Olive May Holt

F, #15065, b. Dec 1881, d. 1960
Married NameScott.1 
Birth*Dec 1881 Eaton Bishop, Herefordshire, England, Dec Q [Hereford] 6a 479 - as Olive HOLT.2 
Marriage*Jun 1900 Spouse: George Samuel Scott. Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, Jun Q [Birkenhead] 8a 1032.2
 
Land-UBeac*25 Feb 1924 PAK-74 LP5014 687886. Transfer from Sara Annie Conquest Arthur Conquest to Olive May Scott.3 
Land-UBeac*18 Jan 1945 PAK-74 LP5014 687886. Transfer from Olive May Scott to Uriah Henry Gilbert.4 
Widow1950Olive May Holt became a widow upon the death of her husband George Samuel Scott.5 
Death*1960 Thornbury, VIC, Australia, #D9559 (Age 74) [par William HOLT & Elizabeth WOOD].5 

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

DateAddressOccupation and other people at same address
2 Apr 191116 Army Street, Clapham, London, England(Head of Household) George Samuel Scott;
Age 29 - no occupation. Married 10 years, 2 children both deceased6

Citations

  1. [S22] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (online).
  2. [S9] Free BMD. Index. Online @ https://www.freebmd.org.uk/.
  3. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 3613-420 - Olive May Scott of 184 Clarke Street Northcote Married Woman.
  4. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 3613-420 - Uriah Henry Gilbert of Fallon Street West Brunswick Railway Employee.
  5. [S22] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (online) "Place of birth ENGLAND."
  6. [S83] UK census - viewed on Ancestry "Class: RG14; Piece: 2260."
Last Edited3 Oct 2016

Uriah Henry Gilbert

M, #15067, b. 1891, d. 1969
Birth*1891 Puckapunyal #B37058 - reg Seymour.1 
Land-UBeac*18 Jan 1945 PAK-74 LP5014 687886. Transfer from Olive May Scott to Uriah Henry Gilbert.2 
Land-UBeac*23 Apr 1952 PAK-74 LP5014 687886. Transfer from Uriah Henry Gilbert to Edith Emily Watkins.3 
Death*1969 Surrey Hills, VIC, Australia, #D5203 (Age 77) [par William GILBERT & Jane TIERNEY].4 

Citations

  1. [S22] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (online).
  2. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 3613-420 - Uriah Henry Gilbert of Fallon Street West Brunswick Railway Employee.
  3. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 3613-420 - Edith Emily Watkins of 74 Dandenong Road Caulfield Married Woman.
  4. [S22] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (online) "Place of birth Puckapunyal."
Last Edited3 Oct 2016

Jeffrey Brown

M, #15068, b. 1884, d. 7 Jan 1964
Probate (Will)* Jeffrey Brown. Rtd Clergyman. Mount Eliza. 7 Jan 1964. 608/747.1       
Birth*1884 Peterborough, England.2 
Land-UBeac*1 Sep 1930 PAK-74 LP5014 687888. Transfer from Thomas Edward Mathews to Jeffrey Brown.3 
Land-UBeac*3 Sep 1952 PAK-74 LP5014 687888. Transfer from Jeffrey Brown to Edith Emily Watkins.4 
Death*7 Jan 1964 Parkville, VIC, Australia, #D655 (Age 80) [par Samuel BROWN & Mary Jane MORRISON].2 

Citations

  1. [S35] Probate Records, PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), VPRS 28/P4, unit 3113; VPRS 7591/P3, unit 524.
  2. [S22] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (online) "Place of birth Peterborough England."
  3. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 3613-422 - Jeffrey Brown 32 Walpole Street Kew Congregational Minister.
  4. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 3613-422 - Edith Emily Watkins of 74 Dandenong Road Caulfield Married Woman.
Last Edited3 Oct 2016

Alexander Gibb

M, #15070, b. 1809, d. 23 Mar 1882
Birth*1809 Scotland. 
Marriage*25 May 1841 Spouse: Elizabeth Coupar. Errol, Perthshire, Scotland.1
 
