Jeff Green - Family Histories

Document Transcriptions

Introduction

This document contains transcriptions of all the documents on which the information in the Family Histories is based.

Apart from the groupings explained below, these transcriptions are not in any sorted order. They are numbered simply in the sequence that the transcription from the original was made.

They are divided into sections:

• A. Certificates

  These are actual certificates, or official copies or extracts from registers, of the birth, baptism, marriage, death or burial of a person. In most cases 'actual' includes photocopies in my possession.

  The earlier official copies or extracts were prepared by hand from the registers. Then for a period official copies were made by photocopying the actual register entry. Although such copies may not be as legible as the genuine original, there will not be transcription errors between one and the next. Most recent practice seems to be to transcribe the register entry into a computer and then print the transcription.

  Certificate transcriptions are always headed eg: "Birth of ..." followed by the person's full name (both names in the case of marriages).

  The transcriptions are as complete as possible, containing all of the specific text (where it is legible), though not always including the complete boilerplate text of the certificate.

• B. Other Primary Documents

  These documents are original evidence for an event or status, not always dated.

  They include:

  • Official or semi-official documents such as shipping lists, census records, legal documents (eg: apprenticeship papers), public directories, commercial bills & receipts (esp. for funeral expenses)
  • Family records of births, deaths & marriages

  Note: photographs are contained in the Photos file.

• C. Other Records

  These are secondary or tertiary records of events

  They include:

  • Documents citing eventually to primary documents, but the primary documents are not in my possession (or were not at the time they were transcribed).
  • Genealogical works which give names, relationships and histories. They may or may not cite the evidence for their assertions.

• D. Results from the Web

  These are the results of searches of the World Wide Web, either of specific sites or of the web as a whole. In general I give a summary of the results, together with as specific a link as I can manage. Following these links is intended to substantiate the statements in the summary.

• E. Known and Missing Documents

  This lists documents that I suspect other researchers may have, or that would be the next stage in a search.

References to other documents within this series are made by section and number, within square brackets, eg: [C1]

The transcriptions themselves are in roman font. Notes about them are in italics, sometimes referenced by note numbers (in curly brackets) within the transcription text, eg: {1}. In some documents the texts of notes are interleaved with the text of the document itself.

Queries ("?"), even though they appear in normal font, indicate illegibility or uncertainty in the transcription. If they appear in the original, a note to that effect will be attached.

A single query "?" indicates an illegible single letter.

A double query "??" indicates an illegible whole word.

A triple query "???" indicates an illegible series of words.

A query in brackets "(?)" indicates that the given transcription is uncertain.

An exclamation in brackets "(!)" usually indicates a letter-by-letter transcription which doesn't seem to make a sensible word.

Vertical ellipses ":" indicate material in the paper documents that has been left out of these transcriptions, either because it is irrelevant to the family history, or because a more original source for the information has been found.

When my direct ancestors are members of a list (usually a list of siblings), or in a family tree, they are marked with '*'.

Contents

A Certificates

• A1 Birth of Jeffery Ernest Green
• A2 Baptism of Jeffery Ernest Green
• A3 Birth of Jane Joanne Barry
• A4 Marriage of Joseph Rudolph Green and Jane Johanna Barry
• A5 Birth of Joseph Rudolph Green
• A6 Marriage of Joseph Green and Mary Ann Newton
• A7 Birth of John Barry
• A8 Birth of Ann Carr
• A9 Marriage of John Barry and Ann Carr
• A10 Marriage of Richard Barry and Eliza Rosam
• A11 Marriage of William Patrick Carr and Jane Ann Mathews
• A12 Marriage of Thomas Heales and Rebekah Marsom Purdy
• A13 Death of Rebeca Marsom Heales
• A14 Death of Jane Berry Peggie
• A15 Death of George Berry Peggie
• A16 Death of Jane Murry Peggie
• A17 Death of Edward Ernest Peggie
• A18 Birth of Jeffery Ernest Green
• A19 Marriage of Charles Edwin Westmoreland and Annie Adelaide Hooper
• A20 Death of William Arthur Westmoreland
• A21 Death of Herbert William Westmoreland
• A22 Marriage of Herbert William Westmoreland and Emma Louisa Hill
• A23 Death of Olive Westmoreland
• A24 Birth of Elsie Ada Westmoreland
• A25 Marriage of William Westmoreland and Frances Wray

