Sixth Generation (Continued)
Family of Mary STALEY (14) & Alexander MONTEATH (MONTEITH)
43. Hugh Thomas MONTEITH. Born on 15 Jan 1864 in Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia.293 Hugh Thomas died in East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, on 2 Apr 1913; he was 49.294 Buried on 3 Apr 1913 in Coburg Cemetery, Victoria, Australia.295
Hugh was listed as an Engineer on his Marriage Certificate in 1885, yet in the 1899 Electoral Roll he is listed as a Foundryman, living in Bull St. Castlemaine. He was very musical and was head of the Castlemaine Band.
On 13 Oct 1885 when Hugh Thomas was 21, he married Mary Alice NORRIS, daughter of Nathan NORRIS & Elizabeth SCOTT, in Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia.296 Born on 20 Jun 1863 in Barker's Creek, Victoria, Australia.297 Mary Alice died in Daylesford, Victoria, Australia, in 1955; she was 91.298
It is difficult to know the correct order of her christian names from the numerous index entries available, she was probably known as Alice. .
They had the following children:
i.
Cyril Reginald (Rex).
Born on 17 Oct 1888 in Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia.299 Cyril Reginald (Rex) died in Footscray, Victoria, Australia, in 1948; he was 59.300 Buried on 15 Jun 1948 in Katanning, WA, Australia.301
Rex did not marry.
104ii.
Hugh Stanley (1886-1944)
105iii.
Alexander Norris (1890-1943)
44. Elizabeth MONTEITH. Born on 5 Jun 1865 in Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia.302 Elizabeth died in Golden Square, Victoria, Australia, in 1940; she was 74.303
In 1891 when Elizabeth was 25, she married William James WALTER, son of John Hopkins WALTER & Sarah Ann TONGUE, in Victoria, Australia.304 Born abt 1860. William James died in Golden Square, Victoria, Australia, in 1935; he was 75.305
They had the following children:
106i.
Mary Staley (1892-1991)
107ii.
John Hopkins (1893-1956)
108iii.
Alexander (1895-1974)
109iv.
Sarah Gladys (1896-1987)
45. Margaret MONTEITH. Born on 9 Jun 1867 in Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia.306 Margaret died in Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia, in 1958; she was 90.307
In 1890 when Margaret was 22, she married Robert Alexander MUNRO, son of William MUNRO & Robertina McKENZIE.308 Born in 1865 in Joyce's Creek, Victoria, Australia.309 Robert Alexander died in Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia, in 1943; he was 78.310
They had the following children:
110i.
Mary (1891-1960)
ii.
Jonathan.
Born in 1892 in Newstead, Victoria, Australia.311 Jonathan died in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, in 1964; he was 72.312
iii.
Alexander.
Born in 1894 in Newstead, Victoria, Australia.313 Alexander died in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, in 1960; he was 66.314
iv.
Catherine.
Born in 1896 in Newstead, Victoria, Australia.315 Catherine died in Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia, in 1985; she was 89.316
In 1920 when Catherine was 24, she married Hugh Stanley Allen McLEAN.317
v.
Thomas.
Born in 1898 in Newstead, Victoria, Australia.318
vi.
Christina.
Born in 1900 in Newstead, Victoria, Australia.319 Christina died bef 2000; she was 100.
46. Thomas Staley MONTEITH. Born on 5 Jul 1869 in Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia.320 Thomas Staley died in New South Wales, Australia, on 7 Jun 1947; he was 77.
On 1 May 1895 when Thomas Staley was 25, he married Alice Maud ORWIN, daughter of Thomas William ORWIN & Annie Rosina Charlotte HOUGH, in Victoria, Australia.308 Born in 1873 in Taradale, Victoria, Australia. Alice Maud died in New South Wales, Australia, on 27 May 1951; she was 78.
Alice was born in Kyneton and her father owned a bakery at Taradale for many years.
They had the following children:
111i.
Millicent Maud (1896-1971)
ii.
Hugh Orwin.
