James Baker’s parents  James Waldon and Elizabeth Myson married at Great Thurlow, Suffolk on 14 January, 1811.  On the marriage record James’ birthplace is shown as Boxstead, Cambridgeshire.  Possibly James was born at Boxstead circa 1790. (Source: John Wells of Wahroonga)

James and Elizabeth were married about nine weeks before their eldest son, James Baker Waldon was baptised at Great Wratting.  JBW was possibly born before James and Elizabeth married.

  James' Headstone

police magistrate in Goulburn to travel out of the district of Goulburn, NSW.  This passport is

dated before he got his Certificate of Freedom.   It is assumed that he was a rural worker, who

lived in various remote areas in southern NSW.

His death certificate in 1878 said that he was married to Catherine Rhall (variations – Real, Ryall

Rall etc) at Ten Mile Creek at age of about 31 years (James would havebeen 31 in 1845).  This

information was given by his son, James Baker Worldon Jnr.  Ten Mile Creek is the old name for

Holbrook, NSW.  No marriage record has been found for James and Catherine at Ten Mile

Creek, or anywhere else in NSW or what is now Victoria (in the 1840s Victoria was a part of

NSW).  Civil registration did not commence in NSW until 1856 and before then, the only

marriage record would be church records, which were sometimes haphazardly kept, particularly

in remote areas where the only churchmen were itinerating clergy who might visit a tiny

settlement on very rare occasions, and possibly did not record any marriage ceremony they may

have performed.

 James B Worldon and Catherine Rhall

It is now believed that Catherine Rhall may have been married (or not married, that is,

in a de facto relationship) to John Glitheroe, the convict who arrived on the “Mangles”

in 1833. As no marriage has been found for Catherine Rhall to either James

BakerWaldon/Worldon or John Glitheroe, Catherine may not have been free to marry,

if her first husband John Casey whom she married in 1835, was still alive.[1] John

Glitheroe and Catherine Rhall had three children:

1. Sarah Jane Glitheroe, supposedly born 1842, Port Fairy, Victoria (probably   

named after her paternal grandmother, Sarah Glitherow nee Baxter of Whittlesey,

Cambridgeshire).  Died Beechworth, Victoria in 1898 (Port Fairy as place of birth is

stated on the death certificate).

2. William Glitheroe, born in 1843, (probably named after his paternal grandfather,    

William Glitherow of Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire).  The same William Waldon who died at

Cudgel Creek, Young, NSW in 1863?

3. Richard Glitheroe, born in 1845, baptised Albury in 1850. Later known as

Richard Worldon.  Drowned Gundagai in 1891.

As regards Sarah Jane, who was supposed to be born at Port Fairy in 1842 and William, who

was supposed to be born in 1843 in Victoria, I have found the following on the Victorian Pioneer

Index, 1837-1888:

Sarah Clitherow (with a “C”), born/baptised at Melbourne, Victoria in 1840,

parents:  John Clitherow and Catherine Rehill, a Roman Catholic baptism at St Francis,

Reg. No. 35931, fische No. 1277.

William Glitheron born/baptised at Marabool, Victoria  in 1843,  parents:  John and

Catherine Glitheron, St James Church, (C of E?) Reg. No.13432, fische No. 1234.

A BAPTISM IN 1840 IS WAY OUT FOR SARAH JANE IF SHE WAS BORN IN PORT

FAIRY IN 1842.  BAPTISED TWO YEARS BEFORE SHE WAS BORN!

The relationship between Catherine Rhall and John Glitheroe broke up and Catherine then met

James Baker Waldon. . 

Baptised at Albury, NSW on the 23^rd October, 1850 was a Richard Glitheroe, who it is recorded

was born 19 July, 1845.  His parents were recorded as John Glitheroe

and Catherine Rhall.

Also baptised at Albury on 23 October, 1850 was a Elizabeth Warldon, born 27 July, 1850. 

Parents:  James Baker Warldon and Catherine Rhall.  These two baptisms in 1850 were Roman

Catholic ceremonies, performed by Father Patrick Magennis (Father Magennis was based at

Yass, which is about 100 km north of Gundagai but his area in the 1850s was all of southern

NSW to the present day Victorian border – a huge area. The present day city of Albury is on

the NSW–Victorian border.  South of Yass, including Gundagai and Albury, was an extremely

remote area in 1850).  These would have been Catholic baptisms possibly because Catherine

Rhall was an Irish Catholic.  Rhall is usually an Irish name.