B Other Primary Documents

• B1 The Westmoreland Family Register
• B2 Passenger List for Queen of the Seas
• B3 Bill for Funeral of Anne Barry
• B4 Bill for Funeral of John Barry
• B5 Memorial Card for Anne Barry
• B6 Probate & Will of Anne Barry
• B7 Bill for Funeral of Joseph Green
• B8 Blank Memorandum, Green & Bishop
• B9 Probate & Will of Joseph Rudolph Green
• B10 Apprenticeship Indenture of Joseph Green
• B11 On the Origin of the name Peggie
• B12 Insurance Certificates, Jean Green
• B13 Letters to Harold Green
• B14 The Will of Richard Westmoreland
• B15 Confirmation Register at Stawell Church
• B16 Passenger List of the S.S. Fe Awaw
• B17 Memorial Card for William Westmoreland
• B18 Certificate of Right of Burial to Emma Louisa Westmoreland
• B19 Certificate of Right of Burial to Elsie Ada Westmoreland
• B20 Fife Cemetery Records
• B21 Westmoreland 1881 Census Record

C Other Records

• C1 Census Record, the family of Richard Barry
• C2 Sands & MacDougall Directories, 1890-1910
• C3 "The Tea Clipper 'Queen of the Seas'"
• C4 David Beswick's Answers to my Questions
• C5 Note re Johanna Barry
• C6 The Life of Jean Agnes Green
• C7 A Green Family Tree
• C8 A Green & Dean Family Tree
• C9 Gravestone Transcriptions, Box Hill Cemetery
• C10 A Short History of Richard Heales
• C11 Extracts from the notebooks of Thomas Marson
• C12 Descendants of Thomas Heales
• C13 Descendants of Fanny Taylor & Charles Dean
• C14 A School for Waverley Road
• C15 Notes on the Peggie Family
• C16 Peggie Family Trees from Garry Martin
• C17 A Peggie Gravestone Inscription
• C18 A Note on the Pasks
• C19 The Huguenot Persecution
• C20 Obituary of William Westmoreland (1834-1889)
• C21 Obituary of Herbert William Westmoreland (1865-1895)
• C22 Rev. Herbert William Westmoreland of the United Methodist Free Church
• C23 Herbert William Westmoreland
• C24 Some notes on the Misses Westmoreland
• C25 Herbert William Westmoreland
• C26 Descendants of Annice Mary Westmoreland
• C27 Grave Transcriptions from Scawby
• C28 Death Notice of Mary Ann Westmoreland (nee Knott)
• C29 Ancestors of Ian Donald Peggie
• C30 A Westmoreland Family Tree
• C31 Notes on Westmoreland Family History by Marian Long
• C32 A Hill Family Tree
• C33 A Westmoreland Family Tree
• C34 A Westmoreland Family Tree
• C35 Miscellaneous Notes
• C36 Tax Records of Joseph Rudolph Green
• C37 Extracts from a Heales family history
• C38 Extracts from a biography of Richard Heales
• C39 Note from a Photograph of Ann Mathews
• C40 Notes on the Westmorelands in Donald
• C41 The Life of Elsie Westmoreland
• C42 Childhood letters of Elsie & Ida Westmoreland
• C43 The Life of Annie Westmoreland
• C44 From a diary of Ida Westmoreland
• C45 Fifeshire Census Records
• C46 Peggie & Westmoreland Family Notes
• C47 Herbert William Westmoreland
• C49 David Beswick's note on his researches in Birmingham, 2004
• C50 Summaries from a Westmoreland family history
• C100 An Additional Note

D Results from the Web

• D1 Extracts from the International Genealogical Index
• D2 Extracts from Victorian Shipping Records
• D3 Thomas Marsom and John Bunyan
• D4 Extracts from Church Histories
• D5 A Record from Purewa Cemetery, Auckland
• D6 A Tea-Pot Stolen from Richard Heales
• D7 Supreme Court of Port Phillip, Directory 1847

E Known and Missing Documents

A Certificates

A1 Birth of Jeffery Ernest Green

From an original certificate provided by the registry.

A2 Baptism of Jeffery Ernest Green

From the original certificate.

Jeffery Ernest Son of Robert Ernest and Dorothy Joan Green who was born at Box Hill on 20.9.59 was baptised into the Church of God within the Communion of the Methodist Church of Australasia at Nunawading on 22.11.59. J.C. Lavender Minister Godparents none

A3 Birth of Jane Joanne Barry

From the original type written extract.

State of Victoria

Extract of Entry No. 187263

Melbourne, 24^th April, 1940

Re Application Fol. 74456

According to the registers in this office

Jane Joanne, daughter of

John BARRY, and

Anne " Nee Carr,

Was born at Carlton,

On 1^st April, 1871

The Official Number of the entry is 10433/71

On the back of a photocopy I have is written:

Copy of Birth Certificate of Jane J. Green

A4 Marriage of Joseph Rudolph Green and Jane Johanna Barry

From the original certificate.

On the back of the certificate is a rubber-stamp impression of:

Melbourne Savings Bank Richmond 2 Jun .96

A5 Birth of Joseph Rudolph Green

From the original hand written copy.

