| Sarah A. Unicomb & Edward
Drury

1. Sarah
Ann4 Unicomb
(George3, Jonas2, William1) was born 27
June 1843 in Maitland,
New South Wales,
and died 26 March 1933 in Jones
Island, Taree, New South Wales.
She married Edward Drury 29 October 1862
in Wesleyan Church, Taree, New South Wales, son
of George Drury and Lucy
Lock. He was born 06 April 1839 in
Darlington, Singleton, New
South Wales, and died
16 November 1913 in Central Lansdowne, New South Wales.
Edward and
Sarah Ann
(Photo
with thanks from Margaret Jenkins - March 2007)
More About Sarah Ann
Unicomb:
Electoral Roll: 1930, Home
Duties - Glenthorne,
New South
Wales

(Photo with thanks from Diane Edwards - Feb.
2007)
Burial: Dawson General
Cemetery, New South Wales
More About Edward
Drury:
Sands Directory: 1906,
Central Lansdowne - (7 horses, 30
cattle)
Sands Directory-1: 1907,
Central Lansdowne - (12 horses, 50
cattle)
Sands Directory-2: 1908,
Central Lansdowne - (8 horses, 35
cattle)
Sands Directory-3: 1909,
Central Lansdowne - (8 horses, 50
cattle)
Sands Directory-4: 1911,
Central Lansdowne - (7 horses, 57
cattle)
Sands Directory-5: 1912,
Central Lansdowne - (9 horses, 31
cattle)
Burial: Dawson General
Cemetery, New South Wales
More About Edward Drury
and Sarah Unicomb:
Marriage: 29 October 1862,
Wesleyan Church, Taree, New South Wales
Children of Sarah Unicomb
and Edward Drury are:
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i. Sarah Ann5 Drury, born 24
October 1863 in Taree, New South Wales; died 23 April
1948 in Taree, New South Wales.
+ 3
ii. Charles Edward Drury, born 15 April 1865 in
Taree, New South Wales; died 22 April
1951 in Taree, New South Wales.
+ 4
iii. Nathaniel
Drury, born 13 April 1867 in Manning River, New South Wales; died 09
December 1947 in Taree, New South Wales.
+ 5
iv. William Henry Drury, born 08 June 1869 in
Manning River, New South Wales; died
04 March 1952 in Taree, New South
Wales.
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v. George Drury,
born 04 February 1872 in Manning River, New South Wales; died 08
November 1900 in Taree, New South Wales.
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vi. Jonas Drury,
born 01 July 1874 in Manning River, New South Wales; died 31 August
1959 in Taree, New South Wales.
He married Kate Isabella Bignell (Source: James Drury) 1899 in
Taree, New South
Wales;
born 29 August 1876 in Dungog, New South Wales; died 08 June 1955 in
Taree, New South Wales.
Notes for Jonas
Drury:
Jonas was a signatory on the
8th May 1897 petition to the Postmaster General to
vouch for the character of
Mr. Ambrose Longworth as suitable to be Postmaster of
Ghinni Ghinni Post
Office.Jonas gives his residence as Ghinni Ghinni.

More About Jonas
Drury:
Electoral Roll: 1930,
Retired - Fotheringham
Street, Taree, New South Wales
Electoral Roll-1: 1936,
Retired - Fotheringham
Street, Taree, New South Wales
Sands Directory: 1906,
Cundle Plains, Ghinni Ghinni - (5 horses, 32
cattle)
Sands Directory-1: 1907,
Cundle Plains, Ghinni Ghinni - (4 horses, 60
cattle)
Sands Directory-2: 1914,
Ghinni - (3 horses, 57 cattle, 73 acres)
Sands Directory-3: 1915,
Ghinni - (4 horses, 50 cattle, 73 acres)
Sands Directory-4: 1919,
Farmer - Cundletown,
New South
Wales
Sands Directory-5: 1920,
Ghinni - (5 horses, 53 cattle, 60 acres)
Kate and
Jonas
Burial: Salvation Army
Section - Dawson River (Taree) General Cemetery, New South
Wales
More About Kate Isabella
Bignell:
Electoral Roll: 1930, Home
Duties - Fotheringham
Street, Taree, New South Wales
Electoral Roll-1: 1936, Home
Duties - Fotheringham
Street, Taree, New South Wales
Burial: Salvation Army
Section - Dawson River (Taree) General Cemetery, New South
Wales
More About Jonas Drury and
Kate Bignell:
Marriage: 1899, Taree,
New South
Wales
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vii. Edwin James
Drury, born 21 July 1876 in Manning River, New South Wales; died 23
October
1956 in Taree, New South Wales.
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viii. Thomas
Andrew Drury, born 28 July 1878 in Taree, New South Wales; died 25
December 1966 in Taree, New South Wales.
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ix. Alfred Ernest
Drury, born 10 September 1880 in Manning River, New South Wales;
died 13 August 1978 in Taree, New South Wales.
+ 11
x. Harold Manning
Drury, born 20 July 1883 in Wingham, New South Wales; died 08
June 1968 in Taree, New South Wales.
+ 12
xi. Allan Stanley
Drury, born 05 March 1886 in Taree, New South Wales; died 10 March
1966 in Wyong, New South Wales.
Generation
No. 2
6.
George5 Drury (Sarah Ann4 Unicomb,
George3, Jonas2, William1) was born 04
February
1872 in
Manning River, New South
Wales, and died 08 November 1900 in Taree, New
South
Wales.
He married Mary Ulma Bignell (Source:
James Druy) 14 February 1898 in Taree, New South
Wales, daughter of Robert Bignell and Mary Ballard. She was born 23 January 1881 in
Blendon
Park,
near Dungog, New South
Wales, and died 17 May 1968 in New South Wales.
More About George
Drury:

