Thelma Margaret RACHINGER

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• Immigration: 20 Jul 1936, Auckland, New Zealand

Thelma married Arthur Edward Poyzer GAY in 1941 in New Zealand. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1909, 17 Lyons St north, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: 1911, Matawhero, Gisborne, New Zealand
• Residence: 1913, Station St, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
• Residence: 11 Sep 1914, Corner Station and Toohey streets, Woolloongabba, Queensland Australia
• Residence: 1919, Matawhero, Gisborne, New Zealand
• Residence: 1925, Matawhero, Gisborne, New Zealand
• Residence: 1928, Muir St, Te Hapara, Gisborne, New Zealand
• Residence: 1935, Marine Pde, Wairoa, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand
• Residence: 1938, Marine Pde, Wairoa, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand

Arthur married Margaret Ann NASMITH on 1 Jan 1912 in Roebuch Rd, Gisborne, Residence of bride's parents, New Zealand, and was divorced on 13 Jun 1928 in Gisborne, New Zealand. Margaret (daughter of Matthew Grey NASMITH) was born in 1893; died in 1965 in New Zealand. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Arthur filed for divorce from Margaret a third time, this time naming John James Martin.

POVERTY BAY HERALD 7 MARCH 1928 - IN DIVORCE RACHINGER V. RACHINGER
DAMAGES CLAIM WITHDRAWN
The attention of His Honor Mr. Justice Ostler was occupied in the Supreme Court this morning in hearing a petition by Arthur James Rachinger for the dissolution of his marriage with Margaret Ann Rachinger, on the ground of alleged adultery with. John James Martin, petitioner claiming also £5OO damages from the co-respondent. Mr. L, T. Burnard appeared for petitioner, and Mr. J. S. Wauchop for the co-respondent. When the case was called this morning, Mr. Wauchop intimated that he had been instructed not to proceed with the defence, and in reply to His Honor Mr.- Burnard said the claim for damages would not be proceeded with.
The petitioner, Arthur James Rachinger, stated that he was married to the respondent on January 1, 1912. In consequence of something he heard he followed her on January 7 last, and saw her in buildings in which the co-respondent had a room. Again, on January 28 he saw the same thing, and concluded that there had been visits on the intermediate Saturdays.
Monday, January 30, was a holiday, and on that day his wife came to the factory, and they had words over Martin. Witness slipped ahead of her and went up the back stairs into the buildings where he entered an empty room. He saw Martin enter one of the rooms at about 11.40 a.m., and about 10 minutes later his wife went, in. At 3 p.m. witness tried the door quietly and waited until about. 3.30 when Martin looked out. Again 10 minutes later he looked out and thinking that the coast was clear his wife came out. Witness said ‘‘I’ve got you now." Witness wanted to get into the room, but Martin fought him for about 15 minutes. Another man came up and witness said “this man (Martin) has had my wife in his room all afternoon.” They fought again, and Martin got an opportunity to slam the door. At 6 p.m. he got into the room and found nothing but an empty wine bottle and one glass. There were marks on the floor as though furniture had been moved. Within a few days witness issued proceedings, and his wife communicated with him in regard to the children, the respondent denying in the first place the suggestion made by witness regarding Martin. Witness had the children at home. After their marriage they lived first at Brisbane and subsequently at Gisborne, and there were four children of the marriage.
Duncan McLennan, stated that he had rooms in the same building. On the afternoon of January 30 he heard scuffling, and on going out he found two men fighting. He told them to stop, and Rachinger said Martin had been in a room with his wife all afternoon. Martin called petitioner a liar. George Henry Lvsnar, part-owner of the buildings, stated that he let a room to Martin in November, and he gave it up on February 6. The door, was always closed, and witness never saw Martin, who said he wanted the room as a writing room and social room for himself and his friends. When witness received notice that Martin was leaving he found that the door was slightly open, and the room empty. George F. H. Steggall, assistant at the bacon factory of which petitioner was manager, stated that on the first day of the October races while he was standing outside the totalisator, Mrs. Rachinger said. “Look at that mad thing, Mrs. Martin.” Witness told Mrs. Martin not to make a disturbance, but Mrs. Martin said, “She wants my husband.” Martin told his wife to stop it, and she replied, “That’s right; stick up for her.” Witness later met Martin, who said he was sorry for what had happened. Witness said. “You have a good wife,” and Martin said. “Yes, one of the best.” Witness said, “Well, you leave her alone,” and Martin said, ‘‘l think I will.” His Honor said there was sufficient evidence of adultery on January 7, and he granted a decree nisi, to he moved absolute at the expiration of three months. Costs were allowed on the lowest scale against the co-respondent, and interim custody of the children was given to the petitioner.

