Mary Addison
F, #28552, b. 1849, d. 22 Jan 1878
| Married Name | | Legge.1 |
| Marriage* | | Spouse: Matthew Henry Legge.1
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| Birth* | 1849 | England.1 |
| Death* | 22 Jan 1878 | Prahran, VIC, Australia, #D2929/1878 (Age 29) (par Henry ADDISON & Grace BARTON) - as Mary LEGGE.1 |
| Death-Notice* | 23 Jan 1878 | LEGGE.—On the 22nd inst., at 70 Chapel-street, Prahran, Mary, the beloved wife of Matthew Henry Legge, and youngest daughter of the late Colonel H. R. Addison, K.C.C., England.2 |
| Death-Notice | 26 Jan 1878 | LEGGE.-On the 22nd inst., at 70 Chapel-street, Prahran, Mary, the beloved wife of Matthew Henry Legge, and youngest daughter of the late Colonel H. R. Addison, K.C.C., England.3 |
Marcella Kent
F, #28554, b. 1897, d. 24 Feb 1962
| Name Variation | | Marcella Kent was also known as Marcia Bastow. |
| Married Name | | Bastow.2 |
| Birth* | 1897 | St Leonards, NSW, Australia, #B25798/1897 (par Charles G & Euphemia C) - as Marcella KENT.1 |
| Marriage* | 27 Jul 1922 | Spouse: William Richard Austin Bastow. VIC, Australia, #M7964/1922, Wm Rich Austin BASTOW & Marcella KENT.2
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| Marriage-Notice* | 27 Sep 1922 | BASTOW—KENT.—On the 27th July, 1922 at the residence of the bride's mother, by the Rev. W. R. Cunningham, W.R.A. Bastow (Dick, late A.I.F.), eldest son of Major and Mrs Austin Bastow, Ardmara, Kooyongkoot road, Glenferrie, to Marcia, younger daughter of Mrs. Kent, Liskie Brae Berwick and the late Mr C. G. Kent. (Present address Pakenham Upper.3 ) |
| Birth-Notice* | 24 May 1924 | BASTOW (nee Marcia Kent).—On the 3rd May, at Allandale private hospital, Hawthorn, the wife of W. R. A. Bastow, Pakenham Upper—a son.4 |
| Land-Gembrook* | 10 Aug 1935 | GEM--83B (part). Transfer from John William Doyle to Marcella Bastow. 1a 2r 18p.5 |
| Divorce* | 1940 | She and William Richard Austin Bastow were divorced in 1940 1940/481 Respondent: William Richard Austin Bastow. Spouse: Marcella Bastow.6 |
| (Transfer to) Land-Berwick | 1941 | BER-Town S22-1 (part). Transfer from Katherine May Edwardes to Kathleen Valetta Kent Marcia Bastow. Tx 1089622 (western 94' of allotment - about a third.)7 |
| Land-Berwick* | 24 Aug 1956 | BER-Town S22-1 (part), 10 Irby Street (Rutland Road). Transfer from Marcia Bastow Kathleen Valetta Kent to William Beldon Montgomery Clarice Lilian. Tx 1089622 (western 94' of allotment - about a third.)8 |
| Death* | 24 Feb 1962 | Caulfield, VIC, Australia, #D3808/1962 (Age 64) (par Charles Gibbings KENT & Euphemia Catherine WILSON) - as Marcella BASTOW.9 |
Citations
- [S7] Registry of NSW Births Deaths and Marriages "#B25798/1897 (par Charles G & Euphemia C) - as Marcella KENT. Birth registered at St Leonards."
- [S27] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Marriages) (online) "#M7964/1922, Wm Rich Austin BASTOW & Marcella KENT."
- [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), Wed 27 Sep 1922, p1
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/1846050
- [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), Sat 24 May 1924, p17
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/4349709
- [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 3105-887 - Marcia Bastow of Pakenham Upper Married Woman - C/T 5982-356.
- [S65] Ancestry - various indices, Victoria, Australia, Divorce Records, 1860-1940
Divorce: 1940/481 Respondent: William Richard Austin Bastow. Spouse: Marcella Bastow.
