Rosalia Matilda Smith

F, #8041, b. 1 Sep 1868, d. 5 Jun 1927
Father*Hervey Shakespear Smith b. Sep 1847, d. 31 Oct 1893
Mother*Matilda Emma Frances Searle b. Sep 1846, d. 30 Mar 1884
Birth*1 Sep 1868 Islington, London, England, Dec Q [Clerkenwell] 1b 666.1,2 
(Migrant) Migration/Travel15 Feb 1890 Sailing with Hervey Shakespear Smith, Hervey Percival Smith, Frederick Shakespear Smith, Ernest Bacon Smith, Alexander Beauchamp Smith, Emma Annie Smith, Agnes Clementia Smith, Victoria Alice Smith, Marion Frances 'Queenie' Smith, Florence Mehetabel Smith to Melbourne, VIC, Australia. Ship S.S. Salier sailing from Southampton.
They sailed together with Mr James Smith, a merchant aged 52 and his wife aged 45, and their son Vernon aged 16.
Age 21 (as Rosa.)3
Death*5 Jun 1927 Rambabai Mukti Mission, India.1 
Death-Notice*9 Jun 1927 SMITH.—On the 5th June, at Mukti, India, Rosalia Matilda Smith. With Christ which is far better.4 

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

DateAddressOccupation and other people at same address
2 Apr 18716 Boughton Street, Worcester, Worcestershire, England(Head of Household) Hervey Shakespear Smith;
Age 2
Member(s) of Household: Matilda Emma Frances Searle Hervey Percival Smith5
3 Apr 1881Elm Grove, St John Bedwardine, Worcester, Worcestershire, England(Head of Household) Hervey Shakespear Smith;
Age 12
Member(s) of Household: Matilda Emma Frances Smith, Agnes Clementia Smith, Hervey Percival Smith, Emma Annie Smith, Frederick Shakespear Smith, Ernest Bacon Smith, Victoria Alice Smith, Florence Mehetabel Smith6

Citations

  1. [S80] Ancestry - Family Tree, Searle Family Tree: Owner: tonysearleuk.
  2. [S9] Free BMD. Index. Online @ https://www.freebmd.org.uk/.
  3. [S36] Inward & outward passenger lists to and from Victoria. Series: (VPRS 14; 7666; 7667; 7786); PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), Ancestry.com. Victoria, Australia, Assisted and Unassisted Passenger Lists, 1839-1923.
  4. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), 9 Jun 1927, p1.
  5. [S83] UK census - viewed on Ancestry "1871 Census Class: RG10; Piece: 3047; Folio: 68; Page: 33; GSU roll: 838876."
  6. [S83] UK census - viewed on Ancestry "1881 census: RG11 2913/76 p48."
Last Edited15 Jan 2019

Hervey Percival Smith

M, #8042, b. 2 Dec 1869, d. 27 Dec 1947
Father*Hervey Shakespear Smith b. Sep 1847, d. 31 Oct 1893
Mother*Matilda Emma Frances Searle b. Sep 1846, d. 30 Mar 1884
Birth*2 Dec 1869 Islington, London, England, Mar Q (1870) [Shoreditch] 1c 102.1,2 
(Migrant) Migration/Travel15 Feb 1890 Sailing with Hervey Shakespear Smith, Frederick Shakespear Smith, Ernest Bacon Smith, Alexander Beauchamp Smith, Rosalia Matilda Smith, Emma Annie Smith, Agnes Clementia Smith, Victoria Alice Smith, Marion Frances 'Queenie' Smith, Florence Mehetabel Smith to Melbourne, VIC, Australia. Ship S.S. Salier sailing from Southampton.
They sailed together with Mr James Smith, a merchant aged 52 and his wife aged 45, and their son Vernon aged 16.
Age 20.3
Marriage*17 Nov 1911 Spouse: Nettie Florence Greenwood. Melbourne, VIC, Australia, #M10627.4
 
Marriage-Notice*21 Dec 1911 SMITH—GREENWOOD.—On the 17th November, 1911, at Melbourne, by the Rev. F. C. Spurr, Hervey Perceval, eldest son of the late Hervey Shakespear Smith, of Melbourne, to Nettie Florence, only daughter of John Greenwood, of Melbourne.5 
Widower3 Mar 1935Hervey Percival Smith became a widower upon the death of his wife Nettie Florence Greenwood.6,7 
Marriage*1936 Spouse: Sarah Ann Furniss. VIC, Australia, #M7154/1936.8
 
Death*27 Dec 1947 Surrey Hills, VIC, Australia, #D316/1948 (Age 78.)6,2 
Death-Notice*29 Dec 1947 SMITH. — On December 27, at private hospital, Hervey Perceval, dearly loved husband of Sarah Ann (Nell) Smith, of Hallel, Percy street, Mitcham loving brother of Emma, Agnes (Mrs. Menzel), Fred, Ernest, Alice, Queenie (Mrs. Wintle), Alex, brother-in-law of Amy, Elsa, and Marion, aged 78 years. —Thanks be unto God, which always causes us to triumph in Christ.
SMITH. — In loving remembrance of our dear uncle, Percy. (Tillie, Laurie, and Noel )
SMITH.—On December 27, at Mosgiel private hospital, Hervey Perceval Smith, honorary secretary and founder of the Upwey Convention. —A prince and a great man is fallen this day in Israel. (Inserted by the Convention Council.)9 
Death-Notice30 Dec 1947 SMITH.—In remembrance of Mr. H. P. Smith, our loved managing director, called home December 27.
Jesus triumphant when the spirit wings
Upward and heavenward to the King of kings;
And through the last great triumph of Thy grace
Triumphant saints shall see Thee face to face.
—Inserted by the staff of Keswick Book Depot Pty. Ltd.
SMITH.—A tribute to the memory of H. P. Smith, loved President of the Worldwide Evangelisation Crusade, Melbourne Council. His servants shall serve Him and they shall see His face.10 

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

DateAddressOccupation and other people at same address
2 Apr 18716 Boughton Street, Worcester, Worcestershire, England(Head of Household) Hervey Shakespear Smith;
Age 1
Member(s) of Household: Matilda Emma Frances Searle Rosalia Matilda Smith11
3 Apr 1881Elm Grove, St John Bedwardine, Worcester, Worcestershire, England(Head of Household) Hervey Shakespear Smith;
Age 11
Member(s) of Household: Matilda Emma Frances Smith, Agnes Clementia Smith, Rosalia Matilda Smith, Emma Annie Smith, Frederick Shakespear Smith, Ernest Bacon Smith, Victoria Alice Smith, Florence Mehetabel Smith12
1914547 Collins Street, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaOccupation: manager. With Nettie Florence Smith, Emma Annie Smith, Alexander Beauchamp Smith, Agnes Clementia Smith, Marion Frances 'Queenie' Smith, Victoria Alice Smith.13

