Notes:

From the Slade Baker (sollicitor) collection held at the University of birmingham:
http://calmview.bham.ac.uk
Between 30th September 1826 and 24th December 1836 she wrote 40 letters to the sollicitor (mostly notifications regarding her address). Letter numbers 246 to 285.
William Lacon Childe wrote 11 letters to the same solicitor from 1817 to 183?. Numbers 286 to 296.
LAdd/1647 dated 1830
"Letter dated 3 March, on behalf of Mrs William Childe. Mrs Childe was arrested for debt, and [Ms] Waller was sent for. An advance was requested for Mrs Childe."

LAdd/1648 dated 1830
" Dated 16 March. Robert Woodman, Mrs Childe's landlord, appeals to Baker for assistance regarding Mrs Childe's situation; providing bail etc."

LAdd/1656 dated 1832
"Letter written from Kinlet, dated 25 March stating that his attitude to Mrs Childe and her sons is unalterable, and requests Baker says this when he returns the enclosed letter."

Mary married William Childe 20 Apr 1818, St Sepulchre, Holborn. William (son of Catherine Childe) was born Abt 1756; was christened 23 Nov 1755, All Saints, Forton, Stafford, England; died 3 Feb 1824, Kinlet Hall. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Occupation: 1828; Teaching in Broseley, Broseley Directory, Academies and Schools
• Occupation: 1830; Teaching in Cheltenham
• Occupation: 1864; Gentleman

Notes:

The reference to the wedding is the IGI record
Batch No.: M011554 , Dates: 1813 - 1830, Source Call No.:0992079 , Type: Film, Printout Call No.:6908584 , Type: Film
It has him as William Henry Hughes and her as Mary Ann Ball.
His son's (WHCH b1836) wedding certificate has him listed as William Henry Childe Hughes, her as Mary Anne Ball and his occupation as "Gentleman".
The death certificate has him as William Henry Childe. Reg no. 127, 1938.
It states that he died of consumption and his occupation was schoolmaster.
His son WHC Hughes' death certificate gives his father's occupation as retired parole officer

William married Mary Anne Ball 1826, St Leonard, Broseley, Shropshire, England. Mary (daughter of Benjamin Ball and Sarah (Ball)) was born 31 May 1806, Madelay, Shropshire, England; died 10 Sep 1888, Cod St, Stawell, Victoria; was buried 12 Sep 1888, Stawell Cemetery, Vic.. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

In his father's will he is listed as having the alias of Charles Frederic Williams. He was to receive the sum of 2,500 pounds

Admitted (pensioner) to St Johns Cambridge, 5th November 1827.
Graduated at Michaelmass 1827
Attended Emmanuel, Cambridge, 30th April 1830
ordained deacon by Bath and Wells pro Ely on 10th october 1831.
Ordained priest by Rochester pro Ely on 17th June 1832.
Was the Stipendiary Curate at Cambridge St Michael
Was the Stipendiary Curate at Harrow on the Hill
Was the Stipendiary Curate at Petersfield, Hants.
MA 1837
Was the Perpetual Curate of Walsall St Paul, Staffs 1837 - 1839
Headmaster Walsall Grammar School 1837-1839
Principal Islington Church Missionary College, Middlesex 1839-1858
lived in 12 ?Barnbury Place, Islington
Evening lecturer at St Mary's, Islington.
Islington Theological Professor in Church
Evening Lectureer, St Mary-le-Bow
Mathematics Professor, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa c1857
Rector Holbrook, Suffolk, 1858-1884
Later resided st St Leonards-on-Sea
Author of "Sermons and other works"

In the 1871 census he is the rector at Holbrook, Suffolk and is living with Elizabeth and three step-children and numerous scholars, presumeably he is teaching at a school.

