John Lloyd Roberts

M, #18422, b. 1830, d. 26 Feb 1898
Birth*1830 
Marriage*1854 Spouse: Frances Bennett. VIC, Australia, #M2903.1
 
Land-UBeac*21 Aug 1879 PAK-223.224. Transfer from Ferdinand John Peter Duval to John Lloyd Roberts. 39a 3r 27p.2 
Land-UBeac*5 Jun 1882 PAK-223.224. Transfer from John Lloyd Roberts to Robert Sparrow Smythe. 39a 3r 27p.3 
(Mortgagee) Land-Note12 Dec 1892 BER-Subn-13.14.18.19 & BER-Crown-18 (part): Mortgagee: The Perpetual Executors & Trustees Association of Australia Ltd John Lloyd Roberts. Mortgage 142489. Discharged 6 May 1896.. Mortgagor was George Brown.4 
Death*26 Feb 1898 Hawthorn, VIC, Australia, #D2645 (Age 68) [par Samuel ROBERTS & Margaret LLWYD] - as John Lloyd ROBERTS.1 
Death-Notice*28 Feb 1898 ROBERTS.—On the 26th February, at his late residence, The Hurst, Hawthorn, John Loyd Roberts.5 
Death-Notice28 Feb 1898 THE Friends of the late Mr. JOHN LOYD ROBERTS are informed that his remains will be interred in the Boroondara Cemetery, Kew, The funeral to more from "The Hurst," Harcourt-street, Hawthorn, THIS DAY (Monday), the 28th, at 3.30.
HERBERT KING, Undertaker, Burwood-road, Hawthorn.6 

Grave

  • Baptist 309-311, Boroondara, Kew, VIC, Australia, John Lloyd ROBERTS/ d 26 Feb 1898/ 68y ?/text ILMO/ Edith Isabel/ second dau of/ John Lloyd & Frances ROBERTS/ of Upper Hawthorn/ d 18 Jun 1874/ in her 13th y/ text/ also/ Percy Walhalla/ their fifth son/ d 3 Sep 1875/ 6y Fanny Lizzie/ their eldest dau/d 25 Sep 1882 25y/ Joh Edgar ROBERTS/ their eldest son d 21 Jul 1891/ 36y/ ILMO. Rebecca BENNETT/ Aunt of above children d 30 Oct 1891/ Frances ROBERTS/ widow of John Lloyd ROBERTS/ d 23 Jul 1908/ 84y. ILMO our D Aunt/ Margaret TIDDEMAN d 6 Aug 1907/ text/ Ernest Lloyd ROBERTS son of/ John Lloyd & Frances ROBERTS/ d 20 Nov 1939/ IMO/ Arthur Glendower ROBERTS/ b 18 Apr 1865/ d 19 Jul 1950.7

Citations

  1. [S22] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (online).
  2. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 1123-495 + C/T 1123-496 - John Lloyd Roberts of "The Hurst" Hawthorn Gentleman - C/T 1126-057 (PAK-223+224).
  3. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 1126-057 - Robert Sparrow Smythe of Burke Road Hawthorn Theatrical Manager - C/T 1359-684.
  4. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 1016-156 / C/T 2055-905. Mortgage No 142489. The National Finance Trustees and Agency Company of Australia Ltd & John Lloyd Roberts. Discharged 6 May 1896.
  5. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), Mon 28 Feb 1898, p1.
  6. [S16] Newspaper - The Age (Melbourne, Vic.), Mon 28 Feb 1898, p8.
  7. [S46] Index of burials in the cemetery of Boroondara, Kew,
    ROBERTS BENNETT TIDDEMAN.
Last Edited10 Oct 2020

Frances Bennett

F, #18423, d. 23 Jul 1908
Married NameRoberts. 
Marriage*1854 Spouse: John Lloyd Roberts. VIC, Australia, #M2903.1
 
Widow26 Feb 1898Frances Bennett became a widow upon the death of her husband John Lloyd Roberts.1 
Death*23 Jul 1908 Hawthorn, VIC, #D9914 (Age 84) [par William BENNETT & Rebecca SUMMERS].1 
Death-Notice*24 Jul 1908 ROBERTS.—On the 23rd July, at "Taiyuan," Grace-park, Frances, widow of John Loyd Roberts, late of "The Hurst," Hawthorn, in her 85th year. (Interred privately.)2 

