Charlotte Dey

F, #28921, b. 1818, d. 1892
Married NameCharlotte Schmitt. 
Birth*1818 
Marriage* Spouse: Francis Schmitt.
 
Widow1890Charlotte Dey became a widow upon the death of her husband Francis Schmitt.1 
Death*1892 Berwick, VIC, Australia, #D9279/1892 (Age 74) (par Lothar DEY & unknown) - as Charl SCHMITT.2 

Family

 Francis Schmitt b. 1816, d. 1890
Child 1.Elizabeth Schmitt+ b. 1843, d. 1 Sep 1931

Citations

  1. [S28] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Deaths) (online) "#D5871/1890 (Age 74) (par Franz Josef SCHMITT & Charl DEY) - as Franz Jos SCHMITT, Death registered at Berwick, Australia."
  2. [S28] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Deaths) (online) "#D9279/1892 (Age 74) (par Lothar DEY & unknown) - as Charl SCHMITT, Death registered at Berwick, Australia."
Last Edited22 Jun 2025

Elizabeth Mann

F, #28928
Married NameElizabeth Schmitt. 
Marriage* Spouse: Lewis Schmitt.
 
Last Edited12 Feb 2023

Josef Walsdorf

M, #28931, b. 1803, d. 17 Oct 1881
Birth*1803 Germany. 
Marriage*1825 Spouse: Agnes Schmidt.
 
Land-Berwick*10 Sep 1855 BER-Crown-6 (part). Transfer from Johann Gustav Koenig to Josef Walsdorf. Consideration £40 - reserve a right over a 1 chain road to Winter & Koenig.1 
Death*17 Oct 1881 Berwick, VIC, Australia, #D9544/1881 (Age 78) (par unknown) - as Joseph WALSDORF. Spouse Agnes SCHMIDT. Died of old age and exhaustion. Occupation gardener.2 
Probate (Will)*6 Aug 1888 Louis Walsdorf of Berwick, a son of deceased, sworn - familiar with the value of land in Berwick. Crown Section 6 40a and southern half of block 3 crown section 5 20a not exceed value of £800. 

Citations

  1. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), General Law Memorial 38-531 (see AP 27994).
  2. [S28] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Deaths) (online) "#D9544/1881 (Age 78) (par unknown) - as Joseph WALSDORF, Death registered at Berwick, Australia. Spouse Agnes SCHMIDT. Viewed certificate."
Last Edited8 Sep 2024

Henry Finger

M, #28932
Land-Berwick*22 Nov 1856 BER-Crown-6 (part). Transfer from Johann Gustav Koenig to Henry Finger. Consideration £150.1 

Citations

  1. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), General Law Memorial 43-58 (see AP 41854).
Last Edited12 Feb 2023

Johann Gottlob Jeschke

M, #28933, b. 10 Aug 1800, d. 20 Aug 1895
Birth*10 Aug 1800 
Naturalisation*6 Jul 1865Johann Gottlob Jeschke was naturalised on 6 Jul 1865; Letters of Naturalization - Johann Gottlieb Jäschke, of Harkaway, Farmer.1 
Land-Berwick*22 Mar 1872 BER-Crown-6 (part). Transfer from Johann Hollman to Johann Gottlob Jeschke. About 82a + about 40a.2 
Land-Berwick*28 May 1886 BER-Crown-6 (part). Transfer from Johann Gottlob Jeschke to John Edmondson. 123a 1r 10p.2,3 
Death*20 Aug 1895 Berwick, VIC, Australia, #D8316/1895 (Age 95) - as Gottleib JAESCHKE.4 
Inquest21 Aug 1895Inquest held 1895/1020. Gottfried Jaeschke, Cause of death: Old age and natural debility, Location of hearing: Narre Warren -> This deponent, Ernest Gottlieb Wanke on his oath saith I am a farmer residing at Narre Warren. The deceased, Gottlieb Jaeschke was employed by me as a general farm hand doing odd jobs about the place. He has been in my employ about twenty years, he was 95 years of age on the 10th August 1895.
About a week ago he complained of feeling very weak and was confined to his room last night Tuesday. I left him about 11 o'clock I bade him good night, he remarked he hoped he would have a good nights rest. I went to deceased room about 7 o'clock this morning + found he was dead the body was warm and he had apparently been dead about two hours. He was leaning over the side of the bed and had evidently expired in that position
Ernest G Wanke.5 

Citations

  1. [S33] Australian Government: http://www.naa.gov.au/collection/search/index.aspx, NAA: A801, 6.
    Item details, Letters of Naturalization - Johann Gottlieb Jäschke
    https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/…
  2. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), see AP21226.
  3. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 1817-257 - John Edmondson of Berwick in the County of Mornington Farmer
    Encumbrances: As to the land coloured blue. A right of carriage way reserved to Hermann Jaekel his heirs and assigns by indenture dated the first day of November 1864 and registered Number 83 Book 145.
    A lien in favour of Heinrich Bruhn of Berwick farmer for the sum of three hundred and fifty pounds unpaid purchase money.
  4. [S28] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Deaths) (online) "#D8316/1895 (Age 95) - as Gottleib JAESCHKE, Death registered at Berwick, Australia."
  5. [S24] PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), VPRS 24/P0000, 1895/1020
    1895/1020. Gottfried Jaeschke, Cause of death: Old age and natural debility, Location of hearing: Narre Warren
    This deponent, Ernest Gottlieb Wanke on his oath saith I am a farmer residing at Narre Warren. The deceased, Gottlieb Jaeschke was employed by me as a general farm hand doing odd jobs about the place. He has been in my employ about twenty years, he was 95 years of age on the 10th August 1895.
    About a week ago he complained of feeling very weak and was confined to his room last night Tuesday. I left him about 11 o'clock I bade him good night, he remarked he hoped he would have a good nights rest. I went to deceased room about 7 o'clock this morning + found he was dead the body was warm and he had apparently been dead about two hours. He was leaning over the side of the bed and had evidently expired in that possession
    Ernest G Wanke.
Last Edited1 Sep 2024

John Edmondson

M, #28934, b. 1843, d. 1 Apr 1920
Probate (Will)* 170/604. John Edmondson, Residence: Sth Australia, Occupation: X Farmer
VPRS 28/P0003, 170/604.1 
Birth*1843 
Marriage*1868 Spouse: Mary Swan. Strathalbyn, VIC, Australia.
 
Land-Berwick*28 May 1886 BER-Crown-6 (part). Transfer from Johann Gottlob Jeschke to John Edmondson. 123a 1r 10p.2,3 
Land-Berwick*b 1888 BER-Crown-5 (part). Transfer from an unknown person to John Edmondson. 254a. 
Land-Note*1888 BER-Crown-6 (part) BER-Crown-5 (part). Rated for two properties. 124a & House Harkaway NAV 93; 254a NAV 127.4 
Land-Berwick*8 Sep 1891 BER-Crown-6 (part). Transfer from John Edmondson to Country Estates Company Ltd. 123a 1r 10p.5 
Land-Note1900 BER-Crown-5 (part). Paid rates for part lot 5 Berwick 254a NAV 30. Residence Gawler SA.4 
Widower21 Jul 1918John Edmondson became a widower upon the death of his wife Mary Swan.6 
Land-Berwick*b 1919 BER-Crown 3-3. Transfer from John Edmondson to George Charles Beard. 6a 1r 3p - consideration £1,200.7 
Land-Berwick*b 1920 BER-Crown-5 (part). Transfer from John Edmondson to John Edmondson. 254a. 
Death*1 Apr 1920 Smithfield, SA, Australia. 
Death-Notice*2 Apr 1920 EDMONDSON.—On the 1st April, at Smithfield, John Edmondson, late of Gawler River, aged 77 years.8 
Correspondence*11 Dec 1920 George Charles Beard "Homebush", HARKAWAY, Dec 11th 1920
The enclosed I found stuck in the wall of the dairy folded up in a bit of tissue paper this morning, I don't suppose it will be of any good but I thought it was right that you should have it.
Yours faithfully, G.C. Beard.1 

