John Pepper

M, #17706, b. 1820, d. 7 Nov 1884
Probate (Will)* 28/755. John PEPPER. Date of grant: 18 Dec 1884; Date of death: 07 Nov 1884; Occupation: Hotel-Keeper; Residence: Fitzroy.1 
Note* Probate sought by a creditor. In the estate of John Pepper late of the Parade Hotel, Victoria Parade Fitzroy in the said Colony Hotelkeeper deceased. 6. That I am informed and believe the said deceased died leaving Emma Lewis wife of Robert Lewis, Mary Ann Dalzell widow, Clara Davidson wife of James Davidson, Frederick Pepper, Frank Pepper and Mary Ann Pepper his widow.
7. That I and my partner Nicholas Fitzgerald are creditors of the said deceased to the amount of one hundred pounds and that we have proved the debt....2 
Birth*1820 
Marriage* Spouse: Mary Ann Davies.
 
Death*7 Nov 1884 Fitzroy South, VIC, Australia, #D12267 (Age 64) [par Thomas & unknown].3 
Death-Notice*8 Nov 1884 THE Friends of the late Mr. John PEPPER (of Victoria-parade), are most respectfully invited to follow his remains to their last resting place the St. Kilda General Cemetery. The funeral is appointed to move from his late residence, Victoria Parade Hotel, Victoria-parade, Fitzroy, TO-MORROW (Sunday), the 9th, at a quarter to 3 o'clock punctually.4 

Grave

  • Church of England, Compartment A, Grave 262, St Kilda Cemetery, St Kilda, VIC, Australia5

Newspaper-Articles

  • 8 Nov 1884: CASUALTIES AND OFFENCES. Constable Crowe, of Fitzroy, reported to the city coroner yesterday that John Pepper, licensee of the Parade Hotel, Victoria-parade had risen from his bed at 5 a. m. on that day, stating that he did not feel well, and would get a glass of brandy, and that he went to the shop of Mr. Lotherington, chemist in Napier-street, to have a draught prepared which he usually took. He sat, after taking the draught, talking to Mr. Lotherington, when he fell suddenly on the floor. Mr. Lotherington attempted to revive him, but in vain so he sent for Dr. Buttner, who, on arrival, found Mr. Pepper dead, and certified that the cause of death was apoplexy.6
  • 10 Nov 1884: INQUEST. The city coroner held an inquest at Fitzroy on Friday on the body of John Pepper, aged 64, a publican, late of Victoria-parade, who died very suddenly in the morning. From the evidence of Joseph K. Lotherington, chemist, who had known deceased for 20 years, it appeared that, feeling unwell, he went to get some medicine which he was in the habit of taking, and whilst in the chemist's shop talking about the races he suddenly fell off the chair on which he was sitting, became insensible, and died in a few minutes. Dr. Alexander Buttner, who made a post mortem examination, was of opinion that the cause of death was rupture of an aneurism in the cavity of the chest, and the jury returned a verdict accordingly.7

Citations

  1. [S35] Probate Records, PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), VPRS 28/P2 unit 173, item 28/755
    VPRS 28/P0 unit 341, item 28/755.
  2. [S35] Probate Records, PROV (Public Record Office Victoria).
  3. [S22] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (online).
  4. [S16] Newspaper - The Age (Melbourne, Vic.), Sat 8 Nov 1884, p10.
  5. [S48] Index of burials in the cemetery of St Kilda,.
  6. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), Sat 8 Nov 1884, p12.
  7. [S16] Newspaper - The Age (Melbourne, Vic.), Mon 10 Nov 1884, p6.
Last Edited15 Dec 2024

Mary Ann Davies

F, #17707, d. 12 Oct 1896
Married NamePepper. 
Married NameWickes. 
Marriage*23 Jul 1838 Spouse: Henry Wickes. St Anne, Limehouse, Middlesex, England.1
 
Marriage* Spouse: John Pepper.
 
Widow7 Nov 1884Mary Ann Davies became a widow upon the death of her husband John Pepper.2 
Death*12 Oct 1896 Armadale, VIC, Australia, #D11956 (Age 80) [par unknown].2 
Death-Notice*13 Oct 1896 PEPPER. –On the 12th October, at Ruabon-road Toorak, Mary Ann Pepper, aged 80.3 

Grave

  • Church of England, Compartment A, Grave 262, St Kilda Cemetery, St Kilda, VIC, Australia4

Family

 Henry Wickes b. 1813, d. 27 Nov 1898
Children 1.Marian Wickes b. Jun 1841, d. 23 Oct 1929
 2.Emma Wickes+ b. Mar 1843, d. 17 Aug 1885

Citations

  1. [S65] Ancestry - various indices, London marriages.
  2. [S22] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (online).
  3. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), Tue 13 Oct 1896, p1.
  4. [S48] Index of burials in the cemetery of St Kilda,.
Last Edited23 Jul 2017

Henry Wickes

M, #17709, b. 1813, d. 27 Nov 1898
Birth*1813 London, England. 
Marriage*23 Jul 1838 Spouse: Mary Ann Davies. St Anne, Limehouse, Middlesex, England.1
 
Death*27 Nov 1898 England. 
Probate (Will)*20 May 1899 WICKES Henry of 4 Montague-place poplar Middlesex died 27 November 1898 Probate London 20 May 1899 to Henry Wickes shipping and export-butcher and Vincent Beaumont Wickes butcher Effects £2422 5s 8d.2 

Family

 Mary Ann Davies d. 12 Oct 1896
Children 1.Marian Wickes b. Jun 1841, d. 23 Oct 1929
 2.Emma Wickes+ b. Mar 1843, d. 17 Aug 1885

Citations

  1. [S65] Ancestry - various indices, London marriages.
  2. [S190] Index to Probate Calendar England, viewed at ancestry.com.au, 1858-1966.
Last Edited23 Jul 2017

George Anson

M, #17716
Land-UBeac*13 Feb 1951 GEM--46. Transfer from Robert Edward Lewis Stanley Radcliffe Lewis to George Anson. 196a 1r 39p.1 
Land-UBeac*20 Mar 1953 GEM--46. Transfer from George Anson to Allan Chandler. 196a 1r 39p.2 

Citations

  1. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 1635-847 - George Anson of 143 Thomas Street East Brighton Manufacturer.
  2. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 1635-847 - Allan Chandler of "Moruya" Boronia Road Boronia Horticulturist.
Last Edited23 Jul 2017

James Charles Deery

M, #17717, b. 1909, d. 18 Oct 1997
Probate (Will)* 1136951 DEERY JAMES CHARLES EDITHVALE.1 
Birth*1909 Bairnsdale, VIC, Australia, #B7734 [par James DEERY & Cath Lily FRASER].2 
Marriage*1941 Spouse: Elaine Victorine Fitzgerald. VIC, Australia, #M121.2
 