Transcript:
1940 No. 481 Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Jurisdiction
Between:- MARCELLA BASTOW Petitioner and WILLIAM RICHARD AUSTIN BASTOW Respondent
I, MARCELLA BASTOW of 395 Glenferrie Road, Hawthorn, Married Woman, make oath and say:-
1. THAT I am the Petitioner herein.
2. THAT I was on the 27th day of July 1922 lawfully married to the above-named Respondent in the house of my mother at Berwick by licence by the Rev. William R. Cunningham according to the rites of the Presbyterian Church.
THAT the Respondent has since the celebration of the said marriage been guilty of adultery in the conjugal residence and also since the time aforesaid been guilty of a repeated act of adultery.
THAT I am 42 years of age, was born in Sydney in the State of New South Wales but have lived continuously in tne State of Victoria since I was six years old, and I am domiciled in the State of Victoria. The Respondent is 43 years of age and was born at St. Kilda in the State of Victoria and is domiciled in that State.
THAT prior to the said marriage I was a spinster; I lived with my mother at Berwick and had no occupation. Since the said marriage I have assisted the Respondent in his business of a garage proprietor. Prior to the said marriage the Respondent was a bachelor living at Pakenham Upper and was an orchardist by occupation. Since the said marriage the Respondent has in part earned his living as an orchardist and garage proprietor.
6. THAT there is one child issue of the said marriage, Austin Bastow, (male) aged 16 years and born in Melbourne on the 3rd May 1924.
7. THAT following the said marriage the Respondent and I cohabited as man and wife in the district of Pakenham Upper where the Respondent had an orchard and some scrub land some of which was being purchased from the Closer Settlement Board, the rest belonging to his father. In or about 1929 as the receipts from the said orchard land dwindled the Respondent with my consent left Pakenham Upper and was employed by his father as a land salesman. I went to my mother's home at Berwick. We were so separated for about 6 months. We then returned to the said orchard and resumed cohabitation. The Respondent and I lived there ever since until the 25th April 1940 when I was compelled to leave the Respondent for the reasons hereinafter appearing. Sexual intercourse between the Respondent and myself finally ceased in April 1940.
8. During our married life together the Respondent lived a selfish life and was callous and cruel to me. The orchard life was lonely - I used to try to discuss general affairs with him but he would roughly tell me to "Shut up you silly fool" or some such remark. The Respondent only on the rarest occasions took me out anywhere except to his parents' home at Hawthorn and when there he would go out by himself and return late at night. When I asked where he had been he told me to mind my own business, and got his mother to put us in separate rooms whenever we stayed there in the future. The Respondent never allowed me to write or send letters to anyone, not even my mother and my own son without his first reading them.
9. Because of bad seasons and the Respondent's lack of attention it became increasingly difficult to make a livelihood from the orchard. The Respondent frequently went to Pakenham and would return smelling strongly of drink and be very sick. By the year 1934 because of overwork, and Respondent's treatment of me I became seriously ill and had to undergo an operation. I was ill for some time afterwards and my mother paid all expenses. When monetary difficulties increased and the Closer Settlement Commission threatened to take away the orchard from the Respondent, I suggested that the Respondent should start a motor garage in the district. The Respondent agreed and my mother gave me the money to pay the grocer, £60, buy a block of land in Pakenham Upper and build an iron shed thereon with a shop, kitchen and bedroom partitioned off inside the building.
10. The garage business was commnenced in 1935. The Respondent brought tools from the orchard, effected minor repairs to cars, and sold petrol while I sold sweets and the like in the shop and attended to the books and accounts of the business. The business proved a success, for out of the profits made the Respondent was able to pay off the arrears owing to the Closer Settlement Commission and still retain the orchard. We still lived at the orchard house, but the Respondent would often sleep at the garage at nights in order that the Insurance Policy relating thereto would not become void. I always slept at the orchard house and after attending to the household duties I used to go to the garage and work there as aforesaid. The long hours I worked were overtaxing my strength and in June 1936 I got the assistance of a young girl then just 16 years of age, by name Jean Mapleson, who lived with her parents at their home about half a mile from the garage.
