James Thomson

M, #6875
Father*Samuel Neville
Mother*Harriett Masters
Marriage* Spouse: Sarah Jane Rogers.
 

Family

 Sarah Jane Rogers
Child 1.Raymond Thomson b. 1877, d. 6 Nov 1932
Last Edited1 Apr 2023

Raymond Thomson

M, #6876, b. 1877, d. 6 Nov 1932
Father*James Thomson
Mother*Sarah Jane Rogers
Land-Note* PAK-53.54. See citation.1 
Related* Rachael McDonald Raymond THOMSON was the nephew of Rachael McDONALD - the son of her deceased brother. 
Birth*1877 QLD, Australia, QLD#BC4545 [par James THOMSON & Sarah Jane ROGERS].2 
Marriage*1902 Spouse: Margaret Phoebe Read. VIC, Australia, #M3698.3
 
Land-Note*1922 Raymond Thomson engaged for his land dealings in Upper Beaconsfield Ray Thomson was the tenant of the farm PAK-53+54 (pt) for £2 per week. He reveived £100 compensation when the estate sold the farm to McQuay. He had been the tenant for about 7 years.4 
(Executor) Probate (Will)20 May 1922Was an executor in the will of Samuel Neville.5 
Death*6 Nov 1932 Berwick, VIC, Australia, #D11232 (Age 56) [par James THOMSON & Sarah Jane ROGERS].6 
Death-Notice*9 Nov 1932 THOMSON.—On the 6th November (suddenly), at Mount Dagmar, Berwick, Raymond, the dearly beloved husband of Margaret Phoebe, and loving father of Mavis (deceased), James, Isobel, and Noela. (Interred at the Berwick Cemetery, November 8, 1932.)7 

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

DateAddressOccupation and other people at same address
1919'Camelot Park', Beaconsfield, VIC, AustraliaOccupation: farmer. With Margaret Phoebe Thomson.8
1931Mt Dagmar, Berwick, VIC, AustraliaOccupation: farmer. With Margaret Phoebe Thomson.9

Grave

  • 5-350-A+B, Berwick Cemetery, Berwick, VIC, Australia, Thomson Margaret Phoebe 1960     85 wife/ Raymond, mother/ Mavis Phoebe
    Thomson Raymond 1930 56 hus/ Margaret Phoebe, f/ Mavis Phoebe
    Thomson Mavis Phoebe Cameron 1930 25 dau/ Raymond & Margaret Phoebe10

Newspaper-Articles

  • 9 May 1930: Death of daughter: THOMSON.—On the 7th May, at private hospital, Hawthorn, Mavis Phoebe Cameron, beloved eldest daughter of Raymond and Madge Thomson, of Mount Dagmar, Berwick, fond sister of James, Isabel, and Noela. (Privately interred.)11
  • 21 May 1932: Death of brother: THOMSON.—On the 16th May (suddenly), at private hospital, Melbourne, William Rogers, dearly beloved son of the late James and Sarah James Thomson (Calliope Station, Queensland, and Kyneton), also beloved brother of Jack (deceased), Maude, Mary (Kyneton), Alfred James (Kyneton), and Raymond (Berwick).12
  • 27 Apr 1940: HALL—THOMSON. —On the 13th March, at Murrumbeena Presbyterian Church, by the Rev. C. Jones, William S., only son of Mr. E. W. Hall and the late Mrs. Hall, Lyndhurst, to Noela M., youngest daughter of Mrs. Thomson and the late Mr. Raymond Thomson, Murrumbeena.13

