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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.<ref>Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. ''The Eureka Encyclopaedia'', Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.</ref> | 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.<ref>Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. ''The Eureka Encyclopaedia'', Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.</ref> | ||
| − | William Henry Surplice was a surveyor in 1865, and was described as a 'cunning politician of Bungaree shire' by historin Westen Bate.<ref>Bate, Weston, Lucky City: the first generation at Ballarat 1851-1901, Melbourne University Press, Carlton. 1978, p183.</ref> | + | William Henry Surplice was recorded on the 1855 Electoral Roll, under the electoral qualification of Freehold. He signed a Petition of householders of Ballaarat requesting the establishment of a Municipality in 1855.<ref>Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., Eureka Research Directory, Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.</ref> Surplice was a surveyor in 1865, and was described as a 'cunning politician of Bungaree shire' by historin Westen Bate.<ref>Bate, Weston, Lucky City: the first generation at Ballarat 1851-1901, Melbourne University Press, Carlton. 1978, p183.</ref> |
The Surplice family moved to Woollahra, New South Wales in the mid-1870s.<ref>Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. ''The Eureka Encyclopaedia'', Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.</ref> | The Surplice family moved to Woollahra, New South Wales in the mid-1870s.<ref>Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. ''The Eureka Encyclopaedia'', Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.</ref> | ||
Revision as of 19:18, 29 March 2013
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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 brothers had a store on the Flat opposite Golden Point in 1853. Surplice and sons were paid £51.12.6, £377.9.0, £30.6.6, £206.17.0, £217.6.4 and £959.0.6 for Government Camp provisions in relation to the military at Eureka in January 1855, and a further £120 for rent of Arcade in March 1855. Payment was delayed for over three months. [6]
They were listed as gold brokers in the Ballarat township when they signed a petition of householders of Ballaarat requesting the establishment of a Municipality in 1855.[7]
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.[8]
William Henry Surplice was recorded on the 1855 Electoral Roll, under the electoral qualification of Freehold. He signed a Petition of householders of Ballaarat requesting the establishment of a Municipality in 1855.[9] Surplice was a surveyor in 1865, and was described as a 'cunning politician of Bungaree shire' by historin Westen Bate.[10]
The Surplice family moved to Woollahra, New South Wales in the mid-1870s.[11]
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.
- ↑ Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., Eureka Research Directory, Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.
- ↑ Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., Eureka Research Directory, Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.
- ↑ Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
- ↑ Wickham, D., Gervasoni, C. & Phillipson, W., Eureka Research Directory, Ballarat Heritage Services, 1999.
- ↑ Bate, Weston, Lucky City: the first generation at Ballarat 1851-1901, Melbourne University Press, Carlton. 1978, p183.
- ↑ Corfield, J.,Wickham, D., & Gervasoni, C. The Eureka Encyclopaedia, Ballarat Heritage Services, 2004.
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