Grave

  • Baptist 309-311, Boroondara, Kew, VIC, Australia, John Lloyd ROBERTS/ d 26 Feb 1898/ 68y ?/text ILMO/ Edith Isabel/ second dau of/ John Lloyd & Frances ROBERTS/ of Upper Hawthorn/ d 18 Jun 1874/ in her 13th y/ text/ also/ Percy Walhalla/ their fifth son/ d 3 Sep 1875/ 6y Fanny Lizzie/ their eldest dau/d 25 Sep 1882 25y/ Joh Edgar ROBERTS/ their eldest son d 21 Jul 1891/ 36y/ ILMO. Rebecca BENNETT/ Aunt of above children d 30 Oct 1891/ Frances ROBERTS/ widow of John Lloyd ROBERTS/ d 23 Jul 1908/ 84y. ILMO our D Aunt/ Margaret TIDDEMAN d 6 Aug 1907/ text/ Ernest Lloyd ROBERTS son of/ John Lloyd & Frances ROBERTS/ d 20 Nov 1939/ IMO/ Arthur Glendower ROBERTS/ b 18 Apr 1865/ d 19 Jul 1950.3

Citations

  1. [S22] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (online).
  2. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), Fri 24 Jul 1908, p1.
  3. [S46] Index of burials in the cemetery of Boroondara, Kew,
    ROBERTS BENNETT TIDDEMAN.
Last Edited16 Sep 2017

Frederick McCoy

M, #18424, b. 1822, d. 13 May 1899
Marriage* Spouse: Annie Maria Harrison.
 
Birth*1822 Dublin, Ireland. 
Widower25 Mar 1886Frederick McCoy became a widower upon the death of his wife Annie Maria Harrison.1 
Land-UBeac*2 Jun 1886 PAK-223.224. Transfer from Robert Sparrow Smythe to Frederick McCoy. 39a 3r 27p.2 
Land-Note*3 Jun 1886 PAK-223.224: Mortgagee: The Victoria Mutual Building and Investment Society. Discharged 12 Jul 1888. Mortgagor was Frederick McCoy.3 
Land-UBeac*3 Sep 1888 PAK-223.224. Transfer from Frederick McCoy to James Gibb. 39a 3r 27p.4 
Death*13 May 1899 Brighton, VIC, Australia, #D4828 (Age 77) [par Simon McCOY].5 
Death-Notice*15 May 1899 M'COY. —On the 13th May, at Maritima, Brighton Beach, Sir Frederick M'Coy, K.C.M.G., F.R.S., Dr. Sc. Professor of Natural Science, Melbourne University.
McCOY. —The Friends of the late Sir FREDERICK McCOY, K.C.M.G., F.R.S., are informed that his remains will be interred in the Brighton General Cemetery.
The funeral will leave his late residence, Maritima, South-road, Brighton Beach, on Tuesday, the 16th inst., at 2.30 p.m., and will proceed to St. Andrew's Church, where a portion of the service will be held; afterwards the remains will be conveyed to the cemetery.
A. A. SLEIGHT, 182 Collins-street. Tel. 410.6
 

