Edward John Tregoning

M, #10420, b. 1 Nov 1913, d. 6 May 1995
Edward TREGONING
(courtesy Beaconhills College)
Probate (Will)* Edward John TREGONING. Retired. Berwick. 06 May 1995. 1101332.1 
Birth*1 Nov 1913 Kensington, London, England, Dec Q 1913 (Kensington) 01a 180. Mother's maiden surname: Bastard. As Edward John Tregoning.2 
Marriage*5 Sep 1936 Spouse: Margery Notley Smith. Kensington, London, England, Sep Q [Kensington] 1a 386.3,4
 
Marriage-Notice*12 Sep 1936 MARRIED IN LONDON.
The wedding of Mr. Edward John Tregoning, son of Mrs. Tregoning, of Newbridge Hill House, Bath, and of Miss Margery Notting Smith, daughter of Mrs. Smith, of Church Street, Kensington, took place quietly in London on September 5th at St. Mary Abbots Church, the Vicar officiating.
The bride was given in marriage by her cousin, Sir Robert Giles, and the best man was Mr. Richard Randolph.
Among those present in the church were Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Tregoning, Miss Mary Tregoning, Mrs. Lempriere, Miss Lempriere, Lady Giles, Mr. T. and Lady Dorothy Randolph, Lady Sophia Solilizzi, Miss C. B. Bastard, Miss D. Tregoning, Mr. and Mrs. Buckland, Miss Rodney, and Mr. Honywill.4 
Land-UBeac*7 May 1968 PAK-118A 3-7/LP56454. Transfer from John Bernard McKenna to Edward John Tregoning Margery Notley Tregoning.5 
Land-Note*7 May 1968 PAK-118A 1-7/LP56454. Margery Notley Tregoning 3a 3r 35 4/10p - Cancelled application No 69287 - see C/T 8730-812.6 
Residence*bt 1970 - 1983 560 Salisbury Road. 
Land-UBeac*19 Aug 1983 PAK-118A 1-7/LP56454, 560 Salisbury Road. Transfer from Edward John Tregoning Margery Notley Tregoning to Dr Charles William Wilson Yvonne Kerr Wilson. 3a 3r 35 4/10p.7 
Death*6 May 1995 VIC, Australia. 
Village Bell*Jun 1995 Memorial Service — Edward Tregoning 1913-1995
A Memorial Service to celebrate the life of the late Edward Tregoning was held in St John's Church on 21st May. Rev. Roger Rich officiated.
Edward was born in England in 1913. He was educated at Harrow School and Cambridge University, gaining a degree in engineering. During the War he worked for several years with a bomb disposal unit, retiring with the rank of Major. In 1968 he migrated to Australia with his wife Marjory. Soon after, they built a home in Upper Beaconsfield, and lived there from 1970 until 1983, when they moved to Berwick.
The Memorial Service was organised by the Beaconhills Christian College, and attended by the members of Tregoning House and local friends. Tregoning House was named in his honour in recognition of his several generous gifts which were vital in the establishment of the school.8 
Village BellSep 2022 Beaconhills benefactor had a colourful past
Former Upper Beaconsfield resident Major Edward Tregoning played a crucial role in the early history of Beaconhills College.
In fact, his generous donation of $60,000 (around $212,000 in today’s monetary terms), is probably a major reason why the College was able to weather the financial challenges of its early years. His support of Beaconhills led to him being named as one of the College’s house patrons in 1989.
This year, as Beaconhills College celebrates its 40th anniversary, the school has revealed new insights into this reportedly shy and reclusive man, courtesy of his niece Alison Nisselle.
Major Tregoning led a private life in his beloved property ‘Ularring’ in Upper Beaconsfield and was a member of the St John’s congregation for 15 years.
Until now the College possessed only two faded photographs of him, taken around the time of World War Two. Ms Nisselle recently found a third, a passport photo, taken before he moved to Australia in 1968.
She believes Major Tregoning’s strict English public school upbringing may have been one motivation to support what he regarded as a school with a “gentler” approach. But Ms Nisselle said another possible reason was that he and his wife Margery had tried unsuccessfully for years to have children.
“He really missed having children. I used to take my two grandsons up to visit them in Upper Beaconsfield. Uncle Edward just loved them,” Ms Nisselle said.
She remembers a man who also loved adventure and the adrenaline rush of defusing bombs during World War Two. One bomb actually blew up during the London Blitz as he was working on it, leaving him buried under a pile of rubble. His mates visited the scene days later to pay their respects, only to hear a voice calling out from below. They dug him out and, miraculously, he survived.
Ms Nisselle also recalls that her uncle had a mischievous twinkle in his eye and may have even had a few questionable friends. As a former successful screenwriter, Ms Nisselle spent research time with Melbourne’s Major Crime Squad where she was told her ‘naughty’ uncle had a mate called Ronnie Biggs (of the Great Train Robbery fame).
Ms Nisselle said it was her uncle’s choice to name his Upper Beaconsfield house ‘Ularring’.
“He felt a strong emotional connection to Ernest Giles the explorer, who was Aunt Margery’s great uncle, and my great-great uncle,” she said. “He read the book, Australia Twice Traversed, and felt a strong kinship with the story of Giles being saved by an aboriginal guide, who led them to water at a critical moment. The indigenous name for the waterhole was ‘Ularring'.
“It reminded him of the very close shave he had, being blown up during the Blitz.”
Major Tregoning’s house sheltered many local residents during the Ash Wednesday bushfires. As an engineer who had lived through the firestorms of the London Blitz, Major Tregoning had previously consulted the SES on how to best make the house bushfire safe. The property had deep water tanks, steel piping and a sprinkler system. Ms Nisselle proudly displays the old house sign on her wall of her own home.
While Major Tregoning passed away in 1995, Ms Nisselle believes that he would have delighted by Beaconhills College’s 40th anniversary.
“He would have been so chuffed – it would have mattered hugely to him,” she said.9 

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

DateAddressOccupation and other people at same address
29 Sep 193910 Stanstead Road, Caterham and Warlingham, Surrey, EnglandHead of Household: Edward John Tregoning. Edward J Tregoning, Married, born 1 Nov 1913, Building Surveyor, 10 Stanstead Rd, Caterham and Warlingham, Surrey, England
Also in the household was Eva Notley-Smith, Divorced, born 2 Feb 1898, Unpaid Domestic Duties
Member(s) of Household: Margery Notley Smith.10
bt 1972 - 1977Old Officer Road, Upper Beaconsfield, VIC, AustraliaOccupation: no occ. With Margery Notley Tregoning.11,12
1980Officer-Upper Beaconsfield Road, Upper Beaconsfield, VIC, AustraliaOccupation: no occ. With Margery Notley Tregoning.13

