Elizabeth Hannah Collings

F, #8862, b. 1 May 1871, d. 14 Sep 1941
Elizabeth WALKER
(Image Ancestry)
Married NameWalker. 
Birth*1 May 1871 Kew, VIC, Australia, #B16711 (as Elizabeth Anna) [par Ellis COLLINGS & Jane CREEK].1,2 
Marriage*1910 Spouse: Matthew Walker. VIC, Australia, #M7946.3
 
Widow12 Jan 1940Elizabeth Hannah Collings became a widow upon the death of her husband Matthew Walker.4 
Death*14 Sep 1941 Alfred Hospital, Prahran, VIC, Australia, #D9151 (Age 70) [par Ellis COLLINGS & Jane CREAK].4 
Death-Notice*17 Sep 1941 WALKER. — On September 14 at Alfred Hospital, Elizabeth Walker of William street, Frankston, beloved wife of the late Matthew Walker and loving mother of Matt (A.I.F.), Nelle and Tom Broomby (Heywood), loving grandma of Ian and Junior. (Privately interred.)5 

Electoral Rolls (Australia) and Census (UK/IRL)

DateAddressOccupation and other people at same address
bt 1912 - 1913Wellington Street, Box Hill, VIC, AustraliaOccupation: home duties. With Matthew Walker.6,7
1914Ashted Road, Box Hill, VIC, AustraliaOccupation: home duties. With Matthew Walker.8
bt 1917 - 19195 Florence Road, Surrey Hills, VIC, AustraliaOccupation: home duties. With Matthew Walker.9,10
bt 1931 - 1934William Stret, Frankston, VIC, AustraliaOccupation: home duties. With Matthew Walker.11,12

Family

 Matthew Walker b. 20 May 1862, d. 12 Jan 1940
Children 1.Nelle Kathleen Walker b. 13 Apr 1912, d. 3 Apr 1999
 2.Matthew John Walker b. 14 Apr 1914, d. 28 Jan 1996

Citations

  1. [S1] Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages Pioneer Index Victoria 1836-1888 "registered Boro."
  2. [S80] Ancestry - Family Tree, Ancestry Tree Name: walker_2019-01-13, Tree ID: 157548759
    Person viewed: Elizabeth Hannah Collings, Birth Date: 1 May 1871, Death Date: 14 Sep 1941.
  3. [S3] Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages Edwardian Index Victoria 1902-1913.
  4. [S5] Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages Death Index Victoria 1921-1985.
  5. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), Wed 17 Sep 1941, p4
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/8205126
  6. [S112] Electoral Roll for Australia, 1912 "Matthew's address just Box Hill (no street name)."
  7. [S113] Electoral Roll for Australia, 1913.
  8. [S114] Electoral Roll for Australia, 1914.
  9. [S117] Electoral Roll for Australia, 1917.
  10. [S119] Electoral Roll for Australia, 1919.
  11. [S131] Electoral Roll for Australia, 1931.
  12. [S134] Electoral Roll for Australia, 1934.
Last Edited10 Mar 2022

Nelle Kathleen Walker

F, #8863, b. 13 Apr 1912, d. 3 Apr 1999
Father*Matthew Walker b. 20 May 1862, d. 12 Jan 1940
Mother*Elizabeth Hannah Collings b. 1 May 1871, d. 14 Sep 1941
Married NameBroomby. 
Birth*13 Apr 1912 Box Hill, VIC, Australia, #B9295 - as Nelli.1,2 
Education*8 Jun 1922 State School 2560, Upper Beaconsfield, VIC, Australia. Returned to Surrey Hills after 96 meetings.3 
Marriage*20 Oct 1936 Spouse: Thomas William Broomby. VIC, Australia, #M14425/1936, Thos Wm BROOMBY & Nelle Kath WALKER.4,5
 
Widow14 Dec 1947Nelle Kathleen Walker became a widow upon the death of her husband Thomas William Broomby.6 
Death*3 Apr 1999 Dalmeny, NSW, Australia.5 