Land-UBeac27 Apr 1960 GEM--46. Transfer from Allan Chandler to James Charles Deery Elaine Victorine Deery. 196a 1r 39p.3 
Land-UBeac27 Apr 1960 GEM--37A (part). Transfer from Allan Chandler to James Charles Deery Elaine Victorine Deery. 5a 1r 10p.4 
Land-UBeac*27 Apr 1960 GEM--1 5/LP5400 (part). Transfer from Allan Chandler to James Charles Deery Elaine Victorine Deery. 59a 1r 3p.5 
Land-Note*Jun 1960 GEM--1 5/LP5400 (part). Elaine Victorine Deery Subdivided the land LP13129.6 
Land-UBeac21 Jun 1960 GEM-- LP51907 (Lot 7), (part of) 25 Ladd Road. Transfer from James Charles Deery Elaine Victorine Deery to an unknown person . Transfer A995417 - C/T 8264-663.7 
Land-UBeac21 Jun 1960 GEM-- LP51907 (Lot 1), 5 Paternoster Road. Transfer from James Charles Deery Elaine Victorine Deery to an unknown person . Transfer A995416 - C/T 8264-662.7 
Land-UBeac19 Dec 1960 GEM-- LP51907 (Lot 14), (part of) 19 Ladd Road. Transfer from James Charles Deery Elaine Victorine Deery to an unknown person . Transfer B125331 - C/T 8298-951.7 
Land-UBeac*17 Feb 1961 GEM--37A (part) LP51907 balance. Transfer from James Charles Deery Elaine Victorine Deery to an unknown person . Transfer C331036 - C/T 8625-726.8 
Land-UBeac17 Feb 1961 GEM--37A (part) LP51907 (Lot 24), (part of) 7 Ladd Square. Transfer from James Charles Deery Elaine Victorine Deery to an unknown person . Transfer B157107 - C/T 8308-574.9 
Land-UBeac17 Feb 1961 GEM--37A (part) LP51907 (Lots 25+26), (part of) 7 Ladd Square. Transfer from James Charles Deery Elaine Victorine Deery to an unknown person . Transfer B869461 - C/T 8562-506.10 
Land-UBeac6 Jun 1961 GEM-- LP51907 (Lot 2), 7 Paternoster Road. Transfer from James Charles Deery Elaine Victorine Deery to an unknown person . Transfer B219670 - C/T 8308-576.7 
Land-UBeac6 Jun 1961 GEM-- LP51907 (Lot 8), (part of) 25 Ladd Road. Transfer from James Charles Deery Elaine Victorine Deery to an unknown person . Transfer B219669 - C/T 8308-575.7 
Land-UBeac21 Jul 1961 GEM-- LP51907 (Lot 9), (part of) 25 Ladd Road. Transfer from James Charles Deery Elaine Victorine Deery to an unknown person . Transfer B247520 - C/T 8351-598.7 
Land-UBeac10 Oct 1961 GEM-- LP51907 (Lots 10 + 11), (part of) 23 Ladd Road. Transfer from James Charles Deery Elaine Victorine Deery to an unknown person . Transfer B295334 - C/T 8389-298.7 
Land-UBeac12 Jul 1962 GEM-- LP51907 (Lot 15), (part of) 19 Ladd Road. Transfer from James Charles Deery Elaine Victorine Deery to an unknown person . Transfer B459987 - C/T 8389-299.7 
Land-UBeac27 Jun 1963 GEM-- LP51907 (Lot 16), (part of) 19 Ladd Road. Transfer from James Charles Deery Elaine Victorine Deery to an unknown person . Transfer B689926 - C/T 8448-966.7 
Land-UBeac6 Aug 1963 GEM-- LP51907 (Lot 3), 9 Paternoster Road. Transfer from James Charles Deery Elaine Victorine Deery to an unknown person . Transfer B720290 - C/T 8480-422.7 
Land-UBeac29 Nov 1963 GEM-- LP51907 (Lot 18), (part of) 17 Ladd Road. Transfer from James Charles Deery Elaine Victorine Deery to an unknown person . Transfer B809158 - C/T 8480-423.7 
Land-UBeac16 Mar 1964 GEM-- LP51907 (Lot 6), (part of) 27 Ladd Road. Transfer from James Charles Deery Elaine Victorine Deery to an unknown person . Transfer B882567 - C/T 8582-894.7 
Land-UBeac5 May 1964 GEM-- LP51907 (Lot 13), 21 Ladd Road. Transfer from James Charles Deery Elaine Victorine Deery to an unknown person . Transfer B921985 - C/T 8582-896.7 
Land-UBeac5 May 1964 GEM-- LP51907 (Lot 12), (part of) 23 Ladd Road. Transfer from James Charles Deery Elaine Victorine Deery to an unknown person . Transfer B921984 - C/T 8582-895.7 
Land-UBeac22 May 1964 GEM--37A (part) LP51907. Transfer from James Charles Deery Elaine Victorine Deery to an unknown person . Transfer B937179 - C/T 8503-136.11 
Land-UBeac11 Sep 1964 GEM-- LP51907. Transfer from James Charles Deery Elaine Victorine Deery to an unknown person . Application C31506 (17402/103) - C/T 8536-471.7 
Land-UBeac7 Oct 1965 GEM-- LP51907 (Lots 21 + 22), 2 + 4 Erskine Road. Transfer from James Charles Deery Elaine Victorine Deery to an unknown person . Transfer C331036 - C/T 8625-726.7 
Land-UBeac17 Jul 1969 GEM-- LP51907 (Lot 17), (part of) 17 Ladd Road. Transfer from James Charles Deery Elaine Victorine Deery to an unknown person . Transfer D450505 - C/T 8790-242.7 
Land-UBeac8 Apr 1970 GEM-- LP51907 (Lot 19), 15 Ladd Road. Transfer from James Charles Deery Elaine Victorine Deery to an unknown person . Transfer D681486 - C/T 8824-590.7 
Land-UBeac20 May 1977 GEM-- LP51907 (Lots 4 + 5), (part of) 27 Ladd Road. Transfer from James Charles Deery Elaine Victorine Deery to an unknown person . Transfer G634524 - C/T 9225-011 & C/T 9225-012.7 
Widower1983James Charles Deery became a widower upon the death of his wife Elaine Victorine Fitzgerald.12 
Death*18 Oct 1997 VIC, Australia. 
Death-Notice*20 Oct 1997 DEERY James Charles.—Died peacefully on 18th October 1997. Dearly loved husband of Elaine (dec), loved father of Stephen and Phillip father-in-law of Margaret and Janet and grandfather of Christopher, Anna, David, Michael and Alexander.
DEERY.—The Funeral Service for Mr James Charles Deery will be held in our Chapel 221, Charman Road Cheltenham on Friday (24th October) at 11 a.m. At the conclusion of the service the cortege will proceed to the Cheltenham Memorial Park. W.D. Rose Cheltenham.13 

Citations

  1. [S35] Probate Records, PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), VPRS 28/ P27 unit 386, item 1136951.
  2. [S22] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (online).
  3. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 1635-847 - James Charles Deery Farmer and Elaine Victoriane Deery Married Woman both of Paternoster Road Emerald - joint proprietors - C/T 8249-858.
  4. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 7988-047 - James Charles Deery Farmer and Elaine Victoriane Deery Married Woman both of Paternoster Road Emerald - joint proprietors.
  5. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 6803-416 - James Charles Deery Farmer and Elaine Victoriane Deery Married Woman both of Paternoster Road Emerald - joint proprietors.
  6. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 6803-416.
  7. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 6803-416 -.
  8. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 7988-047 - see C/T 8625-726.
  9. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 7988-047 - see C/T 8308-574.
  10. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 7988-047 - see C/T 8562-506.
  11. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 7988-047 - see C/T 8503-136.
  12. [S22] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (online) "Place of birth Wynberg South Africa."
  13. [S16] Newspaper - The Age (Melbourne, Vic.), 20 Oct 1997, pC9.
Last Edited11 Apr 2020

Elaine Victorine Fitzgerald

F, #17718, b. 1917, d. 1983
Married NameDeery. 
Birth*1917 Wynberg, South Africa. 
Marriage*1941 Spouse: James Charles Deery. VIC, Australia, #M121.1
 