Citations

  1. [S35] Probate Records, PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), VPRS 28/P25, unit 192.
  2. [S332] UK - General Register Office Indexes "Dec Q 1913 (Kensington) 01a 180. Mother's maiden surname: Bastard. As Edward John Tregoning."
  3. [S9] Free BMD. Index. Online @ https://www.freebmd.org.uk/.
  4. [S333] Newspaper (England) - Bath Weekly Chronicle and Herald (Bath, Avon), 12 Sep 1936, p17.
  5. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 8377-293 to 8377-297 - Edward John Tregoning Gentleman and Margery Notley Tregoning Married Woman both of "Lezant" Court Road, Newton Ferrers, Plymouth England - joint proprietors.
  6. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), Cancelled application No 69287 - see C/T 8730-812 - Edward John Tregoning Gentleman and Margery Notley Tregoning Married Woman both of "Lezant" Court Road, Newton Ferrers, Plymouth England - joint proprietors.
  7. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 8730-812 - Charles William Wilson Medical Practitioner and Yvonne Kerr Wilson Married Woman both of St Georges Road Upper Beaconsfield - joint proprietors.
  8. [S15] Newspaper - Village Bell Issue 104 - Jun 1995, p22.
  9. [S15] Newspaper - Village Bell Village Bell (Upper Beaconsfield, Vic.), Sep 2022
    edited version of previously published article in Beaconhills College Magazine,
    Lux Luceat, Winter 2022.
  10. [S83] UK census - viewed on Ancestry "The National Archives, Kew, London, England, 1939 Register, Rg 101/1875b, Enumeration District: Dmbn
    Edward J Tregoning, Married, born 1 Nov 1913, Building Surveyor, 10.stanstead Rd, Caterham and Warlingham, Surrey, England."
  11. [S172] Electoral Roll for Australia, 1972.
  12. [S177] Electoral Roll for Australia, 1977.
  13. [S180] Electoral Roll for Australia, 1980.
Last Edited6 May 2023

Margery Notley Smith

F, #10421, b. 4 Jan 1910, d. 23 May 1999
Probate (Will)* Margery Notley Tregoning. Gentlewoman, Berwick. 23 May 1999. 1160166.1 
Married NameTregoning. 
Birth*4 Jan 1910 
Marriage*5 Sep 1936 Spouse: Edward John Tregoning. Kensington, London, England, Sep Q [Kensington] 1a 386.2,3
 
Marriage-Notice*12 Sep 1936 MARRIED IN LONDON.
The wedding of Mr. Edward John Tregoning, son of Mrs. Tregoning, of Newbridge Hill House, Bath, and of Miss Margery Notting Smith, daughter of Mrs. Smith, of Church Street, Kensington, took place quietly in London on September 5th at St. Mary Abbots Church, the Vicar officiating.
The bride was given in marriage by her cousin, Sir Robert Giles, and the best man was Mr. Richard Randolph.
Among those present in the church were Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Tregoning, Miss Mary Tregoning, Mrs. Lempriere, Miss Lempriere, Lady Giles, Mr. T. and Lady Dorothy Randolph, Lady Sophia Solilizzi, Miss C. B. Bastard, Miss D. Tregoning, Mr. and Mrs. Buckland, Miss Rodney, and Mr. Honywill.3 
(Transfer to) Land-UBeac7 May 1968 PAK-118A 3-7/LP56454. Transfer from John Bernard McKenna to Edward John Tregoning Margery Notley Tregoning.4 
Land-Note*7 May 1968 PAK-118A 1-7/LP56454. Edward John Tregoning 3a 3r 35 4/10p - Cancelled application No 69287 - see C/T 8730-812.5 
(Transfer from) Land-UBeac19 Aug 1983 PAK-118A 1-7/LP56454, 560 Salisbury Road. Transfer from Edward John Tregoning Margery Notley Tregoning to Dr Charles William Wilson Yvonne Kerr Wilson. 3a 3r 35 4/10p.6 
Widow6 May 1995Margery Notley Smith became a widow upon the death of her husband Edward John Tregoning. 
Death*23 May 1999 VIC, Australia. 
Death-Notice*25 May 1999 TREGONING. Margery Notley. — Died (peacefully) on Sunday, May 23, 1999, aged 94 years. Beloved wife of Edward (deceased), loving sister and sister-in-law of Neville (deceased) and Joan Smith, loving aunt of Alison and Ian, great-aunt to Julia, great-great-aunt to Benny and Daniel.
A long life lived well Remembered with love
A memorial gathering will be held at MARGERYS home on Sunday (May 30), from 2.00 pm.7 

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

DateAddressOccupation and other people at same address
29 Sep 193910 Stanstead Road, Caterham and Warlingham, Surrey, England(Head of Household) Edward John Tregoning;
Margery N Tregoning, Married, born 4 Jan 1910, Unpaid Domestic Duties, 10 Stanstead Rd, Caterham and Warlingham, Surrey, England8
bt 1972 - 1977Old Officer Road, Upper Beaconsfield, VIC, AustraliaOccupation: home duties. With Edward John Tregoning.9,10
1980Officer-Upper Beaconsfield Road, Upper Beaconsfield, VIC, AustraliaOccupation: home duties. With Edward John Tregoning.11

Citations

  1. [S35] Probate Records, PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), VPRS 28/P29, unit 220.
  2. [S9] Free BMD. Index. Online @ https://www.freebmd.org.uk/.
  3. [S333] Newspaper (England) - Bath Weekly Chronicle and Herald (Bath, Avon), 12 Sep 1936, p17.
  4. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 8377-293 to 8377-297 - Edward John Tregoning Gentleman and Margery Notley Tregoning Married Woman both of "Lezant" Court Road, Newton Ferrers, Plymouth England - joint proprietors.
  5. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), Cancelled application No 69287 - see C/T 8730-812 - Edward John Tregoning Gentleman and Margery Notley Tregoning Married Woman both of "Lezant" Court Road, Newton Ferrers, Plymouth England - joint proprietors.
  6. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 8730-812 - Charles William Wilson Medical Practitioner and Yvonne Kerr Wilson Married Woman both of St Georges Road Upper Beaconsfield - joint proprietors.
  7. [S17] Newspaper - The Sydney Morning Herald (Sydney, NSW), 25 May 1999, p16.
  8. [S83] UK census - viewed on Ancestry "The National Archives, Kew, London, England, 1939 Register, Rg 101/1875b, Enumeration District: Dmbn
    Edward J Tregoning, Married, born 1 Nov 1913, Building Surveyor, 10.stanstead Rd, Caterham and Warlingham, Surrey, England."
  9. [S172] Electoral Roll for Australia, 1972.
  10. [S177] Electoral Roll for Australia, 1977.
  11. [S180] Electoral Roll for Australia, 1980.
Last Edited6 May 2023

Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd

?, #10426
Land-Note*5 Nov 1881 GEM--41: Mortgagee: Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd. Discharged 3 Feb 1894. Mortgagor was David Alexander Glenn.1 
Land-Note*30 Sep 1886 PAK-149: Mortgagee: Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd. Mortgage No 76522 - not discharged. Mortgagor was Arthur Henry Gregson.2 
Land-Note16 Jul 1887 PAK-73: Mortgagee: Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd. Discharged 30 May 1893. Mortgagor was William Piggott.3 
Land-Note*18 Jul 1889 PAK-230: Mortgagee: Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd. Foreclosed.. Mortgagor was William Henry Ellerker.4 
Land-Note*18 Nov 1890 PAK-58C1: Mortgagee: Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd. Mortgage No 118415. Discharged 1 Aug 1896. Mortgagor was Hugh Cameron.5 
Land-Note*7 Aug 1891 Mortgagee: Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd. Barrett took out a mortgage from the Commercial Bank.6 
Land-UBeac*a 7 Aug 1891 PAK-66 (except lots 1.4.10.11). Transfer from Thomas Barrett to Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd. Thomas Barrett of Liddiard Street Hawthorn Builder took over most of PAK-66 from Walter Smythe Bayston on 3 Apr 1890. He obtained a mortgage from the Commercial Bank on 7 Aug 1891, which he defaulted on. By 2 Sep 1895 the Commercial Bank started to sell off parcels of this subdivision.6 
Land-UBeac*a 23 Sep 1891 PAK-230. Transfer from William Henry Ellerker to Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd. 19a 3r 32p.7 
Land-Note*17 Dec 1891 GEM-A10.A11.A17 (pt): Mortgagee: Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd, The City of Melbourne Bank Ltd, The Federal Bank of Australia Limited. Mortgage No 130310 - foreclosed - see C/T 2692-289 - this new title is in the name of The Trustees Executors and Agency Company Limited (as executor ...) Mortgagor was The Real Estate Mortgage and Deposit Bank Limited.8 
(Mortgagee) Land-Note31 May 1892 Mortgagee: Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd. Ann and John Milne take out a mortgage with the Commercial Bank, which is discharged at the conclusion of John Milne's probate on 15 Jan 1895, when Ann Milne appears to become sole proprietor. Mortgagor was John Milne Ann Milne.9 
Land-Note*23 Aug 1892 GEM-D-1 5.18/LP2461: Mortgagee: Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd. Not discharged. Mortgagor was Henry George Swallow.10 
Land-Note23 Aug 1892 BER-Crown-18 (part): Mortgagee: Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd. Mortgage No 138906. Not discharged. Mortgagor was Henry George Swallow.11 
Land-Note*23 Aug 1892 BER-Town S17-4.5.6: Mortgagee: Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd. Mortgage No 138899. Discharged 18 Mar 1897. Mortgagor was John Taylor.12 
Land-Note*26 Aug 1892 PAK-1A LP2788 (part) / 10/LP2593: Mortgagee: Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd. Mortgage No 139075. Discharged 19 Aug 1908. Mortgagor was William Grieve.13 
Land-Note17 Sep 1892 PAK-85: Mortgagee: Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd. No discharge recorded. Mortgagor was Louis Lawrence Smith.14 
Land-Note17 Sep 1892 PAK-84: Mortgagee: Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd. Mortgage not discharged. Mortgagor was Louis Lawrence Smith.15 
Land-Note17 Sep 1892 PAK-137: Mortgagee: Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd. Mortgage not discharged. Mortgagor was Louis Lawrence Smith.16 
Land-Note17 Sep 1892 PAK-106: Mortgagee: Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd. Mortgage not discharged. Mortgagor was Louis Lawrence Smith.17 
Land-Note17 Sep 1892 PAK-105: Mortgagee: Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd. Mortgage not discharged. Mortgagor was Louis Lawrence Smith.18 
Land-Note17 Sep 1892 PAK-107.108: Mortgagee: Louis Lawrence Smith Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd. Not discharged..19 
Land-Note17 Sep 1892 PAK-59C: Mortgagee: Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd. No discharge recorded. Mortgagor was Louis Lawrence Smith.20 
Land-UBeaca 17 Sep 1892 PAK-84. Transfer from Louis Lawrence Smith to Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd. 19a 2r 0p.15 
Land-UBeaca 17 Sep 1892 PAK-59C. Transfer from Louis Lawrence Smith to Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd. 86a 2r 18p.21 
Land-UBeaca 17 Sep 1892 PAK-106. Transfer from Louis Lawrence Smith to Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd. 19a 3r 18p.17 
Land-UBeaca 17 Sep 1892 PAK-105. Transfer from Louis Lawrence Smith to Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd. 19a 3r 39p.18 
Land-UBeaca 17 Sep 1892 PAK-137. Transfer from Louis Lawrence Smith to Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd. 19a 2r 5p.16 
Land-Note*8 Nov 1892 GEM-D-23.25.27.28A.29: Mortgagee: Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd. Not discharged. Mortgagor was John Beatty.22 
Land-UBeac*b 1893 PAK-149. Transfer from Arthur Henry Gregson to Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd.2 
Land-Note*17 Jul 1893 PAK-73: Mortgagee: Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd. Discharged 3 July 1895. Mortgagor was William Piggott.23 
Land-UBeac*16 Sep 1893 PAK-149. Transfer from Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd to William James Hood. 118a 3r 5p - Land File 3034/19. Selected by A. LORMES. Crown grant to W J HOOD on 4 Nov 1893.24,25,26 
Land-Note*1 Nov 1893 PAK-57A.57B1.57B2.57B3.58A.58B (part): Mortgagee: Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd. Louis Lawrence Smith and John Holburn [sic] Webb took out a mortgage with the The Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd in Liquidation. They must have defaulted as The Commercial Bank sold the land.. Mortgagor was Louis Lawrence Smith.27 
Land-Note*18 Dec 1893 GEM-D-50: Mortgagee: Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd. Discharged 18 Feb 1896. Mortgagor was Charles Leopold Schlipalius.28 
Land-Note*18 Jan 1894 PAK-58D: Mortgagee: Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd. Mortgage No 154146. Discharged 1 Aug 1896. Mortgagor was Duncan Cameron.29 
Land-Berwickb 28 Oct 1894 BER-Crown-18 (part), Station Street. Transfer from Henry George Swallow to Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd. Foreclosed.30 
Land-UBeacb 28 Oct 1894 GEM-D-1 5.18/LP2461. Transfer from Henry George Swallow to Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd. Foreclosed.31 
Land-Berwick*b 28 Oct 1894 BER-Crown-18 (part), off Gloucester Avenue. Transfer from Henry George Swallow to Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd. Foreclosed.32 
Land-UBeac*abt 1895 GEM-D-23.25.27.28A.29. Transfer from John Beatty to Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd. 95 1r 26p.33,34 
Land-Berwick*a 19 Feb 1895 BER-Subn-23(pt).24(pt). Transfer from Malwyn A'Beckett to Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd. 58a 1r 14p.35 
