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FAMILIES AT BARTON’S MILL  UPDATED APRIL 2012

These lists are not complete. They have been compiled from various records including the local Postal Delivery Directories for the years 1898 - 1930.They do however give you some idea of how large some of the mill settlements were.

ANDERSON          Dave mill owner  1916 - 1919

                                         and also ran a char-a-banc service three days a week to Perth

                                         1920

ANDERSON          George main log-hauler 1916 - 1920

                                Married Emily Brown  1913

                                Children: Dave?

BAILEY            Chas  1916

BARTON            Alexander  Mill owner.

                                Died 13/7/1907 in a serious accident at the mill. Buried at                      

                                Guildford

                                Wife:  Nee Osborne, later married William Thomas

                                Children: Ken

                                            Lois

                                            Jessie

BASSENELLI        Don  mill employee   1930  -

BERRY                Alan

                                Children:   Alan

BIAGIONI          G.

BOWMAN            Miss  L. Bowman was a school teacher

BRIDGES

BROWN            John (Joseph) Teamster 1914   blacksmith  1916 - 1920

                               Mother: Clara Emily (nee Dart)

                               Children: Emily  married George Anderson 1913

                                               Susie

                                               Mary

                                               Clara

                                               Olive  (married Baynton)

                                               Elsie                                   a Brown ran a boarding house

                                               Joe

                                               Walter

                                               Ernie

                                               Frank

                                               Lucie (dec) Died 9th February 1914 aged 6 days old. Buried at Barton's Mill by Robert Maitland (friend)

                                               girl unnamed (dec)

BROWN            Ernie  (Son of John)    1923  -  1930

                                Wife   Rita

                                Children:  Gwen

                                              Patricia Eilene  Born 30th Sept 1932

BROWN            Frank  (Son of John)

                                 Married  Elma Gibbs

BROWN            Joe  (Son of John) mill employee  1930  -

                                Wife Ivy

                                Children:   John

                                               Joan   

BROWN            Walter   ( Son of John) mill employee  1930   -

BRUCE            Mrs Janet. 1916 – 1920

                                           Ran a boarding house in partnership with Mrs.Mortimer

BURTON           Rector A.

CAMPBELL           Two men worked at the mill

CATCHPOLE        Harry train driver  (Died 1938)

                               Wife ran post office

                               Children: Gordon, Mavis

CHESTER               Ada (nee Brown)     1936

                           5 Children all girls:  Eileen, Elsie,    ?  .

CLEMENTS         Harry   mill employee   1930   -

COOK             Alf  mill foreman   1923  -  1930

                          mill manager 1931 - 1934

CULLITY          Miss.  Teacher

ELMS              Reverend     Methodist Minister

EVANS            William   1916

DONOVAN            Children:  Evelyn

DRUMMOND      George   mill employee   1930   -

FERGUSON            2 small children         

FISHER            George H.  teacher

FLANNAGAN      Mike  time keeper. Were Catholics  19??  - 1937

                                Wife:

                                Children:   Ron

                                               Margaret

                                               Mary

                                               Hilary "Tinksie"

FRENCH           Claude Tasman   orchardist and fireman

                                Wife: Margaret (nee Gately)

                                Children:    Baby Boy stillborn 20th August 1908 buried at Pickering Brook

                                               Baby Girl stillborn 24th October 1911 buried at Pickering Brook

                                French’s Hill was the slope from the Bracken & Pickering Brook                          

                                Roads intersection up to the school.

                                French’s Orchard was just behind the Pickering Brook Primary          

                                School

FREW             Reverend    Methodist Minister

GIBBS            Frank (Brother of George)

GIBBS            George  (Brother of Alma, Leo, Frank & Jean) mill employee   1930   -

                             Wife:  Olive (Nee Brown)

                             Children: Fay, Pam, Myrtle, Nina

GIBBS             Leo  (Brother of George)

                            Later married Ila Wood

GOLDING          Richard  1916

GOODCHILD        Jas   mill employee  1930   -

GUNZZELLY        G.   1916

HALL             Len   train driver

HANBURY          C. H.  1917

HEATON           Alfred   mill employee   1930   -

HUNTER           Sam. His father was an ostler

HEWISON          William tally-clerk  1916 - died 1943

                                 Wife:  Helen

                                 Children:  Robert, Doris, Alice born 13/07/1909, Flo.

HOBSON           William  mill employee   1930   -

HOLTEN           Chas  1916

ISAAC            Sammy    Son of Harry

                                Entertained at dances with “Minstrel Act” with Bibby McGee

JOHNSTON                  Children: Mavis

JOHNSON          Eric  mill employee   1930   -

                                Wife Suzie  (nee Brown)

JONES            Jas  1916

JOYNES           Chas  mill employee   1916   - 1930

KEATCH           Alfred  mill employee  1930   -

KELLY            Mike train guard

                                Married Sylvia (Roads)

                                Lived  in house previously occupied by the Oswalds

KIDD             William J.  Sleeper cutter   1920  -

KING             J. mill employee  1916   - 1930

                                Wife: Elizabeth

LANGE

LEADER           Frederick   1916

LOWE             Percy  1916

MAGOWAN          Frank Roland   mill employee   1927   -   1934      Born 1864  Died 1949
                           Son of Patrick (Phillip) John Magowan and Margaret Maria Rowland

                           Married Martha Maria House in 1892

                           Children:  Doris (Dec 11th April 1929 aged 20), Grace, Rhoda, Blanche, Jessie, Alec, Len, Mabel, and Thora

MAGOWAN        Raymond Charles   mill employee    1932  -   1939     Born 1903   Died 1961
                           Child of Walter Phillip Magowan son of Patrick (Phillip) John Magowan and Margaret Maria Rowland.