15 March 1928. New Zealand Truth, 15 March1928:

CO-RE TO PAY: Husband Discovers Wife's Secret (From N.Z.'s Truth's Gisborne Rep.)
When John James Martin rented a room in Lysnar's Building, and told the owner, George Lysnar, that he wanted it as a writing-room and social room for himself and his friends, there was no reason why Lysnar should have suspected anything.
And for that matter, it's not likely that he ever did. The suspicious party was Arthur James Rachinger - and not even Arthur probably would not have worried about Martin's social room if it hadn't been that Mrs Rachinger seemed to be the greater part of Martin's circle of friends.
By some strange, but not unexpected, geometrical evolution, Martin's little circle was eventually transposed into the eternal triangle.
The matter was originally introduce to the Supreme Court in the form of a divorce petition and claim for 500 pounds damages against Martin, who filed a defence.
The defence however was not proceeded with, and the claim for damages was withdrawn.
The petitioner, Arthur James Rachinger, prefaced the story of his wife's alleged misconduct by stating that he and Margaret Ann had been married in1912. There were four children.
Rachinger had first seen his wife in Martin's room on January 7 last. Three weeks later she was there again and he concluded that there was a regular Saturday social gathering.
The following Monday - a holiday - he and his wife had a few words over Martin. Afterwards he slipped away ahead of her and concealed himself in an empty room in Lysnar's Building.
He had made a good guess. Martin arrived shortly before 11 o'clock and the respondent ten minutes later.
Rachinger had a long wait. At 3 o'clock he tried the door, but it was locked.
At 3.30 Martin looked out: ten minutes later he took another look. Thinking that the coast was clear, Mrs Rachinger left the room - and ran right into her husband.
The outraged husband wanted the evidence contained in that room, but Martin would not let him in and they fought for some time, Martin ultimately slamming the door.
It was 6 o'clock before Rachinger did get into the room and all he found was an empty wine bottle and a glass.
After hearing evidence of the fight in Lysnar's Building and of a row on the racecourse, the judge said he was satisfied that misconduct had been committed and granted a decree nisi, the co-re. having to pay the costs and petitioner being given custody of the children., Divorce Filed.

Poverty Bay Herald, 13 June 1928:
On the application of Mr. L. T. Burnard a decree absolute was granted to Arthur James Rachinger in the dissolution of his marriage with Margaret Ann Rachinger.

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• Witness: 13 Oct 1890, Broomfield, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: 1903, Broomfield, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: 22 Oct 1908, 17 Lyons St north, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: 1909, Broomfield, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: 1911, 17 Lyons St north, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: 1914, Broomfield, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: 1919, Broomfield, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: Abt 1923, Broomfield, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: 1924, Broomfield, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: 1931, 67 Littlewood St, Hampton, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: 26 Aug 1935, 67 Littlewood St, Hampton, Victoria, Australia

Notes:

The next letter is undated but states:
"We the undersigned residents of Broomfield, respectfully wish that you favourably consider our request to again place the Broomfield Schoolunderseparate control, thereby allowing the whole of the Broomfield children to attend the said school instead of compelling them on wet days towalk twomiles in the rain, as at present, and having to sit all day in their wet clothes. This winter the latter has seriously affected the healthof manyof the children and also greatly interfered with their attendance.
We also desire to draw your attention to the fact that there are children living in Broomfield who would be benefitted providing that you couldseeyour way clear to gratifying our request."
This was signed by John and also his two children Alfred and Walter.
They must have been successful as the next document is a list of the children and who would be moved on 1st September 1905 from 3rd class at No1719Broomfield to 4th class at No 2420 Allendale, and those who were staying at No 1719 in 3rd class. There are no Hetherington children listedbutthere is a map of Broomfield showing the position of the school and the families' houses, including two marked as Hetherington.