Born on 31 Oct 1897 in Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia.321 Hugh Orwin died in Adelaide, South Australia, on 7 Oct 1993; he was 95.322
Hugh moved with other members of his family to Sydney in 1907. He enlisted at Victoria Barracks, NSW for service abroad with the Australian Imperial Force on 13th October 1915 and joined the 1st Field Artillery Brigade 12th Reinforcements, he was under age when he enlisted.
In 1922 when Hugh Orwin was 24, he married Agnes Dora LOVE, daughter of John LOVE & Rebecca CHARLEY, in Burwood, New South Wales, Australia.323 Born in 1896 in Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia.324 Agnes Dora died in Adelaide, South Australia, on 4 Jun 1983; she was 87.325
112iii.
Donald Staley (1900-1958)
113iv.
Arthur George (1902-1995)
v.
Wallace Rupert.

Wallace joined the East Surrey Regiment in England in 1936 and served in the Sudan, China, Singapore and then was a prisoner of war on the Burma Railway and in Japan.
On 24 Apr 1947 Wallace Rupert married Dorothy Gertrude COPPEN.
47. Janet Brown Dods MONTEITH. Born on 30 Apr 1873 in Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia. Janet Brown Dods died in Ivanhoe, Victoria, Australia, in 1958; she was 84.326
On 15 Aug 1894 when Janet Brown Dods was 21, she married Charles Elgin Mcgregor McBEAN, son of Alexander McBEAN (~1826-1869) & Margaret Flint CARFRAE (~1831-1896), in Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia.107 Born in 1861 in Carlton , Victoria, Australia.327 Charles Elgin Mcgregor died in Melbourne East, Victoria, Australia, in 1915; he was 54.328
Chas. is recorded in the Birth Index as Charles Elgin McBean, at the time of his wedding, he was a salesman and lived in Carlton, Victoria. They had a Grocery Shop in South Melbourne. There was an inquest into his death.
They had the following children:
i.
Margaret.
Born in 1895 in Carlton, Victoria, Australia.329 Margaret died in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, in 1936; she was 41.330
Margaret did not marry.
114ii.
115iii.
Helen (Nellie) (1898-1977)
iv.
Hugh Alexander.
Born in 1906 in South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.331 Hugh Alexander died in 2000; he was 94.
In 1937 when Hugh Alexander was 31, he married Isabel Margaret JOB in Vctoria, Australia.332
v.
George Henry.
Born in 1906 in South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.333 George Henry died in South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, in 1906; he was <1.334
48. Mary MONTEITH. Born on 11 Feb 1875 in Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia.335 Mary died in Malvern, Victoria, Australia, in 1935; she was 59.336
In 1895 when Mary was 19, she married Henry Darling McBEAN, son of Alexander McBEAN (~1826-1869) & Margaret Flint CARFRAE (~1831-1896).195 Born in 1866 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.337 Henry Darling died in Malvern, Victoria, Australia, in 1952; he was 86.338
They had the following children:
116i.
Locksley (1896-1975)
117ii.
Brenda (1897-)
118iii.
Mina (1900-1988)
119iv.
Henry Malcolm (1901-1958)
120v.
Elsa (1907-2003)
49. Jane Allen Donaldson (Jeanie) MONTEITH. Born on 3 Jan 1877 in Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia.339 Jane Allen Donaldson (Jeanie) died in Wonthaggi, Victoria, Australia, in 1960; she was 82.340
In 1899 when Jane Allen Donaldson (Jeanie) was 21, she married Richard Baker METHERALL, son of John METHERALL & Mary Cotton BAKER.341 Born in 1869 in Miners Rest, Victoria, Australia.342 Richard Baker died in Wonthaggi, Victoria, Australia, in 1952; he was 83.343
They had the following children:
i.
Linda Victoria (Living)
ii.
Ewan Richard.
Born in 1904 in Yarram, Victoria, Australia.344 Ewan Richard died in Wonthaggi, Victoria, Australia, in 1951; he was 47.345
iv.
Arnold Monteath.
