Linda Spinaze's Family

The Girolamo Tome Line

Maria Lucon/Tome/Capelin was Linda's father's mother's mother.

This page records the tree of her brother-in-law from her first marriage.

Although technically maybe not relations, they were expeditioners, and Girolamo
was instrumental in the endeavour, and contact has been maintained over the generations.

Girolamo Giovanni Tome (1832-1904)
b. 1832, Orsago
m. Luvigia (Lucy) Roberti (1835-1928)
Luvigia was b. 1835, San Pietro di Felletto
Expeditioners in 1880
3 sons, 2 daughters, aged 2-10 in 1880. A further child d. at 17 days
during the expedition (per her statement to Marsh & Wise Commission 1881)
Girolamo was an agent for the Marquis de Ray, and may have suffered some ill-will for it
(Stud Book pp. 254-255, upper)
Had 43ac. near Holsworthy (SW of Sydney) by 1883.
The family grew fruit and vegetables for marketing.
By late 1890s they had shops at Annandale and later Leichhardt.
Girolamo d. 20 Apr 1904, 'Belvedere', Hol(d)sworthy NSW, Death Cert
Luvigia d. 4 Aug 1928, NSW, aged 93
Joint headstone currently missing from the Liverpool Pioneers Memorial Park

Martin Andrew Tome (1869-1909)
b. 19 Nov 1869, Orsago Expeditioner in 1880, aged 10-11
m. Anna (Netta) Tome (1876-1968), his first cousin, in 1895
Fruiterer, Leichhardt, fined for Sunday trading on 19 Aug 1900
2 chn, 3 Gchn, 7 GGchn, etc.
Many more details on the Lower Tome page
Martin d. 12 Mar 1909, aged 40, suddenly, of pneumonia. Story goes that he
became ill after taking produce to market in bad weather
bur. Waverley Cemetery
Annetta d. 16 Aug 1968, plaque on Martin's headstone
For their children's details, see Netta's page
Andrew Tome (1872-1954)
Expeditioner in 1880, aged 7-8
m. Emma Domenico(a?) Guiliani (Giuliani?) (1877-1973)
m. 1901 Andrew d. 2 May 1954
1. Carlo Tome (1904-?)
2. Netta L. Tome (1905-?)
3. Stella Tome (1912-?)
Elizabeth Tome (1873-1955)
b. 29 Oct 1873, Orsago
Expeditioner at age 7
m. Nicolo CATALANO (1874-1961), m. 25 Apr 1900, Liverpool NSW
Here's a contemporary report. Note the significance of fruitgrowing in the area at the time
Nicolo was b. 9 Apr 1874, Poggioreale, Sicilia - a ghost town since an earthquake in 1968.
Nicolo and his father, Salvatore, initially migrated to the USA. They weren't suited to cane cutting in Louisiana.
On a coin toss, decided to try Australia (not Canada), arrived in Sydney 1890/91.
Elizabeth d. 7 Nov 1955, bur. with her dau.-in-law, at Waverley Cemetery
Nicolo d. 12 Mar 1961, Australia. (According to his wishes, his ashes
were cast into waters of Sydney Harbour by his children)
1. Salvatore (Roy) Catalano/Catlan (1901-1959)
  Hotelier and fruiterer, started Catlan Bros grocery stores (1926-63)
  (from whence fags and razor-blades were stolen in August 1951)
  m. Betty Sheila Murray (1920-1967) in 1942 at Granville
  1 child
  d. 21 Mar 1959, bur. Woronora
  And younger brother 5. Frederick joined him there 24 years later
  1. Robin Catalano/Catlan (c.1948-?)
2. Maria Veronica (Vera) Catalano (1902-1982)
  b. Dec 1902
  m. 1929 Harold Baden LYNE (1900-1973)
  2 chn
  Vera d. 28 Nov 1982, aged 79 bur. Woronora Cemetery
  1. William (Billie) Lyne (1931-)
    In 1957 via Norwegian Cargo ship to London, for love - of music.
    1966-2003, musical director of Wigmore Hall
    In 1996, Chevalier dans L'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres for contribution to the promotion of French music
    MBE, CBE (2002), AM (2002)
    Lives in London. No children.
  2. Elizabeth Lyne (1938-)
3. Gerald Tome Catalano / Catlan (1906-1971)
  b. 15 Jan 1906, Leichhardt NSW
  m1. Angela Minerva Costelloe, 14 May 1932, St Patricks, Grosvenor St, Sydney
  Angela b. 5 Dec 1908, Hillston NSW
  The Costelloes migrated from Limerick to Victoria (Aust) c.1845
  1 child
  Ran Catlan Bros Grocery Stores with his brothers, Hotelier, Dairy Farmer
  div. 1940
  m2. Dulcie Jean Powell nee Poole (1906/07-1987) in 1940
