Faces from the past

This face from the past was amongst some of my grandmother's slides that I had digitised the other day.  Does anyone recognise this man?

I have a vague childhood memory of him. (his jumper matches the flowers beautifully)

Nana had hundreds of slides but as she was an avid gardener and member of the local garden club most of those were of plants.
I sorted about 40 that weren't plants and had them digitised.

I think this chap may have been a relative of Dot, my great Uncle Frank's partner.  Great uncle Frank was my grandmother's younger brother.

Uncle Frank and Aunty Dot lived at 3 Prismall Street Altona. 
Below is the only photo I have of them.  It was also in the slide collection.

When I searched google maps for that address I could see that their old house was either rebuilt or extensively renovated but the brick garage next door was the same even considering the 30 odd year gap!

current 3 Prismall Street Altona.

Friday’s Faces from the Past is a geneablogger's daily prompt - a way to highlight photos, of known ancestors or complete unknowns suggested by madar Belkin Gerson of Past-Present-Future.

Tombstone Tuesday - Milawa cemetery

I am lucky to have found photos of many ancestors and family members headstones.

This post is for the geneabloggers daily blogging prompt, Tombstone Tuesday.

Some sadly no longer exist so I am recording those that do and I'm very grateful to Carol Judkins for all her work photographing and recording headstones.

My 4 x great grandmother, Mary Land, nee Bush, is buried with her young grandson, Robert Joseph Land, at Milawa cemetery, in North East Victoria, Australia.

The old original broken headstone has been replaced by a new one.  I don't know when or by whom as my request to Carol for copies of photos is the first time I have seen them.

The list of cemeteries photographed can be found at  Carol's headstone photos

Mary's husband Joseph died in Norfolk, England in 1852 so Mary came to Australia in 1862 with her daughter, Hephzibah and son in law William Cluff Hulme.  Other family members had earlier already migrated here.

My lineage to Mary Land is as follows:

me
mum - Amelia Joan Fleming (1937 -2012)
grandmother - Daisy Marion Fleming nee Morgan (1908 - 1998)
great grandmother - Ada May Morgan nee Hulme (1884 - 1965)
gg grandfather - Joseph Hulme (1843 - 1920)
ggg grandmother - Hephzibah Hulme nee Land (1815- 1887)
gggg grandmother - Mary Land nee Bush (1786 - 1875)

Trove Tuesday - A pleasant ride

From the Australasian newspaper on Saturday 27 August 1898.

A wonderful description of the area around Essendon, The Cross Keys Hotel, on to Broadmeadows and surrounds.

National Library of Australia

Sunday's Obituary - Joseph Hulme

 My great great grandfather, Joseph Hulme, was born in Putney, England in 1843, third child and second son of his parents, William Clough/Cluff Hulme and Hephzibah nee Land.

Excerpt from Obituary in "Wangaratta Chronicle" 3-10-1920

After an illness of two years duration, Mr Joseph Hulme died on Sunday, at his home at Milawa, the cause being heart failure.  Throughout he was attentively cared for by his daughters.

The late Mr Hulme was a well known figure in the Milawa and Oxley districts, and had lived there for just on sixty years, carrying on mixed farming and dairying, his herd of Jersey cattle being one of the finest thereabouts.

Mr Hulme, who was 79 years of age was a native of Putney, England and in the year 1860 he came to Australia with his Uncle Mr. Arthur Land, who is still living at Carboor.  The voyage out in the sailing ship "Kent" occupying over 100 days.

His father was the late William Cluff Hulme of Milawa.  Mr Hulme did not take part in public affairs but gave his undivided attention to the management of his farm, which he worked successfully.

When a lad of sixteen years,  he competed in a boys class at one of the first ploughing matches held at Oxley, having for an opponent, Mr W. R. Doig, now of Wangaratta, and in later years he won several prizes as a ploughman,

He was fond of sport and was a member of the first cricket club formed at Milawa, his ability with bat and ball winning him the distinction of being one of the best cricketers of his day, in the Milawa district.

He was of a retiring nature, but his genial disposition, strict integrity in all things, and fine neighbourly qualities, won him the respect of the people.

He was married at Beechworth and his wife .......... (next part missing, will add at a later date when found.)

He is survived by six daughters and two sons, namely
Mrs. L Davenport New Zealand,
Mrs G Wright, Wagga,
Mrs W Morgan, Moyhu,
Misses Clara, Elsie and Pleasance Hulme,
and Messrs Herbert and Sydney Hulme, Milawa.