Newspaper-Articles

  • 15 Sep 1888: IMPORTANT CLEARING SALE. BERWICK. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24.
    HYDE, SPENCELEY and CO. have been favoured with instructions from John Edmondson, Esq., in consequence of having disposed of his property, to sell, through their auctioneer, at the farm, adjoining the property of Robert Buchanan, Esq., 2 miles from Berwick, on the above date, at twelve o'clock sharp.
    44 choice dairy cows, milkers and springers, 20 1 and 2 year-old well-bred heifers, 5 hourses, 1 Berkshire sow, 36 couples poultry, farming implements, and household furniture.
    Luncheon Provided. Sale at 12 o'clock sharp. Terms at sale.
    HYDE, SPENCELEY and Co., 5 Collins-street west, Melbourne, and The Exchange, Dandenong.9
  • 10 Jul 1889: SATURDAY, 13 July. Two Farms (Adjoining.) 254 acres 124 acres. Near Berwick.
    Hyde, Spenceley and Wauchope have been favored with instructions to sell, at Mrs. Bain's Border Hotel, Berwick, on the above date, at 2 o'clock,
    All that piece of land Containing 378 acres, known as Edmondson's Farm, 3 miles from Berwick railway station, And being
    Part of section 5, parish of Berwick, containing 254 a., more or less
    Part of section 6, parish of Berwick, containing 124 a. 0 r. 4 p., more or less
    Together with all improvements thereon.
    Improvements—House, fenced, subdivided, well watered, outhouses, &c.
    Title perfect.
    Note,— The owner of this property having left the colony, consequently now not being able to reside upon it, has determined to dispose of it, and is prepared to sell it at a sacrifice.
    Trains leave Princes-bridge station for Berwick at 7.50 and 11.15 a.m. Sale at 2 o'clock, at Bain's Hotel, Berwick.
    Terms at sale.
    Further particulars upon application to the auctioneers, Hyde, Spenceley and Waucnope, Modern-chambers, 311 Collins-street, Melbourne ; and The Exchange, Dandenong.10
  • 18 Jul 1890: ALL DOGS, PIGS or POULTRY found TRESPASSING on SECTIONS 7,590 91, 92, 93 and 65 will be DESTROYED after this date.— JOHN EDMONDSON, July 5, 1890. Gawler River.11
  • 22 Feb 1926: MATCHES ABANDONED. CRICKETERS FIGHT FIRE
    Damage at Harkaway. BERWICK. Sunday—At 11 o'clock on Saturday morning extensive fires broke out in the valley at the rear of Mr. J. Edmondson's property at Harkaway, two miles from Berwick. Travelling down the valley into Dean's old property, the flames burned right up to the back of the house. By good work on the part of the beaters the house was saved. The fire then crossed into Dr. S. B. Sewell's, but did not damage the house, although the front and rear portions of the property were burnt, the fire being put out in time. While the fighters were busy at Dean's word was received that one mile farther down the valley Miss Lyon's timber paddock was on fire. Here a most spectacular sight was witnessed, as the flames tore through the undergrowth, which had not been burned for years. At Nurse Traill's a "save" was effected. The flames which burned to within a few feet of the house, were extinguished just in time. Mr A. Baker's property was also endangered, but escaped damage, and the two fires joined together in the valley near Edmondson's. All cricket matches throughout the district were abandoned and the players joined the bands of fire-fighters. With their assistance and that of a large body of men from Dandenong, the danger and the extent of the fires were minimised.12

Citations

  1. [S35] Probate Records, PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), 170/604. John Edmondson, Residence: Sth Australia, Occupation: X Farmer
    VPRS 28/P0003, 170/604.
  2. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), see AP21226.
  3. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 1817-257 - John Edmondson of Berwick in the County of Mornington Farmer
    Encumbrances: As to the land coloured blue. A right of carriage way reserved to Hermann Jaekel his heirs and assigns by indenture dated the first day of November 1864 and registered Number 83 Book 145.
    A lien in favour of Heinrich Bruhn of Berwick farmer for the sum of three hundred and fifty pounds unpaid purchase money.
  4. [S66] Berwick Shire Rates, 1870-1965.
  5. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 1817-257 - The Country Estates Company Limited of 150 Queen Street Melbourne.
  6. [S28] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Deaths) (online) "#D9660/1918 (Age 72) (par Jno SWAN & Mary WILSON) - as Mary EDMONDSON, Death registered at Melb E, Australia."
  7. [S35] Probate Records, PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), 170/604. John Edmondson, Residence: Sth Australia, Occupation: X Farmer
    VPRS 28/P0003, 170/604 (Inventory - image 33).
  8. [S14] Newspaper - The Register (Adelaide, SA), Fri 2 Apr 1920, p6
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/62625125
  9. [S14] Newspaper - Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic.), Sat 15 Sep 1888, p14
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/220411098
  10. [S16] Newspaper - The Age (Melbourne, Vic.), Wed 10 Jul 1889, p2
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/197324398
  11. [S14] Newspaper - Bunyip (Gawler, SA), Fri 18 Jul 1890, p3
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/97232149
  12. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), Mon 22 Feb 1926, p12
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3736105
Last Edited16 Feb 2023

John Carfrae

M, #28935
Land-Note*11 Jan 1860 BER-Crown-5: Mortgagee: John Carfrae. 487a 0r 17p - equitable security of £168/15/-, release 26 Oct 1860. Mortgagor was John Riley.1 

Citations

  1. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), AP51682 lists early ownership.
Last Edited12 Aug 2025

Edward James Crockford

M, #28936, b. 1818, d. 16 Aug 1871
Probate (Will)* 9/276. Edw Jas Crockford, Residence: Sandridge, Occupation: Licensed Victualler, To whom committed: Mary Crockford, Date Of Death: 16 Aug 1871, Date Of Grant: 5 Oct 1871.1 
Birth*1818 Kent, England. 
Marriage*Sep 1850 Spouse: Charlotte Elizabeth Scotney. Oakham, Rutland, England, Sep Q 1850 (Oakham) 15 967. Edward James CROCKFORD & Charlotte Elizabeth SCOTNEY.2
 
Widower24 Feb 1864Edward James Crockford became a widower upon the death of his wife Charlotte Elizabeth Scotney.3 
Marriage*1864 Spouse: Mary Elizabeth Kinder. #M3410/1864, Edward James CROCKFORD & Mary Elizabeth KINDER.4
 
Land-Berwickb 14 Nov 1864 BER-Town S6-1.3.4. Transfer from William Dixon Scurfield to Edward James Crockford. Unclear of ownership by Crockford, as a title issued to Stevenson is part of AP 456.5,6 
Land-Berwick*31 Dec 1864 BER-Town S6-1.3.4. Transfer from Edward James Crockford to Henry Stevenson. 1a 2r.5,7 
Death*16 Aug 1871 Sandridge, VIC, Australia, #D7311/1871 (Age 53) (par Richard CROCKFORD & Elizabeth HOMEWOOD) - as Edward James CROCKFORD. Spouse Mary Elizabeth KINDER.8 
Death-Notice18 Aug 1871 THE Friends of the late EDWARD J. CROCKFORD, Esq., are respectfully invited to follow his remains to the place of interment, Melbourne General Cemetery.
The funeral to move from his late residence, the Chequers Inn, Bay-street. Sandridge, to-morrow (Saturday, 19th inst.), at 2 o'clock.
WILLIAM HENRY NEWMAN, undertaker, Bay-street, Sandridge.9 
Death-Notice*18 Aug 1871 CROCKFORD.—On the 16th inst., at the Chequers' Inn, Bay-Street, Sandridge, Edward James Crockford, Esq., aged 53 years.10 

Family 1

 Charlotte Elizabeth Scotney b. 1825, d. 24 Feb 1864
Child 1.Charlotte Crockford12 b. 8 Feb 1864, d. 28 Feb 1864

Family 2

 Mary Elizabeth Kinder b. 1827, d. 15 Dec 1907
Child 1.Edward Charles Crockford+ b. 1865, d. 1936

Newspaper-Articles

  • 22 Nov 1864: REAL PROPERTY ACT.— Notice is hereby given that EDWARD JAMES CROCKFORD, of Bay street, Sandridge, in the Colony of Victoria, Wine and Spirit Merchant, has applied to have brought under the provisions of the Real Property Act the land described at the foot hereof ; and that the Commissioner of Title has appointed that upon the expiration of fourteen clear days from the date of this advertisement in the Government Gazette, the Registrar General shall, unless he shall in the interval have received a caveat forbidding him to do so, proceed to bring such land under the provisions of this act.
    Dated the 14th day of November, 1864.
    THE LAND REFERRED TO.
    Allotments one, three, and four of section six, Berwick, parish of Berwick, county of Mornington, and part of allotment E of section fourteen, parish of Cut-paw-paw, county of Bourke, commencing one hundred and seventy-seven feet six inches west of the east boundary, thence bearing further west along Buckley street seventy-five feet by a depth therefrom of sixty feet.
    HORACE SAMSON, Assistant Registrar General.
    CHARLES FAUSSET, 41 Swanston street, Attorney for Edward James Crockford. William Dixon Scurfield5
  • 24 Aug 1871: We have with regret to chronicle the decease of one of the old residents of Sandridge—Mr. Edward James Crockford, who died on Wednesday last, at the age of fifty-three, after a lengthened illness. The late Mr. Crockford was, in 1853, a member of the Melbourne Town Council, and took an active part in the severance of Sandridge from Melbourne, being one of the separation committee of that period; he had been a member of the Sandridge Borough Council from 1865 till 1870, when he retired by rotation, and in consequence of failing health did not offer himself for re-election. He was very generally respected, and the very large attendance of influential residents of Sandridge, at his obsequies, which were performed on Saturday last, must have been very gratifying to his friends. Amongst those who paid the last tribute of respect to the memory of the deceased were D. Thomas, Esq., member for the district, his Worship the Mayor, and most of the members of the Borough Council.11

