Clifford George FLEAY

George married Isabella Maud PAYNTER on 17 Oct 1906 in St Peter's Church of England, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. Isabella (daughter of Charles Frederick PAYNTER and Emma TELORE) was born on 28 Aug 1885 in Sulky Gully, Victoria, Australia; died on 26 May 1957 in Echuca District Hospital, Echuca, Victoria, Australia; was buried on 28 May 1957 in Echuca Cemetery, Echuca, Victoria, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1912, Lynch St, Footscray, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: 1914, Linton, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: 1915, 61 Primrose St, Moonee Ponds, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: 1916-1918, Lexton, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: 1919, Elaine, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: 1921-1931, Warracknabeal, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: 1934, 36 Urquhart St, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: 1936-1937, 39 Shelley St, St Kilda, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: 1943, ‘Bermuda’, Eildon Rd, St Kilda, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: 1949, 23 Ormond Rd, St Kilda, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: 1954, 35 Glenhuntly Rd, St Kilda, Victoria, Australia

Notes:

Ballarat Star, 27 August 1913, page 1
Beaufort Licensing Court granted an application by G. E. Fleay for the transfer of the license of the Railway Hotel, Linton, from W. Stuart to applicant. 

AGE, 30 January 1915, page 9
APPLICATION for TRANSFER of LICENCE.— To the Licensing Court tor the Licensing district of Beaufort, — I, GEORGE EDWIN FLEAY. the holder of a Victualler's Licence for the house and premises known as the Railway Hotel, Linton, do hereby give notice that it is my intention to Apply the Licensing Court holden at Beaufort, on Tuesday, the 23rd February, 1915, to Transfer the said Licence to SARA BUTTROSE. now residing at 115 Grey-street, St. Kilda, Melbourne. GEORGE EDWIN FLEAY. And I, the said SARA BUTTROSE, do hereby Apply for the said Transfer. SARA BUTTROSE. Dated at Melbourne this 29th day of January, 1915. JOHNSTONE and HENRY. Hotel Brokers and Agents, 54 Queen-street, Melbourne. 

Evening Echo (Ballarat), 13 October 1915, page 4
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR TRANSFER OF LICENSE. We, CAMPBELL C. F. DYER, Lexton, the holder License for the house known as the Pyrenees Hotel, situate at Lexton, in the Licensing District of Lexton, Transferrer, and GEORGE FLEAY, of 61 Primrose street, Moonee Ponds, proposed Transferree, do hereby give notice that it is our intention to apply to the Licensing Court for the said Licensing District on the 26th day of October, 1915, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, at Beaufort, for a transfer of the said License from the said Campbell C. F. DYER to the said George Fleay. Given under our hand this 1st day of October, 1915. CAMPBELL C. F. DYER, Transferror. GEORGE FLEAY, Proposed Transferree. 

Grenville Standard, 6 November 1915, page 1
Mr-Geo. E. Fleay, formerly of the Railway Hotel, Linton, notifies that he has taken over the Pyrenees Hotel at Lexton. The genial George will be pleased to give the glad hand to any old Linton friends who may happen to blow into Lexton. Only the best brands of liquor kept in stock.

Evening Echo (Ballarat), 12 August 1916, page 3
Master Fleay, son of Mr George Fleay, of Lexton, was playing with a dog outside the Pyrenees Hotel, when the animal bit him through the ear and on the head. The boy was driven to Avoca, where several stitches were put in the wounds.

Talbot Leader, 30 December 1916, page 2
George Fleay, licensed victualler, Lexton, v. A. D. Donovan, for £1 1s, board and lodging. There was no appearance of the defendant. George Fleay deposed that the defendant came to his hotel and had board and lodging. He came as recruiting sergeant for the Lexton Shire. He had made re peated applications for payment, but the money was still owing.
Verdict for amount claimed, with 16s costs; in default distress.

Age, 25 March 1919, page 8
The Licensing Court yesterday approved of the following transfer of licences of country hotels:— Pyrenees Hotel, Lexton, George Fleay to Joseph J. McDonald.