(Transfer to) Land-UBeac27 Apr 1960 GEM--46. Transfer from Allan Chandler to James Charles Deery Elaine Victorine Deery. 196a 1r 39p.2 
(Transfer to) Land-UBeac27 Apr 1960 GEM--37A (part). Transfer from Allan Chandler to James Charles Deery Elaine Victorine Deery. 5a 1r 10p.3 
(Transfer to) Land-UBeac27 Apr 1960 GEM--1 5/LP5400 (part). Transfer from Allan Chandler to James Charles Deery Elaine Victorine Deery. 59a 1r 3p.4 
Land-Note*Jun 1960 GEM--1 5/LP5400 (part). James Charles Deery Subdivided the land LP13129.5 
(Transfer from) Land-UBeac21 Jun 1960 GEM-- LP51907 (Lot 1), 5 Paternoster Road. Transfer from James Charles Deery Elaine Victorine Deery to an unknown person . Transfer A995416 - C/T 8264-662.6 
(Transfer from) Land-UBeac21 Jun 1960 GEM-- LP51907 (Lot 7), (part of) 25 Ladd Road. Transfer from James Charles Deery Elaine Victorine Deery to an unknown person . Transfer A995417 - C/T 8264-663.6 
(Transfer from) Land-UBeac19 Dec 1960 GEM-- LP51907 (Lot 14), (part of) 19 Ladd Road. Transfer from James Charles Deery Elaine Victorine Deery to an unknown person . Transfer B125331 - C/T 8298-951.6 
(Transfer from) Land-UBeac17 Feb 1961 GEM--37A (part) LP51907 balance. Transfer from James Charles Deery Elaine Victorine Deery to an unknown person . Transfer C331036 - C/T 8625-726.7 
(Transfer from) Land-UBeac17 Feb 1961 GEM--37A (part) LP51907 (Lots 25+26), (part of) 7 Ladd Square. Transfer from James Charles Deery Elaine Victorine Deery to an unknown person . Transfer B869461 - C/T 8562-506.8 
(Transfer from) Land-UBeac17 Feb 1961 GEM--37A (part) LP51907 (Lot 24), (part of) 7 Ladd Square. Transfer from James Charles Deery Elaine Victorine Deery to an unknown person . Transfer B157107 - C/T 8308-574.9 
(Transfer from) Land-UBeac6 Jun 1961 GEM-- LP51907 (Lot 8), (part of) 25 Ladd Road. Transfer from James Charles Deery Elaine Victorine Deery to an unknown person . Transfer B219669 - C/T 8308-575.6 
(Transfer from) Land-UBeac6 Jun 1961 GEM-- LP51907 (Lot 2), 7 Paternoster Road. Transfer from James Charles Deery Elaine Victorine Deery to an unknown person . Transfer B219670 - C/T 8308-576.6 
(Transfer from) Land-UBeac21 Jul 1961 GEM-- LP51907 (Lot 9), (part of) 25 Ladd Road. Transfer from James Charles Deery Elaine Victorine Deery to an unknown person . Transfer B247520 - C/T 8351-598.6 
(Transfer from) Land-UBeac10 Oct 1961 GEM-- LP51907 (Lots 10 + 11), (part of) 23 Ladd Road. Transfer from James Charles Deery Elaine Victorine Deery to an unknown person . Transfer B295334 - C/T 8389-298.6 
(Transfer from) Land-UBeac12 Jul 1962 GEM-- LP51907 (Lot 15), (part of) 19 Ladd Road. Transfer from James Charles Deery Elaine Victorine Deery to an unknown person . Transfer B459987 - C/T 8389-299.6 
(Transfer from) Land-UBeac27 Jun 1963 GEM-- LP51907 (Lot 16), (part of) 19 Ladd Road. Transfer from James Charles Deery Elaine Victorine Deery to an unknown person . Transfer B689926 - C/T 8448-966.6 
(Transfer from) Land-UBeac6 Aug 1963 GEM-- LP51907 (Lot 3), 9 Paternoster Road. Transfer from James Charles Deery Elaine Victorine Deery to an unknown person . Transfer B720290 - C/T 8480-422.6 
(Transfer from) Land-UBeac29 Nov 1963 GEM-- LP51907 (Lot 18), (part of) 17 Ladd Road. Transfer from James Charles Deery Elaine Victorine Deery to an unknown person . Transfer B809158 - C/T 8480-423.6 
(Transfer from) Land-UBeac16 Mar 1964 GEM-- LP51907 (Lot 6), (part of) 27 Ladd Road. Transfer from James Charles Deery Elaine Victorine Deery to an unknown person . Transfer B882567 - C/T 8582-894.6 
(Transfer from) Land-UBeac5 May 1964 GEM-- LP51907 (Lot 13), 21 Ladd Road. Transfer from James Charles Deery Elaine Victorine Deery to an unknown person . Transfer B921985 - C/T 8582-896.6 
(Transfer from) Land-UBeac5 May 1964 GEM-- LP51907 (Lot 12), (part of) 23 Ladd Road. Transfer from James Charles Deery Elaine Victorine Deery to an unknown person . Transfer B921984 - C/T 8582-895.6 
(Transfer from) Land-UBeac22 May 1964 GEM--37A (part) LP51907. Transfer from James Charles Deery Elaine Victorine Deery to an unknown person . Transfer B937179 - C/T 8503-136.10 
(Transfer from) Land-UBeac11 Sep 1964 GEM-- LP51907. Transfer from James Charles Deery Elaine Victorine Deery to an unknown person . Application C31506 (17402/103) - C/T 8536-471.6 
(Transfer from) Land-UBeac7 Oct 1965 GEM-- LP51907 (Lots 21 + 22), 2 + 4 Erskine Road. Transfer from James Charles Deery Elaine Victorine Deery to an unknown person . Transfer C331036 - C/T 8625-726.6 
(Transfer from) Land-UBeac17 Jul 1969 GEM-- LP51907 (Lot 17), (part of) 17 Ladd Road. Transfer from James Charles Deery Elaine Victorine Deery to an unknown person . Transfer D450505 - C/T 8790-242.6 
(Transfer from) Land-UBeac8 Apr 1970 GEM-- LP51907 (Lot 19), 15 Ladd Road. Transfer from James Charles Deery Elaine Victorine Deery to an unknown person . Transfer D681486 - C/T 8824-590.6 
(Transfer from) Land-UBeac20 May 1977 GEM-- LP51907 (Lots 4 + 5), (part of) 27 Ladd Road. Transfer from James Charles Deery Elaine Victorine Deery to an unknown person . Transfer G634524 - C/T 9225-011 & C/T 9225-012.6 
Death*1983 Edithvale, VIC, Australia, #D16560 (Age 66) [par John FITZGERALD & Charolais BRUNT].11 

Citations

  1. [S22] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (online).
  2. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 1635-847 - James Charles Deery Farmer and Elaine Victoriane Deery Married Woman both of Paternoster Road Emerald - joint proprietors - C/T 8249-858.
  3. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 7988-047 - James Charles Deery Farmer and Elaine Victoriane Deery Married Woman both of Paternoster Road Emerald - joint proprietors.
  4. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 6803-416 - James Charles Deery Farmer and Elaine Victoriane Deery Married Woman both of Paternoster Road Emerald - joint proprietors.
  5. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 6803-416.
  6. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 6803-416 -.
  7. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 7988-047 - see C/T 8625-726.
  8. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 7988-047 - see C/T 8562-506.
  9. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 7988-047 - see C/T 8308-574.
  10. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 7988-047 - see C/T 8503-136.
  11. [S22] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (online) "Place of birth Wynberg South Africa."
Last Edited11 Apr 2020

David Alexander Glenn

M, #17719, b. Feb 1844, d. 8 Jun 1932
Birth*Feb 1844 Donegal, Ireland.1,2 
Land-UBeac*20 May 1874Selection: GEM--41. 201a 3r 17p (Crown Grant 10 Sep 1890.)3 
Marriage*6 Aug 1874 Spouse: Martha Elizabeth Humphries. St John's Church, Latrobe Street, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, #M2613.4
 
