Perdita Sophia Browne

F, #11971, b. 1854, d. 1933
Married NameHeaden. 
Birth*1854 
Marriage*1876 Spouse: William John Headen. VIC, Australia, #M2173.1
 
Death*1933 South Yarra, VIC, Australia, #D81 (Age 79) [par George William BROWNE & Sophia Ann SMITH].1 

Citations

  1. [S22] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (online).
Last Edited1 Jan 2016

Sarah Camm

F, #11972, b. 24 Aug 1830, d. 10 Aug 1922
Married NameHeaden.1 
Birth*24 Aug 1830 Liverpool, Lancashire, England.2 
Marriage*1 May 1855 Spouse: Thomas Headen. Collingwood, VIC, Australia, #M1013.1,2
 
Widow26 Jul 1920Sarah Camm became a widow upon the death of her husband Thomas Headen.1,2 
Death*10 Aug 1922 South Yarra, VIC, Australia.2 
Death-Notice*11 Aug 1922 HEADEN.—The Friends of the late Mrs. SARAH HEADEN are respectfully invited to follow her remains to the place of interment, in the Brighton Cemetery.
The funeral will leave the residence of her son, Wm. Headen, 53 Wilson-street, South Yarra, THIS DAY (Friday, the 11th inst.) at 2 p.m.3 

Grave

  • Brighton Cemetery, Caulfield South, VIC, Australia4

Family

 Thomas Headen b. 20 Nov 1831, d. 26 Jul 1920
Child 1.William John Headen+ b. 1856, d. 4 Jun 1948

Citations

  1. [S22] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (online).
  2. [S80] Ancestry - Family Tree, jennylumsden.
  3. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), 11 Aug 1922, p1.
  4. [S337] Index of monumental inscriptions/burials Billion Graves "Brighton Cemetery."
Last Edited1 Jan 2016

Edgar Charles Bell

M, #11991, b. 1852, d. 1 May 1919
Birth*1852 
Note*1880 Daughter: Ethel Mary BELL #B3008/1880 [par Edgar Charles BELL & Mary DICKSON].1 
Marriage*3 Jan 1899 Spouse: Florence Nightingale Smythe. St Barnabas' Church, Balwyn-cum-Canterbury, VIC, Australia, #M308.2
 
Marriage-Notice*14 Jan 1899 BELL—SMYTHE.—On the 3rd January, at St. Barnabas' Church, Balwyn-cum-Canterbury, by the Rev. Evelyn Snodgrass, Edgar Charles Bell, of Balwyn road, to Florence Nightingale, elder daughter of Mr. R. S. Smythe, of Highgate-on-the Hill, Balwyn.3 
Death*1 May 1919 Balwyn, VIC, Australia, #D4728/1919 (Age 67) [par William BELL & Harriet Abagail WOODALL].4 
Death-Notice*2 May 1919 BELL.-On 1st May, at his late residence, "Vailima," Canterbury, Edgar Charles, dearly loved father of Ethel Mary (Mrs. Chas. H. Smith), and Grandfather of Joyce and Lyle, 5 Wattle Valley road, Canterbury.
BELL.-On the 1st May at his residence. Vailima Balwyn road, Canterbury, Edgar Charles, the loved husband of Florence N Bell and loving father of Ethel May Smith of Canterbury. (Private interment.)
BELL.-On the 1st May at his residence Vailima Balwyn road, Canterbury Edgar Charles the beloved brother of Wm Godfrey Bell, Mrs. Jas. Downie, and Henry G. Bell (Private interment.)5 

Newspaper-Articles

  • 28 Aug 1897: Death of wife: BELL.— On the 27th August, at her late residence, Balwyn-road, Balwyn, Mary, beloved wife of Edgar C. Bell, and beloved sister of Emma and Nellie Dickson, of Nicholson-street, South Yarra.6

Citations

  1. [S26] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Births) (online).
  2. [S27] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Marriages) (online).
  3. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), 14 Jan 1899, p1.
  4. [S28] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Deaths) (online).
  5. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), Fri 2 May 1919, p1
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/1463202
  6. [S16] Newspaper - The Age (Melbourne, Vic.), Sat 28 Aug 1897, p3
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/190649437
Last Edited15 Oct 2020

William Boyd Evans

M, #11992, b. 22 Mar 1908, d. 23 Sep 1993
Birth*22 Mar 1908 South Melbourne, VIC, Australia, #B13089/1908 (par Chas Carty Arnell EVANS & Mabel Charlotte RIALL) - as William Boyd EVANS.1,2,3 
Marriage*1933 Spouse: Marjorie Isobel Darling. VIC, Australia, #M6626/1933, Wm Boyd EVANS & Marj Isobel DARLING.4
 
