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Blackman Info 2g: Joseph Walter Blackman |
Joseph Walter BLACKMAN was born on 24 November 1880 in Pleasant Creek/Stawell and registered in 1881 (Vic BMD 4638/1881). On 16 March 1907 he married Edith (Ethel) May MILLER (Vic BMD 693/1907) who was born Edith in Pleasant Creek/Stawell in 1881 (Vic BMD 11430/1881).
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| The marriage of Mr Joseph Walter Blackman, third son of Mr Geo. Black man, and Miss Edith May Miller, only daughter of Mr Richard Miller, Stawell, was quietly celebrated at the residence of the bride’s parents on Wednesday afternoon, the Rev F. Jolly being the officiating clergyman. The bride, who was given away by her father, wore a pretty dress of silk with soft trimmings of valenciennes lace, and the customary bridal veil and wreath. She carried a shower bouquet composed of white flowers veiled in asparagus and maiden hair fern with | white satin streamers. Miss Ethel Blackman, sister of the bridegroom, was the only bridesmaid, and was attired in white silk, with trimmings of lace, and carried a bouquet of scarlet geraniums and asparagus fern with scarlet ribbons. Mr A. E. Miller, brother of the bride, acted as best man. After the ceremony wedding tea was served, and the happy couple left by the evening train for Ballarat and Melbourne, the bride travelling in a smart navy blue costume with white felt hat. A number of useful and valuable presents were received. |
Page two of The Ararat Advertiser of Tuesday 18 February 1908, reports that Joseph Walter BLACKMAN had been removed from the electoral list for Ararat and Stawell because he had left the area.
The Melbourne Herald reported, on page 7 of 13 December 1923, the Bread Prices at Ararat - An investigation by Dear Food Commission. In it Joseph BLACKMAN is reported to be the buyer for Cust and Scholes, general storekeepers, the same store as JR BLACKMAN.
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Edith died on 09July 1961 aged 80 of heart failure (Vic BMD 12301/1961)
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Joseph died on 12 December 1969 aged 89 in Ararat (Vic BMD
28695/1969).
Right: Edith May and Joseph Walter Blackman's headstone in Methodist Grave 4878 Ararat Cemetery Photo: Cat Dean |
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Left: The Blackman family grave in Ararat Cemetery |
Their known children
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Allan Vera jane Gwendolyne Lorna may
richard annie
b......1908 b......1910 b......1912 b......1920
d......1963 d......1986 d.....+1993 d.....+1993
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m......1935 m......1941 m......1939 m......1944
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Annie frances Jason ford John keith Robert david
Legg Perry Daly Johnstone
Allan Richard was born in 1908 (Vic BMD 64/1908) in Ararat. In 1935 he married Annie Frances LEGG (Vic BMD 7154/1935). He died in Prahran in 1963 aged 75 (Vic BMD 11513/1963).
Vera Jane was born in early 1910 (Vic BMD 79/1910) in Ararat. In 1941 she married Jason Ford PERRY (Vic BMD 4682/1941), a plumber. She died in Box Hill in 1986 aged 76 (Vic BMD 7215/1986). In 1980 the Roll records her living at 19 Carlyle Street, Ashburton as a single person.
Gwendolyne (sic) Annie was born in 1912 (Vic BMD 16827/1912) in Ararat. In 1939 she married John Keith DALY, a farmer of Tatyoon (Vic BMD 3615/1939). Whilst still recorded as a farmer of Tatyoon, the 1967 Roll does not record John Keith but an Ian James Daly.
Lorna May was born in 1920 (Vic BMD 1920) in Ararat. In 1944 she married Robert David JOHNSTONE (Vic BMD 5146/1944), a painter. She died after 1993, probably in Ararat
The Australian Electoral Roll 1903-1977, available on Ancestry, records their homes and occupations in the 1912 to 1928 Rolls as:
In the 1931 Rolls a daughter able to vote was added:
In the 1934 and 1936 Rolls a second daughter able to vote was added:
By 1943 Gwen and Vera had left home and their address continued, as a couple, at View Point through to 1968 by when Edith had died:
Joseph was not recorded in the last Roll of 1972.
| Right: 11 View Point Ararat, Joseph's home for life |  |
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| This page was created by Richard Crompton and maintained by Chris Glass |
Version A4 Updated 20 March 2024 |
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