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John Burvill

1/4/2020

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The Burville family were of French descent. They have been traced back to France to about 1600 when the family name was "de Burville".  As Hugenots, they fled to England for religious and political reasons where they settled in Kent. In the 1850s members of the family migrated to Australia. Burvilles Road, Mount Duneed is named after the Burville family who lived along the road, and remained there until the land was sold as a crematorium and cemetery.

John Burvill, son of John Burvill and Eliza née Wale, bought the land on the corner of Torquay Road and Whites Road in 1854. Fourteen acres of this land was sold to Robert Broughton in 1876. He was a  teacher and superintendent of the Grovedale Methodist Sunday School for thirty-six years.
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​John married Mary Ann Radford in 1862. It was in this generation that the name changed to Burville. They had the following children:
Louisa — born in 1863 at Duneed, married Oscar John Comstock in 1901, died in 1954 aged 91 years at Camberwell
Laura — born in 1864 at Duneed, died in 1948 aged 84 years at Royal Park, buried in the Methodist section of the Mount Duneed Cemetery
​Annie Maria — born in 1865 at Mount Duneed, died on 13 June 1937 aged 70 years, buried in the Methodist section of the Mount Duneed Cemetery
Eliza — born and died in 1866, buried in an unknown location at Mount Duneed Cemetery
Arthur — born on 18 August 1867, married Elizabeth Ann Challis in 1896, died on 15 October 1927 aged 60 years at Ballarat, buried at Ballan Cemetery
Charles William — born in 1869 at Mount Duneed, died in 1870 aged 10 months at Mount Duneed, buried in an unknown location at the Mount Duneed Cemetery
Frederick — born in 1870 at Mount Duneed, died in 1871 aged 6 months at Mount Duneed, buried in an unknown location at the Mount Duneed Cemetery
Rosina — born in 1871 at Duneed, died in 1871 aged 4 months, buried in an unknown location at the Mount Duneed Cemetery on 15 November 1871
Walter — born on 26 June 1872 at Mount Duneed, married Ann Sarah Barlow in 1904, died on 19 October 1946 aged 75 years at Geelong, buried in the Methodist section of the Mount Duneed Cemetery
Alice — born in 1873 at Mount Duneed, married August Hartwich in February 1895, died on 10 September 1958 aged 84 years, buried in the Methodist section of the Geelong Eastern Cemetery
John — born in 1875 at Mount Duneed, died in 1876 aged 16 months, buried in an unknown location at Mount Duneed Cemetery
Mary Isabel — born in 1877, married Richard Stockdale in 1910, died on 24 Jun 1952 aged 72 years at Wonthaggi
​Alfred John — born in 1879 at Mount Duneed, died in 1927

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John Burvill bought land on the south west corner of Torquay and Whites Roads.
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John died on 23 August 1902 at his residence at Mount Duneed at the age of 70 years and was buried in the Methodist section of the Mount Duneed Cemetery with Laura, Mary and Annie and his mother Eliza who had married Robert Andrews.
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Lois Geall
31/8/2020 05:04:23 pm

Arthur Burvill did not add an 'e' to his name whereas the other of John's family did kept the 'e'. Arthur is buried in Ballan Cemetery.

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