Melinda Ann Maria Bickham

F, #20266, b. 1892, d. 21 Jun 1922
Father*Henry Bickham b. 1851, d. 3 Dec 1909
Mother*Mary Ann Wilkie b. 1863, d. 22 Aug 1941
Married NameLambert. 
Birth*1892 TAS, Australia. 
Marriage*1913 Spouse: James John Lambert.
 
Death*21 Jun 1922 Hobart, TAS, Australia. 
Death-Notice*22 Jun 1922 LAMBERT.—On 21st June, 1922, at Hobart, Melinda, the dearly beloved wife of (Trooper) Joseph J. Lambert, of Victoria Valley, Ouse, and loved second eldest daughter of Mary A. and the late Henry Bickham, of 7 Devonport-street, Glebe, and late of Lefroy; aged 30 years.
LAMBERT.—Funeral of the late Mrs. Joseph. J. Lambert, of Victoria Valley, will move from the offices of the undersigned on Thursday afternoon (This Day) at 3.30 o'clock, arriving at Cornelian Bay, Cemetery at 4.15.1 

Family

 James John Lambert b. 1889, d. 16 Mar 1969
Child 1.Raymond Lambert b. 1919, d. 19 Dec 1941

Citations

  1. [S14] Newspaper - The Mercury (Hobart, Tas.), Thu 22 Jun 1922, p1
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/23553753
Last Edited8 Jul 2018

James John Lambert

M, #20267, b. 1889, d. 16 Mar 1969
Birth*1889 Beaconsfield, TAS, Australia.1 
Marriage*1913 Spouse: Melinda Ann Maria Bickham.
 
Widower21 Jun 1922James John Lambert became a widower upon the death of his wife Melinda Ann Maria Bickham. 
Marriage*1923 Spouse: Elvie Mildred Alethe Bickham. TAS, Australia.1
 
Widower1959James John Lambert became a widower upon the death of his wife Elvie Mildred Alethe Bickham.2 
Death*16 Mar 1969 64 Carlton Street, New Town, TAS, Australia.1 

Family

 Melinda Ann Maria Bickham b. 1892, d. 21 Jun 1922
Child 1.Raymond Lambert b. 1919, d. 19 Dec 1941

Citations

  1. [S80] Ancestry - Family Tree, Sandraking68.
  2. [S80] Ancestry - Family Tree, as Lambert.
Last Edited1 Jun 2020

Elvie Mildred Alethe Bickham

F, #20270, b. 17 Oct 1899, d. 1959
Father*Henry Bickham b. 1851, d. 3 Dec 1909
Mother*Mary Ann Wilkie b. 1863, d. 22 Aug 1941
Married NameLambert.1 
Birth*17 Oct 1899 Launceston, TAS, Australia.2 
Marriage*1923 Spouse: James John Lambert. TAS, Australia.1
 
Death*1959 TAS, Australia.3 

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

DateAddressOccupation and other people at same address
1922Victoria Valley, TAS, AustraliaOccupation: school teacher.4

Citations

  1. [S80] Ancestry - Family Tree, Sandraking68.
  2. [S64] Archives Office of Tasmania. Tasmanian Names Index "father a miner."
  3. [S80] Ancestry - Family Tree, as Lambert.
  4. [S122] Electoral Roll for Australia, 1922.
Last Edited1 Jun 2020

Walter Leonard Fehmel

M, #20275, b. 1901, d. 1979
Birth*1901 St Kilda, VIC, Australia, #B6869 [par Richard FEHMEL & May Christina STENT].1 
Death*1979 Caulfield South, VIC, Australia, #D21365 (Age 78) [par Richard Frederic FEHMEL & May Christina STENT].1 

Newspaper-Articles

  • 30 Aug 1916: A youth named Walter Fehmel, a guest of Captain Rushall's, Upper Beaconsfield, met with a riding accident on Saturday last. He was riding a spirited pony owned by Mr A. Shorthouse, and it bolted, throwing the rider against a tree. Fehmel sustained a slight concussion and a broken arm. He was attended to by Dr Griffith.2

Citations

  1. [S22] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (online).
  2. [S19] Newspaper - Berwick Shire News and Pakenham and Cranbourne Gazette (Berwick, Vic.), Wed 30 Aug 1916, p2
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/92090372
Last Edited8 Jul 2018

Alexander Gurthrie Young

M, #20278, b. 8 Feb 1832, d. 7 Dec 1891
Probate (Will)* 48/290. Alexr YOUNG Date of grant: 21 Mar 1892; Date of death: 07 Dec 1891; Occupation: Gent; Residence: Middle Brighton.
No land at Beaconsfield found, but there was a mortgage Miss May Mahon to deceased dated 3 February 1891 for £50 (all owing). Interest thereon to date of death £1 10.1 
Birth*8 Feb 1832 Scotland. 
Marriage* Spouse: Elizabeth Guthnie.
 