Charles — Elizabeth Burton. Elizabeth was born 1815; died 1879, Samford, Suffolk. [Group Sheet]

Charles — Harriet Isabella Gell. Harriet was born 1826, Matlock, Derbyshire; died 1880, Uckfield, Sussex. [Group Sheet]

Charles married Frances Anne Harvey Rogers 20 Dec 1828, St Sepulchre, Holborn. Frances was born Abt 1806, London, Middlesex, England; died 20 Nov 1869, Suffolk, England. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Christening Date: 26 Nov 1839 Recorded in: Broseley,
Shropshire, England

Married in the Wesleyan Parsonage, Forest St, Sandhurst (Bendigo)
NB wife was pregnant at the time.
His occupation at the time was a miner, living at McIvor. McIvor was a large goldfield, now the Heathcote area in Victoria.

Started the Sandhurst Grammar School in 1861

In 1861 started a newspaper in Sandhurst (Bendigo) called Pasquin. This ran for 196 editions over two years.
Was the pricipal at he Sandhurst Grammar School in Williamson Street cnr Myers St, which was started about 1/10/1860 by C O Helm, MA a graduate of Oxford and Melbourne. Williamson St was both the school and WHCH's residence. He taught there until 1868 when the school was taken over by Mr Moran. Subjects were Arithmetic, bookkeeping, Lain, French, mathematics, grammar, geography, drawing, music etc.

Whilst working as a teacher at Sandhurst (Bendigo) the house that he was renting at Quarry Hill burned down after a series of arson attempts. He was charged with arson along with his assistant Dury, who had also been living in the same house and both were imprisoned after the inquest in February 1865, later to be allowed bail in April 1865.
The Age (Melbourne) 24 April 1865 p6

He was given one month's training at Albury Public School in May 1874 and recognised as a teacher at Wagra Provisional School (?near Tumut) from 1st June 1874. He was then appointed conditionally at the teacher for Wagra Public School from 1st June 1875. On 9th May 1879 he was transferred to Morebinger Public School.
He was given a trial teaching position at Burrumbuttock 28th July, 1882 and later given temporary charge at Burrumbuttock n 13th December, 1892. On 18th June 1883 he sat his exams and failed. For reasons not stated he was awarded the classification of IIIC on 1st January 1884 however, as per a ministerial decision, this was cancelled on 7th May and he was informed that he would be moved to a provisional school on account of the unsatisfactory condition of the school. As a result he was removed from Burrumbuttock and sent to Brocklesby School on 14th August, 1884. He was deemed eligible for the Class IIIC on 30th January 1885 except that his practical skills were not up to that grade. His skills were reported to be up to grade and a parchment certificate for grade Class IIIC issued was issued on 6th August 1885. In 1889 to 1891 he received warnings that his performance was not up to standard. He was appointed to Hopefield Public School on 12th January, 1892. Further warnings were issues in 1892 and again in 1900
Granted 6 months leave on 1 Jan 1902
Retired 30 Jun 1902

Hopefield School was on the SE corner of Hopefield Rd and Lavis Rd

Residences:
Sandhust (Bendigo) rates information
1858 William H Hughes in 1858 in a house owned by the Crown, rental value 60 pounds
1862 William Hughes lived in a house owned by GM Hodgkinson, Mollison & Williamson Street, lot 90
1863 William Hughes lived in a house owned by GM Hodgkinson, Mollison & Williamson Street house and land value 30 pounds
1864 W Hughes owns a house at Myers and Williamson St, worth 45 pounds. Occupied by William Hughes (governess)!!
1865 William Hughes is living in Williamson Street in a house owned by William Medd Hodgkinson, rent value 20 pounds
NB the house burned down in 1865. It appears that WHC Hughes purchased the house.
1865 William Hughes owns a house in Williamson St, value 45 pounds
1866 William Hughes (schoolmaster) owns a house in Williamson Street and lives there. Rate value 45 pounds
1867 William Hughes owns and lives in a house in Williamson Street, value 45 pounds
1868 William Hughes (school teacher) owns a house on Williamson St, rental value 40 pounds

In 1889 is living in Goombargana (as per son's (BBCH) wedding notice in paper.
NB Williamson St goes through Quarry Hill

In 1892 according to Dot, he was living in a house on the south east corner of Linden (whilst teaching at Hopefield).

