Captain Thunderbolt - F amily Stories
by Barry Sinclair

Sarah Ann & Edward Edwards moved to the New England area near Ebor (Guy Fawkes) where they lived for a time, before selecting a property in the Bostobrick area near Dorrigo. During the last 30 months of his life as a bushranger and after his wife Mary Ann died he spent all of his time in the northern New England area centered around Armidale & Guyra until his career ended with the "Death of Thunderbolt" in Uralla on the 25th May, 1870.

Esther Edwards met & married William James Sinclair (my great grandfather ), one of the stockmen on her fathers property. Family tradition has it, that when Fred Ward was being chased by the police he would go to his mother's property near Hernani, where he was hidden in a hole, covered by a wood box, in the family kitchen. Family stories told of Grandma Sarah serving the policemen tea, while sitting on the woodbox, with Thunderbolt lying underneath.

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Family facts sheet on the death of Thunderbolt.

1. A well known fact about Thunderbolt.
It is claimed in nearly ever book about Thunderbolt, that, throughout h is career, he never shot at any one, including the police. However wh at is not so well known is the reason for this. Thunderbolt's wife, Mary A nn Bugg, by her aboriginal heritage, had a total hatred of guns due to the way so many of her people had been murdered by the white population of the time. During her time with Thunderbolt she instilled in him this same total hatred of guns and of shooting at people. This is an importa nt factor in the subsequent pursuit and death of Thunderbolt.

2. Was Thunderbolt married?
Many authors claim that Mary Ann & Thunderbolt were not married despite th is testimony shown in the article below. The problem is their seems to be no records at Stroud to the marriage

We remember reading in the 'North-West Champion' of December 7, 1929, th at an old lady whom I knew, Mrs Deamer, in an article entitled "The Days T hat Were", claimed that she saw Thunderbolt married at Stroud. The old la dy seemed to have a clear recollection of the event, and she told the sto ry in these words, I quote: "It was at Stroud and I was going to scho ol at the time. Frederick Ward, that was Thunderbolt's name, was a nice lo oking young fellow, and the girl he married was Mary Bugg, daught er of Mr Jimmy Bugg who looked after the Australian Pastoral Company's sta tion at Port Stevens. There was a great to-do at the church the day the w edding was on, and we were all let out of school to see them come out of c hurch."

At that time, Mary Ann was working in the Anglican School at Stroud. It is certainly reasonable that the children would be given time to wat ch the wedding. The Parish at that time was not the parish of Stroud but part of the Church of England Parish of the Australian Agricultural Compan y, which included the area from Wollongong to the Queensland border with t he exception of Sydney. The Stroud Website clearly indicates that Thunderb olt was married in the Stroud Anglican Church.

3. Thunderbolt , the new age parent
Arguably Thunderbolt was the first Australian male to take Paternity leave. A study of his crimes & personal family life shows that, whenever his w ife was expecting, he took up to nine months off from his Bushranging care er to took after his wife & family. So, out of his 6 & a half year caree r, he actually took nearly 2 years off looking after his family. According to some Aborigines, much of this time was often spent with one of the ir communities in the Gunnedah area, where he was protected from the poli ce & was regarded as one of them.

4. What caused the beginning of the career of Thunderbolt?
In 1850 Fred's older brother George married Charlotte Nixon in St Paul's C athedral in Armidale. During the next 4 years, whilst employed at Tocal Station near Patterson, they had 2 children. In 1854 George was instruct ed to take a herd of cattle to the Maitland sale despite the knowledge th at the Hunter River was in flood. While crossing the river George was drowned. About 18 months later the Ward family seemed to be targeting Tocal Station out of revenge. His uncle William (Harry), owner of nearby Lamb's Valley Station 12 miles west of Tocal, and his 2 brothers, James and John Garbutt, commenced stealing horses from Tocal Station. Fred, also an employee of Tocal, was asked to assist in droving the cattle to the Windsor Sale yards where Fred and James Garbutt were arrested. Fred and James were both charged with stealing horses, however Fred charge was reduced to 'being in possession of stolen horses.' Fred should have been given a lesser sentence of 4 years served locally; instead the Judge delivered a full 10 year sentence, to be served in the hated Cockatoo Island prison. Thus began the career of "Captain Thunderbolt."