Land-Beac*3 Feb 1891 PAK-1A 51/LP2805. Transfer from May Rose Mahon to Alexander Gurthrie Young.2 
Death*7 Dec 1891 Brighton, VIC, Australia, #D13819 (Age 59) [par David YOUNG & Christina ROY].3 
Death-Notice*9 Dec 1891 YOUNG. —On the 7th inst, at his residence, Craigielea, Normanby-street, Middle Brighton, Alexander Gurthrie Young, aged 59 years. A colonist of 52 years.
THE Friends of the late Mr ALEXANDER G. YOUNG are respectfully invited to follow his remains to their last resting place in the Melbourne General Cemetery
The funeral will leave his late residence Craigleigh, Normanby-street, Middle Brighton, THIS DAY (Wednesday, 9th inst.), at half-past 1 o'clock, passing over Prince's-bridge about 8 p.m.4 
Land-Note*25 Apr 1895 PAK-1A 51/LP2805. Elizabeth Young Memo No 16343. Elizabeth Young, of "Craigielea," Normanby Street, Middle Brighton, and Alexandewr Grant, of No. 2 St James' Buildings, William Street, Melbourne, Solicitor, are registered as the proprietors of the within-described land as Executrix and Executor to whom probate of the will and codicil of Alexander Young (who died 7th December, 1891) was granted 4th February, 1892. Dated the 25th April, 1895.5 
Land-Beac*25 Apr 1895 PAK-1A 51/LP2805. Transfer from Alexander Gurthrie Young to Elizabeth Young.6 

Grave

  • Presbyterian Section D 401/402, Melbourne General Cemetery, Carlton, VIC, Australia, Here rests Christina Roy wife of David YOUNG Merchant Melbourne a native of Fifeshire, Scotland died 18 Feb 1859 age 65 yrs.
    In memory of David YOUNG late of Lieth, Scotland died 14 Jul 1877 age 80 yrs. an old colonist of 38 yrs.
    In memory of Alexander G. YOUNG born 8 Feb 1832 died 7 Dec 1891 a colonist of 52 yrs.
    Also his wife Elizabeth Guthnie died at Portabello, Scotland 22 Mar 1913 Interred Portabello Cemetery.
    Also in memory of their son David who died in Sydney 21 Jul 1846 age 20 yrs. 6 mths.
    James White Goldie Eskbank, Scotland died 14 Sep 1895 age 24 yrs.7

Newspaper-Articles

  • 12 Mar 1904: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23. At the Rooms, 359 and 301 COLLINS-STREET, At Half-past Two. VALUABLE SUBURBAN PROPERTIES, IN A TRUST ESTATE.
    GEMMELL, TUCKETT, and Co. have received instructions to SELL by PUBLIC AUCTION, as above...
    Lot 14.—BEACONSFIELD. RAILWAY-AVENUE, West Side.—Land, 50ft. x 126ft. 6in.—133ft. 11in., back to a right-of-way, 619ft. 9in. north from Beaconsfield-avenue. This land is part of Crown Preemptive, Section 1A, parish of Pakenham, described in certificate of title, vol. 2237, fol. 447,395.
    For titles apply Messrs. Alexander Grant and Son, solicitors, 115 William-street.8

Citations

  1. [S35] Probate Records, PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), VPRS 28/ P2 unit 332, item 48/290
    VPRS 7591/ P2 unit 191, item 48/290.
  2. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 2237-395 - Alexander Young of Normanby Street Middle Brighton Gentleman.
  3. [S22] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (online).
  4. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.),.
  5. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), Memo No 16343. Elizabeth Young, of "Craigielea," Normanby Street, Middle Brighton, and Alexandewr Grant, of No. 2 St James' Buildings, William Street, Melbourne, Solicitor, are registered as the proprietors of the within-described land as Executrix and Executor to whom probate of the will and codicil of Alexander Young (who died 7th December, 1891) was granted 4th February, 1892. Dated the 25th April, 1895.
  6. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 2237-395 - Memo No 16343. Elizabeth Young, of "Craigielea," Normanby Street, Middle Brighton, and Alexandewr Grant, of No. 2 St James' Buildings, William Street, Melbourne, Solicitor, are registered as the proprietors of the within-described land as Executrix and Executor to whom probate of the will and codicil of Alexander Young (who died 7th December, 1891) was granted 4th February, 1892. Dated the 25th April, 1895.
  7. [S45] Index of monumental inscriptions in the Melbourne General Cemetery,.
  8. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), Sat 12 Mar 1904, p2
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/10602898
Last Edited23 Aug 2023