Buried at the Church of England Cemetary, Albury 23rd May 1911.
Died of cancer of the liver
Died at Thurgoona

William married Mary Frances Kelly 15 Aug 1864, Sandhurst, Victoria. Mary (daughter of Thomas Kelly and Mary O'Connell) was born 1837, Drogheda, Louth, Ireland; died 1927, Cambden, NSW. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Age 82 at death (1907). Deatth at Rmond =?Richmond, Victoria
Death Reg. Number: 2738
In the 1841 census she is staying with her uncle Charles Childe at St Mary, Islington West, Parish Lodge Institution.

Wedding announced in the Staffordshire Advetiser on 2/8/1851

From the rates notices in the Borough of Stawell:
1882 No 1591 Isabella Shaw, music teacher owner of house and land Ord St, net annual valuation 15 pounds
1882 No 1592 Isabella Shaw, music teacher owner of house and land Ord St, net annual valuation 6 pounds
1888 No 1420 Isabella Shaw, teacher owner of house and land Ord St, net annual valuation 12 pounds
1888 No 1421 George Playford, well sinker. occupier, Owner Isabella Shaw, Ord St, net annual valuation 4 pounds
1888 No 1422 Francis Gehan, farmer, occupier, Owner Isabella Shaw, Ord St, net annual valuation 4 pounds

Buried 1/2/1907
Died in Melbourne,
Grave No 2367 Stawell Cemetery, Presbyterian

Isabella married Abraham Pierpoint Shaw 28 Jul 1851, Newport, Shropshire, England. Abraham was born Abt 1822, London; died 1898, Stawell, Victoria, Australia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Christening Date: 26 Nov 1839 Recorded in: Broseley,
Shropshire, England
In the 1851 Wales census Frances Hughes (neice to Maria Ball) was living with Maria Ball (head) aged 51, Benjamin Ball aged 83 (father), Henry Ball aged 28.

Notes:

Death Reg. Number: 10291
Christening Date: 22 Aug 1847 Recorded in: Broseley,
Shropshire, England

Lucy — ? Watkins. [Group Sheet]

Florence married Thomas Griffiths 15 Dec 1872, Pontypool, Monmouthshire, Wales. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Occupation: Archeologist
• Residence: 1851, Islington, Middlesex, England; Relationship: Son

Stephen married Harriet Eliza 1886, Victoria, Australia. Harriet died 26 Jul 1910, Springwood, NSW. [Group Sheet]

Stephen married Mary Ellen Garratt Jan 1871, england. Mary was born 7 May 1847, Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire, England; died 24 Aug 1880, St Leonards, NSW. [Group Sheet]

Stephen married Harriet Monica Sanders 6 Aug 1912, Melbourne, Bourke, Victoria, Australia. Harriet was born Abt 1873, Skidby, Yorkshire, England. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Known as Uncle Bob
5' 10" thick build, big moustache
Headmaster at Redlands, Thurgoona, Burrawang, Parklea, The Meadow

Teaching record starts aged 21 (unmarried).
Appointed as a "house to house" reacher at Savernake on 22nd October 1889
Instructed to act as teacher at Bull Plain Provisional School on 16th December 1889
Failed to obtain classification at exam on 16th December 1891
Failed to obtain classification at exam on 20th June 1892
Designation of School changed to Savernake 12th March 1891
Instructed to act as teacher at Lower Tarcutta Provisional School on 12th January 1893
Failed to obtain classification at exam on 26th June 1893
Instructed to take temporary charge of Clearmont and Darlows Creek wages 91 pounds
Failed to obtain classification at exam on June 1894
Awarded class IIIB provisional after exam as of 1st July 1895 subject to passing in Freehand Drawing
Marriage to Martha E Pearce on 27th September, granted 1 month's leave
Failed in music and freehand drawing in June 1896
Instructed to act as provisional teacher at Redlands Provisional PR 11th October 1897
Passed in music but failed in freehand drawing on 28th June 1897
Instructed to act as teacher at Redlands Public at 125 pounds 3rd January 1898
Failed to pass in drawing 30th June 1898
Passed in drawing, exam 24th May 1899 awarded classl IIIB as from 1st July 1895
Promoted to class IIIA (good service) from 1st july 1900
Instructed to act as teacher at Lowesdale Public, 145 pounds, 4th July 1900
Failed to gain promotion at exam June 1904
Failed exam April 1905

