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  1. 1.  Robert Godfrey HIRST

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Max Lakeman HIRST was born in 1911 in Geelong, Victoria, Australia (son of Lewis HIRST and Catherine Florence WILLIAMS); died in 1965 in Camberwell, Victoria, Australia.

    Max married Irene May HEDLEY on 28 Jan 1937 in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. Irene was born in 1915; died in 1996. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Irene May HEDLEY was born in 1915; died in 1996.
    Children:
    1. Janice Barbara HIRST
    2. 1. Robert Godfrey HIRST
    3. Donald George Lewis HIRST


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Lewis HIRST was born on 7 Nov 1880 in Marsden, Yorkshire, England (son of Godfrey HIRST and Sarah CARTER); died on 4 Apr 1951 in Newton & Chilwell, Geelong, Victoria, Australia; was buried on 5 Apr 1951 in Springvale Crematorium, Springvale, Victoria, Australia.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 3 Apr 1881, Hard End, Marsden in Almondbury, Yorkshire, England
    • Immigration: 23 Aug 1885, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    • Residence: 1908, Noble St, Newtown, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
    • Residence: 1909, Noble St, Newtown, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
    • Residence: 1912, Noble St, Newtown, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
    • Residence: 1914, Noble St, Newtown, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
    • Residence: 1919, Noble St, Newtown, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
    • Residence: 1924, Noble St, Newtown, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
    • Residence: 1931, 53 Virginia St, Newtown, Geelong, Victoria, Australia (Nos 51-53 'Yemoneit')
    • Residence: 1936, 51 Virginia St, Newtown, Geelong, Victoria, Australia (Nos 51-53 'Yemoneit')
    • Residence: 1942, 51 Virginia St, Newtown, Geelong, Victoria, Australia (Nos 51-53 'Yemoneit')
    • Residence: 1949, 51 Virginia St, Newtown, Geelong, Victoria, Australia (Nos 51-53 'Yemoneit')

    Notes:

    Event Memos from GEDCOM Import...

    Death
    Lewis died on the day of his and Catherine's 46th wedding anniversary.

    Geelong Advertiser, 6th April, 1951:
    "On April 4 (at Geelong), after a long illness, Lewis, the dearly beloved husband of Catherine, and loved father of Cedric, Max and Ivan. Privatelycremated April 5."

    "On April 4, at Geelong, Lewis, son of the late Mr and Mrs Godfrey Hirst, and loving brother of Willie (decd.), Harold (decd.), Minnie (Mrs O. L.Batten) and Annie (Mrs W. F. Betts, decd.)."

    "A TRIBUTE TO MY DEAR UNCLE LEW.
    HE MADE THE ROADWAY OF LIFE EASIER FOR OTHERS.
    INSERTED BY LAURIE WILLIAMS."