Note*bt 1842 - 1865 Other children: #B738/1842 (par Alexander GIBB & Elizabeth Unknown) - as Mary GIBB
#B5375/1854 (par Alexander GIBB & Elizabeth COUPAR) - as Robert GIBB
#B10393/1856 (par Alexander GIBB & Elizabeth COUPAR) - as Agnes Coupar GIBB
#B172/1859 (par Alexander GIBB & Elizabeth COUPER) - as Elizabeth GIBB
#B11273/1860 (par Alexander GIBB & Eliza COUPAR) - as Alexander Coupar GIBB
#B20745/1865 (par Alexander GIBB & Elizabeth COUPAR) - as Margaret Ann GIBB #D9939/1867 (Age 3) (par Alexander GIBB & Elizabeth COUPAR) - as Margaret Ann GIBB
#D548/1886 (Age 37) (par Alexr GIBB & Elizth COUPAR) - as Jno Coupar GIBB.2,3 
Land-Berwick*21 Apr 1863 BER-Crown-17.18.27. Transfer from Robert Gardiner Susan Gardiner to Alexander Gibb. 874a 0r 0p - purchase price £4000 - Susan Gardiner had the right of a dower, also called 'widow's third', therefore she had to release her right when her husband sold land.4 
Land-Note*21 Apr 1865 BER-Crown-17.18.27: Mortgagee: Mortgage from Alexander Fraser of the City of Melbourne (the Chairman for the time being of the Directors of a certain Company or Association formed under the style or title of "The Australasian Fire and Life Insurance Company". £2000. Discharged 19 Apr 1875. Mortgagor was Alexander Gibb.5,6 
Land-Berwick*25 Sep 1875 BER-Crown-18.27 (pt). Transfer from Alexander Gibb to The Board of Land and Works. 36a 2r 35p - Land for railway.7 
Land-Berwick6 Dec 1877 BER-Crown-18 (part). Transfer from Alexander Gibb to James Gibb. 35a 3r.8 
Land-Berwick28 Jan 1882 BER-Crown-17.18(pt).27(pt). Transfer from Alexander Gibb to James Gibb. 407a 3r 27p.9 
Death*23 Mar 1882 Campbellfield, VIC, Australia, #D598/1882 (Age 71) [par James GIBB & Janet WALKER].10 
Land-Berwick24 Mar 1882 BER-Crown-18(pt).27(pt). Transfer from Alexander Gibb to James Gibb. 384a 0r 20p.11 
Death-Notice*25 Mar 1882 GIBB.—On the 23rd inst., at his residence, Meadowbank, Campbellfield, Alexander Gibb, aged 71 years, a colonist of 41 years.12 
Death-Notice25 Mar 1882 THE Friends of the late ALEXANDER GIBB, Esq., are respectfully invited to follow his remains to the place of interment, in the Campbellfield Cemetery.
The funeral will Ieave his late residence, Meadowbank, Campbellfield, to-morrow (Sunday, the 26th inst.) at half past 3 o clock
ALF. AUG. SLEIGHT, undertaker, 83 Collins-street east, and High-street, St Kilda.13 

Grave

  • Will Will Rook Pioneer Cemetery, Campbellfield, VIC, Australia14

Family

 Elizabeth Coupar b. 26 Jul 1821, d. 11 Dec 1906
Children 1.James Gibb b. 30 Jun 1843, d. 22 Feb 1919
 2.Robert Gibb16 b. 1854, d. 1923

Newspaper-Articles

  • 29 Mar 1882: Mr. Alexander Gibb, J.P., father of James Gibb, M.L.A., one of the oldest residents of Campbellfield, died last week, aged seventy. The deceased arrived in the colony over forty-one years ago, and settled at Campbellfield, where he, with his brother-in-law, Mr. Robertson, carried on business as wheelwrights for many years. He subsequently purchased the property known as Meadow Bank Farm where he ... agricultural pursuits till his death.
    ... remainder unreadable ...15