4. Now to the actual death. The Police were warned of the presence of Thunderbolt.
On the 25th May, 1870 in the late afternoon the Italian hawker, Giovanni Cappissote, while traveling past Thunderbolt's Rock near Uralla was held up and relieved of $3/13/6 and some jewelry. He was sent on his way to Tamworth. However after travelling a little over a mile, he hid his cart in the bushes near Dorrington's farm and rode back to Uralla, through the bush to the east of Thunderbolt's rock so as not to be detected by Thunderbolt. He advised the police, in Uralla, of the presence of Thunderbolt near Blanche's Inn.

5. The Two policemen chased after Thunderbolt?
Constable Mulhall was on duty, however Constable Walker was neither in uniform nor on duty but present in the Police Station. Both policemen set out after Thunderbolt. By the time Mulhall reached Thunderbolt's Rock, havi ng the faster horse, he was about 500 yards ahead of Walker. He said his g un went off and his horse turned around and bolted back to Urall a. It is my personal belief that Mulhall was warning Thunderbolt that he w as about to be chased by Cnst. Walker. On passing Mulhall it is claim ed by Walker, Mulhall said, "There they are. I have exchanged shots with them. Go and get the wretches."(i) Walker then commenced his chase of Thunderbolt, knowing that he would not be shot at.

6. Why didn't Thunderbolt have his favorite horse "Combo"?
Thunderbolt used to follow the races and later would often "take possession" of the best of the horses so he had the ability to outrun the police. At this time he had a special horse called "Combo" which he had taken from Goonoo Goonoo Station south of Tamworth. This station secretly kept a paddock with fresh horses ready for Thunderbolt to exchange. However after trying "Combo", an English racehorse he liked it so much he did not return it. On this particular day he did not have "Combo" but was trying out a Coghlan horse. A young man, James Coghlan, was leading 3 horses that his employer had recently purchased at Scone and was taking them to their property in Ebor. He had been leading the horses all day in an attempt to get home as quickly as possible, so the horses were totally exhausted. Not knowing this, Thunderbolt commandeered one of the horses to try it out. At that moment Walker arrived on the scene.

Walker chased Thunderbolt for approximately 2 miles in a South Westerly direction until they reached Kentucky Creek, where Thunderbolt abandoned his exhausted horse and proceeded to cross the Creek. Walker then states that he shot the horse, (ii) to the later upset of James Coghlan.

7. Now let us look at the "facts" of the killing of Thunderbolt.
According to the statement of Constable Walker, (written in the 3rd person) on the 29th May 1870. "(Constable Walker)? immediately plunged his horse into the water and his horse stumbled and went underneath the water when Ward made a rush at the Constable into the water with his Revolver in his hand. The Constable fired and Ward fell forward into the Water and went under and when he came up he tried to catch hold of the Constable who then struck him on the top of the head with the Revolver, the Constable rode his horse out of the Water and tied him up, he then drew Ward out of the Creek and believed him to be quite dead??. (later). the Constable then took him (Coghlan) out to look for the body of Ward but could not find it, returned to Blanches???found the body at daylight." (iii)

Phillip Pomroy, in his paintings of the event hung in the McCrossin's Mill Museum Uralla, appears to use the description by Constable Walker showing Walker on his horse above Ward shooting down upon him. If as portrayed, and according to Walkers own statement, the bullet entering the left chest above the heart it would have passed through the body exiting at the rear of the body near the right hip. There is also the following "Walker returned and found the body next morning about 9 0'clock." There is no direct evidence, but the more reliable secondary sources falsley claim: -

'When they returned next day they found that Ward had crawled a little distance
into the bush, and was still alive, but he did not survive the trip back to Uralla?.
when the police examined the body and clothing they found that Ward 's revolver
had been empty when Walker shot and clubbed him.'(100 Australian Bushrange rs, 1789-1901, Allan M Nixon.)(iv)

