John Stevenson ARMSTRONG

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 30 Mar 1851, Chapel New House, Lambley, Northumberland, England
• Immigration: 3 Nov 1857, Hobsons Bay, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: 11 Jul 1889, Cambrian Hill, 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 Charlotte Elizabeth HEANEY on 10 Jun 1871 in Registrar’s Office, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. Charlotte (daughter of Henry HEANEY and Ellen MOONEY) was born about 1850; died in Jun 1920 in Melbourne East, Victoria, Australia; was buried on 28 Jun 1920 in Ballarat New Cemetery, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Peter Alipius ARMSTRONG was born on 21 Oct 1871 in Cambrian Hill, Victoria, Australia; died in 1949 in Warragul, Victoria, Australia.
2. John Henry (Jack) ARMSTRONG was born in 1873 in Cambrian Hill, Victoria, Australia; died in 1936 in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.
3. Ellen Elizabeth ARMSTRONG was born in 1874 in Stawell (Pleasant Creek), Victoria, Australia; died on 29 Jan 1959 in Sunbury Asylum, Sunbury, Victoria, Australia.
4. Arthur William ARMSTRONG was born in 1876 in Creswick, Victoria, Australia; died in 1944 in Coburg, Victoria, Australia.
5. Thomas George ARMSTRONG was born in 1878 in Goldsborough, Victoria, Australia; died on 13 Jun 1929 in Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
6. Charlotte (Lottie) ARMSTRONG was born in 1879 in Dunolly, Victoria, Australia; died in 1955 in Sunbury, Victoria, Australia.
7. Joseph Francis Stephenson ARMSTRONG was born in 1880 in Dunolly, Victoria, Australia; died in 1954 in New South Wales, Australia.
8. Eugene Frederick ARMSTRONG was born in 1882 in Dunolly, Victoria, Australia; died in 1937 in Caulfield, Victoria, Australia.
9. Annie Victoria ARMSTRONG was born in 1883 in Dunolly, Victoria, Australia; died in 1936 in Caulfield, Victoria, Australia.
10. Florence (Florrie) Mabel Evangeline ARMSTRONG was born in 1885 in Dunolly, Victoria, Australia; died in 1965 in Ferntree Gully, Victoria, Australia.
11. Miriam Louisa ARMSTRONG was born in 1886 in Dunolly, Victoria, Australia; died in 1915 in Collingwood, Victoria, Australia.
12. Reginald Herschel ARMSTRONG was born in 1888 in Dunolly, Victoria, Australia; died in 1964 in Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia.
13. Violet Stephenson ARMSTRONG was born in 1890 in Ballarat East, Victoria, Australia; died in 1980 in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.
14. Evelyn Winifred ARMSTRONG was born in 1893 in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia; died in 1955 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
15. Matthew Edison ARMSTRONG was born in 1894 in Ballarat East, Victoria, Australia; died in 1961 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 4 Nov 1821, Kirkhaugh, Northumberland, England
• Census: 6 Jun 1841, Wylam Hills, Wylam, Northumberland, England
• Residence: 3 Jul 1848, Kirkhaugh, Northumberland, England
• Census: 30 Mar 1851, Chapel New House, Lambley, Northumberland, England
• Immigration: 25 Mar 1855, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: 1856, Hiscock's Gully, Buninyong, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: 31 Aug 1868, Cambrian Hill, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: 21 Nov 1872, Cambrian Hill, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: 1882, Broomfield, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: 11 Jul 1889, Cambrian Hill, Victoria, Australia

Notes:

Ballarat Star, 15 February 1890 advertisement for sale of land, etc.
FRIDAY, 7th MARCH,
At 12 o’clock.
GRAND ORCHARD AND GOOD DWELLING
HOUSE, &c.,
WITH
SUNDRY GRAZING PROPERTIES,
IN THE
PARISH OF YARROWEE,
All of which are Well Fenced and Watered.
To be Offered in Lots.
FURNITURE AND EFFECTS, LIVE STOCK,
FARMING IMPLEMENTS,
JAM-MAKING UTENSILS,
And
FINE CABINET ORGAN.
In the Estate of PETER ARMSTRONG, Deceased.
J NOBLE WILSON (The Ballarat Trustees Executors & Agency Company Limited) will sell at auction, as above,
The several PROPERTIES belonging to the late Mr Peter Armstrong, situate in the parish of Yarrowee.
Lot I. That splendid orchard called “Alston Gardens,” about 4 acres, being part freehold and part under residence area; deeply trenched, grand soil, and trees in full bearing; with 7-room cottage thereon, kitchen, and jam-making premises, with all necessary appliances; stable, shed, pigsty, &c. This property is well protected from the north winds, and is only about 4½ miles from Ballarat.
Lot II. 1½ acres, residence area, with small cottage thereon, adjoining Mr Jenkin's property, and next but one to the above.
Lot III. About 1 acre, held under garden license, immediately opposite Lot I.
Lot IV. About 11 acres, on the Napoleons road, being partly freehold and part held under 49th section, and nearly opposite Lot I.
Lot V. About 20 acres, held under 49th section; all rents paid, and numbered allotment 16 of section IV on parish plan of Yarrowee.
Lot VI. About 12a 2r 6p, adjoining Lot V., facing the Napoleons road, and is held under grazing license.
Lot VII, 20 acres, being allotment 14 of section 6, parish of Yarrowee, adjoining the property of Mr J. Hetherington.
Lot VIII. 40 acres, held under 49th section; all rents paid, marked on parish plan as allotments 42a and 42b.
Lot IX. 95a 2r 22p, freehold, being allotment 131s, parish of Yarrowee; splendidly fenced (post, two rail, and wire), good grazing land, also well timbered.
Lot X. 111 acres, held under grazing license, well fenced with post and five and six wires. There is good timber on this property; part of it marked on parish plan as allotment 131v.
Being an executors' sale, the properties must be sold, and will be offered in lots as above.
The FURNITURE comprises chiffonier, sofa, tables, pier-glass, chairs, chest of drawers, looking glass, bedstead, &c.
The Live Stock consist of horse, 3 milch cows, steer, heifer, and bull calf. There are also spring-cart, dray, quantity tools, and other sundries.
Titles can be inspected at the office of Mr S. F. Mann, Solicitor.
Further particulars obtainable at the office of The Ballarat Trustees Executors & Agency Company Limited, Camp street.