11. Up to this time I had no valid reason for doubting the Respondent's feelings towards other women save for two occasions some years previous. In 1924 when my son was born I had engaged a maid to assist me, but because of Respondent's conduct I had to dismiss her. Later in 1926 a girl who lived in Pakenham Upper and used to visit us was invited by the Respondent to stay with us as her aunt and uncle with whom she was living left the district. This she did but after a time the conduct of Respondent with her became familiar and most embarrassing to me and when early one morning I heard
the Respondent in her bed-room I threatened to leave him.
He replied that he cared more for me and was tired of her. The girl then left our house and soon afterwards left the district. As these events had occurred many years previously and because of the extreme youth of Jean Mapleson, the thought never entered my mind that she might receive ill treatment from the Respondent.
12. The said Jean Mapleson remained in my employ from June 1936 until April 1940 when I left the Respondent except for the period from February 1938 to about May l938. She was a great assistance and comfort to me as she worked well, was most pleasant to me and we became fond of one another.
13. Although the garage business continued to improve the Respondent continued to be offensive and abusive towards me.
My mother died in April 1938. I was at this time without the assistance of the said Jean Mapleson who had left in February 1938 and beceuse of worry, overwork and the Respondent's treatment I became ill and was admitted into hospital.
When I returned home after some weeks I found the garage business had gone back and was told the Respondent was drinking heavily. Jean Mapleson returned to assist me when I asked her to. There was a money shortage and I contributed about £100 out of my own money and paid £200 on the purchase of a motor car. The Respondent asked me to get a copy of my will from my solicitors. I refused because he had practically prepared it and knew the contents. He accused me of trying to double-cross him and was most abusive. Troubles continued to occur between us arising out of his drinking habits and his general treatment of me and on some occasions he used violence towards me. He maintained his callous attitude towards me and told the said Jean Mapleson in so many words that he would get all the money out of me and then tell me to go.
14. The garage business continued to suffer because of the Respondent's drinking habits and lack of attention. As a result of Respondent's behaviour to me I had again to attend a doctor who diagnosed my trouble as a nervous heart and blood pressure. Jean Mapleson frequently told me she was leaving but I always implored her to stay as I was very fond of her and she was of great assistance to me.
15. One day in April 1940 the Respondent suddenly flew at the said Jean Mapleson after she had made some remark and he beat her about the hind quarters with a book. He later told her she had pretty legs and asked her were her hips as pretty. This behaviour reminded me of the Respondent's treatment of me on certain occasions and made me think of other occurrences which I had at the time thought quite harmless. I became alarmed as to my husband's conduct with the said Jean Mapleson and the next morning when the said Jean Mapleson came to the house I questioned her and asked if Respondent had ever made love to her. She burst into tears and nodded her head. I said "For how long?" She said since she was 15. I said "Not the worst". She said "Yes". She then told me some months after she first came to help me in 1936, the Respondent had suddenly seized her when she was at the garage making the breakfast for him. The Respondent despite her struggles and resistance had forced her on to the floor and forcibly had sexual intercourse with her. Jean said she had often wanted to tell me but she was afraid of killing me with the news.
She also stated that since 1936 the Respondent had committed the same offence against her many times and once at the orchard house when I was away, but most frequently at the end of 1939 and the beginning of 1940. She said she had often threatened to tell me but Respondent had said "You couldn't do that and ruin our lives". She reminded me of his rupture which had developed about 1937 and said he had got that fighting her.
Also he had gone to a doctor with a bad throat one night after I had been in Melbourne for the day. She said she had caused that. She also said the Respondent had ill-treated her. She had often wanted to leave, but did not do so because I had implored her to stay and she was very fond of me. She said that the time she did leave for a while from February 1938 for about 2 1/2 months was because of his treatment, and had only returned at my urgent request. She told me that she had been afraid to tell me about it owing to the state of my health.