Newspaper-Articles

  • 9 Jan 1891: Sir Frederick M'Coy.
    All Australians will feel proud that Professor—to use the term that has sounded very familiar in the ears of some generations of students—-M'Coy has been singled out for New Year's honours, inasmuch as he is our leading and our oldest man of science, and we are sufficiently civilised to feel that a lifetime spent in the cause of science is a better title to honour than the long purse of a successful business man. As thirty-six years of Professor M'Coy's life have been spent in our service, we count him an "Australian" man of science, and our vanity is proportionately gratified by Her Majesty's action. Sir Frederick M'Coy, however, can in no way be claimed as an Australian, save in kindly interest and sympathy. He is the son of Dr. Simon M'Coy, a fashionable physician of Dublin, who died only about five or six years ago, aged 85 years, and in the course of a somewhat lonely childhood and youth made such good use of his time that he was ready to enter the University long before he was old enough to do so according to the regulations. The young man was intended for his father's profession, and was educated at the University of Dublin and subsequently at that of Cambridge, where in after years he nearly always spent his vacations. Here, again, he was ready long before he was old enough to be admitted, and whilst waiting for his years to increase ho accepted the offer of Sir Richard Griffith to make the palœontological investiga tions required for the Geological Map of Ireland for the Boundary Survey, and published the results of his examinations in two large quarto volumes, illustrated with numerous plates, chiefly from his own drawings, one entitled " Synopsis of the Carboniferous Limestone Fossils of Ireland," and the other " Synopsis of the Silurian Fossils of Ireland," containing many hundreds of new discoveries. The idea of practising medicine was put on one side, for so highly were these works esteemed in the scientific world, that their author was immediately invited by the late Colonel Sir Henry James, R.E., and Sir Henry de la Bèche to join the British Geological Survey then commenced, which invitation Mr. M'Coy accepted, and was soon evident that a bright new scientific star had arisen in the firmament, so that the maps of the districts geologically surveyed by him in the field were scarcely completed before Mr. M'Coy was appointed by Sir Robert Peel to the Chair of Geology and Palaeontology in the now Queen's University of Ireland. Queen's was the first secular, or at least non-sectarian University established in Ireland, and Mr. McCoy being then only 25 or 26 years of age was the first professor appointed, and here he remained until he came to Victoria in 1854. Even as a child Professor McCoy was impressed with the necessity for condensation, the value of conciseness in explana tions and the unnecessary waste of time involved in plodding through pages of verbosity. On his father's death a large portion of his library was sent out to his son, and here Professor McCoy was confronted with many evidences of his youthful propensity for scoring out unnecessary matter from the pages of the text books of the time. As a lad he did much dissection, having gone through the whole course before he entered the University. There was in Dublin at that day an eminent oculist of the name of Jacob—after whom Jacob's membrane is named—who also had a precocious son, afterwards a well-known oculist of Collins-street, Melbourne, but dead many years ago.
    Professor M Coy, besides being first appointed was the first of the four to arrive in 1854. He was allowed at short intervals by the late Professor ..llson, who had been his collegue for some years at ...son's ; by Dr. Hearn, and the Professor of classics .. only lived a fortnight after his arrival. They ..and the University only in process of building, and .. Professor M'Coy had assisted the Hon. H. C. E. ...lders, first vice-chancellor of the University of Melbourne, in drafting the first regulations, wherein ... experience gained at Queen's was exeedingly valuable, lectures commenced in the old Exhibition Building where the Mint now stands. For years Professor M'Coy did the work of four Professors:—1, Geology and Palœontology ; 2, Botany; 3, Chemistry and Mineralogy ; 4, Comparative Anat omy and Zoology, delivering lectures and conducting all the examinations in these subjects.
    Soon after his arrival in Victoria Professor M'Coy began to agitate for the foundation of a National Museum. Although our Professor was backed up by Captain (afterwards Sir) Andrew Clarke, R.E., Surveyor-General, and Judge (afterwards Sir Red mond) Barry, Sir Charles Hotham, the Governor of the day, pooh-poohed the idea. The country, accord ing to him, was in no want of a Museum. At last, after the exercise of much tact and patience on the part of Professor M'Coy, the Governor was brought to consent. "If," said he, "the thing is not a success and the country's money is wasted, Captain Clarke will say, " Oh, I am not a naturalist, I am an engineer," and Judge Barry will say, "I am a lawyer, not a geologist but you, Professor M'Coy, are a man of science and must take the responsibility of recommend ing it." Needless to say that Professor M'Coy was glad to obtain his heart's desire, although he had to pledge his scientific reputation for its utility. The Museum was recommended to Parliament, the neces sary sum placed on the estimates, and the erection of the present building—only half the original plan—at the rear of the University was proceeded with, Hither Professor M'Coy transferred all the treasures, the stuffed birds and animals, the stones and fossils, which he had meanwhile been accumulat ing in a room at the University, and it is now his greatest desire that he may see the Museum finished in a year or two, so that he may have space to display his system of classification to advantage. For it is not generally known that the classification adopted in our treasure house is peculiar to Professor McCoy. The (scientifically) ignorant mul titude admire its effects ignorantly ; men of science from other countries admire with knowledge but find it difficult to get the system adopted by the directors of their own museums, though the attempt is now being made in the British Museum. Elsewhere than in Victoria the classification adopted is to put all the species of one genus together, so that, as one admirer said, "one has scores of cases of birds differing by scarcely a feather, avenues of skeletons, a mile of rats and mice." This depressing monotony does not exist in the Victorian Museum. For one thing, as is pretty well-known, Professor McCoy is no evolutionist; rejects utterly the " splendid assumption" of his old friend, Charles Darwin, and has arranged the museum accord ing to the six great regional areas of life :—(1) Aus tralia, (2) South Africa, (3) South America, (1) North America, (5) Northern Africa, Europe and Northern Asia, (6) India and the Islands. In each of these divisions is grouped all that appertains thereto ; from its living mammalia the scale descends to its meanest plant and below the earth's crust to the fossils of a previous age. In this way only it is Professor McCoy's opinion, can the student advantageously compare the parallel forms of life : —e.g. the emu of Australia with the ostrich of South Africa, the rhea of South America or the cassowary of the Indian Islands.
    We have not by any means mentioned all Professor McCoy's books. During his vacations at Queen's he undertook—in conjunction with the Rev. Professor Sedgwick—a large work on " British Palœozoic Rocks and Fossils," based on the materials in the Woodwardian collections at Cambridge. Professor McCoy's portion of this work was published as a thick quarto volume just before his appointment by Sir J. Herschel to the first Professorship of Natural Science in the University of Melbourne. Since coming to Australia scores of papers and memoirs have issued from his pen, embalming his original discoveries, and are to be found in the "Annals of Natural History," and in the proceedings of various learned societies. His magnum opus on the fauna of Australia, illustrated with beautiful plates, is a monument of erudition and research, and it is quite impossible to estimate what zoology in Australia owes to Professor M'Coy, who, if he had elected to remain in Europe, would long ere this have received world-wide recogni tion as an original discoverer and thinker.
    After a long life-time spent in hard work, Professor M'Coy is still hale and hearty. As with most writers, all his life he has followed the habit of writing late, usually till 2 a.m., then, after a spoil with a pair of heavy dumb-bells, he sleeps a sound, refreshing sleep, in which there is no room for dreams, and in about 5½ hours awakes fresh and ready for another useful and industrious day in the service of science. In recognition of Professor M'Coy's exceptional attain ments, he was elected one of the few honorary members of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, and he is, of course, honorary member of a great many scientific bodies in differeut parts of the world, and by King Victor Emanuel he was created a knight or chevalier of the Royal order of the Crown of Italy, and now the K.C.M.G. of Her Majesty worthily concludes the list, for the present.
    In this matter of honours Professor M'Coy has been happier than another Melbourne man (a surgeon), who was, it is said recommended for Knighthood not so very long ago, but a jealous physician just then on a visit to England, spoiled the affair. But then Professor M'Coy is not known to have any enemies.
    Professor M'Coy has a family of two children, a son and a daughter. Mrs. M'Coy, oldest daughter of Mr. Thomas Harrison solicitor, of Dublin, died about five years ago.7
  • 5 Oct 1891: McCOY.—On the 3rd inst., Emily Mary McCoy, beloved daughter of Sir Frederick McCoy, from influenza and pneumonia, aged 46.8,9
  • 10 May 1899: Sir Frederick M'Coy is still in a critical condition, and his state is a subject of much anxiety to his medical attendants, Dr. Maudsley and Mr. Rudall. It is expressly desired by the medical gentlemen that Sir Frederick M'Coy's friends will abstain from endeavouring to see him, as absolute quiet is at present indispensable.10

