William B Brown

M, #26131, b. 1826, d. 16 Nov 1888
Archive* 543/93 WILLIAM B BROWN THE MELBOURNE AND BEACONSFIELD SAW MILL AND FIREWOOD COMPANY W BRISBANE GEMBROOK 25.1 
Probate (Will)* 38/525. William BROWN Date of grant: 13 Dec 1888; Date of death: 16 Nov 1888; Occupation: Stonecrusher; Residence: Northcote , W B BROWN Date of grant: 13 Dec 1888; Alternative name: Brown William; Date of death: 16 Nov 1888; Occupation: Stonecrusher; Residence: Northcote.2 
Birth*1826 Manchester, Lancashire, England. 
Marriage*1852 Spouse: Alice Grindrod. Fitzroy, VIC, Australia, #M3725/1852.3
 
Land-Gembrook*Selection: GEM--25. 318a 1r 29p - Land File 12193/19.4 
Land-Note30 Sep 1884 Sep 30/84 L.L.S., Collins Street East, Melbourne
To the Secretary of Lands, Melbourne.
Dear Sir, In granting the selection, lately Renfrees to Mr Brown, I wish our company to be protected to the extent of having an absolute right to ... through the land a tramway - a strip 20 feet wide will be sufficient, perhaps a clause can be introduced into Brown's licence to that effect.
Yours truly, Wm Brisbane.5 
Land-Note*27 Apr 1885 GEM--25. McLachlan Street, Northcote. 27 April 1885. To the Secretary of Lands
Sir, The Beaconsfield Sawmill Company are applying for a licence of a private road running across allotment 25, Parish of Gembrook to use for tramway puposes. In justice to me I think the proprietors should fence the said road to the satisfaction of the Government Officials, and that the public should have the use of the said tramways at rates and charges to be fixed. I now beg to submit what I consider a fair rate of charge for carriage of goods of any kind viz 6d per ton per mile and passengers 3d each per mile, possibly an arrangement might be made so that the public could use their own trucks and horses, I then think a royalty of 1d per ton per mile and 1/2 per passenger, the weight of goods in one truck not to exceed 6 tons.
I have the honor to be, Sir, yours obediently, William B Brown.5 
Death*16 Nov 1888 South Gembrook, VIC, Australia, #D13726/1888 (Age 62) [par John BROWN & Ellen BENTLEY] - spouse Alice GRINDROD.6,7 
Death-Notice*19 Nov 1888 BROWN.—On the 16th inst., at South Gembrook, Gippsland, Mr. William Brown, engineer, of M'Lachlan-street, Northcote, aged 62 years.
THE Friends of the late Mr. WILLIAM BROWN, engineer, of M'Lachlan-street, Northcote, are respectfully invited to follow his remains to their last resting place, in the Melbourne General Cemetery.
The funeral will move from Prince's-bridge railway station on the arrival of the Gippsland train, due in Melbourne, at 2 p.m. to-morrow, Tuesday, November 20, 1888, and proceed direct to the Cemetery.
WILLIAM GEORGE RAVEN, undertaker, 227 Smith-street, Fitzroy ; 406 Brunswick-street,
129 Queen's-parade, Clifton-hill ; and Rathdown-street south end Carlton. Telephone 1,037.8 
Land-Note21 Jun 1889 Office of Lands and Survey, Melbourne 21st June 1889.
Sir, Referring to the Melbourne and Beaconsfield Sawmill Company's tramway licence at Gembrook and Nar-nar-goon, I have to inform you that the said licence will be declared void and the land otherwise disposed of.
To William Brisbane, Esq. c/- The Hon Dr. L.L. Smith, 182 Collins Street, Melbourne.5 

Family

Alice Grindrod b. 16 Jul 1836, d. 13 Feb 1913
Child 1.Elizabeth Alice Brown9 b. 1853, d. 11 Jun 1907

Citations

  1. [S81] Land Records & Parish Maps ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria). VPRS 5357/ P0 unit 4059, item 543/93 - file digitised.
  2. [S35] Probate Records, PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), VPRS 28/ P0 unit 472, item 38/525
    VPRS 7591/ P2 unit 143, item 38/525
    VPRS 28/ P2 unit 252, item 38/525.
  3. [S27] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Marriages) (online) "as GRINDDROD."
  4. [S81] Land Records & Parish Maps ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria). Land File 12193/19.
  5. [S81] Land Records & Parish Maps ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria). VPRS 5357/P0/4059 File 543/93
    William B Brown, The Melbourne Sawmill Company.
  6. [S28] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Deaths) (online) "#D13726/1888 (Age 62) [par John BROWN & Ellen BENTLEY] - spouse Alice GRINDROD."
  7. [S45] Index of monumental inscriptions in the Melbourne General Cemetery,
    "MGC-PRE-Comp-N-No-531."
  8. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), Mon 19 Nov 1888, p1
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/6909448
  9. [S28] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Deaths) (online).
Last Edited4 Oct 2021

Elizabeth Alice Brown

F, #26132, b. 1853, d. 11 Jun 1907
Father*William B Brown1 b. 1826, d. 16 Nov 1888
Mother*Alice Grindrod1 b. 16 Jul 1836, d. 13 Feb 1913
Birth*1853 Collingwood, VIC, Australia, #B369/1853.2 
Death*11 Jun 1907 Northcote, VIC, Australia, #D5858/1907 (Age 53) [par Wm BROWN & Alice GRINDROD] - as BROWN.1 
Death-Notice*12 Jun 1907 BROWN.—On the 11th June, at "Terracedale," M'Lachlan-street, Northcote, Elizabeth Alice (Libby), the much loved daughter of Mrs. Alice Brown and the late Wm. Brown.
Passed on to the higher life.
Her life was love, her end was peace.
BROWN.—The Friends of Mrs. ALICE BROWN are respectfully invited to follow the remains of her late beloved daughter, Elizabeth Alice (Libby), to the place of interment, the Melbourne General Cemetery.
The funeral will leave her residence "Terracedale," McLachlan street, Northcote, THIS DAY (Wednesday, June 12, 1907), at 3 p.m. W. G. RAVEN, Undertaker, Head Office—227 South-street, Fitzroy. Tel. 1037.3 

Citations

  1. [S28] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Deaths) (online).
  2. [S26] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Births) (online).
  3. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), Wed 12 Jun 1907, p1
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/10641138
Last Edited18 Jun 2021

William Officer

M, #26140, b. 22 Oct 1835
Father*Robert Officer1 b. 1800, d. 8 Jul 1879
Mother*Jemima Patterson1
Birth*22 Oct 1835 New Norfolk, TAS, Australia.1 
Marriage*13 Feb 1866 Spouse: Mary Grace Hebden. St John's Church, Toorak, VIC, Australia.2
 
Marriage-Notice*15 Feb 1866 OFFICER—HEBDEN.—On the 13th inst., at St. John's Church, Toorak, by the Rev. Walter Fellows, B.A., William Officer, Esq., of Zara, New South Wales, youngest son of the Hon. Robert Officer, Speaker of the House of Assembly, Tasmania, to Mary Grace, eldest daughter of George Hebden, Esq., Newstead, Melbourne.2 
Note*bt 1868 - 1882 Nine children born in NSW. 

Citations

  1. [S64] Archives Office of Tasmania. Tasmanian Names Index "NAME_INDEXES:1084249."
  2. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), Thu 15 Feb 1866, p4
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/5779087
Last Edited20 Jun 2021
 

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