Lived in Blacktown, Sydney
Daughter lives on North coast
Retired in 1934 and lived in Blacktown and in 1938 moved to Lismore where he purchased a home at Goonellabah
Son an eye specialist
Death reg at Lismore No. 5381/1939

Robert married Martha Elizabeth Pearce 27 Sep 1896, Adelong, NSW. Martha was born 1872, Gilmore near Tumut, New South Wales; died 3 Sep 1958, Lismore, New South Wales. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Death record 17066/1941 has William Henry Charles Hughes, son of William Henry Hughes.
Death Reg Number: 17066 reg at Ryde 1941
Birth record from Vic BDM CD 1865 Ref. 4896
Buried at Macquarie Park Cemetery 29/6/1941 Anglican section, row S9 plot 0002

William Henry Hughes living at 47 Dover Rd, Williamstown, Victoria, 1889
William Henry Hughes living at 47 Dover Rd, Williamstown 1890
Living in Thurgoona, Albury in 1913 (Electoral role), occupation - agent
William Henry Hughes from the 1915 electoral roll living at 13 Harrington St, Marrickville

William married Rose Mary Alma Winters 11 Sep 1901, Orange, New South Wales, Australia. Rose was born 2 Apr 1876, Orange, New South Wales, Australia; died 3 Jan 1960, Condobolin, New South Wales, Australia. [Group Sheet]

William married Margaret Mitchell Willis 1893, Corowa, NSW. Margaret died 1896, Condobolin, NSW; was buried , Hopefield, NSW. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Occupation: Teacher at Canley Vale Public School
• Occupation: 1893; Public school teacher
• Residence: 6 Mar 1913, Hay
• Confirmation: 6 Jul 1913, At Hay
• Occupation: 1919; School Teacher

Notes:

"Madelay", 160 Beecroft Rd, Cheltenham
Madelay named after town of origin in Wales near Gloucestershire near Cheltenham
Birth Reg Number: 22005 has dob 1866

Born at Kilmore 60km north of Melbourne

Teaching position at Snowy river House to House, later known as Bulgandra PS, NSW, in June 1886
Moved to South Mahonga Public School in May 1887
Mahonga South part-time with Quat Quatta North in August 1887
Failed to obtain classification at examination 13th June 1887
Instructed to take temporary charge of Mahonga South
8th Feb 1888 awarded Class IIIc classification
Promoted to Class IIIa classification15th Fen 1889
17th July 1889 promoted to teacher at Gilmore Upper Public School (Ferndale PS)
married at Quat Quatta on 19th September 1889 to Annie Norman

Failed to gain promotion at exam on 14th Dec 1891
Fined 10s for not being at his post on 22nd Feb 1894
3rd April 1895 instructed to act as teacher at Humula PS
Passed exam of 29 June 1996 to be clasified as Class IIb from 1st July 1896
13th November 1896 instructed to take charge of Berrigan Public at 235 pounds
1st October 1902 promoted to Class IIa for good service
Failed to complete exam for Class I in April 1906
Turramurra North Public School in October 1914. Taught there fof two years
Taught at Canley vale
Canley Vale Public School as headmaster in october 1926

An inscription in a book presented to his son at confirmation on 6th July 1913 places the family at Hay, attending St Paul's Church.