Two days after the death of Thunderbolt, Walker re-enacted the shooting for a photographer, Mr Cunningham of Armidale. "Mr A Cunningham has taken several excellent photographics to illustrate the end of Thunderbolt, and other matters connected with it. Of Ward's dead horse there are two view s. There are three different views of the spot on which the final strugg le took place, Mr. Walker being shown in the same dress and on the same ho rse as he had when he came upon the W. side of the creek; the reality of t he scene being added to by Mr. Smoker, of Uralla, representing, on t he E. side, Ward - each with weapon levelled at his opponent. To secure a good view, Mr Cunningham took the trouble to cut down several tree s. Then there are two portraits of Mr Walker, one being full length; whi le there are three of Thunderbolt when he was lying dead, after the post-m ortem examination. One represents him with his hat off, another with his h at on, and the third is his profile."(iv) (A copy of the Creek re-enactme nt photo can be viewed in the Uralla Visitors Information Centre). Unfortu nately he turned up in uniform. As a result many of the later drawings of the death of Thunderbolt show Walker in uniform. The photo shows a d ifferent view of the shooting to the one in Walker's original statemen t. It shows Walker directly across the other side of the creek and sever al meters from Ward and just slightly above him, this however is more in l ine with Dr Spasshat's autopsy report, except for the difference in the di stance between them, "?..; mark of a gunshot wound below left collar bo ne towards the armpit; on examination I found the aperture communicated wi th the lungs, both of which, right and left, had been penetrated; there w as an aperture as if the exit of a ball on the right side of the chest, th ree inches below and two inches anterior to lower point right shoulder bla de; there was a large quantity of fluid blood in cavity of pleura; the wou nd was just such as might have been inflicted by a pistol bullet discharg ed in immediate proximity to and rather above the body; I am of the opinion that the wound was the cause of death??"(v)

(In September 2003, I gave copies of all material pertaining to the dea th of Thunderbolt - Dr Spasshat's autopsy report, Constable Walker's state ment, and the copy of the death photo of Thunderbolt - to Dr Godfrey Oettl e, the recently retired Director of the Division of Forensic Medicine in the Department of Health of New South Wales. His finding states that, accor ding to the details of the autopsy, Thunderbolt could only have lived a maximum of 3 minutes after being shot and ?. I would expect him to loose both motor and cognative function within about ten seconds. (See Appendix 1 ). This certainly does not agree with Constable Walker's report.)

8. What happened to Thunderbolt's body?
Early on the 26th May the body of Thunderbolt was taken back to Blanche 's Inn and examined by Dr Spasshat from Armidale. It is interesting to note that although there were positive identification marks recorded in police records for the identification of Fred Ward especially the mole and warts (?.Ward is a native of Windsor, New South Wales; a laborer, 27 yea rs of age, 5 feet 8 ¼ inches high, hazel grey eyes, mole on right wrist a nd two warts back of middle finger of left hand.")(vi.) Despite the fact that many people viewed the body of Thunderbolt, these marks were not used to identify the body as that of Frederick Ward. During the next few da ys over 300 people viewed the body and all agreed that "It's Thunderbolt a lright." Many authors and researchers misquote this statement as "It's Fred, alright" despite the fact that at the time he was known by the gener al public only as "Captain Thunderbolt." Various other names suspected of belonging to the person, such as Fred Britten, Michael Blake, Fred Ward, William (Harry) Ward, Fred Blake etc were only rumors.

It was left for young Will Monckton being a companion of Thunderbolt, who had served one year of a six year gaol sentence (which was to include five years in a reformatory school) in Armidale (viii), to identify the body at Uralla on Sunday, May 28th, four days after the shooting (viii). Wil l, as an assistant of Thunderbolt, in the Tenterfield region 12 months earlier surrendered to the police and was gaoled. While in gaol he had hea rd that the police had shot Thunderbolt in the right knee at the top of the Moonbi's but had escaped. At that time he knew he had been with Fred Wa rd aka "Thunderbolt" near Torrington, and that Fred Ward was not the "Thun derbolt" shot at Moonbi.

He was brought to Uralla to identify the body and used the scar on the right knee as positive identification that the body was that of Fred Ward. The police immediately accepted his identification and excused him from the remainder of his sentence. The body was buried that Sunday afternoon in the edge of the Uralla Cemetery in unhallowed ground, after a judicial hearing to confirm the death of Frederick Ward aka "Captain Thunderbolt ". Present at the funeral was a very tall women, for those days, (5ft 8inc hes) dressed in a full-length black gown and a heavy black veil. A journalist stated that "after the funeral it was noted that she left without speaking to anyone", however it was also noted "she walked away with a very manly gait." Was this Fred saying goodbye to his brother, Harry? This has always been the understanding held by the family as fact.

Dr Spasshat's autopsy report is dated May 29th 1870. I believe it was not filled in until after the funeral and then, on police instructions, the mole & warts were added although they had not previously been used to identify the body.