Land-Note19 Feb 1895 BER-Subn-23(pt).24(pt): Mortgagee: Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd. Mortgage 162838. Discharged 9 Jan 1896 - which was the same day as the Commercial Bank transferred the property to William Gilbert a'Beckett - so Malwyn must have defaulted on the mortgage.. Mortgagor was Malwyn A'Beckett.36 
Land-UBeac*2 Sep 1895 PAK-66 3/LP1265. Transfer from Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd to William Henry Dale. 4a 1r 17 2/10p.37 
Land-Berwick9 Jan 1896 BER-Subn-23(pt).24(pt). Transfer from Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd to William Gilbert A'Beckett. 58a 1r 14p.38 
Land-Berwick*9 Jan 1896 BER-Subn-23. Transfer from Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd to William Gilbert A'Beckett. Together with BER-24 (part) - containing 58a 1r 14p.39 
Land-Berwick9 Jan 1896 BER-Subn-24 (part). Transfer from Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd to William Gilbert A'Beckett. Together with BER-23 - containing 58a 1r 14p.39 
Land-Note19 May 1896 PAK-58E: Mortgagee: Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd. Mortgage No 171167. Discharged 1 Aug 1896. Mortgagor was Duncan Cameron.40 
Land-UBeac*24 Dec 1896 PAK-66 2/LP1265. Transfer from Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd to Henry George Dauntless Burston. 3a 3r 33 4/10p.41 
Land-UBeacb 1897 PAK-59C. Transfer from Louis Lawrence Smith to Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd. 86a 2r 18p.42 
Land-UBeac*18 Nov 1897 PAK-66 5.6/LP1265. Transfer from Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd to Elizabeth McLean. 10a 2r 12p.43 
Land-Note24 Dec 1897 GEM--42: Mortgagee: Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd. Mortgagor was The Victorian Farmers' Loan & Agency Company (formerly James Fry & Company Limited).44,45 
Land-UBeac*a 24 Dec 1897 GEM--42. Transfer from The Victorian Farmers' Loan & Agency Company (formerly James Fry & Company Limited) to Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd. Commercial Bank repossessed land sometime before 2 Sep 1899.45 
Land-UBeac*2 Sep 1899 GEM--42. Transfer from Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd to Rebecca Hooper.46,47 
Land-UBeac*4 Aug 1900 PAK-66 8/LP1265. Transfer from Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd to Henrietta Singleton. 32a 0r 38 9/10p.48 
Land-UBeac*19 May 1905 GEM-D-1 5.18/LP2461. Transfer from Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd to Emma Shorthouse.49 
Land-Berwick*5 Sep 1905 BER-Crown-18 (part), off Gloucester Avenue. Transfer from Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd to Hannah Lydia Smith.50 
Land-UBeac*21 Nov 1906 PAK-59C. Transfer from Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd to William Shadbolt. 86a 2r 18p.51,52 
Land-UBeac*b 14 Dec 1906 PAK-57A.57B1.57B2.57B3.58A.58B (part). Transfer from Louis Lawrence Smith John Holden Webb to Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd.53 
Land-UBeac*14 Dec 1906 PAK-57A.57B1.57B2.57B3.58A.58B (part). Transfer from Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd to John Payne.54 
Land-UBeac*15 Nov 1907 PAK-66 1/LP1265 part. Transfer from Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd to Erdmuthe Fredrica Marianne Harvey-Smith. 4a 3r 11p.55 
Property*18 Sep 1909Transferred to Flavouer Elizabeth Bates ST KILDA-40 (part). 73 + 75 Clyde St St Kilda two W.B. houses on land 50 1/2' x 83' - C/T 1964-749, valued at £952.10.0. In possession of Flavouer Bates at the time of her death in 1922.56 
Land-Note*13 Sep 1910 PAK-32 3E.10/LP2963: Mortgagee: Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd. Mortgage No 286880. Discharged 6 Jan 1912. Mortgagor was John Prescott Dyason.57 
Land-UBeac*6 Apr 1911 PAK-84. Transfer from Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd to Ida Florence Luke. 19a 2r 0p.58 
Land-Beac*17 Aug 1911 PAK-1A LP2804 (Lot 32). Transfer from Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd to Marion Jane Smith.59 
Land-UBeac*27 Feb 1912 PAK-66 7/LP1265 part. Transfer from Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd to Dr William Elliot Drake. 5a 2r 0p.60 
Land-UBeac14 Sep 1912 PAK-66 9/ LP1265, Beaconsfield-Emerald Road. Transfer from Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd to James Joseph Ahern James Ramage.61 
Land-UBeac*17 May 1913 PAK-66 LP1265 (part Lot 7), 37 St Georges Road. Transfer from Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd to Walter Fergus Robinson. 3a 1r 17p.62 
Land-UBeac*18 Nov 1913 PAK-66 LP1265 (part Lot 7), 39 St Georges Road. Transfer from Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd to James MacDougall. 7a 3r 15p.63 
Land-UBeac*21 Jul 1915 PAK-66 7/LP1265 part. Transfer from Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd to Caleb Wheeler. 5a.64 
Land-UBeac*13 May 1916 PAK-137. Transfer from Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd to Joseph Osborn Morgan. 19a 2r 5p.65 
Land-UBeacb 19 Nov 1917 PAK-107.108. Transfer from Louis Lawrence Smith to Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd. 39a 3r 7p.66 
Land-UBeac19 Nov 1917 PAK-107.108. Transfer from Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd to Mary Emma Symons. 39a 3r 7p.67 
Land-UBeac*19 Nov 1917 PAK-230. Transfer from Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd to Mary Emma Manning. 19a 3r 32p.68 
Land-UBeac4 Dec 1917 PAK-105. Transfer from Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd to State Rivers and Water Supply Commission. 19a 3r 39p.69 
Land-UBeac*15 Apr 1918 PAK-66 7/LP1265 part. Transfer from Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd to Alice Emily Brown. Balance = 8a 1r 3p.70 
Land-UBeac*6 Jul 1918 GEM-D-23. Transfer from Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd to David Thomson. 19a 3r 27p.71 
Land-UBeac*30 Jun 1919 GEM-D-29 (part). Transfer from Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd to Thomas Morrison Grayson Hugh Grayson. 9a 2r 22p.72 
Land-UBeac*13 Apr 1920 GEM-D-29 (part). Transfer from Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd to Ivy Marion Anderson. 9a 2r 36p.73 
Land-UBeac*2 Aug 1921 GEM-D-27 (part). Transfer from Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd to Eva Glover Campbell. 9a 3r 14 1/2p.74 
Land-UBeac*3 Jul 1922 GEM-D-28A. Transfer from Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd to Hugh Grayson. 16a 1r 39p.75 
Land-UBeac8 May 1923 GEM-D-25. Transfer from Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd to David Thomson. 19a 3r 8p.76 
Land-UBeac*18 Sep 1923 PAK-106. Transfer from Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd to State Rivers and Water Supply Commission. 19a 3r 18p.77 
Land-UBeac*9 Oct 1925 GEM-D-27 (part). Transfer from Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd to Hagar Margaret 'Ada Margaret' Austin. 9a 3r 39p.78,79 
Land-Note*8 Dec 1932 BER-Crown-18 (part), cnr Station and Brown Streets: Mortgagee: Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd. Mortgage 683319. Discharged 11 Mar 1948. Mortgagor was Otto Carl Heinrich Fritzlaff.80 
Land-Note*24 Oct 1949 PAK-58C1.58D.58E: Mortgagee: Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd. Mortgage No 926123. Discharged 13 Apr 1949. Mortgagor was Raymond Arthur Wilkinson Buller.81 

