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Joseph Gundry

25/6/2020

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Joseph, son of John and Mary (née Masters) Gundry was born early in 1810 at Lopen in Somerset in England. A free settler, he had arrived in Van Diemens Land in 1832 aboard the Thomas Laurie, followed by his brothers, William in 1837 and later Charles.

​He married Mary Watson on 25 September 1837 at Ouse in the parish of Hamilton in Tasmania. They had the following children:
John William — born in 1839 at Hamilton in Tasmania, married Hannah Gundry in 1964, died on 16 April 1902 at Bellbrae
​Joseph James — born in 1840 at Hamilton, married Sarah Masters in 1867, died on 30 June 1919 aged 79 years at Beeac aged 79
Charles Edward — born in 1844 at Bellbrae, died on 1 January 1925 aged 82 at Mount Duneed, buried at Bellbrae Cemetery
Hannah Phoebe — born in 1849 at Bellbrae, married Frederick Beard in 1872, died on 9 March  1921 at Geelong aged 75
Elizabeth Rebecca — born in 1850 at Bellbrae, married William Henry Maxwell in 1871, died on 12 May 1924
William Richard — born on 1 May 1860 at Bellbrae, married Annie Maria Tomamichel on 17 April 1912, died on 20 June 1941 aged  81 at Geelong, buried at Bellbrae Cemetery

Before she married, Mary had a daughter Mary, born in 1836 at Ouse in Tasmania who took the name of Gundry. She married Waurn Ponds vigneron Charles Louis Tetaz on 9 September in 1863 at St Paul's in Geelong. They had seven children. Mary died on 30 September in 1887.

In 1844 Joseph Gundry, in partnership with John Kiddle, took up the six square miles known as Ironbark Station in Jan Juc (Bellbrae). He took control of this land after Kiddle's death in 1852. 

He leased 1236 acres 3 roods and 14 perches of land to Roderick Impey Murchison. It stretched south from Hendy Main Road to the township of Bellbrae between Anglesea and Brushfields Roads and further south in the ironbark basin area.
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He established a school for his own and neighbouring children until the Jan Juc Common School was opened in 1861. He was a member of the Barrabool District Road Board which was formed on 23 September 1863.​ He was one of the original Barrabool Shire councillors serving from 1865 until 1879. His son, William Richard, was also a councillor serving from 1895 until 1909 and from 1918  until 1935.

Joseph died on 11 November 1878 at his residence, Ironbank Station at Jan Juc aged 68. According to cemetery records, he was buried in an unknown location at the Mount Duneed Cemetery on 12 November and on the 13 November at the Bellbrae Cemetery. 
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from Geelong Advertiser and Intelligencer 1 June 1855
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from Geelong Advertiser 15 April 1878 — by October the agent had changed to David Guthrie & Co
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from Geelong Advertiser 24 August 1881
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Roderick Impey Murchison

20/9/2019

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Roderick Impey, son of John and Mary Ann (née Roberts) Murchison farmed at Jan Juc (Bellbrae) from 1878. He had leased his land from the estate of Joseph Gundry and it included the homestead "Llanberis".

He became a Barrabool Shire councillor for the Coast Riding in 1881 and served until 1884. In 1888 he left the district. In 1882 he was appointed as a magistrate for the southern bailiwick. In 1892 he was manager of the Bank of New South Wales.

He married Julia Rose Urquhart in 1860 and they had the following children:
John Henry — born 1861 in Kerrisdale
Philip Douglas — born 1871 at Kilmore
​Edith Jane — died in 1874
Julia Mabel — married William Fenton McCulloch on 15 February 1915 at St Mary's Cathedral in Hobart

After Roderick's wife Julia died on 9 December  1875 aged 30, he married Alice Maud Whitton in 1878. They had the following children:
Kenneth John — born 1879 at Melbourne
Helen Elizabeth — born 1882 at Melbourne
In 1892 he was insolvent. This was caused by his inability to collect debts from India.

Roderick died on 16 October 1914 aged 82 at 17 The Crofts in Richmond. He left business assets of £160.
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from Geelong Advertiser 11 August 1881
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1236 acres 3 roods and 14 perches of land leased to Roderick Impey Murchison from Joseph Gundry from 1879 until 1881 stretched south from Hendy Main Road to the township of Bellbrae between Anglesea and Brushfields Roads and further south in the ironbark basin area
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from The Argus 13 January 1893
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George Helyar

9/8/2019

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George, son of Elias and Martha (née Doling) Helyar was born on 28 November 1828 at Yeovil, Somerset, England. He came to Australia in 1840 on the Ferguson with his parents and siblings. 

He was initially employed as a butcher, a trade he pursued later in his life. He spent time during the gold rush buying gold from miners and carting it to Melbourne by horse and dray. 