James married Alice HETHERINGTON on 15 Apr 1884 in Broomfield, Residence of John Hetherington, Victoria, Australia. Alice (daughter of John HETHERINGTON and Hannah Jane ARMSTRONG) was born on 14 Jan 1869 in Cambrian Hill, Victoria, Australia; died on 22 Oct 1908 in Lydiard St, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia; was buried on 24 Oct 1908 in Ballarat New Cemetery, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1903, Broomfield, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: 22 Oct 1908, 17 Lyons St north, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia

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• Immigration: 1848, Switzerland
• Immigration: 1849, Frankfurt-am-Maine, Germany
• Immigration: 1852, England
• Immigration: 6 May 1853, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
• Naturalization: 29 Oct 1857, Daylesford, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: Nov 1857, Yandoit, Victoria, Australia

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Petition signed by GR in the Mount Alexander Mail:
AFFAIRS AT MOUNT FRANKLYN.
WE, the Undersigned, Inhabitants of Jim Crow and vicinity, having seen with deep regret the character of our Camp and its officers scandalized, byan individual calling himself a gentleman and a doctor!! in the Mount Alexander Mail of the 24th ultimo, hereby beg to express our satisfactionwith, and esteem for, the gentlemen alluded to, and our denial of the accusation brought ogainst them by J. B., in the following resolutions, passedat a Public Meeting, held at the Golden Age Hotel, Spring Creek, Mount Franklyn:
1st. That this meeting have very great pleasure in having an opportunity of publicly expressing our satisfaction with the gentlemen of the Camp, aswell for their attention and duty, also their sobriety and general good conduct.
2nd. That this meeting strongly censures the writer of the letter referred to, and denounce him a man unworthy of credit or public confidence.
3rd. That this meeting have to regret that such a letter should find a place in the Mount Alexander Mail, without the Editor first ascertaining thecharacter of the writer.
4th; That this meeting sincerely request the Government will institute strict inquiry into the cha racter of the writer (or rather concoctor) ofthe letter referred to, and also to the standing and occupation of the party who wrote it for him, as well in this locality as in that of ForestCreek, the only two places in which J. B. has been imposing on the Medical Board in this colony, and taking advantage of the public by his quackery,previous to taking notice of his lying and uncalled for assertions.
5th. That this meeting are of opinion the aforesaid letter is a gross, slanderous, and false accusation against gentlemen of the highest honor andrespectability, who have the full confidence of the inhabitants of this district, and strongly condemn the whole of the report by J. B. as base inthe extreme. The above resolutions were put to the meeting, and carried unanimously. (Signed) John C. McCausland, Chairman. B. Buttner, Postmaster.W. King, Storekeeper. J. Brabant, Storekeeper. John C. McCausland. Hutchison & Cannon, Storekeepers. John Harvey, Surgeon. D. Rossetty, Storekeeper.Page, Baker. L. N. Gui, Newsman. Jamieson & Co., Storekeepers. Chas. Hutton, Watchmaker. Samuel Lugg, Baker. Robert Paterson, Miner. Henry Flaherty,Miner. John Wiren, Storekeeper. Eugene Guillaume, Storekeeper. Charles J. Barker, Sawyer. Thomas Calaghan. Sawyer. Ferdinand Bohn. John Priest,Builder. James Magrath, Professor of Music. Henry Hutton, Watchmaker. Walter Hutton, Watchmaker.

