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William & Elizabeth FITZWATER

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If that is him, there is this in the 1841 census..

1841 New South Wales, Australia, Census
Name: William George Fitzwalter
State: New South Wales
From original
Return no 512
Richmond ?
Co Cumberland, District of Windsor
No. of persons 6

Geoff

? = Ham Common
 
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Thanks Geoff.

Ham Common, was sandwiched between the towns of Windsor and Richmond. ...

Want the best spot to view the RAAF planes in action? Ham Common ...

Richmond Air Force base for the transport planes.

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NSW Gov Gazette Fri 6 May 1842 – Insolvent Estate of William George Fitzwater of Richmond, Publican
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/...chTerm=william george fitzwater&searchLimits=

SMH Wed 5 March 1851 – Spirit Merchants has – Gunning – William George Fitzwater

Wodonga & Towong Sentinel – Fri 23 Nov 1888 – The Late Mrs Elizabeth Augusta Fitzwater of Beechworth by her will dated Jan 7 1888 etc etc…. Her husband William George still alive..
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/...erm=elizabeth augusta fitzwater&searchLimits=

daughters:
Caroline Ann – wife of Richard Grovenor of Gunning,

Anna the wife of Thomas D Jones of Cootamundra,

Sarah the wife of Robert M Gardner of Corowa

sons William Charles, Charles Thomas and George Jenner

Granddaughters:

Helen wife of Henry J Hawkins of Sydney

Anna Jane Grovenor,

Louisa Storman

Eva Starr & Sophia Starr

There’s this… The Argus Tue 24 May 1896

FITZWATER – On the 17th instant at his late residence Wodonga, William George Fitzwater aged 85 years. A colonist of 57 years. Interred in the Beechworth Cemetery.

Ovens & Murray Advertiser – Sat 28 March 1896
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/...e fitzwater wodonga&searchLimits=l-decade=189


London Marriage Banns

William George Fitzwater 17 Dec 1834 St Botolph without Bishopsgate London to Elizabeth Augusta Pratt.

daughters Elizabeth Eliza b Dec 1835 London – married 1854 Goulburn to William Grovenor – she died 1864 Sydney

and Caroline Ann b 1837 Finsbury St Luke UK, - married Richard Grovenor 1856 Gundaroo – she died 1914 Marrickville – reg 18775

Susannah b 1845 NSW – married John Thomas Starr 6 Sept 1865 t Wesleyan Church Gunning – she died June 1876 Young NSW

so arrival between 1837 and 1845

William’s 2nd marriage 1889 Vic to Nena Viola Genevieve Adamson – reg 5074

Elizabeth Augusta Pratt baptism 22 Aug 1813 Clerkenwell St John Islington to Charles Thomas Pratt & Susannah


Alice Maria Fitzwater b 1852 married Vic 1870 George Sloman – died 2 May 1875 age 22 – Inquest is suicide by cutting her throat.
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/11516344?searchTerm=sloman&searchLimits=l-decade=187|||l-state=Victoria|||l-title=13|||l-year=1875
 

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If that is him, there is this in the 1841 census..

1841 New South Wales, Australia, Census
Name: William George Fitzwalter
State: New South Wales
From original
Return no 512
Richmond ?
Co Cumberland, District of Windsor
No. of persons 6

Geoff

? = Ham Common
The children's ages are 1x female 14-20. 2x females 2-6. 1x female <2.

So there isn't a Fitzwalter but there is a Fitzwater

NSW BMD:

FITZWATER WILLIAM C
1190/1841 V18411190 25A
WILLIAM G
ELIZABETH

FITZWATER EMMA
419/1839 V1839419 23A
WILLIAM G
ELIZABETH A

FITZWATER EMMA
64/1839 V183964 149
WILLIAM G
ELIZABETH A

FITZWATER WILLIAM C
134/1841 V1841134 158
WILLIAM G
ELIZABETH

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I'm still working on 'S' and will be for months.

George remarried.

GEORGE SLOMAN Age 75 - 11/09/1922 Zone F Methodist New 03B 344

Death 9918/1940 SLOMAN MARTHA - JOHN - ELIZABETH - BURWOOD * 6 Jun 1940

I don't have Martha yet in 1930, 1933 or 1937. Problem is she moved around a lot... Granville, Oatley, Homebush, Strathfield and Burwood.

Thanks,

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Thanks Geoff.

Arrived with two daughters. ?? Must be the 2x aged 2-6. And 1x <2 must be Emma.

I'll have to look up those baptisms one day.

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Daily Telegraph Mon 11 Sep 1922
Mr & Mrs H Sloman, Mr & Mrs WG Sloman, Mrs L Finch, Mr & Mrs G A Sloman, Mr & Mrs F F Sloman, Mr & Mrs C S Sloman, Mr & Mrs OH Sloman, Mr & Mrs EA Sloman, Mr & Mrs JS Sloman, Mr & Mrs AR Cale & WA Sloman to attend funeral of their father George Sloman….

And Mr & Mrs JC Sloman

George Sloman married 5 Feb 1878 wodonga Martha Ferguson

Children with Alice

Louisa Elizabeth 1871-1945 – married Joseph Finch 1892 Granville NSW – died 21 March 1945 - Trove

Henry 1873-1947

William George 1874-1947 – married Mary Thornley 1906 Lithgow

Children with Martha

George Arthur 1878-1967 – married Frances E Vincent 1908 Sydney

Frith Ferguson 1880-1943 – married Una T Dawes 1902 Redfern

Charles Spencer 1881- 1952 – married Gertrude M Anstiss 1905 Granville

Samuel Henry Oliver 1883-1964 – married Elizabeth I Alt 1908 Glenn Innes

Hedley G 1886-1886

Edgar Allen 1887-1962 – married Thelma L Battandiermeyer/Meyer 1912 NSW

James Samuel 1889-1967 – married Gertrude E L Rowe 1914 Hurstville

John Clarence 1891-1959 – married Alice L M Fullagar 1914 NSW

Dorothy Charlotte Jane Kathleen 1894-1970 – married Albert R Cale 1921 Granville

Walter Augustus 1898-1965 – married Maudie A Tyson 1923 Liverpool NSW
 

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Bap V1839419 23A/1839 FITZWATER EMMA - WILLIAM G - ELIZABETH A

Page 11
Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of St. James Sydney in the County of Cumberland in the Year 1839
No. 142 When Baptised: June 30 When Born: March 25 Emma - William George & Elizabeth Augusta Fitzwater Abode: King Street East Quality or Profession: Cabinet Maker By whom the Ceremony was performed: George N Woodd

Bap V18411190 25A/1841 FITZWATER WILLIAM C - WILLIAM G - ELIZABETH

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Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of Richmond in the County of Cumberland in the Year 1841
No. 841 When Baptised: Nov 28 When Born: April 20 William Charles - William George & Elizabeth Fitzwater Abode: Richmond Quality or Profession: Storekeeper By whom the Ceremony was performed: Henry T Stiles
 
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