Citations

  1. [S65] Ancestry - various indices, Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910.
  2. [S26] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Births) (online) "#B738/1842 (par Alexander GIBB & Elizabeth Unknown) - as Mary GIBB, Birth registered at Newlands Merri Creek, Australia
    #B5375/1854 (par Alexander GIBB & Elizabeth COUPAR) - as Robert GIBB, Birth registered at Camp, Australia
    #B10393/1856 (par Alexander GIBB & Elizabeth COUPAR) - as Agnes Coupar GIBB, Birth registered at C'B'Field, Australia
    #B172/1859 (par Alexander GIBB & Elizabeth COUPER) - as Elizabeth GIBB, Birth registered at Campbellfi, Australia
    #B11273/1860 (par Alexander GIBB & Eliza COUPAR) - as Alexander Coupar GIBB, Birth registered at Camf, Australia
    #B20745/1865 (par Alexander GIBB & Elizabeth COUPAR) - as Margaret Ann GIBB, Birth registered at Camp, Australia."
  3. [S28] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Deaths) (online) "#D9939/1867 (Age 3) (par Alexander GIBB & Elizabeth COUPAR) - as Margaret Ann GIBB. Born Camp
    #D548/1886 (Age 37) (par Alexr GIBB & Elizth COUPAR) - as Jno Coupar GIBB, Death registered at Camp'Field, Australia
    #D2372/1913 (Age 54) (par Alex GIBB & Elizth COUPAR) - as Elizth GIBB, Death registered at Mvern, Australia
    #D8604/1947 (Age 91) (par Alexander GIBB & Elizabeth COUPAR) - as Agnes Coupar GIBB, born Campbellfield. Death registered at Caulfield, Australia
    #D10433/1948 (Age 88) (par Alexander GIBB & Elizabeth COUPAR) - as Alexander Coupar GIBB, Death registered at Malvern, Australia."
  4. [S81] Land Records & Parish Maps ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria). AP8101 - Conveyance Robert Gardiner to Alexander Gibb of said 3 pieces
    Book 148 No 737 - 20 April 1863 Indenture between Robert Gardiner of Bolinda Vale and Susan his wife on the one part and Alexander Gibb of Campellfield on the other part.
  5. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 794-616A - Alexander Gibb of Campellfield County of Bourke Farmer.
  6. [S81] Land Records & Parish Maps ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria). AP8101 - Conveyance Robert Gardiner to Alexander Gibb of said 3 pieces
    Book 148 No 736 - 18 April 1865 Indenture between Alexander Gibb of Campellfield and Alexander Fraser of the City of Melbourne (the Chairman for the time being of the Directors of a certain Company or Association formed under the style or title of "The Australasian Fire and Life Insurance Company" for a mortgage of £2000 plus interest of 9% per annum to be paid half yearly. It appears that the mortgage was discharged on 19 Apr 1875.
  7. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 794-615A - The Board of Land and Works (Application 8101).
  8. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 794-616A - James Gibb - C/T 1000-992.
  9. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 794-616A - James Gibb - C/T 1348-580.
  10. [S28] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Deaths) (online).
  11. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 794-616A - James Gibb - C/T 1348-581.
  12. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), Sat 25 Mar 1882, p1
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/11535982
  13. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), Sat 25 Mar 1882, p12
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/11536016
  14. [S345] Index of monumental inscriptions/burials, www.findagrave.com "Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com: accessed 25 September 2020), memorial page for Elizabeth Coupar Gibb (26 Jul 1821–11 Dec 1906), Find a Grave Memorial no. 141722661, citing Will Will Rook Cemetery, Broadmeadows, Hume City, Victoria, Australia; Maintained by Paul Gilbert (contributor 48359752)."
  15. [S12] Newspaper - South Bourke and Mornington Journal (Richmond, Vic.), Wed 29 Mar 1882, p2
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/70051917
  16. [S26] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Births) (online) "#B5375/1854 (par Alexander GIBB & Elizabeth COUPAR) - as Robert GIBB, Birth registered at Camp, Australia."
Last Edited6 Jun 2024

Eric Le Poer Kermode

M, #15071, b. 5 Jan 1875, d. 3 Mar 1911
Birth*5 Jan 1875 Campbell Town, TAS, Australia, #B91 [par William Archer KERMODE & Edith Le Poer POWER].1 
Marriage*6 Jun 1907 Spouse: Edith Emily Francis. New Norfolk, TAS, Australia.
 