(Witness) Land-Notebt 1936 - 1942 GEM-C-15.16.17.17A.19.20 Occupier of Bryn Gwyn / Split Rock Farm. Said to have bought farm on vendor terms, but sold it to Evans before the title could be transferred into his name. 
Military*31 Dec 1941Enlisted for military service: Melbourne, VIC, Australia, EVANS, WILLIAM BOYD, Date and Place of Birth: 22 Mar 1908, ALBERT PARK, VIC
Next of Kin: EVANS, MARJORIE
Service: Royal Australian Air Force, SERN 49504.5 
Land-UBeac*25 Jun 1943 GEM-C-15.16.17.17A.19.20. Transfer from Hester Gwladys Hurditch to William Boyd Evans. 118a 3r 27p.6 
Land-Note*4 Jan 1946 GEM-C-18. John Henry Clough Red Ink No. 4286198. By vesting order dated 4th January 1946. Produced to me on 4th day of January 1946. The within described land became vested in William Boyd Evans for an estate in fee simple - Vol 6825 For 852.7 
Land-UBeac*4 Jan 1946Selection: GEM-C-18. 19a 1r 28p.7,8 
Land-UBeac30 Jan 1946 GEM-C-18. Transfer from William Boyd Evans to Elizabeth Agnes Greenland Barby. 19a 1r 28p.9 
Land-UBeac*30 Jan 1946 GEM-C-15.16.17.17A.19.20. Transfer from William Boyd Evans to Elizabeth Agnes Greenland Barby. 118a 3r 27p.10 
Death*23 Sep 1993 VIC, Australia, buried Brighton Cemetery.11 

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

DateAddressOccupation and other people at same address
194241 Were Street, Brighton, VIC, AustraliaOccupation: sales. With Marjorie Isobel Evans.12
bt 1949 - 195441 Were Street, Brighton, VIC, AustraliaOccupation: clerk. With Marjorie Isobel Evans.13,14
1954"Woodlea", Kyneton, VIC, AustraliaOccupation: grazier. With Marjorie Isobel Evans.14
196312 Beach Road, Mentone, VIC, AustraliaOccupation: grazier. With Marjorie Isobel Evans.15
196720 Summerhill Road, Sandringham, VIC, AustraliaOccupation: investor. With Marjorie Isobel Evans.16
1968Grantulla Road, Kallista, VIC, AustraliaOccupation: investor. With Marjorie Isobel Evans.17
1972Dalcrombie, Warwick Farm Road, Olinda, VIC, AustraliaOccupation: investor. With Marjorie Isobel Evans.18
197754 Heyington Place, Toorak, VIC, AustraliaOccupation: nil. With Marjorie Isobel Evans.19
19773/24 Tintern Avenue, Toorak, VIC, AustraliaOccupation: nil. With Marjorie Isobel Evans.19
19803 Myoora Road, Toorak, VIC, AustraliaOccupation: nil. With Marjorie Isobel Evans.20

Newspaper-Articles

  • 8 Oct 1945: TRANSFER OF LAND ACT 1928.—No791, Section 87.—Title claimed by adverse possession to land under Transfer of Land Act 1928, comprised in Crown Grant, Vol. 1178, Fol. 235,429, whereof John Henry Clough, of Melbourne, is the registered proprietor. WILLIAM BOYD EVANS, Upper Beaconsfield, Farmer, has APPLIED for a VESTING ORDER vesting in him for an estate in fee simple, free from encumbrance, the land described below. The Commissioner of Titles has directed notice of the application to be advertised in The Age, and has appointed twenty-one days from the advertisement, after which time the application may be granted, unless a caveat is lodged forbidding the same. Dated 3rd October, 1945. LAND.—Crown allotment 18, section C, parish of Gembrook, county of Mornington. Commencing at the most easterly angle of the said allotment: thence by lines along a Government road westerly 689 links and south-westerly 864 links, and by lines along Crown allotments 16, 17A and 19 north-westerly 1584 links, north-easterly 1312 links and south-easterly 1782 links to the commencing point. A. P. SUTHERLAND, Registrar of Titles.
    HOME, WILKINSON and LOWRY, Solictors, 100 Queen-street Melbourne. John Henry Clough21