  Gerald adopted Dulcie's daughter, Pamela Anne (1930-2012)
  No children
  Separated 1951
  p. Brenda May Wilson (1918-2006)
  No children
  Gerald Catlan d. 18 May 1971, North Haven (S. of Port Macquarie), bur. Woronora
  Brenda remarried Des Washington
  Dulcie Catlan d. 29 May 1987, bur. Woronora
  Angela Catalano d. 24 May 1992, bur. Rookwood
4. Rupert Catalano (1908-1963)
  b. 1 Jul 1908 Medical Doctor, MB ChM
  m1. Lavinia Florence Robinson (1912-?) in 1933, Sydney
  Received citation for continuing to operate on the injured during the bombing of Darwin 1942
  Many years with Royal Flying Doctor Service in central Australia
  Councillor for Bellingen Shire, NSW
  No children
  Divorced 1953
  m2. Hilda Maude Maddocks (1916-1974), in 1953
  1 child
  Hilda was only the 6th woman to be admitted to the NSW Bar
  Rupert d. 25 Oct 1963, aged 55, after his car went off the road, bur. Binnaway (20km S of Coonabarabran)
  Hilda d. 1974, aged 58, a year after retiring from the Crown Solicitor's Office
  1. Ian Rupert Catalano (1954-)
5. Frederick (Big Fred) Catalano/Catlan (c. 1910-1983)
  m. Christine/a Josephine Jones (1910-1984)
  Christine/a was b. 26 Feb 1910
  Frederick d. 30 May 1983, bur. Woronora, beside 2. Roy
  Christine d. 8 Dec 1984 bur. Waverley
  1. Fred(erick) (Little Fred) James Catlan (1930-2011)
    Funeral Director of Southern Cross Funerals for many years
    No children
    d. 28 Jul 2011, aged 71, bur. Woronora
  2. Faye Catlan (c.1932-2003)
    m. Don REID
    2 children
    Don d. <2003
    Faye d. 23 Oct 2003, aged 71, bur. Woronora
    1. Donna Maria Reid (1951-1993)
      b. 25 Oct 1951
      m1. PRIVETT
      Child 1
      m2. Josaia NAULU (from Samoa)
      Children 2-3
      Donna d. 20 May 1993, bur. Woronora
      1. Damian Privett (c.1977?-)
      2. Sera Naulu (c.1980?-)
      3. Nicholas Naulu (c.1983?-)
    2. Christopher Reid (c.1960?-2015)
      no children
      d. overseas
  3. Judith Catlan (1938-1992)
    Was eye-sight impaired shortly after birth
    Became a Dominican Nun in 1958
    bur. Rookwood
6. Eroi (Harold) Catalano/Catlan (1913-1982)
  Eroi is Italian for 'heroes' m1. Rita Constance Baker (1910-1945) in 1938
  Rita was b. in Dungog of early settlers there, noted in a local article in 1932 that her maternal grandparents (Joseph Joshua Atkins & Jane Towers) were early settlers on Canningalla, although their sons later moved away
  1 Child
  Rita d. 30 Nov 1945, so aged 35
  funeral at Five Dock, then Rookwood Crematorium
  bur. Dungog
  m2. Thelma Doris Lee (?-2005) in 1948
  They farmed turkeys and chickens at Darkes Forest (30km S of Sutherland)
  No children
  Harold died 10 Aug 1982, aged 68, bur. Woronora
  Thelma moved to Wollongong with her family
  Thelma d. 2005. bur. Wollongong City Memorial Gardens
  1. Norman John Catlan (b.1940-)
    m. Betty in 1962
    3 children, and 3 grandchildren, all in Brisbane
Pietro (Peter) Tome (1877-1954)
Expeditioner in 1880, aged 3-4
m. Elizabeth Schell (1882-1953) in 1907 at Liverpool
Elizabeth d. 24 Mar 1953, aged 72
Peter d. 23 Feb 1954, aged 78
They're bur. at Woronora
1. Lawrence G. Tome (1908-?)
2. Christine Tome (1910-?)
3. Real L. [not Grace] Tome (1914-?)
Nina Annetta Tome (1878-1953)
Expeditioner in 1880, aged 2-3
m1. Samuel A.G. FAIRFAX (1883-1935), in 1908
m2. Arthur Frederick FAIRFAX (1876-1943), in 1937
m3. Michael CARMODY (1878-1951), in 1947
No children
Nina d. 2 Jan 1953, bur. Macquarie Park (above Lane Cove River)
Unnamed Tome (1880/81)
Born and died on the expedition, before reaching Australia

This a page within Linda Spinaze's Family Web-Site
It was split off from the Tome page in Feb 2014, and then re-worked in Dec 2020
Contact: Roger Clarke and Linda Spinaze
Created: 14 Feb 2014, drawn from the Stud Book supplemented by Geraldine Bryant nee Tome, then 1-29 Dec 2020 with copious material from Belinda Patterson nee Catlan