Naturalization
Memorial for Naturalization, 26th October 1857:
Memorials from Guillaume Rachinger, Alphonse Terrier and Augustine Gelinier.
To His Excellency Sir Henry Barkly Knight
The Memorial of Guillaume Rachinger of Daylesford in the County of Talbot in the Colony of Victoria, Storekeeper
Respectfully sheweth
1 That your Memorialist is a native of the District of Mittelfranken in the Kingdom of Bavaria and was educated for the profession or trade of aMerchant.
2. That your Memorialist is twenty nine years of age and is unmarried.
3. That your Memorialist left Bavaria in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty eight and proceeded for Switzerland for the purpose ofobtaining instruction in the french and english Languages and your Memorialist continued to reside in that Country until the year one thousand eighthundred and forty nine when your Memorialist proceeded to Frankfurt on the maine where your Memorialist resided until the beginning of the year onethousand eight hundred and fifty two.
4. That in the early part of the year one thousand eight hundred and fifty two your Memorialist left Franchefort on the Maine and proceeded toEngland.
5. That your Memorialist continued resident in England until the Month of January one thousand eight hundred and fifty three, when your Memorialistsailed on the twenty second day of the said Month of January from the port of Liverpool for the said Colony of Victoria in the British Ship "PrinceArthur" and arrived at Melbourne in the said Colony on the six day of May in the Same year.
6. That your Memorialist begs to refer your Excellency to the annexed Certificate of Character and of the correctness of the statements hereincontained from respectable persons to whom your Memorialist has been known for at least three years.
7. That your memorialist is desirous of settling in the said Colony of Victoria and of purchasing and holding real estate in the said ColonyofVictoria and that on these grounds your Memorialist is desirous of availing himself of the privileges granted to him by the Act of the Governorand Legislative Council of New South Wales herewith of Victoria, Number thirty nine.
8. That your Memorialist therefor respectfully requests your Excellency may be pleased to grant to your Memorialist a Certificate under theprovision of the said Act conferring on your memorialist the privileges of a natural born British subject with such restrictions as to yourExcellency may seem meet.
And your Memorialist will as in ever duty bound pray.
Signed Guillaume Rachinger.
We the undersigned persons being respectively resident in or near daylesford in the County of Talbot in the Colony of Victoria having read theforegoing Memorial of Guillaume Rachinger Do hereby certify that we believe him to be a person of good character and that the statements containedin his Memorial are true as far as we know or believe and that we have known him at least three years.
John Howe, Storekeeper, Daylesford
James Brown, Hotel Keeper, Daylesford
Charles Carroll, Storekeeper, Daylesford
James Kenney White, Storekeeper, Daylesford
Thomas Milroy, Storekeeper, Daylesford
Robert Farrow, Storekeeper, Daylesford
Dated the twenty third day of October One Thousand eight hundred and fifty seven.

The Memorials of Alphonse Terrier and Augustine Gelinier also had the same witnesses. Alphonse was a hotel keeper in Daylesford and came fromFrance. He also arrived on the same ship as Guillaume, the Prince Arthur. Augustine was a butcher in Daylesford and came from France also. Hearrived on the American ship "Washington Irving" which sailed from London.
All three were granted naturalization on 29th October 1857. They took the oath on the 10th December 1857., Naturalisation

Robbery
Daylesford Advocate, Thursday 14th June, 1860:
25 POUND REWARD
Whereas late on Sunday night, the 10th instant, or early on the Monday morning, some person or persons unknown burglariously broke open the store ofE. Guillaume, storekeeper, Wombat Flat, Dayleford, and stole therefrom sundry articles of Drapery, Boots and Shoes, &c.
Notice is hereby given, that the above reward will be paid to any one who will give information that will lead to their apprehension and conviction,on application to
E. Guillaume, Storekeeper.
Wombat Flat, Daylesford.
Daylesford, June 13th, 1860.