    Geelong Advertiser, 6th April, 1951:
    "Cr. Lewis Hirst, chairman of directors of the firm of Godfrey Hirst and Co. Pty. Ltd. (Excelsior Woollen Mills) and prominent Geelong citizen, diedat his home in Virginia Street, Newton, at 4pm on Wednesday. Cr. Hirst, who was 70 years of age, had been ill for seven months prior to hisdeath.His body was cremated at a private ceremony at Springvale Crematorium yesterday morning.
    Had he lived until next August, Cr. Hirst would have served the record term of 30 years as a member of the Newtown and Chilwell City Council. He waselected to the Council as a representative of the North Ward of the municipality on August 25, 1921, and remained on the Council until his death.Cr.Hirst was elected Mayor of Newtown and Chilwell in 1928 and was returned to office on two subsequent occasions in 1929 and 1930.
    It was in 1930 that Cr. Hirst entered the Geelong City Council as a representative of Kardinia Ward, and during his term of office he was elected anAlderman for that Ward. He was keenly interested in parks and gardens and was chairman of the Parks and Gardens Committee from 1933 until hisretirement from the Council in 1938. He was a member of the Finance Committee and of several other committees of the Council.
    After his retirement from the Council in 1938, Cr. Hirst again felt a desire to return to municipal affairs in the City and stood for the VillamantaWard at an extraordinary election in 1940. However, he was narrowly defeated for the position by Cr. F. E. Richardson.
    Throughout the whole of his life Cr. Hirst took a keen interest in rowing. He succeeded the late Colonel H. Speed as president of the Geelong RowingAssociation and served in this position for many years. For a long period Cr. Hirst acted as judge for rowing events in the Barwon regattas and alsofor the Head of the River contests when they were held at Geelong. Cr. Hirst was for many years a member of the committee controlling the GeelongKing Edward VII Sailors' Rest and was associated with St David's Presbyterian Church as a manager and an elder from the time it was established.
    Cr. Hirst came to Geelong from England as a boy in 1885 and received his early education at Chilwell State School. He went on to Geelong Grammar tocomplete his education and later entered the famous woollen mills established by his father, the late Mr Godfrey Hirst, on the banks of the Barwon.By his death, Cr. Hirst has severed the last link between the original family and the present, as his two brothers, Messrs H. and W. Hirst,predeceased him. He saw the firm of Godfrey Hirst survive the early difficulties and setbacks and helped to establish it in the position it holdstoday as one of the leading woollen mills of Australia. Outside his own firm Cr. Hirst had few business interests. However, he was for more than 20years an advisory director on the board of the Fidelity Trust Co. Ltd. Cr. Hirst is survived by his widow and three sons."

    Lewis married Catherine Florence WILLIAMS on 4 Apr 1905 in Belmont Methodist Church, Geelong, Victoria, Australia. Catherine (daughter of Robert Carkeek WILLIAMS and Hannah PROUT) was born on 20 Jul 1880 in Belmont, Geelong, Victoria, Australia; died on 11 May 1954 in Moorabool St, Geelong, Victoria, Australia; was buried on 13 May 1954 in Springvale Crematorium, Springvale, Victoria, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Catherine Florence WILLIAMS was born on 20 Jul 1880 in Belmont, Geelong, Victoria, Australia (daughter of Robert Carkeek WILLIAMS and Hannah PROUT); died on 11 May 1954 in Moorabool St, Geelong, Victoria, Australia; was buried on 13 May 1954 in Springvale Crematorium, Springvale, Victoria, Australia.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 1908, Noble St, Newtown, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
    • Residence: 1909, Noble St, Newtown, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
    • Residence: 1912, Noble St, Newtown, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
    • Residence: 1914, Noble St, Newtown, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
    • Residence: 1919, Noble St, Newtown, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
    • Residence: 1924, 53 Virginia St, Newtown, Geelong, Victoria, Australia (Nos 51-53 'Yemoneit')
    • Residence: 1931, 53 Virginia St, Newtown, Geelong, Victoria, Australia (Nos 51-53 'Yemoneit')
    • Residence: 1936, 51 Virginia St, Newtown, Geelong, Victoria, Australia (Nos 51-53 'Yemoneit')
    • Residence: 1942, 51 Virginia St, Newtown, Geelong, Victoria, Australia (Nos 51-53 'Yemoneit')
    • Residence: 1949, 51 Virginia St, Newtown, Geelong, Victoria, Australia (Nos 51-53 'Yemoneit')
    • Residence: Jun 1951, 'Yemoneit', Virginia St, Newtown, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
    • Residence: 1954, 17 Virginia St, Newtown, Geelong, Victoria, Australia

    Children:
    1. Cedric Lewis HIRST was born in 1907 in Geelong, Victoria, Australia; died in 1986; was buried on 4 Apr 1986 in Barrabool Hills Cemetery, Highton, Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
    2. 2. Max Lakeman HIRST was born in 1911 in Geelong, Victoria, Australia; died in 1965 in Camberwell, Victoria, Australia.
    3. Ivan Williams HIRST was born on 24 Sep 1914 in Geelong, Victoria, Australia; died in 1984 in Geelong, Victoria, Australia.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Godfrey HIRST was born on 6 Jan 1857 in Meltham, Yorkshire, England; died on 15 Feb 1917 in Geelong, Victoria, Australia; was buried on 17 Feb 1917 in Eastern Cemetery, Geelong, Victoria, Australia.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 3 Apr 1881, Hard End, Marsden in Almondbury, Yorkshire, England
    • Immigration: 29 May 1884, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