Certificate dated Eighth day of April 1890 {1}

On the back of a photocopy is written, in fountain-pen ink:

Marriage Certificate

which has been scribbled out in blue ball-point pen, though the text is still quite legible.

{1} the last digit of the copy date is uncertain, probably 8, possibly 0.

A6 Marriage of Joseph Green and Mary Ann Newton

From the original hand written copy.

A7 Birth of John Barry

From a photocopy of the handwritten official copy.

Photocopied on the same sheet as Birth of Ann Carr [A8]

A8 Birth of Ann Carr

From a photocopy of the handwritten official copy.

Photocopied on the same sheet as Birth of John Barry [A7]

{1} the street name is definitely “Little...”, but the other part of the name is uncertain in both instances. [C1] transcribes this address as “10 Little Peter Street”

A9 Marriage of John Barry and Ann Carr

From a photocopy of the original certificate.

{1} illegible due to a fold in the paper

{2} Surname and profession illegible due to a fold in the paper

{3} written as a word, could be “Twenty Two” which is what the transcription [C1] has.

{4} Hand written at the bottom of the certificate, presumably required because John was a minor at the time of this marriage. “Richard” is written above another name, which is struck out. The original looks like '?olsiue'.

A10 Marriage of Richard Barry and Eliza Rosam

From a photocopy of an official copy of the registry entry.

{1}signature of celebrant may be interpreted as J. F. Gilinant

A11 Marriage of William Patrick Carr and Jane Ann Mathews

From a photocopy of the original hand written official copy.

A12 Marriage of Thomas Heales and Rebekah Marsom Purdy

From a photocopy of an official photocopy of the entry.

A13 Death of Rebeca Marsom Heales

From the an official photocopy of the original registry entry.

A14 Death of Jane Berry Peggie

From a photocopy of the original official copy.

Question 1 of the official copy is lost on the photocopy I have. Presumably this was the registry entry number. It is from the Victorian Registry Office, Melbourne.

A15 Death of George Berry Peggie

From a photocopy of an official photocopy of the original registry entry.

{1} the 8 is quite uncertain.

{2} the photocopy I have cuts off the ends of some names (and all of the ages) for the children.

A16 Death of Jane Murry Peggie

From a photocopy of an official photocopy of the original registry entry.

Question 1 of the entry, and part of Question 2, is lost on the photocopy I have.

{1} The additions are assumptions on my part, as they are cut off on my copy.

{2} From my copy, “Murry” is a reasonable guess, but it is not “Murray”.

{3} the ellipses are in the original, ie: the duration of last illness is not stated.

A17 Death of Edward Ernest Peggie

From a photocopy of an official photocopy of the registry entry.

A18 Birth of Jeffery Ernest Green

This is a different (older) official copy of the registration of my birth. It is in fact a photocopy of the actual registration form, as it contains what I recognise as my father’s signature. It contains more information than the computer-prepared certificate [A1]. Apart from the two signatures, the specific text is (on the original) typed throughout.

{1} This is the signature that I recognise as my father’s.

A19 Marriage of Charles Edwin Westmoreland and Annie Adelaide Hooper

From a photocopy of the original certificate, in the possession of Ian Peggie. The left hand edge of the original is lost on the photocopy. Some of the original text has been interpreted on the first-generation copy.

{1} the street name is illegible due to overwriting, but Ligar is not an unreasonable reading.

A20 Death of William Arthur Westmoreland

From a photocopy of an official photocopy of the registry entry, in Ian Peggie’s possession.

A21 Death of Herbert William Westmoreland

From a photocopy of an official photocopy of the registry entry, in Ian Peggie’s possession.

A22 Marriage of Herbert William Westmoreland and Emma Louisa Hill

From a photocopy of an official photocopy of the registry entry, in Ian Peggie’s possession.

A23 Death of Olive Westmoreland

From a photocopy of an official photocopy of the registry entry, in Ian Peggie’s possession.

A24 Birth of Elsie Ada Westmoreland

From the original official extract, in Ian Peggie’s collection.

A25 Marriage of William Westmoreland and Frances Wray

From a photocopy in Ian Peggie’s collection, I presume of the original church register entry, as the photocopy includes a portion of the previous entry.

Banns of Marriage between Wm. Westmoreland & Frances Wray were published Jany-17-24-&31^st by Wm. Durance Vicar.

No 322

Willm Westmoreland of this parish and Frances Wray of the Parish of Broughton in the County of Lincoln were Married in this church by Banns this Eleventh day of February in the Year One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety Six by me Wm. Durance Vicar.

This Marriage was solemnised between Us Wm. Westmoreland

Frances Wray her X mark

In the presence of Thos Sawdon

Jane Sawdon

B Other Primary Documents

B1 The Westmoreland Family Register

I have photocopies of the three sheets of this document. It has a page each for births, deaths and marriages, with an illuminated-style border (including angels, cherubs, and the virgin & child top centre). Ian Peggie has the originals, and he has stated they are cut from a family bible.

