• Born: 11 Apr 1865, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia ²
• Married: 25 Mar 1896, Residence of Mr. E. A. Patmore, Kincaid St., Wagga Wagga, N.S.W., Australia ¹
• Died: Jan 1954, Randwick, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia ³
• Buried: 11 Jan 1954, Catholic Cemetery, Botany, Sydney, N.S.W. ⁴

  Research Notes:

Electoral Rolls...

In 1930 Alfred Frank Hely and wife Mary Jane Hely were residing at 2 Lipsom Ave., Waverley.

In 1936 Alfred Frank Hely and wife Mary Jane Hely were residing at 179 Grafton St., Woollahra.

In 1943 Alfred Frank Hely, retired, and wife Mary Jane Hely were residing at 45 Birrell St., Waverley.

In 1949 and 1954 Alfred Frank Hely, blacksmith, and wife Mary Jane Hely were residing at L.S.O.P., Market St., Randwick.

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Blacksmith, wheelwright and coachbuilder; apprenticed to W.J. Blake, Fitzmaurice Street, from c.1880; member of firm, Bott and Hely, adjoining Hely's Club House Hotel, Kincaid Street, from 1889; a member of the firm Hely, Donnelly and Gain, the Federal Coach Factory, at the corner of Fitzmaurice and Kincaid Streets from 1897; later the sole proprietor; the partial brick, partial weatherboard blacksmiths, painters and wheelwright shops and the shoeing forge were destroyed by fire in 1902; sold the Federal Coach Factory to Messrs J. Parsons and Sons in 1905 (Morris NWWDHS No.245, Feb/Mar 1987). Active member of the Wagga Wagga Fire Brigade for fifteen years; presented with a gold medal suitably inscribed, on his departure for Sydney. Member of the Wagga Wagga Town Band for over twenty-four years, always playing the tenor horn; presented with a travelling bag when he left for Sydney; served on the jury e.g. at the inquest into the death of Dr Long in 1897 (WWA May 6, 1897). Married Mary Martin in 1896. Left Wagga Wagga for Sydney in 1906; lived in Stanmore in 1926 (WWA May 6, 1893; Apr 1, 1897; Nov 27, 1902; Sept 16, 1905; and Jan 25, 1906; and NSW Dir, 1903). ⁵

  Marriage Information:

Alfred married Mary Jane Martin, daughter of John Martin, on 25 Mar 1896 in Residence of Mr. E. A. Patmore, Kincaid St., Wagga Wagga, N.S.W., Australia ¹. (Mary Jane Martin died in 1964 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia ⁶.)

  Marriage Notes:

"A PRETTY but quiet wedding was celebrated in Wagga last night, when Mr. Alfred Frank Hely, third son of Mr. John Hely, was married to Miss Mary Martin, eldest daughter of the late Mr. J. Martin, of Camden. The Rev. G. A. Carver officiated, and Miss Martha Hely, sister of the bridegroom, was bridesmaid, and Mr. E. A. Patmore best man. The wedding took place at the residence of Mr. E. A. Patmore, Kincaid-street, and there was a large assemblage of relatives and friends. The Town Band, of which the bridegroom is a member, was in attendance during the evening, and played a programme of appropriate music in front of the house where the wedding took place. There was also present a good muster of the Volunteer Fire Brigade, of which institution Mr. Hely is a member. Music and singing was indulged in during the evening, and a pleasant and enjoyable time was spent. The presents to the bride were numerous and costly." ⁷