Grave

  • B-NS-0132, Box Hill Cemetery, Box Hill, VIC, Australia14

Newspaper-Articles

  • 28 Jul 1888: THE FEDERAL COFFEE PALACE.
    A banquet was given yesterday at the Federal Coffee Palace to celebrate the opening of the establishment. Mr. John Nimmo presided, and he was supported by the Mayor of Melbourne and Messrs. L. L. Smith, E. L. Zox, J. Mirams, and J. Laurens, M. L. A's. There were about 120 guests present including a number of ladies. After an excellent menu had been gone through, the usual loyal toasts were drunk. Mr. Nimmo responded to the toast of "The Ministry" and Mr L. L. Smith to that of "The Parliament."
    Mr. L. L. Smith spoke in eulogistic terms of the way in which the building had been completed and furnished. It was superior, in his opinion, to anything of the kind in Europe or America, not excepting the "Palace" at San Francisco. Mr. E. L. Zox responded for "The Palace and Kindred Institutions," and Mr. J. Mirams, speaking in the same connection, said that his predictions three years ago as to the increasing value of sites in the western portion of the city had been more than fulfilled by the result. The land upon which the palace stood had trebled in value during the last three years. The land was now worth £150,000, and with the building and furniture, which might be valued at £100,000, gave the shareholders ample security for their money. He was glad that they had secured the services of such a capable manager as Mr. George Cohen. The coffee palace has been furnished by Messrs. W. H. Rocke and Co., who have interpreted their carte blanche in a spirit of elegant taste and luxurious completeness. Five floors have already been furnished and will accommodate 350 guests. The building will be open to the public on Monday, and it is expected that it will be completed within six weeks. Louis Lawrence Smith15
  • 27 Dec 1902: FEDERAL PALACE HOTEL, MELBOURNE.
    Largest Hotel in Australasia.
    Handy to Boat, Train and Centre of City.
    Write for Card of Tariff.
    H. PERCEVAL SMITH. Manager.16
  • 20 Mar 1945: COMPANIES ACT 1938.—NOTICE OF INTENTION TO APPLY FOR A CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF A COMPANY BY THE NAME OF KESWICK BOOK DEPOT PROPRIETARY LIMITED.—Pursuant to Section 26 (8) (a) (11).—The particulars of the company are as follows:—
    1. The name, address, and description of the promoter is Hervey Perceval Smith, 315 Collins street, Melbourne, bookseller.
    2. The names, addresses, and description of the proposed directors are:—Hervey Perceval Smith, 315 Collins street, Melbourne, bookseller; Sarah Ann Smith, 67 Percy street, Mitcham, married woman; William LePlastier Wright, 25 Grandview grove, Armadale, sworn valuator; Eunice Irene Gray, 41 Chaucer street, Canterbury, Manageress; Alexander Beauchamp Smith, Warburton road, East Camberwell, cashier and bookkeeper.
    3. The proposed situation of the registered office of the company is: 315 Collins street, Melbourne.
    4. The particulars of the business and assets proposed to be transferred to or acquired by the company and the names, addresses, and descriptions of the vendors to the company are as follows:—
    (a) The business of a book seller at present carried on by Hervey Perceval Smith, under the style or firm name of "Keswick Book Depot," together with the property and assets used in connection therewith,
    (b) The amount paid or payable as purchase consideration in cash, shares, and or debentures for such business and assets as aforesaid, including goodwill, is £3040.
    (c) The amount paid or payable as purchase consideration for goodwill thereof is: Nil.
    5. The total amount of liabilities to be taken over by the company is as follows:—
    (a) Secured, nil;
    (b) unsecured, £775/12/6, making a total of £775/12/6.
    I, Hervey Perceval Smith, of 315 Collins street, Melbourne, hereby give you notice that I will, on the twenty-third day of April, 1945, APPLY to the Registrar-General to REGISTER the COMPANY above described under the provisions of the Companies Act 1938, in accordance with the Memorandum and Articles of Association, lodged herewith, and I hereby direct that notice of any caveat which may be entered against such registration may be posted, addressed as follows:-Mccracken & Mccracken, solicitors, 317 Collins street, Melbourne. Dated this 16th day of March, 1945. H. P Smith. Lodged at the office of the Registrar-General this nineteenth day of March, 1945. J. QUINLIVAN, Deputy Registrar-General. Sarah Ann Smith17
  • 20 Mar 1947: UPWEY CONVENTION TO FIND NEW SITE
    Increasing population and the urgent need for substantial areas for physical education in a community where there were two schools, compelled the Education Department to acquire the area of land used for the last 16 years by the Upwey convention, Mr Field, Minister for Education, told members of a protest deputation yesterday.
    The convention represented a cross section of the organic unity in Protestant churches. Rev H. M. Arrowsmith, vicar of St Johns' C of E, Toorak, said, and had played an important part in restoring a return to faith, which was essential when there were so many disturbing signs of paganism.
    Mr Field said that the department's plan the community had to be considered, as it catered for education throughout the year, and as the convention was of two weeks' duration only, he hoped suitable surroundings in the locality could be found.18
  • 29 Dec 1947: OBITUARY - MR HERVEY P. SMITH
    Hervey Perceval Smith, managing director of the Keswick Book Depot Pty Ltd, of 315 Collins st, city, and a director of the Star Bowkett Building Society, died on Saturday at a private hospital in Surrey Hills.
    He had been attending the Upwey inter-denominational religious convention, which he founded 30 years ago, and of which he was secretary.
    Mr Smith took a great interest in missionary activities and was on many mission councils. For 30 years he was manager of the Federal Coffee Palace, a position which he resigned in 1923 when the directorate obtained a liquor licence. His wife survives him.
    The funeral will take place on Tuesday at the Box Hill Cemetery, leaving his residence, 67 Percy st, Mitcham, at 2.30pm.19
  • 9 Sep 1949: WANTED, Christmas Fortnight for visitors attending Upwey Convention, furnished houses, flats, or board Write Convention Secretary c/o Keswick Book Depot, 315 Collins St., Melbourne.20
  • 23 Dec 1949: 3000 Expected At Upwey Convention
    ABOUT 3000 persons are expected at the annual Upwey Convention to be held for the last time on the convention-ground in Collier Avenue, Upwey, from December 24 to January 2.
    The site has now been acquired for school extensions. The convention council recently bought a site on the old golf links at Belgrave Heights. Future conventions will be held there. The convention is a counterpart of the famous Keswick convention held every year in the beautiful Lakes district of Cumberland, England.
    It was founded in 1918 by the late Mr H. B. Smith, hon. secretary for 30 years. At first, annual Bible readings were attended by about 100 persons in the little Union church at Upwey. These were conducted by Rev. C. H. Nash first principle of Melbourne Bible Institute.
    The attendance grew rapidly until eventually the council bought the present site of 71 acres, and erected a permanent auditorium to seat 1450. Members of all Protestant denominations attend these conventions. The primary purpose is to give Scriptural teachings.
    On the two Sundays the local Union Church unites with the convention. The Sunday evening meetings are evangelistic.
    INFLUENCE A long list of speakers includes some from overseas and inter-State. A new song leader and speaker this year will be Rev. E. H. Watson, of Aberdeen Street, Baptist Church, Geelong.
    The convention has had a very marked influence on the development of this district. The council rents houses, paying as much as £800 a year in rents.
    The house parties are for visitors who are not accommodated in the convention camps or at guest houses.
    There will be six large camps—three on the convention grounds, and the others on private property. One of the features of the convention will be a picnic on the future convention site, on Thursday, December 29. There will also be a children's hour daily with an adventure serial in technicolor, quiz shows, singing and music.
    Rev. E. H. Watson will preach on Sunday evening.21

Citations

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  6. [S5] Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages Death Index Victoria 1921-1985.
  7. [S71] From a copy of a bible page of Queenie Wintle given to me by Barb Nethercote 15 Jan 2019 - mentions the hospital, but no suburb, death notice states Mitcham.
  8. [S27] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Marriages) (online).
  9. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), 29 Dec 1947, p11.
  10. [S16] Newspaper - The Age (Melbourne, Vic.), Tue 30 Dec 1947, p7
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/206059869
  11. [S83] UK census - viewed on Ancestry "1871 Census Class: RG10; Piece: 3047; Folio: 68; Page: 33; GSU roll: 838876."
  12. [S83] UK census - viewed on Ancestry "1881 census: RG11 2913/76 p48."
  13. [S114] Electoral Roll for Australia, 1914.
  14. [S38] Index of burials in the cemetery of Box Hill Cemetery,.
  15. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), 28 Jul 1888, p12.
  16. [S16] Newspaper - The Age (Melbourne, Vic.), Sat 27 Dec 1902, p12
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/187636778
  17. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), Tue 20 Mar 1945, p15
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/1109027
  18. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), Thu 20 Mar 1947, p3
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/22415777
  19. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), 29 Dec 1947, p15.
  20. [S14] Newspaper - Mountain District Free Press (Vic.), Fri 9 Sep 1949, p12
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/254774309
  21. [S14] Newspaper - Mountain District Free Press (Vic.), Fri 23 Dec 1949, p5
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/254779605
Last Edited7 Jun 2020