Newspaper-Articles

  • 9 Dec 1893: THE LAW COURTS. BEACONSFIELD HEIGHTS ESTATE COMPANY. Application was made to Mr Justice Holroyd in chambers yesterday on behalf of the Commercial Bank of Australia for final judgment in an action against the "Beaconsfield Heights Estate Company Limited to recover £2,554 and interest upon a promissory note made by the defendant company in favour of L. L. Smith and J. H. Webb and endorsed by them to the bank. The defendant asked leave to defend the action. An affidavit was made by William Brisbane acting secretary of the company to the effect that the note sued upon was one of a number given to Messrs Smith and Webb for land purchased from them that in November, 1892, it was agreed that the contract should be cancelled upon the company forfeiting the payments made and giving up the land and the vendors restoring to the company the promissory notes then current and that the deponent was afterwards told by Mr L. L. Smith's solicitor that the bank had promised to give up the note held by it upon the above arrangement being carried out. The land was given back early this year and the company was now without assets of any kind.
    Mr Justice Holroyd held that as the bank received no consideration for the alleged undertaking it was not now estopped from suing on the note. He also overruled an objection that the plaintiff had failed to show that the defendant company was a trading company with power to make negotiable instruments. The Court was entitled to infer from everyday experience that companies formed to buy and sell land were trading companies. It was a trade, and sometimes a very dirty trade, too. As the defendant was not prepared to pay the amount of the claim into court, judgment would be entered for the plaintiff with costs. Mr Vasey appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr Cussen for the defendant. Louis Lawrence Smith, John Holden Webb, William Brisbane82
  • 23 Apr 1894: Auction Sale, This Day. At 12 o'clock punctually. At the rooms. 313 Collins-street, by PATTERSON and SONS, under instructions from Maffey Bros. and Co., trustees. BEACONSFIELD NORTH. —Crown Allotment 50, parish of Gembrook. Compulsory Sale, by Order of the Mortgagee. 201 ACRES, compact FARM and HOMESTEAD, including Post Office aud General Store, 6 miles from Beaconsfield station and in centre of celebrated sanatorium district, first class road, well fenced, post and rail and five wires; good house, 7 rooms, shop and offices, bake house, cow shed, piggeries, stables, coach house, &c., underground tank, 4000 gallons, brick and cement; iron tank, 3 acres orchard, all best sorts, planted by expert and hand trenched; cultivation paddock, creek frontage ; also 109 acres unimproved land adjoining. The whole must be sold. Charles Leopold Schlipalius83
  • 12 Dec 1895: BEACONSFIELD HEIGHTS ESTATE COMPANY. THE LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS. Mr Justice Williams yesterday delivered a reserved decision on an application made to him on the 21th October last to have the names of certain persons placed on the list of contributones of the Beaconsfield Heights Estate Company, in liquidation. The application was made by Mr Mitchell for the liquidator of the company and it was opposed by Mr H. Barrett, on behalf of A. Asher and E. J. Field, and by Mr Levinson on behalf of W Hider Smith. It appeared that Asher, Field, and Smith were formerly shareholders of the company and their names were still on the share register, and the liquidator therefore desired to have them placed on the list of contributors for calls. The grounds of the opposition to the application were that Messrs L L Smith and J H Webb were the vendors of the property to the company, that Messrs Asher, Field, and W. H. Smith were not able to pay the calls that were made by the company, and that it had formerly been agreed that if they would pay what money they could, their shares should be transferred to the vendors, and they should be freed from the shares. Asher paid £15, Field £18, and Smith £72, and they sent in transfers of their shares in blank to the directors of the company, but the shares were not transferred to Messrs L. L. Smith and J. H. Webb, and their names were left on the register. Two calls were made after they sent in their shares, but they were never asked to pay them, and it was contended that under the circumstances they had
    been freed from the shares, and could not be made contributories. Mr Mitchell stated that the liquidator found the names on the share register and therefore had to apply for them to be placed on the list of contributories. No transfers of the shares had been made to Messrs. L. L. Smith and J. H. Webb, and the directors had no power to accept surrender of the shares. Messrs. Asher, Field, and W Hider Smith were therefore liable for the shares. Mr Justice Williams in giving his decision yesterday, said he found that the directors had no power to make the arrangment to release Messrs. Asher, Field, and W Hider Smith from their liability for calls, but he also found that the company had acquiesced in that arrangement. His decision was there fore in favour of Messrs. Asher, Field, and W Hider Smith. He held that they could not be placed on the list of contributories, and the application was dismissed. Louis Lawrence Smith, John Holden Webb, William Brisbane84

