Hubert Ralph Hamer

M, #19261, b. 1871, d. 9 May 1948
Birth*1871 Manchester, Lancashire, England.1 
Land-Note*15 Nov 1913 PAK-40B (Lot 7) part: Mortgagee: Hubert Ralph Hamer. Mortgage No 327022 - Discharged 3 Sep 1914. Mortgagor was George Frederick Tivendale.2 
(Transfer to) Land-UBeac30 May 1928 GEM--38. Transfer from Harry Tom Emmerton to Alice Mabel Maud Emmerton, Mabel Balcombe Brookes, Hubert Ralph Hamer. 228a 0r 26p.3 
(Transfer to) Land-UBeac5 Jun 1945 GEM--38. Transfer from Alice Mabel Maud Balcombe to Mabel Balcombe Brookes Hubert Ralph Hamer. 228a 0r 26p - Mabel Brookes and Hubert Hamer are the surviving proprietors.4 
(Transfer from) Land-UBeac5 Jun 1945 GEM--38. Transfer from Mabel Balcombe Brookes Hubert Ralph Hamer to Ormonde Forbes Morris. 228a 0r 26p - paid £230.5,6 
Death*9 May 1948 Melbourne East, VIC, Australia, #D4387 (Age 77) [par Daniel Jones HAMER & Sarah HARMER].1 
Death-Notice*11 May 1948 HAMER.—On May 9, Hubert Ralph, dearly beloved husband of Elizabeth Anne Hamer, of 5 Russell-st., Toorak, and loving father of Dick, Alan, Alison (Mrs. P. Patrick) and David.
HAMER — The Funeral of the late HUBERT RALPH HAMER will leave Sleight's Funeral Home. St. Kilda-rd.. Melbourne, THIS DAY, after a service commencing at 2.30 p.m for the Spring Vale Crematorium.7 

Newspaper-Articles

  • 10 May 1948: OBITUARY. MR HUBERT R. HAMER.
    Mr Hubert Ralph Hamer, 77, senior partner in the firm of Messrs Smith and Emmerton, solicitors, Melbourne, died yesterday after a short illness. He left a widow and grown-up family of three sons and one daughter. The funeral will leave Sleight's funeral home, St Kilda rd, after a short service tomorrow at 2.30pm for the Springvale Crematorium.8

Citations

  1. [S22] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (online) "Place of Birth MANCHESTER ENGLAND."
  2. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 1470-917 - Mortgage No 327022 - Discharged 3 Sep 1914.
  3. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 2256-046 - Alice Mabel Maud Emmerton of "Raveloe" Widow and Mabel Balcombe Brookes of "Kurneh" Married Woman of Domain Road South Yarra and Hubert Ralph Hamer of "Motynden" St Georges Road Toorak Solicitor.
  4. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 2256-046 - Red Ink No 4234942 Mabel Balcombe Brookes and Hubert Ralph Hamer the survivors of the proprietors named herein are by the direction of the Commissioner of Titles now registered as joint proprietors of the land now comprised herein.
  5. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 2256-046 - Ormonde Forbes Morris of Gembrook Forestry Foreman.
  6. [S66] Berwick Shire Rates, 1870-1965 1944/45 - still in the ownership of Estate of Harry Emmerton - NAV 15.
  7. [S16] Newspaper - The Age (Melbourne, Vic.), Tue 11 May 1948, p2
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/206899069
    The Age (Melbourne, Vic.), Tue 11 May 1948, p4
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/206899100
  8. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), Mon 10 May 1948, p5
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/22543283
Last Edited29 May 2020

Ormonde Forbes Morris

M, #19262, b. 1899, d. 1957
Birth*1899 Yarra Glen, VIC, Australia, #B31021 [par Edward Charles MORRIS & Margaret CLELLAND].1 
Land-UBeac*5 Jun 1945 GEM--38. Transfer from Mabel Balcombe Brookes Hubert Ralph Hamer to Ormonde Forbes Morris. 228a 0r 26p - paid £230.2,3 
Land-UBeac*16 Aug 1946 GEM--38. Transfer from Ormonde Forbes Morris to Blue Moon Fruit Co-operative Ltd. 228a 0r 26p.4 
Death*1957 Dandenong, VIC, Australia, #D24134 (Age 58) [par Charles MORRIS & Margaret CLELLAND].5 

