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Death of B W J PLANT in Tasmania
« on: Monday 02 November 09 20:48 GMT (UK) »
Fellow listers

I am seeking information about what became of Bertram William John PLANT, originally from Victoria.

He was certainly in Launceston around 1932, and according to family information was still there in 1945.

He was born in 1878, and may have been known as John or Jack.

Can anyone help?

Kind regards

Philip Candy

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Re: Death of B W J PLANT in Tasmania
« Reply #1 on: Monday 02 November 09 22:03 GMT (UK) »
Here you go Phil

death in Victoria

PLANT   Bertram Wm Jno died aged 68 in 1947 at R PK reg no 1097
father John Plant mother Sarah Hayes

kind thoughts Jenn


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Re: Death of B W J PLANT in Tasmania
« Reply #2 on: Monday 02 November 09 22:38 GMT (UK) »
Hi Phil :)
     
He was cremated at Fawkner Park and the location of the cremated remains of the late Bertram W John PLANT aged 68 are not listed in the database. More information may be available from a manual search of their archives (a small fee applies).

Email enquiryATfcmp.com.au for further information.

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Re: Death of B W J PLANT in Tasmania
« Reply #3 on: Monday 02 November 09 22:58 GMT (UK) »
1942 Electoral Roll for Balaclava sub district St Kilda Victoria




shows him living at 84 Carlisle Street as an agent along with a Gwendoline Annie as home duties

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TOWNSEND,PINNEGAR, STRANGE, PULLEN, GRIFFIN from Wiltshire,,
SHOEBRIDGE, VINALL, BRINDLE, Kent
BAYLEY, Dorset,Yorkshire,
HAIR, Durham,
CUMMINS, BROWNLESS from Yorkshire,
EDSALL,  Cornwall,
MORGAN, HENNESSY, BAKER,  Ireland.
VAN REYK Sri Lanka
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Re: Death of B W J PLANT in Tasmania
« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 03 November 09 00:48 GMT (UK) »
A little more - the reason I searched the inquest index is that R PARK is Royal Park which was formerly known as a Hospital for Mental Hygiene and I have found that many deaths recorded in institutions in Victoria, often have an inquest recorded.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Park_Hospital

PLANT Bertram W H   [This could be a transcription error on the index]
1947  Ref#94
Cause Brights Disease
Inquest Date 14 Jan 1947

There appears to be two marriages for Bertram Wm J.

PLANT Bertram William John   Born Northcote
KIDD Florence Jessie   Born Fitzroy
1905  Reg#6813

Births to the abovenamed
PLANT Lindsay George
at Prahran  1907  Reg#5511

PLANT Ronald James
At Caulfield  1909  Reg#2003

Marriage
PLANT Bertram William John
BATTEN Gwendoline Anne
1935  Reg#2615

Australian Electoral Records
1914,1919,1924
PLANT Bertram William John 12 Cole Street, Gardenvale  Warehouseman
PLANT Florence Jessie  12 Cole Street, Gardenvale  HD

1936
PLANT Bertram William John  13 Trevallyn Road, Launceston  Agent
PLANT Gwendoline Anne  13 Travellyn Road, Launceston  HD

1937, 1942
PLANT Bertram William John  84 Carlisle Street, St Kilda Central   Agent
PLANT Gwendoline Anne  84 Carlisle Street, St Kilda Central  HD
also detailed by Jenn in previous post

Death which you probably have noting her mother's name :)
PLANT Florence Jessie
Father Kidd James Swan   Mother Edith CANDY
At Armadale  84 years  1966  Reg#9498

I don't see a death for Gwendoline Anne BATTEN but here is her birth

BATTEN Gwendoline Annie
Father Albert BATTEN  Mother Ida May BATTEN nee HEATH
26 May 1904
At 28 Stone St Launceston     Reg#477

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Cando




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Re: Death of B W J PLANT in Tasmania
« Reply #5 on: Tuesday 03 November 09 04:16 GMT (UK) »
That was an inspired piece of detective work; thank you.

I certainly didn't know that he had married a second time (he divorced his first wife in 1932), so this has given some fascinating new insights into this particular branch of the family!

I wonder if Gwendoline PLANT went back to Tasmania after the death of her husband? Is there any sign of her having died there?

Kind regards and many thanks

Phil

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Re: Death of B W J PLANT in Tasmania
« Reply #6 on: Saturday 02 June 12 11:17 BST (UK) »
While this message is over 2 years old, and I assume you are  related to Plant through his first wife, I can fill you in on Gwendoline Batten's birth and family details, if you would like the information.  She was the daughter of a cousin of my grandmother.
I would also like to thank you for providing extra information for my studies, which are slowly being filled in.
However, according to Villa Carr index, she does not appear to have died in Launceston, and she is not obvious on the Springvale index in Melbourne.
Interestingly enough, she is not listed under the name Plant in the 1949 electoral roll for Victoria.

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Re: Death of B W J PLANT in Tasmania
« Reply #7 on: Thursday 14 June 12 09:46 BST (UK) »
Dear Raveon
Thank you very much for your reply. I would be delighted if you could let me have the information on Gwendoline Batten's birth and life.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Kind regards
Phil

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Re: Death of B W J PLANT in Tasmania
« Reply #8 on: Sunday 17 June 12 05:30 BST (UK) »
Hi
I happen to have access currently to TAMIOT 2nd ed (to 1998) which covers all cemeteries in Tas except Hobart & Carr Villa, so I checked it
Gwendoline is not recorded under either Plant or Batten.
Of course this is not to say she is not buried in Tasmania as this doesn't cover all burials, being inscriptions only
(Tombstones and Memorial Inscriptions of Tasmania)

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