Citations

  1. [S35] Probate Records, PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), Probate and Administration Files (VPRS28) / Wills (VPRS7591)
    9/276. Edw Jas Crockford, Residence: Sandridge, Occupation: Licensed Victualler, To whom committed: Mary Crockford, Date Of Death: 16 Aug 1871, Date Of Grant: 5 Oct 1871
    VPRS 28/P0000, 9/276; VPRS 28/P0002, 9/276; VPRS 7591/P0002, 9/276.
  2. [S9] Free BMD. Index. Online @ https://www.freebmd.org.uk/ "Marriage Sep Q 1850 (Oakham) 15 967. Edward James CROCKFORD & Charlotte Elizabeth SCOTNEY."
  3. [S28] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Deaths) (online) "#D2244/1864 (Age 39) (par unknown) - as Charlotte Elizabeth CROCKFORD. Born London."
  4. [S27] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Marriages) (online) "#M3410/1864, Edward James CROCKFORD & Mary Elizabeth KINDER."
  5. [S14] Newspaper - The Herald (Melbourne, Vic.), Tue 22 Nov 1864, p2
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/245510315
  6. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 93-492.
  7. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 93-493 - Henry Stevenson of Queens Street in the City of Melbourne, county of Bourke, Commission Agent is now the proprietor of an estate in fee simple subject nevertheless to such encumbrances liens and interests as are notified by memorandum underwritten in all those pieces of land delineated and colored red on the map in the margin containing one acre and two roods or thereabouts being allotments one, three and four of section six, Town of Berwick, parish of Berwick county of Mornington, originally granted to William Dixon Scurfield by grants dated respectively the sixteenth day of June one thousand eight hundred and fifty eight.
  8. [S28] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Deaths) (online) "#D7311/1871 (Age 53) (par Richard CROCKFORD & Elizabeth HOMEWOOD) - as Edward James CROCKFORD. Born Kent. Spouse Mary Elizabeth KINDER."
  9. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), Fri 18 Aug 1871, p8
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/5853558
  10. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), Fri 18 Aug 1871, p4
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/5853555
  11. [S14] Newspaper - Record (Emerald Hill, Vic.), Thu 24 Aug 1871, p5
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/108480744
  12. [S28] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Deaths) (online) "#D2246/1864 (Age 20 days) (par Edward James CROCKFORD & Charlotte El SCOTNEY) - as Charlotte CROCKFORD. Born Sandridge."
Last Edited4 Feb 2025

John O'Shea

M, #28937, b. 1801, d. 3 Apr 1852
Father*David O'Shea
Mother*Honora Carroll
Probate (Will)* B/030. John O'Shea, Residence: late of the Garram Gam Station, Western Fort, Occupation: Stockholder Date of death: 3 Apr 1852.1,2 
Birth*1801 
Marriage* Spouse: Mary Josephine Ryan.
 
Marriage* Spouse: Sarah Fitzgerald. Ireland.
 
(Migrant) Migration/Travel23 Feb 1841 Sailing with Sarah Fitzgerald, Mary Anne Josephine O'Shea, John Thomas O'Shea, Honora O'Shea to Port Phillip, VIC, Australia. Ship Georgiana sailing from Liverpool
Age 33 - Baker.3
Death*3 Apr 1852 Forest Creek, Mount Alexander, VIC, Australia, #D1274/1852 (Age 51) (par unknown) - as John OSHEA, Death registered at Western Port, Australia
#D44979/1852 (Age 51) (par unknown) - as John OSHEA, Death registered at Melbourne, Australia.4 
Death-Notice*15 Apr 1852 DIED. At Forest Creek, Mount Alexander, on the 3rd April, Mr John O'Shea, aged 54, of Garram Gam, Western Port, Settler.5 

Grave

  • Source: BillionGraves, http://billiongraves.com. (Sandstone Headstone with Celtic cross. Gloria in excelsis Deo (Glory to God in the highest). THIS STONE/IS ERECTED BY/SARAH O’SHEA/TO THE MEMORY OF/HER BELOVED HUSBAND/JOHN O’SHEA/WHO DIED APRIL 3RD 1852/AGED 54 YEARS/ALSO/JOHN THOMAS O’SHEA/WHO DIED OCT 5TH 1848/AGED 14 YEARS/AND/GEORGE O’SHEA/WHO DIED NOV 22ND 1852/AGED 15 YEARS.?The Old Melbourne Cemetery 1837-1922, Copy of Inscriptions on Tombstones in the Old Melbourne Cemetery, p. 36, by Marjorie Morgan, 1982.)

Family 1

 Mary Josephine Ryan
Children 1.Mary Anne Josephine O'Shea+ b. 1832, d. 27 Aug 1891
 2.John Thomas O'Shea b. 10 Nov 1833, d. 5 Oct 1848
 3.George O'Shea b. 1834, d. 22 Nov 1852
 4.Ellen Teressa O'Shea+ b. 1836, d. 3 Jun 1909

Family 2

 Sarah Fitzgerald b. 1819
Children 1.David John O'Shea b. 25 Mar 1842, d. 24 Nov 1915
 2.Edward O'Shea10 b. 7 Jun 1844, d. 4 Jul 1855

Newspaper-Articles

  • 1 May 1848: LEASES. — Applications for Leases received at the Superintendent's Office during the period commencing the 1st of March, and ending the 6th of April. 1848 : —
    APPLICANT6
  • 12 Apr 1850: Pre-emptive Right to Leases in Western Port, County of Mornington, for Crewe and O'Shea
    Source: NLA Trove, Geelong Advertiser (Victoria), Friday 12 April 1850. Part 2.
  • 13 Apr 1852: In the goods of John O'Shea, late of the Garram Gam Station, Westernport, in the Colony of Victoria, Stockholder, deceased.
    NOTICE is hereby given to all parties interested, that after the expiration of fourteen days from the date of the publication of this notice, an application will be made to the Supreme Court of the Colony of Victoria, in its Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction, at the City of Melbourne, that letters of Administration of all and singular the goods, chattels, credits and effects, of John O'Shea late of the Garram Gam station, Westernport, in the Colony of Victoria, Stockholder, deceased, be granted to Sarah O'Shea, of the said Garram Gam station, Westernport, widow of the said John O'Shea.
    Dated this Twelfth day of April, A.D. 1852.
    P. A. C. O'FARRFLL, Procter for the said, SARAH O'SHEA. Sarah Fitzgerald7
  • 7 May 1852: SUPREME COURT. Thursday, 6th May. (Before the full Court.) Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction.
    IN THE GOODS OF JOHN O'SHEA, DECEASED. On the motion of Mr Croke, letters of administration were granted to Sarah O'Shea widow the deceased.8
  • 23 Jun 1864: Source: NLA Trove, The Argus, Thursday 23 June 1864. DEATHS. O'SHEA.? On the 22nd inst., at his residence, Creswick-street, Hawthorn, Mr. Patrick O'Shea, brother of the late Mr. John O'Shea, of Westernport, aged forty three years.
  • 12 Sep 1876: NO, 9411.—TRANSFER of LAND STATUTE.—SARAH MURRAY, of the parish of Berwick, county of Mornington, widow, and DAVID O'SHEA, of the same place, farmer, have APPLIED to bring the LAND described at the foot hereof under the above statute, and the Commissioner of Titles has directed notice of the application to be advertised in The Age newspaper, and has appointed fourteen days from such advertisement, after which time the land will be brought under the operation of the statute, unless a caveat shall be lodged forbidding the same.
    Dated the 9th day of September, 1876,
    LAND REFERRED TO: Crown portion A, parish of Berwick, county of Mornington.
    RICHD. GIBBS, Registrar of Titles.
    MALLESON, ENGLAND apd STEWART, Solicitors, Sarah Fitzgerald, David John O'Shea9

