Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd

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Land-Note*5 Nov 1881 GEM--41: Mortgagee: Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd. Discharged 3 Feb 1894. Mortgagor was David Alexander Glenn.1 
Land-Note*30 Sep 1886 PAK-149: Mortgagee: Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd. Mortgage No 76522 - not discharged. Mortgagor was Arthur Henry Gregson.2 
Land-Note16 Jul 1887 PAK-73: Mortgagee: Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd. Discharged 30 May 1893. Mortgagor was William Piggott.3 
Land-Note*18 Jul 1889 PAK-230: Mortgagee: Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd. Foreclosed.. Mortgagor was William Henry Ellerker.4 
Land-Note*7 Aug 1891 Mortgagee: Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd. Barrett took out a mortgage from the Commercial Bank.5 
Land-UBeac*a 7 Aug 1891 PAK-66 (except lots 1.4.10.11). Transfer from Thomas Barrett to Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd. Thomas Barrett of Liddiard Street Hawthorn Builder took over most of PAK-66 from Walter Smythe Bayston on 3 Apr 1890. He obtained a mortgage from the Commercial Bank on 7 Aug 1891, which he defaulted on. By 2 Sep 1895 the Commercial Bank started to sell off parcels of this subdivision.5 
Land-UBeac*a 23 Sep 1891 PAK-230. Transfer from William Henry Ellerker to Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd. 19a 3r 32p.6 
Land-Note*17 Dec 1891 GEM-A10.A11.A17 (pt): Mortgagee: Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd, The City of Melbourne Bank Ltd, The Federal Bank of Australia Limited. Mortgage No 130310 - foreclosed - see C/T 2692-289 - this new title is in the name of The Trustees Executors and Agency Company Limited (as executor ...) Mortgagor was The Real Estate Mortgage and Deposit Bank Limited.7 
(Mortgagee) Land-Note31 May 1892 Mortgagee: Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd. Ann and John Milne take out a mortgage with the Commercial Bank, which is discharged at the conclusion of John Milne's probate on 15 Jan 1895, when Ann Milne appears to become sole proprietor. Mortgagor was John Milne Ann Milne.8 
Land-Note*23 Aug 1892 GEM-D-1 LP2461 (Lots 5.18): Mortgagee: Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd. Not discharged. Mortgagor was Henry George Swallow.9 
Land-Note*26 Aug 1892 PAK-1A LP2788 (part): Mortgagee: Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd. Mortgage No 139075. Discharged 19 Aug 1908. Mortgagor was William Grieve.10 
Land-Note17 Sep 1892 PAK-59C: Mortgagee: Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd. No discharge recorded. Mortgagor was Louis Lawrence Smith.11 
Land-Note17 Sep 1892 PAK-105: Mortgagee: Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd. Mortgage not discharged. Mortgagor was Louis Lawrence Smith.12 
Land-Note17 Sep 1892 PAK-107.108: Mortgagee: Louis Lawrence Smith Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd. Not discharged..13 
Land-Note17 Sep 1892 PAK-84: Mortgagee: Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd. Mortgage not discharged. Mortgagor was Louis Lawrence Smith.14 
Land-Note17 Sep 1892 PAK-85: Mortgagee: Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd. No discharge recorded. Mortgagor was Louis Lawrence Smith.15 
Land-Note17 Sep 1892 PAK-137: Mortgagee: Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd. Mortgage not discharged. Mortgagor was Louis Lawrence Smith.16 
Land-Note17 Sep 1892 PAK-106: Mortgagee: Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd. Mortgage not discharged. Mortgagor was Louis Lawrence Smith.17 
Land-UBeaca 17 Sep 1892 PAK-105. Transfer from Louis Lawrence Smith to Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd. 19a 3r 39p.12 
Land-UBeaca 17 Sep 1892 PAK-59C. Transfer from Louis Lawrence Smith to Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd. 86a 2r 18p.18 
Land-UBeaca 17 Sep 1892 PAK-106. Transfer from Louis Lawrence Smith to Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd. 19a 3r 18p.17 
Land-UBeaca 17 Sep 1892 PAK-84. Transfer from Louis Lawrence Smith to Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd. 19a 2r 0p.14 
