Buried  Fawkner Cemetery Melbourne  by undertaker CE Apps, Hector Apps, R.L. Apps-I have his death certificate. On death certificate his mothers maiden name was unknown and other inaccurate information.
Children listed were
William aged 52 years
Ethel aged 50 years
Percy age 48 yrs
Alice aged 46 yrs
Henry aged 44 yrs [ Henry Gilbert "Bunny" ]
Elsie aged 40 yrs
Doris aged 38 yrs
married in 1876  at Inglewood, Victoria to Eliza Hewett , deceased."

Eliza HEWETT  :
Eliza HEWETT  was born Kew, Victoria in 1857, her father was Thomas  HEWETT  and her mother was Susannah QUANTRELL.

The Assisted Immigration records of passengers to Victoria 1839-1871 show a Thomas aged 23 and Susan Hewett aged 24 arrived March 1853 on the ship "British Empire" with Rhoda aged 1 and Naomi aged 5, also William aged 35 Sophia aged 32 and another William aged 3, Esther aged 10, and Ezekiel aged 8  [book  10 page  64 ]  This seems to show a lot of relatives?
[ reg. no 12807. This birth certificate – full- would give the occupation of her father, the birthplace of both parents and when and where they were married – and where exactly Eliza was born.]

Assisted shipping for Quantrell shows  only 2 in this time period!
QUANTRELL JNO 22 MAY aged  1847 "SIR THOMAS ARBUTHNOT " book/page 2/3 260
QUANTRELL WM 19 MAY 1847 SIR THOMAS ARBUTHNOT 2/3 260

QUANTRILL ---- CHILD WITH C MAY 1857 "NEGOTIATOR" 11A 54
QUANTRILL ---- WIFE WITH - MAY 1857 NEGOTIATOR 11A 54
QUANTRILL EDWD  aged 28 MAY 1857 NEGOTIATOR 11A 54
 

Also noted were births of siblings -all fathers name Thomas Hewett/itt.

F [sic] HEWETT born Kew 1854  mothers names spelt QUANTELL
Anna HEWITT [sic]  born Kew 1855 - mothers names spelt QUARLTROUGH  in the VPRO indexes!
Sarah HEWETT  born 1859 Mt Korong-= Wedderburn . mothers names spelt QUANTELL [sic]
Ephraim HEWETT  born 1860 Mt Korong  mo QUANTRELL [sic]
Mary Emma  HEWETT born  1864 Wedd  mo QUANTRILL [sic]
--------------
29 people named BREEZE immigrated in the assisted lists too!
no Byliss
------------
ON the unassisted lists  1852-1911

Family Name First Name Age Month Year Ship Port Fiche Page

QUANTRILL[sic] ANN 19 JUN            1857 NEGOTIATOR B 125 008
QUANTRILL EDWARD 28 JUN     1857 NEGOTIATOR B 125 007
QUANTRILL ELIZATH 21 JUN      1857 NEGOTIATOR B 125 008
QUANTRILL MARY ANN 1 JUN    1857 NEGOTIATOR B 125 007
QUANTRILL MARY ANN 23 JUN  1857 NEGOTIATOR B 125 007

QUANTRILL SIDNEY 21 JUL 1911 MARATHON B 827 007
QUANTRILL ETHEL 21 JUL 1911 MARATHON B 827 007
 

Family Name First Name     Age Month Year Ship Port Fiche Page
QUANTRELL [sic] A MISS         8     FEB 1883 CUZCO B 413 003
QUANTRELL E MISS         14     FEB 1883 CUZCO B 413 003
QUANTRELL E MISS          6     FEB 1883 CUZCO B 413 003
QUANTRELL G MASTER     4     FEB 1883 CUZCO B 413 003
QUANTRELL H MASTER     I     FEB 1883 CUZCO B 413 003
QUANTRELL J MRS          40     FEB 1883 CUZCO B 413 003