16. I received such a terrible shock over this news that I was incapable of thought for some days. Just at this time the Respondent, after being at the Scotch College Regatta (my son attended this college) took his brother and his wife and myself to dinner in Melbourne. The Respondent drank heavily and he put his arm round the brother's wife and called her "My darling Jean er Nell". He repeated this several times. He then said that he had given Jean - his daughter as he called her - a thrashing and that she deserved it.
17. I decided to leave home at the first opportunity for I was afraid the Respondent would never allow me to get away openly. I told Jean of my intentions. On Anzac Day the Respondent went to Melbourne for a re-union and on that day 25th April 1940 I left home in a hired car. Since then I have not returned to Pakenham Upper nor have I seen or spoken to the Respondent.
18. Later in Melbourne I met the said Jean and she told me that on the night I left Respondent came to her home about 9 p.m. and asked for her. He asked where I had gone. She replied that she did not know but that she had told me everything. He then caught hold of the verandah rail and kept on saying "Why did you do it". He later said he was going to Melbourne to bring Austin, the son, home. He also said that I had "pinched all the money and I was a thief and had committed a theft as the money was his. He went away saying that Austin would stay with him.
19. Save as aforesaid there have been no separations between the Respondent and myself nor has any Deed of Separation been executed by me.
20. I distinctly and unequivocally deny all collusion or connivance past or present direct or indirect with the Respondent.
SWORN at Melbourne in the State of Victoria by the above-named deponent this 13th day of July 1940.
M Bastow
Before me:- A Commissioner of the Supreme Court of the State of Victoria for taking affidavits.
This Affidavit is filed on behalf of the Petitioner.
- [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 4668-419 - Kathleen Valetta Kent of "Liskie Brae" Berwick Spinster and Marcia Bastow of 35 Grandview Grove Armadale Gentlewoman - joint proprietors.
- [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 4668-419 - William Beldon Montgomery Clerk and Clarice Lilian Montgomery Married Woman both of 370 Wattletree Road East Malvern - joint proprietors.
- [S28] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Deaths) (online) "#D3808/1962 (Age 64) (par Charles Gibbings KENT & Euphemia Catherine WILSON) - as Marcella BASTOW, born Sydney, NSW. Death registered at Caulfield, Australia."
- [S137] Electoral Roll for Australia, 1937 "as Marcia Bastow."
- [S124] Electoral Roll for Australia, 1924 "as Marcia Bastow."
- [S143] Electoral Roll for Australia, 1943.
- [S149] Electoral Roll for Australia, 1949.
- [S44] Index of burials in the cemetery of Berwick,
5-652-A Bastow Marcella F 64 27/02/1962 1454
5-652-B Kent E.C. F 29/04/1938 994
5-652-B Kent Kathleen Haletta F 76 30/07/1971 1628.
Kathleen Valetta Kent
F, #28555, b. 20 Nov 1894, d. 1971
| Birth* | 20 Nov 1894 | Bombala, NSW, Australia, #B7074/1894 (par Charles G & Euphemia C) - as Kathleen V KENT. Birth registered at Bombala.1 |
| Birth-Notice* | 22 Nov 1894 | KENT.—On the 20th inst., at the A. J. S. Bank, Bombala, N.S.W., the wife of C. G. Kent—a daughter.2 |
| Land-Berwick | 8 Jul 1927 | BER-Town S15-2 (part). Transfer from John Grant to Kathleen Valetta Kent. 0a 1r 0p (part with frontage to Wilson Street.)3 |
| Land-Berwick* | 1941 | BER-Town S22-1 (part). Transfer from Katherine May Edwardes to Kathleen Valetta Kent Marcia Bastow. Tx 1089622 (western 94' of allotment - about a third.)4 |
| (Transfer from) Land-Berwick | 24 Aug 1956 | BER-Town S22-1 (part), 10 Irby Street (Rutland Road). Transfer from Marcia Bastow Kathleen Valetta Kent to William Beldon Montgomery Clarice Lilian. Tx 1089622 (western 94' of allotment - about a third.)5 |
| Death* | 1971 | Berwick, VIC, Australia, #D17430/1971 (Age 76) (par Charles Gibbings KENT & Euphemia Catherine WILSON) - as Kathleen Valetta KENT.6 |
Citations
- [S7] Registry of NSW Births Deaths and Marriages "#B7074/1894 (par Charles G & Euphemia C) - as Kathleen V KENT. Birth registered at Bombala."