Citations

  1. [S35] Probate Records, PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), B/030. John O'Shea, Residence: late of the Garram Gam Station, Western Fort, Occupation: Stockholder Date of death: 3 Apr 1852 VPRS 28/P0000, B/030
    [note this file number is incorrect. The correct number is B/067].
  2. [S65] Ancestry - various indices, Victoria, Australia, Wills and Probate Records, 1841-2009
    Probates B/006 - 1/198 Image 723 to 734 of 4633.
  3. [S65] Ancestry - various indices, Victoria, Australia, Assisted and Unassisted Passenger Lists, 1839-1923
    Arrived 25 Feb 1841 on "Georgiana"
    John Oshea, Age 33, baker, can read and write. Bounty L19, Sarah Oshea, Age 22, confectioner, can read and write. Bounty L19, John Oshea, Age 7, son, Bounty L10, Mary Ann Oshea, Age 9, Bounty L10. Native Place Cork. Imported by A B Smith & Co
    Also Honora O'Shea, Age 22, nurse, reads. Bounty L19.
  4. [S28] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Deaths) (online) "#D1274/1852 (Age 51) (par unknown) - as John OSHEA, Death registered at Western Port, Australia
    #D44979/1852 (Age 51) (par unknown) - as John OSHEA, Death registered at Melbourne, Australia."
  5. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), Thu 15 Apr 1852, p4
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/4784388
  6. [S14] Newspaper - The Port Phillip Patriot and Morning Advertiser (Vic.), Mon 1 May 1848, p4
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/226355337
  7. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), Tue 13 Apr 1852, p3
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/4784333
  8. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), Fri 7 May 1852, p3
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/4784891
  9. [S16] Newspaper - The Age (Melbourne, Vic.), Tue 12 Sep 1876, p1
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/200235622
  10. [S28] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Deaths) (online) "#D4501/1855 (Age 10) (par John O'SHEA & Sarah) - as Edward OSHEA. Born Melbourne."
Last Edited4 May 2023

David John O'Shea

M, #28938, b. 25 Mar 1842, d. 24 Nov 1915
Father*John O'Shea b. 1801, d. 3 Apr 1852
Mother*Sarah Fitzgerald b. 1819
Land-Note* BER-Crown-A. Chaston Cox. 
Birth*25 Mar 1842 Melbourne, VIC, Australia, #B36327/1842 (par John OSHEA & Serah FITZGERALD) - as David OSHEA
#B134/1842 (par John OSHEA & Susannah FITZGERALD) - as David OSHEA
Baptism 28 Mar 1842.1
Land-Note1863 BER-Crown-A. Owns freehold. 
Note*6 Jan 1864 In the goods of John Murray late of Hotham in the Colony of Victoria Hotel Keeper deceased intestate.
I David John O'Shea of Hotham in the Colony of Victoria Gentleman make oath and say as follows.
First that I am possessed of property within the Colony of Victoria aforesaid of the value of five hundred and seventy six pounds sterling, over and above all my just debts.
That the said property consists of Freehold estate situate in the parish of Berwick in the county of Mornington and Colony of Victoria
Sworn before me at Melourne this sixth day of January one thousand eight hundred and sixty four.
David John O'Shea.2 
Civil Case*1874 Thomas Rosling Thomas Donaldson v David Oshea Sarah Murray.3 
Land-Note*1889 In 1889/90 Mary O'Shea Housekeeper and M Corbett paid rates for the property of 160a & House NAV 144 (not found in 1888.) 
Death*24 Nov 1915 Narrabri, NSW, Australia, #D18526/1915 (par John) - as David J O'SHEA. Death registered at Narrabri.4,5

Newspaper-Articles

  • 12 Sep 1876: NO, 9411.—TRANSFER of LAND STATUTE.—SARAH MURRAY, of the parish of Berwick, county of Mornington, widow, and DAVID O'SHEA, of the same place, farmer, have APPLIED to bring the LAND described at the foot hereof under the above statute, and the Commissioner of Titles has directed notice of the application to be advertised in The Age newspaper, and has appointed fourteen days from such advertisement, after which time the land will be brought under the operation of the statute, unless a caveat shall be lodged forbidding the same.
    Dated the 9th day of September, 1876,
    LAND REFERRED TO: Crown portion A, parish of Berwick, county of Mornington.
    RICHD. GIBBS, Registrar of Titles.
    MALLESON, ENGLAND apd STEWART, Solicitors, John O'Shea, Sarah Fitzgerald6
  • 17 Aug 1904: Burglaries, etc. Cowra.—Stolen, on the 5th instant, the property of David J. O'Shea, Grenfell Road, near Cowra,—A "Red Bird" bicycle, model 58, No. 123152 on side of cross-bar under saddle, Brooks' saddle No. 10, bag attached to cross-bar under seat, drooping handle-bars, tyres slightly worn; value, £15.7
  • 26 Nov 1915: On Wednesday John O'Shea, farmer, of Nuable Creek, aged 54 years, died suddenly from rheumatism. Deceased had been suffering from this complaint for many years, and is is thought that it suddenly attacked the heart. The Rev. Father Ronayne performed the last sad rites at the graveside yesterday. Mr. H. Logan had charge of the funeral arrangements.8
  • 20 Dec 1915: NOTICE FOR ADMINISTRATION.
    In the Supreme Court of New South Wales Probate Jurisdiction. In the Estate of DAVID JOHN O'SHEA, late of Nuable Creek, near Narrabri West, in the State of New South Wales farmer, deceased.
    APPLICATION will be made after fourteen days from the publication hereof, that administration of the Estate of the abovenamed deceased may be to PUBLIC TRUSTEE; and all persons having claims against the said Estate must render same in detail to the undersigned, on or before the Sixteenth day of January, 1916.
    T. W. GARRETT, Public Trustee Sydney9

Citations

  1. [S26] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Births) (online) "#B36327/1842 (par John OSHEA & Serah FITZGERALD) - as David OSHEA, Birth registered at Melbourne, Australia
    #B134/1842 (par John OSHEA & Susannah FITZGERALD) - as David OSHEA, Birth registered at Melbourne, Australia."
  2. [S35] Probate Records, PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), 4/609. John Murray, Residence: Hotham, Occupation: Hotel-Keeper, To whom committed: Sarah Murray
    VPRS 28/P0000, 4/609; VPRS 28/P0001, 4/609.
  3. [S34] PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), Civil Case Files (VPRS267)
    Thomas Rosling Thomas Donaldson v David Oshea Sarah Murray
    VPRS 267/P0007, 1874/4234.
  4. [S7] Registry of NSW Births Deaths and Marriages "#D18526/1915 (par John) - as David J O'SHEA. Death registered at Narrabri."
  5. [S80] Ancestry - Family Tree, Ancestry Tree Name: Flesser Family Tree (owner:Colin Flesser 35), Tree ID: 5076462
    Person viewed: David John O'Shea, Birth Date: 25 Mar 1842, Death Date: 24 Nov 1915
    Death place: Nuable Creek, near Narrabri, New South Wales, Australia.
  6. [S16] Newspaper - The Age (Melbourne, Vic.), Tue 12 Sep 1876, p1
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/200235622
  7. [S14] Newspaper - New South Wales Police Gazette, 17 Aug 1904, p326.
  8. [S14] Newspaper - The North Western Courier (Narrabri, NSW), Fri 26 Nov 1915, p4
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/141665328
  9. [S14] Newspaper - The North Western Courier (Narrabri, NSW), Mon 20 Dec 1915, p3
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/135271352
Last Edited23 Feb 2025

Sarah Fitzgerald

F, #28939, b. 1819
Married NameSarah Murray. 
Married NameSarah O'Shea. 
Birth*1819 Limerick, Ireland. 
Marriage* Spouse: John O'Shea. Ireland.
 
(Migrant) Migration/Travel23 Feb 1841 Sailing with John O'Shea, Mary Anne Josephine O'Shea, John Thomas O'Shea, Honora O'Shea to Port Phillip, VIC, Australia. Ship Georgiana sailing from Liverpool
Age 22.1
Marriage*15 Feb 1854 Spouse: John Murray. Brighton, VIC, Australia, #M644/1854, Sarah OSHEA & John MURRAY
John Murray, 35, present and usual address Melbourne, prospector, born County Louth, Ireland, and Sarah O'Shea, 25, born County Limerick, present and usual address Brighton, widow, married on 15 February 1854 at Brighton. Witness MAURICE FEEHAN.
Witnesses: Maurice Feehan.2
Land-Berwick*19 Sep 1854Selection: BER-Crown-A. 160a 0r 0p - consideration L160.3,4,5 
Civil Case*1874 Thomas Rosling Thomas Donaldson v David Oshea Sarah Murray.6 
Land-Berwick*12 Oct 1876 BER-Crown-A. Transfer from Sarah Murray to John Samuel White. 160a 0r 0p.7 

Family

 John O'Shea b. 1801, d. 3 Apr 1852
Children 1.David John O'Shea b. 25 Mar 1842, d. 24 Nov 1915
 2.Edward O'Shea10 b. 7 Jun 1844, d. 4 Jul 1855

