Alice Morgan's Sunday trading prosecution

 

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article269386670

Essendon Gazette and Keilor, Bulla and Broadmeadows Reporter (Moonee Ponds,Vic. 1888-1900), Thursday 22 February 1900, page 3

Essendon Police Court.

MONDAY, 19IH FEBRUARY. Before Messrs. Davies, Hollick and Wilson, J's.P. LICENSING PROSECUTION

Sub-inspector Irvine charged Alice Mogan, of the Cross Keys Hotel, North Essendon, with having the bar door open on Sunday. 

Mr McFarlane appeared for defendant, who he said was too unwell to attend. He produced a doctor's certificate and pleaded not guilty. 

Sub-inspector Irvine, who prosecuted, said he would like an adjournment unless Mr McFarlane would plead guilt as he did not like ex parte cases. 

The bench decided to go on. 

Senior-constable Hickey of Collingwood,-gave evidence, on Sunday, 4th inst. he visited defendant's hotel, at North Essendon, at 10 30 a.m., and saw the bar door open and five glasses on the counter. Subsequently at 12.30 he called again, and found the same door open and two extra glasses and a syphon on the counter. The licensee's: daughter was in the parlour with a man from Essendon. 

To Mr. McFarlane: On his first visit he went all round the rooms. Went to the north end of the house to a bedroom behind the bar, and found Mrs. Morgan with her daughter. Went through the bedroom to a door leading to the bar, which was open. It was secured by a small bolt. He could not say Sunday trading was carried on through Mrs. Morgan's bedroom, but it might have been through another door. 

To Sub-inspector Irviue: The licensee's daughter could have carried drinks through Mrs. Morgan's bedroom to another room. 

Re-examined by Mr. McFarlane: There were no signs of Sunday tradings in the parlours. Constable Roxby, who was with Sergeant Hickey on the date named, corroborated. 

To Mr. McFarlane: Last witness did not insist upon going through the bedroom. The senior-constable remarked he was being delayed. 

To Sub Inspector Irvine: They did not know there was a sick lady in the bedroom in question, which had been a bar parlour. 

For the defence Mr. McFarlane said he would prove the room had been used as a bedroom for the past two years. The offence was only a technical one, as the bar door, which was not used as such was only secured with a bolt instead of a lock, as provided by the Act. 

Agnes Morgan gave evidence she was daughter of defendant. On Sunday, 4th, the two constables came at 10.30 by the front door, where a girl admitted them and they knocked at her mother's door, who was dressing at the time. They camc in and went to the bar door leading from the bedroom, which had a button on it, and opened the door going into the bar. There were some glasses on the counter but they had been used the previous night. There had been no Sunday trading that day. 

To Sub-inspector Irvine: The beer glasses were there from Saturday night. The bottle of gin, which was not there on the first occasion, and the two empty glasses and syphon on she could not say for what time they were there. 

Mary Daly, an emloyé of the defendant, admitted the constables and told them the licensee was ill in bed. The had previously tried the bar door, which was locked. They then went to Mrs. Morgan's bedroom and opened the door going through. When they came the second time the bar door was fastened with a lock. The door had fallen, therefore from the outside it appeared to be open. 

To Sub-Inspector Irvine: The door was locked on the second occation the police came. She locked it herself, and had the key in her pocket. Mr McFarlane said the offence was merely a technical one, and after hearing the evidence he hoped the bench, if they did fine, would recommend a remission of the penalty. 

A fine of £5 was imposed, with 7s. 10d. costs.

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Two months  later on 30th of April 1900, Agnes Morgan, youngest daughter of Alice Morgan, the Licensee, died at the Hotel.  According to the death certificate signed by Dr. Sutherland cause of death was Multiple Neuritis for 10 weeks and Cardiac Syncope.

Another two months later on the 11th of June Alice Morgan lost her eldest son, Francis Edward Morgan to Phthisis Pulmonalis, later more commonly known as Tuberculosis, and exhaustion with duration of one year and signed by Dr Dickinson.

