Thanks Amanda - it all adds to the inform. I am now gathering! Pam ----- Original Message ----- From: "Amanda" <greenthumbs@bigpond.com> To: <AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2004 6:39 PM Subject: [GEELONG] HIRST family -re: Woollen Mills for July "Pivot" > I also have a little bit of information on the HIRST family. My grandparents > used to live next door to Godfrey and Pearl Hirst in Upper Skene Street, > Newtown and often went on family BBQ's to the You Yangs (grandson of the > Godfrey Hirst who married Sarah Carter). I'm also very distantly related as > my great great uncle, Oswyn Leander Lloyd BATTEN married Godfrey's daughter, > Minerva HIRST. > > Happy New Year to all, > Amanda > > 1. Godfrey HIRST. Born in 1857 in Meltham, Yorkshire, England son of Charles > Hirst (born 1823 Hinchclife Mill, Yorkshire, a woollen yarn spinner) and > Minerva Holmes (born 1821 Penistone, Yorkshire). He may have come out > earlier than the rest of his family on the Orient in May 1884 - yet to > confirm. The Excelsior Woollen and Worsted Mills were controlled by Godfrey > Hirst & Co. Pty. Ltd. They were the union of two of the earliest mills in > Victoria, the old Victorian and the old Barwon Mills. Godfrey died in > Geelong on 15 Feb 1917, he was 60. Buried on 17 Feb 1917 in Geelong Eastern > Cemetery. > > On 22 Jul 1876 when Godfrey was 19, he married Sarah CARTER, daughter of > Joseph CARTER (a confectioner) and Hannah, in Huddersfield, York, England. > She was born in 1853 in Meltham, Yorkshire, England. Sarah died in Geelong, > Victoria, Australia in 1925, she was 72, and was buried on 2 Oct 1925 in > Geelong Eastern Cemetery. > > They had the following children: > > 2 i. William > > ii. Joseph. > > 3 iii. Lewis > > 4 iv. Harold > > 5 v. Minerva > > vi. Annie. Born in 1894 in Geelong,. Annie died in Richmond in 1943, she was > 49. She married a Mr. Betts. > > > 2. William HIRST. Born in 1877 in Meltham, York, England. Buried on 4 Sep > 1925 in Geelong Eastern Cemetery. William died in Geelong in 1925, he was > 48. > > In 1901 when William was 24, he married Catherine CAMERON, daughter of John > CAMERON & Elizabeth Munro GUNN. Catherine was born in 1871 in Mt Duneed,. > Catherine died in Geelong in 1965, she was 94 and was buried on 4 Jan 1965 > in Geelong Eastern Cemetery. > > They had the following children: > > i. Ivy. Born in 1902 in Geelong,. Ivy died in Balwyn, Melbourne in 1951, she > was 49. Buried on 31 Aug 1951 in Geelong Eastern Cemetery.ii. Florence > Minerva. Born in 1904 in Geelong. > > iii. Katie. Born in 1905 in Geelong. > > iv. Vera (1907-1977). Married Wal AIKMAN. > > v. Godfrey, born 1910 Geelong.. Married Rosie Eliza Pearl MADDERN (known as > Pearl) - daughter of James MADDERN and Rose MITCHELL. Lived at 3 Upper Skene > Street, Newtown. > > vii. John Cameron (1914-1966) married Thelma. > > 3. Lewis HIRST. Born in 1881 in Yorkshire, England. Lewis died in Newtown, > Geelong on 4 Apr 1951, he was 70. > > On 4 Apr 1905 when Lewis was 24, he married Catherine Florence WILLIAMS, > daughter of Robert WILLIAMS & Hannah PROUT, in Belmont, Geelong,. Catherine > was born in 1880 in Belmont, Geelong. Catherine Florence died in Geelong in > 1954, she was 74. > > They had the following children: > > i. Cedric Lewis (born 1907 Geelong) who married Dorothy CUST. > > ii. Max Lakeman (1910-1965) who married Irene HEDLEY. > > iii. Ivan Williams. Born on 24 Sep 1914 in Geelong. Ivan Williams died in > Geelong in 1984, he was 69. > > > > 4. Harold HIRST. Born in 1883 in Yorkshire, England. Buried on 21 Nov 1934 > in Geelong Eastern Cemetery. Harold died in Geelong in 1934, he was 51. > > In 1902 when Harold was 19, he married Emily May TOMKINS, daughter of John > TOMKINS & Harriet HARRISON, in Geelong. Emily was born on 13 May 1881 in > Geelong. Emily died in Geelong in 1961 and was buried on 12 Jan 1961 in > Geelong Eastern Cemetery, she was 69. > > They had the following children: > > i. Herbert Godfrey. Born on 31 Mar 1903 in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. He > died in 1991 aged 87, and was buried on 19 Oct 1991 in Geelong Eastern > Cemetery. > > ii. Constance Harriet. Born in 1904 in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. > > iii. German Carter. Born in 1911 in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. German > died in 1978 aged 67, and was buried on 22 Oct 1978 in Geelong Eastern > Cemetery. > > 5. Minerva HIRST. Born in 1888 in Geelong. Minerva died in Canterbury, on 22 > Aug 1978, she was 90. Buried in Western Suburbs Crematorium, Victoria. > > On 23 Mar 1912 when Minerva was 24, she married Oswyn Leander Lloyd BATTEN, > son of Thomas BATTEN & Miriam Eliza LLOYD, in Belmont, Geelong. Oswyn was > born in 1883 in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. Oswyn Leander Lloyd died in > Geelong on 29 Oct 1964, he was 81 and was buried on 30 Oct 1964 in Western > Suburbs Crematorium, Victoria. Occupation: Law Clerk, Grocery Traveller, > Manager Of Golf Club. Education: Geelong College. > > They had the following children: > > i. Bessell Carter (1913-1989) married Alfred Dunbavin BUTCHER (1915-1990). > Alfred was a zoologist and chairman of the Melbourne Zoo from 1962 to 1987. > > ii. Annie Sarah "Nancy". Born in 1915 in Geelong. She died in Geelong in Jun > 1917, she was 2. Buried on 28 Jun 1917 in Geelong Eastern Cemetery, > Victoria, Australia. > > iii. Lloyd Hirst married Gwendoline IVES. > > iv. Minerva Dorothy married James Norman STEWART. > > v. Barbara Violet married Hugh James Gordon STEWART. > > > > > > > ==== AUS-VIC-GEELONG-DISTRICT Mailing List ==== > Geelong & District Churches : > http://www.zades.com.au/geelong/gdchur.htm >