Newspaper-Articles

  • 13 Apr 1852: In the goods of John O'Shea, late of the Garram Gam Station, Westernport, in the Colony of Victoria, Stockholder, deceased.
    NOTICE is hereby given to all parties interested, that after the expiration of fourteen days from the date of the publication of this notice, an application will be made to the Supreme Court of the Colony of Victoria, in its Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction, at the City of Melbourne, that letters of Administration of all and singular the goods, chattels, credits and effects, of John O'Shea late of the Garram Gam station, Westernport, in the Colony of Victoria, Stockholder, deceased, be granted to Sarah O'Shea, of the said Garram Gam station, Westernport, widow of the said John O'Shea.
    Dated this Twelfth day of April, A.D. 1852.
    P. A. C. O'FARRFLL, Procter for the said, SARAH O'SHEA. John O'Shea8
  • 12 Sep 1876: NO, 9411.—TRANSFER of LAND STATUTE.—SARAH MURRAY, of the parish of Berwick, county of Mornington, widow, and DAVID O'SHEA, of the same place, farmer, have APPLIED to bring the LAND described at the foot hereof under the above statute, and the Commissioner of Titles has directed notice of the application to be advertised in The Age newspaper, and has appointed fourteen days from such advertisement, after which time the land will be brought under the operation of the statute, unless a caveat shall be lodged forbidding the same.
    Dated the 9th day of September, 1876,
    LAND REFERRED TO: Crown portion A, parish of Berwick, county of Mornington.
    RICHD. GIBBS, Registrar of Titles.
    MALLESON, ENGLAND apd STEWART, Solicitors, John O'Shea, David John O'Shea9

Citations

  1. [S65] Ancestry - various indices, Victoria, Australia, Assisted and Unassisted Passenger Lists, 1839-1923
    Arrived 25 Feb 1841 on "Georgiana"
    John Oshea, Age 33, baker, can read and write. Bounty L19, Sarah Oshea, Age 22, confectioner, can read and write. Bounty L19, John Oshea, Age 7, son, Bounty L10, Mary Ann Oshea, Age 9, Bounty L10. Native Place Cork. Imported by A B Smith & Co
    Also Honora O'Shea, Age 22, nurse, reads. Bounty L19.
  2. [S27] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Marriages) (online) "#M644/1854, Sarah OSHEA & John MURRAY
    John Murray, 35, present and usual address Melbourne, prospector, born County Louth, Ireland, and Sarah O'Shea, 25, present and usual address Brighton, widow, 2 children living, 1 dead. Born County Limerick, Ireland, married on 15 February 1854 at Brighton according to the rites of the Roman Catholic Church by the officiating minister, Rev. P.W. Niall. One of the witnesses was MAURICE FEEHAN. Parents Mortimer Murray and Bridget Goodwin?, Henry Fitzgerald and Margaret McHugh/McNight?
    (transcribed gsibs on ancestry)."
  3. [S81] Land Records & Parish Maps ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria). Crown Land Sales - VPRS 11866/P0001, Book E, Country Land, 07 May 1851 - 04 May 1854; Pre-Emptive, 14 Nov 1853 - 09 Jan 1856.
    Folio P209. Sarah O'Shea, Berwick Parish (Pre-Emptive). Section A. 160a 0r 0p. Date of Deed 19 Sep 1854. Sent to R.O. 26 Sep 1854. Sent to Treasurer 29 Sep 1854. Reg Book No 30 Page 239.
  4. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 877-371 - Sarah Murray of the parish of Berwick in the County of Mornington Widow
    A mortgage in fee with power of sale dated the thirteenth day of August one thousand eight hundred and seventy four and registered Book two hundred and forty two Number twenty eight from Sarah Murray and David O'Shea to Edward England James Vaughan Bentley and Alfred Brooks Malleson to secure five hundred pounds and interest.
  5. [S81] Land Records & Parish Maps ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria). AP 9411 - C/T 877-371.
  6. [S34] PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), Civil Case Files (VPRS267)
    Thomas Rosling Thomas Donaldson v David Oshea Sarah Murray
    VPRS 267/P0007, 1874/4234.
  7. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 877-371 - John Samuel White of Church Street in the Town of Emerald Hill County of Bourke Contractor - C/T 899-717
    Encumbrances: A mortgage in fee with power of sale dated the thirteenth day of August one thousand eight hundred and seventy four and registered Book two hundred and forty two Number twenty eight from Sarah Murray and David O'Shea to Edward England James Vaughan Bentley and Alfred Brooks Malleson to secure five hundred pounds and interest.
  8. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), Tue 13 Apr 1852, p3
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/4784333
  9. [S16] Newspaper - The Age (Melbourne, Vic.), Tue 12 Sep 1876, p1
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/200235622
  10. [S28] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Deaths) (online) "#D4501/1855 (Age 10) (par John O'SHEA & Sarah) - as Edward OSHEA. Born Melbourne."
Last Edited27 Jun 2025

John Murray

M, #28940, b. 1812, d. 12 Dec 1863
Probate (Will)* 4/609. John Murray, Residence: Hotham, Occupation: Hotel-Keeper, To whom committed: Sarah Murray. Property does not exceed L288.1 
Birth*1812 Louth, Ireland. 
Marriage*15 Feb 1854 Spouse: Sarah Fitzgerald. Brighton, VIC, Australia, #M644/1854, Sarah OSHEA & John MURRAY
John Murray, 35, present and usual address Melbourne, prospector, born County Louth, Ireland, and Sarah O'Shea, 25, born County Limerick, present and usual address Brighton, widow, married on 15 February 1854 at Brighton. Witness MAURICE FEEHAN.
Witnesses: Maurice Feehan.2
Land-Berwick*7 Jun 1855Selection: BER-Crown-31B. 305a 0r 0p - consideration L1 10s. per acre.3,4 
Death*12 Dec 1863 Flemington, VIC, Australia, #D8958/1863 (Age 51) (par Ulty) - as John MURRAY. Born Lout.5 
Death-Notice*14 Dec 1863 Funeral Notice.
THE Friends of the late Mr. JOHN MURRAY are respectfully invited to follow his remains to the place of interment, Melbourne General Cemetery ; the funeral to move from his late residence, Haymarket Hotel, Flemington-road, THIS DAY (Monday), the 14th inst., at one o'clock p.m.
JOHN DALEY, undertaker, La Trobe and Spring-streets, Melbourne.6 
Death-Notice14 Dec 1863 MURRAY.—On the 12th inst., at his residence, Haymarket Hotel, Flemington road, Mr. John Murray, aged fifty-one years.7 

Grave

  • MGC-RC-Comp-O-No-316, Melbourne General Cemetery, Carlton, VIC, Australia, Sacred to the memory of John MURRAY died 12 Dec 1863, age 51 years.8

Newspaper-Articles

  • 8 Jun 1855: GOVERNMENT LAND SALE. The following allotments of land were disposed of by Messrs. Tennant and Co. on Wednesday. The whole of the Sandridge lots were forfeited by purchasers at a previous sale, and sold on the second occasion at greatly enhanced rates :—COUNTRY LOTS. Berwick. South of Dandenong.
    28, 260a. James Feehan. 1l. 10s. do.
    29, 305a. John Murray. 1l. 10s. do.
    30, 296a 2r 4p. Richard Dowling. 1l. 18s, do. Richard Dowling, James Feehan3
  • 16 Feb 1859: TRUSTEES. The Right Rev, J. A. Goold, the Rev. Patrick Niall, Maurice Feehan, John Murray, and Terence O'Connor, of Roman Catholic school site at Berwick. Terence O'Connor, James Allpius Goold, Maurice Feehan9