Basil married Annie Norman 19 Sep 1889, Linden, Quat Quatta, Corowa, New South Wales. Annie (daughter of John Norman and Elizabeth Hogg) was born 19 Sep 1870, Linden, Quat Quatta, Australia or Carlisle Plains Wahgunyah; died 5 Aug 1957, Sydney, NSW; was buried , married by Rev H Bradshaw. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Vere Gordon Childe, called Gordon by his family, was the son of the
Reverend Stephen Henry Childe and Harriet Eliza Gordon the second of his three wives, having been born on 14 April 1892 in North Sydney. His main connection with the Blue Mountains is that his parents often took the family to their vacation house at 46, Wilson Street,
Wentworth Falls when it was called Chalet Fontenelle now it is Whispering Pines.
But the connection goes further for his parents, Stephen (died 23 May 1928) and
Harriet (died 26 July 1910 at Chalet Fontenelle are buried in the Church of England section of Wentworth Falls Cemetery, in WCE4 Plot 5, which is adjacent to the Great Western Highway opposite the eastern boundary of Mountain High Pies.

Gordon Childe attended Sydney Grammar School and in 1911 he entered Sydney University to study Latin, Greek and Philosophy; he graduated in 1914 with a University Medal (Mulvaney 1994, p.56). A classmate was H.V. Evatt, who was to become Leader of the Labor Party and President of the United Nations General Assembly; he “.. had been a close friend.”. Childe’s education continued when he went to Oxford University for 1914-1917 to learn about Archaeology but he also became involved in politics. As a pacifist, he was not well received when he returned to Australia in August 1917, nevertheless late that year he was appointed Senior Resident Tutor at St. Andrew’s College, University of Sydney. He made no secret of his political views, which proved so distasteful to the college authorities that,
anticipating dismissal, he resigned in June 1918. His frequently expressed beliefs brought him a lot of trouble in the repressive period between the World Wars, with job applications being blocked and his mail being censored. But he succeeded in getting an appointment to teach classics at Maryborough Grammar School, Queensland, where unruly students made his life so uncomfortable that he only stayed for a short time. At the end of 1919 he returned to Sydney and became personal secretary to the Leader of the Opposition Labor Party. After the Labor Party won the election in 1920 he was transferred to the NSW Agent-General’s office in London but he did not depart until September 1921. He held that position for almost a year until he was given a month’s notice on 20 April 1922 by the incoming Liberal Party,
although formal dismissal was delayed until 4 June 1922. As a result of his experiences he wrote a seminal volume ‘How Labor Governs’ which was published in 1923. hat dismissal was a turning point in his career for he next became an archaeologist and in succeeding
years he developed an internationally renowned reputation, being regarded as probably the leading authority of his era on prehistoric European archaeology. He was multi-lingual and travelled extensively to visit various archaeological digs, but he was also regarded as a great synthesiser of archaeological publications although his views were somewhat controversial. For several years he appears to have had only part-time employment until in 1925 he gained a job in the library of the Royal Anthropological Institute. His subsequent
appointments were Abercromby Professor of Archaeology, University of Edinburgh (1927-1946) and Director & Professor of Prehistoric European Archaeology, University of London (1946-1956).

In retirement, and at the age of 65, he arrived in Australia on his birthday 14 April 1957 to give lecturesand attend conferences and
“He also spent much time hiking and studying rock formations in the Blue Mountains near Sydney, an area associated with happy memories of his youth.” He last went to Katoomba on 11 October 1957 and “On the three occasions he visited Katoomba in these last months he stayed at the Carrington, a hotel he thought greatly superior to most in Australia.” Early on Saturday 19 October 1957, he took a taxi to Govetts Leap Lookout, Blackheath, but did not
return from a walk south-eastwards along the cliff edge. On the day after Childe’s disappearance, his body was discovered by a 15-year-old Blackheath schoolboy, Malcolm Longton , supposedly “ ... two-thirds of the way down a 1,500ft. cliff called Govett’s Leap and with some difficulty it was recovered on that Sunday.

TRhe above taken from the Blue Mountains Historical Journal, Issue 3 Oct 2012

Biography written up in Australian Archaeology
http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=678278401355017;res=IELHSS