Citations

  1. [S3] Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages Edwardian Index Victoria 1902-1913.
  2. [S25] School Records - Beaconsfield North 2560.
  3. [S25] School Records - Beaconsfield North 2560: Pupil 113, Nellie Walker, born 13 Apr 1912, admitted 8 Jun 1922. Matthew Walker, Upper Beaconsfield, civil servant, 1½ miles from school, previously at Surrey Hills, returned to Surrey Hills after 96 meetings.
  4. [S27] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Marriages) (online) "#M14425/1936, Thos Wm BROOMBY & Nelle Kath WALKER."
  5. [S80] Ancestry - Family Tree, Ancestry Tree Name: walker_2019-01-13, Tree ID: 157548759
    Person viewed: Kathleen (Nellie) Walker, Birth Date: 13 Apr 1912, Death Date: 3 Apr 1999.
  6. [S28] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Deaths) (online) "#D23471/1947 (Age 56) (par Joseph BROOMBY & Ellen Newson LING) - as Thomas William BROOMBY, born Launceston, TAS. Death registered at Warracknabeal, Australia."
Last Edited10 Mar 2022

Matthew John Walker

M, #8864, b. 14 Apr 1914, d. 28 Jan 1996
Father*Matthew Walker b. 20 May 1862, d. 12 Jan 1940
Mother*Elizabeth Hannah Collings b. 1 May 1871, d. 14 Sep 1941
Birth*14 Apr 1914 Box Hill, VIC, Australia, #B9959.1,2 
Education*8 Jun 1922 State School 2560, Upper Beaconsfield, VIC, Australia. Returned to Surrey Hills after 116 meetings.3 
Death*28 Jan 1996 Mt Warren, QLD, Australia.4 

Citations

  1. [S4] Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages Great War Index Victoria 1914-1920.
  2. [S25] School Records - Beaconsfield North 2560.
  3. [S25] School Records - Beaconsfield North 2560: Pupil 112, Matthew Walker, born 14 Apr 1914, admitted 8 Jun 1922. Matthew Walker, Upper Beaconsfield, civil servant, 1½ miles from school, previously at Surrey Hills, returned to Surrey Hills after 116 meetings.
  4. [S80] Ancestry - Family Tree, Ancestry Tree Name: walker_2019-01-13, Tree ID: 157548759
    Person viewed: mathew john Walker, Birth Date: 14 Apr 1914, Death Date: 28 Jan 1996.
Last Edited10 Mar 2022

Ellen Broomfield

F, #8865, b. 1863, d. Dec 1936
Married NameTurner.1 
Married NameRainey. 
Birth*1863 Rushton, Somerset, England. 
Marriage*27 Jul 1884 Spouse: Albert 'Boss' Turner. West Monckton, Somerset, England.1
 
Death*Dec 1936 Taunton, Somerset, England, Dec Q [Taunton] 5c 300 (Age 74.)2 

Electoral Rolls (Australia) and Census (UK/IRL)

DateAddressOccupation and other people at same address
5 Apr 1891Haydon Road, Taunton, Somerset, England(Head of Household) Henry Albert Rainey;
Age 283
31 Mar 1901Haydon Road, Taunton, Somerset, England(Head of Household) Henry Albert Rainey;
Age 38
Member(s) of Household: Ernest Rainey4
2 Apr 191116 Mary Street, Taunton, Somerset, EnglandHead of Household: Ellen Rainey. Age 46 - private means (states married 37 years, 8 children 6 living)
Member(s) of Household: Ernest Rainey.5

Family

 Albert 'Boss' Turner b. Mar 1862, d. 3 Oct 1941
Child 1.Ernest Rainey+ b. Jun 1899, d. 1972

Citations

  1. [S65] Ancestry - various indices, Somerset Heritage Service; Taunton, Somerset, England; Somerset Parish Records, 1538-1914; Reference Number: DPwest.m/2/2/3.
  2. [S9] Free BMD. Index. Online @ https://www.freebmd.org.uk/.
  3. [S83] UK census - viewed on Ancestry "1891 England Census. RG12/1876/72/14
    Enummerated at Taunton, Taunton St Mary Magdalene Without, Somerset, England
    Household Members: Ellen Rainey, Katherin Rainey, Albert Rainey
    The National Archives of the UK (TNA).
    Ancestry Record ID: 6598::19938481."
  4. [S83] UK census - viewed on Ancestry "Class: RG13; Piece: 2277; Folio: 45; Page: 33."
  5. [S83] UK census - viewed on Ancestry "Class: RG14; Piece: 14243; Schedule Number: 140."
Last Edited5 Sep 2022