He leaves twenty two grandchildren and three great grandchildren.

Brothers and sisters of the deceased are -
Mr Arthur Hulme, Milawa.
Messrs Albert and Jeremiah Hulme, Bowman's
and Mrs Jessie McGregor, Milawa.

The funeral took place on Monday, the cortege of over fifty vehicles testified to the respect in which deceased was held.

The coffin bearers were -
H. J. Hulme,  S. J. Hulme,  E. E. Simmonds,  W. J. Morgan.

Pall bearers -
Messrs Hazell,  I Heath, D. Ferguson, W, Humphrey, J. Bartsh, J. F. Brown.
Burial read by the Rev. Mace.

Hulme family History - St Pancras and Fulham, United Kingdom.

Hulme family History - St Pancras and Fulham, United Kingdom.

On the first of January 1810 my 4 x great grandparents, Daniel Hulme, a grocer of Henry Street, and Mary Wood were married in the old church at St Pancras, UK.

Daniel and Mary had seven children.  The first four were all baptised at the St Pancras old church but I haven't found baptism records for Daniel, Edward or George.

Mary Ann (1810-1810)
William Clough/Cluff (1811-1895)
Caroline (1812-1886)
Isabella (1814-1885)
Daniel (1816-1837)
Edward (1818-1904)
George (1820-1902)

On April the eighteenth 1813 their son William Clough/Cluff Hulme (my 3 x great grandfather) and his sister Caroline were baptised at the church.

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St_Pancras_Old_Church_in_1815.jpg

Another old picture of the church can be seen Here >

By 1847 the old church was derelict and was heavily restored with the old tower being replaced.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:St_Pancras_Old_Church_-_geograph.org.uk_-_757784.jpg

From Wikipedia
St Pancras Old Church is a Church of England parish church in Somers Town, central London. It is dedicated to the Roman martyr Saint Pancras, and is believed by many to be one of the oldest sites of Christian worship in England. The church is situated on Pancras Road in the London Borough of Camden, with the surrounding area and its international railway station taking its name. St Pancras Old Church, which was largely rebuilt in the Victorian era, should not be confused with St Pancras New Church about a kilometre away, on the Euston Road.  read more >

 I love to find and look at places my ancestors lived on google maps but I wasn't able to find Henry Street.  My very helpful cousin Shelagh (not Hulme connection) was able to find an old map and further information which allowed us to pinpoint where it was.  Thanks Shelagh!

http://www.ph.ucla.edu/epi/snow/1859map/map1859_i_17.html

Shelagh found this web page,  inner London street name changes
which shows that what was formerly Henry Street is now Roger Street.  According to Google maps the street is about a 20 minute walk from the St. Pancras old church.

                   

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Daniel Hulme senior died in 1823.  One family story passed down is that Daniel fought with Nelsons fleet as a midshipman and was badly wounded.
As a result he became a very heavy drinker .. an alchoholic which is why his son Edward became such a dedicated "Blue Ribboner" - an active member of the temperance movement.

It isn't known when the family moved to Fulham but Mary's death certificate says she was a Grocer and she died at High Street, Fulham. Her youngest son George was informant.

A Fulham council archivist searched the burial register of All Saints, Fulham, and found an entry for the burial of Daniel Hulme of Fulham, aged 40 years, on 3 July 1823.  Mary never remarried and died on the thirteenth of March 1875 at High Street Fulham.


A register of memorial stones in Fulham churchyard was compiled in 1887 by Thomas James Woodhouse.  One of the headstones he listed was that inscribed "In Memory of Daniel & Mary Hulme & several of the Family". No dates or further names were given.


The burial register of All Saints, Fulham, dating from 1863 onwards is missing. By 1895 no new graves were being excavated in the churchyard.
Fulham Cemetery, Fulham Palace Road, was opened in 1865.

A search of the cemetery register found no entry for Mary Hulme.
In view of  the reference to the family memorial and the missing burial register it is most likely that Mary Hulme was buried in Fulham churchyard in the same grave as her husband.

My very dear and very helpful cousin Cathy (again no Hulme connection) visited the UK and on her travels very kindly took these photos at Fulham for me.

Thanks Cathy!

Three of Daniel and Mary's children had married and emigrated to Australia before Mary's death.

Edward "King" Hulme emigrated with his wife Jemima Land and their first seven children in 1856 on the ship Sultana.

William and his wife Hephzibah Land and their children; although not all on the same voyage, in 1862 on the ship Blue Jacket.
(Yes Jemima and Hephzibah were sisters)

Isabella, her husband William Humphrey and their children in 1865.

