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22 CHAPTER 3. THIRD GENERATION 1850 - 1868 Figure 3.1: John Furlong, husband of Sarah Belcher Furlong, a Customs House officer and Frazie (possibly Aphrasia) Simon. John was aged 26. Consent of a Justice had had to be obtained as Sarah was still legally an infant, without parents to give consent (even at the exaggerated age of 17), and they were married at the Congregational parsonage, Castlemaine, before witnesses Mary Hasham and E.H.Bigara (probably Edward “Byara”, their mining partner) by Rev. Edwin Day. Thus she was able to provide a home (or perhaps a tent ? ) for her 8 1/2 year old young brother and 23 month old baby sister. Under the conditions of the day in a mining camp, the alternatives for the family could have been devastating. See Appendix B - Registrar certificates. The third share of the tunnelling claim was shortly (on 17 May 1865) transferred from Edward Byara to F.B.Coupin. The French name suggests another Mauritian. Sarah, at the age of 16, had her first child Louisa Jane born on Saturday 10th February 1866 at Shicer Gully. Her second child Clarice Dora was also born there, 4 1/2 years later, on 20th November 1870. It was noted by the mining registrar that John Furlong, without partners, was on 25th May 1870 abandoning his tunnelling claim at Shicer’s Gully, on the grounds of want of funds and too much water. What his source of income thereafter was is not known but it would appear that the family remained in the Guildford district at Shicer’s Gully or nearby Tarilta, until the death of John. From 1872 to 1875, at least,
John Furlong is recorded on the Ratepayers Roll of Guildford Riding, Mt. Alexander Shire, as owner of a house and garden at Shicer Gully East, valued at £10. 23 A second tragedy in the family On 12 May 1871, tragedy again struck the family. Sarah Furlong died at Shicer Gully at the age of 21 (reputed 23) of “Phthisis Pulmonalis 3 years” and “Febris Hectic 3 days”. She left her two young daughters, Louisa aged 5 and Dora aged 5 months, together with her 15 year old brother William and 8 year old sister Mary, to the care of her husband John. After a funeral conducted by a Wesleyan Lay Preacher, she was buried in Vaughan Cemetery. It is noted that the informant of her death was a Charlotte Cantin, possibly of Mauritian or Swiss origin, of Fryars Rd., Guildford as a friend. It is possible that Charlotte helped to bring up the young family. However, she obviously knew little of the family background as there are a number of errors on the death certificate including Sarah’s name and those of her parents. It is interesting to note that at that time the ratepayers of the Gully were predominately Italian of name, with two or three French or Mauritians and 12 names of Anglo-celtic origin. Names which occur either on documents associated with the Furlong family or appear in family records include Charlotte Cantin informant for Sarah’s death in 1871, P. (Phillipo) Martinoja, informant for John Furlong’s death in 1895 and his sister Mary Passalaqua née Martinoja, a long time friend of Sarah’s sister Mary, know to her family as “Granny Passalaqua”. Little is known of the Furlongs over the next 20 years. In 1890, Clarice Dora married Joseph Fox, a member of a prominent local family, possibly a son of one of the witnesses to John Belcher’s drowning. Louisa Jane married Edmund Harrop in 1894. On 8th August 1895, John Furlong died in Castlemaine Hospital of Pneumonia and Exhaustion at the reported age of 65 and was buried in Guildford Cemetery after a Church of England service. The informant, a friend, was named A P Martinoja, of Guildford. This death certificate was in error as to his wife’s name as Mary Belcher (not Sarah) and his age at marriage as 27 and not 26. William Belcher and Ellen Belcher née Jamieson WilliamBelcher, survivingsonofJohnandElizaBelcher, wasbornatButcher’sGully nearFryarstown, ontheMountAlexanderGoldfieldsinVictoria, on1stJanuary1856. His father and mother were 31 and 33 years old respectively, and there were two other surviving children at the time, Sarah aged about 6 and James aged about four, three children having died already. Shortly after his birth, the family moved to Shicer
Page 1 and 2: THE FAMILY OF JAMES BELCHER OF WATE
Page 3 and 4: Preface Neither a Genealogy nor a F
Page 5 and 6: A Belcher Time Line First Generatio