Citations

  1. [S35] Probate Records, PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), 4/609. John Murray, Residence: Hotham, Occupation: Hotel-Keeper, To whom committed: Sarah Murray
    VPRS 28/P0000, 4/609; VPRS 28/P0001, 4/609
    (No inventory online. Contains an affidavit by David John O'Shea, in which he states that he is possessed of freehold property in the parish of Berwick not exceeding the value of L576. Also an affidavit by Sarah Murray, widow, in which she states that she is his only next of kin in this colony, and does not know of any others elsewhere).
  2. [S27] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Marriages) (online) "#M644/1854, Sarah OSHEA & John MURRAY
    John Murray, 35, present and usual address Melbourne, prospector, born County Louth, Ireland, and Sarah O'Shea, 25, present and usual address Brighton, widow, 2 children living, 1 dead. Born County Limerick, Ireland, married on 15 February 1854 at Brighton according to the rites of the Roman Catholic Church by the officiating minister, Rev. P.W. Niall. One of the witnesses was MAURICE FEEHAN. Parents Mortimer Murray and Bridget Goodwin?, Henry Fitzgerald and Margaret McHugh/McNight?
    (transcribed gsibs on ancestry)."
  3. [S16] Newspaper - The Age (Melbourne, Vic.), Fri 8 Jun 1855, p5
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/154897476
  4. [S81] Land Records & Parish Maps ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria). Crown Land Sales. VPRS 11866/P0001, Book F, Country Land, 10 May 1854 - 11 Dec 1856; Pre-Emptive, 09 Jan 1856 - 12 Mar 1862
    Folio 364. Date of Sale 7th June 1855, Melbourne. John Murray, Berwick. Lot 29. Allot 31B. 305a 0r 0p. Date of deed 17 Sep 1855. Sent to R.O 29 Sep 1855. Sent to Treasurer 3 Dec 1855. Reg No 54 65.
  5. [S28] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Deaths) (online) "#D8958/1863 (Age 51) (par Ulty) - as John MURRAY. Born Lout."
  6. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), Mon 14 Dec 1863, p8
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/5740914
  7. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), Mon 14 Dec 1863, p4
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/5740879
  8. [S65] Ancestry - various indices, Victoria, Australia, Cemetery Records and Headstone Transcriptions, 1844-1997.
  9. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), Wed 16 Feb 1859, p7
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/7309956
Last Edited8 May 2023

William Sykes

M, #28942, b. 1820, d. 6 Oct 1887
Land-Note* CRAN-46+47. 
Probate (Will)* 36/153. William Sykes, Residence: Dandenong, Occupation: Gentleman, To whom committed: Perpetual Executors And Trustees Association, Date Of Death: 6 Oct 1887, Date Of Grant: 23 Feb 1888.1 
Birth*1820 Lancashire, England.2 
Marriage*Sep 1840 Spouse: Mary Jones. Manchester, Lancashire, England, Sep Q 1840 (Manchester) 20 603. William SYKES & Mary JONES.3
 
Land-Berwick*b 1878Selection: BER-Crown-33. 
Land-Berwick*18 Feb 1878 CRAN-46.47. Transfer from Vernon Rudolf Schalch to William Sykes. A mortgage in fee with power of sale dated twenty-fourth July one thousand eight hundred and seventy seven from the above-named William Sykes to Vernon Rudolf Schalch to secure seven hundred pounds on the twenty third July one thousand eight hundred and eighty one and interest at five pounds per centum per annum payable half yearly.
Memo: The encumbrance notified above has been removed 9th Feb 1881
CRAN-46 = 236 a CRAN-47 = 160 a.4 
Widower28 Mar 1879He became a widower upon the death of his wife Mary Jones.5 
Marriage*1884 Spouse: Anne Kinder. #M1089/1884, William SYKES & Anne KINDER.6
 
Land-Berwick*13 Jan 1885 CRAN-46.47. Transfer from William Sykes to Richard Grice. CRAN-46 = 236 a CRAN-47 = 160 a.7 
Death*6 Oct 1887 At Sea Sea, Sulawesi Tengah, Indonesia on board the "Orient."2 
Death-Notice*19 Nov 1887 Sykes—On 6th October, on board s. Orient and buried at sea in the Mediterranean Ocean, Wm. Sykes, in his 70th year, late of Dandenong, Victoria. An old colonist of 46 years. Deeply regretted.8 

Family

 Mary Jones b. 1819, d. 28 Mar 1879
Children 1.Sarah Sykes+ b. 1848, d. 5 Oct 1899
 2.Mary Sykes+ b. 1850, d. 13 Aug 1873
 3.Thomas Sykes b. 1856

Newspaper-Articles

  • 13 Feb 1869: THURSDAY, MARCH 4. At Mount John, Cranbourne.
    Great Clearing Sale of Farm Produce, Stock, Implements, &c.
    M'CULLOCH, CAMPBELL, and Co. have received instructions from Wm. Sykes, Esq., to SELL by AUCTION, at his farm, Mount John, Cranbourne, 10 miles from Dandenong, on the Pound-road, on Thursday, 4th March, at eleven o'clock,
    The whole of his farm produce, stock, &c, comprising
    1 stack rye-grass hay, from 25 to 30 tons
    1 do prime oaten straw, about 25 do
    1 do wheaten do, about 15 do
    500 bushels prime clean Tartarian oats, fit for seed
    A few bags Cape barley, some tares and peas
    15 tons prime eating potatoes, 5 tons seed potatoes
    8 acres growing mangolds, in lots to suit purchasers
    40 head quiet well-bred cows, in full milk and springing
    30 do do heifers, from two to three years old, all in calf
    10 yearling heifers, 2 first-class well-bred bulls
    Team of 6 first-class staunch bullocks, with dray and gear
    6 heavy draught mares, In foal by Marquis
    2 draught horses, thoroughly staunch
    2 saddle hacks
    7 heavy draught colts and fillies
    1 thoroughbred filly, by Touchstone
    2 breeding sows, 6 store pigs
    1 hay dray, 1 farm dray, 1 plough by Barrowman
    1 pair harrows, 1 roller, 2 grubbers
    Several lots sundries
    The whole for positive sale, in consequence of Mr. Sykes giving up farming and putting sheep on the run.
    Also, The celebrated champion entire colt Marquis, three years old.
    Mr. Sykes' stock is so well known that comment from the auctioneers is unnecessary.
    Luncheon Provided.9
  • 31 Jan 1878: TRANSFER of LAND STATUTE.-No. 10,595. WILLIAM SYKES, of Mount John, in the parish of Cranbourne, in the county of Mornington, farmer, has applied to bring the land described at the foot hereof under the above statute: and the Commissioner of Titles has directed notice of the application to be advertised in "The Argus" newspaper, and his appointed fourteen days from such advertisement after which time the land will be brought under the operation of the statute, unless a caveat shall be lodged forbidding the same
    Dated the 7th day of November, 1877.
    LAND REFERRED TO
    Crown Allotment 33, parish of Berwick, and Crown Allotments 46 and 47, parish of Cranbourne, all in the county of Mornington.
    RICHARD GIBBS Register of Titles
    Jennings and Jennings, 37 Queen-street, Melbourne, solicitors for the applicant.10
  • 6 Aug 1879: FOR SALE. LARGE POTATOES for eating; early kidneys for seed; early pink eyes for seed; blue ones grown from Lancefield seed last year, for seed. Scott's Bone Dust, £7 per ton.
    WM. Sykes, Berwick11

Citations

  1. [S35] Probate Records, PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), Probate and Administration Files (VPRS28)
    36/153. William Sykes, Residence: Dandenong, Occupation: Gentleman, To whom committed: Perpetual Executors And Trustees Association, Date Of Death: 6 Oct 1887, Date Of Grant: 23 Feb 1888
    VPRS 28/P0002, 36/153; VPRS 28/P0000, 36/153; VPRS 7591/P0002, 36/153.
  2. [S80] Ancestry - Family Tree, Ancestry Tree Name: Carroll Family Tree, Tree ID: 3135492
    Person viewed: William Sykes, Birth Date: 1820, Death Date: 6 Oct 1887.
  3. [S9] Free BMD. Index. Online @ https://www.freebmd.org.uk/ "Marriage Sep Q 1840 (Manchester) 20 603. William SYKES & Mary JONES."
  4. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), AP 10595 - C/T 989-774 - William Sykes of Mount JOhn in the Parish of Cranbourne in the County of Mornington Farmer.
    Encumbrances: A mortgage in fee with power of sale dated twenty-fourth July one thousand eight hundred and seventy seven from the above-named William Sykes to Vernon Rudolf Schalch to secure seven hundred pounds on the twenty third July one thousand eight hundred and eighty one and interest at five pounds per centum per annum payable half yearly.
    Memo: The encumbrance notified above has been removed 9th Feb 1881.
  5. [S28] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Deaths) (online) "#D986/1879 (Age 60) (par William J JONES & Mary ) - as Mary SYKES. Born Manchester. Spouse William Sykes."
  6. [S27] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Marriages) (online) "#M1089/1884, William SYKES & Anne KINDER."
  7. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 989-774 - Richard Grice - C/T 1646-100.
  8. [S14] Newspaper - Leader (Melbourne, Vic.), Sat 19 Nov 1887, p40
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/196497908
  9. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), Sat 13 Feb 1869, p2
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/5819242
  10. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), Thu 31 Jan 1878, p3
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/5919395
  11. [S12] Newspaper - South Bourke and Mornington Journal (Richmond, Vic.), Wed 6 Aug 1879, p2
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/70012235
Last Edited2 Jan 2025

John Martin Friedrich Fritzlaff

M, #28943
Marriage*1853 Spouse: Johanna Seiger / Regan. Independent Chapel, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, #M4055/1853, Johanna RIEGA & John Martin Frederic FRITZLAFF.1
 