Citations

  1. [S22] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (online) "Spouse Frederick MCCOY."
  2. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 1359-684 - Frederick McCoy of Maritima Brighton Beach one of the Professors of the Melbourne University - C/T 1823-398.
  3. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 1822-398 - Mortgage No 73161 to The Victoria Mutual Building and Investment Society. Discharged 12 Jul 1888.
  4. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 1822-398 - James Gibb of Berwick Gentleman.
  5. [S22] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (online).
  6. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), Mon 15 May 1899, p1.
  7. [S14] Newspaper - Table Talk (Melbourne, Vic.), 9 Jan 1891, p5.
  8. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), Mon 5 Oct 1891, p1.
  9. [S22] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (online) "#D14059/1891 [par Fred McCoy & Annie Maria HARRISON] Carlton Age 46."
  10. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), Wed 10 May 1899, p5.
Last Edited24 Sep 2017

Wilson Cornwall

M, #18438, b. 1815, d. 16 Dec 1900
Note* Convict. 
Birth*1815 
Marriage*1850 Spouse: Sarah McIntyre. VIC, Australia, #M3903/1850.1
 
Land-Note*14 Sep 1877 PAK-149. Adolph Lormes Sir, wheras I did peg out a peace of land in the Parish of Pakenham on the 17th April 1876, made application on the 19th and registered the same day. I paid survey fees in accordings with the rule and never heard anything more about it until I got a letter from the Department of which the following is a copy.
25th May 1877
Refferring to your letter of the 9th inst I have to inform you that the survey of your selected land in the Parish of Pakenham is now in progress as soon as the plan of the block is furnished by the surveyor you will be further communicated with.
I attended what is called a land board at Cranbourne on the 23 of last Aug when Mr Callanan called a man who did not apply until some time in the month of May 1876 he then said is there any objections to this application, I objected.
But as Mr Callanan did not forget my son writing against him for a simelar offence. He recommended the application of this Edolph Lorrane unfare asit was which did not ad much to his fame as people said after that Mr Callanan would do anything. I have been disappointed and badly treated by Callanan.
Sir it is for you to say whether this unfare trick will be carried out or not. Yours truly, Wilson Cornwall address Pakenham.2 
Land-Note12 Oct 1877 PAK-149. Adolph Lormes The description given in both applications I consider does not apply to the same land according to the area applied for, and this view was fully borne out by the evidence of Cornwall and his witness, who distinctly stated that he Cornwall commenced his pegging from the SW + NW angles of allot 51 (Coxons) and from thence westwards (100 ac) 96 ac remains in this position, which Cornwall refused to take - alleging notwithstanding his evidence and description that he had pegged the same land as Lormes. He ultimately stated that he knew nothing of the description and that cannot have written it. Callanan.2 
Land-Note14 Nov 1877 PAK-149. Adolph Lormes Memo of case recorded in the Honorable The Minister's Note Book Page 417 Vol 16. C/10878 3034/19.
Wilson Cornwall complains that the land he selected in Pakenham was not surveyed for him and that the portion recommended to Adolphus Lormes included what he had pegged.
Mr callanan produces plans and applications and judging from his application and his admission as to the position of his pegs it appears that there is still 96 acres available for him when he pegged. This he would not take. Charged Mr Callanan with prejudice. Would not put this in writing definitely.
Mr Luginne? would not listen to vague charges against offences without the slightest shadow of evidence to support them. It was clear that Mr Callanan had acted in accordance with Mr Cornwall's own application. Case dismissed. ..order ..Walstab.2 
Land-Note8 Dec 1877 PAK-149. Adolph Lormes To the Hon. Minister of Lands. Sir, I have been a purchaser of crown lands in the City of Melbourne and also of country lands in different places, in fact, I have been one who has assisted to bring the country to its present flourishing state.
In 1866 a brother of mine was missed who I suppose to have met with what is called here foul play and through being determined to find out some trace of the same I got into law with one James Martin. He Martin became insolvent and as I was the principal creditor I had him prosecuted and convicted for fraudlent insolvency. About this time a number of people ware accused and summoned for assisting to make away with insolvent stock. Amongst these ware Mr Callanan's friend ........ and I take it on me to say that a great downfall in different ways have come upon a number of men whichcontended with me about these times ... Some years after two sons of mine applied for land in the Parish of Pakenham one of them for surveyed allotment 161 acres allotment 51the other for three hundred twenty acres taking in the land which is now in dispute thay poot in than applications. All was done in the land office. Some time after the documents ware returned to them by post accompanied by a letter stating that the magistrate who took the affedavits was omitted to office and that they would have to peg and apply again. This thay done without much delay but found that one Coxon had pegged allotment 51 two days before them.
During which time this schame was carried out ... after this my other son declined to except of his three hundred and twenty acres he said he would go to the other side of the Murry River and that he did not expect land here while Callanan was in such power. However, Coxon did not enjoy his selection long I believe a few days after it was granted to him ... referring to my selection I did not peg out two or three hundred acres as stated by Mr Callanan which I believe he did not see. I knew the land well and placed one peg opposit the west corner of which is known as Mr Quirks land which is now occupied by Mrs Coxons, thence coming west about 40 chains ... north from McMullans and north from Mr Officers and placed two other pegs about 30 chains north. After this I complied all rules which were required. In about a month after I saw pegs placed about 3 feet inside of the pegs which I had poot down. With notices bareng the name of Adolph Lorrane I made inquiries who he was and was told that he was a greek or Lascar that was working about Pakenham. I said I thought he was something of that kind as no other could be got to make such a bare faced attempt. A little time after I went to Mr Whitelaw to see if he had got orders to survey for me he told me from what he had heard he had got two orders to survey one allotment and could not do anything until he would see Mr Callanan.