Youngest son George took over at the shop in High Street.  He died in 1902 at the age of 81.

George's son,  Frederick Hulme, is listed at 63 High Street, Fulham, in the twentieth century Kelly's local directories, from 1901 to 1931/2 where he is described variously as domestic machinery dealer, grocer and general store keeper. He is not listed in the next directory of 1937/8.
However, he is last listed at that address in the Fulham register of electors for October 1935.
Frederick died in 1939 at the age of 80.

I am proud and happy to say that, along with my own research, information has been shared with and by quite a few descendants of Daniel and Mary Hulme both from here in Australia and other parts of the world.

Many thanks to you all and let's hope we can continue adding information.

Farewell to a beautiful lady

On the 14th of December 2011 I received a comment on my family history blog from a lady named Brigid Simpson.  I had nearly given up hope of finding other family members interested in putting together more of our family's story.

Brigid was a third cousin and I will forever be grateful to her and her sister Mary for the opportunity to see what our common great great grandmother, Alice Morgan nee Kelly, looked like.

Photos were even sent of my great grandmother, Mary Agnes Adams nee Morgan, in her youth and her brothers and sisters.

Brigid was as excited as I was about being able to share our stories and photos.

In December 2013 I was so saddened to be told that this beautiful lady was losing her six month battle with melanoma. She died on the 7th of January 2014.

When my mum died in 2012 Brigid said to me that it was always hard to lose your mum no matter what her age. How right she was.  I feel for her boys.

I wanted to pay tribute to Brigid and her contribution to our ancestral stories so her husband Paul has kindly shared here Brigid's eulogy and a tribute by their sons rugby team, the London Wasps.

In lieu of flowers Brigid's family requested donations be made to their nominated charity Carers, UK

I dearly wish I could have met her in person.  I am so sorry for your loss Paul, Joe, Michael and Mary, Frances and Stuart.

Until we do finally meet Rest In Peace Brigid, I will always remember you.


Eulogy for Brigid Simpson   (27 December 1955 - 7 January 2014)

Brigid was a beautiful and remarkable person.  Her warm smile lit up the room and lit up my life.  And looking around me now, how she would have enjoyed today.  Brigid loved this Abbey, with the beautiful flowers, and she loved St Benedict's too.  It was the only school our boys ever attended.  Bennies has been a major part of our lives.  She would have certainly loved the magnificent music, but most of all, she would have been so thrilled to see you all here.  If Brigid were here I imagine that she would thank each one of you for coming, whether you've walked from just around the corner or flown from NZ or Australia.  Brigid would thank you for what you've done for all of us.

The love and support shown to all of us over the last six months, and especially today, is overwhelming.  Brigid would want to thank everyone - gratitude came very easily to Brigid.  I also imagine that Brigid would ask you about you; and she would actually listen to your answer.  I also suspect that for some of you, she'd have some plans in mind too - and probably help you hatch them.  Brigid's interest in people is one of her defining characteristics.  It's one reason we felt special in her company - she made us all feel better about ourselves.

Born and brought up in Cambridge New Zealand, and the youngest of four, I call them the Cambridge four, she had an enviably strong relationship with her siblings.  Fra and Stuart have come over from New Zealand in last few months and Fra is here now, and the extraordinary Mary has been ever-present at our side, suspending her life to share our 24/7 vigil at Brigid's bedside for weeks and weeks.  Thank you Mary.

In our home life Brigid provided the basis for our standards, values and behaviours.  One girl outnumbered by three boisterous boys - she didn't always get her own way, but we always knew what she wanted. (Actually she usually did get her own way!)  She was forever kind, caring and thoughtful, artfully and lovingly steering us to be better people.  She was the architect of our family - I am still a work in progress but she has done a wonderful job on Joseph and Michael.  Brigid was immensely and justifiably proud of you; you are a credit to your Mother.

Brigid was clearly highly intelligent but more tellingly always a wise-head.  Calm, strong, clear-thinking.  All obvious qualities for her work as a doctor or medico-legal adviser, but far more often brought to bear in her relationships with family and friends.  She has always been my counsel and, when I'm ever in need in the future, I will always think "what would Brigid do?"

Brigid was great to be around. Life-enhancing, warm, positive, mischievous, energetic – she was my best friend and, having read so many wonderful sympathy cards, for many of you, she was your best friend too.