Land-UBeaca 17 Sep 1892 PAK-137. Transfer from Louis Lawrence Smith to Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd. 19a 2r 5p.16 
Land-Note*8 Nov 1892 GEM-D-23.25.27.28A.29: Mortgagee: Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd. Not discharged. Mortgagor was John Beatty.19 
Land-UBeac*b 1893 PAK-149. Transfer from Arthur Henry Gregson to Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd.2 
Land-Note*17 Jul 1893 PAK-73: Mortgagee: Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd. Discharged 3 July 1895. Mortgagor was William Piggott.20 
Land-UBeac*16 Sep 1893 PAK-149. Transfer from Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd to William James Hood. 118a 3r 5p - Land File 3034/19. Selected by A. LORMES. Crown grant to W J HOOD on 4 Nov 1893.21,22,23 
Land-Note*1 Nov 1893 PAK-57A.57B1.57B2.57B3.58A.58B (part): Mortgagee: Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd. Louis Lawrence Smith and John Holburn [sic] Webb took out a mortgage with the The Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd in Liquidation. They must have defaulted as The Commercial Bank sold the land.. Mortgagor was Louis Lawrence Smith.24 
Land-Note*18 Dec 1893 GEM-D-50: Mortgagee: Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd. Discharged 18 Feb 1896. Mortgagor was Charles Leopold Schlipalius.25 
Land-UBeac*b 28 Oct 1894 GEM-D-1 LP2461 (Lots 5.18). Transfer from Henry George Swallow to Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd. Foreclosed.26 
Land-UBeac*abt 1895 GEM-D-23.25.27.28A.29. Transfer from John Beatty to Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd. 95 1r 26p.27,28 
Land-Berwick*a 19 Feb 1895 BER-23 and BER-24 (part). Transfer from Malwyn A'Beckett to Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd. 58a 1r 14p.29 
Land-Note19 Feb 1895 BER-23 and BER-24 (part): Mortgagee: Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd. Mortgage 162838. Discharged 9 Jan 1896 - which was the same day as the Commercial Bank transferred the property to William Gilbert a'Beckett - so Malwyn must have defaulted on the mortgage.. Mortgagor was Malwyn A'Beckett.30 
Land-UBeac*2 Sep 1895 PAK-66 LP1265 (Lot 3). Transfer from Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd to William Henry Dale. 4a 1r 17 2/10p.31 
Land-Berwick9 Jan 1896 BER-24 (part). Transfer from Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd to William Gilbert A'Beckett. Together with BER-23 - containing 58a 1r 14p.32 
Land-Berwick9 Jan 1896 BER-23 and BER-24 (part). Transfer from Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd to William Gilbert A'Beckett. 58a 1r 14p.33 
Land-Berwick*9 Jan 1896 BER-23. Transfer from Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd to William Gilbert A'Beckett. Together with BER-24 (part) - containing 58a 1r 14p.32 
Land-UBeac*24 Dec 1896 PAK-66 LP1265 (Lot 2). Transfer from Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd to Henry George Dauntless Burston. 3a 3r 33 4/10p.34 
Land-UBeacb 1897 PAK-59C. Transfer from Louis Lawrence Smith to Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd. 86a 2r 18p.35 
Land-UBeac*18 Nov 1897 PAK-66 LP1265 (Lots 5.6). Transfer from Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd to Elizabeth McLean. 10a 2r 12p.36 
Land-Note24 Dec 1897 GEM--42: Mortgagee: Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd. Mortgagor was The Victorian Farmers' Loan & Agency Company (formerly James Fry & Company Limited).37,38 
Land-UBeac*a 24 Dec 1897 GEM--42. Transfer from The Victorian Farmers' Loan & Agency Company (formerly James Fry & Company Limited) to Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd. Commercial Bank repossessed land sometime before 2 Sep 1899.38 
Land-UBeac*2 Sep 1899 GEM--42. Transfer from Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd to Rebecca Hooper.39,40 
Land-UBeac*4 Aug 1900 PAK-66 LP1265 (Lot 8). Transfer from Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd to Henrietta Singleton. 32a 0r 38 9/10p.41 
