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36 CHAPTER 4. FOURTH GENERATION 1869 - 1907<br />

Figure 4.1: Louisa Harrop, daughter <strong>of</strong> Sarah Furlong née Belcher and niece <strong>of</strong> William Belcher<br />

moved to live in 15 Pickett Street Footscray, where she was to stay 51 years - <strong>the</strong> rest<br />

<strong>of</strong> her life. Her fa<strong>the</strong>r had died at Castlemaine in 1895.<br />

Her husband died on 15th April 1917, leaving her a widow, with a now grown up<br />

son, Frank Edmund, a glass worker, who had been born in Footscray in 1896 and was<br />

now 21 years old. He later married, and he with his wife and <strong>family</strong> shared <strong>the</strong> house<br />

until Louisa died in Footscray on 24th July 1945.<br />

Clarice Dora Fox née Furlong<br />

Dora Clarice Furlong was born on 20th November, 1870, at Shicer Gully, near Guildford<br />

in Central Victoria, <strong>the</strong> youngest daughter <strong>of</strong> John Furlong, an immigrant from<br />

Mauritius and Sarah Belcher. After her mo<strong>the</strong>r’s death <strong>the</strong> following year, when<br />

she was less than six months old, she was looked after by her fa<strong>the</strong>r and her 9 year<br />

old aunt, Mary Ann Belcher, with <strong>the</strong> help <strong>of</strong> some <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Italian and Mauritian<br />

neighbours.<br />

It is not clear what education she received, but she almost certainly attended <strong>the</strong><br />

State school at Tarilta, until old enough to leave.<br />

In 1890, at <strong>the</strong> age <strong>of</strong> 20, she married Joseph Fox, born about 1868, one <strong>of</strong> quite a<br />

large <strong>family</strong> living in <strong>the</strong> district. They eventually settled down in South Gippsland

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