Grange & Gilgan

Elizabeth’s children included:

1.1 Ruth Ellen Green (Rowan)(1891-1976).
Born at Natimuk, Ruth married Sydney Leonard Rowan (1886-1953) in Victoria in 1912. He was a boatman, sailor, mariner and later master mariner. In 1920 Sydney was chief officer of the dredge Henry Melkan in Port Phillip Bay. They lived at Yarraville and Spotswood before settling at 51 Evans Street Port Melbourne.

1.2 Elizabeth Mary Ann Green (1893-1894). Born in Footscray.

1.3 Alexander Joseph Ward Green (1897-1931).
‘Wardie’ Green enlisted aged 18 years and 2 months when he was still living at his parent’s Napier Street home in 1915. He embarked on the troopship Beltana on 11 Sep 1915. Wardie fought in the Middle East and France, where he was appointed as a driver. In 1920 he married Lillian Feodore Polkinghorne (1890-1983) and they had three children: Keith, Ron and Vernon (1928-1998). In 1924 they lived at 162 Coventry Street, South Melbourne. He died 28 August 1931 aged 34 when living at Shaftesbury Street Coburg.

1.4 Mary Veronica Green (Carlos/Ferrisey)(1901-1983).

Known as Vera she married John Harold Carlos (1901 Bolton, England – 1928) in 1921. She had a daughter, Veronica Mavis Carlos who in 1923 died in infancy. In 1924 they lived at 410 Graham Street, Port Melbourne, he was a gramophone fitter and she a factory worker. Mary married again in 1929 to William Ferrisey (1900-1990) of 296 Ross Street Port Melbourne, a cook, later chef and shop keeper. They lived for about 40 years at 31 Wallingford Street, Cheltenham. He has born in Cardiff, Wales in 1900. In 1938 he was held up in his shop. Norine Elisabeth Ferrisey and Ruth Marie Ferrisey (Gell) were her children plus three daughters who married Macdonald, Barrett and Fairbairn.

2. Sophia Amelia Grange (Hallett)(1860-1939).
Born in Ballarat, she married Henry R. Hallett (also known as Regia Henry Hallett)(1870-1925) at Broken Hill in 1892 NSW Reg 2763.

According to a letter from Harry Meier “Sofia went to W.A. and married, making a fortune out of water, as it was the only well for miles in the desert”. By 1897 Henry Hallett had a bakery in Cue with a Mr Leyshon. In 1898 they had a bakery and dairy. Soon after Henry Hallett moved to the Geraldton area. He was a dairy farmer of Chapman Road Geraldton and a director of the Victoria Co-op Flour Mill. He also had a wheat farm north of Geraldton at Oakabella “5 miles west of Isseka siding”.
They moved to Perth in about 1917, living first at 7 Colin Street West Perth and then 101 of the same street. Henry R. Hallett died on 17 June 1925. According to an obituary his death…

“was greeted with very great respect by a wide circle of friends, though it was not altogether unexpected, as it was known his health of late had occasioned great anxiety. Mr. Hallett, who was about 55 or 56 years of age, came to Western Australia from Broken Hill, and engaged in the dairying business at Cue. After a short while he removed to Geraldton. Here he conducted a dairying business for many years, subsequently disposing of it to Messrs. Dunn Brothers. Mr. Hallett also successfully carried on farming at Oakabella for about 20 years, and was also interested in other activities, being for several years chairman of directors of the Victoria District Flour Mill. A shrewd, genial man, he was held in the highest esteem. A few years ago he removed to Perth, and of late his health had gradually failed”.

Note that Henry R. Hallett’s grandfather was John Hallett who arrived in South Australia on the L’Africaine in 1836 was one of that state’s earliest pioneers. It was claimed that his was the second white child born in the State. It is also said that the first stone house built in South Australia was erected by this John Hallett. He owned stations, Wandillah and Wininninie, the latter where Henry R. Hallett was born. An obituary.

Sophia Amelia later moved to Sydney with her daughter Maud but died on January 25 1939 in Perth aged 81 years, when she was living at the Melbourne Hotel.

Sophia’s children were:

2.1 Victoria Maud Hallett (1893-1894).
Born at Broken Hill, she died in infancy at Norwood, Adelaide in 1894.

2.2 Twin John ‘Jack’ Hallett (1893-1915). Registered at birth as Regia Henry or Henry Regia Hallett, Jack was a stockman when he enlisted in the 10th Lighthorse in November 1914, to be killed at Gallipoli.