The next time I saw him he objected to survey the land as he said things ware in a confused state. I then said the registry will prove who is entitled to it and the registry I refer to still when I told these particulars to a friend she said I am afraid your old friend have not idle. I then said he cannot get over the registry I believe it is out of his reach.
Sir, I have apealed to you and the registry and other perticulars will prove who have got truth on thair side. I believe the whole weight of this transaction rests with you. Thare is no other apeal and should I not get what is fare I must only leave it to a higher power. Yours truly Wilson Cornwall.2 
Land-Note28 Dec 1877 PAK-149. Adolph Lormes To the Honorable Minister of Lands. Sir, Refarring to my selection I need not go into all perticulars which I have stated to you before wheras I pegged the land on the 17th April 1876 and paid £7 seven pounds in due time and place in about a month after the said land was pegged by another placing his pegs about three feet inside of my pegs. For this there is plenty of proof. Now might I ask you if it is useless to refer to the date of the application or the date of the registry the survey of this land lay over until Mr Gillies was out of office then was surveyed immediately after and has been carried out unil its present unfare stage. All this is well known in this locality and great comment on the ... When I was last in the said office one of your sacretaries said to me you have said so and so and such and such at the land board at Cranbourne and now have come here to bring accusitions against officers of this department. Might I ask you if it is a crime to come thare or else whare to state the truth if so it was not always the case in that department. On the 26th of this month I had an enterview with a few friends. When one of them said did they even send you your money I said no. He then said do the minister know these things - in reply I have give him all perticulars but I am sorry to say his views are all to one side in answer yes and to the wrong side he then said ware you to drop it you would do an injustice to others as well as yourself - you can have a case taken before the house along with affidavits - I said not until the minister gives his final decision. Yours truly, Wilson Cornwall.2 
Land-Note28 Jan 1878 PAK-149. Adolph Lormes To the Honorable Minister of Lands. Sir, I again refor to that unmanly and unfare schame by Mr Callanan of which you appear to be a strong supporter. Now Sir that case is two absurred in every way to lie as it is at present I have even requested a fair final decision and have not got it and have written a Nomber of Letters to you and have been treated with silent contempt. Yet the coppies of those letters may be seen at times that you would rather that things had been carried out fairly well you even now give your Decision however hard it may be to say the word that you know is unfare. Yours truly Wilson Cornwall.
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29-1-1878. The Hon the Minister has dealt with this case - I think Mr Walstab has the papers and other corr. Cornwall received his reply from the Minister in the Boardroom I think. Callanan.2 
Land-NoteMar 1878 PAK-149. Adolph Lormes To the Honorable Minister of Lands. Sir, referring to some remarks relative to my selection. The land is situated between Berwick and Pakenham upon a road side even and old road which has been shown in the map. Now the most of twenty years thare could not have been any misunderstanding or mistake made unless it was done through a willful design. Now what excuse might the District Surveyor make for taking the second application for the same peace of land? Was he competent of his business even the course he was incolined to persue. he could not nor did not make two surveys of the same land. No he made but one survey at the expiration of seventeen months from the date of my application and disposed of it at his land board held at Cranbourne on the 23rd of August last in a way to suit his own purpose or what reasonable cause might the District Surveyor show for holding over the survey of that land for one year and five months. I believe the man did not see his way clear while the Hon. Mr Gillies was in office. Now you will not deny that you have refused to bring the case before the Land Board held at Melbourne. You have also said that no action will be taken in that case, which does not add much to your fame. Now what can I say or what can others say. I will leave that as a question yet I have many remarks to make which you may hear at some other time. Yours truly, Wilson Cornwall.
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11.3.78. Cornwall makes no definite charge against Mr Callanan. I think no notice should be taken of this letter. Mr Blundell.2 
Death*16 Dec 1900 Kew, VIC, Australia, #D13412/1900 (Age 85) [par unknown].3 
Death-Notice18 Dec 1900 CORNWALL.—On the 16th December, Wilson, the dearly beloved husband of Sarah Ann Cornwall, and father of Mrs. E. Jennings, of Malvern, in his 89th year. A colonist for 54 years.4 
Death-Notice*18 Dec 1900 THE Friends of the late Mr. WILSON CORNWALL are respectfully invited to follow his remains to the place of interment, the St. Kilda General Cemetery. The funeral to leave the residence of his daughter, Mrs. Jennings, Montrose Cottage, Stewart-street, Malvern, THIS DAY (Tuesday) the 18th inst., at 4 o'clock p.m.
HERBERT KING. Undertaker, Glenferrie-road, Malvern. Tel. 39, Malvern Exchange.5 