(Witness) Land-Note20 Feb 1878 Packenham, Febr 20th 1878
To A J Skene Esq., Surveyor General of Victoria, Melbourne
Sir, We the selectors and residents of Gembrook and Packenham County of Mornington humbly request that you will please order that a new road may be surveyed through the selection of Mr Arthur Knight in the Parish of Packenham. This road we request will be to start from the north east corner of Mr Knight's selection, thence south west distant at about five chains more or less and being west from the two chain road and thence ending at the south east corner of the said selection. This new line of road will be on the side of a very high hill and with little expense can be made into a very good road. The present one chain road is too steep that it is almost impossible for us to get either up or down it and ought never to have been surveyed in that place. Trusting that you will give this a favourable consideration.
We have the honor to be, Sir, your most obedient servants.
George B Halford David Crichton David Smyth William D Nash John Milne Patrick Kennedy Henry Lawes George Taylor Charles Alexander John Sharples Alfred G Shorthouse Robert Booth Anne Stredder David Glenn William McCraw John Modral Iden Henham jun Jno H Hinds Thos. C Hyde William Modral Robert Muir George Miller S Paternoster.5 
Land-Note*5 Nov 1881 GEM--41: Mortgagee: Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd. Discharged 3 Feb 1894. Mortgagor was David Alexander Glenn.6 
Land-Note*3 Feb 1894 GEM--41: Mortgagee: Charles Brown. Discharged 14 Jan 1914. Mortgagor was David Alexander Glenn.7 
Divorce*1899He and Martha Elizabeth Glenn were divorced in 1899 1899/48 Petitioner: David Alexander Glenn. Spouse: Martha Elizabeth Glenn. Decree nisi July 1900.2 
Land-Gembrook*27 Oct 1910 GEM--78B. Transfer from William Tucker to David Alexander Glenn. 5a 1r 22p.8 
Land-UBeac*14 Jan 1914 GEM--41. Transfer from David Alexander Glenn to Arthur Joseph Gardiner. 201a 3r 17p.9 
Death*8 Jun 1932 Cockatoo, VIC, Australia, #D5380 (Age 89) [par David Alexander GLENN & SMITH].10 
Death-Notice*10 Jun 1932 GLENN.—On the 8th June, at his residence, Cockatoo, David Alexander Glenn, aged 89 years.11 
Land-Note4 Feb 1936 GEM--78B. Red Ink No 3475860. David Alexander Glenn died 8th June 19332. Probate of his will has been granted to William Robison Lambron of 27 King Street Blackburn Gentleman and Martha Elizabeth Gardiner of 16 Albany Road Toorak Widow.12 
Land-Gembrook*12 Jan 1944 GEM--78B. Transfer from David Alexander Glenn to Margaret Jeanette Jefferies. 5a 1r 22p.13 

Grave

  • 5-072-B, Berwick Cemetery, Berwick, VIC, Australia14

Family

 Martha Elizabeth Humphries b. Feb 1853, d. 1924
Child 1.Martha Elizabeth Glenn b. 26 Dec 1886, d. 26 Aug 1948