MAITLAND        Robert  1914

MARSELL          French  1916

MARTIN           Frederick  1916 - 1917

MASON            Ernest  1916

McCASKILL        Roderick. Mill worker  1916 - 1920 and farmer. Had a crippled                    

                                son

McDOUGALL        teacher    1930    -

McSHANE          teacher

McGEE            “Bibby”

                                Played button accordion and preformed “Minstrel Act’ with

                                Sammy Isaacs

McKee            Mrs. Barbara    1930   -

McKENZIE         D. M. Fruit grower   1918  - 1920

McLEAN           mill employee   1930   -

MEAD             George   1916

MILLER           William   mill employee  1930   -     MILLAR?

                                        5  Children:  Ruby, Syd, Anna

MOLLER           Harry  mill employee   1930   -

MORTIMER         Mrs.   Ran a boarding house in partnership with  Mrs.

                                 Janet Bruce.   1916  - 1920

MUNRO            A. C.  mill manager

NESBITT          Len  mill employee  1930   -

NETTLETON        George  mill employee   1929   -  1930

                                      Wife: Gertie

NEWTON           Frank N.  1916  Children:  Valda, Roy, Alwyn  (Elwyn??)

OSBORNE          Frederick  1916

OSTWALD          Andy  mill employee   1930   -

OSWALD??             5 children

PASSMORE         M. Bill. teacher

PEARSON          J.  1916 - 1919

PELL             William  mill employee  1930   -

PESITIL          C.  1916

PULLEN           mill employee  1930   -

REEDLE            Mr.    Teacher

RICHMOND         George  1916

RISEBERRY        mill employee  1930   -

ROBINSON         George  mill employee  1930   -

ROBINSON         Tommy traindriver

RODGERS          A.  mill employee  1930   -

SALAGARI         Robert  Fruit grower   1916  -  1920

SALA TENNA       Father: Peter   1930-

                                 Mother: Savina

                                 Children:     Rose

                                                 Vincent (Vin)

                                                 Josephine

                                                 Peter

                                                 Joan   

                                                 Ralph

SCARI            Joe  mill employee   1930   -

SELKIRK         F.                         1934

                          Wife; Doris  (Nee Bowtill)

SEXTON           Alfred    Wood contractor   1916  - 1920

SHADFORTH        William   Wood contractor  1916  - 1920

SHEN             Thomas  1916

SHIER            Edward  1916 - 1919

SINCLAIR         Chas   1916

STEADMAN         EDWARD  1916

SWEENEY          Alfred   1916  - 1920

THOMAS           George   1916

THOMAS           William, married widow Mrs. Barton

THOMPSON         Arthur   mill employee  1930   -

THOMPSON         Ernest L.   Mill Manager   1916  -  1931.  Died 1931

                                Mrs. Thompson liked the bottle, great Victorian lady. Her sister       

                                lived with her. Children:  Florie.

TULLACK          J.  1916

TURNBULL         William  1916

VAN ORAN         J.   1916

WALLIS           Harry    mill employee   1930   -

WALLIS           Father: Levi train guard          WALLACE?

                                Children: Gloria

WALLIS           Richard   mill employee   1930   -

WASHER           Alfred    1916  - 1920

WEEDEN           William   mill employee  1930   -

                                Children:    Marie

                                               Beth

                                               Billy

WEIR             Les   mill employee   1930   -

WESTON           Gregory   wood contractor 1916

WHARTON          Roy  mill employee  1930   -

                                      Married Florrie Thompson

WHITE            Father: William  sawdust sweeper/sawyer 1929 – 1939

                               Mother: Beatrice         Born 20/03/1897 - 1988  

                               Children:       Lily          Born 23/09/1923

                                               Irene         Born 15/12/1929

                                               William Jnr   Born 30/11/1931

                                               Gladys        Born 28/06/1938

WHYTE            Mrs. Was a music teacher

                               Children: Ralph, Walter

WIGHT            William L.   mill employee  1930   -

                               Wife:

                               Children:   Beyrl Marian   Born 27th March 1933

WIGNALL          Sydney   mill employee  1930   -

WOLLAMS          William   wood carter  1919

WOODS                   They were Catholics

                                5 children;    Dulcie

                                                  Hubert went to Albany and eventually suicided

                                                  Ila had an “air” about her – you had to be her friend or                   

                                                   you were ignored. Unfortunately she died an alcoholic             

                                                  Colin

                                                  Had two sons that worked at the mill.

WRIGHT           mill employee  1930   -

YOUNG            Pearl    Canteen cook

                                Aunt of Sylvia Kelly (Roads)

ZIUSEPPE         G.  1912

ZOLA             Louie  blacksmith

 

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