Citations

  1. [S27] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Marriages) (online).
  2. [S81] Land Records & Parish Maps ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria). Land File 3034/19.
  3. [S28] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Deaths) (online).
  4. [S16] Newspaper - The Age (Melbourne, Vic.), Tue 18 Dec 1900, p1
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/188650189
  5. [S16] Newspaper - The Age (Melbourne, Vic.), Tue 18 Dec 1900, p10
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/188650217
Last Edited21 Jan 2021

The Australian Assets Company Ltd

?, #18442
Land-UBeac*7 May 1902 PAK-154.155. Transfer from The Bank of South Australia Limited to The Australian Assets Company Ltd. 19a 3r 17p + 19a 3r 36p.1 
Land-UBeac*8 Jun 1904 PAK-154.155. Transfer from The Australian Assets Company Ltd to Edward William Aberdeen. 19a 3r 17p + 19a 3r 36p (caveat lodged 20 Mar 1903.)2 

Citations

  1. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 2277-291 + 2277-294 - The Australian Assets Company Ltd of London and having an office at 463 Collins Street Melbourne (Transfer from The Bank of South Australia Limited (in liquidation).
  2. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 2277-291 + 2277-294 - Edward William Aberdeen of 265 Barkly Street East Brunswick Plumber.
Last Edited17 Sep 2017

Rebecca Robe

F, #18443, b. 10 Oct 1830, d. 2 Nov 1923
Rebecca at her wedding in 1897
source: ancestry
Married NameStrobridge. 
Married NameMouritz.1,2 
Birth*10 Oct 1830 London, England. 
Marriage*26 Jan 1849 Spouse: Philip James Ennis Mouritz. Collingwood, VIC, Australia, #M3870.1,3
 
Widow29 Sep 1894Rebecca Robe became a widow upon the death of her husband Philip James Ennis Mouritz.1 
Marriage*6 Sep 1897 Spouse: George Strobridge. 1 Elm Grove, Richmond, VIC, Australia, #M5130.4,5
 
Land-UBeac*30 Sep 1912 PAK-154.155. Transfer from Edward William Aberdeen to Rebecca Robe. 19a 3r 17p + 19a 3r 36p.6 
Land-Note*30 Sep 1912 PAK-154.155: Mortgagee: Edward William Aberdeen. Discharged 17 Feb 1915. Mortgagor was Rebecca Strobridge.7 
Land-UBeac*17 Feb 1915 PAK-154.155 (part). Transfer from Rebecca Strobridge to Shire of Berwick. For Road.8 
Land-Note*b 30 Aug 1917 According to Mouritz family history, the farm was owned by Mrs Rebecca Strobridge. The reports provide the information that she got up early, walked the several miles to the local train station, came to Melbourne to arrange the sale of the farm, returning to the farm at night fall, and walking again the distance back home. All this was done when she was 87 years of age! philmouritz.9
 