Most entries appear to be in the same hand, though there are some (especially on the Deaths page) in other hands, and obviously inserted between existing entries at a later date.

At some time I made a note on the back of the photocopy: “I don’t trust the information in this, particularly the dates, and particularly the amendments made (in thicker pen).”

Births

Children of William (appears at the top of the page with the heading)

Henry Arthur Westmoreland Born May 28^th 1859

Edward Burbidge Westmoreland Born April 13^th 1861

Annie Westmoreland Born December 10^th 1862 {1}

Herbert William Westmoreland Born May 14^th 1865

Charles Edwin Westmoreland Born June 7^th 1867

Fanny Kate Westmoreland Born July 25^th 1870

Elizabeth Crossley Westmoreland Born Nov 6^th 1874

------------------------------------------{2}

Herbert Cyril Westmoreland born Sep 24^th 1885 – Hy. Arthurs

Mother born April 27^th 1830 at N. Scarfe. Lincolnshire, England {3}

Marriages

The heading of this page is made to read “William Westmoreland’s Family Register”, “William Westmoreland’s” is hand written, and “Family Register” is printed. The following also appears in the heading:

Born at Scawby Lincolnshire, Engd. Jan 31^st 1834

WW died at Besky.... Buck.... (4}

Sep tbr 22 / 89

The second 2 has been overwritten with a 4, and followed by “/ 89” in a different pen.

The normal entries are as follows:

William Westmoreland & Mary Ann Knott 19 August 1858

Hy. Arthur Westmoreland & Mary Barber Hurst Married 6^th Aug 1884

Herbert William Westmoreland and Emma L Hill June 2 1886 {5}

Charles Edwin Westmoreland and Annie A Hooper March 24^th 1893

Fanny Kate Westmoreland with John H. Miller March 19^th 1904

Elizabeth Crossley Westmoreland with Joseph B. Howie July 11^th 1917

Deaths

Edward Burbidge Westmoreland Died February 28^th 1862

Richard Westmoreland (Father of William) Died May 1876 aged 69 years (written above: Scawby)

William Westmoreland Died Sep.tbr 24 1889 N.Z.{8}

Anne Westmoreland Scawby – (in another hand:) Mother of William

Herbert William Westmoreland Stawell Australia May 4^th 1895 (written above: son of William)

Mary Ann Westmoreland Kew Australia June 19^th 1912 (written above: wife of William)

Fanny Kate (Westmoreland) Miller. Hobart April 29 1913 (written above: daughter of William)

Henry Arthur Westmoreland, Dec 22^nd 1933 at Bexley, England

Elizabeth Crossley Howie July 4^th 1938 at Melbourne Australia

Charles Edwin Westmoreland Aug 24^th Mossell Bay South Africa 1940

Dorothy Mayhew Peggie Hartwell Vic. July 1948 {6}

Dick son of William died at Middleborough Eng. 1948 {7}

Annie Mary daughter of Arthur died at Highgate London Jan 6^th 1943

Annie Westmoreland (in the annotation hand:) daughter of William & Mary Ann At Bayswater Vic Nov 14^th 1946

John Hillhouse Millar died Hobart 1946

Emma L. Westmoreland died Croydon May 27 1954

Joseph B Howie died Sept 11 1954

Annice May Baimbridge (daughter of Herbert) d. 1965, Melb

{1} After “Annie”, in original ink on my photocopy, is written “Sis”

{2} the underline appears on the original

{3} this line is at the bottom of the Births page, with 7 blank lines above it.

{4} the line is partially obscured by a fold in the paper

{5} the “L” has been inserted later.The “2” is uncertain

{6} a later insertion, and in the same hand (with a fine pen) that made most of the annotations to other entries.

{7} the 8 is uncertain

{8} The 22 has been overwritten with 24, and followed by “89 N.Z.” in a different pen.

B2 Passenger List for Queen of the Seas

From a photocopy of another photocopy of the original passenger list. The 1^st generation copy has “Unassisted” written outside the boundary of the original page.

The passengers of interest are listed on the second page of my photocopy, but I don’t think it’s the 2^nd page of the original list. They are underlined on the 1^st generation copy.

{1} In a previous transcription, I have this as “Queen of Thebes?”

{2} the date may be 1852, followed by another downstroke.

{3} S157 and S158 presumably were their steerage class passenger numbers.

{4} the word in the specific entry is illegible, but similar entries on the page have the same form, and are more obviously “Labourer”

B3 Bill for Funeral of Anne Barry

From a photocopy of the original bill.

{1} this date is presumably the date of the funeral. See [B5]

B4 Bill for Funeral of John Barry

From a photocopy of the original bill.