Richard Glitheroe and Elizabeth Warlden were the only two children baptised at Albury that day. 

Both with a mother named Catherine Rhall!

FROM THE ABOVE IT SEEMS THAT RICHARD WORLDON OF GUNDAGAI,

WHO WAS DROWNED IN THE 1891 FLOOD, WAS NOT A WORLDON AFTER

ALL, BUT A GLITHEROE!!!  Between 1850 when he was baptised at Albury and

the 1860s when he turned up in Gundagai with his father (or stepfather) and

brother James Baker Worldon II, Richard Glitheroe had become Richard

Worldon!!

It seems that Catherine’s Rhall’s partner, John Glitherow, was the same man  - John Glithao -

who died at the Benevolent Asylum, City of Sandhurst, Bendigo on 11 March, 1889, aged 74 years.

Two children were born to James Baker Waldon and his “wife”, Catherine Rhall:

1. Elizabeth Warlden, born 27 July, 1850, baptised 23^rd October, 1850 at Albury. 

Married William Leonard Boyd at 16 May, 1870 in Victoria (probably named after her

paternal grandmother, Elizabeth Waldon nee Mison of Haverhill-Great Wratting, Suffolk).

2. James Baker Walden/Worldon II, born 1853. Married Margaretta Jane Bell on

31 October, 1878 at Mundarlo near Gundagai.  James Waldon II died 31 March,

1932 and is buried in the North Gundagai Church of England Cemetery.  He is buried

with his wife and near his father James Baker Worldon I and both graves have

headstones.

James Waldon found himself on the wrong side of the law in 1869, as the following

account from the Gundagai Times will show:

Adelong (from our correspondent)

On Friday last the prisoner I referred to in my former letter – James

Waldren – who had been apprehended by Sergeant Egan in Tumut, was

brought before the Police magistrate on a charge of horse-stealing.  The

evidence of William Shaw Mackie, superintendent of Mr Patterson’s Beago

 Station, showed that the prisoner has been employed there mending

fences, and that after he left, the mare, then outside the Court House,

which prisoner had with him when arrested, was missing from a paddock. 

It was the property of Jonathon Goldspink Snr., and had been left in

witnesses’ charge.  John Goldspink having deposed to Waldren having

passed the place where he was camped, at Spy Glass Mountain, riding the

mare referred to, which he identified as his father’s property, prisoner was

fully committed for trial at next Gundagai General Sessions.[2]

I have not yet located the account in the newspaper of the trial held at “the next Gundagai General Sessions”, despite searching in the Gundagai Times for several months after December, 1869, so the result of the trial is not yet known.James Baker Waldon Snr died at Gundagai on 12 April, 1878, aged 64 years.  His place of birth is recorded on the death certificate as “Bath, England”.  His death certificate also said that he had 6 children – 2 boys and 2 girls living and 1 boy and 1 girl deceased.  The 1 boy deceased could have been the William Worldon (son of John Glitheroe, born Victoria 1843) who died at Young, NSW from an accidental gunshot wound in 1861. The two boys living would be Richard and James Jnr.  The two girls living would be Elizabeth (Mrs Boyd) and Sarah Jane Worldon, (later Mrs Williams then Mrs Smith) born 1842 at Port Fairy, in present day Victoria.  It is not known who the 1 girl deceased is.  On James’ death certificate there is no mention as to whether his wife, Catherine Rhall was alive in 1878.  It is assumed that James and his two sons may have come to Gundagai from Young, NSW and that James Snr was a widower when he arrived in Gundagai.

A death certificate has been found for a Catherine Rall who died 14 April, 1856 at Bathurst, NSW

[3].  Her occupation was a servant and she was aged 35 years (born circa 1821).  The cause of

death was “Injuries of the back from a fall from a ladder” of two months duration.  She was seen

by a medical attendant, George Busby on 13 April, 1856.  The informant on the death certificate

was Samuel Sweetman, the undertaker, of Bentinck Street, Bathurst.  Catherine Rall was buried

in the Bathurst Roman Catholic Cemetery on 15 April, 1856.   No details on Catherine’s parents,

possible marriage or names of children are recorded.  This Catherine is probably James Baker

Waldon’s (de facto?) wife.

