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...do YOUR families link back to first South Australian wheat growers?
Christina and Donald McLEAN from Scotland 1837
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 1888 - 1967 (78 years)
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| Name |
Matlida Grace (Tilly) MATTHEWS [1] |
| Nickname |
Tilly |
| Born |
4 Sep 1888 [1] |
| Gender |
Female |
| Biography Notes |
* Apsley just had a hotel, small post office, a one-teacher school and shop opposite the hotel. This shop was Tilly?s drapery shop.
* The shop was divided by a curtain with men?s clothing on one side and general needlework on the other.
* They lived in back of their shop.
* The teachers would often board with Tilly.
* They also had a small farm not far out of town and Fred went out by horse and cart each day.
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| Biography Notes |
* Tilly was a good organiser and took the lead in some family matters.
* Judy Gordon remembers Tilly as a gracious, caring lady.
* Tilly, Ada, Joe and Fred visited Dora Gordon (McLean) in Western Australia about 1952.
* In 1965, Tilly had an illness which paralized one side of her face.
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| Biography Notes |
Tilly had a drapery store in Apsley, Victoria. |
| Died |
25 Jan 1967 |
Elsternwick Vic  [1, 2] |
| Person ID |
I-9030 |
Christina and Donald McLean |
| Last Modified |
6 May 2019 |
| Father |
George James MATTHEWS, b. 3 Oct 1859, Goolwa SA , d. 29 Feb 1924, Mile End SA (Age 64 years) |
| Relationship |
-499 |
| Mother |
Ellen JEWELL, b. 29 Oct 1860, Goolwa SA , d. 3 Sep 1927, Mile End SA (Age 66 years) |
| Relationship |
-499 |
| Married |
25 Jul 1882 |
Naracoorte SA [1] |
- The wedding took place at the residence of Ellen's parents.
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| Note |
George would have been 24 years old and Ellen was 21 years old. |
| Family ID |
F-499 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Sources |
- [S-155] FS Reuben Matthews - ID 9059 - further evidence welcome, Reuben's notes are attached to this website.
- [S-186] Geoff Langsworth Apsley Victoria researcher emailed Lorna, 4 Apr 2019 Researcher Lorna Mclean.
Advised that ancestry offered the location of birth of Matilda Grace Mitchell as Elsternwick Vic
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