2.3 Selby Grange Hallett (1895-1925).
Nicknamed ‘Dood’ he was born in the West Australian mining settlement of Day Dawn. He enlisted in January 1916 following his brother Jack’s death. Selby fought in France and suffered from the trauma then called ‘shell-shock’. He attempted to commit suicide on the troopship home and succeeded ‘gaining release from his pain’ when his body was found in the Swan River at Crawley on 11 June 1925. He was aged 30. His father died six days later. Selby Hallett’s funeral notice.

2.4 Maud Amelia Hallett (1897-1940).
Born in Geraldton. A newspaper article of 9 August 1925 (just after the death of her brother Selby) reports on a party to farewell Maud Hallett on a trip to Singapore and the Malay states. She had moved to Sydney by 1930, living at “The Albany” 201 Macquarie Street and later at 1 Elizabeth Bay Road. She died a spinster in 17 October 1940 when living at ‘Marlborough Hall’, Roslyn Avenue, Elizabeth Bay. She and owned a number of properties in Perth whuch were auctioned off in 1944.

3. Eleanor Catherine Frances Grange (Dean)(1862-1946). Born at Ballarat, she married Frederick Dean (1864-1898) in 1886. Eleanor lived in Blackburn most of her life and died at “The Grange’ Springfield Road, Blackburn in February 1946. Her children included:

3.1 Alice Maud Dean (1887-1976).
She was born at Ballarat East. In 1919 she was lived at ‘Yalca’, The Esplanade, St Kilda where she was probably a domestic servant. In 1924 she was a waitress living with mother and siblings at 56 Mayston St Auburn, in 1931 a counterhand living with her mother at Springfield Road. She was a spinster in 1946 and executor of her mother’s will. Alice died at Murchison in 1976.

3.2 Nellie Grange Dean (Hawes)(1888-1980).
Born at Creswick. In 1914 she lived at Eilyer Homestead, Woorndoo. She is also listed at the mansion of A. Rutter Clarke in Orrong Road Toorak. In 1919 she is listed at another mansion, Linden in Acland Street, St. Kilda. In 1924 she was a manageress living with her mother and siblings at 56 Mayston St Auburn. That year married Basil Adrian Hawes (1881-1968), a commission agent. They lived at ‘The Grange’ with Nellie’s mother. In the mid 1950s they moved to Sydney, living at 97 Wyndora Avenue, Harbord and later at Carlton Street, Manly. She had a daughter, Eleanor, who died before 1968, and a son William (1919-2008), who’s wife was Barbara. Basil died 29 Oct 1968, aged 87 at Manly. Nellie died 20 June 1980 at Manly.

3.3 William (Will) Frederick Dean (1890-1983). Born at Clunes, he seemed to have been married to Leila Alice Lyster from 1911 to 1922 when she died. In 1924 he was a railway employee living with mother and siblings at 56 Mayston St Auburn. In 1926 he remarried to Sarah Jackson and they lived the rest of their lives at 67 Doncaster Street Ascot Vale. I think Sarah died in the mid 1960s. William had a son Frederick George Dean (1914-1975). Will died in 1983 at Newport.

3.4 Hannah Mary Dean (Grice)(1892-1979). Born at Clunes, in 1919 she was a dressmaker living with sister and mother at 20 Oberon Street, Auburn. She married a Mr Grice. In 1972 she lived at Sandringham and died aged 86 at Cheltenham in 1979.

3.5 Isabella Acroyd Dean (1895-1902). Born at Clunes, she died aged 7. She is buried at Box Hill.

3.6 Henrietta (Hetta) Harriet Dean (Barry) (1896-?). Born at Frankston. In 1919 she was a dressmaker living with her sister and mother at 20 Oberon Street, Auburn. She married Albert (Bert) Barry (1891-1948) in 1924 and they lived at Gezireh Street, Pascoe Vale. Albert who fought on the Western Front died at Heidelberg Military Hospital.