Land-UBeac*19 May 1905 GEM-D-1 LP2461 (Lots 5.18). Transfer from Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd to Emma Shorthouse.42 
Land-UBeac*21 Nov 1906 PAK-59C. Transfer from Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd to William Shadbolt. 86a 2r 18p.43,44 
Land-UBeac*b 14 Dec 1906 PAK-57A.57B1.57B2.57B3.58A.58B (part). Transfer from Louis Lawrence Smith John Holden Webb to Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd.45 
Land-UBeac*14 Dec 1906 PAK-57A.57B1.57B2.57B3.58A.58B (part). Transfer from Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd to John Payne.46 
Land-UBeac*15 Nov 1907 PAK-66 LP1265 (part Lot 1). Transfer from Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd to Erdmuthe Fredrica Marianne Harvey-Smith. 4a 3r 11p.47 
Property*18 Sep 1909Transferred to Flavouer Elizabeth Bates ST KILDA-40 (part). 73 + 75 Clyde St St Kilda two W.B. houses on land 50 1/2' x 83' - C/T 1964-749, valued at £952.10.0. In possession of Flavouer Bates at the time of her death in 1922.48 
Land-UBeac*6 Apr 1911 PAK-84. Transfer from Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd to Ida Florence Luke. 19a 2r 0p.49 
Land-Beac*17 Aug 1911 PAK-1A LP2804 (Lot 32). Transfer from Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd to Marion Jane Smith.50 
Land-UBeac*27 Feb 1912 PAK-66 LP1265 (part Lot 7). Transfer from Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd to Dr William Elliot Drake. 5a 2r 0p.51 
Land-UBeac14 Sep 1912 PAK-66 LP1265 (Lot 9). Transfer from Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd to James Joseph Ahern James Ramage.52 
Land-UBeac*17 May 1913 PAK-66 LP1265 (part Lot 7), 37 St Georges Road. Transfer from Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd to Walter Fergus Robinson. 3a 1r 17p.53 
Land-UBeac*18 Nov 1913 PAK-66 LP1265 (part Lot 7), 39 St Georges Road. Transfer from Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd to James MacDougall. 7a 3r 15p.54 
Land-UBeac*21 Jul 1915 PAK-66 LP1265 (part Lot 7). Transfer from Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd to Caleb Wheeler. 5a.55 
Land-UBeac*13 May 1916 PAK-137. Transfer from Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd to Joseph Osborn Morgan. 19a 2r 5p.56 
Land-UBeacb 19 Nov 1917 PAK-107.108. Transfer from Louis Lawrence Smith to Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd. 39a 3r 7p.57 
Land-UBeac*19 Nov 1917 PAK-230. Transfer from Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd to Mary Emma Manning. 19a 3r 32p.58 
Land-UBeac19 Nov 1917 PAK-107.108. Transfer from Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd to Mary Emma Symons. 39a 3r 7p.59 
Land-UBeac4 Dec 1917 PAK-105. Transfer from Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd to State Rivers and Water Supply Commission. 19a 3r 39p.60 
Land-UBeac*15 Apr 1918 PAK-66 LP1265 (part Lot 7). Transfer from Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd to Alice Emily Brown. Balance = 8a 1r 3p.61 
Land-UBeac*6 Jul 1918 GEM-D-23. Transfer from Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd to David Thomson. 19a 3r 27p.62 
Land-UBeac*30 Jun 1919 GEM-D-29 (part). Transfer from Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd to Thomas Morrison Grayson Hugh Grayson. 9a 2r 22p.63 
Land-UBeac*13 Apr 1920 GEM-D-29 (part). Transfer from Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd to Ivy Marion Anderson. 9a 2r 36p.64 
Land-UBeac*2 Aug 1921 GEM-D-27 (part). Transfer from Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd to Eva Glover Campbell. 9a 3r 14 1/2p.65 
Land-UBeac*3 Jul 1922 GEM-D-28A. Transfer from Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd to Hugh Grayson. 16a 1r 39p.66 
Land-UBeac8 May 1923 GEM-D-25. Transfer from Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd to David Thomson. 19a 3r 8p.67 
Land-UBeac*18 Sep 1923 PAK-106. Transfer from Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd to State Rivers and Water Supply Commission. 19a 3r 18p.68 
Land-UBeac*9 Oct 1925 GEM-D-27 (part). Transfer from Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd to Hagar Margaret 'Ada Margaret' Austin. 9a 3r 39p.69,70 