Land-UBeac*3 Oct 1917 PAK-154.155 (part). Transfer from Rebecca Strobridge to Naomi Martha Parry. 38a 1r 39p.10 
Death*2 Nov 1923 Footscray, VIC, Australia, #D14886 (Age 93) [par ROBE].1 

Grave

  • C/E A 0912, Boroondara Cemetery, Kew, VIC, Australia11

Newspaper-Articles

  • 24 May 1883: Warragul Police Court. Rebecca Mouritz, for not sending her son George to school was fined 2s 6d, with 2s 6d costs. Mr. Mouritz appeared, and gave evidence that the boy had been with him in North Gippsland, but in answer to the question if he had been attending school he had to give a negative reply.12
  • 24 Jan 1889: WUILLIMIN.— On the 10th January, at Delta Plantation, Briagolong, Gippsland, Elizabeth (Lizzie), the beloved wife of Louis Wuillimin, and daughter of James and Rebecca Mouritz, of Sale, Gipnsland, aged 29 years. Also, her daughter Catherine (Katie), aged 11 years. Both drowned while bathing. Elizabeth Shaw Mouritz13
  • 2 May 1895: NEW INSOLVENT. Rebecca Mouritz, of Sale, boardinghouse-keeper. Causes of insolvency, sickness and death in family and falling off in business. Liabilities £84 7s 5d; assets £17 10s; deficiency £66 17s 5d. Geo. Caie assignee ; F. J. Sincock, solicitor.14
  • 31 Aug 1917: Mr Strobridge has disposed of his farm to a Mr Parry. Mr and Mrs Strobridge are going to reside in Melbourne. George Strobridge15

Citations

  1. [S22] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (online).
  2. [S80] Ancestry - Family Tree, pauldouglas65.
  3. [S80] Ancestry - Family Tree, Posted 21 Apr 2009 by philmouritz
    Marriage Registration (Victoria) GD 1849-3870.
    We do solemnly declare that we hold Communion with the Independent or Congregational denomination of Christians.
    (signed) Rebecca Robe
    (signed) P.J.E. Mouritz
    I, Alexander Morison Minister of the Independent Church worshipping in the Chapel Collins St. Melbourne do hereby certify that Phillip James Ennis Mouritz of Collingwood Melbourne, and Rebecca Robe of Melbourne were joined in wedlock by me on the 26th day of January 1849 at the residence of John Joseph Mouritz Collingwood Melbourne, in the presence of John Joseph Mouritz, James Robe and Edmund Smith Waythe.
    Witnesses (signed) John Joseph Mouritz
    (signed) James Robe
    (signed) E.S. Waythe.
  4. [S22] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (online) "married as Rebecca MOURITZ or MOUTRITZ."
  5. [S80] Ancestry - Family Tree, philmouritz
    VIC reg. 1897/5130. As was the custom at that time, Rebecca sought the permission of her eldest son John Joseph Mouritz to remarry.
  6. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 2277-291 + 2277-294 - Rebecca Strobridge of Officer Married Woman.
  7. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 2277-291 + 2277-294 - Discharged 17 Feb 1915.
  8. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 2277-291 + 2277-294 - Shire of Berwick - C/T 3882-330.
  9. [S80] Ancestry - Family Tree, philmouritz originally shared this on 20 Sep 2013.
  10. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 2277-291 + 2277-294 - Naomi Martha Parry of Coronation Street West Footscray Married Woman - C/T 4078-576.
  11. [S46] Index of burials in the cemetery of Boroondara, Kew,
    also Henry STROBRIDGE service 14 Nov 1936 Age 33
    #D10248 (Age 33) [par John William STROBRIDGE & Mary Ann SMITH] born Tongio/VIC died Prahran.
  12. [S14] Newspaper - Warragul Guardian and Buln Buln and Narracan Shire Advocate (Warragul, Vic.), Thu 24 May 1883, p3.
  13. [S16] Newspaper - The Age (Melbourne, Vic.), Thu 24 Jan 1889, p1.
  14. [S14] Newspaper - Gippsland Times (Vic.), Thu 2 May 1895, p3.
  15. [S18] Newspaper - Pakenham Gazette and Berwick Shire News (Pakenham East, Vic. : 1917 - 1918), Fri 31 Aug 1917, p2.
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George Strobridge

M, #18444, b. 17 Nov 1852, d. 23 Sep 1938
Birth*17 Nov 1852 Maidstone, Kent, England.1 
Marriage*1892 Spouse: Harriet Williams. Richmond, VIC, Australia.1
 