Elizabeth Guthnie

F, #20279, d. 22 Mar 1913
Married NameYoung. 
Marriage* Spouse: Alexander Gurthrie Young.
 
Widow7 Dec 1891Elizabeth Guthnie became a widow upon the death of her husband Alexander Gurthrie Young.1 
Land-Beac*25 Apr 1895 PAK-1A 51/LP2805. Transfer from Alexander Gurthrie Young to Elizabeth Young.2 
Land-Note*25 Apr 1895 PAK-1A 51/LP2805. Alexander Gurthrie Young Memo No 16343. Elizabeth Young, of "Craigielea," Normanby Street, Middle Brighton, and Alexandewr Grant, of No. 2 St James' Buildings, William Street, Melbourne, Solicitor, are registered as the proprietors of the within-described land as Executrix and Executor to whom probate of the will and codicil of Alexander Young (who died 7th December, 1891) was granted 4th February, 1892. Dated the 25th April, 1895.3 
Land-Note*25 Apr 1895 PAK-1A 51/LP2805: Mortgagee: Louis William Rowdon. Mortgage No 164117. Discharged 12 Oct 1920. Mortgage No 168880. Discharged 12 Oct 1920.. Mortgagor was Elizabeth Young.4 
Death*22 Mar 1913 Scotland. 
Land-Beac*12 Oct 1920 PAK-1A 51/LP2805. Transfer from Elizabeth Young to John Harkins. Transfer from Prudence Agnes Waring, Matthew Grant, Alexander Edward Waring and George Randall.5 

Grave

  • Presbyterian Section D 401/402, Melbourne General Cemetery, Carlton, VIC, Australia, Here rests Christina Roy wife of David YOUNG Merchant Melbourne a native of Fifeshire, Scotland died 18 Feb 1859 age 65 yrs.
    In memory of David YOUNG late of Lieth, Scotland died 14 Jul 1877 age 80 yrs. an old colonist of 38 yrs.
    In memory of Alexander G. YOUNG born 8 Feb 1832 died 7 Dec 1891 a colonist of 52 yrs.
    Also his wife Elizabeth Guthnie died at Portabello, Scotland 22 Mar 1913 Interred Portabello Cemetery.
    Also in memory of their son David who died in Sydney 21 Jul 1846 age 20 yrs. 6 mths.
    James White Goldie Eskbank, Scotland died 14 Sep 1895 age 24 yrs.6

Citations

  1. [S22] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (online).
  2. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 2237-395 - Memo No 16343. Elizabeth Young, of "Craigielea," Normanby Street, Middle Brighton, and Alexandewr Grant, of No. 2 St James' Buildings, William Street, Melbourne, Solicitor, are registered as the proprietors of the within-described land as Executrix and Executor to whom probate of the will and codicil of Alexander Young (who died 7th December, 1891) was granted 4th February, 1892. Dated the 25th April, 1895.
  3. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), Memo No 16343. Elizabeth Young, of "Craigielea," Normanby Street, Middle Brighton, and Alexandewr Grant, of No. 2 St James' Buildings, William Street, Melbourne, Solicitor, are registered as the proprietors of the within-described land as Executrix and Executor to whom probate of the will and codicil of Alexander Young (who died 7th December, 1891) was granted 4th February, 1892. Dated the 25th April, 1895.
  4. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 2237-395 - Louis William Rowdon. Mortgage No 164117. Discharged 12 Oct 1920. Mortgage No 168880. Discharged 12 Oct 1920. Mortgagors are Elizabeth Young and Alexander Grant.
  5. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 2237-395 - John Harkins of Como Parade Mentone Investor. Transfer from Prudence Agnes Waring, Matthew Grant, Alexander Edward Waring and George Randall.
  6. [S45] Index of monumental inscriptions in the Melbourne General Cemetery,.
Last Edited23 Aug 2023
 

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