Marriage-Notice*22 Jun 1907 KERMODE - FRANCIS. On Thursday, June 6, by the Rev. R. H. Richards, Rector of New Norfolk, Eric Le Poer Kermode to Edith Emily Francis.2 
Marriage-Notice*22 Jun 1907 KERMODE - FRANCIS. On Thursday, June 6, by the Rev. R. H. Richards, Rector of New Norfolk, Eric Le Poer Kermode to Edith Emily Francis.3 
Death*3 Mar 1911 Richmond, TAS, Australia, #D633.1 
Death-Notice*4 Mar 1911 KERMODE-On March 3, 1911, at his late residence. Lindisfarne, Eric Le Poer, the dearly beloved husband of Edith Kermode, and eldest son of the late W. A. Kermode, Esq., Mona Vale, Ross, in the 36th year of his age.
KERMODE.-Friends are respectfully informed that the funeral of the late Eric Le Poer Kermode, Esq., of Lindisfarne, will move from the Offices of the undersigned for Cornelian Bay Cemetery, at 2.10 this afternoon.4 

Family

 Edith Emily Francis b. 18 Oct 1885, d. 13 Aug 1968
Child 1.Eric Alan Crellin Kermode b. 16 Mar 1908, d. Aug 1964

Citations

  1. [S64] Archives Office of Tasmania. Tasmanian Names Index.
  2. [S14] Newspaper - The Mercury (Hobart, Tas.), Sat 22 Jun 1907, p1
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/9925830
  3. [S14] Newspaper - The Mercury (Hobart, Tas.), Sat 22 Jun 1907, p1.
  4. [S14] Newspaper - The Mercury (Hobart, Tas.), Sat 4 Mar 1911, p1.
Last Edited20 Mar 2020

Elsa Florence Yandell

F, #15077, b. 6 Dec 1881, d. 12 Aug 1932
ChartsDescendants of James LECKY of Coalisland, Co Tyrone
Married NameSteiner.1 
Married NameLecky.2 
Married NameBiggs.3 
Birth*6 Dec 1881 Castlemaine, VIC, Australia, #B22171 [par Augustus Courts YANDELL & Margery HOKIN].4 
Marriage1899 Spouse: James Harvey Steiner. VIC, Australia, #M5736.1
 
Marriage*22 Dec 1905 Spouse: William Stewart Lecky. Court House, Carnarvon, WA, Australia, #M848 [William Stuart LECKY & Elsa Florence STEINER].5
 
Marriage-Notice*30 Dec 1905 WEDDINGS. — LECKY—STEINER.
A quiet wedding was celebrated at the court-house on December 22, the contracting parties being Mr. W. S. Lecky, Government wharfinger at Port Hedland, and Mrs. E. F. Steiner.
The bride journeyed from Victoria, and arrived here per the s.s. Paroo the day previous to the wedding. She was attended by her sister at the ceremony, which was performed by the Rev. W. Sharp, and Mr. J. C. Baird acted as best man. The s.s. Paroo, by which boat Mr. and Mrs. Lecky proceeded to Port Hedland, was gaily decked with bunting in honour of the occasion.6 
(Migrant) Migration/Travel30 Aug 1909 Sailing with William Stuart Lecky, James Stuart Lecky, Rolfe Augustus Stuart Lecky to Sydney, NSW, Australia. Ship Wodonga travelling with maid and three children from Melbourne.7
 
Widow15 Jan 1910Elsa Florence Yandell became a widow upon the death of her husband William Stewart Lecky.8 
Marriage10 Jul 1926 Spouse: Norman James Biggs. Toorak, VIC, Australia, #M8459.3
 
Marriage-Notice*21 Aug 1926 BIGGS—LECKY.—On the 10th July, 1926, at Toorak, by the Right Rev. J. Crookston, Moderator-General, Norman James, second son of Mr. and Mrs T S Biggs, Bendigo, to Elsa Florence, widow of the late W. Stuart Lecky, Penang, Straits-Settlements.9 
Death*12 Aug 1932 Heidelberg, VIC, Australia, #D448 (Age 50) - as Elsa Florence BIGGS.2 
Death-Notice*13 Aug 1932 BIGGS.—On the 12th August, Elsa Florence, dearly loved wife of Norman Biggs, of 146 Burke-road, East Malvern, and loved mother of Stuart, James and Rolfe Lecky (deceased). Remains at Apps and Son's chapel.
BIGGS.—The Friends of Mr. NORMAN BIGGS, of 146 Burke-road, East Malvern, are informed that the remains of his beloved wife will be interred in the Castlemaine Cemetery. The Funeral is appointed to move from Apps and Sons' Chapel, 61 Moor-street, Fitzroy, THIS DAY (Saturday), 13th August, at 11 a.m., arriving about 2.30.10 