QUANTRELL GEO 24 JUN 1882 AUSTRAL B 404 003

QUANTRELL JAMES 30 FEB 1853 CLARA SYMES B 029 009
QUANTRELL JOSEPH 26 FEB 1853 CLARA SYMES B 029 009

QUANTRELL SARAH 20 JAN 1859 ANNIE WILSON B 157 006

----
Also note Eliza's father's death- Thomas HEWETT aged 54 at Mt Korong in 1883 father John,  mother Breeze [sic]  RODHA. 3 2653
Also the death 1870, of Eliza's mother Susannah Hewett,  aged 44 born in England, father Richar.. QUANTRIL mother Elizabeth BYLISS . [place of death on certificate only]

Eliza  HEWETT [on VPRS marriage  indexes] married   Wm Richmond, 1876 and died 1915 Wedderburn.   After William Richmond and 2 sons William Edgar and Herbert Gilbert Richmond went to Western Australia 1901,  Eliza set herself up running a  boarding house for sober Christians .

Photo in Wedderburn Cemetery c 1990

William Richmond was born in Keilor, Victoria, to William Richmond of Maldon, Essex, and Eliza Sarah Dyer of Hammersmith, London. His father died 6 weeks after his birth and a month of so later he travelled to England with his mother and older brother.
His mother Eliza Sarah DYER b Hammersmith. Eliza (Dyer) Richmond had a  2nd marriage in 1862 Vic. to George Carirncross b Scotland - , she died 1900 Wedderburn.
He returned to Victoria with his mother a few years later. When he was about 6 his mother married one George Carirncross, draper, of Ballarat, Vic.
Then in 1865 he travelled to the Hokitka  west coast of New Zealand with his elder brother who had just returned from boarding school in England. They sailed on the "Gothenberg"  under the name of their step father George Carirncross. The family then lived 3 years in Westlands area of NZ, a wild, gold prospecting region until returning to Victoria. William, then around 11 years old, must have lived at Hexham, where George became licensee of the local pub, near Mortlake, in the Western District. William's chance of getting a good education at these remote places was probably not good.
After William's marriage to Eliza Hewett, born Kew, Vic, he lived from about 1877 to 1902 in Wedderburn.
They may have met and married there too?

They registered the births of 8 children there between  1878 and 1892. While there he was a travelling salesman and probably did some gold prospecting it seems he  always lived  from early childhood where there was likely to be gold!
On August 17, 1900  there was an advertisement in the local Wedderburn Express listing William as a candidate for the local Korong Shire elections. But on August 10th  his mother, Eliza Carirncross who had probably been living with William and his wife at Wedderburn, died. I could find no record of him being  elected a local politician.
In 1901 he moved to Western Australia with 2 of his 3 sons,  -  this may not be right even though this obituary seems to indicate it is ? see obituary   William "Edgar" and Henry "Bunny". Perhaps he settled at Kattanning to farm or maybe he was lured to the newly discovered gold fields there? (This place is about half way between Albany and Perth)  His wife Eliza Hewett, died 1915 in Victoria having supported herself with providing accommodation for non-drinkers. At the "Temperance House" in Bendigo or Wedderburn?
Some time later  William moved back to Victoria ...don't know when?  and he was living in Richmond, Melbourne just before his death in the Austin Hospital in 1932.

PUBLIC Records of Victoria have  See  VPRO records ! different to family tradition! - more details available on living cousins  but I have gaps too. in Word doc form.  - email me - Liz 2003 December

William Edgar Richmond b 1878 Mt  Korong [ reg dist for  Wedderburn]  to WA 1901  - most of two obituarys here
                                                                                  m         in WA?  Bertha May TYLOR  1855-1981

1. Elsie "May" R 1906-1975  m Kenneth EATT  no kids
2. Doris Edna R  1909 - m  Frederick MITTER 1909 -1987  3 sons , 10 grandch 2 great grandch. WA
3. Mollie R 1916- 1993 m Cyril HART:  2 sons - 2 dau. -Dufty web page  and Mikes  here   his wife's Malaysia - cameron highlands trip,  8 grand ch. a great grandchild -

