Robert Neal

Robert Neal

Male 1905 - 1931  (25 years)

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  • Name Robert Neal 
    Birth 22 Nov 1905  Waterloo, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1931 
    Residence at time of death 
    Address:
    47 Station Street
    Tempe, New South Wales
    Australia 
    Death 21 Oct 1931  Coast Hospital, Little Bay, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Funeral 22 Oct 1931  397 King Street, St Peters, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    See attached funeral Notice 
    Person ID I6121  Tucker Family Tree | Bottcher family tree
    Last Modified 2 Feb 2019 

    Father Stewart Neal,   b. 08 Sep 1878, Parramatta Junction, Granville, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Oct 1956, 7 Belgium Street, herne Bay,Riverwood, Campsie, New South Wales Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years) 
    Mother Marie Christine Louise Bottcher,   b. 20 Aug 1881, Berlin, Prussia, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Mar 1964, 7 Belgium St Riverwood, NSW, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 82 years) 
    Marriage 10 Nov 1900  St Pauls Church of England Redfern, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage Certificate - Stewart Neal and Marie(Mary) Christina Louisa Bottcher
    Marriage Certificate - Stewart Neal and Marie(Mary) Christina Louisa Bottcher
    The marriage certificate of Stewart and Mary Neal (n. Bottcher

    Photos At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
    Family ID F0702  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Anne O'Brian (n. Hickey) 
    Children 
    +1. M.O. Neal
    +2. Robert John Neal,   b. 07 Sep 1931, Paddington Hospital, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Mar 2009, Shoalhaven Hospital, Nowra, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
    Family ID F2501  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Jul 2008 

  • Photos
    Robert Neal
    Robert Neal
    Robert Neal age 26, son of Stewart Neal and Marie (Mary) Neal.

  • Notes 
    • Robert Neal is the fourth child of Stewart and Mary Neal (n.Bottcher). He was born on the 22nd November 1905 at Waterloo, New South Wales, Australia. He met and lived with Mary Ann O'Brian (Hickey) at Terry St, St Peters, where Marie was born. Two years later Bobby was born in the Paddington Hospital.

      In 1931 they were living at 47 Station St Tempe and Robert had a job at Cooks River where he had to work in the rain. He fell sick and in September 1931 he was admitted to the Coast Hospital at Little bay with Pneumonia and Double empyema, a life threatening condition which is a secondary infection in the lung.

      His mother Mary, along with little Marie drove by horse and sulky daily from St Peters to Little Bay to visit. The last time they seen him, he seemed to be improving, but they had hardly arrived home when the police arrived with the tragic news that he had died. A Message was sent to Joe Hanna who rode his push bike (13km)on rough dirt roads back to the hospital. Robert died 34 days after being admitted to hospital on the 21 Oct 1931. he was age 25.
      He was buried the next day at Rookwood Church of England Cemetery. Marie was 2 and Bobby was 6 weeks old.

      After Roberts death, Mary Anne was not in the position to care for the children so she decided to hand them over to State care. Fearing that they might be put up for adoption and separated, their grand parents Stewart and Mary Neal took over their care.

      When Marie was 11yrs old, her mother, Mary came to visit the children. She gave Marie a pretty watch and Bobby a nice big book. That was the last time the children saw their mother.

      In 1944 Stewart and Mary Neal legally adopted their grandchildren, Marie and Bobby.

  • Sources 
    1. [S4] New South Wales Government, NSW BDM, 1905 (Reliability: 3).
      Registration number 38954/1905, Last Name Neal, Given Names roibert, Fathers Given Name Stewart, Mothers Given Name mary, District Waterloo.


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