3.7 Lewis Acroyd Dean (1898-1966). Born 14 Sept 1898, he worked in the civil construction corp in World War 2 – see his service record. In 1944 he was a labourer living at 8 Hindon Street, Blackburn. He married Dorothy Ethel Grant in 1919. A son Albert Lewis Dean was born 8 March 1920. In 1943 he is on the electoral roll as a plasterer’s labourer. Perhaps George Acroyd Dean was also their child. Lewis died in 1966

4. William Richard Alfred Grange (1864-1944). Born 1864 Ballarat, W.R. Grange was a policeman. He married Rose Bond (1868-1960). They lived at 31 Bishop Street Brunswick most of their lives. William served in the force from 1886-1924, rising to superintendent – his ‘sudden’ rise causing some disquiet in 1916. His farewell. He died 23 November 1944. Rose died 9 September 1960. Their children included:

4.1 Richard Gordon Grange (1892-1982). Born at Brunswick on Christmas Eve 1892, Richard Gordon Grange was a motor mechanic. He enlisted in the 7th Battalion in 1914 and was wounded at Gallipoli. Discharged with a bad shoulder injury he re-enlisted in 1917, this time in the flying corp where he worked on planes at Laverton. His service record is extensive. He married Lilian McGuiness in 1925 [Vic reg 104] and lived at Diggers Road Werribee. He was in the RAAF in WW2. In 1967 he was living at 181 Cashmere Street, Ascot Vale. He died in 1982. I have copies of some letters he wrote to his cousin Maude McPherson (nee Meier) during the war.

4.2 Violet Grange (Nelson) (1894-1994). Violet married Bruce Iggulden Nelson (1894-1964) in 1920 [Vic Reg 4291]. They lived at 71 Roughead Street, Leongatha for at least 40 years. A daughter Gwen died in infancy in 1921. Their son was Edward (Ted) William Grange Nelson (1923-2004). Bruce served in the 38th Battalion AIF in WWI and also served in WW2. He died age 70 on 4 October 1964. Violet lived to be 100 years of age, passing away 12 November 1994. They are both buried at Leongatha cemetery. The are photos of Bruce, Violet and Ted at Ancestry.com

4.3 Harold William Grange (1896-1986). Born at Carlton, Harold was a motor body builder for Tarrant Motors when in 1915 he enlisted and fought with the 7th Battalion. He married Grace Elizabeth Mays Bond (1900-1982) in 1941. They were farmers at Lake Bolac. He died aged 90.

4.4 Olive Grange (Mehegan) (1898-1994). Born at Brunswick, Olive married Dan Mehegan (1898-1963) and lived at 9 Athestone Street, Coburg.

4.5 Albert Edgar Grange (1900-1989). Born at Brunswick, he enlisted when 18 and was in the RAN during WW2. He married Ada (Nellie) May Parker (1888–1960).  In 1970 he married widow Ella Ruby Hennig at Murray Bridge.  They were both members of the Seventh-Day Adventist church. He died at Murray Bridge.

4.6 William Garnet Grange (1902-1927). Born and died at Brunswick aged 24 at his parent’s house, after ‘patient suffering’.

4.7 Ethel Mary Grange (Webb) (1904-2000). Born at Brunswick, she married Roy Hallett Webb (1901-1994), a railway employee in 1925.  They lived at Rose St, West Brunswick for more than 50 years.

4.8 James Edward Grange (1906-1963). In 1923 he accidently shot his friend Charles Mehegan. He enlisted in WW2 and in 1944 was living at 31 Bishop Street Brunswick with his mother.

4.9 Leslie Robert Grange (1909-1980). Born at Brunswick he farmed at Lake Bolac for many years before returning to Melbourne where he was a driver. He died in 1980 at Balaclava.

4.10 Isobel Muriel Grange (Jones) (1914-1961).  Lived at Brunswick and was a machinist. She had a son James William Jones in 1939.

4.11 Dulce Adams Grange (Cook) (1914-1943). Twin of Isobel. She married Raymond Cook she died in 1943 while he was in the AIF.

5. Alice Maud Mary Grange (Meier) (1866-1954). Born 1866 in Ballarat, she married Lou Meier at Ararat on 21 January 1890. She was known as Maud. See the Meier file for more information and a full list of her children. Maud died 29 September 1954 aged 88.

6. Albert Horatio Alfred Grange (1868-1961). Born at Ararat, he went west and died in Perth, aged 93. He seems to have gone by the name of Alfred.