    Godfrey married Sarah CARTER on 22 Jul 1876 in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England. Sarah was born in 1853 in Meltham, Yorkshire, England; died in 1925; was buried on 2 Oct 1925 in Eastern Cemetery, Geelong, Victoria, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Sarah CARTER was born in 1853 in Meltham, Yorkshire, England; died in 1925; was buried on 2 Oct 1925 in Eastern Cemetery, Geelong, Victoria, Australia.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 3 Apr 1881, Hard End, Marsden in Almondbury, Yorkshire, England
    • Immigration: 23 Aug 1885, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

    Children:
    1. William HIRST was born in 1877 in Meltham, Yorkshire, England; died in Sep 1925 in Geelong, Victoria, Australia; was buried on 4 Sep 1925 in Eastern Cemetery, Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
    2. 4. Lewis HIRST was born on 7 Nov 1880 in Marsden, Yorkshire, England; died on 4 Apr 1951 in Newton & Chilwell, Geelong, Victoria, Australia; was buried on 5 Apr 1951 in Springvale Crematorium, Springvale, Victoria, Australia.
    3. Joseph HIRST was born in 1882 in Huddersfield Registration District, Yorkshire, England; died in 1882 in Huddersfield Registration District, Yorkshire, England.
    4. Harold HIRST was born in 1883 in Yorkshire, England; died in 1934 in Geelong, Victoria, Australia; was buried on 21 Nov 1934 in Eastern Cemetery, Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
    5. Minerva HIRST was born in 1888.
    6. Annie HIRST was born in 1894 in Geelong, Victoria, Australia.

  3. 10.  Robert Carkeek WILLIAMS was born about 1823 in St Austell, Cornwall, England (son of Robert WILLIAMS and Catherine CARKEEK); died on 9 May 1896 in Belmont, Geelong, Victoria, Australia; was buried on 11 May 1896 in Western Cemetery, Geelong, Victoria, Australia.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Baptism: 29 Jun 1823, St Austell, Cornwall, England
    • Census: 6 Jun 1841, Fore St, Redruth, Cornwall, England
    • Census: 1851
    • Immigration: 2 Jun 1852
    • Immigration: 27 Aug 1852, Port Phillip, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    • Residence: 1857, Ann St, Kildare, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
    • Residence: 1858, Ann St, Kildare, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
    • Residence: 1859, Ann St, Kildare, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
    • Residence: 1860, Ann St, Kildare, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
    • Residence: 1861, Corio, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
    • Residence: 1861, Ann St, Kildare, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
    • Residence: 1861, Ann St, Kildare, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
    • Residence: 1868, Belmont, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
    • Residence: 1882, Corio, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
    • Residence: 1884, Belmont, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
    • Residence: 1886, Belmont, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
    • Residence: 1890, Belmont, Geelong, Victoria, Australia

    Robert married Hannah PROUT on 16 Sep 1854 in Christ Church, Geelong, Victoria, Australia. Hannah (daughter of Walter PROUT and Elizabeth HAMBLY) was born on 7 Oct 1836 in St Agnes, Cornwall, England; died on 29 Mar 1912 in Noble St, Newtown, Geelong, Victoria, Australia; was buried on 30 Mar 1912 in Western Cemetery, Geelong, Victoria, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Hannah PROUT was born on 7 Oct 1836 in St Agnes, Cornwall, England (daughter of Walter PROUT and Elizabeth HAMBLY); died on 29 Mar 1912 in Noble St, Newtown, Geelong, Victoria, Australia; was buried on 30 Mar 1912 in Western Cemetery, Geelong, Victoria, Australia.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Baptism: 7 Mar 1837, Redruth Wesleyan Methodist Circuit, Cornwall, England
    • Census: 6 Jun 1841, Blackwater, St Agnes, Cornwall, England
    • Census: 30 Mar 1851, Church Town, Newlyn East, Cornwall, England
    • Immigration: 11 Jan 1854
    • Immigration: 29 Apr 1854, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    • Residence: 1903, Belmont, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
    • Residence: 1909, Noble St, Newtown, Geelong, Victoria, Australia