Newspaper-Articles

  • 22 Dec 1882: Agricultural LAND, well fenced and watered. Situated between the country residences of Mr. C. Alexander and Mr. F. Ford. For further particulars apply to Mesrs. Byrne, Vale, and Co; or D. Glenn, Gembrook.15
  • 11 May 1887: BERWICK SHIRE COUNCIL, SATURDAY, MAY 7, 1887. Correspondence. From D. A. Glenn, applying for slaughtering license at Gembrook west; also asking for improvements to road adjoining his property.—License granted.16
  • 11 May 1892: BERWICK SHIRE COUNCIL, SATURDAY, MAY 7
    CORRESPONDENCE From D. A. Glenn, Beaconsfield, asking the reason for his name being left off the ratepayers' roll for the general election.—Deferred till next meeting.17
  • 27 Sep 1893: Berwick Shire Council. Correspondence. From D. A. Glenn, requesting that about 25 chains of road might be cleared from the east to the west corner of McKenzies ; the council had promised to do the work. -Beaconsfield members to inspect and report at next meeting.18
  • 28 Apr 1897: Berwick Shire Council - Correspondence
    From D. A. Glen and C. S. Mummery, drawing attention to a nasty steep curve on Stockyard Hill, Upper Beaconsfield. Beaconstield members to inspect and report at next meeting. Christopher Stephen Mummery19
  • 6 Sep 1899: REMARKABLE DOMESTIC DISPUTE. ENDS IN THE DIVORCE COURT. RELIGIOUS DIFFERENCES.
    In the Divorce Court yesterday, Mr. Justice A'Beckett heard a petition by David Alexander Glenn, of Gembrook, near Beaconsfield, farmer, for a divorce from his wife, Martha Elizabeth Glenn, formerly Humphries. The parties were married at St. John's Church, Latrobe-street, Melbourne, according to the rites of the Church of England, on August 6, 1874, and the ground of the petition was desertion without just cause or excuse for three years and upwards. There were nine children of the marriage, the youngest being six years old.
    Mr. O'Hara Wood (instructed by Messrs. Snowden, Neave, and Demaine) appeared for the petitioner, and Mr. Woolf (instructed by Messrs. Nunn, Smith, and Jefferson) for the wife.
    David Alexander Glenn, the petitioner, said that differences with his wife began in 1880, when she joined the Christadelphians.
    Mr. Wood.—Did she have a conversation with you about this religion of hers?—Yes.
    What did she tell you?—Well, I remember she said that one or other of us would have to go to hell. (Laughter.)
    What did you say to that?—I said I didn't care about going there, but that she could if she liked. (Laughter.)
    You remember her going to town for a few weeks?—Yes.
    What did she tell you when she came back?—That she had been "dipped." (Laughter.)
    What do you mean by that?—Well, this Christadelphian business of "dipping" people in a bath. I call it a tub. (Loud laughter.)
    That she said she had joined the Christadelphian religion?—Yes; she said it was the only true religion. I asked her how she was "dipped," and she said in a bath.
    What did you say to that?—I said, "You ought to have more sense. Do you mean to tell me that you went and did a thing like that?" She replied, "Yes, why not?" I asked her whether she was "dipped" with her clothes on and she said "No." I said, "Did you have all your clothes off," and she said, "No, I had a chemise on." (Laughter.)
    Did you make any comment on that?—Yes, I said, "Do you mean to tell me that you, a respectable married woman, went about in a public place in the dress?" She answered, "Well, it was a respectable married man and his wife who did the 'dipping.' " (Renewed laughter.)
    The witness (continuing) said that at his wife's suggestion he went to Ireland to see some relatives, and when he returned he found that his family of five boys and four daughters had ceased to attend the Presbyterian Church, and turned Christadelphians.
    Did you object to your wife's religion?—I told her that I did not care what religion she was so long as she didn't interfere with the children.
    On New Years Day, 1890, what happened?—I went out for a ride with my eldest daughter, and on returning home I found my wife at the fowl-house. As we approached she shouted out, "He's going to murder me; murder! murder!" I thought she was mad, because she stood there screaming and yelling at the top of her voice. Suddenly she whipped off her slipper and rushed at me, shaking it in my face like that. [Witness here shook his fist towards the judge in a threatening attitude.] (Laughter.)
    What did you do?—I went away and left Mary, my daughter, to attend to the wife.
    When you went into the house, some time after, what did you find?—That my wife had locked herself in a room.
    How long did she remain in that room?—From January to November.
    Did you eventually force the door?—Yes in October. I told her I would give her three days to come out, or I'd be forced to bring her out.
    What did you say?—I said "Lalla, this thing can last no longer. You must come out, or I'll be forced to bring you out. I give you three days to decide."
    Did she make any answer?—No; and I gave her three days. Then I took a small crowbar and raised the bottom of the door so as to lift it off the bolt.
    What did you see?—See! Why, as soon as the door was opened my wife dashed at me with the bedroom jug of water, which she threw at me, and I caught the jug in my hands. She again rushed at me, and hit me in the face, cutting my lip. All the time she kept calling out "Murder! murder," and hitting at me like a mad fighting man.
    Shortly after your wife left your house by night taking the children with her, with your knowledge?—Yes, I got up one morning to find they had all cleared out.
    Did you find out where they had gone?—Yes, I found a cart-track going over to one of her brother's places, as she calls them.
    You don't mean a brother in blood, but a brother in religion?—Oh, yes, a Christadelphian brother. (Laughter.)
    Your wife alleges that she had to leave your house because she was afraid of you, and that you ill-treated her; is that true?—I deny ever having ill-treated her.
    What sort of a temper has your wife?—A very hysterical one.
    Mr. Woolf.—Have you a temper?—Of course I have, but it's not as vicious as my wife's.
    You have been married for 22 years?—Yes.
    Do you want the Court to believe that in 1895 your wife, without rhyme or reason, changed the habits of her lifetime?—Yes, she did.
    And that she suddenly went mad?—Yes, so she did, on religion.
    Do you regard your daughter Mary as a truthful girl?—Yes, she was; but she may have changed since she left her home.
    She was a good girl while she was in your house?—Yes, she was a much better worker than her mother. (Laughter.)
    You complained of your wife being extravagant?—She was not a careful as I thought she might have been.
    Now, wasn't she one of the most careful women of the world?—I reckon I know plenty of women who would live where my wife would starve.
    Further evidence was called, and the petitioner's case closed.
    Martha Elizabeth Glenn, the respondent, refused to be sworn on the Bible, and made an affirmation. She said that on several occasions she had quarrelled with her husband because he gibed at her incessantly.
    On one of these occasions she was doing some sewing when he began gibing at her, and telling her that her extravagance would bring him to the Insolvency Court.
    Mr. Woolf.—What did you do?—I said, "If you don't go away and leave me alone I'll throw the lamp at you."
    And did you throw the lamp?—No, I threw a chair at him instead. (Laughter.)
    Give the Court your version of the fowlhouse incident, when your husband came back from a riding excursion.—Well, I saw my husband coming, and I went into the fowlhouse out of his way. He followed me, and called me an "old sow." I took off my slipper to defend myself, because I feared he would assault me.
    Did you throw the water-jug at him when he forced the door of the room you were in?—No I only threw the water over him—(laughter)—because I thought he was going to do me some violence. In consequence of his behaviour on that occasion—scratching my face and cutting my lip—I asked my eldest son to take me away, which he did.
    Did your Christadelphian beliefs have anything to do with your troubles?—No, I don't think he liked them, but we had no disputes over them.
    Mr. Wood.—I notice you refused to be sworn on the Bible. Is that because of your religious beliefs?—Yes; "Swear not at all."
    Mr. Woolf.—When you were formally received into the Christadelphian Church you wore something more than your chemise?—Certainly; I was provided with proper clothes.
    After the luncheon adjournment, Mr. Justice A'Beckett said he would like to know if something could not be done to settle the case. He thought he had sufficient evidence, even from the wife herself, to constitute desertion, upon which he would be justified in granting a decree. It was a lamentable thing, however, to see respectable people coming to the court on the differences disclosed, and asking for a dissolution of their marriage. It was a pity that such people should associate themselves with the class of people who usually came into the court. For their own and their children's sake it was disadvantageous for them to go on. He would adjourn the court for half and hour to let the parties consider the matter.
    After about half an hour the parties returned to the court, when Mr. Woolf said:—Your Honour, nothing in the world will induce the wife to again live with her husband.
    A decree nisi was then granted. An order was made, by consent, that the eldest daughter and one other daughter should return to the father, and that the other children were to be given to the custody of the mother.
    The eldest daughter, Mary, aged 19, stood up in court, and said:—"I only consent to go back to father on the understanding that I am allowed to see mother once a fortnight."
    Mr. Justice A'Beckett.—Oh, certainly. I shall put in the order that the parents shall have access to the children at reasonable times. I see no reason why the family should not live harmoniously together, and I hope they will do so yet. Martha Elizabeth Glenn20
  • 24 Jan 1900: POLICE NEWS. Pakenham Police Court. Saturday, January 20. Before Mr. Cresswell P.M.
    Police v. D. Glenn, cruelty to a bull, i.e. neglecting to provide it with food and water, during a period in which it was kept in confinement.
    Mr. Tanner appeared for the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
    James Lark, of Gembrook, said that on Monday and Tuesday, the 8th and 9th insts., he passed defendant's place, and saw the bull in a crush; saw no sign of either food or water for it there; the weather was fine ; there was no cover over the animal; there was feed in the yard, but none where the bull was; he did not know whether it had been released from the crush between the hours when he went and returned from work; a slight shade might have been obtained from the slaughterhouse, but not much.
    Harriet Carter, of West Beaconsfield, wife of August Carter, the owner of the bull, stated that from what she heard she visited Glenn's on the 9th inst. and saw the bull in the crush, from which it could not get out: it had no shelter except from the wall of the slaughterhouse; at 7 p.m. she again went to accused, and asked him what he intended doing with the bull, and he replied that his intention was to send it home that night; asked him how long it had been in the crush, and he replied "since morning ;" I think I said that the bull had had no food. The bull came home on Wednesday morning at 8 a.m; I put him in the yard and fed him ; he drank three buckets full of water straight of, and two later on in the afternoon; it looked very hollow and seemed to drag its hind legs. I am not sure, but I think it was on Thursday or Friday previous that my husband tied the bull's feet; the animal strayed to Glenn's place.
    James Thomas, residing at Gembrook deposed that he saw the bull on the days in question in a small crush; did not know if it had food or water; there might have been grass in the yard, but he could not see it from where he passed the place.
    Benjamin Smith, laborer, corroborrated last witness's evidence.
    David A. Glenn, sworn, said that the bull had been annoying him for six weeks; spoke to Carter about it, and he promised to repair the fences which the animal got through; Carter repeatedly took the bull from his place; on Sunday night his son brought the cows in for milking and the bull was again with them, and he put it in the yard, instructing his son to take it home on the Monday; he (witness) went from home, and on his return his son told him that the bull was in the potato crop; put the animal in the yard until Tuesday; the gate confining it swung both ways; he did not feed it, but gave it water. To the Bench.—There was no grass in the place where the bull was; but saw it feeding in the yard on Monday.
    The Bench held that the offence was not one of cruelty but neglect, and fined defendant 5/. with £2/9 costs. , James Thomas, Augustus Charles Carter, Margaret Harriet Carter21
  • 5 Dec 1900: Berwick Shire Council, Saturday, December 1.
    We also inspected the proposed line for a road, from Mr. D. Glen's to the station, and regret to report that the gradients are too steep for heavy traffic. At the same time it would make a very short road to the station, being about 1 mile, 30 chains in length. The intermediate line we could not make a proper inspection of, owing to no track being cleared, but we are of opinion that a very fair road could be made which would serve the residents of Glenn's road and district; it would be about 2 miles long. We would recommend that the line be roughly cleared to the station, so that it could be inspected, and, if suitable, we would recommend it in place of the line by way of Glenn's.
    Cr. James said that he failed to see how this road, 3½ miles long, could be made for a quarter of the price than the other route, notwithstanding that they went through similar Country—in fact, the other road had a slight advantage, it neither being quite so hilly nor timbered. He asked the clerk of works if a mistake had not been made.—Mr. Ramage thought the work was estimated three times below its value.-Cr. James said that he was pledged to support a road in this locality, and as this one had been recommended by the council's officers he would support it, but he entered his protest against the manner in which the estimate had been arrived at.-Cr. Ure moved that the Lands department be asked to transfer the land, as suggested, to Mr. Simmons in lieu of the track for the new road, and that the clerk of works ask owners of land to give that required for the road unconditionally, and the enginer to forward tracing of road to the secretary as soon as possible. Seconded by Cr. James and carried.22
  • 20 May 1905: THURSDAY, 1st JUNE. CLEARING SALE of STOCK, FARM IMPLEMENTS and HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE At VIEW HILL, COCKATOO CREEK.
    McLEOD and KETTLE and JOSEPH CLARKE and Co., Dandenong (in conjunction) have received instructions from Mr. D. A. Glenn, who has leased his farm, to sell the whole of his well bred dairy herd, horses, farm implements, household furniture and sundries, at View Hill, one mile from Cockatoo Creek railway station, on the Gembrook line, and 12 miles from Pakenham, on the main Gippsland line, on Thursday, 1st June, at 1.30 p.m.
    The offerings comprise:—
    18 milkers, six 3-year-old cattle, mixed sexes; seven 2-year-old cattle, mixed sexes; 12 poddies, 9 to 12 months old; 2 well bred Ayrshire bulls, 1 half draught mare, 1 colt, 5 months old, 1 fat sow and 5 porkers, 4 acres potatoes, ploughs, harrows, spring dray, four-wheeled trap, chaffcutter, double and single sets harness, plough harness, cream separator new, 45-gallon (Alfa de Laval), household furniture, large cooking stove, slaughtering tools, grindstone, blacksmith's forge, &c. &c.
    Trains leave Melbourne, Gembrook line, 8.7 a.m. (Princes-bridge), and via Pakenham 7.52 a.m., main Gippsland line.
    Light luncheon provided.
    Further particulars from Joseph Clarke and Co Dandenong, or M'Leod and Kettle, stock agent 416 Collins-street, Melbourne.23
  • 22 Jun 1905: TRANSACTIONS IN PROPERTY. Messrs. Macleod and Kettle, of 416 Collins-street, Melbourne, report having effected a sale ... on account of Mr. D. A. Glenn, Cockatoo Greek, Gembrook, 200 acres to Mr. F. S. Saunders, all at satisfactory prices to owners.24
  • 14 Oct 1908: Berwick Shire Correspondence. From D. A. Glenn, Cockatoo, complaining of state of road from his place "out back," which was too narrow; stating that Mr. McKenzie wanted £20 and free transfer for necessary land.—Attended to.25
  • 29 Oct 1908: A FAULTY SUMMONS. SOLICITORS AND MAGISTRATES
    A prosecution instituted by David Ilton, an inspector under the Pure Food Act against D A Glenn, of View Hill, Cockatoo Creek, Gembrook, for an alleged offence of selling adulterated milk at Malvern on 28th July, 1908 came on for hearing on 21st September last at the Malvern Court. The solicitor for the defendant Mr E. J. Corr, objected that the defendant had not been served with a true copy of the information as there was a blank left in the date the name of no month being mentioned. The magistrate thereupon inspected the original information and found that the same blank occurred in this document, and, although it appeared otherwise that the summons had been issued on 24th August, they held that they had no jurisdiction to hear the case, as more than 42 days had elapsed since the commission of the alleged offence within which time an information must be laid for an offence under the act and that as the information bore no certain date it was therefore void. The case was accordingly dismissed.26
  • 18 Nov 1908: Berwick Shire Council. Correspondence. From D. A. Glenn, Cockatoo, re deviation road through his property, which he objected to.—On motion of Crs Grant and James, Mr. Glenn to be informed that the council declines to proceed any further in the matter of a road through Mrs. Mayer's in view of his decision not to give the road, and that the council decided to do nothing further re Glenn's road; and Mr Herald, solicitor, to be notified accordingly.27

