Melbourne Market Gardeners

[Bluegrass]

I will try and find the name of my father's grandmother.

I found out from my father that my grandmother had three sisters and one brother. Martha (his mother), Ada, Grace, Doris and Frank. He remembers them having step siblings which could be from the first marriage to Maria Beardsley.

However he doesn't remember his maternal grandfather being Harry. Also, I was always led to believe my Grandmothers home was at Woodhouses near Melbourne which I think was the smallholding of Thomas Jackson. Perhaps there is another reason his mother was at North St when he was born.

Ada Jackson married Bill Beardsley so it looks as though there is a family connection there and my Dad thought they lived in Victoria St Melbourne.

Frank married Hilda Lane the daughter of Fred Lane and they lived at Barrow on Trent. He remembers Fred Lane was in charge of a threshing machine.

[miggins]

Hi Bluegrass

I've just spoken to my mother who was born in 1925 and she remembers Doris and Grace Jackson but she doesn't remember Martha or Frank.   Does your father remember the names of the step siblings?   My mother remembers going over to Woodhouses to visit relatives - possibly Jacksons.   They walked down Penn Lane and through the Spinney out to Woodhouses.   Could Thomas Jackson have been Harry's brother.   Harry's parents were Edmund and Fanny Jackson.

 Ada Jackson married Bill Beardsley who was my mother's Uncle.   They had two sons, Thomas and Stanley.   They first lived at The Pingles, Mount Joy and then moved out of the village to Newbo(u)ld where there were lots of mines.  It was there that their son Thomas contracted Typhoid Fever at the age of 18yrs.   He died in 1938/9.   Stanley died about 10 years ago.   When Ada & Bill moved back to Melbourne they lived in Victoria Street and then in The Market Place.   I remember visiting them there as a young girl.

My mother has asked if you have come across a Sal(Sally?) Jackson and Arthur Jackson who owned a small shop in The High St. selling groceries/general stores.

[Bluegrass]

Hi Bluegrass

I've just spoken to my mother who was born in 1925 and she remembers Doris and Grace Jackson but she doesn't remember Martha or Frank.   Does your father remember the names of the step siblings?   My mother remembers going over to Woodhouses to visit relatives - possibly Jacksons.   They walked down Penn Lane and through the Spinney out to Woodhouses.   Could Thomas Jackson have been Harry's brother.   Harry's parents were Edmund and Fanny Jackson.

 Ada Jackson married Bill Beardsley who was my mother's Uncle.   They had two sons, Thomas and Stanley.   They first lived at The Pingles, Mount Joy and then moved out of the village to Newbo(u)ld where there were lots of mines.  It was there that their son Thomas contracted Typhoid Fever at the age of 18yrs.   He died in 1938/9.   Stanley died about 10 years ago.   When Ada & Bill moved back to Melbourne they lived in Victoria Street and then in The Market Place.   I remember visiting them there as a young girl.

My mother has asked if you have come across a Sal(Sally?) Jackson and Arthur Jackson who owned a small shop in The High St. selling groceries/general stores.

Hi Miggins

I'm afraid my father is in hospital in Somerset and not in the best of health.  I am in the USA and I try and speak to him on the phone as much as possible but as you can imagine, subject matter is limited and he has difficulty in concentrating. Like many people in their 80's he sometimes finds it easier to talk about things which happened many many years ago and that's really why this market gardener topic is so interesting.

He does remember an Arthur Jackson who he thinks would be a similar age to himself (born 1923) but can't remember Sal or a shop in Melbourne. The Arthur Jackson he knew was about 5'10" tall, a handsome fellow and a very good darts player. Not much to go on but maybe it is the same person your mother knew.

I'll ask him if he remembers more about his Auntie Ada and Uncle Bill when we speak next time.

[miggins]

Hi Bluegrass


Many thanks for your reply and appreciate the difficulties you have in getting information from your father.   I will speak to my mother to see if she can give me any more info.   I know we have photographs of Ada & Bill but, as yet, I've not worked out how to post them on rootschat.

Anyone out there who can help?

Will be in touch again.

Regards,   Liz.

[BoaMan]

Hi Miggins

you have to already have it (the image) available online - either on a website or an Image hosting Site like Imagebam or Flikr

Then view the image in your browser - on imagebam you should see some code that says BB Code - that is for forums like this and will allow you to post a thumnail image that when you click on shows the full size image. Copy this code - press CTL/C

Reply to the post type in your text and then

Click on the icon that looks like a picture frame - and paste the url in between the img tags. (You might not need these if you use Imagebam you might be able to just paste the code in)

Have a look at my post earlier in this thread - it'll take you to Imagebam so you can see what I mean.

Just Updated to make the instructions a bit clearer - make sure you press Preview first so that you make sure it works OK before posting.

[miggins]

Hi Boaman

Thanks for that.   Will study and inwardly digest and hope to get some images up and running soon!

Regards,


Liz

[Jemma100]

Hi my ancester William Bartram (c 1843) was a market Gardener in Melbourne, he lived in High Street. His father was also William Bartram (c.1814) coal dealer. I was just wndering if anyone has come across any information with his name.

Many thanks,
Jemma

[wallhanger]

I will try and find the name of my father's grandmother.

I found out from my father that my grandmother had three sisters and one brother. Martha (his mother), Ada, Grace, Doris and Frank. He remembers them having step siblings which could be from the first marriage to Maria Beardsley.

However he doesn't remember his maternal grandfather being Harry. Also, I was always led to believe my Grandmothers home was at Woodhouses near Melbourne which I think was the smallholding of Thomas Jackson. Perhaps there is another reason his mother was at North St when he was born.

Ada Jackson married Bill Beardsley so it looks as though there is a family connection there and my Dad thought they lived in Victoria St Melbourne.

Frank married Hilda Lane the daughter of Fred Lane and they lived at Barrow on Trent. He remembers Fred Lane was in charge of a threshing machine.

[wallhanger]

I have been researching the jacksons family. ,Harry was the son of Edmund and Sarah Wykes,he married Maria Beardsley in 1882 they had 3 children,Albert 1883,Agnes 1884 and Ethel 1887,after Maria,s death in 1888
Harry remarried Ann Eliza Lakin and they had a futher 8 children,Frank 1891
Mary 1893,Grace 1894,Ada 1896,Doris 1898,Martha(Patti) and Harold (twins)1901 and Louisa 1905.Harry,s siblings were Samuel Edwin,Martha,Clara,Edmund and Alice.

Hope this helps