James Lincoln Temple (Willoughby) Todman (1866 - 1929)

Born 1866 in Essex, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Son of Charles Willoughby and Mary Ann Ramsay (Todman) Willoughby

Husband of Martha Sarah (Ellis) Simpson — married 16 Jan 1892 in Saint Kilda, Victoria, Australia

Descendants

Died 14 Oct 1929 at about age 63 in Prahran, Victoria, Australia

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Biography

James Lincoln Temple Willoughby became known as Walter Todman shortly after he emigrated to Australia. [see Research notes for further explanation.]

He was born on 1 November 1865 in Bermondsey, Surrey, and baptised almost five years later on 11 May 1870 with his sister Eliza, in East Christ Church, Greenwich, the son of Charles Willoughby and Mary Ann Ramsay (Todman) Willoughby.^[1][2]

James was the fifth of ten children, his siblings were:

1. Mary Ann Ramsay (Willoughby) Clark (1855 - 1915)
2. Charles James Willoughby (1861 - 1911)
3. Anne Maria Willoughby (1862 - )
4. Charlotte (Willoughby) Graham (1864 - )
5. Arthur Henry Gladstone Willoughby (1868 - 1869)
6. Eliza Burdett Jane Willoughby (<1870 - )
7. George Louis Mayo Willoughby (1872 - 1929)
8. Alice Jane Willoughby (1874 - )
9. Catherine Beaconsfield Willoughby (1877 - )

Before James came to Australia he can be found living in the following places in the English censuses:

1871 Census^[3]

Living at 9 Creek Rd, Deptford, London, England

1. Charles Willoughby, aged 38, Police constable, born Bermondsey, Surrey, England
2. Mary Ann Willoughby aged 35, silk worker, born Greenwich, Kent, England
3. Charles James Willoughby aged 10, born Limehouse, Middlesex, England
4. Annie M Willoughby, aged 9, scholar, born Chatham Kent, England
5. Charlotte E Willoughby, aged 7, scholar, born Chatham Kent, England
6. James L. T. Willoughby, aged 5, scholar, born Bermondsey, Surrey, England
7. Eliza BJ Willoughby, aged 1, born Deptford Kent, England

1881 Census ^[4]

Living at 3 Montague Place, Poplar, London

1. Charles Willoughby, aged 48, Ropemaker, born Bermondsey, Surrey, England
2. Mary Ann Willoughby aged 46, Lodging housekeeper, born Greenwich, Kent, England
3. Charles James Willoughby aged 20, barge builder, born Limehouse, Middlesex, England
4. Annie M Willoughby, aged 19, dressmaker, born Chatham Kent, England
5. Charlotte E Willoughby, aged 17, dressmaker, born Chatham Kent, England
6. James L. T. Willoughby, aged 15, blacksmith, born Bermondsey, Surrey, England
7. Eliza BJ Willoughby, aged 11, scholar, born Deptford Kent, England
8. George LM Willoughby, aged 9, scholar, born Deptford Kent, England
9. Alice J Willoughby, aged 7, scholar, born Poplar, Middlesex, England
10. Katherine B, Willoughby, aged 4, born Poplar, Middlesex, England
11. Charlotte Todman, aged 79, monthly nurse, born Walton On The Naze, Suffolk, England.

When James settled in Australia is not known, but he was employed by the Asiatic Steam Navigation Company and can be found working as a Steward, at the age of 19 on the S.S. Nurjahan when it left London on November 26, 1884. The ship sailed via Plymouth, Teneriffe (Canary Islands), Cape Town (South Africa), and Hobart (Tasmania), then onto Melbourne & arriving in Sydney on 3 February 1885.^[5] How long James worked as a seaman is not clear, but certainly, this would have been his first voyage to Australia.

Sometime between 1884 and 1890 James changed his name to Walter Todman for reasons not yet known.