(Photo
with thanks from Diane Edwards - Feb. 2007)
Burial: Dawson General Cemetery,
New South
Wales
More About George Drury
and Mary Bignell:
Marriage: 14 February 1898,
Taree, New South
Wales
Children of George Drury
and Mary Bignell are:
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i. Eunice
Auerlia6 Drury, born 17 April 1899 in Ghinni Ghinni,
New
South Wales; died
15 August 1987 in Taree, New South Wales.
She married James Beith Day (Source: James Drury) 02 December
1929; born 16
December 1901 in Mudgee, New South Wales; died 11 July 1991 in Taree, New South
Wales.
More About Eunice Auerlia
Drury:
Eunice and
James
Burial: Salvation Army
Section - Dawson River (Taree) General Cemetery, New South
Wales
Electoral Roll: 1936, Home
Duties - 3 Lyons
Street, Mudgee, New South Wales
More About James Beith
Day:
Electoral Roll: 1936,
Labourer - 3 Lyons
Street, Mudgee, New South Wales
Burial: Salvation Army
Section - Dawson River (Taree) General Cemetery, New South
Wales
More About James Day and
Eunice Drury:
Marriage: 02 December
1929
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ii. George Gordon
Drury (Source: James Drury), born 31 December 1900 in Taree, New South Wales; died
1974.
He
married Jessie Ethel Isabel Cowling 1921 in Bellingen, New
South Wales.
More About George Gordon
Drury:
Death Ref.: No.
59812/1974
Electoral Roll: 1930, Farmer
- Nana Glen, New South Wales
Electoral Roll-1: 1936,
Fireman - Nana Glen Railway, New South
Wales
More About Jessie Ethel
Isabel Cowling:
Death Ref.: No.
48154/1974
Electoral Roll: 1930, Home
Duties - Bagawa, Nana Glen,
New South
Wales
Electoral Roll-1: 1936, Home
Duties - Bagawa, Nana Glen Railway, New South Wales
More About George Drury and
Jessie Cowling:
Marriage: 1921, Bellingen, New
South Wales
8. Edwin
James5 Drury (Sarah Ann4 Unicomb, George3,
Jonas2, William1) was born 21 July
1876 in Manning River, New South
Wales, and died 23 October 1956 in Taree, New South Wales.
He married Louisa
Hammond 1901 in New South
Wales, daughter of Reuben Hammond and
Charlotte Delves. She was born 28 July 1879 in Manning River, New South
Wales, and died 09
March 1952 in Taree,
New South
Wales.
More About Edwin James
Drury:
Electoral Roll: 1930,
Farmer - Moto Estate, Croki,
New South
Wales
Electoral Roll-1: 1936,
Farmer - Coopernook South,
New South
Wales
Sands Directory: 1913,
Motto, Coopernook - (4 horses, 50 cattle, 103
acres)
Sands Directory-1: 1914,
Motto, Coopernook - (4 horses, 35 cattle, 103
acres)
Sands Directory-2: 1920,
Coopernook - (7 horses, 58 cattle, 105 acres)
Sands Directory-3: 1921,
Coopernook - (7 horses, 64 cattle, 105 acres)
Sands Directory-4: 1922,
Coopernook - (6 horses, 68 cattle, 96 acres)
Sands Directory-5: 1923,
Coopernook - (5 horses, 75 cattle, 105 acres)
Sands Directory-6: 1924,
Coopernook - (9 horses, 114 cattle, 240 acres)
Sands Directory-7: 1925,
Coopernook - (6 horses, 83 cattle, 95 acres)
Sands Directory-8: 1926,
Coopernook - (8 horses, 94 cattle, 196 acres)
Sands Directory-9: 1927,
Coopernook - (5 horses, 89 cattle, 188 acres)
Sands Directory-10: 1928,
Coopernook - (6 horses, 87 cattle, 169 acres)
Sands Directory-11: 1929,
Coopernook - (8 horses, 122 cattle, 105 acres)
Sands Directory-12: 1930,
Coopernook - (7 horses, 112 cattle, 173 acres)
Sands Directory-13: 1931,
Coopernook - (7 horses, 123 cattle, 268 acres)
Sands Directory-14: Bet.
1932 - 1933, Coopernook - (7 horses, 128 cattle, 268 acres)