Citations

  1. [S26] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Births) (online) "#B13089/1908 (par Chas Carty Arnell EVANS & Mabel Charlotte RIALL) - as William Boyd EVANS, Birth registered at South Melbourne, Vic, Australia."
  2. [S30] World War Two Nominal Roll https://nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au/
    https://nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au
    EVANS, WILLIAM BOYD, Date and Place of Birth: 22 Mar 1908, ALBERT PARK, VIC.
  3. [S80] Ancestry - Family Tree, Ancestry Tree Name: Boyd Tree, Tree ID: 65294891
    Person viewed: William Boyd Evans, Birth Date: 22 Mar 1908, Death Date: 23 Sep 1993.
  4. [S27] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Marriages) (online) "#M6626/1933, Wm Boyd EVANS & Marj Isobel DARLING."
  5. [S30] World War Two Nominal Roll https://nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au/
    https://nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au
    EVANS, WILLIAM BOYD, Date and Place of Birth: 22 Mar 1908, ALBERT PARK, VIC
    Next of Kin: EVANS, MARJORIE
    Service: Royal Australian Air Force, SERN 49504
    Date and Place of Enlistment: 31 Dec 1941, MELBOURNE, VIC, Locality on Enlistment: BRIGHTON BEACH
    Date of Discharge and last posting: 15 Dec 1942, 1 EMBARKATION DEPOT ASCOT VALE, Rank: Leading Aircraftman
    Prisoner of War: No, Honours: None for display.
  6. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 3736-059 - Hester Gwladys Hurditch to William Boyd Evans of 41 Were Street Brighton Farmer.
  7. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 1178-429 - Red Ink No. 4286198. By vesting order dated 4th January 1946. Produced to me on 4th day of January 1946. The within described land became vested in William Boyd Evans for an estate in fee simple - Vol 6825 For 852.
  8. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 6825-852 - William Boyd Evans of Upper Beaconsfield Farmer.
  9. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 6825-852 - Elizabeth Agnes Greenland Barby of 14 Stafford Street, West Preston, Married Woman.
  10. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 3736-059 - William Boyd Evans to Elizabeth Agnes Greenland Barby of 14 Stafford Street, West Preston, Married Woman.
  11. [S345] Index of monumental inscriptions/burials, www.findagrave.com "Brighton General Cemetery, Caulfield South, Glen Eira City, Victoria, Australia, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/150666110
    Grave of William Boyd Evans (unknown-23 Sep 1993)."
  12. [S142] Electoral Roll for Australia, 1942.
  13. [S149] Electoral Roll for Australia, 1949.
  14. [S154] Electoral Roll for Australia, 1954.
  15. [S163] Electoral Roll for Australia, 1963.
  16. [S167] Electoral Roll for Australia, 1967.
  17. [S168] Electoral Roll for Australia, 1968.
  18. [S172] Electoral Roll for Australia, 1972.
  19. [S177] Electoral Roll for Australia, 1977.
  20. [S180] Electoral Roll for Australia, 1980.
  21. [S16] Newspaper - The Age (Melbourne, Vic.), Mon 8 Oct 1945, p10
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/205643778
Last Edited21 Feb 2022

Elizabeth Agnes Greenland Cooke

F, #11993, b. 4 Oct 1885, d. 22 Jan 1967
Married NameBarby.1 
Birth*4 Oct 1885 Pitfield, VIC, Australia, #B27799 [par Albert COOKE & Margaret Jane GIBSON].2,3 
Marriage*1907 Spouse: Gilbert Maw Barby. VIC, Australia, #M7811.1
 
Land-UBeac30 Jan 1946 GEM-C-18. Transfer from William Boyd Evans to Elizabeth Agnes Greenland Barby. 19a 1r 28p.4 
Land-UBeac*30 Jan 1946 GEM-C-15.16.17.17A.19.20. Transfer from William Boyd Evans to Elizabeth Agnes Greenland Barby. 118a 3r 27p.5 
Land-UBeac2 Oct 1946 GEM-C-18. Transfer from Elizabeth Agnes Greenland Barby to Joan Lee McNicoll. 19a 1r 28p.6 
Land-UBeac*2 Oct 1946 GEM-C-15.16.17.17A.19.20. Transfer from Elizabeth Agnes Greenland Barby to Joan Lee McNicoll. 118a 3r 27p.7 
Widow20 Sep 1959Elizabeth Agnes Greenland Cooke became a widow upon the death of her husband Gilbert Maw Barby.8 
Death*22 Jan 1967 Corowa, NSW, Australia, #D16453/1967 [par Albert & Margaret Jane].9 
Death-Notice*24 Jan 1967 BARBY.—On Jan 22, at Corowa, late of Berwick, Queenie Elizabeth, dearly loved wife of the late Gilbert, loving mother of Rita (Mrs. Bergin), Horace, Ida (Mrs. Morrell), Olga (Mrs. Gardiner), Edna (Mrs Davidson), Ula (Mrs O'Neill), Gilbert and Esma (Mrs. Jones), aged 84 years. Peacefully sleeping.
BARBY.—The friends of the late Mrs QUEENIE Elizabeth BARBY are notified that her Funeral will leave our chapel, 10 Walker St., Dandenong, Tomorrow (Wednesday) after a service commencing at 11 a.m. for the Springvale Crematorium arriving approx. 11.25 a.m.10 