Ballarat Star, 16 April 1919, page 6
ELAINE RAILWAY HOTEL.
The new proprietor of this well-known hostelry (Mr Geo. Fleay) took possession on Monday. Mr Fleay is a well-known sport, and in to-day’s issue extends a welcome to old and new friends. The new proprietor was for some time at Linton, and latterly at Lexton. Both he and Mrs Fleay know the requirements of the travelling public, and visitors will find their every need catered for in an efficient manner. Only the best of liquors will be stocked, and meals will be served at any hour desired. The new host and hostess should be worthy successors of Mr and Mrs Walsh.

Argus, 13 January 1920, page 4
LICENSING COURTS.
The following transfers of hotel licences were granted in the Licensing Court yesterday. Royal Mail, Carlton, Ernest Albert Simms to Henry George Benjamin; Great Britain Hotel, Church street, Richmond. Henry Hugh Cuthbertson to Thomas Edgar Young
Cornish Arms Hotel, Brunswick. Hugh Joseph Mulcahy to Alexander Joseph Watt. Palmerston Hotel, South Melbourne. Leah Frances Cooke to William Baker Cockburn; Railway Hotel, Elaine, George E. Fleay to Irene B. Raybould.

Horsham Times, 20 March 1923, page 6
Annual meeting of the Warracknabeal Football Club. Mr. R. Lemot and Mr. G. Fleay submitted a motion that the sum be £50. 

Horsham Times, 21 July 1933, page 8
FRUITERER INSOLVENT. George Edwin Fleay, Urquhart street, Hawthorn, formerly of Warracknabeal, fruiterer and confectioner. Causes: General trade depression and ill-health. Liabilities, £291/5/; assets £15; deficiency, £276/5/.

AGE, 15 March 1934, page 1
IN the Court of Bankruptcy, District of Victoria.— Re GEORGE EDWIN FLEAY, of 36 Urquhart-street, Hawthorn, formerly of Warracknabeal, Fruiterer and Confectioner; No. 131 of 1933.— Notice is hereby given that the abovenamed court has ap pointed Friday, the 23rd day of March. 1934, at 10.30 o'clock in the forenoon for holding the PUBLIC EXAMINATION of the above named debtor at the High Court Building, Melbourne. Dated this 12th day of March, 1934. VV. H. LOUGHREY. Official Receiver. 

AGE, 27 May 1937, page 4
DISTRICT of VICTORIA. No. 131 of 1933. -In the BANKRUPT ESTATE of GEORGE EDWIN FLEAY, of 38 Urquhart-street, Hawthorn, formerly residing at and carrying on business as a Fruiterer and Confectioner at Warracknabeal.-— A First and Final DIVI DEND is Intended to be declared in the above matter. Creditors who have not proved their debts by the tenth day of June, 1937, will be excluded from dividend. Dated this 24th day of May, 1937. 

William married Mary Anne HYATT. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 4 Dec 1856, Christ Church, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: 4 Dec 1856, Freshwater Creek, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: 29 May 1871, Carngham, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: 18 Jul 1876, Dowling Forest, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: 2 Dec 1877, Dowling Forest, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: 23 Nov 1880, Dowling Forest, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: 28 Aug 1885, Sulky Gully, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: Apr 1886, Sulky Gully, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: Jul 1887, Sulky Gully, Victoria, Australia
• Witness: 8 Aug 1888, 40 Ascot St, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: 3 Mar 1889, Errard St, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: 1890, 54 Errard St, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: 1 Nov 1891, Urquhart St, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia

Charles married Emma TELORE on 31 Jan 1877 in Sulky Gully, Residence of John Berryman, Victoria, Australia. Emma (daughter of James GRIFITH and Margaret THOMPSON) was born on 5 Oct 1855 in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia; died on 7 Jul 1935 in 33 Connell St, Hawthorn; was buried on 9 Jul 1935 in Ballarat New Cemetery, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 18 Jul 1876, Dowling Forest, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: 2 Dec 1877, Dowling Forest, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: 23 Nov 1880, Dowling Forest, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: Mar 1886, Sulky Gully, Victoria, Australia
• Witness: 13 Jul 1889, Little Lyons Street, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: 1890, 54 Errard St, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: 23 Aug 1893, 73 Urquhart St, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: Jan 1895, 90 Urquhart St, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: 13 Jun 1902, Cardigan, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: 1903, Nightingale St, Ballarat West, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: 1905, 45 Raglan St South, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: 1906, 45 Raglan St South, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: 1908, 45 Raglan St South, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: 1915, 68 Mirams St, Ascot Vale, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: 1917, 49 Grove Rd, Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: 1918, 72 Mason St, Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: 1919, Gisborne, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: 1921, Gisborne, Victoria, Australia

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 16 May 1833, Feock, Cornwall, England
• Census: 6 Jun 1841, Mylor Downs, Mylor, Cornwall, England
• Immigration: 14 Jan 1842, Port Phillip, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: 4 Dec 1854, Upper Yarra, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: 3 Nov 1855, Duneed, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: 1856, Duneed, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: 4 Dec 1856, Freshwater Creek, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: 28 Jan 1859, Burrumbeet, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: 13 Feb 1859, Buninyong, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: 22 Nov 1860, Lochiel, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: 1864, Ledcourt Station, Stawell (Pleasant Creek), Victoria, Australia
• Residence: 1866, Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia

John married Jane Adelaide PAYNTER on 4 Dec 1854 in St John's Church of England, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia. Jane (daughter of Charles Henry PAYNTER and Fanny PETER) was born about 1833 in Church Town, St Columb Minor, Cornwall, England; died on 29 Jan 1859 in Burrumbeet, Victoria, Australia; was buried on 1 Feb 1859 in Ballarat Old Cemetery, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 30 May 1833, St Columb Minor, Cornwall, England
• Census: 6 Jun 1841, Roseville Lodge, Bouet, St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands
• Arrival: 3 Sep 1849, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
• Departure: 6 Oct 1849, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
• Immigration: 12 Oct 1849, Port Phillip, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: 18 May 1850, Little Collins St, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: 4 Dec 1854, Upper Yarra, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: 4 Dec 1856, Freshwater Creek, Victoria, Australia

Notes:

Inquest
The Inquest was held on 31 January 1859, at the Burrumbeet Hotel. The Coroner held the inquest with a jury of twelve men, and their verdict was:
Her death took place on the twenty ninth instant at Burrumbeet and was caused by extreme haemorrhage during her confinement on same day - and we believe her life might have been saved by timely medical and surgical attendance.
There were three witnesses at the Inquest. One was Jane’s sister-in-law, Jane Paynter (married to James Camborne Paynter - brother of John Edward) who had been present through the labour, birth and death. The other two witnesses were Margaret Smart, the midwife who delivered the baby, and Dr John Creelman, who arrived half an hour after Jane had died. The writing is very hard to read but I have managed to transcribe it all.

Deposition of Margaret Smart of Burrumbeet:
I act as a maternity nurse, whenever I can get an engagement as such. I have known the deceased about a year, and she asked me a few months ago to attend upon her in confinement and I said I would give her a fair care, but if there was anything wrong I should have a doctor. I was called on Saturday last by Mr Paynter to come to the deceased who was taken bad in the forenoon. I found the deceased in labour and she told me that her waters had broken and labour pains continued, and in about half an hour after I came, the deceased was delivered of a male child. I freed the child from the mother and I gave the child to Mrs Fulton [or Hutton] and attended to the mother for about half an hour, but the afterbirth hadn't come away and I then asked Mr Paynter to get a Doctor and he asked me if there were was anything wrong and I said I thought there was not any danger as yet - but I would like her to be relieved.
Mr Paynter went away for the doctor and a short time after he left, the deceased said she had severe pains in her back but there was no bitterness. She then complained of being faint and told me she thought more was coming from her than should be and I said I thought that there was too much blood coming - but I could not do anything - but that the doctor would soon be here. The deceased had a drink of tea, hotter than lukewarm. She then said she was getting fainter - I supported her head in my arms and bathed her temples with vinegar and water, but she said she was dying and she never spoke more and died immediately after.