{1} the J overwrites an A, I presume due to a mishearing when preparing the bill.

{2} this date is presumably the date of the funeral. It is in the same place on the bill as a similar date on [B3]

I note two things in comparing these two funeral bills ([B3], [B4]])

• the cemetery fee at Boroondara has come down from £1-5-0 to £1-0-0 between 1911and 1915, though this may be related to the location of the grave.
• the bills are dated 8 to 10 weeks after the funerals to which they refer.

B5 Memorial Card for Anne Barry

This card is photocopied onto the same sheet as the note and the ‘Tree’ photograph [C5]

In loving memory of

Anne Barry

Who departed this life on 4^th Nov 1914

Aged 66 years.

B6 Probate & Will of Anne Barry

There are three photocopy pages of this document. On the original, folio 1 (recto and verso) share the back & front of the same seal, and folio 1 verso and folio 2 recto have faint reversed images of each other – they were presumably folded together when the ink was still wet. I give the full texts. The underlines are all in the original.

Folio 1 recto

In the Supreme Court of Victoria

18069 {1}

In the Probate Jurisdiction

In the will of Anne Barry late of No 68 Lincoln Street Richmond in the State of Victoria Widow deceased

Probate

I certify that the sum of eight pounds eleven shillings and four pence the duty herewith has been paid

Signature illegible

Deputy Commissioner of Taxes

13/1/15

Folio 1 verso

In the Supreme Court of Victoria

In the Probate Jurisdiction

In the will of Anne Barry late of No 68 Lincoln Street Richmond in the State of Victoria Widow deceased

Be It Known that on the Nineteenth day of December in the year of out lord one thousand nine hundred and fourteen the will (a true copy of which is hereunto annexed) of Anne Barry late of No 68 Lincoln Street Richmond in the State of Victoria Widow deceased who died on the Fourth day of November One thousand nine hundred and fourteen and who had at the time of her death real estate within the jurisdiction sworn not to exceed in value the sum of five hundred pounds and personal estate within the jurisdiction sworn not to exceed in value the sum of three hundred and ten pounds eighteen shillings and three pence was proved by Joseph Rudolph Green of No 207 Berlin Street Richmond in the said state Commercial Traveller and Archibald John Barry of No 47 Lincoln Street Richmond in the said state Manager the executors named therein they having been first sworn that they would well and truly(?) ?? of and administer according to law the estate of the said Anne Barry deceased and would exhibit and deposit in the office of the master-in-equity a true and perfect inventory of the said estate within three months of the order granting probate and a true and paid(?) account of their administration of the said estate within fifteen months of the said order.

Given at Melbourne this 16^th day of January in the year of out lord One thousand nine hundred and fifteen.

J Carter

Registrar of Probates

L H

22/12/14 {2}

Folio 2 recto

This is the last will and testament of me Anne Barry. After payment of all my just debts funeral and testamentary expenses I give devise and bequeath unto my children or in the event of their death to their children all that I die possessed of to be equally divided. (Muriel(?) Martha Rose) daughter of my daughter Muriel deceased to take her mother’s share with the exception of twenty pounds to be paid to Annie Hall residing(?) at 68 Lincoln St Richmond And hereby appoint Joseph Rudolph Green and Archibald John Barry executors of this my will.

In witness hereof I herewith set my hand this 25^th day of February One thousand nine hundred and fourteen Ann Barry - ?? by the said the estator(?) and by her declared to be her last will and testament in the presence of us present at the same time who in his presence at her ?? and in the presence of each other have hereto subscribed our names as witnesses Mary Ann ??uranFra ?osannah Marcutt

{1} this is a stamped number

{2} these initials and date are ina different hand and distinctly larger script.

B7 Bill for Funeral of Joseph Green

From the original bill.

{1} The bill has “191...” printed on it, with the 1 overwritten with a 2. The print run of blank bills was obviously considerably over estimated!

B8 Blank Memorandum, Green & Bishop

From the original. This is a printed memorandum blank. There is nothing hand written on it. The bottom 2/3 of the note is faintly lined, and the paper has the watermark “Woodslee Air-Dried”.

B9 Probate & Will of Joseph Rudolph Green

From the original grant of probate.