 Mollie was a  great  FAMILY HISTORIAN -
A personal  log book with  sketches by  William Richmond [born 1828, Maldon, Essex] [sailor]  has some drawings of Bombay and other ports he visited.  It also has some "poetry" Mollie told me about. Also some childish drawings of a sailing ship by HARRY which is what Henry James Richmond was called by his mother Eliza Sarah  nee Dyer Richmond.
LOCATED !!!   25 March 2004
It is for London  to Smyrna[Turkey] and back to Liverpool on the "Water Lily"  1843 and London to Canton  1851 on the "Royal Alice".  This latter  trip usually took a year to go to China and a year to get back to London [I was told by a  professional shipping  researcher in London]  photocopy!
Mollie also mentioned there may be a photo of Sarah CAIRNCROSS   in WA too.? Somone may have it and not be aware that she was surname Richmond before this and nee Dyer and the mother of William Richmond of Wedderburn and Henry James Richmond. A copy to put up here would be just great!

There is a full  original Log book of William Richmond his in Devonport - willed to a cousin by his grandfather-&nbssp; for the "Royal Alice" for "Canton to London in 1847- no drawings but sailing details re Lat., Long. and wind speed, boat speed, and cargo and ports listed and what the "men" were occupied on board workwise.

4. Robert Edgar R 1921- 1975   m  1 Thelma Jane ROSE , 1 dau b 1944 L M Richmond  m   RJ ,  no kids,

                                                    m 2  Olive Eilleen Unkown  no kids worked hat shop Melbourne -
                                                                lost contact- probably  this line  has died out ?


William "Edgar" Richmond born Wedderburn, 1878-1945  and wife Bertha May Taylor [married WA? ]
and  first two children:
Elsie "May" Richmond  b 1906 WA ,Doris Edna b 1909 WA
Not seen here -  their last  2 children
Mollie Richmond  b 1916   and Robert Edgar Richmond b 1921

1. William Edward  McMAUGH 1915 - ? - m Connie Harrigan ,  2 sons, p; One has seen the sketch book  of ports by mariner  William Harridance Richmond of Maldon.  4 grandsons

["Title MCMAUGH WILLIAM EDWARD : Service Number - WX4541 : Date of birth - 11 Apr 1915 : Place of birth - PERTH WA : Place of enlistment - PERTH WA : Next of Kin - MCMAUGH LANCELOT ,Series number B883 Control symbol  WX4541 Contents date range  1939 - 19 - detailed record available from the AWMemeorial via the web see  and http://www.naa.gov.au/the_collection/family_history/armed_services.html]
 
2. Enid  McMAUGH 1917 - Max CHAMBERLAIN   lived SA - 3 dau. one in WA -GAPS any grandchildren here? Yes I have just heard Jan 2004 -lots! Well now we are getting a much more up to date family tree for  William Richmond and Eliza Hewetts descendants - on Word file for family members via email . Incomplete 2005

 
3.  Marion McMAUGH 1921  WA  m  John Henry ELKES , 3 sons  1 dau. all live WA

1.  Len  RICHMOND   died 2 Feb 1913
2.  “Jack” John  Wesley   RICHMOND   bc 1915 d 4-2-1926 [d # 3522 VPRO] 11 years old - horse riding accident
3.  Mavis Honner RICHMOND b 26-Oct 1911 Vic.             m   Vic or NSW?         G. MILNES 3 ch  [living]
4.  William Percival “Bonnie” Richmond b 1918  d 1991? Wedderburn      m         Eileem TAYLOR
• LR [living]
• GJR [living]
• DR [living]
5. Ronald Edward " Jim" Richmond  b 1920  never walked.

1. Marie             m         WFK 4 kids lives  Qld.     plays Hammond Organ well.
2. Ken Kittson  d 1980 m  Dawn, 3 ch lived  Kew, and grandchildren here?
3. Lindsay d 1976  no m. no kids

Henry Gilbert "Bunny"  Richmond  b 1886 Mt Korong  d  WA      m                   Myra REDDIN

1. Lorna Richmond b 1917 WA  unm.
2. Dorothy Richmond 1921-1968 m Albert HANSON - 2 ch  a son and a dau. both m 4 grandchildren