Citations

  1. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 2318-484 - Mortgage No 46470 - The Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd - Discharged 3 Feb 1894.
  2. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), Lease 373-477 - Mortgage No 76522 - not discharged.
  3. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 1939-669 - Mortgage No 83644. Discharged 30 May 1893.
  4. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 1123-453 - William Henry Ellerker to The Commercial Bank of Australia Limited.
  5. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 2346-094 - Mortgage No 118415. Discharged 1 Aug 1896.
  6. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 2080-806.
  7. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 1123-453 - William Henry Ellerker to The Commercial Bank of Australia Limited - Mortgage foreclosed - he was owing the Commercial Bank £4292.
  8. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 1991-019 - The Commercial Bank of Australia Limited, The City of Melbourne Bank Limited and The Federal Bank of Australia Limited - C/T 2692-289 - this new title is in the name of The Trustees Executors and Agency Company Limited No 412 Collins Street Melbourne Executor of the will of Frederick Maitland Innes late of Hotham Street East Saint Kilda Gentleman Deceased.
  9. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 2178-445A.
  10. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 2136-114 - Mortgage No 138906 - The Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd - by time of Swallow's death there is no mention of this property, so would have been repossessed by the bank prior to his death.
  11. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 1386-006 + C/T 1891-089 - Mortgage No 138906 - The Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd.
  12. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 636-070 + C/T 1548-554 - Mortgage No 138899. Discharged 18 Mar 1897.
  13. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 2264-651 + C/T 2232-231 - Mortgage No 139075. Discharged 19 Aug 1908.
  14. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 1105-000 - Mortgage No 140420 - not discharged.
  15. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 1105-833 - Commercial Bank of Australasia Limited (foreclosed).
  16. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 1100-902 - Commercial Bank of Australasia Limited (foreclosed).
  17. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 1098-544 - Commercial Bank of Australasia Limited (foreclosed).
  18. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 1391-152 - Commercial Bank of Australasia Limited (foreclosed).
  19. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 1277-225 - Mortgage No 140420 - Not discharged by L L Smith.
  20. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 1640-920 - Mortgage No 140420 - not discharged.
  21. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 1640-920 - Commercial Bank of Australasia Limited (foreclosed).
  22. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 1683-577 - Mortgage not discharged so Commercial Bank must have taken over the property.
  23. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 1939-669 - Mortgage No 148832. Discharged 3 July 1895.
  24. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), Lease 373-477 - William James Hood of Sherwood Officer Gentleman (transfer from Commercial Bank).
  25. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 2515-811 - William James Hood of Officer Gentleman.
  26. [S81] Land Records & Parish Maps ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria). 3034/19.20.
  27. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 2095-811 Louis Lawrence Smith and John Holburn [sic] Webb both of Collins Street East Melbourne Medical Practitioners took out a mortgage with the The Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd in Liquidation. They must have defaulted as The Commercial Bank sold the land in 1906.
  28. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 1923-488 & C/T 1930-850 - Charles Leopold Schlipalius from The Commercial Bank of Australia Limited - discharged 18 Feb 1896.
  29. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 2079-727 - Mortgage No 154146. Discharged 1 Aug 1896.
  30. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 1386-006 - The Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd.
  31. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 2136-114 - The Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd owner by the time of Swallow's death.
  32. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 1891-089 - The Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd.
  33. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 1683-577 - Mortgage not discharged so Commercial Bank must have taken over the property at some stage.
  34. [S66] Berwick Shire Rates, 1870-1965 1894 was the last year that Beatty is listed as owner in the rate book for 116 acres D-22.23.25.27.28A.29 NAV £52 - rates not paid.
  35. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 1697-227 - Commercial Bank.
  36. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 1697-227 - Mortgage 162838. Discharged 9 Jan 1896 - which was the same day as the Commercial Bank transferred the property to William Gilbert a'Beckett - so Malwyn must have defaulted on the mortgage.
  37. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 2080-806 - The Commercial Bank to William Henry Dale of Upper Beaconsfield Builder - C/T 2583-455.
  38. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 1697-227 - William Gilbert a'Beckett of Narre Worran Barrister at law - title cancelled C/T 2607-213.
  39. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 1697-227 - William Gilbert A'Beckett of Narre Worran Barrister at Law - see C/T 2607-213.
  40. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 2604-687 - Mortgage No 171167. Discharged 1 Aug 1896.
  41. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 2080-806 - The Commercial Bank to Henry George Dantless Burston of "Lara" Punt Road Windsor, Salesman - C/T 2635-938.
  42. [S66] Berwick Shire Rates, 1870-1965 Commercial Bank paid rates 1897 N15, 1900 N18, 1903 N16, 1904 N16.
  43. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 2080-806 - The Commercial Bank to Elizabeth McLean - C/T 2672-213.
  44. [S66] Berwick Shire Rates, 1870-1965 1890/1 Fry James H Merchant N25 same 1891.1892
    1893/4 Fry & Co James merchants Melbourne N20
    1894/5 Fry James H Merchant Melbourne N20
    1895/6 Fry & Co James Melbourne N15
    1896/7 Fry James & Co Melbourne N15 paid for by Vic Farmers...
    1897/8 Victorian Farmers Loan & Agency Co (in Liquidation) N15
    1898/9 Commercial Bank 100 acs Lot 42 Gembrook N15.
  45. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 2064-742 - The Victorian Farmers' Loan and Agency Company Limited took out a mortgage with the Commercial Bank.
  46. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 2064-742 - The Commercial Bank to Rebecca Hooper of 37 Mitchell Street Northcote Married Woman.
  47. [S66] Berwick Shire Rates, 1870-1965 1890/1 Fry James H Merchant N25 same 1891.1892
    1893/4 Fry & Co James merchants Melbourne N20
    1894/5 Fry James H Merchant Melbourne N20
    1895/6 Fry & Co James Melbourne N15
    1896/7 Fry James & Co Melbourne N15 paid for by Vic Farmers...
    1897/8 Victorian Farmers Loan & Agency Co (in Liquidation) N15
    1898/9 Commercial Bank 100 acs Lot 42 Gembrook N15 (no reference to previous year)
    1899/00 Hooper Ironmonger Melbourne N25
    1900/1 Hooper Brassfounder NMelbourne N30
    1901/2 Hooper J Ironfounder Melbourne N30
    1902/3 Hooper John Ironfounder West Melbourne N30.
  48. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 2080-806 - The Commercial Bank to Henrietta Singleton of Atkinson Street Oakleigh Married Woman - C/T 2782-212.
  49. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 2136-114 - Emma Shorthouse of Beaconsfield Upper Married Woman.
  50. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 1891-089 - Hannah Lydia Smith of Berwick Married Woman.
  51. [S66] Berwick Shire Rates, 1870-1965 Shadbolt paid rates 1905/6 to 1909/10 N16.
  52. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 1640-920 - William Shadbolt of Kent Street Windsor Farmer.
  53. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 2095-811.
  54. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 2095-811 The Commercial Bank of Australia Limited to John Payne - C/T 3170-892.
  55. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 2080-806 - The Commercial Bank to Erdmuthe Friedericke Marianne Smith of Upper Beaconsfield Married Woman - C/T 3238-515.
  56. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 1964-749 - The Commercial Bank of Australia to Flavouer Elizabeth Bates of Fawkner Street St Kilda Married Woman.
  57. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 2407-332 - Mortgage No 286880. Discharged 6 Jan 1912.
  58. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 1105-833 - Ida Florence Luke of Pine Lodge Upper Beaconsfield Married Woman - C/T 3499-704.
  59. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 2251-076 - Marion Smith of Beaconsfield Widow.
  60. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 2080-806 - The Commercial Bank to William Elliot Drake of Upper Beaconsfield Retired Physician - C/T 3576-149.
  61. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 3639-656 James Ramage of Pakenham Clerk of Works and James Joseph Ahern of Pakenham East Shire Secretary are now tenants in common in equal shares.
  62. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 2080-806 - The Commercial Bank to Walter Fergus Robinson of 396 Little Collins Street Melbourne Clerk - C/T 3695-989.
  63. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 2080-806 - The Commercial Bank to James MacDougall of Barkers Road Kew General Manager- C/T 3745-926.
  64. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 2080-806 - The Commercial Bank to Caleb Wheeler of Upper Beaconsfield Farmer - C/T 3902-306.
  65. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 1100-902 - Joseph Osborn Morgan of 11 Carrington Street Glenferrie Gentleman.
  66. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 1277-225 - The Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd.
  67. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 1277-225 - Mary Emma Symons of Burchett Street Brunswick Widow (Mortgage to Commercial Bank discharged on transfer).
  68. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 1123-453 - Mary Emma Symons of Burchett Street Brunswick Widow.
  69. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 1391-152 - State Rivers and Water Supply Commission - per 17 Aug 2000 Melbourne Water Corporation.
  70. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 2080-806 - The Commercial Bank to Alice Emily Brown of Victoria Street Sandringham Married Woman - C/T 4112-326.
  71. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 1683-577 - to David Thomson of "Elmslea" Upper Beaconsfield Gentleman - C/T 4133-533.
  72. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 1683-577 - to Thomas Morrison Grayson of 34 Eastern Road South Melbourne Blacksmith and Hugh Grayson of 139 Ross Street Port Melbourne Railway Employee - transfer No 892261 - tenants in common in equal shares - C/T 4228-499.
  73. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 1683-577 - to Ivy Marion Anderson of Beaconsfield Upper Married Woman - transfer No 934210 - C/T 4310-804.
  74. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 1683-577 - to Eva Glover Campbell of Beaconsfield Upper Spinster - transfer No 1007290 - C/T 4474-730.
  75. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 1683-577 - to Hugh Grayson of 139 Ross Street Port Melbourne Lampmaker - transfer No 1052877 - C/T 4584-721.
  76. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 1683-577 - to David Thomson of Elmslea Upper Beaconsfield Gentleman - C/T 4696-030.
  77. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 1098-544 - State Rivers and Water Supply Commission - per 17 Aug 2000 Melbourne Water Corporation.
  78. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 1683-577 - to Hagar Margaret Austin of "Lyngford" Upper Beaconsfield Married Woman - transfer 1236572 - C/T 5054-759.
  79. [S66] Berwick Shire Rates, 1870-1965 Henry Austin from 1917/18 (listed as part GEM-D-29, 10ac) from 21 Feb 1921 his wife is owner.
  80. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 1083-435 - Mortgage 683319. Discharged 11 Mar 1948.
  81. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 6338-523 - Mortgage No 926123. Discharged 13 Apr 1949.
  82. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), Sat 9 Dec 1893, p15
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/8717712
  83. [S16] Newspaper - The Age (Melbourne, Vic.), 23 Apr 1894, p8.
  84. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), Thu 12 Dec 1895, p3
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/8883916
Last Edited8 Dec 2024