Newspaper-Articles

  • 9 Dec 1893: THE LAW COURTS. BEACONSFIELD HEIGHTS ESTATE COMPANY. Application was made to Mr Justice Holroyd in chambers yesterday on behalf of the Commercial Bank of Australia for final judgment in an action against the "Beaconsfield Heights Estate Company Limited to recover £2,554 and interest upon a promissory note made by the defendant company in favour of L. L. Smith and J. H. Webb and endorsed by them to the bank. The defendant asked leave to defend the action. An affidavit was made by William Brisbane acting secretary of the company to the effect that the note sued upon was one of a number given to Messrs Smith and Webb for land purchased from them that in November, 1892, it was agreed that the contract should be cancelled upon the company forfeiting the payments made and giving up the land and the vendors restoring to the company the promissory notes then current and that the deponent was afterwards told by Mr L. L. Smith's solicitor that the bank had promised to give up the note held by it upon the above arrangement being carried out. The land was given back early this year and the company was now without assets of any kind.
    Mr Justice Holroyd held that as the bank received no consideration for the alleged undertaking it was not now estopped from suing on the note. He also overruled an objection that the plaintiff had failed to show that the defendant company was a trading company with power to make negotiable instruments. The Court was entitled to infer from everyday experience that companies formed to buy and sell land were trading companies. It was a trade, and sometimes a very dirty trade, too. As the defendant was not prepared to pay the amount of the claim into court, judgment would be entered for the plaintiff with costs. Mr Vasey appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr Cussen for the defendant. Louis Lawrence Smith John Holden Webb William Brisbane71
  • 23 Apr 1894: Auction Sale, This Day. At 12 o'clock punctually. At the rooms. 313 Collins-street, by PATTERSON and SONS, under instructions from Maffey Bros. and Co., trustees. BEACONSFIELD NORTH. —Crown Allotment 50, parish of Gembrook. Compulsory Sale, by Order of the Mortgagee. 201 ACRES, compact FARM and HOMESTEAD, including Post Office aud General Store, 6 miles from Beaconsfield station and in centre of celebrated sanatorium district, first class road, well fenced, post and rail and five wires; good house, 7 rooms, shop and offices, bake house, cow shed, piggeries, stables, coach house, &c., underground tank, 4000 gallons, brick and cement; iron tank, 3 acres orchard, all best sorts, planted by expert and hand trenched; cultivation paddock, creek frontage ; also 109 acres unimproved land adjoining. The whole must be sold. Charles Leopold Schlipalius72
  • 12 Dec 1895: BEACONSFIELD HEIGHTS ESTATE COMPANY. THE LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS. Mr Justice Williams yesterday delivered a reserved decision on an application made to him on the 21th October last to have the names of certain persons placed on the list of contributones of the Beaconsfield Heights Estate Company, in liquidation. The application was made by Mr Mitchell for the liquidator of the company and it was opposed by Mr H. Barrett, on behalf of A. Asher and E. J. Field, and by Mr Levinson on behalf of W Hider Smith. It appeared that Asher, Field, and Smith were formerly shareholders of the company and their names were still on the share register, and the liquidator therefore desired to have them placed on the list of contributors for calls. The grounds of the opposition to the application were that Messrs L L Smith and J H Webb were the vendors of the property to the company, that Messrs Asher, Field, and W. H. Smith were not able to pay the calls that were made by the company, and that it had formerly been agreed that if they would pay what money they could, their shares should be transferred to the vendors, and they should be freed from the shares. Asher paid £15, Field £18, and Smith £72, and they sent in transfers of their shares in blank to the directors of the company, but the shares were not transferred to Messrs L. L. Smith and J. H. Webb, and their names were left on the register. Two calls were made after they sent in their shares, but they were never asked to pay them, and it was contended that under the circumstances they had
    been freed from the shares, and could not be made contributories. Mr Mitchell stated that the liquidator found the names on the share register and therefore had to apply for them to be placed on the list of contributories. No transfers of the shares had been made to Messrs. L. L. Smith and J. H. Webb, and the directors had no power to accept surrender of the shares. Messrs. Asher, Field, and W Hider Smith were therefore liable for the shares. Mr Justice Williams in giving his decision yesterday, said he found that the directors had no power to make the arrangment to release Messrs. Asher, Field, and W Hider Smith from their liability for calls, but he also found that the company had acquiesced in that arrangement. His decision was there fore in favour of Messrs. Asher, Field, and W Hider Smith. He held that they could not be placed on the list of contributories, and the application was dismissed. Louis Lawrence Smith John Holden Webb William Brisbane73