Report in Daylesford Advocate, 14 June 1860:
OUTRAGES - A few days ago we recorded a robbery at Rooney’s store, and this week we have to report that the premises of mr. Guilaume [sic], onWombat Flat, were burglariously entered on Sunday night last, and property stolen to the value of 100 pounds. We very much fear that these are but acommencement of a series of outrages the commission of which is favored by dark wet nights, and the want of a lockup.
Another nuisance which is a disgrace to the township, and that is the violent and disgusting language which is permitted to assail the ears of bothmen and women when sitting even at their own firesides. During several nights of last week, and on Monday night last, the northern end ofVincent-street was disturbed by some fellows who made the air resound with their drunken and obscene yells, and who continued to do so for fully anhour.
Report of robbery in Bendigo Advertiser, Monday 2 July 1860:

ROBBERIES AT DAYLESFORD. - The Advocate mentions several daring robberies:-"The premises of Mr. Wardle, in Connell's Gully, were burglariouslyentered on Saturday morning, about two o'clock, and drapery goods to the amount of about £25 were stolen. The thieves, who by the traces they haveleft behind them, appear to belong to the same gang that entered Guillaume's store a few days ago, effected an entrance by boring through theweatherboards with a large gimlet, and then cutting the lining. They had to remove some heavy casks which impeded their way, and all this was donewithout arousing any of the inmates. An attempt was made on the premises of Mr. Westwood, of Wombat Flat, on the night of Sunday last, but thethieves after making three separate visits did not succeed in gaining an entrance. Two boards were taken out from the front, but the robbers werefoiled by the vigilance of a little dog, whose loud barking aroused the inmates." So serious was the insecurity of property, owing, it is said, tothe want of adequate police protection that a public meeting had been called to establish a "Vigilance Committee."

*New [PROP]
This ad for the sale of the Hotel and Store was in the Mount Alexander Mail. It also ran on 10 and 17 September.
MONDAY, 4th OCTOBER.
DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP.
Peremptory and Unreserved Sale of Freehold Lands, National Hotel, Furniture, &c., wholesale and retail Stores, Stock in Trade, &c., Wombat Flat,Daylesford.
RICHARDS AND CAREY (late Cohen and Richards) have received instructions from Messrs Terrier and Guillaume, in consequence of their intention ofdissolving partnership, to sell by public auction, on the ground, on Monday, 4th October, and following days, until the whole is cleared out,without the least reserve,
The whole of their Valuable Business Premises, and Stock in Trade, etc.,
Comprising LOT 1.
ALLOTMENT 3 OF SECTION 31, Daylesford, Containing 23 Perches, upon which is erected the well- known
NATIONAL HOTEL, WOMBAT FLAT,
Containing, Large Bar Bar Parlor Dining Room Billiard Room 8 Bed Rooms Kitchen Stables
And many other conveniences suitable to the requirements of an Hotel carrying; on an extensive and profitable business. At the back of the Hotel isa neat Iron Cottage, containing 2 rooms
The FURNITURE, which is nearly new, together with a magnificent Billiard Table, and Lamps complete, upon the most modern and improved principle, andwhich far exceeds any Table yet seen on the Diggings. Also, The Wines, Spirits, Ales, Porter, &, will be sold im mediately after the Hotel.
LOT 2 ALLOTMENT 11 OF SECTION 29, Daylesford, 1 Rood 14 and a half Perches, on which is erected Messrs. T & G's
GENERAL WHOLESALE AND RETAIL STORE,
in which they have been doing an extensive Trade. At the back of the Store is a small tenement now let at 3 shil lings per week. Also, at the side,and fronting the main road, a Dwelling, containing a Neat Shop, 2 Rooms, Kitchen, Stables, Outhouses, &c., now realising 10 shil lings per week.After this will be sold their Large and wcll-selected Stock in the General Store, comprising
Groceries, Drapery, Hosiery, Haberdashery, Ironmongery, &c.
The Holel is situated on the Main Road, in a populous and thriving district in the immediate vicinity of the Wombat Quartz Reef, is doing a verygood trade, which might be considerably improved, if in the hands of an enterprising and attentive landlord. The Store is also situated on the MainRoad, directly opposite the Hotel.
The Auctioneers, in directing public attention to the sale of the above most valuable properties, feel confident in saying that a more desirableopportunity for the investment of capital is not likely to offer again in the district of Daylesford, as they will positively be sold withoutreserve, in order to dissolve the partnership. For any one anxious to commence business this sale offers unusual advantages, as the premises arearranged for their respective trades, and a good connection is already well established. Beginners with small capital, industry, and perseve rance,can invest here with the certainty of realising an independence, without the slightest fear of loss or dis appointment.
Title perfect Terms easy, at sale., Property