Citations

  1. [S1] Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages Pioneer Index Victoria 1836-1888 "marriage entry gives birth place."
  2. [S65] Ancestry - various indices, Victoria, Australia, Divorce Records, 1860-1940
    Divorce: 1899/48 Petitioner: David Alexander Glenn. Spouse: Martha Elizabeth Glenn.
  3. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 2318-484 - David Glenn of Gembrook Farmer.
  4. [S22] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (online).
  5. [S81] Land Records & Parish Maps ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria). 2926/19 Arthur Knight's Land File.
  6. [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.
  7. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 2318-484 - Mortgage No 154478. Charles Brown. Discharged 14 Jan 1914.
  8. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 1471-090 - David Alexander Glenn of Cockatoo Creek Farmer (transferred by Henry Hillier Tucker, the brother of William Tucker).
  9. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 2318-484 - Arthur Joseph Gardiner of View Hill Cockatoo Creek Butcher.
  10. [S22] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (online) "reg Emerald."
  11. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), Fri 10 Jun 1932, p1.
  12. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 1471-090 - Red Ink No 3475860. David Alexander Glenn died 8th June 19332. Probate of his will has been granted to William Robison Lambron of 27 King Street Blackburn Gentleman and Martha Elizabeth Gardiner of 16 Albany Road Toorak Widow.
  13. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 1471-090 - Margaret Jeannette Jefferies of 14 Cochrane Street North Brighton Machinist.
  14. [S36] Inward & outward passenger lists to and from Victoria. Series: (VPRS 14; 7666; 7667; 7786); PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), 5-072-B     Glen David A. M 90 1/06/1932 865.
  15. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), Fri 22 Dec 1882, p12
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/11563247
  16. [S12] Newspaper - South Bourke and Mornington Journal (Richmond, Vic.), Wed 11 May 1887, p4
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/70028433
  17. [S12] Newspaper - South Bourke and Mornington Journal (Richmond, Vic.), Wed 11 May 1892, p3
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/70014212
  18. [S12] Newspaper - South Bourke and Mornington Journal (Richmond, Vic.), Wed 27 Sep 1893, p3
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/70016004
  19. [S12] Newspaper - South Bourke and Mornington Journal (Richmond, Vic.), Wed 28 Apr 1897, p3
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/70018376
  20. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), Wed 6 Sep 1899, p5
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/9029236
  21. [S12] Newspaper - South Bourke and Mornington Journal (Richmond, Vic.), Wed 24 Jan 1900, p2
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/70045236
  22. [S12] Newspaper - South Bourke and Mornington Journal (Richmond, Vic.), Wed 5 Dec 1900, p3
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/70046581
  23. [S16] Newspaper - The Age (Melbourne, Vic.), Sat 20 May 1905, p2
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/198591885
  24. [S16] Newspaper - The Age (Melbourne, Vic.), Thu 22 Jun 1905, p7
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/198590855
  25. [S12] Newspaper - South Bourke and Mornington Journal (Richmond, Vic.), Wed 14 Oct 1908, p3
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/66148440
  26. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), Thu 29 Oct 1908, p6
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/10177363
  27. [S12] Newspaper - South Bourke and Mornington Journal (Richmond, Vic.), Wed 18 Nov 1908, p3
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/66148607
Last Edited13 Dec 2023

Arthur Joseph Gardiner

M, #17720, b. 1882, d. 27 Jul 1924
Father*James Gardiner b. 1847, d. 22 Dec 1923
Mother*Mary Elizabeth Church b. 1849, d. 1 Apr 1920
Probate (Will)* 198/118. Arthur J Gardiner, Residence: Cockatoo, Occupation: Farmer, Date Of Death: 27 Jul 1924, Date Of Grant: 15 Oct 1924
REAL ESTATE.ALL THAT piece of freehold land containing 196 acres or thereabouts being part of Crown Allotment 41 Parish of Gembrook Counties of Mornington and Evelyn and being the whole of the land now comprised in Crown Grant Volume 8318 Folio 463484 whereon is erected an old weather Board house containing seven rooms and old out-houses lately occupied by the said deceased and valued at £10 per acre. £1960
Mortgage not mentioned.1 
Birth*1882 Berwick, VIC, Australia, #B20984/1882 - as Joseph Arthur.2 
Marriage*1908 Spouse: Martha Elizabeth Glenn. VIC, Australia, #M9624.3
 
