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Past event — June Winter: Grovedale History

27/1/2018

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​June is a descendant of two of the early families settling in Grovedale — the Hartwichs and the Winters. She is also a descendant of the Burvilles and Radfords that settled in Mount Duneed. She has a great story to tell about the evolution of the community and the effects of World War 1 on a settlement once called Germantown. Through marriage her family tree extends to a wide number of names that are well known to history buffs in the area. Anyone is welcome to attend this meeting and stay for a cuppa afterwards.
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James Noble

26/1/2018

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James Noble
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Robert Washington Noble
James Noble, eldest son of William and Jane (née Gray) Noble, was born in 1821 in County Tyrone, Ireland.  He was the first of his family to arrive in the colony in 1840 at the age of 19 on the ship Ferguson. He initially set up business as a grocer. He was followed to the colony by his brothers John and William and sister Mary Jane in 1848. Two other brothers, George and Charles, and his father William came later. His mother died in County Tyrone, Ireland on 29 April 1855. Two sisters did not emigrate. He invested in vast amounts of real estate in the Geelong district and other areas as they were opened up for farming. He also had many business interests.
​James​ married Sarah Jane, daughter of James and Elizabeth (née Quinn) Caldwell, on 9 March 1844 at St Andrew's Church, Geelong. They had the following children:
James William — born 1845, married Anastasia Norman in 1878, died 1892
John Charles — born 1847, married Mary Ann Flack in 1873, died 1938
Robert — born 1850, died 1851
Jane Gray — born 1854, died 1938
George Cornelius — born 1857, married Fanny Ellen Macmullen
Lillian Amelia — born 1858, died 1938
Robert Washington — born 1860, married Susan Elizabeth MacMullen on 3 August 1899 at Clontymon in Geelong, died 1944
Frederick Leonard (Fred) — born 1862, died 1890
 
In 1868 James bought 325 acres of land in Swampy Creek (Anglesea). On March 1884 he auctioned part of his land as the Township of Gladstone on the Anglesea River. A street in Anglesea was named after him.
 
 James Noble became a Geelong town councillor in 1850. He was the chairman of the Connewarre Road Board. He was a South Barwon councillor serving from 1858 until 1859 and again from 1874 to 1885. He was president twice in 1877-78 and 1882-83. He became a Barrabool Shire councillor in 1875, serving until 1881. His son Robert Washington Noble was a South Barwon Shire councillor serving from 1890 until 1910. His grandson, Charles Albert Noble, son of John Charles Noble was a Barrabool Shire councillor, serving from 1909 until 1911.
 
James built his home, Charlemont, in Connewarre in 1855. The south end of Charlemont Road leads to the gate to the Charlemont property. The farm is directly north of Point Impossible. When he retired he lived at Claremont in Noble Street, Newtown, a street named after him.
 
He died on 9 May 1897 at Locksley, Fenwick Street, Geelong, and was buried in the Presbyterian section of the Geelong Eastern Cemetery with his son Robert who died in February 1851. Sarah died on 11 September 1874 and was buried in her father-in-law's family plot in the Church of England section of the Geelong Eastern Cemetery with many members of the Noble family.
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Charlemont, Connewarre
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Claremont 143 Noble Street Newtown — J.T. Collins Collection, La Trobe Picture Collection, State Library of Victoria
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Locksley was built on allotment 4 section 46. Many houses were built on this land but Locksley seems to have been demolished
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The Noble family plot at the Geelong Eastern Cemetery. Buried here are John Noble (James Noble's brother), Frederick Leonard Noble, Letty Alexander (Vera) Johnstone, Sarah Ann Noble, Frederick William Noble, William Noble (James Noble's father), Ellen Leila Gray, Sarah Jane Noble (James Noble's wife), Mary Ann Noble, Charles Noble and Harrold William Noble.
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William Henry Middleton

12/1/2018

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 ​William Henry, son of Jesse Holman and Sarah (née Carter) Middleton was born on 10 November 1850 in Adelaide. He farmed land in Connewarre. He inherited his father's farm after the death of his mother. In 1880  he married Louisa Harding, daughter of George Tilley and Ann (née Harding) Vagg, who was born ​on 15 September, 1857 at Connewarre. Their children, born at Mount Duneed, were:
Christine Frances Louisa ​born 1881, died 3 September 1885 aged 4 years and 3 months, buried at Mount Duneed Cemetery
​Albert Henry — born 1882, married Flora Amy Green on 12 August 1908, died 23 August 1970, buried at Colac Cemetery
Lillian — born 1884, died 28 May 1884 aged 6 weeks, buried at Mount Duneed Cemetery
Charlotte Matilda — born 1885, married Arthur Ernest Graham in 1917, died 18 August 1964 at Connewarre
Francis Louisa ​​ — born 1885, died 1885 at Geelong Hospital
John James  — born 4 August 1887, died 31 October 1969 at Timboon
George Holman — born 1889, married Agnes Emilie Missen in 1910 and had 2 sons, married Elizabeth Maud Walters in 1964, died 25 December 1976 at Colac, buried in the lawn section of the Geelong Western Cemetery
Edward Victor — born 1891, married Jean Hill in 1922, died 31 December 1984 at Colac, buried at Colac Cemetery
Elsie  Grace — born 1894, married Ernest Edward Cork, died 25 February 1988 at Connewarre, buried in the lawn section of the Geelong Western Cemetery
Emily Carter — born 1897, married Caleb Ernest Dans in 1920, died 23 October 1976 in Geelong, buried at Highton Cemetery
Gertrude Eliza — born 1900, married Herbert William Francis Stacey in 1927, died 3 September 1963, buried at the Geelong Western Cemetery
Ivy Lavinia ​— born 1902, died 19 Jun 1986 in Geelong, buried in the lawn section of the Geelong Western Cemetery