Citations

  1. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Records Office Victoria), C/T 2318-484 - Mortgage No 46470 - The Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd - Discharged 3 Feb 1894.
  2. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Records Office Victoria), Lease 373-477 - Mortgage No 76522 - not discharged.
  3. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Records Office Victoria), C/T 1939-669 - Mortgage No 83644. Discharged 30 May 1893.
  4. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Records Office Victoria), C/T 1123-453 - William Henry Ellerker to The Commercial Bank of Australia Limited.
  5. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Records Office Victoria), C/T 2080-806.
  6. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Records Office Victoria), C/T 1123-453 - William Henry Ellerker to The Commercial Bank of Australia Limited - Mortgage foreclosed - he was owing the Commercial Bank £4292.
  7. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Records Office Victoria), C/T 1991-019 - The Commercial Bank of Australia Limited, The City of Melbourne Bank Limited and The Federal Bank of Australia Limited - C/T 2692-289 - this new title is in the name of The Trustees Executors and Agency Company Limited No 412 Collins Street Melbourne Executor of the will of Frederick Maitland Innes late of Hotham Street East Saint Kilda Gentleman Deceased.
  8. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Records Office Victoria), C/T 2178-445A.
  9. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Records Office Victoria), C/T 2136-114 - Mortgage No 138906 - The Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd - by time of Swallow's death there is no mention of this property, so would have been repossessed by the bank prior to his death.
  10. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Records Office Victoria), C/T 2264-651 - Mortgage No 139075. Discharged 19 Aug 1908.
  11. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Records Office Victoria), C/T 1640-920 - Mortgage No 140420 - not discharged.
  12. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Records Office Victoria), C/T 1391-152 - Commercial Bank of Australasia Limited (foreclosed).
  13. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Records Office Victoria), C/T 1277-225 - Mortgage No 140420 - Not discharged by L L Smith.
  14. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Records Office Victoria), C/T 1105-833 - Commercial Bank of Australasia Limited (foreclosed).
  15. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Records Office Victoria), C/T 1105-000 - Mortgage No 140420 - not discharged.
  16. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Records Office Victoria), C/T 1100-902 - Commercial Bank of Australasia Limited (foreclosed).
  17. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Records Office Victoria), C/T 1098-544 - Commercial Bank of Australasia Limited (foreclosed).
  18. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Records Office Victoria), C/T 1640-920 - Commercial Bank of Australasia Limited (foreclosed).
  19. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Records Office Victoria), C/T 1683-577 - Mortgage not discharged so Commercial Bank must have taken over the property.
  20. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Records Office Victoria), C/T 1939-669 - Mortgage No 148832. Discharged 3 July 1895.
  21. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Records Office Victoria), Lease 373-477 - William James Hood of Sherwood Officer Gentleman (transfer from Commercial Bank).
  22. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Records Office Victoria), C/T 2515-811 - William James Hood of Officer Gentleman.
  23. [S81] Land Records & Parish Maps ; PROV (Public Records Office Victoria). 3034/19.20.
  24. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Records Office Victoria), C/T 2095-811 Louis Lawrence Smith and John Holburn [sic] Webb both of Collins Street East Melbourne Medical Practitioners took out a mortgage with the The Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd in Liquidation. They must have defaulted as The Commercial Bank sold the land in 1906.
  25. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Records Office Victoria), C/T 1923-488 & C/T 1930-850 - Charles Leopold Schlipalius from The Commercial Bank of Australia Limited - discharged 18 Feb 1896.
  26. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Records Office Victoria), C/T 2136-114 - The Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd owner by the time of Swallow's death.
  27. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Records Office Victoria), C/T 1683-577 - Mortgage not discharged so Commercial Bank must have taken over the property at some stage.
  28. [S66] Berwick Shire Rates, 1870-1965 1894 was the last year that Beatty is listed as owner in the rate book for 116 acres D-22.23.25.27.28A.29 NAV £52 - rates not paid.
  29. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Records Office Victoria), C/T 1697-227 - Commercial Bank.
  30. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Records Office Victoria), C/T 1697-227 - Mortgage 162838. Discharged 9 Jan 1896 - which was the same day as the Commercial Bank transferred the property to William Gilbert a'Beckett - so Malwyn must have defaulted on the mortgage.
  31. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Records Office Victoria), C/T 2080-806 - The Commercial Bank to William Henry Dale of Upper Beaconsfield Builder - C/T 2583-455.
  32. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Records Office Victoria), C/T 1697-227 - William Gilbert A'Beckett of Narre Worran Barrister at Law - see C/T 2607-213.
  33. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Records Office Victoria), C/T 1697-227 - William Gilbert a'Beckett of Narre Worran Barrister at law - title cancelled C/T 2607-213.
  34. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Records Office Victoria), C/T 2080-806 - The Commercial Bank to Henry George Dantless Burston of "Lara" Punt Road Windsor, Salesman - C/T 2635-938.
  35. [S66] Berwick Shire Rates, 1870-1965 Commercial Bank paid rates 1897 N15, 1900 N18, 1903 N16, 1904 N16.
  36. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Records Office Victoria), C/T 2080-806 - The Commercial Bank to Elizabeth McLean - C/T 2672-213.
  37. [S66] Berwick Shire Rates, 1870-1965 1890/1 Fry James H Merchant N25 same 1891.1892
    1893/4 Fry & Co James merchants Melbourne N20
    1894/5 Fry James H Merchant Melbourne N20
    1895/6 Fry & Co James Melbourne N15
    1896/7 Fry James & Co Melbourne N15 paid for by Vic Farmers...
    1897/8 Victorian Farmers Loan & Agency Co (in Liquidation) N15