    Children:
    1. Robert Albert WILLIAMS was born on 6 Mar 1856 in Geelong, Victoria, Australia; died on 17 Jun 1860 in Black Lead, Victoria, Australia; was buried on 19 Jun 1860 in Buninyong Cemetery, Buninyong, Victoria, Australia.
    2. Ellen WILLIAMS was born on 26 Sep 1857 in Kildare (West Geelong), Geelong, Victoria, Australia; died on 6 Oct 1889 in Belmont, Geelong, Victoria, Australia; was buried on 8 Oct 1889 in Barrabool Hills Cemetery, Highton, Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
    3. Anne Catherine WILLIAMS was born on 20 Sep 1859 in Ann St, Kildare, Geelong, Victoria, Australia; died on 28 Dec 1859 in Ann St, Kildare, Geelong, Victoria, Australia; was buried on 29 Dec 1859 in Western Cemetery, Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
    4. William Walter WILLIAMS was born on 25 Apr 1861 in Ann St, Kildare, Geelong, Victoria, Australia; died on 28 Jun 1861 in Ann St, Kildare, Geelong, Victoria, Australia; was buried on 1 Jul 1861 in Western Cemetery, Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
    5. Emily Jane WILLIAMS was born on 5 Feb 1863 in Ann St, Kildare, Geelong, Victoria, Australia; died on 6 Nov 1888 in Strawberry Hill, Highton, Geelong, Victoria, Australia; was buried on 8 Nov 1888 in Barrabool Hills Cemetery, Highton, Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
    6. Robert Prout WILLIAMS was born on 31 Mar 1865 in Belmont, Geelong, Victoria, Australia; died on 18 May 1944 in Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; was buried on 19 May 1944 in Fawkner Crematorium, Fawkner, Victoria, Australia.
    7. Herbert Carkeek WILLIAMS was born on 29 May 1867 in Belmont, Geelong, Victoria, Australia; died on 9 Mar 1868 in Belmont, Geelong, Victoria, Australia; was buried on 10 Mar 1868 in Western Cemetery, Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
    8. Charlotte Ethel WILLIAMS was born on 1 Mar 1869 in Belmont, Geelong, Victoria, Australia; died on 7 May 1918 in Allendale Private Hospital, Linda Cr, Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia; was buried on 8 May 1918 in Burwood Cemetery, Burwood, Victoria, Australia.
    9. Arthur Henry WILLIAMS was born on 27 Jun 1871 in Belmont, Geelong, Victoria, Australia; died on 4 Jul 1871 in Belmont, Geelong, Victoria, Australia; was buried on 5 Jul 1871 in Western Cemetery, Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
    10. Herbert Henry WILLIAMS was born on 2 Jan 1873 in Belmont, Geelong, Victoria, Australia; died on 23 Jul 1952 in 14 High St, Newtown, Geelong, Victoria, Australia (now Nicholas St); was buried on 24 Jul 1952 in Fawkner Crematorium, Fawkner, Victoria, Australia.
    11. Alfred Percy WILLIAMS was born on 20 Oct 1875 in Belmont, Geelong, Victoria, Australia; died on 19 Apr 1950 in Windermere Private Hospital, Armadale, Victoria, Australia; was buried on 20 Apr 1950 in Springvale Crematorium, Springvale, Victoria, Australia.
    12. Adah Lakeman WILLIAMS was born on 3 Sep 1878 in Belmont, Geelong, Victoria, Australia; died on 12 Oct 1964 in Queensland, Australia; was buried on 13 Oct 1964 in Ayr Cemetery, Ayr, Queensland, Australia.
    13. 5. Catherine Florence WILLIAMS was born on 20 Jul 1880 in Belmont, Geelong, Victoria, Australia; died on 11 May 1954 in Moorabool St, Geelong, Victoria, Australia; was buried on 13 May 1954 in Springvale Crematorium, Springvale, Victoria, Australia.


 

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