Land-Berwick*3 Dec 1855Selection: BER-Crown-3 (Lot 3). 151a 1r 38p - divided into separate titles in 1879.2 

Family

 Johanna Seiger / Regan
Children 1.Agnes Amelia Louise Fritzlaff b. 1856, d. 28 Dec 1948
 2.Otto Carl Heinrich Fritzlaff+ b. 1860, d. 27 Jan 1937
 3.Carl Louis August Fritzlaff b. 1862, d. 30 Jun 1936
 4.Emmanuel Jacob Fritzlaff4 b. 1864, d. 1938

Newspaper-Articles

  • 5 Feb 1879: Transfer of LAND STATUTE.—No 12 164.—JOHN MARTIN FRIEDRICH FRITZLAFF, of Harkaway, in the county of Mornington, farmer, has applied to bring the land described at the foot hereof under the above statute, and the Commissioner of Titles has directed notice of the application to be advertised in "The Argus" newspaper, and has appointed fourteen days from such advertisement after which time the land will be brought under the operation of the statute, unless a caveat shall be lodged forbidding the same.
    Dated 9th day of January, 1879
    LAND REFERRED To
    A rectangular piece of land, part of Crown Allotment 3, of Section 3, parish of Berwick, county of Mornington, 1950 links to the north side of a Government road by 3900 links, and abutting on Crown Allotment 4.
    RICHD GIBBS, Registrar of Titles3

Citations

  1. [S27] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Marriages) (online) "#M4055/1853, Johanna RIEGA & John Martin Frederic FRITZLAFF, Marriage registered at Independent Chapel Melbourne, Australia."
  2. [S81] Land Records & Parish Maps ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria). Crown Land Sales. VPRS 11866/P0001, Book F, Country Land, 10 May 1854 - 11 Dec 1856; Pre-Emptive, 09 Jan 1856 - 12 Mar 1862
    Folio 438. Date of Sale 3 Dec 1855, Melbourne. William Wiese & John Martin Friedrich Fritzlaff, Berwick. Lot 32. Allot 3-3. 151a 1r 38p. Date of deed 3 Apr 1856. Sent to R.O 18 Apr 1856. Sent to Treasurer 8 May 1856. Reg No 65 91.
  3. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), Wed 5 Feb 1879, p3
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/5931074
  4. [S26] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Births) (online) "#B20130/1864 (par John FRITZLAFF & Johanna RIEGER) - as Emannuel Jacob FRITZLAFF, Birth registered at Berw, Australia."
Last Edited9 Aug 2025

William Wiese

M, #28944
Land-Berwick*3 Dec 1855Selection: BER-Crown-3 (Lot 3). 151a 1r 38p - divided into separate titles in 1879.1 

Newspaper-Articles

  • 5 Feb 1879: TRANSFER of LAND STATUTE-No 12,165.—WILHELM WIESE, of Harkaway, in the county of Mornington, farmer, has applied to bring the land described at the foot hereof under the above statute , and the Commissioner of Titles has directed notice of the application to be advertised in "The Argus newspaper, and has appointed fourteen days from such advertisement after which time the land will be brought under the operation of the statute, unless a caveat shall be lodged forbidding the same.
    Dated the 9th day of January, 1879.
    LAND REFERRED TO.
    part of Crown Allotment 3 of Section 3, parish of Berwick, county of Mornington, commencing at the northeast corner of the said allotment, thence by a Government road south 26 degrees 50 minutes East 346 links, by a curved line 422 links, and south 3186 links, thence west by another Government road 1950 links, and thence north 3900 links to the commencing point
    RICHD GIBBS, Registrar of Titles2

Citations

  1. [S81] Land Records & Parish Maps ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria). Crown Land Sales. VPRS 11866/P0001, Book F, Country Land, 10 May 1854 - 11 Dec 1856; Pre-Emptive, 09 Jan 1856 - 12 Mar 1862
    Folio 438. Date of Sale 3 Dec 1855, Melbourne. William Wiese & John Martin Friedrich Fritzlaff, Berwick. Lot 32. Allot 3-3. 151a 1r 38p. Date of deed 3 Apr 1856. Sent to R.O 18 Apr 1856. Sent to Treasurer 8 May 1856. Reg No 65 91.
  2. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), Wed 5 Feb 1879, p3
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/5931074
Last Edited8 May 2023

James Kelly

M, #28945, b. 1830, d. 8 Nov 1895
Father*James Kelly
Mother*Ann Greer1 d. 1862
Probate (Will)* 59/867. James Kelly, Residence: Narre Warren, Occupation: Gent, Date Of Death: 8 Nov 1895, Date Of Grant: 1 Feb 1896 - At the time of his death James Kelly owned 160a of BER-Crown 13, where he lived; Allotment 2 of Section 1 (154a 3r 28p) and Allotment 4 of Section 3 (151a 2r 5p), and various properties in other locations.2 
Birth*1830 
Marriage* Spouse: Mary Ann Kelly.
 
Land-Berwick* BER-Crown-13 (part). Transfer from an unknown person to James Kelly. 
Widower2 May 1891He became a widower upon the death of his wife Mary Ann Kelly.3 
Land-Berwick*1894 BER-Crown-1 (Lot 2). Transfer from an unknown person to James Kelly. 156a 2r 6p - owner in the 1890s, perhaps earlier.4 
Land-Berwick* BER-Crown-3 (Lot 4). Transfer from Charles Cochran to James Kelly. 151a 2r 5p - this property is owned by James Kelly in 1895 when he died. 
Death*8 Nov 1895 Berwick, VIC, Australia, #D12244/1895 (Age 65) (par Jas KELLY & Marian GREER) - as Jas KELLY.5 
Death-Notice*9 Nov 1895 KELLY.—On the 8th inst., Florence-villa, Narre Warren, James, beloved father of Robert J. and Florence E. Kelly, aged 65 years.
FUNERAL NOTICE.
KELLY.—Friends of the late JAMES KELLY are respectfully requested to follow his remains to the place of interment, Berwick Cemetery.
Funeral to leave his late residence, Florence-villa, Narre Warren, on Sunday, 10th inst., at 3 p.m.
JOHN GRANT, Undertaker, Berwick.6 

Grave

  • 4-715 / 4-715-A, Berwick Cemetery, Berwick, VIC, Australia, Girvin Greer Kelly 1866 infant son/ Mary Ann & James
    Mary Ann Kelly 1891 63 wife/ James, mother/ Dorothea, William, Girvin
    William Spencer Kelly 1874 12 son/ Mary Ann & James
    James Kelly 1895 65 hus/ Mary Ann, f/ Dorothea, William, Girvin
    Ann Kelly 1862 66 mother/ James
    Dorothea Ann Kelly 1872 17 dau/ Mary Ann & James7

Family

 Mary Ann Kelly b. 1828, d. 2 May 1891
Children 1.Dorothea Ann Kelly13 b. 1855, d. 1872
 2.Robert James Kelly b. 1857, d. 26 Dec 1937
 3.William Spencer Kelly14 b. 1862, d. 1874
 4.Girvin Greer Kelly15 b. 1866, d. 1866
 5.Florence Emmeline Kelly16 b. 1868, d. 25 Dec 1956

Newspaper-Articles

  • 29 Oct 1879: NO. 12,878.— TRANSFER of LAND STATUTE.—JAMES KELLY, of Harkaway, in the county of Mornington, farmer, has APPLIED to bring the land described at the foot hereof under the above statute, and the Commissioner of Titles has directed notice of the application to be advertised in The Age newspaper, and has appointed 14 days from such advertisement, after which time the land will be brought under the operation of the statute, unless a caveat shall be lodged, forbidding the same.
    Dated 21st day of October, 1879.
    LAND REFERRED TO:
    A rectangular piece of land, part of crown section 13, parish of Berwick, county of Moruington, 4000 links to the north side of a Government road by 4000 links, and having another Government road on the west.
    RICHD. GIBBS, Registrar of Titles.8
  • 25 Apr 1894: A fire occurred at Narree Warren on Sunday night last, by which the outbuildngs of Mr. James Kelly's residence were destroyed. It appears that Mr. Kelly left home about half-past six, leaving Patrick Kileen in charge of the premises. Kileen went to his room to read, and fell asleep; leaving the candle burning; he awoke to find his clothes on fire. He was badly burnt about the body and limbs. Dr. A. Bennie was called in. After doing all in his power to relieve the sufferer he recommended his removal to the Melbourne Hospital, whither Constable Roberts took him on Monday. The damage to the outbuildings is assessed at about £40.9
  • 22 May 1894: BURNED TO DEATH.
    On 22nd April a laborer named Patrick Killen slept in the barn on Mr. Kelly's farm at Narre Warren. Killen was under the influence of liquor, and during the night managed to set fire to the barn. When the fire was observed Killen was at once removed, and as he was severely burned he was sent to the Melbourne Hospital. Every attention was paid to him in the hospital, but he gradually weakened, and died on Saturday. An inquest was held yesterday by Dr. Youl, the City Coroner, and the jury returned a verdict that the deceased died from the effects of burns accidentally received.10,11
  • 13 Nov 1895: The death is announced of Mr. James Kelly, an old resident of Narree Warren. Deceased was buried on Sunday; a large number of friends joining in the cortege.12