    1898/9 Commercial Bank 100 acs Lot 42 Gembrook N15.
  38. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Records Office Victoria), C/T 2064-742 - The Victorian Farmers' Loan and Agency Company Limited took out a mortgage with the Commercial Bank.
  39. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Records Office Victoria), C/T 2064-742 - The Commercial Bank to Rebecca Hooper of 37 Mitchell Street Northcote Married Woman.
  40. [S66] Berwick Shire Rates, 1870-1965 1890/1 Fry James H Merchant N25 same 1891.1892
    1893/4 Fry & Co James merchants Melbourne N20
    1894/5 Fry James H Merchant Melbourne N20
    1895/6 Fry & Co James Melbourne N15
    1896/7 Fry James & Co Melbourne N15 paid for by Vic Farmers...
    1897/8 Victorian Farmers Loan & Agency Co (in Liquidation) N15
    1898/9 Commercial Bank 100 acs Lot 42 Gembrook N15 (no reference to previous year)
    1899/00 Hooper Ironmonger Melbourne N25
    1900/1 Hooper Brassfounder NMelbourne N30
    1901/2 Hooper J Ironfounder Melbourne N30
    1902/3 Hooper John Ironfounder West Melbourne N30.
  41. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Records Office Victoria), C/T 2080-806 - The Commercial Bank to Henrietta Singleton of Atkinson Street Oakleigh Married Woman - C/T 2782-212.
  42. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Records Office Victoria), C/T 2136-114 - Emma Shorthouse of Beaconsfield Upper Married Woman.
  43. [S66] Berwick Shire Rates, 1870-1965 Shadbolt paid rates 1905/6 to 1909/10 N16.
  44. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Records Office Victoria), C/T 1640-920 - William Shadbolt of Kent Street Windsor Farmer.
  45. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Records Office Victoria), C/T 2095-811.
  46. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Records Office Victoria), C/T 2095-811 The Commercial Bank of Australia Limited to John Payne - C/T 3170-892.
  47. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Records Office Victoria), C/T 2080-806 - The Commercial Bank to Erdmuthe Friedericke Marianne Smith of Upper Beaconsfield Married Woman - C/T 3238-515.
  48. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Records Office Victoria), C/T 1964-749 - The Commercial Bank of Australia to Flavouer Elizabeth Bates of Fawkner Street St Kilda Married Woman.
  49. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Records Office Victoria), C/T 1105-833 - Ida Florence Luke of Pine Lodge Upper Beaconsfield Married Woman - C/T 3499-704.
  50. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Records Office Victoria), C/T 2251-076 - Marion Smith of Beaconsfield Widow.
  51. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Records Office Victoria), C/T 2080-806 - The Commercial Bank to William Elliot Drake of Upper Beaconsfield Retired Physician - C/T 3576-149.
  52. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Records Office Victoria), C/T 3639-656 James Ramage of Pakenham Clerk of Works and James Joseph Ahern of Pakenham East Shire Secretary are now tenants in common in equal shares.
  53. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Records Office Victoria), C/T 2080-806 - The Commercial Bank to Walter Fergus Robinson of 396 Little Collins Street Melbourne Clerk - C/T 3695-989.
  54. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Records Office Victoria), C/T 2080-806 - The Commercial Bank to James MacDougall of Barkers Road Kew General Manager- C/T 3745-926.
  55. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Records Office Victoria), C/T 2080-806 - The Commercial Bank to Caleb Wheeler of Upper Beaconsfield Farmer - C/T 3902-306.
  56. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Records Office Victoria), C/T 1100-902 - Joseph Osborn Morgan of 11 Carrington Street Glenferrie Gentleman.
  57. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Records Office Victoria), C/T 1277-225 - The Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd.
  58. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Records Office Victoria), C/T 1123-453 - Mary Emma Symons of Burchett Street Brunswick Widow.
  59. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Records Office Victoria), C/T 1277-225 - Mary Emma Symons of Burchett Street Brunswick Widow (Mortgage to Commercial Bank discharged on transfer).
  60. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Records Office Victoria), C/T 1391-152 - State Rivers and Water Supply Commission - per 17 Aug 2000 Melbourne Water Corporation.
  61. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Records Office Victoria), C/T 2080-806 - The Commercial Bank to Alice Emily Brown of Victoria Street Sandringham Married Woman - C/T 4112-326.
  62. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Records Office Victoria), C/T 1683-577 - to David Thomson of "Elmslea" Upper Beaconsfield Gentleman - C/T 4133-533.
  63. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Records Office Victoria), C/T 1683-577 - to Thomas Morrison Grayson of 34 Eastern Road South Melbourne Blacksmith and Hugh Grayson of 139 Ross Street Port Melbourne Railway Employee - transfer No 892261 - tenants in common in equal shares - C/T 4228-499.
  64. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Records Office Victoria), C/T 1683-577 - to Ivy Marion Anderson of Beaconsfield Upper Married Woman - transfer No 934210 - C/T 4310-804.
  65. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Records Office Victoria), C/T 1683-577 - to Eva Glover Campbell of Beaconsfield Upper Spinster - transfer No 1007290 - C/T 4474-730.
  66. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Records Office Victoria), C/T 1683-577 - to Hugh Grayson of 139 Ross Street Port Melbourne Lampmaker - transfer No 1052877 - C/T 4584-721.
  67. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Records Office Victoria), C/T 1683-577 - to David Thomson of Elmslea Upper Beaconsfield Gentleman - C/T 4696-030.
  68. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Records Office Victoria), C/T 1098-544 - State Rivers and Water Supply Commission - per 17 Aug 2000 Melbourne Water Corporation.
  69. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Records Office Victoria), C/T 1683-577 - to Hagar Margaret Austin of "Lyngford" Upper Beaconsfield Married Woman - transfer 1236572 - C/T 5054-759.
  70. [S66] Berwick Shire Rates, 1870-1965 Henry Austin from 1917/18 (listed as part GEM-D-29, 10ac) from 21 Feb 1921 his wife is owner.
  71. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), Sat 9 Dec 1893, p15
    http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8717712
  72. [S16] Newspaper - The Age (Melbourne, Vic.), 23 Apr 1894, p8.
  73. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), Thu 12 Dec 1895, p3
    http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8883916
Last Edited16 Oct 2021

