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| − | Surplice and Sons | + | Surplice and Sons was run in Geelong by the Surplice brothers. It was called W. & A. Surplice from 1848 until May 1859 when it was renamed W. Surplice and Sons. By 1853 Surplice and Sons has a store on the Flat opposite Golden Point. <ref>Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. ''The Eureka Encyclopaedia'', Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.</ref> |
==Post 1854 Experiences== | ==Post 1854 Experiences== | ||
Revision as of 19:11, 29 March 2013
Contents
Background
William Henry Surplice was born in 1824 at Nottingham[1], the son of William and Elizabeth Surplice.[2] He married Julia Ford Hanmer on 08 December 1856 at Ballarat. Julia was the daughter of Sarah Hamner and Henry Hamner. Their son, Arthur Stanley Lowe Surplice was born on 14 June 1859 at Ballarat(married Emily Jane Grant daughter Of Capt John Grant Bega. Died 10/9/1906, Waverley).[3]
Surplice died on 10 September 1906 at Waverley, New South Wales.[4] Julia Surplice died in 1920 aged 80.[5]
Goldfields Involvement, 1854
Surplice and Sons was run in Geelong by the Surplice brothers. It was called W. & A. Surplice from 1848 until May 1859 when it was renamed W. Surplice and Sons. By 1853 Surplice and Sons has a store on the Flat opposite Golden Point. [6]
Post 1854 Experiences
Surplice and Sons sold camp provisions to the Military at Eureka in January 1855. in March 1855 the company was paid a 120 pound rend for the Ballarat Arcade.[7]
William Henry Surplice was a surveyor in 1865, and was described as a 'cunning politician of Bungaree shire' by historin Westen Bate.[8]
The Surplice family moved to Woollahra, New South Wales in the mid-1870s.
See also
Further Reading
Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
References
- ↑ Notes from Lorraine May Brownlie nee Surplice emailed to 'Eurekapedia' on 25 March 2013.
- ↑ Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
- ↑ Notes from Lorraine May Brownlie nee Surplice emailed to 'Eurekapedia' on 25 March 2013.
- ↑ Notes from Lorraine May Brownlie nee Surplice emailed to 'Eurekapedia' on 25 March 2013.
- ↑ Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
- ↑ Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
- ↑ Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
- ↑ Bate, Weston, Lucky City: the first generation at Ballarat 1851-1901, Melbourne University Press, Carlton. 1978, p183.
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