Citations

  1. [S66] Berwick Shire Rates, 1870-1965 The rates for this property are not clear.
    1908/9 - 1910/11 - Catherine WHITE rated for PAK-33 (sic) [58a] £23; PAK-54 [178a] £45; also for PAK-1A pt [36a] £20 & Hotel 7a £48 (in 1910/11 she also has a town allotment of Souther's subd. £2
    1911/12 - Cath WHITE retains the 58a + 178a; now UMHAUER has the hotel & 36a
    1912/13 - UMHAUER as lessee of hotel, and? 36a - farm PAK-53.54 WHITE crossed out now LYLE John
    1913/14 - Cath WHITE, Malvern O & Miss Craven Beaconsfield OT 1a Souther's subd £2
    1914/15 - Cath WHITE DD Beaconsfield crossed out - Ray THOMSON 230a PAK-53.54 £70
    1915/16 - 1919/20 - Ray THOMSON OT £70
    1920/21 - Ray THOMSON £141
    1921/22 - Ray THOMSON crossed out (estate Cath WHITE) now per 3.4.1922 John McQUAY
    1922/23 - John McQUAY £141 1925/26 - crossed out, "Edenhope" 43 St St Kilda 10.6.1926
    1929/30 - John James McQUAY 24.2.1930 "Edenhope" Beaconsfield £130 also 1930/31
    1931/32 - Mrs Rose Clara CLELLAND "Edenhope" Beaconsfield HD per 30.11.1932 £117.

  2. [S8] Queensland Government Birth, Death & Marriage Indexes.
  3. [S2] Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages Federation Index Victoria 1889-1901.
  4. [S66] Berwick Shire Rates, 1870-1965 14/15 White Catherine Beac DD crossed out Thomson Ray N70 ; 15/16 Thomson N70 ; 17/18 Ray Thomson OT N70 ; 18/19 same ; 19/20 Ray Thomson N70 ; 20/21 Ray Thomson N141 ; 21/22 Thomson Ray to John McQuay per 3.4.1922 (Estate Catherine White?) N141.
  5. [S35] Probate Records, PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), http://prov.vic.gov.au/search_details
  6. [S5] Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages Death Index Victoria 1921-1985.
  7. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), 9 Nov 1932, p1.
  8. [S119] Electoral Roll for Australia, 1919.
  9. [S131] Electoral Roll for Australia, 1931.
  10. [S44] Index of burials in the cemetery of Berwick,
    5-350-B     Thomson     M.     F          7/05/1930     833
    5-350-B     Thomson     Margaret     F          28/08/1960     2954
    5-350-A     Thomson     Raymond     M     53     8/11/1932     875.
  11. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), 9 May 1930, p1.
  12. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), 21 May 1932, p15.
  13. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), 27 Apr 1940, p4.
Last Edited1 Apr 2023

Walter Stephen Uridge

M, #6879, b. 1870, d. 1951
Father*Stephen Uridge
Mother*Drusilla Letitia Tucker
Birth*1870 Ballarat, VIC, Australia, #B6957 [par Stephen URIDGE & Drusilla Letitia TUCKER].1 
Marriage*1895 Spouse: Esther Janet Polley. VIC, Australia, #M4919.2
 
Widower1937Walter Stephen Uridge became a widower upon the death of his wife Esther Janet Polley.3 
Death*1951 Caulfield, VIC, Australia, #D4227 (Age 80) [par Stephen URIDGE & Drusilla TUCKER].3 

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

DateAddressOccupation and other people at same address
bt 1912 - 1915Upper Beaconsfield, VIC, AustraliaOccupation: bricklayer. With Esther Janet Uridge.4,5,6,7

Citations

  1. [S1] Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages Pioneer Index Victoria 1836-1888.
  2. [S2] Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages Federation Index Victoria 1889-1901.
  3. [S5] Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages Death Index Victoria 1921-1985.
  4. [S112] Electoral Roll for Australia, 1912.
  5. [S113] Electoral Roll for Australia, 1913.
  6. [S114] Electoral Roll for Australia, 1914.
  7. [S115] Electoral Roll for Australia, 1915.
Last Edited31 Dec 2018

Esther Janet Polley

F, #6880, b. 1863, d. 1937
Married NameUridge.1 
Birth*18631 
Marriage*1895 Spouse: Walter Stephen Uridge. VIC, Australia, #M4919.2
 
Land-UBeac*28 Sep 1912 PAK-94 7/LP3145, O'Neil Road. Transfer from Charles Maffey to Esther Janet Uridge. 11a 1r 18 8/10p.3 
Land-UBeac*15 Sep 1913 PAK-94 LP3145 (Lot 7) (pt), 287 O'Neil Road. Transfer from Esther Janet Uridge to Lillian Letitia Bye. 4a 2p.4 
Land-UBeac*22 Sep 1914 PAK-94 LP3145 (Lot 7) (pt), 275 O'Neil Road. Transfer from Esther Janet Uridge to Grace O'Connell. 7a 1r 16p.5 
Death*1937 Chelsea, VIC, Australia, #D12461 (Age 74) [par Robert Baker POLLEY & Janet FRAZER].1 