Ernest Bacon Smith

M, #8043, b. 17 Feb 1875, d. 7 Sep 1954
Father*Hervey Shakespear Smith b. Sep 1847, d. 31 Oct 1893
Mother*Matilda Emma Frances Searle b. Sep 1846, d. 30 Mar 1884
Probate (Will)* Ernest B SMITH Date of grant: 15 Oct 1954; Date of death: 07 Sep 1954; Occupation: Carrier; Residence: Preston.1 
Birth*17 Feb 1875 St Johns, Worcester, Worcestershire, England, Mar Q [Worcester] 6c 306.2,3 
(Migrant) Migration/Travel15 Feb 1890 Sailing with Hervey Shakespear Smith, Hervey Percival Smith, Frederick Shakespear Smith, Alexander Beauchamp Smith, Rosalia Matilda Smith, Emma Annie Smith, Agnes Clementia Smith, Victoria Alice Smith, Marion Frances 'Queenie' Smith, Florence Mehetabel Smith to Melbourne, VIC, Australia. Ship S.S. Salier sailing from Southampton.
They sailed together with Mr James Smith, a merchant aged 52 and his wife aged 45, and their son Vernon aged 16.
Age 16 (as Ernest.)4
Marriage*1903 Spouse: Marion Binnie. VIC, Australia, #M7028.5
 
Widower3 Sep 1954Ernest Bacon Smith became a widower upon the death of his wife Marion Binnie.6 
Death*7 Sep 1954 Fitzroy, VIC, Australia, #D10439 (Age 79.)3,7 

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

DateAddressOccupation and other people at same address
3 Apr 1881Elm Grove, St John Bedwardine, Worcester, Worcestershire, England(Head of Household) Hervey Shakespear Smith;
Age 6
Member(s) of Household: Matilda Emma Frances Smith, Agnes Clementia Smith, Rosalia Matilda Smith, Hervey Percival Smith, Emma Annie Smith, Frederick Shakespear Smith, Victoria Alice Smith, Florence Mehetabel Smith8

Grave

  • BAP - A - 59, Coburg Pine Ridge cemetery, Coburg, VIC, Australia9

Citations

  1. [S35] Probate Records, PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), VPRS 28/ P4 unit 780, item 479/225
    VPRS 7591/ P3 unit 51, item 479/225.
  2. [S9] Free BMD. Index. Online @ https://www.freebmd.org.uk/.
  3. [S80] Ancestry - Family Tree, Searle Family Tree: Owner: tonysearleuk.
  4. [S36] Inward & outward passenger lists to and from Victoria. Series: (VPRS 14; 7666; 7667; 7786); PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), Ancestry.com. Victoria, Australia, Assisted and Unassisted Passenger Lists, 1839-1923.
  5. [S27] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Marriages) (online).
  6. [S28] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Deaths) (online) "Place of birth VICTORIA."
  7. [S28] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Deaths) (online).
  8. [S83] UK census - viewed on Ancestry "1881 census: RG11 2913/76 p48."
  9. [S20] Various indexed records of GSV - Genealogical Society Victoria "GSV Cemetery Database."
Last Edited16 Jan 2019

Victoria Alice Smith

F, #8044, b. 1 Sep 1876, d. 15 Apr 1964
Father*Hervey Shakespear Smith b. Sep 1847, d. 31 Oct 1893
Mother*Matilda Emma Frances Searle b. Sep 1846, d. 30 Mar 1884
Birth*1 Sep 1876 St Johns, Worcester, Worcestershire, England, Dec Q [Worcester] 6c 320.1,2 
(Migrant) Migration/Travel15 Feb 1890 Sailing with Hervey Shakespear Smith, Hervey Percival Smith, Frederick Shakespear Smith, Ernest Bacon Smith, Alexander Beauchamp Smith, Rosalia Matilda Smith, Emma Annie Smith, Agnes Clementia Smith, Marion Frances 'Queenie' Smith, Florence Mehetabel Smith to Melbourne, VIC, Australia. Ship S.S. Salier sailing from Southampton.
They sailed together with Mr James Smith, a merchant aged 52 and his wife aged 45, and their son Vernon aged 16.
Age 13.3
Death*15 Apr 1964 Murrumbeena, VIC, Australia, #D7223 (Age 87) - as SMITH.4 
Death-Notice*16 Apr 1964 SMITH.—On April 15, at Murrumbeena, Victoria Alice, daughter of the late Hervy and Matilda Smith, loved sister of Rosa, Percival, Emma, Agnes, Fred, Ernest, Florence, Queenie, Alex (all deceased). Loving sister-in-law of Amy and Elsa.
Enter thou into the Joy of thy Lord.
SMITH.—On April 15, Victoria Alice for many years a devoted missionary of the Australian Nepalese Mission, which merged with the Regions Beyond Missionary Union. Absent from the body, present with the Lord.
SMITH.—The Funeral of the late Miss VICTORIA ALICE SMITH will leave the Church of Christ corner Warrigal and Willesden roads, Oakleigh, TOMORROW after a service commencing at 10.30 a.m., for the Springvale Cemetery.
LE PINE & SONS PTY LTD.5 

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

DateAddressOccupation and other people at same address
3 Apr 1881Elm Grove, St John Bedwardine, Worcester, Worcestershire, England(Head of Household) Hervey Shakespear Smith;
Age 4
Member(s) of Household: Matilda Emma Frances Smith, Agnes Clementia Smith, Rosalia Matilda Smith, Hervey Percival Smith, Emma Annie Smith, Frederick Shakespear Smith, Ernest Bacon Smith, Florence Mehetabel Smith6
1914547 Collins Street, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaOccupation: home duties. With Hervey Percival Smith and Nettie Florence Smith, Emma Annie Smith, Alexander Beauchamp Smith, Agnes Clementia Smith, Marion Frances 'Queenie' Smith.7
19497 Yeoman Street, Ivanhoe, VIC, AustraliaOccupation: home duties. With Marion Frances 'Queenie' Wintle.8
195429 Warburton Road, Canterbury, VIC, AustraliaOccupation: home duties. With Marion Frances 'Queenie' Wintle.9

Grave

  • Baptist, Compartment A, Section 11, Grave 37, Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Springvale, VIC, Australia10