A death certificate has also been found for a William Waldon who died at Cudgel Creek, Young,

NSW on 24 December, 1863.  William was a 20 year old stockman and the cause of death was

“accidentally shot”. The age of “20” is indistinct and partly blotted out.  Possibly this age is

just a guess, and William could be closer to 18 years old in 1861, which would tie in with the

William Glitheroe born Victoria in 1843. The informant on the death certificate was Robert

Falder, the Coronor of Young.  William Waldon was buried at the Barrangong (Burrengong?)

Cemetery, near Young on 26 December, 1863.  On the death certificate his parent’s names and

details of a possible marriage are not listed.[4]

It was initially not known for certain who Catherine Rhall was.  I did think for a long time that

she could be the daughter of a convict, Bartholomew Real/Rhall and his wife Mary Dougherty,

as they had a daughter Catherine who was born in Sydney on 21 November, 1829 (a baptismal

certficate has been obtained for this Catherine). But our Catherine Rhall could not be the

daughter of Bartholomew Real if she was born on 1829, as she would have only been six years

old if she married John Casey in 1835, and because Catherine’s daughter Sarah Jane, gave her

maiden name as “Sarah Jane Casey” on several of her children’s birth certificates, Sarah’s

mother, Catherine Rhall, must have been the Catherine Rhall who married John Casey.

Although Bartholomew Real/Rhall does not now seem to be the father of our Catherine Rhall, I

am recording details of Bartholomew and his family, as there could be a connection found

sometime in the future between Bartholomew and Christopher Rhall.Bartholomew Real/Rhall

was a convict from Co. Cork, Ireland who arrived on board the “Prince Regent” in 1821, aged 28

years.  His wife Mary Real (nee Dougherty) came out as a free person on board the “Thames” in

1826 with her 10 year old son, Patrick Real.  Bartholomew and Mary then had other children,

including a daughter, Catherine, who was born 21 November, 1829 and was baptised at St

Mary’s Cathedral, Sydney in 1829.Bartholomew and his wife Mary died at Adelong, NSW,

which is about 30 km south east of Gundagai.  Mary Real died 7 July 1863, aged 71 years.  Her

children as recorded on the death certificate were:  Mary, aged 33, John, aged 31, Andrew, aged

29 and Ellen, aged 27.  Bartholomew Real died 18 July, 1867, at Adelong, aged 78 years.  His

children as recorded on his death certificate were:  John, aged 36, Mary, aged 29 and Andrew,

aged 31. (as can be seen, there is a discrepancy with the ages between the two certificates). 

Catherine who was born in 1929 in Sydney, is not mentioned on either death certificate, so

probably she was dead by 1863.

CASEY  JOHN  RHALL  CATHERINE  CV

There is a marriage in NSW between a John Casey and a Catherine Rhall in 1835 (Reference:

V18351410 19/1835)[5].   It is now fairly certain that this is the same Catherine Rhall who

subsequently had relationships with John Glitherow and James Baker Waldon.

James Baker Worldon/Waldon’s wife Catherine Rhall could be a daughter of Christopher Rhall

who was a colour sergeant with the Royal Fusiliers, and his wife, Mary Cassidy.   Christopher was born in 1794 in Longford, Ireland.  Christopher and Mary had had a daughter Catherine

who was born circa 1810.  Mary Ryall (nee Cassidy) died at Gundagai on 1 March, 1866.  Mary

Rhall (Cassidy) did have a headstone in the Gundagai Cemetery but it has fallen over and

disintegrated.  Christopher Rhall died before 1833 (possibly murdered by aborigines?). 

Christopher and Mary had various children, amongst them Margaret Ryall who married John

Sullivan.[6]  Two of their children are buried in the Gundagai Cemetery and various other

Sullivan descendents have had connections with Gundagai at different times.  This Gundagai

connection of the Ryall and Sullivan families is one of the main reasons for thinking that

Catherine Worldon (nee Ryall) belongs to this family. 

LAND RECORDS FROM THE NSW STATE RECORDS OFFICE:

1.  Item No. 2/7957 – Reel No. 1176 – Christopher Rhall, First Date: 1829.  Last Date: 1833.  Remarks: 

Includes papers re huts at Bong Bong for veterans William Chater, John Gilzan, Enis McGarr, Thomas

Wood, William Wood, Lynn Shepherd and Samuel Holmes.

2.  Item 2/7957 – Reel No. 1176  - Mary Rhall, First Date: 1835.  Last Date: 1835.  Remarks:  see also

Christopher Rhall (1833). 

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