Folio 1 recto

In the Supreme Court of Victoria

In the Probate Jurisdiction

In the will of Joseph Rudolph Green late of 207 Barkley Avenue Burnley in the State of Victoria Commercial Traveller deceased

Be it known that on the 25^th day of November in the year of our LordOne thousand nine hundred andforty-two the Will (a true copy whereof is hereunto annexed) of Joseph Rudolph Green late of 207 Barkley Avenue Burnley in the State of Victoria Commercial Traveller deceased who died on the Eleventh day of October One thousand nine hundred and forty-two and who had at the time of his death real estate within the Jurisdiction sworn not to exceed in value the sum of Nine hundred and ten pounds and personal estate within the Jurisdiction sworn not to exceed in value the sum of Two thousand one hundred and forty seven pounds six shillings and onepenny was proved by JANE JOHANNA GREEN of 207 Barkley Avenue Burnley aforesaid Widow sole executrix named in and appointed by the said Will she having been first sworn that she would well and truly collect and administer according to law the estate of the said Joseph Rudolph Green deceased and would exhibit and deposit in the office of the master-in-equity a true and perfect inventory of the said estate within fifteen months of the order granting probate. This grant is made upon the condition that no portion of the assets shall be distributed of paid during the War to any beneficiary or creditor who is an enemy subject wherever resident or to any one on his behalf or to or on behalf of any person resident in any enemy country or territory in any country or territory in the occupation of the enemy of whatever nationality without the express sanction of the Crown obtained through the treasurer of the Commonwealth

Folio 1 verso

of Australia and if any distribution or payment is made contrary to this condition this grant will be forthwith revoked.

BY THE COURT

Signatures illegible

Acting Registrar of Probates

Issued at Melbourne this Seventeenth day of December in the year One Thousand nine hundred and forty two.

This is the Last Will and Testament of me Joseph Rudolph Green. After payment of all my just debts funeral and testamentary expenses I give and bequeath all that I die possessed of to my wife Jane Johanna Green and I hereby appoint my wife Jane Johanna Green sole executor of this my Will.

And witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this Twenty-Fifth day of November in the Year of Our Lord One thousand nine hundred and Seventeen.

JOSEPH RUDOLPH GREEN

Signed by the said the Testator and by him declared to be his last will and Testament in the presence of us present at the same time who in his presence at his request and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses.

John Shields

Wireworker

255 Stawell St Richmond Vic.

Albert E. Smith

Plumber

431 Swan St. Burnley

Folio 2 recto is blank

Folio 2 verso

In the Supreme Court of Victoria

4063997 210254 {1}

In the Probate Jurisdiction

In the will of Joseph Rudolph Green late of 207 Barkley Avenue Burnley in the State of Victoria Commercial Traveller deceased

Probate

I certify that the sum of one hundred and thirty five pounds twelve shillings and seven pence the duty herewith has been paid

Signature illegible

Assistant Commissioner of Taxes

15/12/42

There is a stamp on the same side:

State Saving Bank of Vic Elizabeth Street

Exhibited 17 Dec 1942

Hand written beneath this is

Burnley 85

Custody

There is a second stamp:

I certify that the sum of Thirty Pounds eight shillings and five pence Federal ?? Duty has been paid.

8/2/43

{1} this is a combination of 2 stamped numbers.

B10 Apprenticeship Indenture of Joseph Green

From the original indenture. It is now almost torn in half along the original centre fold.

Folio 1 recto

This Indenture Witnesseth That Joseph Green of Birmingham in the County of Warwick, by and with the consent and approbation of his Mother Sarah Green of Birmingham aforesaid, doth put himself apprentice to Henry Parsons, of the same place Glass Manufacturer, to learn his art of Glass Blowing; and with him after the manner of an apprentice to serve from the day of the date hereof forward during and unto the full end and term of Six Years, five months and nine days from the Fifteenth day of September instant thence next following fully to complete and ended. During which term the said apprentice his master faithfully shall serve, his secrets keep, his lawful commands everywhere gladly do, he shall do no damage to his said master, nor see it done by others, but to the best of his power(?) shall let or forthwith give notice of the same to his said master, he shall not waste the goods of his said Master, nor lend them unlawfully to any, he shall neither buy nor sell without his said masters Licence, he shall not haunt Taverns or Alehouses, or absent himself from his said Masters service day or night unlawfully, but in all things as a faithful apprentice he shall behave himself towards his said master and all his during the said term and the said Sarah Green doth hereby covenant that the said Joseph Green shall do and perform as he hath above agreed, and that in consideration of the payments or wages hereinafter agreed to be paid by the said Henry Parsons, such apprentice shall and will provide himself with sufficient meat, drink, washing, lodging, wearing apparel, mending, provision in sickness and all the necessities during the said term, or else that the said Sarah Green shall and will provide him therewith during such term, and it is agreed that the payments or wages so agreed to be paid shall totally exempt

Folio 1 verso

the said Henry Parsons from providing the said apprentice with the aforementioned things during the said term