The last contact that Walter seems to have had with his family back in England was at the time of his father’s death in London when his father died accidentally of a violent fracture of the cervical vertebra from falling off a ladder in 1888, Walter was in Sydney at the time.^[6] Thirteen years later his widowed mother passed away of ailing health on 19 December 1901 while living at 8 Garford St, Poplar with his sister Kate.^{[7] [8]}

In an effort to locate him the family placed a missing persons advertisement in the South Australian publication the “Evening Journal” in April 1901.^[9]

Willoughby, or Todman (James), left Millwall in 1884; last letter from Sydney, N.S.W., in 1888. Mother asks

In 1890 Walter was living at 19 Bailey Street, Newtown, New South Wales, Australia, using his new name and applying for a patent for improved construction and working of a machine for shearing sheep.^{[10] [11]} Based on his patent application for shearing equipment it has been suggested that he may have spent some time on a farm somewhere in the outback or country Australia probably in New South Wales, before returning to Sydney to live.

Walter's first child was born while he was residing in 19 Bailey St, Newtown:

1. Walter Todman (1890 - ), the son of Walter Todman & Jane Levey residing at 19 Bailey St.^[12] No further details are known about what happened to either Jane Levey or their son Walter Todman, the couple was not married at the time of their son's birth registration, no marriage has been located for them.

[Research note - Walter's address was also listed in the local 1891 Sands Directories for Sydney^[13] In 1891 the NSW Census, taken on 16th April 1891, 9 Bailey Street Newtown was uninhabited, indicating that both Walter and Jane had moved away, which is confirmed the following year [1892] as there is neither a Jane Levey nor a Walter Todman listed at that or any other address in Sydney.^[14]]

By 1892, James, now known as Walter Todman, had moved to Victoria and at the time of his marriage to Martha Sarah Ellis on January 16, at the All Saints Anglican Church, East St Kilda, Victoria, he was living in Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia and working as a Blacksmith.^[15]

Together the couple had seven children, losing only one in infancy:

1. Martha (Todman) Atkinson (1894 - )
2. Ivy Florence (Todman) Wainwright (1895 - )
3. Walter Victor Todman (1897 - )
4. Hazel May (Todman) Bennett (1903 - )
5. Lincoln James Todman (1906 - 1938)
6. Charlotte Mary Todman (1908 - 1908)
7. Alma Dudley (Todman) Moore (1910 - 1970).

From the time of his marriage, and for the birth of his first two children with Martha, Walter worked as a blacksmith. Their eldest daughter, Martha Todman (later known as Ruby) arrived on 24th December in 1894 at the Women’s hospital. The couple were living at 27 Arthur St, South Yarra, Victoria.^[16] On the 14th September 1895 Walter and his wife welcomed their second child Ivy Florence Todman into the world, by this time the family had shifted to 3 Palmero Place, South Yarra.^{[17] [18]} They may have also resided at Hancock St, South Melbourne for a short time as well.^[19]

Walter and Martha’s early marriage was fraught with tension. Walter was still pursuing his inventions and continued to register new patents. In April 1894 he made an application for a patent for "an improved machine for saving gold".^[20] In October 1895 Walter was granted a patent for an “improved automatic check for venetian blinds.”^[21] He appears to have left his occupation as a Blacksmith and is working as a casual waiter perhaps to allow more time to focus on his inventions.^[22] But October 1895 saw the last of his applications for patents, earlier in that year in January he had even abandoned one.^[23]

Things appear to have hit a boiling point for Martha in December 1895 as we next find the couple in the Prahran Police Court. Martha alleges that her husband Walter Todman left “her without any means of support at South Yarra on the 3rd inst.” ^[24] She had two children and “her husband was a job waiter and earned about £11 a month. Her parents were in England.”^[25] The couple had a violent domestic argument, resulting in Walter being struck with a poker.^[26] It was resolved by the court an order being issued “for a £ I a week maintenance, and one surety of £25 to be found for a due observance”.^{[27] [28]}

All this acrimony was recorded in the local newspapers, as Walter struggled to support his family

DOMESTIC TROUBLES. EXTRAORDINARY REMARKS BY A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.

Walter Todman was charged before the Prahran Police Court yesterday with leaving his wife, Martha Todman, without means of support Complainant, in her evidence, said her husband, who was a waiter, was in the habit of handing her his earnings each week, but on Sunday week be refused to give her any money, and since then she could not live with him on account of his temper and disgusting language.