Widower6 Jan 1897George Strobridge became a widower upon the death of his wife Harriet Williams.2 
Marriage*6 Sep 1897 Spouse: Rebecca Robe. 1 Elm Grove, Richmond, VIC, Australia, #M5130.3,4
 
Widower2 Nov 1923George Strobridge became a widower upon the death of his wife Rebecca Robe.2 
Marriage*10 Dec 1925 Spouse: Mary Richards. Yarraville, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, #M12646 - as Mary McPHAIL.2,1
 
Widower1936George Strobridge became a widower upon the death of his wife Mary Richards.5 
Death*23 Sep 1938 Prahran, VIC, Australia, #D9028 (Age 85) [par William STROBRIDGE & Lucy HOLLAND].2 
Death-Notice*26 Sep 1938 STROBRIDGE.—The Friends of the late Mr. GEORGE STROBRIDGE are respectfully invited to follow his remains to the place of interment, the Footscray Cemetery. The funeral is appointed to leave from Walter A. Warne's funeral parlors. 291 Barkly-street,
Footscray, THIS DAY (Monday), September 26, at 11 o'clock.6 
Death-Notice26 Sep 1938 STROBRIDGE.—On September 23, at the Alfred Hospital, George Strobridge, 48 King-street, Prahran, dearly beloved husband of the late Mary Strobridge, aged 85 years. At rest.7 

Newspaper-Articles

  • 7 Jan 1897: THE Friends of Mr. GEORGE STROBRIDGE are respectfully invited to follow the remains of his late beloved wife, Harriet, to the place of interment, the Boroondara Cemetery, Kew. The funeral to move from his residence, No. 7 Albert-street, Richmond, THIS DAY (Thursday), the 7th inst., at 4 o'clock p.m.8
  • 8 Apr 1914: From G. Strobridge, Officer, stating he would give a portion of his land free for the new road to Upper Beaconsfield.—Received.9
  • 31 Aug 1917: Mr Strobridge has disposed of his farm to a Mr Parry. Mr and Mrs Strobridge are going to reside in Melbourne. Rebecca Strobridge10

Citations

  1. [S80] Ancestry - Family Tree, philmouritz.
  2. [S22] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (online).
  3. [S22] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (online) "married as Rebecca MOURITZ or MOUTRITZ."
  4. [S80] Ancestry - Family Tree, philmouritz
    VIC reg. 1897/5130. As was the custom at that time, Rebecca sought the permission of her eldest son John Joseph Mouritz to remarry.
  5. [S22] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (online) "Place of birth CORNWALL ENGLAND."
  6. [S16] Newspaper - The Age (Melbourne, Vic.), Mon 26 Sep 1938, p20.
  7. [S16] Newspaper - The Age (Melbourne, Vic.), Mon 26 Sep 1938, p1.
  8. [S16] Newspaper - The Age (Melbourne, Vic.), Thu 7 Jan 1897, p8.
  9. [S19] Newspaper - Berwick Shire News and Pakenham and Cranbourne Gazette (Berwick, Vic.), Wed 8 Apr 1914, p3.
  10. [S18] Newspaper - Pakenham Gazette and Berwick Shire News (Pakenham East, Vic. : 1917 - 1918), Fri 31 Aug 1917, p2.
Last Edited2 Dec 2017

Naomi Martha Green

F, #18450, b. 1875, d. 21 Jan 1923
Probate (Will)* 190/695. Naomi M PARRY. Date of grant: 19 Sep 1923; Date of death: 21 Jan 1923; Occupation: Married; Residence: Black Rock. -> No property in UB.1 
Married NameParry. 
Birth*1875 Kyneton, VIC, Australia, #B16840 [par Porter HAMMOND & Helen Hay PURTON].2 
Marriage*1893 Spouse: John Parry. VIC, Australia, #M3179.2
 
Land-UBeac*3 Oct 1917 PAK-154.155 (part). Transfer from Rebecca Strobridge to Naomi Martha Parry. 38a 1r 39p.3 
Land-UBeac*25 Oct 1920 PAK-154.155 (part). Transfer from Naomi Martha Parry to Foster Treby Sherwill. 38a 1r 39p.4 
Death*21 Jan 1923 Melbourne East, VIC, Australia, #D2371 (Age 49) [par Peter Hammond GREEN & Ellen PURTON].2 

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

DateAddressOccupation and other people at same address
1919Officer, VIC, AustraliaOccupation: home duties. With John Parry.5

Citations

  1. [S35] Probate Records, PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), VPRS 28/P3 unit 1352, item 190/695
    VPRS 7591/P2 unit 679, item 190/695.
  2. [S22] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (online).
  3. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 2277-291 + 2277-294 - Naomi Martha Parry of Coronation Street West Footscray Married Woman - C/T 4078-576.
  4. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 4078-576 - Foster Treby Sherwill of Officer Farmer.
  5. [S119] Electoral Roll for Australia, 1919.
Last Edited2 Dec 2017
 

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