- [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), Thu 22 Nov 1894, p1
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/8721471
- [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 1204-709 - Kathleen Valetta Kent - see C/T 5294-762.
- [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 4668-419 - Kathleen Valetta Kent of "Liskie Brae" Berwick Spinster and Marcia Bastow of 35 Grandview Grove Armadale Gentlewoman - joint proprietors.
- [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 4668-419 - William Beldon Montgomery Clerk and Clarice Lilian Montgomery Married Woman both of 370 Wattletree Road East Malvern - joint proprietors.
- [S28] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Deaths) (online) "#D17430/1971 (Age 76) (par Charles Gibbings KENT & Euphemia Catherine WILSON) - as Kathleen Valetta KENT, born Bombala, New South Wales. Death registered at Berwick, Australia."
- [S44] Index of burials in the cemetery of Berwick,
5-652-A Bastow Marcella F 64 27/02/1962 1454
5-652-B Kent E.C. F 29/04/1938 994
5-652-B Kent Kathleen Haletta F 76 30/07/1971 1628.
Rudolph Neville Marston
M, #28560, b. 15 May 1921, d. 27 Aug 1943
| Mother* | | Beatrice Joan Marston d. 24 Jul 1971 |
| Military* | | Enlisted for military service: 1957: Prisoners of War, Far East: Thailand POW Camp, Name List, as of 1 November 1944; Volume IV.1 |
| Birth* | 15 May 1921 | Carlton, VIC, Australia, #B10685/1921 (par Unknown & Beatrice MARSTON) - as Rudolph Neville MARSTON.2,3 |
| Education* | 5 Mar 1928 | State School 2560, Upper Beaconsfield, VIC, Australia. Left 5 Apr 1928 for Unknown.4 |
| Military | 6 Jun 1940 | Enlisted for military service: MARSTON, RUDOLPH NEVILLE, Date and Place of Birth: 15 May 1920, MELBOURNE, VIC
Next of Kin: MARSTON, JOAN
Australian Army, SERN VX23102.5 |
| Death* | 27 Aug 1943 | Thailand Cause of Death: Acne
buried Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery.6 |
Citations
- [S65] Ancestry - various indices, The National Archives; Kew, London, England; WO 361 Casualities and Missing Personnel 1939-1945; Reference Number: WO 361/1957.
- [S26] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Births) (online) "#B10685/1921 (par Unknown & Beatrice MARSTON) - as Rudolph Neville MARSTON, Birth registered at Carlton, Vic, Australia."
- [S25] School Records - Beaconsfield North 2560.
- [S25] School Records - Beaconsfield North 2560: Pupil 215. Rudolph Neville Marston, born 15 May 1921, admitted 5 Mar 1928. Jean Marston, Beaconsfield North, Home Duties, 2 miles from school. Previously Hornby Street Windsor. Left 5 Apr 1928 for Unknown.
- [S30] World War Two Nominal Roll https://nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au/
https://nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au
MARSTON, RUDOLPH NEVILLE, Date and Place of Birth: 15 May 1920, MELBOURNE, VIC
Next of Kin: MARSTON, JOAN
Service: Australian Army, SERN VX23102
Date and Place of Enlistment: 6 Jun 1940, CAULFIELD, VIC, Locality on Enlistment: MALVERN, VIC
Date of Death and last posting: 27 Aug 1943, 2/2 Pioneer Battalion, Rank: Private
Roll of Honour: MALVERN VIC Prisoner of War: Yes, Honours: None for display.
- [S65] Ancestry - various indices, The National Archives; Kew, London, England; WO 361 Casualities and Missing Personnel 1939-1945; Reference Number: WO 361/2055.
Residents of Upper Beaconsfield and surrounding areas