Guillaume married Margaretha BENDER on 27 Sep 1859 in Church of England, Daylesford, Victoria, Australia. Margaretha (daughter of Johannes BENDER and Anna Elisabetha SCHMITT) was born on 28 Feb 1833 in Wernborn, Hessen-Nassau, Germany; died on 13 Jun 1917 in Castlemaine Hospital, Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia; was buried on 15 Jun 1917 in Franklinford Cemetery, Franklinford, Victoria, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Baptism: 3 Mar 1833, St Pankratius Church, Wernborn, Hessen-Nassau, Germany
• Immigration: 30 Dec 1854, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
• Witness: 21 Aug 1893, Broomfield, Victoria, Australia
• Naturalization: 1909

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• Residence: 14 May 1843, Throssel Hall, Allendale, Northumberland, England
• Census: 30 Mar 1851, Throssel Hall, Allendale, Northumberland, England
• Census: 7 Apr 1861, Carrshield, West Allen (High), Northumberland, England
• Residence: 24 Aug 1865, Carrshield, West Allen (High), Northumberland, England
• Immigration: 2 Dec 1865, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: 18 May 1867, Cambrian Hill, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: 31 Aug 1868, Cambrian Hill, Victoria, Australia
• Witness: 10 Jun 1871, Registrar’s Office, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: 1882, Broomfield, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: 15 Apr 1884, Broomfield, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: 11 Jul 1889, Broomfield, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: 1903, Broomfield, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: 1905, Broomfield, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: 1909, Broomfield, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: 1912, Broomfield, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: 1913, Broomfield, Victoria, Australia

Notes:

Elizabeth died intestate but owned land of 20 acres in the Parish of Yarrowee, County of Grant (Allotment 14, Section 6) which was rented out for grazing. 'Land is fenced but otherwise unimproved and there are no buildings or improvements thereon and the same is used for grazing purposes. Land is of very poor quality and is valued at cost of 1 pound 10 shillings per acre. Land is rented at 2 pound a year. Total value 30 pounds.' There was no personal estate.

Peter's attests to himself, and John, Joseph and Thomas George Armstrong, Elizabeth's brothers, all farmers at Cambrian Hill, and her sister Hannah Jane Hetherington, also of Cambrian Hill, as her only next of kin surviving. Peter also states that he is the only person entitled to the administration of Elizabeth’s estate.
Hannah's husband, John Hetherington, butcher, of Broomfield, stated that he had freehold property at Broomfield consisting of three quarters of an acre to the value of fifty pounds.

Peter died on 4 January 1890, presumably before he carried out the administration of his daughter’s estate because on 21 January 1890, brother John, along with brothers Joseph, Thomas George and married sister Jane Hetherington, all of Cambrian Hill, state that they are the only persons lawfully entitled to share in the distribution of the estate. John also seeks to be appointed as the administrator.

Age, 21 January 1890: Probate notice.
Notice is hereby given that after the expiration of fourteen days from the publication hereof, an APPLICATION will be made to the Supreme Court of the colony of Victoria in its Probate Jurisdiction, that administration of the ESTATE of ELIZABETH ANN ARMSTRONG, late of Cambrian Hill, in the said colony, spinster, deceased intestate, be granted to John Armstrong, of Cambrian Hill aforesaid, engine driver, brother and one of the next of kin of the said deceased.
Dated this twentieth day of January, 1890.
S. F. Mann, Applicant’s Proctor, Ballarat.