And the said Henry Parsons in consideration of the above, and of the services to be rendered to him by the said apprentice, him such apprentice shall and will teach and instruct, or cause to be taught and instructed, in the Trade or Business of Glass Blowing, and in lieu of finding the said apprentice with the things above agreed to be found by himself, or by his said Mother for him, shall and will pay him such apprentice, in case of his providing himself with the abovementioned things, or to the said Sarah Green in case of her providing them for him, the weekly sums or wages following, namely:- the sum of Five shillings weekly, and sixpence per move over from the fifteenth day of September next, six shillings from thence weekly, and sevenpence per move over, until the twenty fourth day of February one Thousand eight-hundred and Sixty four, Nine shillings from thence weekly and tenpence per move over, until the twenty fourth of February one Thousand eight-hundred and Sixty five, ten shillings from thence weekly and eleven pence per move over, until the twenty fourth of February one Thousand eight-hundred and Sixty six, and eleven shillings from thence weekly, and one shilling per move over, during all the then remainder of the said term, which payments or wages

Folio 2 recto

are to be paid by the said Henry Parsons whether he shall have sufficient work to employ the said apprentice or not, provided he shall be allways(?) attending during all the usual hours of work ready to discharge his duty, and shall absolutely fully discharge his duty by working as he ought to do during all the said hours, but in case of his not doing it, or not attending during all the usual hours of work, then the customary stoppages are to be made by his said master for any time he shall lose, nor is his said Master to pay the said wages in sickness, lameness, or any other incapacity in the said apprentice to discharge his duty hereby required to be done and performed

And for the true performance of all and every the Covenants and Agreements herein contained, each of the said parties bindeth himself or herself, to the other and others of them by these presents. In Witness whereof the said parties to the above written Indentures have hereunto set their hands and seals this third day of September October in the year of our Lord One Thousand eight hundred-and sixty.

Signed sealed and delivered, being first duly stamped, in the presence of

Henry Fulford {1}

104 Summer Lane

The mark X of Joseph Green

The mark X of Sarah Green

Henry Parsons

Age 21 on the 24^th day of February 1867

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Dated 21^st day of September 1860

Joseph Green

To

Mr Henry Parsons

Indenture of Apprenticeship

There are the remains of seals beside each of the three signatures.

In the margin, at the top of folio 1 recto there is an impressed stamp:

Two

Shillings

Sixpence

And an ink stamp:

Birmingham

26.7.60

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{1} the similarity of the “Henry” in this signature and the “Henry” (Parsons) in the text of the indenture suggests that the entire document is in Henry Fulford’s handwriting.

B11 On the Origin of the name Peggie

This is a small extract from an article in one of the Melbourne newspapers (‘The Age’ or ‘The Sun’) on the Abel Tasman, the passenger ship that ran between Melbourne and Launceston. The article is by Derek Fowell, and from other text in the article I suspect it dates from the late 1970’s. From a photocopy of part of the article.

Thomas Smart calls in for a beer before his watch starts. He is the Nighthawk and will be patrolling the ship until morning. He is also the Peggy – the person who cleans the seamen’s recreation room – so named because in the days of sail the job was given to an old or infirm seaman, often a person with a wooden leg. Not that Thomas is infirm...

B12 Insurance Certificates, Jean Green

Two insurance policies.

B13 Letters to Harold Green

‘Letters’ is probably an overstatement!

R.H.Parton

Australasian Representative

American Paper Exports Inc.

Mr. H. Green

Messrs. Alex. Cowan & Sons, Ltd.

500 Collins Street,

Melbourne. Vic.

Dear Sir,

I am advised that, some few months ago, you wrote to the Strathmore Paper Co., asking for a copy of their “Grammar of Color”.

The Publishers have now sent me a copy of this work, and I take pleasure in forwarding it to you with their, and my own, compliments.

Yours very truly,

R. H. Parton

The following are on two separate sheets.

B14 The Will of Richard Westmoreland

From a photocopy of the first page of the will. I have a second-generation copy, as the first copy has “This is a copy of the first page” written on the bottom. Ian Peggie has the first-generation copy.

I cannot at this stage date the document.

Bequeathing a total of 820 pounds to his children indicates to me a pretty successful draper and grocer!

The copy I have is one of a series of pages, with one labelled on the back: “Dear Sis, Copies of Rae’s papers as promised, Love B.”