Land-UBeac*14 Jan 1914 GEM--41. Transfer from David Alexander Glenn to Arthur Joseph Gardiner. 201a 3r 17p.4 
Land-Note*14 Jan 1914 GEM--41: Mortgagee: The Equity Trustees Executors + Agency Company Limited. Not discharged. Mortgagor was Arthur Joseph Gardiner.5 
Land-UBeac*25 May 1914 GEM--41 (part). Transfer from Arthur Joseph Gardiner to Shire of Berwick. 1a 6p.6 
Land-UBeac*17 Jul 1916 GEM--41 (part). Transfer from Arthur Joseph Gardiner to Country Roads Board. ? 3r 4p.7 
Death*27 Jul 1924 Emerald, VIC, Australia, #D9587 (Age 41) [par James GARDINER & Mary Elizabeth CHURCH].3 
Death-Notice*28 Jul 1924 GARDINER.–On the 27th July, at Cockatoo, Arthur Joseph, beloved husband of M. E. Gardiner, and son of the late Mr. and Mrs James Gardiner of Berwick.8 
Land-UBeac*9 Jul 1940 GEM--41 (part). Transfer from Arthur Joseph Gardiner to C. A. Nobelius and Sons Pty Ltd. 12a 2r 13 1/2p (transfer by mortgagee.)9 
Land-UBeac*22 Mar 1950 GEM--41 (part). Transfer from Arthur Joseph Gardiner to Aldolphus Cyril Treloar. 183a 1r 33 1/2p (transfer by mortgagee.)10 

Grave

  • 4-351-A, Berwick Cemetery, Berwick, VIC, Australia, Arthur Joseph Gardiner died 1924 Age 41 hus/ Martha Elizabeth, f/ seven children11

Citations

  1. [S35] Probate Records, PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), Probate and Administration Files (VPRS28) / Wills (VPRS7591)
    198/118. Arthur J Gardiner, Residence: Cockatoo, Occupation: Farmer, Date Of Death: 27 Jul 1924, Date Of Grant: 15 Oct 1924
    VPRS 28/P0003, 198/118; VPRS 7591/P0002, 198/118.
  2. [S26] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Births) (online).
  3. [S22] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (online).
  4. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 2318-484 - Arthur Joseph Gardiner of View Hill Cockatoo Creek Butcher.
  5. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 2318-484 - Mortgage No 329020 - discharged only to parts transferred to Shire of Berwick and Country Roads Board. Land eventually transferred by mortgagee.
  6. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 2318-484 - Shire of Berwick - C/T .802-313 (Title torn).
  7. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 2318-484 - Country Roads Board - C/T ?-953 (Title torn).
  8. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), Mon 28 Jul 1924, p1.
  9. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 2318-484 - C.A. Nobelius and Sons Pty Ltd - Transfer by mortgagee - C/T 6408-595.
  10. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 2318-484 - Adolphus Cyril Treloar of Cockatoo Farmer - C/T 7376-074.
  11. [S44] Index of burials in the cemetery of Berwick,
    4-351-A Gardiner Arthur J. M 41 28/07/1924 730.
Last Edited11 Apr 2024

Martha Elizabeth Glenn

F, #17722, b. 26 Dec 1886, d. 26 Aug 1948
Father*David Alexander Glenn b. Feb 1844, d. 8 Jun 1932
Mother*Martha Elizabeth Humphries b. Feb 1853, d. 1924
Married NameGardiner. 
Birth*26 Dec 1886 Gembrook, VIC, Australia, #B3493/1887 (par David Alexande GLENN & Martha HUMPHRIES) - as Martha Elizabeth GLENN.1,2 
Marriage*1908 Spouse: Arthur Joseph Gardiner. VIC, Australia, #M9624.3
 
Widow27 Jul 1924Martha Elizabeth Glenn became a widow upon the death of her husband Arthur Joseph Gardiner.3 
Death*26 Aug 1948 Oakleigh, VIC, Australia, #D9353 (Age 61) [par David Alexander GLENN & Martha Elizabeth HUMPHRIES].4 
Death-Notice*28 Aug 1948 GARDINER.—On August 26, at her residence, 126 Burlington street, Oakleigh, Martha Elizabeth, the dearly beloved wife of the late Arthur Joseph, and loved mother of Irene (Mrs. L. J. Vicent), Jessie (Mrs. M. Kerr), Marsden, Alice, Edith (Mrs. J. Keighran), Florence (Mrs. C. Tyers), and Bruce, aged 61 years.5 

Newspaper-Articles

  • 4 Aug 1900: A Splendid Contribution.— View Hill, Upper Beaconsfield, July 25th, 1900.— Dear Aunt Connie,— I have much pleasure in forwarding you a cheque for L4 12s 6d, also the collecting card, which is more than full. I want you to keep the "Railway Line' collection separate, as I have done in writing out the list, as the men desired me to keep theirs separate from the other collection.
    Now, I suppose your many correspondents would like to hear something about Gembrook. I must first explain that we live in Gembrook, although we get our mail from Beaconsfield. But when our new line is finished, we shall have a post office of our own. The line, as you may know, is a narrow gauge, and joins the broad gauge at Fern Tree Gully. It runs through deep cuttings and over deep gorges, and altogether has a very wild and rustic appearance. They have been about 12 months making it, and it will be another three months, at least, before it is opened. It is only eighteen miles long, so you may guess it is very rough, heavy work. There are many very pretty fern gullies up here amongst the hills, and I expect that as soon as the line opens we shall have plenty of pleasure-seek ers and picnic parties up from town. Now, I will close, hoping you will not forget to send me my certificate and legion of honor, for I think I deserve them. Don't you? I remain, yours, sincerely, Martha E. Glenn.
    [You certainly do, dear, and will receive them later on. I am glad to know the men working on the Gembrook railway line have helped so liberally. They and your other friends have been very kind, and you have done very well. If the men on the railway line will themselves nominate another child, and send me the name and address, he or she shall receive a certificate, as well as yourself.— Aunt Connie.]6

Citations

  1. [S26] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Births) (online) "#B3493/1887 (par David Alexande GLENN & Martha HUMPHRIES) - as Martha Elizabeth GLENN, Birth registered at Gemb, Australia."
  2. [S65] Ancestry - various indices, Victoria, Australia, Divorce Records, 1860-1940
    Divorce: 1899/48 Petitioner: David Alexander Glenn. Spouse: Martha Elizabeth Glenn.
  3. [S22] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (online).
  4. [S28] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Deaths) (online) "Place of birth GEMBROOK."
  5. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), Sat 28 Aug 1948, p2
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/22675678
  6. [S14] Newspaper - Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic.), Sat 4 Aug 1900, p13
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/222246466
Last Edited15 Jun 2023

Martha Elizabeth Humphries

F, #17723, b. Feb 1853, d. 1924
Married NameGlenn.1 
Birth*Feb 1853 Melbourne, VIC, Australia.2 
Marriage*6 Aug 1874 Spouse: David Alexander Glenn. St John's Church, Latrobe Street, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, #M2613.1
 
Divorce*1899Martha Elizabeth Glenn and David Alexander Glenn were divorced in 1899 1899/48 Petitioner: David Alexander Glenn. Spouse: Martha Elizabeth Glenn. Decree nisi July 1900.3 
Death*1924 Colac, VIC, Australia, #D9339 (Age 72) [par John HUMPHRIES & Mary Allen BARRAH].1 

Family

 David Alexander Glenn b. Feb 1844, d. 8 Jun 1932
Child 1.Martha Elizabeth Glenn b. 26 Dec 1886, d. 26 Aug 1948

