Edmund Sinclair Jermain

As Edmund Sinclair Barrymore, this English migrant, allegedly from the village of Islip, Northamptonshire, married MARY ANN, nee WARREN (in 1857, Sydney). Throughout October-December 1857, however, Barrymore's name was continually published in the media as a 'Missing Person'. In the same year, his son (name not stated) was born, registered Liverpool, Sydney. Leaving behind unpaid bills for board and lodging, he took off for the Illawarra district (last known date of residence, circa March 1858. [Matilda did not arrive in the Australian colonies until 19 September 1858]. [Barrymore had worked in Melbourne and Geelong, VIC., in the early 1850s]. On 28 December 1859, in Goulburn, NSW, Edmund Sinclair Jerman [aka George Jermain] 'married' Matilda Newton, aged 19. They had two daughters, Elizabeth Glennie Jermain (born 1860) and Matilda Kershaw Jermain (born 1861), both girls were Braidwood-born. For a period, Barrymore/Jermain had been engaged on the construction of St Bede's Church, Braidwood. In 1862, it appears, at least from the records, that 'Barrymore' may have returned to Sydney, and that he may have fathered a second child, a daughter, Elizabeth F, with his former wife, Mary Ann Barrymore. We also know that, prior to 16 June 1862, Barrymore had been the contractor on a construction site (Mr Knowles' in Bridge Street, Ballarat, Victoria), but had 'gone missing', and failed to complete the work. Richard Hannaford's first wife, Elizabeth, nee Rowe, died on 25 December 1863. In late July-early August 1864, Matilda made every effort to trace 'E S Barrymore, clerk of works' or his wife, in Melbourne, to the extent of offering a financial reward for any information on the whereabouts of Mrs Barrymore [Melbourne papers, her letter of 28 July 1864, from Braidwood, NSW refers]. With the search apparently fruitless, Richard Hannaford and Matilda quietly married in Sydney on 17 September 1864, (under assumed names), at the Elizabeth Street Presbyterian Church, a church then well-known for the ease with which it was possible to get a marriage registered whatever the circumstances. Knowing full-well, that the marriage was illegal, particularly in the sense that the names of the two parties were not correct, Richard Hannaford's first 11 children (1865-1882) to Matilda Jermain-Hannaford, all bore the family name of Jermain. The 12th and last child of Richard and Matilda (born 1884) correctly recorded the name Hannaford [suggesting that Barrymore-Jermain may have died sometime between June 1882 and October 1884 or that he had been located by the Hannaford family]. There is evidence to suggest that he may have 'married' at least twice more.