The Chairman (Dr. Featherston, J.P.) - Rubbish! You married the man for better or worse and must put up with it.

Mrs. Todman admitted having Struck her husband with some baby's clothes.

Dr. Featherston. - I think it is your own fault. Few men can stand a slap in the face.

Mrs. Todman.-I will keep myself if he will support the children.

Dr. Featherston.-It Is a pity you did not think of this before you were married. The best thing would be to put you both in a bag and shake you up together. I think the defendant is a bit of a mule.

An order was made for the payment of 20s. per week, defendant to find one surety of £25 for the fulfilment of the order.^[29]

Finally, the couple settled in Chapel St, South Yarra, Victoria, Australia, where they lived for many years.^{[30] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [36] [37] [38] [39] [40][41]}

Initially, in 1897 they rented 576 to 580 Chapel St, South Yarra, the following year the family relinquished 576 contracting down to 578 to 580 for the next couple of years.^{[42] [43]} Number 576 Chapel street then became occupied by the Henry family who ran a grocery store and didn’t seem to get along too well with the Todman family.^[44] The Henry’s had amongst their members, 4 growing boys, Moss, Joey 9 years, Isaac 12 years and one other.^[45] The Henry boys appear to be a rambunctious lot who enjoyed taunting Martha.

On 31 December 1900, the newspaper reported that “in the morning a paper full of rubbish was thrown into her yard by one of Mrs Henry's children. Mrs Todman went into Mrs Henry's shop to complain, but Mrs Henry would not listen, and struck Mrs Todman with a broom. Mrs Todman admitted that she then slapped Mrs Henry on the face”.^[46] I’m sure this was of great delight to the Henry boys to see all the drama. Mrs Todman after receiving no satisfaction from Mrs Henry had then lodged a complaint to the City Inspector who “stated that the premises from back to front were in a filthy state … There was a lot of clothes in a tub of soapsuds which gave out a smell sufficient to knock you down.”^[47]

Two weeks later on the 11th January, the boys were back at it, this time “the Henry boys had been upsetting rubbish tins at her back gate, and threw dirt at some clothes on her line”.^[48] Martha retaliated which seemed to have been exaggerated as “Constable Guinane deposed to having seen the lad shortly after the assault. The lad was laughing, and didn't appear to have been hurt.”^[49] All of this seems to have taken its toll on Martha, “Mrs Todman, who with difficulty withstood the nervous strain of appearing in court” The “Bench decided to dismiss the case. It should never have been brought into court.”^[50]

Soon after the court cases Walter Todman once again expanded the family leases to include 576 where the Henry’s had been living.^[51] In total they now rent 576 to 580 Chapel St., a rental lease that remained in place until 1910.^[52] Did the Henry’s see this coming?

Despite the angst of early 1901 there were highlights that year such as picnic thrown by Mr Henry Skinner, the well-known caterer for employees and their families and friends. It seems as though there was much fun to be had “A spacious marquee was used as a luncheon room, and the tables were laid out in the best style of the generous host, who provided refreshments of all descriptions during the whole of the afternoon. In another part dancing to the excellent music provided by Code's military band was indulged in all the afternoon, and a merry-go-round and a Punch and Judy show furnished amusement for the children in the intervals of the sports. Quite a host of prizes were given for a varied sports programme, and some keen competitions resulted.”^[53] We know the Todman family attended as Ivy won the girls 6 years and under race. Obviously moonlighting as a waiter had some benefits!

Walter’s Shop, circa 1916, South Yarra, Victoria, Australia.

Walter’s business seemed to prosper and grow as it moved from manufacturing and repairing bicycles to building and repairing cars, where he worked as “mechanical engineer and machinist, builder of the Todman motors and bicycles”. ^[54]

Walter continued to experiment and invents things though out his life and in 1901 a newspaper reported that ‘’A local syndicate is about to astonish Melbourne with a new idea in road-skates. These flyers are fitted with pneumatic tyres on wheels almost big enough for a juvenile bicycle, and the propelling force is applied by the rise and fall of the operator's heel, not, as in the case of the usual skate, by springing from each foot alternately in zig-zag fashion. The first pair has been turned out by Mr. Todman, the well-known cycle engineer of South Yarra, and has proved equal to tram pace, although much heavier than is required’’.^[55]

By 1901 Walter and Martha had increased their family brood to include 3 children as Walter Victor joined the family.