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

DateAddressOccupation and other people at same address
bt 1912 - 1915Upper Beaconsfield, VIC, AustraliaOccupation: home duties. With Walter Stephen Uridge.6,7,8,9

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. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 3257-306 - Esther Janet Uridge of Beaconsfield Married Woman - C/T 3636-198 - this property was later subdivided into 275 & 287 O'Neil Road.
  4. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 3636-198 - Lillian Letitia Bye of Sydney Road Brunswick Married Woman - C/T 3728-594.
  5. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 3636-198 - Grace O'Connell of Telegraph Hotel Little Bourke Street Melbourne Licensed Victualler - C/T 3834-701.
  6. [S112] Electoral Roll for Australia, 1912.
  7. [S113] Electoral Roll for Australia, 1913.
  8. [S114] Electoral Roll for Australia, 1914.
  9. [S115] Electoral Roll for Australia, 1915.
Last Edited1 Apr 2023

Walter Hugh Aitken

M, #6900, b. 1870, d. 16 Nov 1940
Birth*1870 Emerald Hill, VIC, Australia, #B23023 [par Hugh Jamieson AITKEN & Elizabeth MacKINTOSH].1 
Note* On Boer War Nominal Roll.2 
Marriage*1914 Spouse: Jessie Elworthy Lee Tucker. VIC, Australia, #M5256.3
 
Land-UBeac*21 Sep 1914 GEM-D-56.57. Transfer from Frank Arend Walstab to Walter Hugh Aitken. 40a + 59a 2r 7p.4 
Land-Note21 Sep 1914 GEM-D-56.57: Mortgagee: John Robert Borrett - discharged 20 Oct 1920. Mortgagor was Walter Hugh Aitken.5 
Land-Note*21 Sep 1914 GEM-D-56.57: Mortgagee: Alexander Fraser, Thomas Roberts Burrows, James Robert Thear, Jonathan Edward Pittock. Mortgage No 326606 - discharged 20 Oct 1921 (took over the property with mortgage). Mortgagor was Walter Hugh Aitken.6 
Land-UBeac*21 Oct 1921 GEM-D-56.57 (part). Transfer from Walter Hugh Aitken to George Wilson Martin. 94a 1r 28p.7 
Land-UBeac*26 Oct 1921 GEM-D-56.57 (part). Transfer from Walter Hugh Aitken to Country Roads Board. For road - total 5a 19p.8 
Death*16 Nov 1940 Coburg, VIC, Australia, #D11589 (Age 70) [par Hugh Jamieson AITKEN & Elizabeth McINTOSH].9 
Death-Notice*23 Nov 1940 AITKEN.—On November 10 at private hospital Moreland, Walter Hugh beloved eldest son of the late Hugh J and Elizabeth Aitken, late of Boronia.10 

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

DateAddressOccupation and other people at same address
1914Beaconsfield, VIC, AustraliaOccupation: agent.11
192416 Florence Street, Coburg, VIC, AustraliaOccupation: watchman. With Jessie Elworthy Lee Aitken.12

Citations

  1. [S22] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (online).
  2. [S33] Australian Government: http://www.naa.gov.au/collection/search/index.aspx
  3. [S4] Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages Great War Index Victoria 1914-1920.
  4. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 3037-391 + C/T 3039-747 - Walter Hugh Aitken of Upper Beaconsfield Orchardist.
  5. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 3037-391 - Mortgage No 338886 - John Robert Borrett - discharged 20 Oct 1920.
  6. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 3037-391 + C/T 326-606 - Mortgage No 326606 - discharged 20 Oct 1921.
  7. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 3037-391 + C/T 3039-747 - George Wilson Martin of Upper Beaconsfield - C/T 4525-958.
  8. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 3037-391 + C/T 3039-747 - Country Roads Board - C/T 4525-957.
  9. [S5] Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages Death Index Victoria 1921-1985.
  10. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), 23 Nov 1940, p4.
  11. [S114] Electoral Roll for Australia, 1914.
  12. [S124] Electoral Roll for Australia, 1924.
Last Edited25 Jun 2021
 

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