I must also mention her courage over the last six months. Brigid consciously decided she would not “battle with cancer” – she did not want her body to be a battleground. She was not stoic in the sense of a stiff-upper lip, instead of battling her cancer she faced her fate with a humble acceptance. She accepted her illness and was grateful for what she had. She didn’t cry or feel self-pity she feasted, drank champagne, laughed – and she kept our spirits high (we are the ones who did the crying). I have wondered how she did it. One day in a Royal Marsden Hospital waiting room, I read an article about courage that concluded “Courage is a quality of morality and character much more than muscle and balls”. And I think that’s about right; she had faith, morality and character in abundance.

I am very proud of Brigid, I love her and admire her. I am privileged to have shared 30 years together (the 30th anniversary of our first meeting was last Tuesday). I will miss her deeply every day of my life.


Paul Simpson, Ealing Abbey – 20 January 2014

Below is a transcription of their tribute from the London Wasps programme.

After qualifying as a doctor, Brigid left New Zealand in 1982 to see the world and, in her words, “to get away from rugby, racing and beer.” That didn’t last
long. She met Paul, a keen rugby player who’s known to like a beer. A year later they married, then moved to Sydney, Australia with Paul’s job.

Joe, her first son, was born in Sydney and Michael born two years later after Brigid and Paul returned home to England in 1990. The boys attended St
Benedict’s School in Ealing where they first played rugby. Both boys were part of Wasps Academy system from age 15; both represented Middlesex, London & South East Division and both played England age group rugby.

Brigid and Paul barely have ever missed a game; home or away, Brigid could usually be found pacing the touchline supporting her beloved boys (and praying for an injury-free game). If you’ve ever seen Joe make a searing break and heard a lady scream “Go, Jum’, Go!”, that would have been Brigid!

Brigid was diagnosed with malignant melanoma last June. She bore her illness with extraordinary courage and at no time did she complain or despair.
She continued to spend more time thinking of others rather than herself and was deeply grateful for the love and support provided by family and friends, particularly in those last few difficult months.

She listened to the Radio Devon radio broadcast of Wasps’ heroic win against Exeter from her hospital bed. Within a couple of hours of the final whistle, Joe
re-joined the family at her bedside, and she died just 36 hours later on Tuesday morning.

Brigid will be sadly missed.

John Pike/Pyke - my first Aussie arrival

John Pike/Pyke was my 3rd great grandfather.
He was the son of Joseph Pike and Elizabeth nee Cartwright of Rathangan, Kildare, Ireland.  John was a Bounty Immigrant on the ship Coromandel arriving in Australia on the 10th of July 1840,  occupation listed as farmyard clerk.

His sisters Eliza, Rebecca and Sarah had already arrived here in February of that year in the company of their other sister Marian, a school teacher, and her husband John Armstrong.

John Armstrong was a schoolmaster and he kept a diary with regular daily entries.  This diary held the only mention or record of John Pike's death in 1847 as for some unknown reason no death registration or certificate has been found.

John Pike had become an Overseer at two Aboriginal Protectorates in Victoria.

In 1840 the Aboriginal Protectorate at Mitchellstown was re-located to the future site of Murchison township, with William Le Souef in charge.  Murchison or Goulburn was one of four Aboriginal Protectorates.

On the 7th of September, 1842 John married Isabella Beaton at St. James Cathedral Melbourne.

They went on to have 3 daughters.
Jane born 9 Aug 1843 at Goulburn River, Murchison.
Eliza born 17 Nov 1844 at River Loddon
Mary Ann (my great great grandmother) born 10 May 1847 at River Loddon

Eliza and Mary Ann weren't baptised until January 1848.

In 1843 Isabella was appointed school mistress or matron of the Aboriginal establishment , for this situation it was said she was well qualified with her clean habits and general good conduct.

The protectorate system was abolished in 1851, and the remains of the Murchison site have not been established.

John Pike left the Goulburn Aboriginal Station on the 6th of May 1844 for the River Loddon Aboriginal Protectorate.  The Assistant Protector of Aborigines there was Edward Stone Parker.

Loddon River Protectorate photo from Wikimedia commons

An entry in John Armstrong's diary for January 1848 reads as follows:
"Had a letter from a Mr. Bicknell, Aboriginal Station, River Loddon, Port Phillip district, containing intelligence of the death of John Pike on the 10 Nov.  He has left a wife and 3 daughters under 4 years.  His disorder was Tympanitis and was preceded by influenza which he got while on a visit to Melbourne.  He had returned from there in the beginning of Nov.  Mrs P was living at Mr Parker's - Head of the station"

John Pike's widow remarried in November 1848 to George Harrison ............ and there lies a whole other story.