9. Where was Fred's horse Combo?
On 28th May, the Saturday after the death of Thunderbolt, 2 young policemen, stationed in Armidale, were on duty at the races in Glen Innes and saw Combo tethered there. Hiding, they watched the horse for some time until they saw a man, who they personally identified as "Thunderbolt", appear and quickly mount the horse, before they could stop him. He left the area in a southeasterly direction towards Wards Mistake. He went over the steep side into the gorge area. Being inexperienced horsemen, the young policemen were not able to follow him. On returning to Armidale they submitt ed their report of the days activities to their commanding officer, only to be told that "Thunderbolt" had been shot 3 days previously. To justify what they had been doing during the day, they insisted on filing their report. I have been told the report was been seen in the police archives in Sydney as recently as several years ago, but is no longer available to the public.

10. What happened to this "Thunderbolt"
In the Ebor/Hernani area where he was heading, lived his mother Sarah A nn Edwards, my G-G-Grandmother. I believe he went to his mother's home. If you go out to Hernani and talk to the families of the oldest residents in the area they will all tell you that - "Great Aunt or Great Grandma danced with Thunderbolt at the weekly Saturday night dances for 6 weeks after The Death of Thunderbolt". It is my belief that during those 6 weeks Fred used this time to visit all his caves and hiding places in the area from Lansdowne near Taree, Barrington, Moonbi, Uralla, Black Mountain, Torrington, to Boonoo Boonoo, near Tenterfield and retrieve his "earnings". It has been reported as being as much as 20,000 pounds about $1,000,000 in today's money. Despite people searching the area of these caves for the last 130 years all that has been reported as having been found is one bottle containing about 20 pounds in notes.

I believe that at the end of this 6 week period, Fred, together with his mother Sarah, went to Sydney then by boat to San Francisco. When the gold petered out in California he moved to Alberta, Canada where he stayed until the end of the gold rush there in the late 1800's, then they moved to live out his life in Ottawa, Canada - dying in the early 1900's.

A story told by Mr R S Spencer (quoted from the "Western Stock & Station Journal in the 'Uralla Times', 4/9/1969

. the letter was written in Canada, the date January 21st 1892. The signature was one word - Fred. After a careful examination of the document, my father remarked, "But, good God, man, it can't be true?"

"Yes, Mr Spencer" said White. "It's quite true"

(?) During my visit to Canada in 1937 my enquiries at Ottawa resulted in the production of further evidence to support the claim I have advanced her ein. I was informed that in Ottawa Cemetery an Australian named Frederick Ward lies buried

Is it the grave of Thunderbolt?

To me, the irresistible conclusion, drawn from the foregoing evidence, is "Yes".(x)

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11. Who then is buried in the Uralla cemetery?
It has always been the family belief that the person buried at Uralla is Fred's uncle William (aka Harry) who was responsible for the beginning of Thunderbolt's career. By the late 1860's things started to get "too hot" for Harry in the Maitland area & he came to join Fred, mainly operating in the southern area around Uralla. I believe that he was the "Thunderbolt" shot by the police at Moonbi in early 1869. On the death of his grandmother Sophia in 1874, her death certificate shows both Fred & Willi am ("Harry") as being deceased. Fred is naturally shown because of his death certificate, however there is no death certificate in Australia for William (aka Harry) Ward despite a thorough search of all states BDM registers by myself and other direct family members. I believe the death certificate for Fred is in fact the death certificate for Harry.

Recently talking to a local aboriginal elder from Gunnedah I was told that it was "their knowledge that it was not Fred Ward buried here in Ural la in unhallowed ground." As he was married "to one of them", Mary Ann ( an aboriginal girl) and as he had lived with them in the bush for sever al years, they regarded him as "family". If it had been Fred buried in unhallowed ground they would have dug him up & buried him in their local secret burial ground. She was very emphatic that "it was not Fred Ward bured in Uralla". They normally don't talk about such things to we "whiteys "; however she was in total agreement with what I had said especially regarding who was in the grave.