Leonard Thomas Richmond b 1887 Mt Korong died 1888 infant 7 months old

Elsie Florence Richmond b 1890 Mt Korong m John Howard SMITH who died 1955 lived Sunshine, Melb. [no kids]

Doris Sylvia Richmond b 1892 Mt Korong - died 1944 ,     m         Ray HALL  one child,

1.     Gwen Hall m Bill TAPP, 2 sons   D & R  TAPP  live SA unmarried ?? lost contact

 TAPP, WILLIAM PELTON , DOB 6 Apr 1922 Place of Birth,  MURRAY BRIDGE, SA ,Next of Kin TAPP, GWENYTH
and more...
Also noted born at same place were :  2 brothers for William Tapp I guess.

TAPP, BRUCE PELTON , Date of Birth 13 , May 1926, Next of Kin TAPP, ROBERT

TAPP, ROBERT PELTON  8 Nov 1914 , Next of Kin TAPP, WINSOME

TAPP, THOMAS WRIGHT , Date of Birth 7 Nov 1921,  Next of Kin TAPP, THOMAS
----------------------
NAA:
TAPP RETA JESSIE : Service Number - SF84090 : Date of birth - 19 Nov 1905 : Place of birth - CROYDON SA : Place of enlistment - WAYVILLE SA : Next of Kin - TAPP WILLIAM

LEWIS LOULIE MAXINE : Service Number - SF84159 : Date of birth - 10 Jun 1922 : Place of birth - ST KILDA VIC : Place of enlistment - WAYVILLE SA : Next of Kin - TAPP WILLIAM

http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/ResearcherScreen.asp
----------------------------------------

Wedderburn Cemetery records  of Richmond, Cairncross, Hewett
column heading are:
name                        date of burial- age year - month- day-         comments
Cairncross William 1861 01 16 34     Wedderburn   13 Private
Cairncross Eliza Sarah buried  in 1900 -08- 13,   aged 68     Wedderburn  [plot # I think ] 149 863
[ This lady was born Eliza Sarah DYER in Hammersmith, married first William Richmond 1854  Melbourne,Vic , [died 1856 keilor vic] second  m. to George CAIRNCROSS, draper in Ballarat, Vic in 1862, he died 1868 Hexham Vic.

Hewitt [sic]  Emma 1888 03 26                aged  59   Korong Vale 554/5 485
Hewitt  [sic] James 1900 08 29                          35    Korong Vale 554 866
Hewitt  [sic] Ezekiel 1924 06 01                         80     Wedderburn 565 1536

Richmond Leonard Thomas 1888 05 25   aged     7 [months see photo above]  Wedderburn 558 489
Richmond   1909 09 09                                              0 - 521 1128
Richmond Eliza 1915  04 15                                   57     Wedderburn 558 1276
Richmond John Wesley 1926 02 06                      12     Wedderburn 541 1570
Richter Henry 1902-04- 20                          aged 24   Kinypaniel 191 913 Thrown from horse

[? wrong line should be John R. died when a child  falling from a horse. I think verbal history from  William Perceval Richmond's [d Wedder.  c 1992 - yes that was the year-] daughter.
----------
no Cairncross 1931-
Hewitt,   [sic] Rhoda 1935 13-Apr             aged   82   Wedderburn 562 Methodist 1744 Inglewood Hos
Richmond RE -Jimmy 1997 28-Jan              76   Inglewood Hos 2/16 Lawn 2913   L
Richmond WP 1992 11-May                         74   Wedderburn 596 Wes 2844   W
Richmond, Lillian E 1972 9-Jul                      86   Wedderburn 544 Meth 2440   M [Lillian "Elizabeth"  Richmond nee Honnor
Richmond, P J 1946 22-Dec                         64   Wedderburn 544 Meth 1997   [Percival James Richmond]
---------

other names connected to this branch of the family are:
Hart, Mitter, Rose, Mc Maugh, Chamberlain, Norwood, Elkes,
Mann, Brooker, Richmond, Kittson, Hateley, David Tapp, Richard Tapp,  Gwen Hall, McMaugh
----------------------------------

Photo taken in Wedderburn Cemetery c 1990
 

for more information please email   me click  here
Back to Richmond Family home page