Marshall Waller Clifton (1849 - 1904)

Born 23 Aug 1849 in Australind, Western Australia, Australia

Ancestors

Husband of Louisa Clifton — married 15 Apr 1875 in Albany, Western Australia, Australia

Descendants

Died 20 Sep 1904 at age 55 in Perth, Western Australia, Australia

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Biography

Waller was born on 14 July 1849 at Australind, Western Australia.^[1]

Inquirer (Perth, WA : 1840 - 1855), Wednesday 8 August 1849, page 2
Births. On the 14th July, at Alverstoke, near Australind, the lady of Robert W. Clifton, Esq., of a son.^[2]

Waller was educated at Bunbury and at Bishop's College, Perth.^[3]

He married his cousin Louisa Clifton on 15 April 1875 at Albany.

Inquirer and Commercial News (Perth, WA : 1855 - 1901), Wednesday 19 May 1875, page 2
CLIFTON—CLIFTON.— April 15th, at St. John's Church, Albany, by the Rev. W. Johnson, assisted by the Rev. F. A. Hare, MARSHALL WALLER, third son of Robert Williams Clifton, Australind, to LOUISA, second daughter of William Carmalt Clifton, Albany.

He was a farmer at "Wokalup House", Wokalup and Harvey. He entered the Police Force on 8 July 1890 and was made Sub-Inspector in 1893 and resigned in 1897. He was a second Lieutenant in the Wellington Mounted Volunteers. He employed eleven Ticket of Leave men 1870-1882.^[3]

In 1887 he was living at Wokalup.

Daily News (Perth, WA : 1882 - 1955), Wednesday 21 September 1904, page 11
Regret will be felt at the news of the death of another well-known Western Australian identity, in the person of Mr. Waller Clifton, late of Wokalup, in the Sou'-West, who died at the Perth Hospital early this morning, after a short illness.

The late Mr. Clifton had been suffering for some little time with a throat affection, which eventually developed to such an extent as to necessitate him going into the hospital, which he did on the ad vice of his medical attendant. Subsequently consumption of the throat intervened, which in the end proved fatal, and the deceased passed away shortly after 6 o'clock this morning.

Mr. Clifton was a son of the late Mr. Robert Clifton, of Australind, who died some years ago. The late Mr. Robert Clifton was one of the earliest settlers in the Sou'-Western portion of the State, and brought up a large family of sons and daughters at Aus tralind, probably the best known homestead in the Sou-'West.

The late Mr. Waller Clifton married a daughter of Mr. W. Clifton, of Albany, who survives him, together with a family of ten children. For the past 30 years Mr, Clifton has been engaged in farm ing pursuits at Wokalup, situated be tween Harvey and Brunswick. He was especially well known and popular in the district, and his loss will be keenly felt. The deceased was a bro thor of Mr. Cecil Clifton (Under-Secre tary for Lands), Mr. Ed. Clifton, of Rosemill, Mr. Algy Clifton, of Alver stoke, and Wardon A. Clifton, of the Murchison. The funeral has been arranged to take place to-morrow.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ "Australia Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTH5-57Z : 28 January 2020), Marshall Waller Clifton, .
2. ↑ https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/65740556
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} The Bicentennial dictionary of Western Australians, pre-1829-1888. [compiled by Rica Erickson], https://www.friendsofbattyelibrary.org.au/bicentennial-dictionary
4. ↑ https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/86039060

• Article. The Harvey-Waroona Mail 16/9/1955. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/258794805?searchTerm=gervase%20clifton