Newspaper-Articles

  • 27 Jan 1934: Australian Missionaries Safe
    Advice has been received from Motihari (India) that the Rev. J. H. Coombe, Mrs. Coombe, and Miss V. A. Smith, of Melbourne, and Miss D. Dillon, of Adelaide, who were working in conjunction with the Australian Nepalese Mission at Ghorasahan, on the border of Nepal, are safe.
    The mission buildings have been damaged by the earthquake.11
  • 10 Aug 1938: MISSIONER AT GUILDFORD
    Visiting Australia for a few weeks, Miss I. Smith, of the Nepalese Mlission (India) was the guest of the Guildford United Sisters at their last meeting, in Canning's Hall.
    Miss Smith, who with three other missioners carries on work in Nepal, gave an interesting talk on her experiences. After a hearty vote of thanks was accorded the speaker, a collection was taken up for the Nepalese Mission's fund. The Methodist school hall at Guildford has been made available for a lantern lecture by Miss Smith on Friday night.12
  • 13 Sep 1938: A visitor from Nepal tells her story to-night. Illustrated with lantern views.
    Visiting Kataomba at this time isa Miss Alice Smith, who for the past eighteen years has been laboring as a missionary in northern India. Miss Smith is connected with the Australian Nepalese Mission whose first workers went out from Australia over twenty years ago to gain access with the Christian Gospel to the peoples of the closed land of Nepal. While the Nepalese Government still prohibits entrance to the foreigner across the frontier, this mission is established close to its border, where the people may be touched as they pass to and fro from the frontier railway. In one alone some 4,000 Nepalese called at the Mission Dispensary, where they not only received treatment of their ailments, but were told of Him, Who alone can heal their souls diseases. There are over five millions of these fine, brave people, known as the Ghurkas, whose fighting propensities have made them so notable in serving the British Empire in its international wars.
    The Nepalese are intensely religious; innumerable shrines border upon tbe roadways. Yet the darkness and superstition of heathendom still bind these people to practises of cruelty and demon worship. Many of the Nepalese people are longing to know the spiritual liberty that the Lord Jesus Christ alone is able to bring. This evening (Tuesday) in the Katoomba Methodist Church Hall, Miss Alice Smith will he telling the interesting story of work among the people of the border line, illustrated with a number of lantern slides. Everyone is invited to attend. There is no charge for admission.13

Citations

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  7. [S114] Electoral Roll for Australia, 1914.
  8. [S149] Electoral Roll for Australia, 1949.
  9. [S154] Electoral Roll for Australia, 1954.
  10. [S47] Index of burials in the cemetery of Springvale Botanical Cemetery.
  11. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), Sat 27 Jan 1934, p21
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/11733651
  12. [S14] Newspaper - The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate (Parramatta, NSW), Wed 10 Aug 1938, p13
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/104975141
  13. [S14] Newspaper - The Katoomba Daily (NSW), Tue 13 Sep 1938, p2
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/190112854
Last Edited18 Oct 2020

Florence Mehetabel Smith

F, #8045, b. 13 Dec 1877, d. 19 Apr 1921
Father*Hervey Shakespear Smith b. Sep 1847, d. 31 Oct 1893
Mother*Matilda Emma Frances Searle b. Sep 1846, d. 30 Mar 1884
Married NameJarvis. 
Birth*13 Dec 1877 St Johns, Worcester, Worcestershire, England, Mar Q 1878 [Worcester] 6c 322.1,2 
(Migrant) Migration/Travel15 Feb 1890 Sailing with Hervey Shakespear Smith, Hervey Percival Smith, Frederick Shakespear Smith, Ernest Bacon Smith, Alexander Beauchamp Smith, Rosalia Matilda Smith, Emma Annie Smith, Agnes Clementia Smith, Victoria Alice Smith, Marion Frances 'Queenie' Smith to Melbourne, VIC, Australia. Ship S.S. Salier sailing from Southampton.
They sailed together with Mr James Smith, a merchant aged 52 and his wife aged 45, and their son Vernon aged 16.
Age 11.3
Marriage*1912 Spouse: Rev Walter Jarvis. VIC, Australia, #M9690.4
 
Death*19 Apr 1921 QLD, Australia, #D1921/C/2236 - [par Hervey Shakespeare SMITH & Matilda Emma Frances SEARLE] - as Florence Mehetabel JARVIS.5,2 
Death-Notice*20 Apr 1921 FUNERAL NOTICE. The Friends of the REV. MR. W. JARVIS are respectfully invited to attend the FUNERAL of his late WIFE (Florence), which will leave his residence, Guy-street, at 10.30 o'clock THIS DAY for the Warwick Cemetery.
REIMERS BROS. Undertakers.6 

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

DateAddressOccupation and other people at same address
3 Apr 1881Elm Grove, St John Bedwardine, Worcester, Worcestershire, England(Head of Household) Hervey Shakespear Smith;
Age 3
Member(s) of Household: Matilda Emma Frances Smith, Agnes Clementia Smith, Rosalia Matilda Smith, Hervey Percival Smith, Emma Annie Smith, Frederick Shakespear Smith, Ernest Bacon Smith, Victoria Alice Smith7

Citations

  1. [S9] Free BMD. Index. Online @ https://www.freebmd.org.uk/.
  2. [S80] Ancestry - Family Tree, Searle Family Tree: Owner: tonysearleuk.
  3. [S36] Inward & outward passenger lists to and from Victoria. Series: (VPRS 14; 7666; 7667; 7786); PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), Ancestry.com. Victoria, Australia, Assisted and Unassisted Passenger Lists, 1839-1923.
  4. [S3] Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages Edwardian Index Victoria 1902-1913.
  5. [S8] Queensland Government Birth, Death & Marriage Indexes.
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    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/177272824
  7. [S83] UK census - viewed on Ancestry "1881 census: RG11 2913/76 p48."
Last Edited15 Jan 2019

Emma Annie Smith

F, #8049, b. 13 Apr 1871, d. 13 Oct 1951
Father*Hervey Shakespear Smith b. Sep 1847, d. 31 Oct 1893
Mother*Matilda Emma Frances Searle b. Sep 1846, d. 30 Mar 1884
Birth*13 Apr 1871 St Johns, Worcester, Worcestershire, England, Jun Q [Worcester] 6c 297.1,2 
(Migrant) Migration/Travel15 Feb 1890 Sailing with Hervey Shakespear Smith, Hervey Percival Smith, Frederick Shakespear Smith, Ernest Bacon Smith, Alexander Beauchamp Smith, Rosalia Matilda Smith, Agnes Clementia Smith, Victoria Alice Smith, Marion Frances 'Queenie' Smith, Florence Mehetabel Smith to Melbourne, VIC, Australia. Ship S.S. Salier sailing from Southampton.
They sailed together with Mr James Smith, a merchant aged 52 and his wife aged 45, and their son Vernon aged 16.
Age 20.3
Death*13 Oct 1951 29 Warburton Road, Canterbury, VIC, Australia, #D12237 (Age 80) - as SMITH.4,2 
Death-Notice*15 Oct 1951 SMITH.—On October 13, at her home 29 Warburton road, Canterbury, Emma Annie, beloved sister of Agnes (Mrs Menzel), Ernest B, Victoria Alice, Marion Frances (Mrs Wintle) and Alexander B Smith also the late Rosa M, H Percival, Fred S, and Florence (Mrs Jarvis)—At home with the Lord.
SMITH.—On October 13 at 29 Warburton road, Canterbury, Emma Annie, dearly loved aunt of Tillie (Mrs D Warner) greataunt of Noel.—With Christ, which is far better.
SMITH.—The Funeral of the late Miss EMMA ANNIE SMITH will leave the Lewis parlor, 154 Johnson street, Fitzroy, TOMORROW (Tuesday) after service commencing at 10.30 a.m. for the Melbourne Cemetery, Carlton.5 

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

DateAddressOccupation and other people at same address
3 Apr 1881Elm Grove, St John Bedwardine, Worcester, Worcestershire, England(Head of Household) Hervey Shakespear Smith;
Age 9
Member(s) of Household: Matilda Emma Frances Smith, Agnes Clementia Smith, Rosalia Matilda Smith, Hervey Percival Smith, Frederick Shakespear Smith, Ernest Bacon Smith, Victoria Alice Smith, Florence Mehetabel Smith6
1914547 Collins Street, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaOccupation: clerk. With Hervey Percival Smith and Nettie Florence Smith, Alexander Beauchamp Smith, Agnes Clementia Smith, Marion Frances 'Queenie' Smith, Victoria Alice Smith.7