He married Charlotte Ann Hockey on 19 July 1855 in Geelong. He took up a selection at Jan Juc (Bellbrae) on 1 October 1857 which he kept until 1875. Although some of the children's births  were registered at Mount Duneed, they were probably born at Jan Juc (Bellbrae). Their children were as follows:
Emily — born in 1857 at Geelong, died the same year aged 8 months
William — born on 5 September 1858 at Jan Juc (Bellbrae), married Emily Tylee on 12 September 1888 at Geelong, died on 4 December 1946 aged 88 at Nannup in Western Australia
Henry Richard — born in 1859, married Isabella Caroline (Carrie) Cracknell on 18 October 1893, died on 14 March 1947 at West Wyalong New South Wales 
Charlotte Ellen (Nell) — born on 27 June 1862 at Jan Juc, died in September 1953 aged 91 at Belgrave
Charles Edward — born on 12 February 1864 at Ashby, married Florence Perkins in 1897, died on 27 March 1924 aged 60 years at Rainbow
Alfred Elias — born 20 April 1865 at Geelong, married Agnes Emily Wickens in 1913, died in 1954 at Glenhuntly
Eliza Ann — born on 14 March 1867 at Mount Duneed, died on 20 December 1886 aged 19 at Minyip
Sarah Martha — born on 4 January 1869 at Mount Duneed, died on 28 August 1951 aged 82 at Camberwell East
Evelyn Lily — born on 29 August 1870 at Duneed, died in September 1953 aged 83 at Belgrave
Amelia — born on 9 October 1872 at Mount Duneed, died on 28 September 1972 aged 99 years and 11 months at Parkville, cremated at Fawkner Crematorium
Laura Emily — born on 30 Marth 1874, married Francis Austin John Barnes on 2 October 1901, died in 1973 aged 99 years at Rainbow
Frederick Ernest — born on 15 March 1878 at Murtoa, married Catherine Elizabeth (Daisy) Cornell on 1 September 1908 at St Kilda, died in August 1955 aged 77 years
Herbert Allan — born on 20 December 1879 at Murtoa, died on 22 January 1956 aged 76 years at Sydney
John Albert Royal — born on 4 December 1881 at Murtoa, married Gertrude Evelyn Murphy on 30 June 1916 at the presbytery at St Arnaud, married Winifred Harris in 1946, died in 1967 aged 85 years at Mitcham

George and his brother-in-law, Alexander Edward Butler, played crick for Jan Juc. They were both trustees of the Jan Juc Cemetery. George died on 30 July 1915 at the Benevolent Asylum at Cheltenham aged 88 years. He was buried at the Brighton Cemetery. Charlotte died on 28 September 1925 at Murrumbeena aged 84 years.

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from The Age 27 October 1864
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from Geelong Advertiser 20 January 1875
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from Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette
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George owned 125½ acres at Bellbrae to the east of his sister, Eliza Butler
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Alexander Edward Butler

19/7/2019

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​Alexander Edward, eldest child of Alexander Bishop and Charlotte Selina (née Mortimer) Butler was born on 12 July 1828 in London. He arrived in Tasmania with his family in 1837. He arrived in Victoria in the early 1850s. He married Eliza, daughter of Elias Helyar on 8 April in1852 in Melbourne. They had the following children:
Selina Mortimer — born on 6 January 1854, died aged 8 months
Eliza Selina — born in 1854 
Charles Edward — born in 1857, died the same year at Boroondara
Annie Mortimer — born on 27 June 1862 at Glenlee farm at Jan Juc (Bellbrae)
Edward William Alfred — born on 14 February 1864 at Glenlee farm, married Jessie Hilda Burke in 1886 in Melbourne, married Lilian Blanche McLean on 29 December 1897 at 65 Fitzroy Street, Surrey Hills, married Mary Elizabeth Gavin on 27 September 1911 at St Patrick's Catholic Church at Church Hill in Sydney, died on 8 August in 1928 of Myocarditis at St Vincent's Hospital aged 64 years
Charles Spilsbury — born on 18 August 1865 at Glenlee farm, died in 1876
Hubert Philip — born on 17 December 1866 at Glenlee farm
Frederick Alexander — born on 9 February 1870 at Belgrove Cottage in Hull street in Richmond
Charlotte — born on 20 April 1873 at Belgrove Cottage, died the same year
Percy Cedric — born on 27 September 1874 at Belgrove Cottage​

By 1858 he had taken up a selection at Jan Juc (now Bellbrae). His brother-in-law, George Helyer, had acquired 125½ acres to the east the previous year. George married Charlotte Ann Hockey. Both Alex and George played cricket for Jan Juc. Both were appointed trustees of the Jan Juc Cemetery in 1864, together with Joseph Gundry, Andrew Edwards and John Woods. In 1866 Alex stood as a contestant against David Hill Dow to became a Barrabool Shire councillor. He served from 1866 until 1867. He had contested the election the previous year against Dr Richard Heath of Mount Duneed, William Bell of Jan Juc and John McKenzie of Freshwater Creek but was unsuccessful.

In 1868 Alexander started working for the City of Richmond. In 1892 he resigned as treasurer of the city.
 
He moved to Sydney in 1893 and established the firm of Butler & Sons which he carried on until his death.
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Alex died aged 71 of liver cancer on 18 December 1899 at his home, 9 Glenmore Road, Paddington, He was buried at Waverley cemetery the following day. He was survived by his widow, four sons and two daughters.​
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from Geelong Advertiser 16 August 1861
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from Geelong Advertiser 11 August 1866
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Obituary from The Sydney Mail and New South Advertiser 25 November 1899
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Alexander Butler purchased Glenlee Farm, which consisted of 323 acres south of the township of Bellbrae on 16 March 1858. His brother-in-law had purchased allotment 12 in 1857.
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