Thomas Morison Grayson

M, #10427, b. 1860, d. Jun 1914
Probate (Will)* Thomas M Grayson. Widow. Port Melbne. 25 Jun 1914. 143/031.1       
Birth*1860 London, England. 
Marriage*1884 Spouse: Harriet Amelia Cochrane. VIC, Australia, #M3328.2
 
Death*Jun 1914 Prahran, VIC, Australia, #D7203 (Age 54) [par Thomas Martin GRAYSON & Jemima VALENTINE].3 
Death-Notice*11 Jul 1914 MRS. T. M. GRAYSON and Family desire to express their sincere THANKS to their many kind friends and relatives for all visits, letters, cards, telegrams, and floral tributes received by them during their recent sad bereavement; also Mr. Howlett, superintendent of South Melbourne Gas Works; the employees of J. Kitchen and Sons, railway lamp shop, Spencer street; employees of L. Salmonow Pty. Ltd; also Mr. L. Salmonow, members of Port Melbourne Yacht Club, doctors and nurses of the Cottage, Alfred Hospital, for their kind and untiring attention. 139 Ross street, Port Melbourne.4 

Grave

  • Williamstown Cemetery, Williamstown, VIC, Australia5

Family

 Harriet Amelia Cochrane b. 1863, d. 8 Aug 1943
Children 1.Thomas Morrison Grayson+ b. 1887, d. 17 Jan 1955
 2.Hugh Grayson+ b. 1894, d. 1975

Citations

  1. [S35] Probate Records, PROV (Public Records Office Victoria), VPRS 28/P3, unit 602; VPRS 7591/P2, unit 539.
  2. [S1] Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages Pioneer Index Victoria 1836-1888.
  3. [S22] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (online).
  4. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), 11 Jul 1914, p11.
  5. [S38] Index of burials in the cemetery of Williamstown,.
Last Edited29 Jan 2016

Harriet Amelia Cochrane

F, #10428, b. 1863, d. 8 Aug 1943
Probate (Will)* Harriett A Grayson. Widow. Elsternwick. 08 Aug 1943. 345/514.1       
Married NameGrayson. 
Birth*1863 Richmond, VIC, Australia, #B16761 [par Hugh COCHRAN & Eliza Jane SAWYERS] - as COCHRAN.2 
Marriage*1884 Spouse: Thomas Morison Grayson. VIC, Australia, #M3328.2
 
WidowJun 1914Harriet Amelia Cochrane became a widow upon the death of her husband Thomas Morison Grayson.3 
Death*8 Aug 1943 Elsternwick, VIC, Australia, #D7973 (Age 79) [par Hugh COCHRANE & Ellen SAWYER].3 

Grave

  • Williamstown Cemetery, Williamstown, VIC, Australia4

Family

 Thomas Morison Grayson b. 1860, d. Jun 1914
Children 1.Thomas Morrison Grayson+ b. 1887, d. 17 Jan 1955
 2.Hugh Grayson+ b. 1894, d. 1975

Citations

  1. [S35] Probate Records, PROV (Public Records Office Victoria), VPRS 28/P3, unit 3839; VPRS 7591/P2, unit 1216.
  2. [S1] Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages Pioneer Index Victoria 1836-1888.
  3. [S22] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (online).
  4. [S38] Index of burials in the cemetery of Williamstown,.
Last Edited29 Jan 2016

Thomas Morrison Grayson

M, #10429, b. 1887, d. 17 Jan 1955
Father*Thomas Morison Grayson b. 1860, d. Jun 1914
Mother*Harriet Amelia Cochrane b. 1863, d. 8 Aug 1943
Probate (Will)* Thomas Grayson. Pensioner. Port Melb. 17 Jan 1955. 489/472.1       
Birth*1887 Melbourne, VIC, Australia, #M30988.2 
Marriage*1915 Spouse: Annie Ruth Johnstone. VIC, Australia, #M10100/1915, Thos Morrison GRAYSON & Annie Ruth JOHNSTONE.3
 