Citations

  1. [S28] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Deaths) (online) "#D3771/1862 (Age 66) (par Robert GREER & unknown) - as Ann KELLY. Born Irel."
  2. [S35] Probate Records, PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), Probate and Administration Files (VPRS28) / Wills (VPRS7591)
    59/867. James Kelly, Residence: Narre Warren, Occupation: Gent, Date Of Death: 8 Nov 1895, Date Of Grant: 1 Feb 1896
    VPRS 28/P0000, 59/867; VPRS 28/P0002, 59/867; VPRS 7591/P0002, 59/867.
  3. [S28] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Deaths) (online) "#D5060/1891 (Age 63) (par Robt KELLY & Anne) - as Mary Anne KELLY, Death registered at Berwick, Australia."
  4. [S66] Berwick Shire Rates, 1870-1965 paid rates for part CA13 and CA1 (Lot 2).
  5. [S28] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Deaths) (online) "#D12244/1895 (Age 65) (par Jas KELLY & Marian GREER) - as Jas KELLY, Death registered at Berwick, Australia."
  6. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), Sat 9 Nov 1895, p4
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/8880271
  7. [S44] Index of burials in the cemetery of Berwick,
    4-715 Kelly - F 01/01/1868 8
    4-715 Kelly - F 63 04/05/1891 233
    4-715 Kelly William S. M 11 08/03/1874 35
    4-715-A Kelly James M 65 10/11/1895 287
    4-715-A Kelly Jemima F 4/06/1910 469.
  8. [S16] Newspaper - The Age (Melbourne, Vic.), Wed 29 Oct 1879, p1
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/199371262
  9. [S12] Newspaper - South Bourke and Mornington Journal (Richmond, Vic.), Wed 25 Apr 1894, p2
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/70033186
  10. [S16] Newspaper - The Age (Melbourne, Vic.), Tue 22 May 1894, p6
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/197475353
  11. [S28] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Deaths) (online) "#D6748/1894 (Age 48) (par Patk KILLEN & Ann CRANGLE) - as Patk KILLEN, Death registered at Melb E Hosp, Australia."
  12. [S12] Newspaper - South Bourke and Mornington Journal (Richmond, Vic.), Wed 13 Nov 1895, p2
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/70035155
  13. [S28] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Deaths) (online) "#D2435/1872 (Age 17) (par James KELLY & Mary Ann KELLY) - as Dorothea Ann KELLY. Born Coll."
  14. [S28] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Deaths) (online) "#D426/1874 (Age 11) (par James KELLY & Mary Ann KELLY) - as William Spencer KELLY. Born Brew."
  15. [S26] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Births) (online) "#B806/1866 (par James KELLY & Mary Ann KELLY) - as Girvine Greer KELLY, Birth registered at Berwick, Australia."
  16. [S26] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Births) (online) "#B14414/1868 (par James KELLY & Mary Ann KELLY) - as Florence Emmeline KELLY, Birth registered at Berwick, Australia."
Last Edited27 Dec 2024

John Edward Deeble

M, #28948, d. 1904
Marriage*1860 #M4123/1860, John Edward DEEBLE & Mary Tracey KIDD.1
 
Land-Berwick*26 Oct 1885 BER-Crown 8 (part). Transfer from Peter Rumph to John Edward Deeble. 96a - 5200 links northern boundary, thence southerly 2000 links, thence westerly 4825 links, thence northerly 800 links, thence westerly 375 links, thence northerly 1200 links to the commencing point.2 
Death*1904 Murrumbeena, VIC, Australia, #D13508/1904 (Age 69) (par Jno DEEBLE & Jennefer CHARK) - as Jno Edwd DEEBLE.3 

Newspaper-Articles

  • 25 Nov 1885: No. 20,558. TRANSFER of LAND STATUTE.
    JOHN EDWARD DEEBLE, af Montague street, South Melbourne, County of Bourke, Hotelkeeper, has applied to bring the land described at the foot hereof under the above Statute; and the Commissioner of Titles has directed notice of the application to be advertised in the "South Bourke and Mornington Journal" newspaper, and has appointed fourteen days from such advertisement, after which time the land will be brought under the operation of the Statute; unless a caveat shall be lodged forbidding the same.
    Dated 16th day of November, 1885.
    LAND REFERRED TO.
    Part of Crown Section 8, Parish of Berwick; County of Mornington, commencing on the west side of a Government road 2,000 links south from the north-east corner of the said section, thence west 5,200 links, south along a road 1,200 links, east 375 links, south 800 links, east 4825 links, and north along a Government road 2,000 links to the commencing point.
    H. C. A. HARRISON, Assistant Registrar of Titles.
    R. Haden Smith, 481 Temple Court, Melbourne, solicitor for applicant.4

Citations

  1. [S27] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Marriages) (online) "#M4123/1860, John Edward DEEBLE & Mary Tracey KIDD."
  2. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), Application 20558.
  3. [S28] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Deaths) (online) "#D13508/1904 (Age 69) (par Jno DEEBLE & Jennefer CHARK) - as Jno Edwd DEEBLE, Death registered at Mbeena, Australia."
  4. [S12] Newspaper - South Bourke and Mornington Journal (Richmond, Vic.), Wed 25 Nov 1885, p3
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/70391392
Last Edited24 Jun 2025

James Charles Anderson

M, #28949
Land-Note*1887 BER-Crown-4 (part). 

Newspaper-Articles

  • 17 Sep 1887: NO. 23,101.—TRANSFER of LAND STATUTE. AMENDED NOTICE.
    James Charles ANDERSON, of Harkaway, near Berwick in the county of Mornington, gentleman, has APPLIED to bring the Land described at the foot hereof under the above statute; and the Commissioner of Titles has directed notice of the application to be advertised in the Age newspaper, and has appointed fourteen days from such advertisement, after which time the land will be brought under the operation of the statute unless a caveat shall be lodged forbidding the same.
    Dated 15th day of September, 1887,
    LAND REFERRED TO.
    Part of Crown section 4, parish of Berwick, county of Mornington, commencing at the north-west corner of the portion, thence east along the parish boundary 2000 links, and easterly 1551½ links, southerly 400 links and 1697 links westerly along a road 1686 links.
    800 links and 1319 links north-easterly along a Government road 198 links, northerly by a curve of 1000 links radius 500 links and northerly 1430 links to the commencing point, together with a right of carriage way over the road on the south.
    H. C. A. HARRISON, Deputy Registrar of Titles,
    SETON GORDON WILLIAMS, 8 Nicholson's-Chambers, Swanston-street, Melbourne, Solicitor for the applicant.1

Citations

  1. [S16] Newspaper - The Age (Melbourne, Vic.), Sat 17 Sep 1887, p15
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/197158736
Last Edited14 Feb 2023

George Anderson

M, #28950

Newspaper-Articles

  • 16 Nov 1887: NO. 23.271.—TRANSFER OF LAND STATUTE—The BANK of VICTORIA, by its attorney William Meudell, of Melbourne in the County of Bourke, manager of the said Bank, has applied to bring the land described at the foot hereof under the above Statute, and the Commissioner of Titles has directed notice of the application to be advertised in "The Herald" newspaper and has appointed fourteen day from such advertisement, after which time the land will be brought under the operation of the Statute, unless a caveat shall be lodged forbidding the same.
    Dated the 24th day of October, 1887.
    LAND REFERRED TO
    Part of Crown Portion 8, parish of Berwick, county of Mornington : Commencing on the south side of a Government road 1275 links west from the north-east corner of the portion ; thence southerly 1025 links, westerly 400 links, northerly 1027 links, and east along the above Government road 405 ½ links west to the commencing point. Granting this application will effect land comprised in Certificate of Title Volume 1596, folio 319,138, now in the name of George Anderson, or cause a certificate of title to issue inconsistent with such certificate to the extent shown by a plan now posted at the Office of Titles, bearing the number of this application.
    H. C. A. HARRISON, Deputy Registrar of Titles.
    MOULE and SEDDON, 21 Market street, Melbourne, solicitors for the applicant. The Bank of Victoria1

Citations

  1. [S14] Newspaper - The Herald (Melbourne, Vic.), Wed 16 Nov 1887, p1
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/241432747
Last Edited27 May 2024
 

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