William Henry BLACKMAN was born on 15 July 1878 in Miners Rest, Ballarat. (Vic BMD 17644/78) Harry didn't go to the war. Right: William Henry Blackman's birth record for 1878 Courtesy: Pamela Pollock

The Federal Australian Electoral Roll, started 1903 and available in Ancestry, give Harry's home and occupation as

• 1909, 401, BLACKMAN, Margaret Daisy, 6 Findlay st., HD, Albert Park a sub-district of Fawkner
• 1909, 402, Blackman, William Henry, 6 Finlay st., Albert Park, cleaner - in Albert Park a subdivision of Fawkner, with Margaret Daisy
• 1912, 487, Blackman, William Henry, 6 Finlay st., Albert Park, fitter - in Albert Park a subdivision of Fawkner, with Daisy

where they lived until Daisy's death.

Also recorded was

• 1909   400  BLACKMAN, Leslie Crompton,  6 Findlay st., blacksmith, Albert Park a sub-district of Fawkner

but since Leslie Crompton BLACKMAN son of William Henry and Daisy was born in 1915 this is likely to be Leslie Crompton BLACKMAN born 1885.

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Above: William Henry Blackman and his first wife Daisy Margaret Murphy circa 1900 and before there were any rings on Daisy's finger Courtesy: Pamela Pollock

He married Daisy Margaret MURPHY, (Vic BMD 1540/1901) the daughter of John Thomas MURPHY and Margaret RAMSEY (Victoria birth record) or CLACKSTONE (Daisy's marriage certificate), born in 1879 (Vic BMD 2514/1879).

The three BLACKMANs remained at Finlay Street with William Henry changing his occupation.

• 1914/1919   440  BLACKMAN, William Henry, 6 Findlay st., fitter, Albert Park a sub-district of Fawkner

After the First War he lived in South Melbourne. His first wife died in 1918. (Vic BMD 10021/1918) In 1920, he married his house keeper Elizabeth Keziah DELL, known as Bess, (Vic BMD 13818/1920) and thereafter had very little contact with the rest of the family. In 1921 William Henry was living with his second wife.

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• 1921   542 BLACKMAN, Elizabeth Keziah, 6 Findlay st., HD, Albert Park a sub-district of Fawkner
• 1921   543 BLACKMAN, William Henry, 6 Findlay st., fitter, Albert Park a sub-district of Fawkner

In 1926 William Henry had become a gas worker.

In 1931 the couple had moved this time with Leslie Crompton, William Henry's son by his first marriage.

• 1931   429  BLACKMAN, Elizabeth Keziah, 63 Dundas pl. HD, Albert Park a sub-district of Melbourne Ports
• 1931   430  BLACKMAN, William Henry, 63 Dundas pl. gas worker, Albert Park a sub-district of Melbourne Ports

Right: William Henry Blackman's home at 63 Dundas Place, in Albert Park Source: Blacker's scrapbook (Accessed:11 July 2020)

Their deaths

Margaret D. BLACKMAN died on 29 August 1918 (Vic BMD 10021/1918) and was buried on 30 August 1918 in Melbourne General Cemetery, Carlton North, Melbourne City, Victoria, in plot MGC-RC-Comp-AA-No. 107

William Henry BLACKMAN died 21 April 1942 (Vic BMD 4162/1942) and was buried on 23 April 1942 in Brighton General Cemetery, Caufield South, Melbourne, Victoria, in plot Church of England ZF 506 which would be next to his son. Right: William Henry Blackman's unmarked grave plot Brighton General Cemetery, next to his father's unmarked plot

Elizabeth Keziah BLACKMAN died 02 January 1978 (Vic BMD 553/1978) at Brighton Beach, Victoria, aged 80. She was the daughter of Alfred Jo DELL and Lillan Emily CAUSON and was born in Smythesdale, south-west of Ballarat, in 1898. She buried in plot ZF506, the same as her husband William Henry BLACKMAN, in Brighton General Cemetery. Probate (PROV 839/042) was granted; 03 May 1978.

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