Citations

  1. [S9] Free BMD. Index. Online @ https://www.freebmd.org.uk/.
  2. [S80] Ancestry - Family Tree, Searle Family Tree: Owner: tonysearleuk.
  3. [S36] Inward & outward passenger lists to and from Victoria. Series: (VPRS 14; 7666; 7667; 7786); PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), Ancestry.com. Victoria, Australia, Assisted and Unassisted Passenger Lists, 1839-1923.
  4. [S28] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Deaths) (online).
  5. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), Mon 15 Oct 1951, p16
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/23085952
  6. [S83] UK census - viewed on Ancestry "1881 census: RG11 2913/76 p48."
  7. [S114] Electoral Roll for Australia, 1914.
Last Edited15 Jan 2019

Rev Walter Jarvis

M, #8050
Marriage*1912 Spouse: Florence Mehetabel Smith. VIC, Australia, #M9690.1
 

Citations

  1. [S3] Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages Edwardian Index Victoria 1902-1913.
Last Edited15 Jan 2019

Nettie Florence Greenwood

F, #8051, b. 1879, d. 3 Mar 1935
Married NameSmith.1 
Birth*1879 Canada.1 
Marriage*17 Nov 1911 Spouse: Hervey Percival Smith. Melbourne, VIC, Australia, #M10627.1
 
Marriage-Notice*21 Dec 1911 SMITH—GREENWOOD.—On the 17th November, 1911, at Melbourne, by the Rev. F. C. Spurr, Hervey Perceval, eldest son of the late Hervey Shakespear Smith, of Melbourne, to Nettie Florence, only daughter of John Greenwood, of Melbourne.2 
Death*3 Mar 1935 Mosgiel private hospital, Mitcham, VIC, Australia, #D12962 (Age 56) [par John GREENWOOD & Jeanette BARBOUR].3,4 
Death-Notice*5 Mar 1935 SMITH.—On the 3rd March at Mitcham, Nettie Florence, the dearly loved wife of H. P. Smith, aged 56 years -With Christ which is far better. (Private interment)
SMITH.—On the 3rd March (suddenly) at Mitcham dearly beloved wife of H P Smith, Keswick Book Depot, Collins street, Melbourne (Private interment.)5 

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

DateAddressOccupation and other people at same address
1914547 Collins Street, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaOccupation: home duties. With Hervey Percival Smith and Emma Annie Smith, Alexander Beauchamp Smith, Agnes Clementia Smith, Marion Frances 'Queenie' Smith, Victoria Alice Smith.6

Grave

  • B-NS-0132, Box Hill Cemetery, Box Hill, VIC, Australia7

Citations

  1. [S3] Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages Edwardian Index Victoria 1902-1913.
  2. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), 21 Dec 1935, p1.
  3. [S5] Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages Death Index Victoria 1921-1985.
  4. [S71] From a copy of a bible page of Queenie Wintle given to me by Barb Nethercote 15 Jan 2019 - mentions the hospital, but no suburb, death notice states Mitcham.
  5. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), 5 Mar 1935, p1.
  6. [S114] Electoral Roll for Australia, 1914.
  7. [S38] Index of burials in the cemetery of Box Hill Cemetery,.
Last Edited15 Jan 2019

Sarah Ann Furniss

F, #8052, b. 1881, d. 1 Nov 1954
Married NameSmith. 
Birth*1881 Linton, VIC, Australia, #B3919.1 
Marriage*1936 Spouse: Hervey Percival Smith. VIC, Australia, #M7154/1936.2
 
Widow27 Dec 1947Sarah Ann Furniss became a widow upon the death of her husband Hervey Percival Smith.3,4 
Death*1 Nov 1954 Surrey Hills, VIC, Australia, #D12656 (Age 73) [par Thomas FURNISS & Mary Jane POYNTON].3 
Death-Notice*2 Nov 1954 SMITH.—On November 1, Sarah Ann (Nell), loved wife of the late Hervey Percival, of 67 Percy street, Mitcham, and daughter of the late Thomas and Mary Jane Furniss, of Illabarook, Vic. -There by His love o'ershadowed.5 
Death-Notice3 Nov 1954 SMITH.—On November 1, Sarah Ann (Nell) widow of the late H. P. Smith, founder of the Keswick Book Depot Pty Ltd.—A gracious Christian lady (Inserted by directors and staff of Keswick, 315 Collins street, Melbourne.)6 

Grave

  • B-NS-0132, Box Hill Cemetery, Box Hill, VIC, Australia7

Newspaper-Articles

  • 20 Mar 1945: COMPANIES ACT 1938.—NOTICE OF INTENTION TO APPLY FOR A CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF A COMPANY BY THE NAME OF KESWICK BOOK DEPOT PROPRIETARY LIMITED.—Pursuant to Section 26 (8) (a) (11).—The particulars of the company are as follows:—
    1. The name, address, and description of the promoter is Hervey Perceval Smith, 315 Collins street, Melbourne, bookseller.
    2. The names, addresses, and description of the proposed directors are:—Hervey Perceval Smith, 315 Collins street, Melbourne, bookseller; Sarah Ann Smith, 67 Percy street, Mitcham, married woman; William LePlastier Wright, 25 Grandview grove, Armadale, sworn valuator; Eunice Irene Gray, 41 Chaucer street, Canterbury, Manageress; Alexander Beauchamp Smith, Warburton road, East Camberwell, cashier and bookkeeper.
    3. The proposed situation of the registered office of the company is: 315 Collins street, Melbourne.
    4. The particulars of the business and assets proposed to be transferred to or acquired by the company and the names, addresses, and descriptions of the vendors to the company are as follows:—
    (a) The business of a book seller at present carried on by Hervey Perceval Smith, under the style or firm name of "Keswick Book Depot," together with the property and assets used in connection therewith,
    (b) The amount paid or payable as purchase consideration in cash, shares, and or debentures for such business and assets as aforesaid, including goodwill, is £3040.
    (c) The amount paid or payable as purchase consideration for goodwill thereof is: Nil.
    5. The total amount of liabilities to be taken over by the company is as follows:—
    (a) Secured, nil;
    (b) unsecured, £775/12/6, making a total of £775/12/6.
    I, Hervey Perceval Smith, of 315 Collins street, Melbourne, hereby give you notice that I will, on the twenty-third day of April, 1945, APPLY to the Registrar-General to REGISTER the COMPANY above described under the provisions of the Companies Act 1938, in accordance with the Memorandum and Articles of Association, lodged herewith, and I hereby direct that notice of any caveat which may be entered against such registration may be posted, addressed as follows:-Mccracken & Mccracken, solicitors, 317 Collins street, Melbourne. Dated this 16th day of March, 1945. H. P Smith. Lodged at the office of the Registrar-General this nineteenth day of March, 1945. J. QUINLIVAN, Deputy Registrar-General. Hervey Percival Smith8

Citations

  1. [S1] Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages Pioneer Index Victoria 1836-1888.
  2. [S27] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Marriages) (online).
  3. [S5] Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages Death Index Victoria 1921-1985.
  4. [S80] Ancestry - Family Tree, Searle Family Tree: Owner: tonysearleuk.
  5. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), 2 Nov 1954, p15.
  6. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), Wed 3 Nov 1954, p19
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/23442972
  7. [S38] Index of burials in the cemetery of Box Hill Cemetery,.
  8. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), Tue 20 Mar 1945, p15
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/1109027
Last Edited3 Jul 2019

Bessie Gordon Macdonald

F, #8053, b. 17 Oct 1894, d. 5 Jun 1953
Father*Peter MacDonald
Mother*Jessie Candow
Married NameEngland.1 
Married NameWilliams.2 
Birth*17 Oct 1894 Condie Lodge, Forgandenny, Forfarshire, Scotland.3 
(Migrant) Migration/Travel10 May 1913 Sailing with David MacDonald to Melbourne, VIC, Australia. Ship Mackarini sailing from Tilbury Essex, arriving 19 Jun 1913.4
 