Land-UBeac*30 Jun 1919 GEM-D-29 (part). Transfer from Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd to Thomas Morrison Grayson Hugh Grayson. 9a 2r 22p.4 
Land-UBeac*30 Jun 1944 GEM-D-29A (part). Transfer from Hugh Grayson to Thomas Morrison Grayson. 9a 2r 22p.5 
Land-UBeac*10 Apr 1953 GEM-D-29A (part). Transfer from Thomas Morrison Grayson to William Edward Albert Yendall. 9a 2r 22p.6 
Death*17 Jan 1955 Melbourne South, VIC, Australia, #D723 (Age 67.)7,8 

Grave

  • Williamstown Cemetery, Williamstown, VIC, Australia9

Family

 Annie Ruth Johnstone
Child 1.Sylvia Amelia Grayson10 b. 10 Jul 1917

Citations

  1. [S35] Probate Records, PROV (Public Records Office Victoria), VPRS 28/P4, unit 948; VPRS 7591/P3, unit 85.
  2. [S1] Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages Pioneer Index Victoria 1836-1888.
  3. [S27] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Marriages) (online) "#M10100/1915, Thos Morrison GRAYSON & Annie Ruth JOHNSTONE."
  4. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Records Office Victoria), C/T 1683-577 - to Thomas Morrison Grayson of 34 Eastern Road South Melbourne Blacksmith and Hugh Grayson of 139 Ross Street Port Melbourne Railway Employee - transfer No 892261 - tenants in common in equal shares - C/T 4228-499.
  5. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Records Office Victoria), C/T 4228-499 - Thomas Morrison Grayson of 53 Johnston Street Port Melbourne Blacksmith is now the proprietor.
  6. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Records Office Victoria), C/T 4228-499 - William Edward Albert Yendall of 117 Graham Street Port Melbourne Waterside Worker.
  7. [S5] Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages Death Index Victoria 1921-1985.
  8. [S22] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (online) "#D723 - born Port Melbourne."
  9. [S38] Index of burials in the cemetery of Williamstown,.
  10. [S25] School Records - Beaconsfield North 2560.
Last Edited21 Oct 2022

Hugh Grayson

M, #10430, b. 1894, d. 1975
Father*Thomas Morison Grayson b. 1860, d. Jun 1914
Mother*Harriet Amelia Cochrane b. 1863, d. 8 Aug 1943
Birth*1894 Port Melbourne, VIC, Australia, #B6123.1 
(Transfer to) Land-UBeac30 Jun 1919 GEM-D-29 (part). Transfer from Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd to Thomas Morrison Grayson Hugh Grayson. 9a 2r 22p.2 
Land-UBeac*3 Jul 1922 GEM-D-28A. Transfer from Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd to Hugh Grayson. 16a 1r 39p.3 
Marriage*1924 Spouse: Ellen Elizabeth Fletcher. VIC, Australia, #M11378.4
 
Land-UBeac*30 Jun 1944 GEM-D-29A (part). Transfer from Hugh Grayson to Thomas Morrison Grayson. 9a 2r 22p.5 
Death*1975 Geelong, VIC, Australia, #D28678 (Age 81.)6 

Electoral Rolls (Australia) and Census (UK/IRL)

DateAddressOccupation and other people at same address
194924 Moonya Road, Oakleigh, VIC, AustraliaOccupation: lampmaker. With Ellen Elizabeth Grayson.7

Citations

  1. [S2] Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages Federation Index Victoria 1889-1901.
  2. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Records Office Victoria), C/T 1683-577 - to Thomas Morrison Grayson of 34 Eastern Road South Melbourne Blacksmith and Hugh Grayson of 139 Ross Street Port Melbourne Railway Employee - transfer No 892261 - tenants in common in equal shares - C/T 4228-499.
  3. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Records Office Victoria), C/T 1683-577 - to Hugh Grayson of 139 Ross Street Port Melbourne Lampmaker - transfer No 1052877 - C/T 4584-721.
  4. [S22] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (online).
  5. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Records Office Victoria), C/T 4228-499 - Thomas Morrison Grayson of 53 Johnston Street Port Melbourne Blacksmith is now the proprietor.
  6. [S5] Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages Death Index Victoria 1921-1985.
  7. [S149] Electoral Roll for Australia, 1949.
Last Edited29 Jan 2016
 

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Some individuals may be featured because members of their family were associated with the Upper Beaconsfield area, even though they themselves never lived here.