Mary Morgan of Hosier Lane 1863

A search in Trove for information about Mary Morgan, wife of my Dad's 2nd Great uncle,  or anyone living in Hosier Lane, Melbourne around 1863 revealed a sad incident to which Mary Morgan, was a witness.

APA citation

NEWS OF THE DAY. (1863, April 2). The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), p. 5  http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article154962400

Transcription of above full page
Charlotte Cannon deposed
I am the wife of James Frazer Cannan - a seaman - I live in Hozier Lane Melbourne.  The deceased female infant - five weeks old- was my child.  Deceased was a healthy child from its birth.
On ? night the 30th instant I went to bed at one o'clock taking the deceased with me.  She was quite well at that time.  I gave her the breast and laid her against my arm as usual.  I went to sleep and did not wake again until 7 o'clock yesterday morning when Mrs Morgan knocked at my door and woke me.  As soon as she woke me I found the child dead.  I called out to Mrs Morgan who came into the room and we sent for Dr Lilienfield.  The bedclothes were not over deceased's face when I woke.  She was lying in the same position in which I had placed her.  She was quite cold.
Charlotte Cannan.

Transcription of above full page

Page 6

The deponent Mary Morgan on oath saith as follows:

I am the wife of Felix Morgan.  The mother of the deceased lives in my house.

I was with the mother up to one o'clock yesterday morning.  She was sitting in her room and I was with her.

She was working as a tailoress up to that hour.

In the morning at 7 o'clock I called her and almost as soon as I did so she called me into the room and I found the child was dead.  I sent for a doctor.  The mother seemed much distressed at losing the child..  

Mrs Cannan had only one glass of beer during the night preceding.  She was perfectly sober when she went to bed.

I have no reason to think that the child's death was from any other cause than an accidental one.

Mary Morgan

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In the findagrave website I found the burial information for the infant who died.

The cemetery record states she was 

Charlotte Emily Cannan

BIRTH unknown

DEATH 31 Mar 1863

BURIAL

Melbourne General Cemetery

Carlton North, Melbourne City, Victoria, Australia

PLOT MGC-COE-Comp-LL-No-Public

MEMORIAL ID 201314421 · 

Gravesite Details

Public plot - no headstone - No Photo

In memoriam - Eric Ebor John Daniels

Today is the anniversary of the death of Eric Ebor John Daniels, the first husband of my paternal grandmother Brenda Mary Forsyth nee Adams.

Their story is heartbreaking.

About nine months after their marriage on the 1st of September 1928 at St. Michael's Catholic Church in North Melbourne Eric was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Disease.

Eric died 88 years ago on the 17th of January 1932 at The Melbourne hospital in North Melbourne, and so very sadly, just short of 5 weeks after the death of their infant son Ronald Francis Daniels of Influenzal meningitis on the 15th of December 1931.

Eric Daniels left with his brother-in-law Bertie Crowl (1891-1967) and their mother-in-law Mary Adams nee Morgan (1864-1933) seated.  (Unfortunately not a very clear photo being a photocopy)

Family Notices (1932, January 18). The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), p. 1. Retrieved January 12, 2020, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article203187394

Little Ronald Francis Daniels

Family Notices (1932, January 19). The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), p. 1, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article203177568

Original photo of Eric and Ronald's grave from my grandmother's photo album


Photo taken by me in 2018

Resting Together In Peace

Hephzibah HULME nee LAND of Horseshoe Creek, Milawa

Hephzibah HULME nee LAND was my 3 x Great-Grandmother.

Hephzibah Land was born in 1814 in Norfolk, England, the eldest daughter and first born child of Mary Bush and Joseph Land. She was baptised on the 14th of August at Guist, Norfolk.

She married William Clough/Cluff Hulme on the 4 of  March 1841 in St. James, Westminster, London, England. 

They had eleven children in 18 years. 

Hephzibah died on 26 July 1887 in Oxley, Victoria, at the age of 72.