Grave

  • Melaleuca, Colonnade 1, Section E, Niche 82, Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Springvale, VIC, Australia11

Newspaper-Articles

  • 20 Apr 1917: WIFE DESERTION. Gilbert Barby was charged with deserting his wife, Elizabeth Agnes Barby. When the case was called on Mrs. Barby refused to give evidence, statng that she did not wish to go on with the case. Mr. Philpott, J.P.: This is most extraordinary. The wife puts the law in motion, and defendant has had to be brought from Deniliquin, and at the last moment complainant refuses to proceed. The costs in the case amounted to £4 1s. 9d., and he would like to know who was going to pay this amount. On the application of Sergeant Ivey, the case was adjourned for thirteen weeks.12
  • 14 Oct 1941: BANKRUPTCY COURT.— (Before Judge Clyne, In No. 3 High Court, at 10.30.)— Creditors' petitions. Applications for discharge re Elizabeth Agnes Greenland Barby13
  • 7 Apr 1942: Death of mother: COOKE (nee Gibson).-On April 5, Preston, Maggie, beloved wife of the late Albert Cooke and loving mother of Elizabeth (Mrs Barby) and Roy late of Cape Clear. -At rest14

Citations

  1. [S22] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (online).
  2. [S1] Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages Pioneer Index Victoria 1836-1888.
  3. [S80] Ancestry - Family Tree, birthdate sherylbarwick61.
  4. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 6825-852 - Elizabeth Agnes Greenland Barby of 14 Stafford Street, West Preston, Married Woman.
  5. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 3736-059 - William Boyd Evans to Elizabeth Agnes Greenland Barby of 14 Stafford Street, West Preston, Married Woman.
  6. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 6825-852 - Joan Lee McNicholl of 607 Toorak Road Toorak Married Woman.
  7. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 3736-059 - Elizabeth Agnes Greenland Barby to Joan Lee McNicholl of 607 Toorak Road Toorak married Woman.
  8. [S22] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (online) "#D25003 birthplace given as Camperdown."
  9. [S7] Registry of NSW Births Deaths and Marriages.
  10. [S16] Newspaper - The Age (Melbourne, Vic.), 24 Jan 1967, p16.
  11. [S47] Index of burials in the cemetery of Springvale Botanical Cemetery.
  12. [S14] Newspaper - Hawthorn, Kew, Camberwell Citizen (Vic.), 20 Apr 1917, p3.
  13. [S16] Newspaper - The Age (Melbourne, Vic.), 14 Oct 1941, p6.
  14. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), 7 Apr 1942, p2.
Last Edited12 May 2020

Gilbert Maw Barby

M, #11994, b. 1886, d. 20 Sep 1959
Birth*1886 Camperdown, VIC, Australia, #B15994 [par Samuel BARBY & Alice MAW].1,2 
Marriage*1907 Spouse: Elizabeth Agnes Greenland Cooke. VIC, Australia, #M7811.3
 
Death*20 Sep 1959 Berwick, VIC, Australia, #D25003 (Age 74) [par Samuel BARBY & Alice MAW].2 
Death-Notice*21 Sep 1959 BARBY.—On September 20 (suddenly), at Berwick, Gilbert, beloved husband of Queenie, and loving father of Horrie, Ida, Olga, Edna, Gilbert, Eula and Esma, aged 74 years. In God's care.
BARBY.—The Friends of the late Mr Gilbert Barby, of Langmore Lane, Berwick, are notified that his funeral will leave our parlors, Walker Street Dandenong, Tomorrow, after a service commencing at 10.50 a.m. for the Springvale Crematorium.
BARBY.—On September 20, at Berwick Hospital, Gilbert, beloved father of Ida, and father-in-law of William. Peacefully sleeping. Will always be remembered.4 

Grave

  • Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Springvale, VIC, Australia5

Citations

  1. [S1] Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages Pioneer Index Victoria 1836-1888 "reg Brea (Break-O-Day)."
  2. [S22] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (online) "#D25003 birthplace given as Camperdown."
  3. [S22] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (online).
  4. [S16] Newspaper - The Age (Melbourne, Vic.), 21 Sep 1959, p14 and 22 Sep 1959, p16.
  5. [S47] Index of burials in the cemetery of Springvale Botanical Cemetery.
Last Edited2 Jan 2016
 

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