Born in 1907 in Lake Bolac, Victoria, Australia.346 Arnold Monteath died in Victoria, Australia, in 1962; he was 55.347
In 1942 when Arnold Monteath was 35, he married Dorothy Jean COOPER in Victoria, Australia.348
122v.
123vi.
Jean (1912-2008)
vii.
Alexander Jonathan.
Born on 23 Jul 1913 in Wickliffe Road, Victoria, Australia (Willaura).349,350 Alexander Jonathan died in Stawell, Victoria, Australia, in 1960; he was 46.351
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In 1940 when Alexander Jonathan was 26, he married May Wilsetta THOMAS in Victoria, Australia.352
viii.
Kenneth.
Born on 17 Aug 1915 in Willaura, Victoria, Australia.353,350 Kenneth died in Victoria, Australia, in 1982; he was 66.354
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ix.
William Jeffrey.
Born on 4 Jun 1918 in Willaura, Victoria, Australia.355 William Jeffrey died in Libya on 16 May 1942; he was 23. Buried in 1942 in Knightsbridge War Cem.Acroma, Libya.356
Enlisted 23/6/1940, was a Pilot Officer killed in Air Operations 16/5/1942 in Libya.
50. Robert MONTEITH. Born on 8 Jun 1880 in Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia. Robert died in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, in 1958; he was 77.357
Robert was a furniture retailer at the Big Paterson in Fitzroy, Vic and later in his own store in Sydney. After marrying Tessie he lived in Turramurra NSW and later at Bondi, NSW, Australia.
In 1905 when Robert was 24, he married Teresa Martha (Tessie) MERCER, daughter of Henry MERCER & Teresa Martha DORNEY.358 Born in 1874 in Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia.359 Teresa Martha (Tessie) died in Paddington, New South Wales, Australia, in 1954; she was 80.360
Teresa was known as Tessie
They had the following children:
ii.
Blanche Isa.
Born on 2 Apr 1908 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Blanche Isa died in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, on 3 May 1972; she was 64.361
Blanche suffered from asthma all of her life
51. William MONTEITH. Born on 27 Apr 1882 in Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia. William died in Elsternwick, Victoria, Australia, in 1939; he was 56.362 Buried on 4 Dec 1939 in Katanning, WA, Australia.301
In 1905 when William was 22, he married Janet Gray JARDINE, daughter of Robert Taylor JARDINE (1857-) & Elizabeth SMITH, in Victoria, Australia.363 Born in 1881 in Richmond, Victoria, Australia.364 Janet Gray died in Brighton, Victoria, Australia, in 1935; she was 54.365
They had the following children:
i.
Lorna Gray.
Born in 1911 in Kew, Victoria, Australia.366 Lorna Gray died in Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, in 1970; she was 59.367
Lorna had 3 years in the AWAS from 1943 to 1946, discharged as Corporal.
ii.
Alexander (Living)
52. Jonathan MONTEITH. Born on 8 Jan 1885 in Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia.368 Jonathan died in East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, on 14 Aug 1937; he was 52.369 Buried on 16 Aug 1937 in Katanning, WA, Australia.301
On 1 Jun 1912 when Jonathan was 27, he married Maude Charlotte FRASER, daughter of William FRASER & Sarah Ann DOUGLAS, in Victoria, Australia.370 Born on 4 Apr 1890 in Stawell, Victoria, Australia. Maude Charlotte died in Box Hill, Victoria, Australia, on 22 Sep 1969; she was 79.371
They had the following children:
126i.
53. Isabella MONTEITH. Born on 22 Feb 1887 in Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia.372 Isabella died in Camberwell, Victoria, Australia, on 8 Jan 1986; she was 98.
On 25 May 1911 when Isabella was 24, she married John Francis GOOLEY, son of Patrick Francis GOOLEY (1854-1938) & Harriet HARMES (~1854-1938), in Kew, Victoria, Australia.373 Born on 14 Oct 1883 in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. John Francis died in Kew, Victoria, Australia, on 11 May 1968; he was 84.102
They had the following children:
129i.
John Monteath (1912-1988)
130ii.
Isobel Mary (1913-1987)
131iii.
Francis Henry (1916-1969)
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