On 1 February, John Wilkinson Armstrong, Windermere St, Ballarat, mason, signs an affidavit stating that he has property worth 50 pounds, consisting of household furniture and effects. This John is Elizabeth’s uncle, brother of her father Peter Armstrong. John Hetherington also signed another affidavit, this time stating that he has household furniture in Broomfield to the value of fifty pounds. Brother John is granted administrator of Elizabeth’s estate on 14 February 1890.

John married Hannah Jane ARMSTRONG on 31 Aug 1868 in Cambrian Hill, Residence of Peter Armstrong, Victoria, Australia. Hannah (daughter of Peter ARMSTRONG and Elizabeth STEPHENSON) was born on 8 Nov 1850 in Newhouses, Lambley, Northumberland, England; died on 10 Apr 1917 in Broomfield, Victoria, Australia; was buried on 12 Apr 1917 in Creswick Cemetery, Creswick, Victoria, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 30 Mar 1851, Chapel New House, Lambley, Northumberland, England
• Immigration: 3 Nov 1857, Hobsons Bay, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: 31 Aug 1868, Cambrian Hill, Victoria, Australia
• Witness: 10 Jun 1871, Registrar’s Office, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
• Witness: 16 Nov 1886, Broomfield, Victoria, Australia
• Witness: 17 Feb 1889, Broomfield, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: 11 Jul 1889, Cambrian Hill, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: 1903, Broomfield, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: 1905, Broomfield, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: 1909, Broomfield, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: 1912, Broomfield, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: 1913, Broomfield, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: 1914, Broomfield, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: 1915, Broomfield, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: 1916, Broomfield, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: 1917, Broomfield, Victoria, Australia

Notes:

Probate of sister Elizabeth, 11 July 1889.
Elizabeth died intestate but owned land of 20 acres in the Parish of Yarrowee, County of Grant (Allotment 14, Section 6) which was rented out for grazing. 'Land is fenced but otherwise unimproved and there are no buildings or improvements thereon and the same is used for grazing purposes. Land is of very poor quality and is valued at cost of 1 pound 10 shillings per acre. Land is rented at 2 pound a year. Total value 30 pounds.' There was no personal estate.

Peter's attests to himself, and John, Joseph and Thomas George Armstrong, Elizabeth's brothers, all farmers at Cambrian Hill, and her sister Hannah Jane Hetherington, also of Cambrian Hill, as her only next of kin surviving. Peter also states that he is the only person entitled to the administration of Elizabeth’s estate.
Hannah's husband, John Hetherington, butcher, of Broomfield, stated that he had freehold property at Broomfield consisting of three quarters of an acre to the value of fifty pounds.

Peter died on 4 January 1890, presumably before he carried out the administration of his daughter’s estate because on 21 January 1890, brother John, along with brothers Joseph, Thomas George and married sister Jane Hetherington, all of Cambrian Hill, state that they are the only persons lawfully entitled to share in the distribution of the estate. John also seeks to be appointed as the administrator.

Age, 21 January 1890: Probate notice.
Notice is hereby given that after the expiration of fourteen days from the publication hereof, an APPLICATION will be made to the Supreme Court of the colony of Victoria in its Probate Jurisdiction, that administration of the ESTATE of ELIZABETH ANN ARMSTRONG, late of Cambrian Hill, in the said colony, spinster, deceased intestate, be granted to John Armstrong, of Cambrian Hill aforesaid, engine driver, brother and one of the next of kin of the said deceased.
Dated this twentieth day of January, 1890.
S. F. Mann, Applicant’s Proctor, Ballarat.

On 1 February, John Wilkinson Armstrong, Windermere St, Ballarat, mason, signed an affidavit stating that he has property worth 50 pounds, consisting of household furniture and effects. This John is Elizabeth’s uncle, brother of her father Peter Armstrong. John Hetherington also signed another affidavit, this time stating that he has household furniture in Broomfield to the value of fifty pounds. Brother John is granted administrator of Elizabeth’s estate on 14 February 1890.