Office Copy

Valid only if bearing impressed court seal

This is the last Will and Testament of me Richard Westmoreland of Scawby in the County of Lincoln Draper and Grocer. First I direct all my just debts funeral and testamentary expenses to be paid by my trustees hereinafter named as soon as conveniently may be after my decease. I give and bequeath to my dear Wife Ann Westmoreland all my household furniture, plate, linen, china and other household effects And all the stock in trade which I may have at my decease as a Draper and Grocer And all other my live and dead stock And also all the book debts which may be then due and owing to me in my said trade or business to and for her own absolute use and benefit. I also give and bequeath to my said Wife the legacy of thirty pounds to be paid to her within a –month after my decease. I give and bequeath unto William Sleightholme of Scawby Moor in the said county Farmer and William Trafford of Hibaldane in the said county farmer their executors administrators and assigns All my personal estate whatsoever and wheresoever including monies due to me on Mortgage Bond Note or otherwise (except what I have hereinbefore given to my said wife absolutely Upon trust to pay thereout unto my children the following legacies namely to Edward Lawman Westmoreland the sum of eighty pounds To William Westmoreland the sum of eighty pounds To Thomas Westmoreland the sum of eighty pounds to whom I also give my silver watch. To Charles Westmoreland the sum of eighty pounds To Henry Westmoreland the sum of eighty pounds To Anne Elizabeth Grimble the sum of eighty pounds To Sarah Frances Turner the sum of eighty pounds To Harriet Westmoreland the sum of one hundred and thirty pounds and to Frances Westmoreland the sum of one hundred and thirty pounds which legacies I direct shall be paid to my said children respectively within six calendar months next after my decease Provided always and I declare that if any of my said daughters shall die before my said wife without leaving lawful issue living at his or her decease that then the legacy or share of him her or them so dying shall go over and be divided equally amongst the survivors or survivor of them my said children. I give to the said {1}

{1} this is the end of the first page. I have no more, and neither it appears does Ian Peggie.

B15 Confirmation Register at Stawell Church

Ian Peggie has a photocopy of a single page from the register. I only record here the names of interest.

B16 Passenger List of the S.S. Fe Awaw

Ian Peggie has a photocopy of a single page from the list. I only record here the name of interest.

The name of the vessel is not altogether legible – it is frankly a guess on my part.

...T of the Crew and Passengers of the S.S. Fe Awaw of Dunedin, L. McIntosh, Master

... S Co. 1029 Tons, burthen, from New Zealand to Sydney, New South Wales, September 13^th 1886.

Passengers

:

Mr. H. ?. Westmoreland     Saloon

B17 Memorial Card for William Westmoreland

The original card is in Ian Peggie’s collection.

In loving memory of

William Westmoreland

Born January 1834

Died September 24^th 1889

Interred at Purewa Cemetery, Auckland, N.Z.

B18 Certificate of Right of Burial to Emma Louisa Westmoreland

The original certificate is in Ian Peggie’s collection. I give only the first and last parts, as the majority is simply boilerplate text with the repeated inclusion of Emma L Westmoreland’s name.

No. 694

Form of Certificate of Right of Burial in the Pleasant Creek General Cemetery.

On the application of Emma L Westmoreland and upon payment of the sum of £1-12-0 which is hereby acknowledged to have been received, the Trustees of the Pleasant Creek General Cemetery, in terms of, and as authorised by the Act No. 201, 20^th April, 1864, entitled the Cemeteries Statute, 1864, have agreed to grant, and do hereby grant unto the said Emma L Westmoreland permission to dig or make a grave or vault on that piece of ground Eight feet long by Four feet broad, lying within the portion of the said cemetery appropriated for Congregational burials, and marked No. 2795 Compartment ..... o the map or plan of the said Cemetery ....

:

Given under our hands and seals, at Pleasant Creek, in the Colony of Victoria this 20^th day of August A.D. 1895

Compartment 2  No 2795

B19 Certificate of Right of Burial to Elsie Ada Westmoreland

The original certificate is in Ian Peggie’s collection. I extract only the relevant information.

Form of Certificate of Right of Burial in the Lilydale General Cemetery.

On the application of Elsie Ada Westmoreland and upon payment of the sum of £10-4-0 ... piece of ground Eight feet by Eight feet ... appropriated for Baptist burials, marked No. 77, 78 compartment B.1.

Given under our hands and seals, at Pleasant Creek, in the State of Victoria this 24^th day of May A.D. 1952

I'M SURE 'PLEASANT CREEK' CANNOT BE CORRECT HERE. CHECK THE ORIGINAL!

B20 Fife Cemetery Records

These are transcriptions I made in February 2004 from the cemetery record books kept at the Kirkaldy Crematorium. For the West Wemyss Churchyard, the book records the name(s) of the owners of the numbered lairs (as the plots are known), and the details of burials in each lair. It is of interest that (at least in this cemetery) each lair is divided into left, centre and right sections (for adult burials), with it being expected that up to three adults would be buried in each section. In addition, infants could be buried at the head or foot of an adult burial. This means there could be over a dozen burials in each lair.

In addition to the lair records, there are also index pages listing all burials for a given year. Occasionally these provide additional information.

The records for West Wemyss Churchyard date from 24 August 1867. As a cemetery it is now closed, though the church would seem to be still in use.

In these records the undated names after the lair number are the successive owners of the lair. Surnames in brackets are (I presume) the maiden name of the owner’s wife.

These transcriptions are for all lairs where the owner or any of the burials have the surnames Peggie or Wyles. The “---“ divide the left, centre and right sections of the lair.