MILAWA. (1887, August 6).
Ovens and Murray Advertiser (Beechworth, Vic. : 1855 - 1918), p. 2http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article198652087

Transcription - On Thursday the last remains of Mrs Hulme, wife of Mr W. Hulme, of Horseshoe Creek, Milawa, were interred in the Oxley General Cemetery. Mrs Hulme was very much respected by a large circle of friends, and at the time of her death had almost reached the allotted "threescore years and ten." The funeral train was attended by a large number of persons, who thus testified to the great respect in which the deceased lady was held, the Rev. A. Macfarlane conducting the funeral


Milawa CemeteryMilawa Cemetery (from http://milawa.vic.au/town-history/)

"The cemetery at Milawa is often known as the Oxley Cemetery. It was established in 1864, after considerable discussion about a suitable site. It was expanded in area by approximately two acres towards the west within the first twelve months – Robert Snowdon being the first interment there. The different denominations have their own areas, and all the graves face the east. The cemetery contains a number of European settlers, Aboriginals and Chinese, although the burial places of the Aboriginals and Chinese are not known, many early records having been lost, damaged or destroyed.” from Memories of Oxley, p. 46

Alice Morgan 1900 License prosecution or persecution?

In a re-visit to our wonderful resource Trove  this morning, I found yet another Licensing Prosecution for my 3rd great-grandmother, Alice Morgan at the Cross Keys Hotel.

Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Tuesday 20 February 1900, page 7

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LICENSING PROSECUTIONS.

At the Footscray Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Keogh, P.M., Messrs. D. Mitchell, J. Cuming, and J. M'Phee, J.P.'s, Florence Horan, licensee of the Junction Hotel, at the intersection of Bunbury and Whitehall streets, was proceeded against by Inspector M'Gann with a dual breach of Section 129 of the Licensing Act, which forbids the acceptance for spirituous liquors of any pay-ment except money. Mr. Field Barrett appeared for the defence. On January 22 and February 9, a girl, aged nine, member of a family resi-dent in Bunbury-street, took to defendant's hotel each time a glass dish, which she gave to the licensee, who on the first occasion supplied the
girl with beer, on the second occasion with rum. The defence was that the articles were purchased by the defendant. Mr. Keogh, P.M., in an-nouncing his decision, said that in the opinion of the Bench the case had been fully proven, and the defendant would be fined £2, with 10/ costs, in the first instance. In the second case, in which practically the facts were the same, Mr. Keogh offered the opinion that the case was very gross, and inflicted the maximum of £10. Application was made for time to pay, which was acceded to. In the first instance a week was allowed, and in the second six weeks.
At the Essendon Police Court yesterday, before Messrs. Davies, Hollick, and Wilson, J.P.'s, Alice Morgan, of the Cross Keys Hotel, North Essen-don, was charged with having her bar door open
on Sunday, 4th inst. Sub-inspector Irvine prose-cuted, and Mr. C. J. M'Farlane appeared for the defence. On the date named the police on Sun-day duty visited the hotel. They gained admit-tance to the bar door in question through the licensee's bedroom, and found it only secured by a button, another door leading to the bar, which was the only one used for that purpose, being se-curely locked. The defence was that the offence was only a technical one, and since a proper lock, as provided by the act, had been placed in the
door. A fine of £5, with 7/10 costs, was im-posed.

LICENSING PROSECUTIONS. (1900, February 20). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 7. Retrieved May 11, 2019, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article9049652

David Adams breakthrough - I hope

Trove comes up trumps again!

Our mysterious David ADAMS, born 1866 in Hotham, Victoria to George ADAMS (builder) and Catherine nee BARRY,  had seemingly disappeared from the face of the earth.  

Until now.

Our last known record of David was a mention in the will of his sister Margaret MANSFIELD in 1926.  Unfortunately, no address was given for him in that document.

In my most recent visit to Trove, a death notice for another of his sister's appeared with the words "Loving sister of David ADAMS, Sydney"

So now we know that David was still alive in 1946!

Family Notices (1946, September 7).
The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), p. 9.
from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article206366530

I went through every David ADAMS in Sydney electoral rolls.  

