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56 CHAPTER 4. FOURTH GENERATION 1869 - 1907 Figure 4.12: Fifth Generation. Back row: Geoffrey Jamieson Belcher, Henry Frederick Lloyd ”Harry” Belcher, Bruce Fleming Belcher, Ada Smith née Belcher, Robert Stirling Belcher, William Robinson Belcher. Front Row: John ”Jack” Belcher, Winifred Jamieson Belcher, Noel Charles Belcher, John Jamieson Belcher. January 1956, Probably taken on the occasion of John Belcher’s Wedding
Appendix A Search for a family The following is based on the speech of Robert S. Belcher at the Reunion Dinner for the Belcher Family at Miepoll Hall on Saturday 20th September 1999. Beginnings In January 1942, when I was almost 14 years old, my cousin Jean Williams, who was then 18 years old and a teacher trainee, and her sisters Margaret and Noela from Mildura, came down to Euroa, where they stayed for part of the Christmas holidays with their Aunts and Uncles. Their mother had died the year before, and their father wanted them to know her family. For a week or so they stayed at “Elmslea”, my home, the home of their Uncle Bill and Auntie Ilma Belcher. During that week, Jean and I started to investigate our ancestors. We first enquired of our various Aunts and Uncles as to the history of the Belchers. We heard a number of stories, including the following :- Among the Belcher ancestors was a Colonel Belcher, associated in Ireland with a Dolly Rayson. There was a mixed marriage in the family (Protestant and Catholic) and it was thought that John Belcher, a Protestant, was working as a gardener at a house, and was turned down by someone, possibly the daughter of the house, so ran away with a servant girl, Eliza Fleming, who was a Roman Catholic. Since they lived in Ireland where the religious bias was very strong they had to emigrate to the Colonies, so they came alone to Australia just before the Gold Rush. John Belcher had an Elder Brother in Ireland, Edward Belcher, who went to the Klondyke after gold. After gold had been discovered in Victoria, John went mining in various goldfields, taking his wife and children. Eventually John Belcher was drowned in the Loddon River, while returning home from Guildford – he was on a horse, possibly drunk. His widow was left with 3 children, Sarah about 15, William about 5 and the baby Mary. Eliza Belcher died 57
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THE FAMILY OF JAMES BELCHER OF WATE
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Preface Neither a Genealogy nor a F
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A Belcher Time Line First Generatio
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Contents Preface A Belcher Time Lin
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Chapter 1 First generation 1792 - 1
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Figure 1.2: Map of Ireland in the 1
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Page 29 and 30: Chapter 3 Third generation 1850 - 1
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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
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Page 49 and 50: 41 Figure 4.5: Ada Clarice Belcher,
Page 51 and 52: Figure 4.6: Mary Alice “Allie”
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Page 57 and 58: 49 Figure 4.8: William Fleming Belc
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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
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Page 89 and 90: Appendix F Obituaries Mrs. Ellen Be
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Page 93 and 94: Figure G.3: James Belcher and Mary
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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
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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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