lived in Noosa, see https://heritage.noosa.qld.gov.au/nodes/view/944
Pearl F Worland (1897, Glebe (NSW BDM Ref 21562) - 1898, Glebe (NSW BDM Ref 13831)).
Ruby M Worland (1897, Glebe (NSW BDM Ref 21561) - 1899, Glebe (NSW BDM Ref 1481))
Raymond James BPH Worland (1900, Glebe (NSW BDM Ref 31332) - 1929 (NSW BDM Ref 14845)). Note that Raymond was definitely named after his father's (next) younger brother Raymond James Worland who was born in 1866. Raymond was a labourer. He appears to have enlisted for WW1 but his service file is not available. He was caught breaking into a house in March 1918 (Evening News, Sydney, 15 March 1919) and with larceny in 1920, and was reported by The Sun (Sydney) on 24 August 1925 attending Glebe Court, charged with having inflicted grievous bodily harm on a policeman. The Daily Mercury of 24 September 1925 stated that Raymond 'belongs to that class of unpleasant citizen who does his fighting in mobs, which make up in numbers what they lack in individual strength and courage'. He was jailed for six months.
Elizabeth Doreen Worland (1903, Glebe (NSW BDM Ref 11939) - 1953, Rockdale (NSW BDM Ref 18319)). Married Edward James Micheal Breyne (or Bereyne)( - 1982, NSW BDM Ref 19290) in 1926 (NSW BDM Ref 9916)

1906 - Augustus Henry Worland drowns

Augustus Henry Worland drowned off Manly beach in 1906 (NSW BD Ref 1990). According to The Daily Telegraph of 12 February 1906, Augustus was fishing off the rocks at Manly with his thirteen year old son [Augustus E], his brother-in-law and several other friends, when he was swept into the surf and drowned. The Evening News (Sydney) ran the following article under the headline 'Swept off the rocks - amateur fishterman's untimely end':

'The circumstances surrounding the death of a labourer named Augustus Henry Worland, 40, who was swept ofl the rocks at Blue Fish Point, Manly, while fishing on February 11, were inquired into by the City Coroner this morning. Bridget Worland, 85 Glebe-street, Glebe, said she last saw her husband alive on February 10, when he left home at 2 p.m. to go fishing at Manly. Her brother, Michael Higgins, and her son, Augustus, aged 14, went with him. Thomas Alexander Cleary, gingerbeer brewer, living at Westmoreland-street, Glebe, said that on February 11 he met deceased at Blue Fish Point about 10 a.m. After having dinner they started to fish off a rock about 12ft but of the water. Witness saw a big wave coming in and called to deceased 'Look out!' Witness and deceased's son ran. Witness grabbed a rock, looked round for Worland, and saw him just being carried over the edge of the rock by a wave. Then he called to the others, and got fishing lines and threw them to Worland, but he could not be reached by the lines. They could do no more, and after struggling for about 15 minutes he went down, and they did not see him again. Subsequently the police were informed. There was an extra big swell on, and now and again a big wave would come in. Augustus Worland said his father had a small fish. on the line, when a wave came up and splashed his legs. Afterwards he was stooping down attending to his line when the large wave washed him off the rock into the sea. He asked his father to leave the rock, but he would not, saying he could take care of himself. The body was recovered by George White, who lives at Whistler-road. Manly. He found it between two rocks below high-water mark at Blue Fish Point on February 24. A verdict of accidental death was returned.'

At the time of his death the family lived at 85 Glebe Street, Glebe.

1919 - Bridget Worland (nee Higgins) marries

Bridget Worland arried Henry ('Harry') Graham at Canterbury, Sydney, in 1919 (NSW BDM Ref 8856).

1924 - Death of Bridget Graham (formerly Worland, nee Higgins)

Bridget Graham died in Redfern, on 20 April 1924 (NSW BDM Ref 5612, parents Patrick and Julia). In memoriam notices were placed in the Sydney Morning Herald on 20 April 1929 by her husband Henry (Harry), her daughter Lill and husband Sid Robinson, and daughter (Elizabeth) Doreen and husband Jim Bereyne.