There were only about four probables.

The one I feel is most likely our David married a Juanita Agnes HERRICK in Victoria in 1907 marriage registration number 7751.

They were living at 51 Carr St Crows Nest Sydney.

Electoral roll entries

1913 at Crows Nest Road. builder. 

1930, 1933, 1943 & 1949 they are living at 51 Carr Street Nth Sydney no occupation.  

1958 Juanita is still at 51 Carr Street, no David.

Juanita died in 1959 death registration number 15980 in North Sydney.

RE the estate of JUANITA AGNES ADAMS, late of (1960, May 13).
Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (Sydney, NSW : 1901 - 2001),
p. 1470.  http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article219905814

I then found the following probate notice for a David Adams also in Trove.

Executor was a Henry Herrick EDWARDS.

Advertising (1953, July 6).
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 11.
from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article23254192

This David died on the 21st of January 1953 in Sydney but it seems that a copy of his Will is also at the Public Records Office of Victoria. Perhaps because his lawyer was in Victoria.  And .... David was a retired Builder.

Another hopeful clue is the link to Victoria.

His Will file number - 468/443

VPRS 7591/P3 unit 16, item 468/443

and Probate - 468/443

VPRS 28/P4 unit 609, item 468/443

Unfortunately, the only New South Wales death I could find for a David Adams in North Sydney in 1953 was registration number 1564 listing parents as David and Jane Ann which don't fit.  

Another David Adams?

There isn't a Victorian death for a David Adams in 1953.

But I still have a good feeling about this.

Next steps are to obtain the relevant certificates to confirm or not.

Fingers crossed.

UPDATE - This turned out not to be our David Adams

DANIELS family North Melbourne - Trove Tuesday

Eric Ebor John DANIELS was the first husband of my paternal grandmother Brenda Mary FORSYTH nee ADAMS.

They were married at North Melbourne, Victoria on the 1st of September 1928.

On their marriage certificate, Eric's mother's name was given as Florence Mary POWELL but when Eric died, sadly in 1932 aged only 27, his mother's name was given as Ethel STOWELL.

Victorian marriage records show that Eric's father, William McDonald DANIELS had married Ethel Rose STOWELL in 1901.  Then in 1913, when Eric was eight years old William married Florence May POWELL.

Thanks to Trove  I found some details of a bitter split in 1910 between Eric's father and birth mother.

Two years later in 1912

Mary Agnes ADAMS - Trove Tuesday

My paternal great-grandmother Mary Agnes ADAMS nee MORGAN

was born on the 17th of October 1864 at Moonee Ponds, Victoria.

She was the third child and eldest daughter of John MORGAN and Alice nee KELLY who were owners/licensees of the original Cross Keys Hotel at Essendon.

Mary married John ADAMS on the 7th of November 1887 at Essendon but they later separated and had been through a rather acrimonious maintenance battle which I covered in another Trove Tuesday post in 2012.

I was very thankful when the Melbourne Age newspaper became available in Trove as that seems to be have been where my grandmother's family put their notices.

Mary Agnes ADAMS died on the 24th of August 1933 at her home at 10 Molesworth Street North Melbourne.

  

 

Margaret O’Meara MORGAN

Margaret O’MEARA was the daughter of Patrick  O’MEARA and Jane (nee ROWAN). 

She was born at Sandridge, (now known as Port Melbourne), Victoria in 1870 and married my great grand uncle, John Felix MORGAN in 1898.

John’s parents, John MORGAN senior and Alice nee KELLY, had been owners/licensees of the Hotel since 1871 and as both his parents were deceased John was the licensee. 

They had no children and John tragically drowned in the water tank at the Cross Keys Hotel, Essendon North, in 1907. The Hotel license then reverted to his widow Margaret.

After her husband’s death, Margaret and her friend Mary Ellen (Molly) DALY together ran the hotel for a further 20 years. 

Once retired they lived together at 27 Bulla Road.

Margaret died at the age of 68 years on the 25th of January 1938.