He ‘did well’, did not marry, and gifted a farm at Pakenham to his nephew Roy Meier. It is thought he moved to W.A. in the 1890s. There was an A. Grange on a ship from Melbourne to Albany and then Albany to Fremantle in 1891. An A. Grange arrived at Fremantle on SS Gabo on 18 February 1896. An article in the Perth Daily News of 18 April 1898 reports of a Mr Grange, prospector, “taking up a protection area near the west line of the boundary of the Gabanintha line at the Star of the East. Gabanintha and Star of the East became small goldming goldmine settlements in the Peak Hill district of outback W.A. near Nannine.

In May 1903 he was one of the following partners to receive a 20 year lease on the Wallaroo gold mine: Adam William Hosbach, William Edwin Logan, Charles William Mapp and Alfred Grainger (sic). According to a newspaper snippet from 29 September 1904:

‘About one mile and a half north of the Lauriston [mine], is the Wallaroo G.M., on which a vertical shaft has been put down to 65ft. A crushing put through yielded 5 oz.- 12 dwt. per ton over the plates , and the tailings assayed 28 dwt. per ton. The progress made in developing this show is very slow, owing to the great inflow of water. The owners have a vertical boiler and pump on the mine, but require a plant of much greater capacity. A bit of capital is also wanted to open the mine up, for there is little doubt that it would turn out well. At present the prospectors are put to the expense of working the boiler and pump three shifts for the work of one shift, which, taking the expense of fuel, etc. into consideration, places them at a great disadvantage. Messrs. Grainge and Mapp are the prospectors.

The Wallaroo and the other mines in the district petitioned the WA government for a ore crusher and the Duketon State Battery was opened in 1904.

Charles Mapp came from Wallaroo South Australia, hence the name of the mine. From the geological survey it looks as though after 393 ounces of gold within two years further mining became uneconomical. In the 1903 and 1906 electoral rolls Alfred Grange is listed as an engine driver at the Golden Spinifex gold mine at Duketon in the Erlistoun field. This was more than 80 miles NE of Laverton in the desert. In 1910 he was located at the Waverley mine at Siberia, west of the town of Menzies. He did not own that mine, which was quite a large successful enterprise.

In 1911 an Alfred Grange and a H. Davies were granted nearly 2000 acres of wheat land near Lake Jilakin in WA. The partnership was formally disolved in 1917. In the Post Office directories he is listed as a contractor at Dumbleyung between 1912 and 1915. In the 1916 electoral roll he is listed as a prospector at Dumbleyung, which is about 100 miles SW of Lake Jilakin. Dumbleyung was also a wheat town, but without a history of mining. In the PO directories he is listed as a farmer of Kulin between 1921 and 1925. Note that Kulin was called Jilakin until 1913. In the 1925 electoral roll Alfred has retired and was living in central Perth at 9 Pier Street.

At the elections from 1931 to 1949 he resided at Creery Road Mandurah and in 1954 at Forrest House Bunbury. By 1958 he returned to reside in Perth at 2 St Georges Terrace, which looks as though it is also named Forrest House – probably a retirement residence or hospital. His probate notice in 1961 recorded his address as 1 Rokeby Road, Subiaco.

7. Mary (May) Grange (Gibb) (1872-1938). She was born in Ararat. Known as May she died aged 65 in Richmond, Melbourne. At the time she lived at ‘Buangor’, 115 Surrey Road, Blackburn. Mary married Edward Gibb on 29 June 1904 at Carlton and had two daughters, neither of who seemed to marry:

7.1 Mary Grange Gibb (1905-1976)
Born at Flemington. Also known as May she was a typiste/clerk. In 1931 she is listed at ‘Buangor’ Surrey Rd Blackburn with her mother. Later she lived at 4/51 McCulloch St, Nunawading. She died at Donvale.

7.2 Ellen Gibb (1908-1939)
Known as Nellie. She died 24 Sep 1939 at 115 Surrey Road Blackburn.

8. Ada Emily Grange (Farrell) (1876-1951). Born 1875 Ararat. Ada was living at her parents at Middle Creek at least as late as 1903. She married Matthew Farrell (1873-1952)  a labourer from Buangor in 1908. They lived in various houses in inner Melbourne, settling at 32 Parsons Street Newmarket about 1925. Ada died 1951 in Melbourne ‘aged 74’ and is buried at Buangor cemetery. Her children were:

8.1 Albert Matthew Grange Farrell (1909-1931). He was charged with housebreaking aged 19.

8.2 Walter William Farrell (1912-1914)  and 8.3 Ellen Kathleen Farrell (1916-2009)