Stephen KERRISON, born 1829, baptized 10 Jul 1832, Attleborough, Norfolk, England, died 10 Jan 1889, Bombala, New South Wales. SOURCE NOTES: Marriage Cert. Reg. No. 25 in District of Maneroo states that Stephen was living at Bald Hills and Eliza Godfrey of The Little Plains. Witnesses were Samuel Kerry & Eliza Smith. Married 27 Feb 1854, Bombala, New South Wales, Elizabeth GODFREY, born 1833, County Carlow, Ireland, died 5 Oct 1920, Her residence, Crankies Plain, Bombala, New South Wales.

Stephen left Tasmania on the “Shamrock” on 18th June 1845 with his brother John. They went to Bombala, New South Wales, Australia.

Lived married life in Bombald, New South Wales.

Marriage has also been given as 27th February 1854 at Bombala, New South Wales.

This branch has been researchd by:

Mrs M. Kerrison,
9 Kerwick Close,
Nowra, New South Wales, 2541.

The following extract is from the book “Kerrisons in Tasmania 1835-1985” by Mandi Ann Haynes nee Kerrison, page 31:
Stephen left Tasmania on the “Shamrock” on the 18 June 1845, and together with his brother, John took a train of horses to Bombala, Snowy Mountains, N. S. W. Stephen settled in Bombala and married Elizabeth Godfrey on the 27 Jan 1854. They had thirteen children. Stephen died on the 10 Nov 1889 and his wife 31 year later on 5 Oct 1920 aged 87 years. They are buried in the Roman Catholic section of the Bombala cemetery. Today his descendants still live in the Bombala area.

Gwen Hjort, a grand-daughter of Solomon, visited the ruins of the original homestead on the banks of “Kerrison’s Creek”, at Bombala and found a churchyard full of Stephen’s descendants. According to the Hjorts they were all Catholics: “a hard drinking, hards fighting, hard living bunch of wonderful people . . . their hospitality was wonderful.”

On IGI a submitted archive gives Elizabeth being born 10 June 1835, Carlow, Ireland. Her parent were given as Patrick GODFREY (before 1809 - ?) and Rose BYRNE (before 1813 - ?). Both were born in Carlow, Ireland.