As a further confirmation of this story I received this information in t he last week of October 2003. "But one last thing - the local aboriginal community claim Captain Thunderbolt as one of their own, a fellow aboriginal. This could have been true in traditional aboriginal culture where a person of any ethnic background who goes through the initiation ordeals was considered a member of the tribe!" (xi)

(i) Page 1 Constable Walker's handwritten statement dated 29th May, 1870.
(ii) Page 2 Constable Walker's handwritten statement dated 29th May, 1870
(iii) Page 3 Constable Walker's handwritten statement dated 29th May, 1870
(iv) "A Ghost Called Thunderbolt" by Stephan Williams page 146
(v) The Armidale Express, Friday June 3, 1921 - "Armidale 51 Years Ago [Re miniscences from the 'Armidale Express' of June 4, 1870]""
(vi) Police Gazette, 14/10/1983, p. 307
(vii) Dr Spasshat's autopsy report - Newling Library UNE
(viii) "A Ghost Called Thunderbolt" by Stephan Williams page 135
(ix) "A Ghost Called Thunderbolt" by Stephan Williams page 148
(x) "Western Stock & Station Journal in the 'Uralla Times'", 4/9/1969
(xi) Helen Duley , history graduate, UNE Nov 18 2003

Appendix 1

Report of Dr Oettle, Former Director of the Division of Forensic Medicine in the Department of Health of New South Wales - dated December 4th, 2 003

To; Barry Sinclair, thank you for your email with your opinions.

As stated to you previously, Dr.Spasshat has defined injuries clearly and refers to only two bullet wounds, the one on the front of the chest bei ng the entry wound and that on the right side of the chest, being the exi t. He mentions that both lungs were penetrated by the bullet, that the mouth contained blood which was consistent with blood rising from the lungs i nto the pharynx during the terminal attempts to breath. The blood flow to the rest of the body was diverted by that lost by the lungs injuries, to the chest cavities and the air passages. I would expect him to loose both motor and cognative function within about ten seconds because of the blood being lost through the lung injuries and both lungs collapsing. This figure is bourne out both by my experience of similar circumstance and by others documented in the USA. On occasion life as evidenced by occasional deep breaths can extend for about 3 minutes depending on the severity of the injuries received, but, in any case, no motor function can be expected after about the shorter figure given above and this might be very much less depending on whether the great vessels at the base of the heart were involved in the injuries, let alone the heart. However, Dr. Spasshat mentions only the lung injuries. Lung collapse together with the injuries would be more than enough to cause sudden death and rapid lack of motor fun ction compounded by breathing in water if the account of the incident is correct. He also makes no mention of any head injury or any other gun shot injury.

I hope this answers your questions and I would be happy to hear from you s hould you wish to discuss it further.

Godfrey Oettle

Compiled by Barry Sinclair dated Thursday 26th February, 2004
Captain Thunderbolt Researcher & Family Historian.

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Significant Captain Thunderbolt Dates

1788 Michael Handley Thompson Ward born in Middlesex
1788 Sophia Jane Elizabeth Ann Crolson born in Middlesex
9.3.1809 Daughter Sopia Jane born Holborn, London
1813 Michael & Sophia Married
1814 Michael convicted of stealing Liquor with Thomas Dodman
May 1815 Michael sailed on "Indefatigable".
July 1815 Sopia sailed on "Northampton"
1816 Sarah Ann Ward born Wilberforce near Windsor, NSW
1829 William Thompson (Harry) Ward Born Wilberforce
July 1832 Sarah Ward and John Haswell applied for permission to marry but it
was refused
16.5.1833 Frderick Ward born at Wilberforce, illegitimate son of Sarah Ann Ward
and John Haswell
1834 Mary Ann Bugg born at Stroud
1835 Sarah Ann married John Garbutt. Moved to Cooyal Station - Mudgee
1839 Frederick's mother Sarah Ann married William Shepherd
1843 Sarah Ann had married (?) Edward Edwards
1846 Family moved to Maitland after Michael gained freedom
1848 Mary Ann married Edmund Baker & moved to Cooyal, Mudgee
Early 1848 Sarah Ann & Edward Edwards moved to the Warialda Area
By 1850 Fred?s brother William owned ?Lambs Valley? property n ear Maitland
1850 His brother George married Charlotte Nixon in Armidale NSW
1854 His brother George was drowned Droving cattle from Tocal station to
Maitland
21.4.1856 Sentenced for possession of stolen horses belonging to TOCAL
Station -7years
1.7.1860 Released on ticket of leave to work at Mudgee on Garbutt ?s Cooyal
Station
1860 Mary Ann had returned to Stroud
Late 1860 Fred followed Mary Ann to Stroud & married her there, reporting back
to Mudgee on a regular basis
Sept 1861 Fred reported to police in Mudgee. Being late for muster he was
arrested & charged with not attending muster & having in his possession
a horse which he could not prove was his. He was returned to Cockatoo
Island to serve the remainder of his previous sentenence plus a further 3
years for horse theft
26.10.1861 Daughter Marina Emily born Stroud
Oct 1863 Robbery of hut at GOSTWYCK RUN
21.12.63 Toll-bar robbery at RUTHERFORD. Name ?Thunderbolt? began

