the family of james belcher of waterford, ireland - University of ...

More documents

Recommendations

Info

44 CHAPTER 4. FOURTH GENERATION 1869 - 1907 1706. By 1916-17, she was teaching at Geelong, where various members of her family visited her. Her mother also stayed with her from time to time. During this period she saved enough money to pay for her brother Jack’s education in wool-classing at Melbourne Technical School. Her photo was published in the Geelong paper in July 1916. During 1917 she managed to transfer to Tamleugh West School near home at Moglonemby. In February 1918, she took over the local school at Rigg’s Creek, where she was to teach until she retired in marriage in 1921. She married Richard Horace Lloyd Williams - son of Richard and Emma Williams - at the Presbyterian Church in Euroa on 1st September 1921. The Reverend Fred Robinson officiated at the marriage. Her husband was an Ex-8th Light Horseman from the 1914-18 War. On his return from Service overseas, he had been attracted to the Mildura district as a result of meeting Robert Gordon, an early resident of that area, on the boat returning from the war. He first bought land at Nichol’s Point. He was unable to obtainassistanceundertheSoldierSettlementSchemeashehadsavedmoneyfromhis service pay. Before his marriage, he sold that land and purchased a 10 acre vineyard property on Deakin Avenue, Mildura South, on which he built a dwelling. Alice assisted in building the house by using her money, inherited from her father William Belcher, to make the house comfortable. They named the house “Belcaire”. While getting established Lloyd worked the neighbouring Brewster’s vineyard and another vineyard own by Jack Giles, as well as his own. Jack Giles was an employee of the Merbein Research Station. Mr Brewster was crippled from polio, and later died. When Mrs Brewster moved to Melbourne, Lloyd purchased her 10 acre property, which was situated next door. This property was bought in Mary Alice’s name, as a way of acknowledging her contribution to the family house. A further 10 acres, adjoining the original property, but facing Walnut Ave had already been purchased, making a combined holding of 30 acres. Currants, sultanas, Gordos (Muscatel) and Walthams were grown and dried to produce dried fruit. Alice and Lloyd had three daughters: Jean Alison, born 5th March 1923; Margaret Helen, born 2nd January 1927; Noela Betty, born 26th December 1928. Alice was committed to her Presbyterian faith and continued membership at St Andrews Presbyterian Church, Mildura. She was instrumental in having a Presbyterian service established in the Mildura South School, which was conducted by the Rev. W.E. Blackwood - Presbyterian Minister at Mildura. A Mrs. Evans conducted a Sunday school along the lines of the Church of England faith. The children began their religious education at Mrs.Evans Sunday School. learning the Church of
45 England Catechism and attending the Presbyterian service. Nevertheless, when the family purchased a Buick motor car, Alice drove the children into the Mildura Presbyterian Church and Sunday School, and until her death took an active part in the women’s work of the Church - her main interest being the P.W.M.U. Alice and Lloyd were instrumental in the establishment of the primary school at Mildura South. Their involvement grew because of Alice’s interest in education and the distance her children would have had to travel to school. They canvassed the district and made a submission to the Education Department, to have a school built. Both worked tirelessly to get the school established and continued to support it - Lloyd as Correspondent on the School Committee, and Alice holding Office in the Mothers Club. Alice Williams died of cardiac failure on 7th July 1941, leaving her husband to bring up their three daughters, then 18, 14, and 12 years old. She is buried at the Mildura Cemetery. One of Alice’s student friends from Euroa, Julie Foley, now married to Thomas Patrick Ryan, and living at Merinee and later at Benetook, near Mildura had remained a life-long friend, and she helped guide her daughters’ lives after Alice’s death. Daughter Jean, an active Guide Leader, became a Student Teacher at Mildura West, Mildura South, then sole teacher at the Nangiloc School, some 30 miles south of Mildura. In 1944, she attended Teachers Training College in Melbourne. At Easter she became ill with influenza and on arriving home contracted scarlet fever and complications. She died 24th April, 1944, aged 21 years. Margaret, after leaving Mildura High School, worked for Irymple Packing Pty. Ltd., Irymple, then J.H. Gardiner Pty Ltd. in Brisbane, Queensland and later at Dunlop Rubber Australia Ltd. in Adelaide South Australia. She married Thomas Walter Morgan on 26 August 1967 at St Andrews Presbyterian Church Mildura and made her home in Tranmere S.A. where she cared for her two step-children, Timothy and Meredith. Later she joined her husband in their Post Office at Underdale. Noela completed her Mildura High School years, in 1946. While staying at home to look after her father, she continued her interest in Guiding and in the Presbyterian Church in Mildura. On November, 17th 1951, she married Leslie John Hunt at St Andrews Presbyterian Church Mildura. Her two sons were born at Mildura: Peter Williams on 25th October 1956 and Craig Leslie on 1st July 1959. The family continued to live at Mildura South until Noela’s father bought a much more fertile dried fruits property at Coomealla in 1960. Noela helped with the management of this property, while continuing to take
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 and 30: Chapter 3 Third generation 1850 - 1
Page 31 and 32: John Furlong is recorded on the Rat
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: Figure 4.6: Mary Alice “Allie”
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
Page 81 and 82: 73 the river. It was probably Belch
Page 83 and 84: Appendix D The coroner’s inquest
Page 85 and 86: 77 The Deponent on his oath said as
Page 87 and 88: Appendix E The Courier Passenger li
Page 89 and 90: Appendix F Obituaries Mrs. Ellen Be
Page 91 and 92: Appendix G Family Trees Figure G.1:
Page 93 and 94: Figure G.3: James Belcher and Mary
Page 95 and 96: Figure G.5: Thomas Floyd and Mary M
Page 101 and 102: Figure G.11: Thomas Floyd and Mary
Page 103 and 104:
Figure G.13: Thomas Floyd and Mary
Page 105 and 106:
Figure G.15: Thomas Floyd and Mary
Page 107 and 108:
Figure G.17: James Warner and Anna
Page 109 and 110:
Figure G.19: James Warner and Anna
Page 111 and 112:
Figure G.21: John Ambrose and Sarah
Page 113 and 114:
Figure G.23: Henry Floyd and Margar
Page 115 and 116:
Figure G.25: John Furlong and Sarah
Page 117 and 118:
Figure G.27: John Furlong and Sarah
Page 119 and 120:
Figure G.29: William Belcher and El
Page 121 and 122:
Figure G.31: William Belcher and El
Page 123 and 124:
Figure G.33: Richard Wheatley and M
Page 125 and 126:
Figure G.35: William Joyce and Ann
Page 127 and 128:
Page 129 and 130:
Page 131 and 132:
Figure G.41: John Porta and Anne Jo
Page 133 and 134:
Page 135 and 136:
Page 137 and 138:
Page 139 and 140:
Page 141 and 142:
Figure G.51: John Joyce and Emily W
Page 143 and 144:
Figure G.53: Brian O’Reilly and M
Page 145 and 146:
Figure G.55: George West and Mary J
Page 147 and 148:
139 Figure G.57: George West and Ma
Page 149 and 150:
Figure G.60: George Cupit and Alice
Page 151 and 152:
143 Figure G.62: Charles Cupit and
Page 153 and 154:
Appendix H Acknowledgements Many de
Page 155:
Bibliography [1] Cannon, Michael,
show all

the family of james belcher of waterford, ireland - University of ...

Create successful ePaper yourself

Delete template?

Save as template?