Evidence of Jane Paynter of Burrumbeet:
I am Sister in law to the deceased - we were married to Brothers. The deceased was bad all Friday night, but not in regular labour. Labour pains commenced about eight or nine o'clock A.M. on last Saturday. We then desired her Husband to go for Mrs Fulton who was our nearest neighbour and then for Mrs Smart. Mrs Fulton came immediately after and Mrs Smart came in about half an hour after. Deceased got worse with pains and was delivered of a boy about half an hour after Mrs Smart’s arrival. Mrs Smart attended to the deceased and in about half an hour she began to get bad and the Doctor was sent for immediately. Deceased continued to get worse and worse and she died about half an hour after the doctor was sent - and the Doctor arrived in about half an hour after her death. Deceased asked me to see what was coming from her as she thought there was more than there ought to be. I did look, but could not say there was too much as I never saw such before, but there was a great deal of blood about her.

Evidence of John Creelman, Surgeon, of Lake Learmonth:
I am a legally qualified medical practitioner and was called to see the deceased about midday on last Saturday and I arrived at the deceased's hut about 1 o'clock P.M. and found the deceased had died as I heard about half an hour before I had arrived. On examination of the deceased I found that the placenta had not come away and the umbilical cord untied and lying on the thigh of the deceased. I found a great quantity of fluid and blood in the bed around the person of the deceased. There were not any coagula of blood at all that I could see, and I judged from appearances of the bed clothes and countenance and sheets that excessive haemorrhage had taken place and which was the cause of her death.

James married Margaret THOMPSON on 10 Jan 1860 in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. Margaret was born about 1824 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; died on 5 Apr 1908 in Strzelecki, Victoria, Australia; was buried on 7 Apr 1908 in Warragul Cemetery, Warragul, Victoria, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

19 July 1909, statement by Jamesina and Adelaide:
The said deceased was our mother and she informed us that she had been married but had separated from her husband many years ago. That we the deponents resided with the said deceased continuously all our lives until the deponent Adelaide Maud Buckley married in the year one thousand nine hundred and two, and the deponent Jamesina Victoria Brew continued to reside with the said deceased until her death. We never saw or heard from the husband of the said deceased and to the best of our knowledge, information and belief the said deceased never during the last fifty years of her life either saw or heard from or of her said husband, and to the best of our knowledge, information and belief the said husband of the deceased died in her lifetime, and that she was a widow at the time of her death.
Ever since we can remember the said deceased was generally known and passed by the name of Margaret Griffiths, and she used that name in her business transactions.
In the Will of James Grifith the said deceased is called “Margaret Thompson” and in her own Will of which we are seeking to obtain Probate, she is named and described as “Margaret Thompson, commonly known as Margaret Griffiths.”
8 October 1909, Jamesina made further statements:
The said deceased told me that Margaret Thompson was her maiden surname, and I verily believe it was.
I do not know the name of the husband of the said deceased referred to in this affidavit. I think “Taylor” was the name the said deceased was the name of her said husband.
the said deceased never during the last thirty-five years nor as I verily believe for many years nor before that used or was known by this surname of “Taylor” nor by any other surname except the surnames “Thompson” and “Griffiths” and to the best of my knowledge and belief the only occasions during this period aforesaid on which the surname “Thompson” was applied to her or on which she used the said surnames were in her own Will aforesaid and in the Will of James Grifith.
The said deceased lived with the said James Grifith for about thirty years and up to the date of his death and during that period she was reported to be his wife and always used his surname and in his Will is called Margaret Thompson otherwise known as Margaret Grifith, which last-mentioned name was usually pronounced as if it was spelt “Griffiths”.