Henry Edwin Dixon

M, #8879, b. 1856, d. 15 Nov 1931
Note* Https://victoriaspast.blogspot.com/2021/03/dixons-bakery-kerford-road.html.1 
Probate (Will)* Henry E Dixon. Baker. Albert Park. 15 Nov 1931. 248/801.2 
Birth*1856 Gibraltar. 
Marriage*27 Jan 1879 Spouse: Alicia Dougherty. Cobden Street, Emerald Hill, VIC, Australia, #M682/1879, Henry Edwin DIXON & Alicia DOUGHERTY.3,4
Land-UBeac*15 Mar 1911 GEM-E-9. Transfer from Evan Rowlands to Henry Edwin Dixon. 160a.5 
Land-Note*15 Mar 1911 GEM-E-9: Mortgagee: David Jones David Egryn Jones. Discharged 15 Feb 1914. Mortgagor was Henry Edwin Dixon.6 
Land-UBeac*19 May 1911 GEM-E-16.16A. Transfer from Ebenezer Hunt to Henry Edwin Dixon.7 
Land-UBeac*13 Feb 1914 GEM-E-9.16.16A. Transfer from Henry Edwin Dixon to Rosetta Jane Evans.8 
Land-Note*13 Feb 1914 GEM-E-9.16.16A: Mortgagee: Henry Edwin Dixon. Mortgage discharged 18 Oct 1928. Mortgagor was Rosetta Jane Evans.9 
Death*15 Nov 1931 Melbourne South, VIC, Australia, #D15506/1931 (Age 75) (par Henry Edwin DIXON & Eliza GOSLIN) - as Henry Edwin DIXON.10
Death-Notice*16 Nov 1931 DIXON.—On the 15th November, 1931, at his residence, 64 Kerferd road, Albert Park, Henry Edwin, beloved husband of Alicia, and loved father of Alice, Peggy, Hugh, Madge, Henry, and Frank, aged 75 years. — At rest. (No flowers, by request.)
DIXON.—The friends of the late Mr HENRY EDWIN DIXON are respectfully informed that his remains will be interred in the Melbourne General Cemetery, Carlton.
The funeral will leave 64 Kerferd road, Albert Park, THIS DAY (Monday, 16th November, 1931), at 3.30 p.m., arriving at the cemetery at 4 p.m.11 

Electoral Rolls (Australia) and Census (UK/IRL)

DateAddressOccupation and other people at same address
191464 Kerferd Road, Albert Park, VIC, AustraliaOccupation: baker. With Alicia Dougherty. With Alice Elizabeth Dixon, Hugh Henry Dixon, Margretta Dixon.12

Grave

  • Church of England Section X 139, Melbourne General Cemetery, Carlton, VIC, Australia, Sacred to the memory of Henry Edwin DIXON of Albert Park, passed away 15 Nov 1931, age 75 yrs; Alicia, Jul 1951, A life made beautiful by kindly deeds.13

Family

 Alicia Dougherty b. Nov 1860, d. 22 Jul 1951
Children 1.Alice Elizabeth Dixon b. 1880, d. 10 May 1968
 2.Emily Dixon b. 1882, d. 1970
 3.Hugh Henry Dixon b. 1884, d. 1949
 4.Margretta Dixon b. 1886, d. 1961
 5.Henry Edwin Dixon b. 1887, d. 1944
 6.Francis Adolphus 'Frank' Dixon b. 1892, d. 24 Aug 1966