I had found her death and funeral notices in Trove  along with the advertisement for the sale of her estate.

Advertising (1938, February 26). The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), p. 3. 

from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article206742563

According to her Will from the Public Records Office of Victoria,

VPRS 28/P3, unit 3047;
VPRS 7591/P2, unit 1031

Margaret named her property “Margsdale” and it was valued at 700 pounds.

Executors were her brother Michael James O’MEARA, her cousin Gerald Fitzgerald and her brother in law Thomas Stephen Burke. Thomas was the husband of Margaret’s sister Grace but he had predeceased her so was no longer an executor.

Beneficiaries were her niece, Mary Burke 100 pounds and a friend Thomas David KELLY of Duffy Street North Essendon received 50 pounds.

After the remainder of her estate was sold the proceeds were to go in 6 equal shares to her brothers Michael James O’MEARA and Christopher O’MEARA and her sisters Mary Josephine TIGHE and Grace BURKE.

The division of the remaining 2 shares was a bit confusing but essentially they were bequeathed to her cousin Gerald Fitzgerald “to use at such time as he may see fit for maintenance or otherwise for the benefit or advantage of my brother James O’MEARA and my friend Mary Helen DALY”

Her Trustees were directed to “employ the firm of Fitzgerald and Fitzgerald of Market St, Melbourne as Solicitors to the estate”

History Out Of A Cardboard Box by Allan Fleming

THE cardboard box with its historic field maps
operation orders and souvenir of the German soldiery

History Out Of A Cardboard Box

By Allan Fleming

FRAGMENTS of Australia's war history have travelled to The Courier-Mail from Quilpie in a small cardboard box.   They are maps, stained with the mud of Flanders, that weary eyes peered at in the dim lights of dugouts while barrages thundered overhead; copies of operation orders, and a message from Sir John Monash that heralded Germany's Black Day in 1918; copies of a Digger newspaper that show the brighter side of war.
THE ''souvenirs' have been sent by Mr. Colin Butler, formerly Lieutenant Butler, M.C., B Coy., 41st Batt, A.I.F., to be handed on to the Oxley Library of War Relics.

'I am only surrendering them in order that the memory of a battalion of which I am proud to have been a member may be preserved for all time in a national collection,' he writes.

The seven copies of the 'MacGillivray Magster' (price Id) which are included in Mr. Butler's collection were produced by a member of the 3rd reinforcements of the 41st Battalion on the way to England in 1916.

They reveal the best features of Digger journalism. They are bright, serious, cheeky, clever, humorous, and full of spirit. There was fun at the expense of everyone:

'When visiting Perth certain N.C.O.'s dined at the Savoy and went through the menu from soup to toothpicks. The waitress, so we are told, has been granted a week's leave to recuperate.'

'STOP PRESS NEWS . . . Great Boxing Match . . . Jimmie Square-Foot v. Billy Dolittle ... A Draw . . .
The scream of the trip up to now came off last night when two natives put on the gloves. They have as much idea of boxing as an iguana has of geology, but an immense amount of amusement was caused at the slangwanging each got. It ended in a draw, in fact, about 50 draws in the way of smokes'

The Muse thrived in spite of drill, discipline, and occasional complaints about the quality of cheese or the shortage of butter. Often the Muse wore a broad grin.
There were frequent verses on the more significant topics of the hour - on the attitude of the United States, on the vote for conscription, on thoughts of home and war, and on the progress of the armies.
There were editorials and paragraphs with seriousness and feeling.
The 'Magster' was printed with the aid of a duplicator on foolscap sheets. The names of contributors and 'people in the news' will bring back many rich memories to Diggers who will be able to look it over in the Oxley Library.

