Edward Wotton

[Jessies Mum]

Searching for information surrounding Edward Wotton and his wife.  From 1866 he became the proprietor of the Great Britain Hotel in Richmond, Melbourne, Victoria.
I have no information on Edward or his wife whatsoever - all I know is that Mrs Wotton is possibly the Aunt of my 2x Great Grandmother (my 2x GGM was from Ireland and came out to Australia to work at the hotel with her Aunt who was the proprietress).  The date of her arrival in Australia is 1870.
Any assistance would be most appreciated.
Thanking you all in advance.

[Neil Todd]

And your 2xGreat grandmothers name is? Married? single? born ?

You don't know who mister Wottons wife is?

Umm if: (my 2x GGM was from Ireland and came out to Australia to work at the hotel with her Aunt who was the proprietress) then doesn't that make her your 2xGreat grandmothers aunt

Neil

[Jessies Mum]

Yes Neil, you've repeated everything that i have stated earlier.

My 2x GGM was Elizabeth (or Eliza) White.  She travelled out aboard the Lady Jocelyn arriving in 1870 to commence work with her Aunt (the proprietress of the Great Britain Hotel).  Elizabeth was single arriving as a 17-18 year old.  It is on Elizabeth's record of passage that it states she was a domestic servant going to work for Mrs Wotton in Richmond.

It is on Elizabeth's obituary notice that I have learned the information that she came to work at the Hotel with her Aunt.  No name of her Aunt was mentioned in the obituary. 

[mollipops1]

So it is possible that the Aunt simply worked atthe hotel, rather than being her employer?

I guess the point of difference is whether she came to work at the hotel WITH her Aunt, or FOR her Aunt?

The only Edward WOOTTON/WOTTON I can see is Edward Bushell. He married Jane CROCKFORD in 1865 (reg 2532). But the marriage notice suggests her father lived in Victoria too?

The Argus, 26 Jul 1865
WOOTON—CROCKFORD.—On the 15th inst., at St. Peter's Church, Melbourne by the Rev. H. P.
Handfield, Edward Bushell Wootton, of Sandridge, son of the late Stephen Wootton Esq., of Margate, Kent, England, to Jane Crockford, second daughter of John Edward Crockford, Esq., of Sandridge.
http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/5763878

PS Edward B WOOTTON died in 1869 aged 39 and Jane remarried to Wm ALLEN in 1870.

EDIT: Jane died in 1874, aged 28, daughter of Robert CROCKFORD and Elizabeth CROXFORD [?], born Bucks. Is that a match??

[mollipops1]

George Frederick WOOTTON and his wife Margaret JOHNSTONE had several children born in Richmond 1866-78...still looking....

[Jessies Mum]

From a previous post on here, I was given the information that Edward Wotton had the licence of the Great Britain Hotel transferred into his name on 23 July 1866.

 http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=611773.0

It is now only tonight that I have found Elizabeth's passenger record that tells me she was employed by Mrs Wotton of Richmond.  Elizabeth's obituary can be found at:

http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/78006410?searchTerm=%22williams%22%20%22port%20macdonnell%22%20%22obituary%22&searchLimits=l-australian=y|||l-state=South+Australia

[Neil Todd]

QUOTE : (Yes Neil, you've repeated everything that i have stated earlier) 

I cannot find any info on BDM indexes for a Edward Wotton? But there are two marriages for a Edward Bushell WOOTON
1860 Sarah WOOTON
1865 Jane CROCKFORD
in 1868 he died parents listed as Stephen Wooton and Rebecca Homewood.
Could Wotton be Wootton?
Neil

[mollipops1]

I think since Edward B WOOTTON/WOTTON proprietor of the hotel in 1866, died in 1869, ownership may have transfered again around this time?

[Jessies Mum]

I certainly wouldn't disregard that at all Neil - could be quite possible that Wooton/Wotton are the same!