Citations

  1. [S22] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (online) "as Ormonde Forbis MORRIS."
  2. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 2256-046 - Ormonde Forbes Morris of Gembrook Forestry Foreman.
  3. [S66] Berwick Shire Rates, 1870-1965 1944/45 - still in the ownership of Estate of Harry Emmerton - NAV 15.
  4. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 2256-046 - Blue Moon Fruit Co-operative Limited Railway Road Blackburn.
  5. [S22] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (online) "Place of birth STEELES CREEK."
Last Edited29 May 2020

Blue Moon Fruit Co-operative Ltd

?, #19263
Archive* Company Number C15943 - company file not available at PROV. 
Note*b 1946 Walter Henry Brown. Walter Brown was a major shareholder of the Blue Moon Fruit Co-operative.1 
Land-UBeac*16 Aug 1946 GEM--38. Transfer from Ormonde Forbes Morris to Blue Moon Fruit Co-operative Ltd. 228a 0r 26p.2 
Land-Note*1947 GEM--38. Paid rates N22 for 228 ac.3 
Land-UBeac*28 Jul 1953 GEM--38. Transfer from Blue Moon Fruit Co-operative Ltd to Raymond James Wood. 228a 0r 26p.4 

Newspaper-Articles

  • 26 Nov 1947: HAVING leased the cool stores at Toomuc Valley Orchards, the Blue Moon Fruit Co-op. Ltd. asked for repairs to Toomuc Valley Rd. before delivery of apples starts. The road, it said, is in very bad condition.—Cr. Whiteside: The road is now in very good order.5

Citations

  1. [S71] Information from Robert Brown (Walter's son) June 2020.
  2. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 2256-046 - Blue Moon Fruit Co-operative Limited Railway Road Blackburn.
  3. [S66] Berwick Shire Rates, 1870-1965.
  4. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 2256-046 - Raymond James Wood of Monbulk Road Emerald Gentleman.
  5. [S218] Newspaper - The Dandenong Journal (Vic.), Wed 26 Nov 1947, p13
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/218505962
Last Edited9 Jul 2024

Raymond James Wood

M, #19264
Land-UBeac*28 Jul 1953 GEM--38. Transfer from Blue Moon Fruit Co-operative Ltd to Raymond James Wood. 228a 0r 26p.1 
Land-UBeac*25 Nov 1953 GEM--38. Transfer from Raymond James Wood to James Iliff Harris Arthur Iliff Harris. 228a 0r 26p.2 

Citations

  1. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 2256-046 - Raymond James Wood of Monbulk Road Emerald Gentleman.
  2. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 2256-046 - James Iliff Harris Company Director and Arthur Iliff Harris Manager both of Millah Road Balwyn - joint proprietors - C/T 7971-056.
Last Edited11 Dec 2017

James Iliff Harris

M, #19265, b. 1887, d. 1958
Father*Arthur Iliff Harris b. 1846, d. 29 Jul 1917
Mother*Martha Seabrook b. 1846, d. 1926
Birth*1887 Hawthorn, VIC, Australia, #B3712 [par Arthur Iliff HARRIS & Martha SEABROOK].1 
(Transfer to) Land-UBeac23 Jan 1939 GEM--37. Transfer from Agnes Lamborn to Herbert Thomas Harris James Iliff Harris. 319a 3r 38p.2 
Land-UBeac*25 Nov 1953 GEM--38. Transfer from Raymond James Wood to James Iliff Harris Arthur Iliff Harris. 228a 0r 26p.3 
Death*1958 Balwyn, VIC, Australia, #D2573 (Age 71) [par Arthur Iliff HARRIS & Martha SEABROOK].4 

Citations

  1. [S22] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (online).
  2. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 3573-496 - Herbert Thomas Harris and James Iliff Harris both of 378 Flinders Street Melbourne Merchants - proprietors as tenants-in-common in equal shares - C/T 6260-915.
  3. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 2256-046 - James Iliff Harris Company Director and Arthur Iliff Harris Manager both of Millah Road Balwyn - joint proprietors - C/T 7971-056.
  4. [S22] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (online) "Place of birth HAWTHORN."
Last Edited11 Dec 2017