INVENTORY
Tulloch and McCarthy owned the Royal Standard Brewery in Ballarat.
S. Cohen and Sons, Ironmongers were situated at 105 Sturt Street, Ballarat.
McVitty, A., and Co., Timber and Produce Merchants, Doveton street south, Ballarat.
Andrew Fotheringham, blacksmith, died in 1899 in Cambrian Hill.

Peter married Elizabeth STEPHENSON on 3 Jul 1848 in Allison's Bank Toll House, Gretna Green, Dumfriesshire, Scotland. Elizabeth (daughter of Joseph STEPHENSON and Hannah TODD) was born about 1822 in New Shield, Alston, Cumberland, England; died on 13 Sep 1897 in Broomfield, Victoria, Australia; was buried on 15 Sep 1897 in Buninyong Cemetery, Buninyong, Victoria, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 10 Mar 1822, Alston, Cumberland, England
• Census: 6 Jun 1841
• Residence: 3 Jul 1848, Alston, Cumberland, England
• Census: 30 Mar 1851, Chapel New House, Lambley, Northumberland, England
• Immigration: 3 Nov 1857, Hobsons Bay, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Notes:

WESTERN MORNING NEWS, Thursday 28 December 1922

ROMANTIC WEDDINGS. FACTS ABOUT GRETNA GREEN MARRIAGES.
The announcement that the once-famous smithy at Gretna Green has been condemned as a danger to motorists, and is to be removed, is, it seems, not altogether accurate. The buildings made historic by the runaway marriages of former times were converted into a curio shop a number of years ago, when the blacksmith removed his residence to a house across the road. It this house, and not the older one, which is now sought to remove.
As the scene many hundreds of runaway marriages, among them those of many titled persons and others who late in life, rose to fame, Gretna Green will go down to history as a rather romantic spot. References crop up from time to time. It is only few years ago that a batch of the original marriage certificates of between the years 1825 and 1854 was sold by auction in London. That batch contained some illustrious names, and must have been of high interest to not a few noted families.
In the early decades of last century, and no doubt prior to that, runaway marriages seem to have been common enough. The couples always sought the border as the only place where they could be married with some show of legality without the necessity of publication of banns. But all of them did not go to Gretna Green for that purpose. There were obliging “priests” at other places, such Paxton, Lamberton Toll, and Coldstream. It must not be supposed that all these marriages were of a clandestine kind. They were not. The stern Nonconformist type of religion practised for generations in these wild moorland districts made marriage for certain couples impossible at their own parish church. Others disliked publicity given to a local wedding. Many attempts were made by such bodies as the General Assembly to suppress the whole system which made runaway marriages possible, but without success. It was not until 1856, when Lord Brougham (who himself was married at Gretna) carried an Act through Parliament making such marriages illegal unless the persons concerned had resided in Scotland 21 days, that a stop was put the proceedings.
At the beginning of last century David Long, "the Gretna blacksmith," was the man to whom fugitive lovers went to be married. He joined hundreds.
When the railway was carried to Gretna business in the matrimonial line, seems to have been brisk, and at times fifty marriage ceremonies would be gone through by a single "priest," so-called, whom there were no fewer than four competing for business. They actually had touts at the station.
The most famous of the last who held sway until the passing of the Act was John Murray, of Sark Toll Bar. The toll bar is gone, just as the smithy may disappear. Marriages, however, did not take place at the smithy. They did either at the toll bar or at one other of the inns, one of which had for its sign a man and woman clasping hands over an anvil.
As to fees, there was, of course, no fixed sum. Those who tied the nuptial knot would take a shilling or less from poor people. A half-crown was accounted a satisfactory sum, and a seven-shilling fee was looked upon as a stroke of luck. But the fees did not cover the whole of the expenditure. The man who performed the ceremony, if it can be so styled, kept an inn, where the newly-wedded couples, when they could afford it, spent a good deal of money in the entertainment of the “company,'' and in the main for the benefit of the landlord.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 20 Jan 1793, St John, Whitfield, Northumberland, England
• Residence: 18 Mar 1817, Kirkhaugh, Northumberland, England
• Residence: 4 Nov 1821, Black Cleugh, Kirkhaugh, Northumberland, England
• Residence: 27 Nov 1825, Black Cleugh, Kirkhaugh, Northumberland, England
• Census: 6 Jun 1841, High Row, Kirkhaugh, Northumberland, England
• Census: 30 Mar 1851, Wanwood Well House, Alston, Cumberland, England
• Immigration: 3 Nov 1857, Hobsons Bay, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
• Residence: 12 Aug 1858, Magpie, Victoria, Australia