Thomas Morison Grayson

M, #10427, b. 1860, d. Jun 1914
Probate (Will)* Thomas M Grayson. Widow. Port Melbne. 25 Jun 1914. 143/031.1       
Birth*1860 London, England. 
Marriage*1884 Spouse: Harriet Amelia Cochrane. VIC, Australia, #M3328.2
 
Death*Jun 1914 Prahran, VIC, Australia, #D7203 (Age 54) [par Thomas Martin GRAYSON & Jemima VALENTINE].3 
Death-Notice*11 Jul 1914 MRS. T. M. GRAYSON and Family desire to express their sincere THANKS to their many kind friends and relatives for all visits, letters, cards, telegrams, and floral tributes received by them during their recent sad bereavement; also Mr. Howlett, superintendent of South Melbourne Gas Works; the employees of J. Kitchen and Sons, railway lamp shop, Spencer street; employees of L. Salmonow Pty. Ltd; also Mr. L. Salmonow, members of Port Melbourne Yacht Club, doctors and nurses of the Cottage, Alfred Hospital, for their kind and untiring attention. 139 Ross street, Port Melbourne.4 

Grave

  • Williamstown Cemetery, Williamstown, VIC, Australia5

Family

 Harriet Amelia Cochrane b. 1863, d. 8 Aug 1943
Children 1.Thomas Morrison Grayson+ b. 1887, d. 17 Jan 1955
 2.Hugh Grayson+ b. 1894, d. 1975