Arthur Iliff Harris

M, #19266, b. 1874, d. 1961
Father*Arthur Iliff Harris b. 1846, d. 29 Jul 1917
Mother*Martha Seabrook b. 1846, d. 1926
Birth*1874 Sandridge, VIC, Australia, #B25749 [par Arthur Iliff HARRIS & Martha SEABROOK].1 
(Transfer to) Land-UBeac25 Nov 1953 GEM--38. Transfer from Raymond James Wood to James Iliff Harris Arthur Iliff Harris. 228a 0r 26p.2 
Land-UBeac*27 Mar 1956 GEM--37. Transfer from Herbert Thomas Harris to Arthur Iliff Harris. 319a 3r 38p - Arthur is now joint proprietor with his brother James.3 
Land-Note6 Jun 1960 GEM--37. Arthur Iliff Harris of Lockington Farmer the survivor of the proprietors named herein is now registered as sole proprietor.4 
Land-Note*6 Jun 1960 GEM--38. Arthur Iliff Harris of Lockington Farmer the survivor of the proprietors named herein is now registered as sole proprietor of the land now comprised herein.5 
Death*1961 Melbourne East, VIC, Australia, #D21313 (Age 87) [par Arthur Iliff HARRIS & Martha SEABROOK].6 
Land-UBeac*16 Oct 1963 GEM--38. Transfer from Arthur Iliff Harris to Cape Development Pty Ltd. 228a 0r 26p.7 
Land-UBeac*17 May 1966 GEM--37. Transfer from Arthur Iliff Harris to Rosario Coniglione Giuseppe Coniglione. 319a 3r 38p.8 

Citations

  1. [S22] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (online).
  2. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 2256-046 - James Iliff Harris Company Director and Arthur Iliff Harris Manager both of Millah Road Balwyn - joint proprietors - C/T 7971-056.
  3. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 6260-915 - James Iliff Harris of 1 Millah Road Balwyn Retired and Arthur Iliff Harris of Fairy Hills Cockatoo Farmer - joint proprietors.
  4. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 6260-915 - Arthur Iliff Harris of Lockington Farmer the survivor of the proprietors named herein is now registered as sole proprietor.
  5. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 7971-056 - Arthur Iliff Harris of Lockington Farmer the survivor of the proprietors named herein is now registered as sole proprietor of the land now comprised herein.
  6. [S22] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (online) "Place of birth PORT MELBOURNE."
  7. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 7971-056 - Cape Development Pty Ltd of 454 St Kilda Road Melbourne.
  8. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 6260-915 - Rosario Coniglionje and Giuseppe Coniglione both of Woori Yallock Road Cockatoo are now proprietors as tenants-in-common in equal shares.
Last Edited27 Jul 2021

Arthur Iliff Harris

M, #19267, b. 1846, d. 29 Jul 1917
Birth*1846 
Marriage*1872 Spouse: Martha Seabrook. VIC, Australia, #M379.1
 
Death*29 Jul 1917 Hawthorn, VIC, Australia, #D8818 (Age 71) [par Thomas HARRIS & Charlotte ROBINSON].1 
Death-Notice*30 Jul 1917 HARRIS.— On 29th July, at his late residence, Haines street, Glenferrie, Arthur Iliff (sen.), the beloved husband of Martha Harris, loving father of Arthur, Lewis, Herbert, James, Edith, and Mrs. C. Stanley (Hampton), affectionate grandfather of Dorrie, Reggie, and Joyce, brother of Mrs. C. Aylen (Liddiard street, Glenferrie). A colonist of 65 years, aged 71 years. Simply to Thy cross I cling.2 

Family

 Martha Seabrook b. 1846, d. 1926
Children 1.Arthur Iliff Harris b. 1874, d. 1961
 2.Herbert Thomas Harris b. 1885, d. 1956
 3.James Iliff Harris b. 1887, d. 1958

Citations

  1. [S22] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (online).
  2. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), Mon 30 Jul 1917, p1
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/1639310
Last Edited27 Jul 2021

Martha Seabrook

F, #19268, b. 1846, d. 1926
Married NameHarris. 
Birth*1846 
Marriage*1872 Spouse: Arthur Iliff Harris. VIC, Australia, #M379.1
 
Widow29 Jul 1917Martha Seabrook became a widow upon the death of her husband Arthur Iliff Harris.1 
Death*1926 Hawthorn, VIC, Australia, #D14097 (Age 80) [par Lewis SEABROOK & Martha ALLEN].1 

Family

 Arthur Iliff Harris b. 1846, d. 29 Jul 1917
Children 1.Arthur Iliff Harris b. 1874, d. 1961
 2.Herbert Thomas Harris b. 1885, d. 1956
 3.James Iliff Harris b. 1887, d. 1958

Citations

  1. [S22] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (online).
Last Edited27 Jul 2021
 

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