Marriage*1920 Spouse: Claude Alexander Matthew Williams. VIC, Australia, #M13503.2
 
Widow1936Bessie Gordon Macdonald became a widow upon the death of her husband Claude Alexander Matthew Williams.1 
Marriage*1937 Spouse: James Gordon England. VIC, Australia, #M2445.5
 
Death*5 Jun 1953 South Yarra, VIC, Australia, #D5755 (Age 59) [par Peter MACDONALD & Jessie CAMDON].1 

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

DateAddressOccupation and other people at same address
193666 Clarendon Street, Melbourne East, VIC, AustraliaOccupation: home duties. With Claude Alexander Matthew Williams.6
193785 Canterbury Road, Camberwell North, VIC, AustraliaOccupation: assistant.7
1942Runnymede, Upper Beaconsfield, VIC, AustraliaOccupation: home duties. With James Gordon England.8
1949Lower Dandenong Road, Braeside, VIC, AustraliaOccupation: home duties. With James Gordon England.9
1954Spargo Road, East Pakenham, VIC, AustraliaOccupation: home duties (as Betsy). With James Gordon England.10

Grave

  • Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Springvale, VIC, Australia11

Citations

  1. [S5] Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages Death Index Victoria 1921-1985.
  2. [S4] Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages Great War Index Victoria 1914-1920.
  3. [S22] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (online) "#D5755 gives birthplace Dundee Scotland."
  4. [S80] Ancestry - Family Tree, Ross Irving.
  5. [S22] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (online).
  6. [S136] Electoral Roll for Australia, 1936.
  7. [S137] Electoral Roll for Australia, 1937.
  8. [S142] Electoral Roll for Australia, 1942.
  9. [S149] Electoral Roll for Australia, 1949.
  10. [S154] Electoral Roll for Australia, 1954.
  11. [S47] Index of burials in the cemetery of Springvale Botanical Cemetery.
Last Edited7 Jul 2019

Margaret Ann Canty

F, #8054, b. 1896, d. 5 Aug 1934
Married NameEngland.1 
Birth*1896 Mortlake, VIC, Australia, #B5519 [par James CANTY & Bridget MURNANE].2 
Marriage*1931 Spouse: James Gordon England. VIC, Australia, #M3912.3
 
Death*5 Aug 1934 Melbourne, VIC, Australia, #D6588 (Age 38) [par James CANTY & Mary NEWMAN].1 
Death-Notice*7 Aug 1934 ENGLAND.-On the 5th August, Margaret beloved wife of James England, Echuca, daughter of James and Bridget Canty, 5 Park avenue, Alphington, sister of Thomas, James, Mary, John and Helena, aged 38 years. (Private interment.) Rest in peace.4 

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

DateAddressOccupation and other people at same address
1931202 High Street, Echuca, VIC, AustraliaOccupation: home duties. With James Gordon England.5

Citations

  1. [S5] Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages Death Index Victoria 1921-1985.
  2. [S2] Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages Federation Index Victoria 1889-1901.
  3. [S22] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (online).
  4. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), 7 Aug 1934, p1.
  5. [S131] Electoral Roll for Australia, 1931.
Last Edited7 Jul 2019

Thomas McKelvie

M, #8063, b. abt 1835, d. 1886
Marriage* Spouse: Elizabeth Brown.1
 
Birth*abt 1835 Ireland.2 
(Migrant) Migration/Travel24 Aug 1860 To Port Phillip, VIC, Australia. Ship COMMODORE PERRY
Age 24 - Labourer - Irish.3,2 
Land-UBeac*abt 27 Oct 1876Selection: PAK-71. 18a 3r 39p - Land File 3265/19
Selected by T. McKELVIE (no date.)4 
Govt Gazette*27 Oct 1876The article reads: MCKELVIE, Thos [Thomas]. Pakenham Gazetted 27/10/1876 Applications for Licenses under Section 19 Approved
MCKELVIE, Thomas. Pakenham, Victoria Gazetted 2 Jan 1880 Applications for Leases Approved
MCKELVIE, Thomas. Victoria Gazetted 21 May 1861 Unclaimed Ship Letters.5,6 
Land-UBeac*18 Sep 1882 PAK-71. Transfer from Thomas McKelvie to Simon Paternoster. 18a 3r 39p - Land File 3265/19 (appears to be missing) - Crown Grant to Simon Paternoster on 18 Sep 1882.7,4 
Death*1886 Williamstown, VIC, Australia, #D11333 (Age 51) [par John McKELVIE].8 

Citations

  1. [S22] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (online) "mentioned on husband's death entry #D11333."
  2. [S36] Inward & outward passenger lists to and from Victoria. Series: (VPRS 14; 7666; 7667; 7786); PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), Image on ancestry smudged - name partly readable, age, occupation and nationality readable.
  3. [S36] Inward & outward passenger lists to and from Victoria. Series: (VPRS 14; 7666; 7667; 7786); PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), B 179 001.
  4. [S81] Land Records & Parish Maps ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria). 18a 3r 39p - Land File 3265/19 Selected by T. McKELVIE (no date).
  5. [S20] Various indexed records of GSV - Genealogical Society Victoria.
  6. [S194] Newspaper - Victoria Government Gazette.
  7. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 1405-909 - Simon Paternoster of Berwick Storekeeper.
  8. [S1] Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages Pioneer Index Victoria 1836-1888.
Last Edited24 Feb 2018

William Piggott

M, #8064, b. 1837, d. 5 Oct 1901
Birth*1837 Tamlaght, Londonderry, Northern Ireland.1 
Marriage* Spouse: Eliza Jane Cochrane.
 
Govt Gazette*9 Apr 1875The article reads: Applications for Licenses under Section 19 Approved.2 
Land-UBeac*1 May 1875Selection: PAK-74. 31a 1r 7p - Land File 1533/19.20
Selected by W. PIGGOTT, crown grant issued 8 Oct 1886.3,4 
Land-UBeac*1 Mar 1878 PAK-59E. Transfer from Patrick Kennedy to William Piggott. 40a 1r 8p - Land File 7539/19.20.5 
Govt Gazette5 Jul 1878The article reads: Applications for leases under section 20 approved
1533 Date of Lease 1.5.1878 William Piggott 31a 1r 7p Rent payable half-yearly £1 12s Rent due to date £1 12s Fees Lease Fees £1 Certificate £1 Total to pay £3 12s.6 
Govt Gazette*8 Nov 1878The article reads: Applications for licenses appoved
936 M (13) Patrick Kennedy 65a 0r 0p Pakenham 1 Mar 1875 payment 3.5.0 survey charges ... fee for license 1.0.0 Total Amount of first payment 20.10.0 Melbourne
7970 M (14) J. R. Wilson 56a 0r 0p payment 2.16.0 survey charges 1.15.4 fee for license 1.0.0 Total Amount of first payment 19.11.4
7539 M (15) William Piggott 41a 0r 0p payment 2.1.0 survey charges 1.15.4 fee for license ...Total Amount of first payment 15.1.4
(13) In lieu of notice gazetted 19th Feb 1875 p301. This land has been subdivided between Kennedy, Wilson and Piggott. £16 5s, arrears, included in total amount of first payment. £19 10s, already paid, to be credited (Order in Council, 26th August 1878).
(14) £14 arrears, included in total amount of first payment. £16 16s, rent, paid by Patrick Kennedy on 936/19 to be credited.
(15) £10 5s., arrears, included in total amount of first payment. £12, rent, paid by Patrick Kennedy on 936/19 to be credited.7
 