Page 7 and 8: Contents Preface A Belcher Time Lin
Page 9 and 10: Chapter 1 First generation 1792 - 1
Page 11 and 12: Figure 1.2: Map of Ireland in the 1
Page 13 and 14: 5 family of Belcher’s in Waterfor
Page 15 and 16: Chapter 2 Second generation 1814 -
Page 17 and 18: 9 Trouble aboard The Courier The da
Page 19 and 20: 11 confine themselves for significa
Page 21 and 22: 13 At half past seven next morning,
Page 23 and 24: 15 Figure 2.2: Mary Anne’s daught
Page 25 and 26: 17 Figure 2.4: Eliza Joyce 160 John
Page 27 and 28: 19 respectively. John Joyce died on
Page 29: Chapter 3 Third generation 1850 - 1
Page 33 and 34: Figure 3.3: Mount Alexander, Vaugha
Page 35 and 36: 27 Figure 3.5: William Belcher and
Page 37 and 38: was then currently on a three year
Page 39 and 40: 31 Figure 3.6: “Rothesay”, the
Page 41 and 42: 33 Figure 3.8: Mary Wheatley née B
Page 43 and 44: Chapter 4 Fourth generation 1869 -
Page 45 and 46: 37 Figure 4.2: Fox family at North
Page 47 and 48: 39 brothers and sister Ada. He farm
Page 49 and 50: 41 Figure 4.5: Ada Clarice Belcher,
Page 51 and 52: Figure 4.6: Mary Alice “Allie”
Page 53 and 54: 45 England Catechism and attending
Page 55 and 56: 47 for him and his brother Jack who
Page 57 and 58: 49 Figure 4.8: William Fleming Belc
Page 59 and 60: 51 rooms of weatherboard constructi
Page 61 and 62: 53 Figure 4.9: John “Jack” Belc
Page 63 and 64: 55 Figure 4.10: Lucy Wheatley, daug
Page 65 and 66: Appendix A Search for a family The
Page 67 and 68: 59 So this collection of informatio
Page 69 and 70: 61 William Samuel Belcher/Jane MC 1
Page 71 and 72: Appendix B Registrar certificates D
Page 73 and 74: 65 Death certificate of John Belche
Page 75 and 76: Marriage certificate of John Belche
Page 77 and 78: 69 This Marriage was solemnized bet
Page 79 and 80: Appendix C The story of the flood T
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73 the river. It was probably Belch
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Appendix D The coroner’s inquest
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77 The Deponent on his oath said as
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Appendix E The Courier Passenger li
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Appendix F Obituaries Mrs. Ellen Be
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Appendix G Family Trees Figure G.1:
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Figure G.3: James Belcher and Mary
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Figure G.5: Thomas Floyd and Mary M
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Figure G.11: Thomas Floyd and Mary
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Figure G.17: James Warner and Anna
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Figure G.19: James Warner and Anna
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Figure G.21: John Ambrose and Sarah
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Figure G.23: Henry Floyd and Margar
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Figure G.25: John Furlong and Sarah
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Figure G.27: John Furlong and Sarah
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Figure G.29: William Belcher and El
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Figure G.31: William Belcher and El
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Figure G.33: Richard Wheatley and M
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Figure G.35: William Joyce and Ann
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Figure G.41: John Porta and Anne Jo
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Figure G.51: John Joyce and Emily W
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Figure G.53: Brian O’Reilly and M
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Figure G.55: George West and Mary J
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139 Figure G.57: George West and Ma
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Figure G.60: George Cupit and Alice
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143 Figure G.62: Charles Cupit and
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Appendix H Acknowledgements Many de
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Bibliography [1] Cannon, Michael,
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