THE remaining souvenirs are from the battle zone. There is the map used by Lieutenant Butler in the big push between August 8 and 11, 1918. It is stained with the mud of Flanders. The positions of the 41st Battalion are marked near the Somme. Attached is an operation order, outlining the plans for the capture of the 'old Amiens system ' by advancing and 'mopping up' under cover of a barrage. The map is an eloquent relic of 'Germany's Black Day.' Most stained with brownish mud is the map carried by Lieutenant Butler in the Battle of Broodseinde. In a few places are little round lumps of French earth, sticking as hard as they stuck when the guns were thundering and the rifles rattling. A map from Berlin is Included in the collection. It was captured from a   German officer, and covers the battlefields from Ostend to Rheims. The name of its original owner is scrawled in pencil on its cover. From another captured German have come army letter cards that were destined never to be filled in; a pay slip; a postcard picture of a group of German soldiers grouped outside a dugout 'Kantine' with frothing steins in their hands. With them is the copy of the message from Sir John Monash, issued to No, 6 platoon on the eve of Germany's Black Day. It is addressed to soldiers of the Australian Army Corps. 'For the first time in the history of this corps all five Australian divisions will to-morrow engage in the largest and most important battle operation ever undertaken by the corps,' the message begins. It is in the pale purple type of a duplicating machine that has been working over time. 'They will be supported by exceptionally powerful artillery and by tanks and aeroplanes on a scale never previously attempted,' the message continues. 'The full resources of our sister Dominion, the Canadian Corps, will also operate to our right, while two British divisions will guard our left flank....

'Because of the completeness of our plans and dispositions, of the magnitude of the operations, of the number of troops employed, and of the depth to which we intend to overrun the enemy's positions, this battle will be one of the most memorable of the whole war; and there can be no doubt that, by capturing our objectives, we shall inflict blows upon the enemy which will make him stagger and will bring the end appreciably nearer....
'I earnestly wish every, soldier of the Corps the best of good fortune and a glorious and decisive victory, the story of which will re-echo throughout the world, and will live forever in the history of, our homeland.'    

MAP carried by Lieutenant Butler in the Battle of Broodseinde,

THREE months later victory had been won. The Armistice had been signed. Last of the souvenirs from the little cardboard box is the message from Birdwood, in the Field, November 14, 1918.   No words of mine can possibly express all I feel for the magnificent work which has been 'done by the Australian soldier during these four long years. It is well known and recognised not only throughout the British Empire, but throughout the world— and now we have peace in sight, and peace after a victory in which the Australian soldier has taken a large share. . . . 'Then will come the difficult time of demobilisation, and it is regarding this that I wish to make a personal appeal to every single member of the A.I.F. in the full confidence that it will be met as every other appeal to face and tackle the strongest positions has ever been met by the Australian soldier. Never has the name of Australia stood higher than it does now throughout the world, thanks to the bravery of her soldiers, and It is up to every one of us to see that this is maintained and that no reproach can be cast on the Australian flag owing to any behaviour of ours.... 'Play the game, boys, during this time, as you have always done, and add still more to the deep debt of gratitude which will always be acknowledged to you by the Empire and remembered by me as your comrade and commander.' Flanders, mud, jests before the battle, stirring words from men who marched in the vanguard of history, they are all in this small cardboard box.

'GERMAN soldiers grouped outside a dugout Kantine,'

HISTORY OUT OF A. (1939, February 11). The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954), p. 7. Retrieved August 15, 2015, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article39034206

Mystery Monday - searching for the death of Margaret Leslie Mason nee Carstairs

My great great great grandmother, Margaret Leslie Carstairs, was born on the 2nd of September, 1823 at Cupar, Fife, Scotland.  She was baptised on the 10th of September at Cupar.

 Her parents were Andrew Carstairs and Elizabeth (Betty) Stewart. 

Margaret married Peter Webster Mason in 1842  Largo, Fife, Scotland 

"Were contracted Peter Mason in this parish and Margaret Carstairs in the parish of Cupar who after proclamation without objection were married the 15th of same."

They had twelve children, Margaret, Andrew, Elizabeth and Susan Webster Mason, were born in Scotland.  

It's not known when or where Margaret died.

Andrew died 1869 Victoria.  

Elizabeth died 1910 Landsborough, Victoria

Susan Webster died 1928 Landsborough, Victoria.