Citations

  1. [S35] Probate Records, PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), VPRS 28/P3, unit 602; VPRS 7591/P2, unit 539.
  2. [S1] Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages Pioneer Index Victoria 1836-1888.
  3. [S22] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (online).
  4. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), 11 Jul 1914, p11.
  5. [S38] Index of burials in the cemetery of Williamstown,.
Last Edited29 Jan 2016

Harriet Amelia Cochrane

F, #10428, b. 1863, d. 8 Aug 1943
Probate (Will)* Harriett A Grayson. Widow. Elsternwick. 08 Aug 1943. 345/514.1       
Married NameGrayson. 
Birth*1863 Richmond, VIC, Australia, #B16761 [par Hugh COCHRAN & Eliza Jane SAWYERS] - as COCHRAN.2 
Marriage*1884 Spouse: Thomas Morison Grayson. VIC, Australia, #M3328.2
 
WidowJun 1914Harriet Amelia Cochrane became a widow upon the death of her husband Thomas Morison Grayson.3 
Death*8 Aug 1943 Elsternwick, VIC, Australia, #D7973 (Age 79) [par Hugh COCHRANE & Ellen SAWYER].3 

Grave

  • Williamstown Cemetery, Williamstown, VIC, Australia4

Family

 Thomas Morison Grayson b. 1860, d. Jun 1914
Children 1.Thomas Morrison Grayson+ b. 1887, d. 17 Jan 1955
 2.Hugh Grayson+ b. 1894, d. 1975

Citations

  1. [S35] Probate Records, PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), VPRS 28/P3, unit 3839; VPRS 7591/P2, unit 1216.
  2. [S1] Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages Pioneer Index Victoria 1836-1888.
  3. [S22] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (online).
  4. [S38] Index of burials in the cemetery of Williamstown,.
Last Edited29 Jan 2016

Thomas Morrison Grayson

M, #10429, b. 1887, d. 17 Jan 1955
Father*Thomas Morison Grayson b. 1860, d. Jun 1914
Mother*Harriet Amelia Cochrane b. 1863, d. 8 Aug 1943
Probate (Will)* Thomas Grayson. Pensioner. Port Melb. 17 Jan 1955. 489/472.1       
Birth*1887 Melbourne, VIC, Australia, #M30988.2 
Marriage*1915 Spouse: Annie Ruth Johnstone. VIC, Australia, #M10100/1915, Thos Morrison GRAYSON & Annie Ruth JOHNSTONE.3
 
Land-UBeac*30 Jun 1919 GEM-D-29 (part). Transfer from Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd to Thomas Morrison Grayson Hugh Grayson. 9a 2r 22p.4 
Land-UBeac*30 Jun 1944 GEM-D-29A (part). Transfer from Hugh Grayson to Thomas Morrison Grayson. 9a 2r 22p.5 
Land-UBeac*10 Apr 1953 GEM-D-29A (part). Transfer from Thomas Morrison Grayson to William Edward Albert Yendall. 9a 2r 22p.6 
Death*17 Jan 1955 Melbourne South, VIC, Australia, #D723 (Age 67.)7,8 

Grave

  • Williamstown Cemetery, Williamstown, VIC, Australia9

Family

 Annie Ruth Johnstone
Child 1.Sylvia Amelia Grayson10 b. 10 Jul 1917

Citations

  1. [S35] Probate Records, PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), VPRS 28/P4, unit 948; VPRS 7591/P3, unit 85.
  2. [S1] Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages Pioneer Index Victoria 1836-1888.
  3. [S27] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Marriages) (online) "#M10100/1915, Thos Morrison GRAYSON & Annie Ruth JOHNSTONE."
  4. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 1683-577 - to Thomas Morrison Grayson of 34 Eastern Road South Melbourne Blacksmith and Hugh Grayson of 139 Ross Street Port Melbourne Railway Employee - transfer No 892261 - tenants in common in equal shares - C/T 4228-499.
  5. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 4228-499 - Thomas Morrison Grayson of 53 Johnston Street Port Melbourne Blacksmith is now the proprietor.
  6. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 4228-499 - William Edward Albert Yendall of 117 Graham Street Port Melbourne Waterside Worker.
  7. [S5] Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages Death Index Victoria 1921-1985.
  8. [S22] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (online) "#D723 - born Port Melbourne."
  9. [S38] Index of burials in the cemetery of Williamstown,.
  10. [S25] School Records - Beaconsfield North 2560.
Last Edited21 Oct 2022

Hugh Grayson

M, #10430, b. 1894, d. 1975
Father*Thomas Morison Grayson b. 1860, d. Jun 1914
Mother*Harriet Amelia Cochrane b. 1863, d. 8 Aug 1943
Birth*1894 Port Melbourne, VIC, Australia, #B6123.1 
(Transfer to) Land-UBeac30 Jun 1919 GEM-D-29 (part). Transfer from Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd to Thomas Morrison Grayson Hugh Grayson. 9a 2r 22p.2 
Land-UBeac*3 Jul 1922 GEM-D-28A. Transfer from Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd to Hugh Grayson. 16a 1r 39p.3 
Marriage*1924 Spouse: Ellen Elizabeth Fletcher. VIC, Australia, #M11378.4
 
Land-UBeac*30 Jun 1944 GEM-D-29A (part). Transfer from Hugh Grayson to Thomas Morrison Grayson. 9a 2r 22p.5 
Death*1975 Geelong, VIC, Australia, #D28678 (Age 81.)6 

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

DateAddressOccupation and other people at same address
194924 Moonya Road, Oakleigh, VIC, AustraliaOccupation: lampmaker. With Ellen Elizabeth Grayson.7

Citations

  1. [S2] Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages Federation Index Victoria 1889-1901.
  2. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 1683-577 - to Thomas Morrison Grayson of 34 Eastern Road South Melbourne Blacksmith and Hugh Grayson of 139 Ross Street Port Melbourne Railway Employee - transfer No 892261 - tenants in common in equal shares - C/T 4228-499.
  3. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 1683-577 - to Hugh Grayson of 139 Ross Street Port Melbourne Lampmaker - transfer No 1052877 - C/T 4584-721.
  4. [S22] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (online).
  5. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 4228-499 - Thomas Morrison Grayson of 53 Johnston Street Port Melbourne Blacksmith is now the proprietor.
  6. [S5] Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages Death Index Victoria 1921-1985.
  7. [S149] Electoral Roll for Australia, 1949.
Last Edited29 Jan 2016
 

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.