11.9.1863 Fred Ward & Fred Britten escaped from Cockatoo Island with help of
Mary Ann
2.9.1864 Daughter Elizabeth Ann born West Maitla
5.1.1865 Various robberies near BOURKE
20.2.1865 Station robbery at BOKHARA RUN
26.2.1865 Station robbery near BOURKE
17.3.1865 Robbery at MOGIL MOGIL STATION
19.3.1865 Robbery at COLLYNIMBI
21.3.1865 Dray robbery at BARWON RIVER
24.3.1865 Station robbery at BOREE RIVER
19.4.1865 Mail robbery and horse theft near MANILLA
20.4.1865 Horse theft near BARRABA
24.4.1865 Hotel robbery at BOGGY CREEK
24.4.1865 Hotel robbery at MILLIE
8.8.1865 Mail robbery at OAKEY CREEK
Nov 1865 Robberies between GUNNEDAH & MURRUND
particularly at BREEZA & WERRIS CREEK
8.12.1865 Hotel robbery at QUIRINDI
9.12.1865 Hotel robbery at CURRABUBULA
10.12.1865 Hotel and mail robbery at CARROLL
26.12.1865 Robbery at BURREN BURREN
27.12.1865 Hotel, store & station robberies near COLLAREN EBRI
28.12.1865 Hotel robbery at MEROE
Late1860?s Sarah Ann and Edward Edwards moved to the Ebor area ne
Warialpa, Hernani
1866 Mary Ann Ward born Wallabadah.
25.8.1866 Mail robbery near MANILLA
3.2.1867 Mail robbery near MANILLA
25.2.1867 Store and hotel robberies at DENISON DIGGINGS
21.4.1867 Horse theft at MOONBI
21.4.1867 Mail robbery near BENDEMEER
5.5.1867 Hotel and store robberies at BONSHAW
22.5.1867 Mail robbery near MANILLA
30.5.1867 Mail robbery near WALLABADAH
26.6.1867 Mail robbery near MURRURUNDI
6.8.1867 Mail robbery near WYBONG CREEK
21.9.1867 Mail robbery near CHAIN OF PONDS
Mid 1867 Frederick Wordsworth Ward (Jnr) born - baptised Wesleyan
Methodist Tamworth Distict Circuit. Birth Reg in 1868. Birth probably contributed to Mary Ann?s death.
17.11.1867 Mary Anne dies of pneumonia Bells Mountain, near Muswellbrook
Jan 1868 Fred Ward joined by Will Monckt
17.1.1868 Mail robbery near FALCONER
28.1.1868 Mail robbery near TAMWORTH
30.1.1868 Mail robbery near TAMWORTH
6.2.1868 Mail robbery near GLEN INNES
17.3.1868 Mail robbery near TENTERFIELD
19.3.1868 Robbery near TENTERFIELD
21.3.1868 Robbery near TENTERFIELD
6.5.1868 Horse theft at ABINGTON
25.6.1868 Robbery at BINGARA
18.7.1868 Store robbery at ROCKY CREEK
4.9.1868 Robbery near BUNDARRA
14.10.1868 Store robbery at WELLINGROVE
5.12.1868 Robbery at OBAN
After the Oban hold-up Will Monckton left Thunderbolt & gave himse lf up to the
police
18.12.1868 Mail robbery at BINGARA
8.6.1869 Robbery near BARRABA
14.4.1870 Robbery near MOREDUN
25.5.1870 Various robberies near URALLA
25.5.1870 Captain Thunderbolt? was shot and killed ne ar Uralla by
Constable Walker
28.5.1870 Thunderbolt? sighted by 2 policeman at Gl en Innes races with

• Married: SEP 1860 in Stroud, NSW. From The Birth Certificate Of Marina Emily Ward.

1. Mary Anne WARD b: 1866 in Wallabadah, NSW
2. Elizabeth Ann WARD b: 02 SEP 1864 in West Maitland, NSW
3. Frederick Wordsworth WARD b: 1867 in Tamworth District, NSW
4. Marina Emily WARD b: 26 OCT 1861 in Monkerai, Near Dungog, NSW