Peter and Margaret Mason sailed from Plymouth aboard  the "Cheapside"  on the 21st of May, 1848 and reached Port Phillip on the 18th of August, 1848 as assisted immigrants with children Andrew aged 2 and Susan aged 3 months.  This was the fastest voyage to that time.  

Fare was 14 pounds 8 shillings.  196 passengers.  Peter was passenger 121.

Peter and Margaret could read and write and went ashore without leaving their address.

The Port Phillip Patriot and Morning Advertiser of 19 August reported:-

" The Cheapside arrived here yesterday, with emigrants from London and Plymouth, having completed the voyage in rather less that 88 days, being the quickest ever yet made from England to Port Phillip.

She brings London papers up to the date she sailed from Plymouth, 21st May as she left during the night of that day.  The class of emigrants on board appears to be as good as those brought by the "Cornwall" being almost all from England.  The passage of this vessel throughout has been generally favourable.  She ran to Madeira in 7 days, and was off the Cape of Good Hope on the 20th July, from that to Cape Northumberland she experienced a succession of strong gales from the North, on the 25th July especially, a severe storm arose accompanied with lightening and rain, she was struck by the electric fluid, but it was carried over the tide by the conductors, having done no injury save carrying away the main topmast crosstress, in lat 39 20 South, long 36 38 East.  The weather being squally and gloomy, a whirlwind or waterspout was observed on the starboard quarter, about a mile distant, and nearing the ship fast.  Captain Lewis was obliged to haul up to avoid it, and had some difficulty in doing so as it passed within 500 yards of them; it is described as having been a very grand sight, but had rather too much of the terrible in it to be enjoyed by those on board.  Nothing further of note occurred until she was within a few days sail of Port Phillip Heads, when a melancholy accident befell a tine young seaman of the name of George Farquhar; he was up on the main yard and his foot slipping from the rope he lost his hold and falling violently on the deck, died instantly, his head upon which he fell, being dashed to pieces.  The "Cheapside" spoke the "Hartley" off Madeira, 1 week out bound for Adelaide with emigrants.  There were 5 deaths all infants, and 4 births, on board.  

The next eight children were born in Victoria, Australia and all recorded on the birth certificate of the last born child, Sarah Jane.

Peter was born in Melbourne in 1849 died 1851 Richmond.

Agnes, my great great grandmother, was born at Heidelberg in 1851 died 1940 Wangaratta

Janet "Jessie" was born at Heidelberg in 1854 died 1928 Stawell

Mary was born at Oakleigh in 1855 and died that same year.

David was born in 1856 died unknown

Euphemia Margaret was born 1859 at Myer's Creek (now Myer's Flat) Nerring near Eaglehawk died 1942 Stawell.

John Robert was born 1862 at Peg Leg, near Eaglehawk died 1914 Wagga Wagga

Sarah Jane was born 1865 at Myer's Creek died 1891 East Melbourne

Myers Creek, now Myers Flat near Eaglehawk, Victoria.

According to a book written by their great grandson, George Rathbone, the Mason's were for a time at the Ballarat gold fields and their made friends with the Rathbone family.  None of the friends had any great gold finds, only sufficient to satisfy their needs.  He states that the Mason's were in Talbot in 1868 where their daughter Agnes married Peter Hart in 1870.

Agnes Mason (1851-1940)  and Peter Hart (ca 1827 - 1900)

Nothing further appears to be known of their whereabouts.  A search for Peter Webster Mason's death led fellow family researcher, Linda Robertson, to him dying at Bendigo Benevolent Asylum on the 1st of March 1892 of  Cystitis, Exhaustion and Senile debility.

Today I finally found at least a funeral notice for him in Trove so now I know where he is buried.

To date no one has found a death for his wife Margaret.  

A lot of people have listed her death as 1905 at Hamilton in Victoria but I have that death certificate and it belongs to a Margaret Mason who was born in Co. Clare Ireland, had three marriages, one to a William Mason and had one son Thomas, not ours.

