Eleanor Grace Brien

  General Notes:

Records show Hiram spent his school days in Sydney, where he for some time assisted his brother, who was at one time the proprietor of a great portion of the Sydney omnibuses. In 1851 he settled at Howlong, taking charge of the Howlong Station, the property of Matthew Pearce, his brother-in-law. In 1856 Hiram went to America, and was in the employment of John Brownlow, the well- known horse owner, as trainer and rider. In 1861 he returned to NSW and again settled at Howlong, holding 137 acres of land, including about one hundred town allotments.
settled at Howlong, holding 137 acres of land, including about one hundred
town allotments.

  Noted events in her life were:

• source. Win & Steve Sinden

• fact. http://www.greengold.com.au/brien/chapter7.htm
ELEANOR GRACE BRIEN: Born 8th March, 1832 at Seven Hills. Died 30th April, 1926 at Howlong. She married Hiram Howard on 16th August, 1852 at St. Bartholomew's Church of England at Prospect. He was the son of convict Thomas Howard, a blacksmith, and Ann Williams, born at Windsor in about 1826, and who died on 2nd October, 1895 at Howlong. After his father died in 1861, Hiram went to Sydney and worked for his brother Jonathan at the Glebe Omnibus Company. On his marriage, he went back to Seven Hills and, later, to Howlong, where he managed the Howlong Station for Matthew Woodward Pearce, his brother-in-law. But, he was charged with horse stealing in 1858 and was convicted at Goulburn Quarter Sessions and sentenced to five years hard labour on the roads. After two years, possibly on the pleas of his influential brother-in-law Matthew Pearce, he was released on a Colonial Pardon in 1860 which required him to leave the Queen's Dominions during the balance of his sentence. He left for America with his wife and three infant children and returned in 1863 with four children, to resume his position at Howlong. Hiram and Eleanor had eleven children, two of their daughters marrying; Emma Henrietta Howard to John M. Johnson and Clara Jane Howard to John Foley.

Eleanor married Hiram Howard, son of Thomas Howard and Ann Williams, on 16 Aug 1852 in St Bartholomews C of E, Prospect, NSW Australia. (Hiram Howard was born in 1826 in Castlereagh, NSW Australia, died on 3 Oct 1895 in Howlong, Wagga Wagga, NSW Australia and was buried in Oct 1895 in C of E Cemetery, Howlong, NSW Australia.)