Govt Gazette28 Feb 1879The article reads: Applications for leases under section 20 approved
The following applications for Leases under section 20 of the Land Act 1869 having been approved, it is hereby notified that the Rents and Fees specified in each case may be received by the undermentioned revenue officers.
7539 Date of Lease 1.3.78 William Piggott 40a 1r 8p Rent payable half-yearly £2 1s Rent due to date £4 2s Fees Lease Fees £1 Certificate £1 Total to pay £6 2s.8 
Land-Note23 May 1879 PAK-73. A blacksmith from Berwick applied for a lease of 19 a 1r 14p. He stated that he also had 32 acres and 40 acres elsewhere all leasehold.
Lisense to occupy on 23/5/1879. In the first year he cleared 6 acres ; in the second year he burt the trees ; in the third year he had 3 acres under cultivation.9 
Land-UBeac1 Jun 1879Selection: PAK-73. 19a 1r 34p (20a 0r 0p on first title) - Land File 3525/19.20 Crown Grant to W. PIGGOTT 6 Apr 1887.10 
Govt Gazette4 Jul 1879The article reads: Applications for leases under section 20 approved
3525 Date of Lease 1.6.79 William Piggott 19a 1r 14p Rent payable half-yearly £1 0s Rent due to date £1 0s Fees Lease Fees £1 Certificate £1 Total to pay £3 0s.11 
Occupation*1885 Blacksmith.12 
Govt Gazette21 Aug 1885The article reads: Lessees and Licensees in Arrears.13 
Govt Gazette9 Jul 1886The article reads: Notices to Lessees in Arrears.14 
Land-Note16 Jul 1887 PAK-73: Mortgagee: Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd. Discharged 30 May 1893. Mortgagor was William Piggott.15 
Land-Note*12 Nov 1888 PAK-74. Frederick Illingworth Title lists Caveat 17747 lodged 12 Nov 1888 (affecting part of the within land) - Caveat lapsed 29 Mar 1891. Illingworth paid rates 1888/89, listed as owner in rate book in 1889/90 NAV 30, 1890/91 listed as owner, but paid by LL Smith.16,12 
Land-UBeac*10 Mar 1891 PAK-74. Transfer from William Piggott to Louis Lawrence Smith. 31a 1r 7p.17 
Land-Note*17 Jul 1893 PAK-73: Mortgagee: Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd. Discharged 3 July 1895. Mortgagor was William Piggott.18 
Land-Note*3 Jul 1895 PAK-73: Mortgagee: Michaelangelo Di Gilio. Discharged 21 Jan 1897. Mortgagor was William Piggott.19 
Death*5 Oct 1901 Fremantle, WA, Australia. 
Death-Notice*7 Oct 1901 PIGGOTT.-The friends of the late Mr. William Piggott are respectfully invited to follow his remains to their last resting place, the Church of England portion of the new cemetery, Fremantle. The funeral is appointed to leave his late residence, Belmont-street, off Mandurah- road, South Fremantle, at 2 o'clock THIS (Monday) AFTERNOON.
LOYAL ORANGE INSTITUTION OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA.
STAR OF BEACONSFIELD, No. 19. The Brethren and friends of the above are respectfully requested to attend the funeral of their late Brother, WILLIAM PIGGOTT, to move from his late residence, Belmont-street, Beaconsfield, at 2 p.m. TO-DAY (Monday), the 7th inst. Full regalia.
By order of W.M. A. PERICLES, Secretry.
INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODDFELLOWS.
Members of the above Order are respectfully requested to attend the funeral of our late Bro. W. PIGGOTT, Sen., to take place TO-DAY (Monday), October 7, 1901. Members are requested to assemble at Lodge-room, Wesley Hall, Mandurah Road, at 1.30 p.m. sharp.
Bro. W. D. MURRAY, Sec. No. 9.
Bro. D. BEECHER, Sec. No. 4.
Bro. J. ALLEN, Sec. No. 13.
Bro. A. COUNSEL, Sec. No. 14.20 
Death-Notice8 Oct 1901 PIGGOTT.-On October 5, in the Fremantle Hospital, through a fall from a horse, William Piggott, blacksmith, of Beaconsfield, and lately of Berwick and Drouin, Victoria. Inserted by his sorrowing widow and family. Victorian papers please copy.21 
Probate (Will)*20 Jul 1907 103/088. Blacksmith. Fremantle. Owned freehold land at Beaconsfield, comprising of twenty acres vacant, Crown Grant vol 1939 fol 387669 valued at £60. 
Land-Note*16 Jun 1908 PAK-73. Eliza Jane Piggott Memo No 41286. Eliza Jane Piggott of 114 Gwynne Street Richmond Widow is registered as Proprietor of the within described Land as Administratrix to whom administration of the estate of William Piggott (who died on the 5th day of October 1901) was granted 20th July 1907.22 

Family

 Eliza Jane Cochrane b. 1840, d. 8 Apr 1926
Child 1.Margaret Jane Piggott+ b. 1875, d. 24 Dec 1904

Newspaper-Articles

  • 8 Sep 1886: BERWICK POLICE COURT, FRIDAY, September 3, 1886. Before Messrs. Wilson and Elmes, J.'sP. Truant Inspector v. William Piggott; not sending his children to school the required number of days. Two offences.-Fined 5s, in each case.23
  • 7 Oct 1901: Mr. William Piggott, an old resident of Fremantle, aged 64 years, while out riding on Saturday, was thrown from his horse, and sustained a fractured skull. He died soon after reaching the hospital.24
  • 12 Oct 1901: A FREMANTLE FATALITY
    An inquest regarding the death of William Piggott took place in the Coroner's Court, at Fremantle, before Mr W. T. John, J.P., Acting Coroner. Evidence was given to the effect that about 12 o'olock on October 4 the deceased, who was mounted on a quiet horse, and in a perfectly sober condition, bade goodnight to a friend in South Terrace at the Port; and galloped off in the direction of his own home. A few minutes later a young man, named Robert Matheson, while lying in bed at a house in South Terrace, heard a horse, galloping furiously past, and almost at the same time he heard a noise, as if the horse had stumbled. This was followed by a dull heavy thud on the ground. Matheson in his shirt and trousers rushed out to see what had happened, and he found the deceased lying unconsciouos in the roadway. He (Matheson) sent for the police, and the latter took the deceased to the public hospital, where he died on Saturday evening. Medical testimony was given to show that the cause of death was fracture of the skull and laceration of the brain. The jury returned a verdict in accordance with the medical testimony, but added that there was no direct evidence to show how the injuries had been caused.25
  • 4 Oct 1902: IN MEMORIAM. PIGGOTT.-In loving remembrance of our dear father, William Piggott, who was accidentally killed at Fremantle on October 5, 1901, aged 64 years. His spirit has fled, and his sufferings are o'er, At the hearth of our home he will join us no more; Though his loss we do mourn, yet we hope he's above Waiting for those whom on earth he did love. -Inserted by his loving son and daughter, H. J. and T. Thomas. Melbourne papers please copy.
    PIGGOTT.-In sad and loving memory of my dear husband, William Piggott, who was accidentally killed at Fremantle on October 5, 1901. Thy voice is now silent, thy heart is now cold, The smile and the welcome that met us of old- We miss them, we mourn them in silence unseen, And dwell in the memory of days that have been. Inserted by his loving wife, Eliza J. Piggott.
    PIGGOTT.-In fond and loving remembrance of our dear father, William Piggott, who was accidentally killed at Fremantle on October 5, 1901. We do not forget him, we loved him too dearly For his dear memory to fade from our lives like a dream; The lips need not speak when the heart mourned sincerely, Our thoughts often rest where they're seldom seen. -Inserted by his loving son and daughter, J. and M. Illingworth.
    PIGGOTT.-In loving remembrance of my dear father, William Piggott, who was accidentally killed at Fremantle on October 5, 1901. Had he asked us, well we know We would cry, "O, spare this blow," Yet with many tears would pray, "Lord, we love him-let him stay." -Inserted by his loving son, A. C, Piggott.26