I have seen 14 family trees in ancestry.com with that death mistakenly attached to our Margaret 

(And frustratingly there are a couple of other trees that even have Margaret attached to a completely wrong family. Unfortunately this happens repeatedly in that site)

Trove Tuesday - Hostilities

Recently while scanning Trove  yet again, I found a couple more articles about my Morgan family of Essendon.  

There were some hostilities flying back and forth between a Michael Coonan and the Morgans in August of 1886.

It seems the eldest son Frank was a "bit of a lad".

Could this be payback?

This post is part of the Trove Tuesday series  initiated by Amy of  Branches, Leaves & Pollen.

Trove Tuesday - Yeah right!

A family member made me laugh when he posted this on facebook telling his wife it was a wonderfully written article and she should read it ............  I think he is still alive ....... Cooee are you there Harold?

Euroa Advertiser (Vic. : 1884 - 1920), Friday 13 November 1896, page 2

For the  Trove Tuesday theme by Amy Houston from Branches, Leaves & Pollen

Y is for .... Yarram

  YARRAM

I am a little late with my Y contribution for the Family History Through the Alphabet Challenge issued by Alona of Gould's  

I was going to write about my husband's ancestors the Young family but I haven't done a lot of research on them yet and I have been enthralled lately with my current project about a family connection, I have only just found, to Yarram in South Gippsland, Victoria. 

This connection is still quite confusing and may take a bit of unraveling yet.  

A brief rundown so far:-

My great great grandmother was Margaret "Alice" Kelly.

One of her brother's, John Kelly, brought their two younger brothers to Alice in Melbourne just before her wedding to John Morgan in 1858.

I knew John went to Gippsland as he married Mary Ann Francis at Tarraville in 1869.  Tarraville, Yarram and Alberton are all close by one another.

In searching Trove I found quite a few references to a John Kelly but there may well have been more than one living in the area.  

Yet to be sorted.

There was a John Kelly who was a tanner at Nightingale's tannery at Tarraville in 1874.

My John Kelly was a currier (tanner) when he died at Yackandandah in 1905.  

There was a John Kelly who became insolvent at Tarraville in 1878.  Reasons given were lack of employment, death of a son, illness of wife. 

There was a big "to-do" over a Dr. Eccles in several articles, one being in the Gippsland Times in December 1869 where John Kelly's wife may have lost a son soon after childbirth. There is a birth registration for a John Kelly born to John Kelly and Mary Ann Francis in 1869 at Alberton which is near Tarraville.

Mary Ann Francis' mother was Mary Kilroy.  After the death of her first husband, Thomas Francis, Mary Kilroy married a Fenton Lawler.

They had three children, Michael, Elizabeth and Catherine.  Catherine married Edward Slavin in 1887.

I sent a query to the rootsweb Gippsland mailing list and learned that there is a book called  "Clonmel to Federation: a Guide to People in the Port Albert area 1841-1901". compiled by Gwen O'Callaghan at the Gippsland Regional Maritime Museum which contains quite a bit more about the Francis and Lawler families.  I have yet to get access to the book but Gwen did give me a couple of snippets and one little piece of information which grabbed my attention immediately.  Elizabeth Lawler was a much loved nurse who delivered thousands of babies at Yarram for many years.  She was known as Bessie.

A few months ago I received copies of a batch of photos from descendants of John Kelly's nephew, Alexander Morgan, who went to New Zealand.  

One of these photos was of two young ladies.  

Written on the base of the photo was "Miss Bessie and Miss Kate" but none of the descendants knew who they were.

I believe they could well be Elizabeth and Catherine Lawler.

One of the witnesses at the marriage of John Kelly's niece, my great grandmother Mary Morgan, in 1887 was a miss Lawler but the first name isn't very legible. I don't know yet if she is of the same Lawler family.  Bessie Lawler was known to be in Melbourne doing her nursing training around 1889.

I'm still searching, sorting and wondering but perhaps one day I will find enough confirming detail that all these pieces will fit together.

 My family history through the alphabet list