Newspaper-Articles

  • 17 Jan 1885: Death of mother: HUMPHRIES.—On the 9th January, Mary Ann Humphries, aged 62, relict of the late John Humphries, daughter of William Barrak, of "Basilford," Pembrokeshire, South Wales, mother of Mrs. D. A. Glenn, Gembrook.4
  • 6 Sep 1899: REMARKABLE DOMESTIC DISPUTE. ENDS IN THE DIVORCE COURT. RELIGIOUS DIFFERENCES.
    In the Divorce Court yesterday, Mr. Justice A'Beckett heard a petition by David Alexander Glenn, of Gembrook, near Beaconsfield, farmer, for a divorce from his wife, Martha Elizabeth Glenn, formerly Humphries. The parties were married at St. John's Church, Latrobe-street, Melbourne, according to the rites of the Church of England, on August 6, 1874, and the ground of the petition was desertion without just cause or excuse for three years and upwards. There were nine children of the marriage, the youngest being six years old.
    Mr. O'Hara Wood (instructed by Messrs. Snowden, Neave, and Demaine) appeared for the petitioner, and Mr. Woolf (instructed by Messrs. Nunn, Smith, and Jefferson) for the wife.
    David Alexander Glenn, the petitioner, said that differences with his wife began in 1880, when she joined the Christadelphians.
    Mr. Wood.—Did she have a conversation with you about this religion of hers?—Yes.
    What did she tell you?—Well, I remember she said that one or other of us would have to go to hell. (Laughter.)
    What did you say to that?—I said I didn't care about going there, but that she could if she liked. (Laughter.)
    You remember her going to town for a few weeks?—Yes.
    What did she tell you when she came back?—That she had been "dipped." (Laughter.)
    What do you mean by that?—Well, this Christadelphian business of "dipping" people in a bath. I call it a tub. (Loud laughter.)
    That she said she had joined the Christadelphian religion?—Yes; she said it was the only true religion. I asked her how she was "dipped," and she said in a bath.
    What did you say to that?—I said, "You ought to have more sense. Do you mean to tell me that you went and did a thing like that?" She replied, "Yes, why not?" I asked her whether she was "dipped" with her clothes on and she said "No." I said, "Did you have all your clothes off," and she said, "No, I had a chemise on." (Laughter.)
    Did you make any comment on that?—Yes, I said, "Do you mean to tell me that you, a respectable married woman, went about in a public place in the dress?" She answered, "Well, it was a respectable married man and his wife who did the 'dipping.' " (Renewed laughter.)
    The witness (continuing) said that at his wife's suggestion he went to Ireland to see some relatives, and when he returned he found that his family of five boys and four daughters had ceased to attend the Presbyterian Church, and turned Christadelphians.
    Did you object to your wife's religion?—I told her that I did not care what religion she was so long as she didn't interfere with the children.
    On New Years Day, 1890, what happened?—I went out for a ride with my eldest daughter, and on returning home I found my wife at the fowl-house. As we approached she shouted out, "He's going to murder me; murder! murder!" I thought she was mad, because she stood there screaming and yelling at the top of her voice. Suddenly she whipped off her slipper and rushed at me, shaking it in my face like that. [Witness here shook his fist towards the judge in a threatening attitude.] (Laughter.)
    What did you do?—I went away and left Mary, my daughter, to attend to the wife.
    When you went into the house, some time after, what did you find?—That my wife had locked herself in a room.
    How long did she remain in that room?—From January to November.
    Did you eventually force the door?—Yes in October. I told her I would give her three days to come out, or I'd be forced to bring her out.
    What did you say?—I said "Lalla, this thing can last no longer. You must come out, or I'll be forced to bring you out. I give you three days to decide."
    Did she make any answer?—No; and I gave her three days. Then I took a small crowbar and raised the bottom of the door so as to lift it off the bolt.
    What did you see?—See! Why, as soon as the door was opened my wife dashed at me with the bedroom jug of water, which she threw at me, and I caught the jug in my hands. She again rushed at me, and hit me in the face, cutting my lip. All the time she kept calling out "Murder! murder," and hitting at me like a mad fighting man.
    Shortly after your wife left your house by night taking the children with her, with your knowledge?—Yes, I got up one morning to find they had all cleared out.
    Did you find out where they had gone?—Yes, I found a cart-track going over to one of her brother's places, as she calls them.
    You don't mean a brother in blood, but a brother in religion?—Oh, yes, a Christadelphian brother. (Laughter.)
    Your wife alleges that she had to leave your house because she was afraid of you, and that you ill-treated her; is that true?—I deny ever having ill-treated her.
    What sort of a temper has your wife?—A very hysterical one.
    Mr. Woolf.—Have you a temper?—Of course I have, but it's not as vicious as my wife's.
    You have been married for 22 years?—Yes.
    Do you want the Court to believe that in 1895 your wife, without rhyme or reason, changed the habits of her lifetime?—Yes, she did.
    And that she suddenly went mad?—Yes, so she did, on religion.
    Do you regard your daughter Mary as a truthful girl?—Yes, she was; but she may have changed since she left her home.
    She was a good girl while she was in your house?—Yes, she was a much better worker than her mother. (Laughter.)
    You complained of your wife being extravagant?—She was not a careful as I thought she might have been.
    Now, wasn't she one of the most careful women of the world?—I reckon I know plenty of women who would live where my wife would starve.
    Further evidence was called, and the petitioner's case closed.
    Martha Elizabeth Glenn, the respondent, refused to be sworn on the Bible, and made an affirmation. She said that on several occasions she had quarrelled with her husband because he gibed at her incessantly.
    On one of these occasions she was doing some sewing when he began gibing at her, and telling her that her extravagance would bring him to the Insolvency Court.
    Mr. Woolf.—What did you do?—I said, "If you don't go away and leave me alone I'll throw the lamp at you."
    And did you throw the lamp?—No, I threw a chair at him instead. (Laughter.)
    Give the Court your version of the fowlhouse incident, when your husband came back from a riding excursion.—Well, I saw my husband coming, and I went into the fowlhouse out of his way. He followed me, and called me an "old sow." I took off my slipper to defend myself, because I feared he would assault me.
    Did you throw the water-jug at him when he forced the door of the room you were in?—No I only threw the water over him—(laughter)—because I thought he was going to do me some violence. In consequence of his behaviour on that occasion—scratching my face and cutting my lip—I asked my eldest son to take me away, which he did.
    Did your Christadelphian beliefs have anything to do with your troubles?—No, I don't think he liked them, but we had no disputes over them.
    Mr. Wood.—I notice you refused to be sworn on the Bible. Is that because of your religious beliefs?—Yes; "Swear not at all."
    Mr. Woolf.—When you were formally received into the Christadelphian Church you wore something more than your chemise?—Certainly; I was provided with proper clothes.
    After the luncheon adjournment, Mr. Justice A'Beckett said he would like to know if something could not be done to settle the case. He thought he had sufficient evidence, even from the wife herself, to constitute desertion, upon which he would be justified in granting a decree. It was a lamentable thing, however, to see respectable people coming to the court on the differences disclosed, and asking for a dissolution of their marriage. It was a pity that such people should associate themselves with the class of people who usually came into the court. For their own and their children's sake it was disadvantageous for them to go on. He would adjourn the court for half and hour to let the parties consider the matter.
    After about half an hour the parties returned to the court, when Mr. Woolf said:—Your Honour, nothing in the world will induce the wife to again live with her husband.
    A decree nisi was then granted. An order was made, by consent, that the eldest daughter and one other daughter should return to the father, and that the other children were to be given to the custody of the mother.
    The eldest daughter, Mary, aged 19, stood up in court, and said:—"I only consent to go back to father on the understanding that I am allowed to see mother once a fortnight."
    Mr. Justice A'Beckett.—Oh, certainly. I shall put in the order that the parents shall have access to the children at reasonable times. I see no reason why the family should not live harmoniously together, and I hope they will do so yet. David Alexander Glenn5

Citations

  1. [S22] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (online).
  2. [S1] Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages Pioneer Index Victoria 1836-1888 "marriage entry gives birth place."
  3. [S65] Ancestry - various indices, Victoria, Australia, Divorce Records, 1860-1940
    Divorce: 1899/48 Petitioner: David Alexander Glenn. Spouse: Martha Elizabeth Glenn.
  4. [S14] Newspaper - Leader (Melbourne, Vic.), Sat 17 Jan 1885, p39
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/197039591
  5. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), Wed 6 Sep 1899, p5
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/9029236
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