William died 3 September 1963 and was buried in the Methodist section of the Mount Duneed Cemetery. Louisa, who died on 25 June 1941, aged 84, was buried with him.
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William Henry Middleton — photo contributed by Brian May
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Lillian and Christine are buried on the right side of their parents.
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William and Emily Radford

11/1/2018

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​William, son of Mary Matilda and William Radford, farmed his parents farm at Mount Duneed until after his mother's death in 1888.

​He married Emily Violett in 1869. She died in May 1881. Their children were:
Albert Edward — born 1870
Matilda Edith — born 1872, died 1972 at Mount Duneed
Emily Ada — born 1873, died on 4 March 1895 at Lilydale aged 21 from heart disease
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​William married Caroline Faull in 1889.

William died on 19 April 1890 when he fell from a load of hay which he was unloading at the premises of Richard Lawry and Sons, Ryrie Street Geelong. He was working for Mr McLeod of Waurn Ponds. He was taken to Geelong Hospital on instruction of Dr Carstairs but was found to be dead on arrival. He was aged 50 years. He had lived on eleven acres at Waurn Ponds. It was said that he had fits at times.
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​The following year Caroline married Frederick Louis Zimmer. Frederick died in September 1935 aged 82. Caroline died on 20 May 1956 aged 89. They are buried together in the Church of England section of the Geelong Eastern Cemetery.
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William and Emily are buried in the Methodist section of the Mount Duneed Cemetery with their two daughters, Matilda Edith and Emily Ada, to the left of William's parents, William and Mary Matilda Radford
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from Geelong Advertiser 9 March 1888
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from The Argus 21 April 1890
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Land near the Waurn Ponds Bridge owned by William Radford jnr at the time of his death.
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from Geelong Advertiser 21 March 1891
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Jesse Holman Middleton

5/1/2018

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Jesse Holman Middleton
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monument by Wilcox brothers
Jesse Holman, son of James and  Rose (née Holman) Middleton, was born in 1812 in Norfolk, England. He married Sarah née Carter. They had the following children:
John James — born 1848 in Yorkshire, married Marie Louisa Thomas in 1873, died 1927 at Lismore
William Henry — born 10 November 1850 at Adelaide, died 8 August 1934, married Louisa Harding née Vagg, buried in the Methodist section of the Mount Duneed Cemetery
Charles Frederick — born 1855 at Williamstown, died 1855
Eliza Jane — born 1856 at Kororoit Creek, married Christopher Underwood in 1879, died 14 March 1927 at Port Campbell
Frances — born 1857 at Melbourne, died 1940, buried in the Presbyterian section of the Mount Duneed Cemetery
Ellen ​— born 20 July 1860, married William Lewis in 1883, died in 1908, buried in the Presbyterian section of the Mount Duneed Cemetery on 30 August 1908.

​Before emigrating, Jesse was a surveyor with the British Army working in Ireland. He arrived in Adelaide in 1849 where he worked until at least 1854. He then came to Victoria, settling at Williamstown where he worked until about 1860. He then moved to 47 acres of land purchased originally by Anthony McEveret from the Crown in April 1855 at Taits Point on the edge of Lake Connewarre (on the east side of what is now Staceys Road). This is relatively high land which has picturesque views over the lake towards Baron Heads and Ocean Grove. He farmed this land for many years. He was an auditor for the Connewarre District Road Board in the 1860s.

He died on 15 August 1895 and was buried in the Presbyterian section of the Mount Duneed Cemetery. Sarah died on 25 April 1906 and was buried with him. Their daughter, Frances, who died on 4 January 1940 was buried with them. His land was left to Sarah to use while she lived and after her death it was to be passed on to William. Frances was to have the house they lived in.
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The Middletons lived on 47 acres of the land marked in blue
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James Palmer

1/1/2018

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James Palmer was born about 1856. He married Eva, daughter of Frederick and Evangaline Withers, and had the following children:
Henry Wallace — born about 1884 at Port Augusta SA, died 1972 at North Geelong
Elsie May — born 1885 at Richmond
Minnie — born 1887, died 1888 at Newtown
​Albert Roy — born 1889 
Arthur Stanley (Stan) — born 1890 at Geelong, husband of Dorothy Irene (Dot) née Twitt, killed in action in France on 25 January 1917 (one daughter Dorothy (Bonnie) Jean born 1915 at Geelong)​
James Reginald (Reg) — born 1893 at Geelong West, died 1977 at Coburg
​Horace Leslie — born 1895 at Geelong, died 1978 at Ferntree Gully
Ivy Myrtle (Myrtle) — born 1898 at Geelong
​Norman Clifford — born 1901 in Geelong

James died on 1 February 1922 at the age of 66 at his residence at Grovedale and was buried in the Church of England section of the Geelong Eastern Cemetery. Eva died in September 1929 at St Kilda at the age of 72 and was buried with him.












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