Citations

  1. [S80] Ancestry - Family Tree.
  2. [S194] Newspaper - Victoria Government Gazette 9 Apr 1875, p692.
  3. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), Land File 1533/19.20.
  4. [S81] Land Records & Parish Maps ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria). C/T 2031-151 - William Piggott of Berwick Blacksmith.
  5. [S81] Land Records & Parish Maps ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria). Land File 7539/19.20.
  6. [S194] Newspaper - Victoria Government Gazette 5 Jul 1878, p1630.
  7. [S194] Newspaper - Victoria Government Gazette 8 Nov 1878, p2848.
  8. [S194] Newspaper - Victoria Government Gazette 28 Feb 1879, p478.
  9. [S61] Upper Beaconsfield History Archive ,"It appears that Charles Wilson viewed the land file 3525/19.20."
  10. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 1939-669 - William Piggott of Berwick.
  11. [S194] Newspaper - Victoria Government Gazette 4 Jul 1879, p1705.
  12. [S66] Berwick Shire Rates, 1870-1965.
  13. [S194] Newspaper - Victoria Government Gazette 21 Aug 1885.
  14. [S194] Newspaper - Victoria Government Gazette 9 Jul 1886.
  15. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 1939-669 - Mortgage No 83644. Discharged 30 May 1893.
  16. [S81] Land Records & Parish Maps ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria). C/T 2031-151 - Caveat No 17747 lodged 12 Nov 1888 - lapsed 29 Mar 1891.
  17. [S81] Land Records & Parish Maps ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria). C/T 2031-151 - Louis Lawrence Smith of Collins Street East Melbourne Doctor of Medicine.
  18. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 1939-669 - Mortgage No 148832. Discharged 3 July 1895.
  19. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 1939-669 - Mortgage No 165498 to Michaelangelo Di Gilio. Discharged 21 Jan 1897.
  20. [S14] Newspaper - The West Australian (Perth, WA), 7 Oct 1901, p4.
  21. [S14] Newspaper - The West Australian (Perth, WA), 8 Oct 1901, p4.
  22. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 1939-669 - Memo No 41286. Eliza Jane Piggott of 114 Gwynne Street Richmond Widow is registered as Proprietor of the within described Land as Administratrix to whom administration of the estate of William Piggott (who died on the 5th day of October 1901) was granted 20th July 1907.
  23. [S12] Newspaper - South Bourke and Mornington Journal (Richmond, Vic.), 8 Sep 1886, p3.
  24. [S14] Newspaper - The Register (Adelaide, SA), 7 Oct 1901, p5.
  25. [S14] Newspaper - Western Mail (Perth, WA), 12 Oct 1901, p52.
  26. [S14] Newspaper - The West Australian (Perth, WA), 4 Oct 1902, p6.
Last Edited3 Feb 2020

Eliza Jane Cochrane

F, #8065, b. 1840, d. 8 Apr 1926
Married NamePiggott. 
Birth*1840 Garvah, Londonderry, Northern Ireland.1 
Marriage* Spouse: William Piggott.
 
Widow5 Oct 1901Eliza Jane Cochrane became a widow upon the death of her husband William Piggott. 
Land-Note*16 Jun 1908 PAK-73: Memo No 41286. Eliza Jane Piggott of 114 Gwynne Street Richmond Widow is registered as Proprietor of the within described Land as Administratrix to whom administration of the estate of William Piggott (who died on the 5th day of October 1901) was granted 20th July 1907.2 
Land-UBeac*5 Jun 1917 PAK-73. Transfer from Eliza Jane Piggott to Alice Warmbrunn. 20a 0r 0p.3 
Death*8 Apr 1926 Footscray, VIC, Australia, #D5382 (Age 86) [par Alex COCHRANE & Jane STEEL].4 
Death-Notice*9 Apr 1926 PIGGOTT. - On the 8th April, at the residence of her daughter (Mrs. George Cathcart), 121 Nicholson street, Footscray, Elizabeth Jane, relict of the late William Piggott (Berwick), loving mother of Catherine (Mrs. H. Hardwick), Alex, Ellen (Mrs. G. Cathcart), Matilda, (Mrs. H. J. Thomas), Maggie, and Millie, aged 88 years. Thy will be done.
PIGGOTT. - The Friends of the late Mrs. ELIZABETH JANE PIGGOTT, formerly of Berwick, are respectfully invited to follow her remains to the place of interment in the Footscray Cemetery.
The funeral is appointed to move from the residence of her daughter (Mrs G. Cathcart) 121 Nicholson street, Footscray, THIS DAY (Friday 9th April), at 3 o'clock p.m.5 

Family

 William Piggott b. 1837, d. 5 Oct 1901
Child 1.Margaret Jane Piggott+ b. 1875, d. 24 Dec 1904

Citations

  1. [S80] Ancestry - Family Tree.
  2. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 1939-669 - Memo No 41286. Eliza Jane Piggott of 114 Gwynne Street Richmond Widow is registered as Proprietor of the within described Land as Administratrix to whom administration of the estate of William Piggott (who died on the 5th day of October 1901) was granted 20th July 1907.
  3. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 1939-669 - Alice Warmbrunn of 5 Merton Place Albert Park the wife of Frederick Andrew Warmbrunn.
  4. [S5] Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages Death Index Victoria 1921-1985.
  5. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), 9 Apr 1926, p1.
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Margaret Jane Piggott

F, #8068, b. 1875, d. 24 Dec 1904
Father*William Piggott b. 1837, d. 5 Oct 1901
Mother*Eliza Jane Cochrane b. 1840, d. 8 Apr 1926
Married NameIllingworth.1 
Birth*1875 Berwick, VIC, Australia, #B7293.2 
Marriage*1898 Spouse: James Illingworth. Perth, WA, Australia, #M1286/1898.1
 
Death*24 Dec 1904 Fremantle, WA, Australia, #D1267/1904 (Age 29) [par William .. & Eliza Jane COCKRANE] - as Margaret Jane ILLINGWORTH, born Berwick VIC.1 
Death-Notice*26 Dec 1904 ILLINGWORTH.—On December A2, at "Pendennis," No. 4 Barnett-street, Fremantle, Margaret Jane, dearly-beloved wife of James Illingworth, daughter of the late William Piggott (blacksmith) and Eliza Jane Piggott, Fremantle; sister of Mrs. H. Hardwick, North Melbourne; Mrs. Geo. Cathcart, Longwarry, Vic; and Mrs. H. J. Thomas, Fremantle; aged 29 years. Loved by all.
ILLINGWORTH.—The Friends of Mr. James Illingworth are respectfully invited to follow the remains of his late dearly-beloved wife. Margaret Jane, to the place of interment, the Fremantle Cemetery. The Funeral is appointed to leave his residence, corner Quarry and Barnett streets, Fremantle, THIS (Monday) MORNING, 36th inst., at 10.30 o'clock.3 

Family

 James Illingworth b. 1880, d. 4 Jun 1919
Children 1.Muriel Ellen Illingworth b. 1899
 2.Elsie Isabel Illingworth b. 1901

Citations

  1. [S62] Western Australian Government. BDM Index Western Australia.
  2. [S1] Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages Pioneer Index Victoria 1836-1888.
  3. [S14] Newspaper - The West Australian (Perth, WA), Mon 26 Dec 1904, p1
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/25370194
Last Edited5 Oct 2020
 

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