Citations

  1. [S50] Miscellaneous Source, https://victoriaspast.blogspot.com/2021/03/…
  2. [S35] Probate Records, PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), VPRS 28/P3, unit 2324; VPRS 7591/P2, unit 872.
  3. [S27] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Marriages) (online) "#M682/1879, Henry Edwin DIXON & Alicia DOUGHERTY."
  4. [S80] Ancestry - Family Tree, Ancestry Tree Name: Dixon Family Tree, Tree ID: 172590399 (harnold1959)
    Person viewed: Henry Edwin Dixon, Birth Date: 1856, Death Date: 15 Nov 1931.
  5. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 2420-953 - Henry Edwin Doxon of No 64 Kerford Road Albert Park Grocer by transfer from David Jones, Griffith Griffith and David Egryn Jones.
  6. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 2420-953 - Mortgage No 291348 - discharged 15 Feb 1914.
  7. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 2971-159 - David Jones to Henry Edwin Dixon of No 64 Kerferd Road Albert Park.
  8. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 2971-159 + C/T 2420-953 - Rose Evans of 21 Canterbury Road Albert Park Widow.
  9. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 2971-159 (GEM-E-16.16A states mortgage discharged 18 Oct 1928
    C/T 2420-953 (GEM-E-9 states transfer by mortgagee).
  10. [S28] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Deaths) (online) "#D15506/1931 (Age 75) (par Henry Edwin DIXON & Eliza GOSLIN) - as Henry Edwin DIXON, Death registered at Melbourne South, Australia."
  11. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), 16 Nov 1931, p1.
  12. [S114] Electoral Roll for Australia, 1914 "Henry Edwin DIXON junior lives nearby and is also a baker."
  13. [S45] Index of monumental inscriptions in the Melbourne General Cemetery,
    "via GSV website."
Last Edited5 Sep 2022

John Farrington

M, #8880, b. 1841, d. 6 Dec 1893
Birth*1841 Worcestershire, England.1 
Marriage*1866 Spouse: Ellen Elizabeth Cahill. VIC, Australia, #M4086.1
 
Widower10 Aug 1885John Farrington became a widower upon the death of his wife Ellen Elizabeth Cahill.1 
Death*6 Dec 1893 Prahran, VIC, Australia, #D15720 (Age 52) [par John FARRINGTON & Elizabeth COTTERELL].2 
Death-Notice*16 Dec 1893 FARRINGTON. — On 6th December, at his late residence, 13-Regent street, Prahran, suddenly, John Farrington, only surviving son of John Farrington, of Clifton street, Prahran, aged 52 years.3 

Grave

  • Independent, Compartment C, Grave 114-117, St Kilda Cemetery, St Kilda, VIC, Australia, John FARRINGTON, died suddenly 6 Dec 1893 age 52 ; also his wife Ellen died 10 Aug 1885 age 39 ; Their children Harriett died 2 Jan 1870 age 9 months ; William Miles died 21 Jan 1876 age 2 years 8 months ; William Miles died 4 Aug 1878 aged 13 months ; Alice Mary died 11 Dec 1884 age 2 years 4 months ; also Elizabeth, wife of John FARRINGTON sen. died 15 Jun 1882 age 72 ; also their youngest son Joseph, died 14 Nov 1892 age 39 ; William John, infant son of W. A. & E. E. Gibson died 21 Oct 1894 age 4 days.4

Family

 Ellen Elizabeth Cahill b. 1846, d. 10 Aug 1885
Children 1.John Farrington+ b. 1870, d. 20 Aug 1923
 2.Harriette Matilda Farrington b. 1880, d. 24 Nov 1940

Newspaper-Articles

  • 24 Jun 1882: Death of mother: FARRINGTON.—On the 16h inst, at Ayrshire Dairy, 14 Clifton-street, Prahran, Elizabeth, the wife of John Farrington, in her 75th year Native of Broadway, Worcestershire, England5

Citations

  1. [S1] Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages Pioneer Index Victoria 1836-1888.
  2. [S28] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Deaths) (online).
  3. [S14] Newspaper - Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic.), Sat 16 Dec 1893, p11
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/221156794
  4. [S48] Index of burials in the cemetery of St Kilda,
    transcription GSV - cemetery index has other family members buried graves 114, 115, 116, 117, not on gravestone.
  5. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), Sat 24 Jun 1882, p1
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/11544667
Last Edited28 Dec 2018
 

NOTE

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Some individuals may be featured because members of their family were associated with the Upper Beaconsfield area, even though they themselves never lived here.