John married Elizabeth WILKINSON on 18 Mar 1817 in Kirkhaugh, Northumberland, England. Elizabeth (daughter of John WILKINSON and Mary PARKER) was born about 1798 in Green Dyke, Allendale, Northumberland, England; died on 24 Aug 1827 in Black Cleugh, Kirkhaugh, Northumberland, England; was buried on 25 Aug 1827 in Kirkhaugh, Northumberland, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 29 Apr 1798, Allendale, Northumberland, England
• Residence: 18 Mar 1817, Kirkhaugh, Northumberland, England

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• Baptism: 5 Feb 1779, Alston, Cumberland, England
• Residence: 24 Feb 1817, Nest, Alston, Cumberland, England
• Residence: 10 Mar 1822, New Shield, Alston, Cumberland, England
• Residence: 30 Jan 1825, Low Nest, Alston, Cumberland, England
• Residence: 25 Nov 1827, Nest, Alston, Cumberland, England

Joseph married Hannah TODD on 17 May 1804 in Alston, Cumberland, England. Hannah (daughter of William TODD and Mary WATSON) was born about 1788 in Hudgill, Alston, Cumberland, England; died on 26 May 1871 in Alston, Cumberland, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 3 May 1788, Alston, Cumberland, England
• Census: 6 Jun 1841, Nest, Alston, Cumberland, England
• Census: 30 Mar 1851, High St, Alston, Cumberland, England
• Census: 7 Apr 1861, High Spency Cross, Alston, Cumberland, England
• Census: 2 Apr 1871, Townfoot, Alston, Cumberland, England

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 12 May 1785, Stobbart's House, Whitfield, Northumberland, England
• Residence: 16 May 1786, Redheugh, Ninebanks, West Allen (Low), Northumberland, England
• Residence: 2 Mar 1788, Redheugh, Ninebanks, West Allen (Low), Northumberland, England
• Residence: 24 Oct 1790, Stobbart's House, Whitfield, Northumberland, England
• Residence: 20 Jan 1793, Town Green, Whitfield, Northumberland, England
• Residence: 30 Aug 1795, Town Green, Whitfield, Northumberland, England
• Residence: 29 Jun 1796, Town Green, Whitfield, Northumberland, England
• Residence: 22 May 1797, Plain House, Kirkhaugh, Northumberland, England

Samuel married Hannah ELLIOT on 12 May 1785 in St John, Whitfield, Northumberland, England. Hannah (daughter of John ELLIOT and Mary UNKNOWN) was born about 1760 in Old Town, Allendale, Northumberland, England; died on 25 Aug 1798 in Plain House, Kirkhaugh, Northumberland, England; was buried on 28 Aug 1798 in St John, Whitfield, Northumberland, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 23 Sep 1760, Allendale, Northumberland, England
• Residence: 12 May 1785, Stobbart's House, Whitfield, Northumberland, England
• Witness: 6 Dec 1786, St John, Whitfield, Northumberland, England

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 3 Jun 1770, Allendale, Northumberland, England
• Residence: 29 Apr 1798, Green Dyke, Allendale, Northumberland, England

John married Mary PARKER on 10 Feb 1798 in Allendale, Northumberland, England. Mary (daughter of Hugh PARKER and Mary ELLIOT) was born about 1781 in Whitfield, Northumberland, England; died before 1841. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Baptism: 1 Aug 1781, St John, Whitfield, Northumberland, England

Richard married Ann HUTCHINSON on 13 Jul 1776 in Alston, Cumberland, England. Ann (daughter of John HUTCHINSON and Ann HILTON) was born about 1757 in Loaning Head, Garrigill, Cumberland, England; died on 17 Jan 1799 in Alston, Cumberland, England; was buried on 19 Jan 1799 in Alston, Cumberland, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 27 Feb 1757, Chapel of St John, Garrigill, Cumberland, England

William married Mary WATSON on 17 Apr 1777 in Alston, Cumberland, England. Mary was born about 1755. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]