Burial: Uniting Church
Section - Dawson River (Taree) General Cemetery, New South
Wales
More About Louisa
Hammond:
Electoral Roll: 1930, Home
Duties - Moto Estate, Croki,
New South
Wales
Electoral Roll-1: 1936,
Home Duties - Coopernook
South, New South Wales

Burial: Uniting Church
Section - Dawson River (Taree) General Cemetery, New South
Wales
More About Edwin Drury
and Louisa Hammond:
Marriage: 1901, New South
Wales
Children of Edwin Drury and
Louisa Hammond are:
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i. Percy
Silverton6 Drury, born 08 November 1901 in Taree, New South
Wales; died 17
August 1982. in New South Wales.
He married Violet Emily Fenning, 19 November 1920 in
Taree, New South Wales;
born
26 July
1899 in Stroud, New South Wales; died 29 January 1993 in New South
Wales.
More About Percy Silverton
Drury:
Burial: Dawson Lawn Cemetery, New South Wales
Electoral Roll: 1930, Dairy
Farmer- Motto, Coopernook,
New South
Wales
Electoral Roll-1: 1936,
Dairy Farmer- Motto, Coopernook, New South
Wales
Military service: 4
BATTALION VOLUNTEER DEFENCE CORPS PART TIME DUTY
Military service-1:
30.04.1942 - 30.09.1945
Military service-2:
WW2 - Private N459272 Aust. Army
More About Violet Emily
Fenning:
Birth Ref.: No.
25385/1899
Electoral Roll: 1930, Home
Duties - Motto, Coopernook,
New South
Wales
Electoral Roll-1: 1936, Home
Duties - Moto, Coopernook,
New South
Wales
Burial: Dawson Lawn
Cemetery, New South Wales
More About Percy Drury and
Violet Fenning:
Marriage: 19 November 1920,
Taree, New South
Wales
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ii. Ethel Lillian
Drury, born 01 June 1905 in Taree, New South Wales; died 11 March
1990 in Taree, New South Wales.
She married William Cadden (Source: James Drury) 26 August 1936 in
Coopernook,
New South Wales; born 13 September 1903; died 14 September 1962 in Taree, New
South Wales.
More About Ethel Lillian
Drury:
Electoral Roll: 1930, Home
Duties - Moto, Coopernook,
New South
Wales
Electoral Roll-1: 1936, Home
Duties - Moto, Coopernook,
New South
Wales

Dawson River Lawn Cemetery,
Taree, New South Wales
More About William
Cadden:

Burial: Oxley Island Presbyterian Cemetery,
New South
Wales
More About William Cadden
and Ethel Drury:
Marriage: 26 August 1936,
Coopernook, New South Wales
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iv. Edna May
Drury (Source: James Drury - family web file.), born 15 March 1916 in
Moto, New South Wales; died 18 June 1984 in Wingham, New South Wales.
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iii. Leslie
Manning Drury, born 25 October 1910 in Taree, New South Wales.
He married Ivy Jane Worboys 1930 in Taree, New South
Wales; born 09 July 1911 in
Kempsey,
New South Wales; died 11 November
1977.
More About Leslie Manning
Drury:
Electoral Roll: 1936, Farm
Hand - Moto, New South Wales
More About Ivy Jane
Worboys:
Electoral Roll: 1936, Home
Duties - Moto, via Coopernook, New South
Wales
More About Leslie Drury and
Ivy Worboys:
Marriage: 1930, Taree,
New South
Wales
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iv. Edna May
Drury, born 15 March 1916 in Moto, New South Wales; died 18 June 1984
in Wingham, New South Wales.
She married Alexander William Robertson 26 March 1938 in Taree,
New South Wales;
born
01 August 1916 in Wickham,
New South
Wales.
More About Edna May
Drury:

Cremation: Dawson River Lawn
Cemetery, Taree, New South Wales
More About Alexander
Robertson and Edna Drury:
Marriage: 26 March 1938,
Taree, New South
Wales
9. Thomas
Andrew5 Drury (Sarah Ann4 Unicomb, George3,
Jonas2, William1) was born 28
July 1878 in Taree,
New South Wales, and died 25 December 1966 in
Taree, New South
Wales.
He married Selina Ada
Bignell 11 February 1901, daughter of Robert
Bignell and Mary
Ballard. She was born 21 June 1882
in New South Wales, and died 09 July 1969
in
Taree, New
South Wales.
Notes for Thomas Andrew
Drury:

1905 Petition and covering letter
Thomas is listed as a
signatory on a petition in June 1905 to establish a Post Office in Lansdowne
to replace the existing
Receiving Office. He lists himself as a Farmer.
More About Thomas Andrew
Drury:
Electoral Roll: 1930,
Farmer - Central Lansdowne, New South
Wales
Electoral Roll-1: 1936,
Farmer - Central Lansdowne, New South
Wales
Sands Directory: 1912,
Central Lansdowne - (5 horses, 50
cattle)
Sands Directory-1: 1919,
Farmer - Upper Lansdowne, New South
Wales
Sands Directory-2: 1920,
Central Lansdowne - (6 horses, 55 cattle, 225
acres)
Sands Directory-3: 1922,
Central Lansdowne - (6 horses, 62 cattle, 122
acres)
Sands Directory-4: 1923,
Central Lansdowne - (6 horses, 70 cattle, 325
acres)
Sands Directory-5: 1924,
Central Lansdowne - (5 horses, 88 cattle, 325
acres)
Sands Directory-6: 1925,
Central Lansdowne - (4 horses, 42 cattle, 181
acres)
Sands Directory-7: 1926,
Central Lansdowne - (4 horses, 41 cattle, 185
acres)
Sands Directory-8: 1927,
Central Lansdowne - (3 horses, 49 cattle, 185
acres)
Sands Directory-9: 1928,
Central Lansdowne - (4 horses, 57 cattle, 185
acres)
Sands Directory-10: 1929,
Central Lansdowne - (4 horses, 60 cattle, 185
acres)
Sands Directory-11: 1930,
Central Lansdowne - (8 horses, 45 cattle, 185
acres)
Sands Directory-12: Bet.
1932 - 1933, Central Lansdowne - (4 horses, 47
cattle, 135 acres)

Burial: Old Methodist
Section, Dawson General Cemetery, New South Wales
More About Selina Ada
Bignell:
Electoral Roll: 1930, Home
Duties - Central Lansdowne, New South
Wales
Electoral Roll-1: 1936,
Home Duties - Central Lansdowne, New
South Wales
Burial: Old Methodist
Section, Dawson General Cemetery, New South
Wales
More About Thomas Drury
and Selina Bignell:
Marriage: 11 February
1901
Children of Thomas Drury
and Selina Bignell are:
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i. Ada
Annie6 Drury, born 02 February 1902 in Central Lansdowne, New South Wales;
died 11 September 1994 in Taree, New South Wales.
She
married (1) Harold James Hudson (Source: James Drury) 26 June 1926 in
Lansdowne,
New South Wales; born 04 March 1903 in Sydney, New South Wales;
died 13
July 1961 in Harrington, New South Wales.
She married (2) Raymond
Watson Avern 01 October 1976. He was born 1906 and died 15 February 1985 in
Taree, New South Wales.
More About Ada Annie
Drury:
Electoral Roll: 1930, Home
Duties - Rawson River, Coopernook, New South
Wales
Electoral Roll-1: 1936, Home
Duties - Harrington,
New South
Wales

Burial: Dawson River Lawn
Cemetery, Taree, New South Wales
More About Harold James
Hudson:
Electoral Roll: 1930, Farmer
- Rawson River, Coopernook, New South
Wales
Electoral Roll-1: 1936,
Labourer - Harrington,
New South
Wales
More About Harold Hudson and
Ada
Drury:
Marriage: 26 June 1926,
Lansdowne, New South Wales
More About Raymond Watson
Avern:

Burial: Dawson River Lawn
Cemetery, Taree, New South
Wales
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ii. Andrew George
Drury, born 29 December 1903 in Taree, New South Wales; died 22
July 1984 in Sydney, New South Wales.
He married Eunice Myrtle
McDonald 11 April 1928 in Koppin Yarrat, New South
Wales; born 19 March 1908 in Taree, New South Wales; died 26 January 1972 in Port
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