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

DateAddressOccupation and other people at same address
1914Neglected Girls' Depot, Royal Park, VIC, AustraliaOccupation: nurse.11

Grave

  • Campbells Creek Cemetery, Castlemaine, VIC, Australia, In Loving Memory of Elsa Florence, daughter of A.C. & M. Yandell, died 12 - 8 - 1932 50 years. Beloved wife of Norman James Biggs. Beloved mother of William, James and Rolfe Stuart Lecky. Also Rolfe Stuart Lecky died 12-3-1916 aged 6 years. Gone Home.12

Citations

  1. [S2] Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages Federation Index Victoria 1889-1901 "#M5736."
  2. [S5] Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages Death Index Victoria 1921-1985.
  3. [S6] Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages Marriage Index Victoria 1921-1942 "#M8459."
  4. [S1] Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages Pioneer Index Victoria 1836-1888 "indexed as Elsie Florence YANDELE."
  5. [S62] Western Australian Government. BDM Index Western Australia.
  6. [S14] Newspaper - Northern Times (Carnarvon, WA), 30 Dec 1905, p3.
  7. [S65] Ancestry - various indices, Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, Unassisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1826-1922 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007.
    Original data: New South Wales Government. Inward passenger lists. Series 13278, Reels 399-560, 2001-2122, 2751. State Records Authority of New South Wales. Kingswood, New South Wales, Australia.
  8. [S50] Miscellaneous Source, Justin Corfield "Penang, Malaysia: Graves of Europeans in the Protestant Section of Western Road Cemetery" (publ. BACSA).
  9. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), 21 Aug 1926, p13.
  10. [S16] Newspaper - The Age (Melbourne, Vic.), 13 Aug 1932, p7+8.
  11. [S114] Electoral Roll for Australia, 1914.
  12. [S38] Index of burials in the cemetery of https://billiongraves.com/grave/Rolfe-Stuart-Lecky/6395692#,.
Last Edited28 Jun 2016

James Harvey Steiner

M, #15089, b. 1878, d. 8 May 1900
Birth*1878 The Loddon, VIC, Australia, #B14425 [par William STEINER & Susan EVANS].1 
Marriage*1899 Spouse: Elsa Florence Yandell. VIC, Australia, #M5736.2
 
Death*8 May 1900 Castlemaine, VIC, Australia, #D4988 (Age 21) [par Wm Carl August STEINER & Susan Jane EVANS].3 
Death-Notice*9 May 1900 STEINER.—On 8th May, at his late residence, Farnsworth-street, Castlemaine, James, the beloved son of the late William Steiner, and Susan Steiner, of Lady Gully, in his 22nd year.4 

Newspaper-Articles

  • 9 May 1900: We regret to announce the death of Mr James Steiner, which took place last night. He was an employe at Thompson's foundry, and just about finishing his apprenticeship. He is a brother to Mr Carl Steiner, Art Master at the local School of Mines, who on account of his brother's death will not be in attendance at the School until Monday evening. The deceased was a very popular young man, and a member of an old and respected family in this district, and his death will be deeply regretted by their many friends.4
  • 11 May 1900: The esteem in which the late Mr. Jas. H. Steiner was held a as shown by the large attendance at his funeral yesterday afternoon, the interment taking place in the Campbells Creek Cemetery. Preceding the hearse walked about fifty employe's of the Foundry where deceased was employed. Two mourning carriages were followed by about thirty private and public vehicles and amongst the mourners were Lieutenant Colonel M'Cay, Captain Newell and Sergeant-Major Garland, deceased being Lance-Corporal of the 4th Battalion. The coffin and hearse were covered with memorial wreaths, including one from Messrs Thompson and Co's Foundry. The service at the grave was conducted by the Rev Minor Canon Sutton Messrs Niebuhr and Son had charge of the mortuary arrangements.5

Citations

  1. [S1] Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages Pioneer Index Victoria 1836-1888.
  2. [S2] Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages Federation Index Victoria 1889-1901 "#M5736."
  3. [S2] Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages Federation Index Victoria 1889-1901.
  4. [S14] Newspaper - Mount Alexander Mail (Vic.), 9 May 1900, p2.
  5. [S14] Newspaper - Mount Alexander Mail (Vic.), 11 May 1900, p2.
Last Edited28 Jun 2016
 

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