Things seemed to have gone very well for Walter as his family continued to expand to include three more children Hazel, Lincoln and Charlotte but tragedy struck when his youngest daughter at the time died in 1908 of whooping cough.^[56]

TODMAN -On the 29th December, at 580 Chapel Street South -Yarra, Charlotte Mary ('little Lottie" ) the darling infant child of Walter and Martha Todman, aged 4 1/2 months. Deeply regretted God knew best^[57]

Two years later their last child Alma was born on 5 January 1910 also in South Yarra.

His business had expanded to a new location at 593 Chapel St. but a fierce storm caused much damage in the municipality and a large “expensive widow was broken at Mr. W. Todman’s motor garage” and by 1910 he was filing for insolvency.^{[58] [59] [60]}

Two years later he had relocated yet again this time to the opposite end of Chapel St, and operating under the banner of Sirdar Cycle Company.^[61] Things begin to pick up by 1921 and his fortunes seem to change as he buys a new workshop one street back from Chapel St. in Cato Street in Prahran.^{[62] [63]}

In 1923 Walter worked late into the night to help develop a component for a steam car:

‘’We thought if we could only invent a kerosene burner our fortunes would be made. With great secrecy, he and I [Walter] evolved a large bracket of primus burners, which was made for us in the dead of night by Mr. Todman, a bicycle expert, who had a to be admitted to our secret, and, I suppose, would have shared in our dividends if there had been any. We got this a bracket of 10 burners screwed on, lighted up, and started about 3 p.m. for we knew not where. About 5 p.m. we got to 1 Hampton, and there ran short of water. .... Then I got Todman to thoroughly overhaul her, and my wife and I determined to take a tent and billy, &c and motor to Sorrento, camping on the way.’’^[64]

In 1925 however, he begins to sell up his shop as he is retiring from business.^[65]

Photographer Unknown, Walter & Martha Todman, 21 August 1926, Saint Mathews Church Prahran, Victoria, Australia.

Sadly he dies four years later of Arteriosclerosis, Acute Heart Failure at the age of 63, on 14 October 1929 in his workshop at 3 Cato Street, Prahran, Victoria, Australia. ^[66]

TODMAN - On the 14th October, at his residence No. 3 Cato Street, Prahran, Walter, much beloved husband of Martha Sarah Todman, loved father of Ruby, Ivy, Victor, Hazel, Lincoln, and Alma aged 63 years. Deeply regretted.^[67]

TODMAN.-The Friends of WALTER TODMAN of N'o 3 Cato street. Prahran, are informed that his funeral will proceed per mortuary train, leaving No. 10 platform. Flinders street. THIS DAY (Tuesday), at 1.40 o'clock, for Interment, in the Necropolis. Springvale.

RAYBOULDS, Funeral Directors, Prahran 'Phone Win. 17.^[68]

He was fondly remembered by his family^[69]

TODMAN — In memory of my dear husband, Walter Todman. died 14th October, 1929, 3 Cato-street. Prahran. Beyond the reach of earthly cares, Beyond the touch of all, He heard a voice we did not hear, Which said you must not stay; Without good-bye to those he loved, Suddenly passed away.

TODMAN — In loving memory of my dear father, who passed away 14th October, He never failed to do his best, And now Is having his well-earned rest. —Inserted by his loving daughter and son-in-law, Alma and Bob.

Walter was buried in an unmarked grave in the Necropolis, Springvale, Victoria, Australia, his wife Martha was buried 21 years later in the same grave.^{[70] [71] [72]}

Research Notes

• Paternal and Maternal relationships are both confirmed by an autosomal AncestryDNA test match between Sandra Williamson and Mark B, her 3rd cousin . Their most-recent common ancestors are Charles Willoughby and Mary Todman, the great great grandparents of both Sandra Williamson and Mark B. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 3rd cousin, based on sharing 31 cM across 3 segments.

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   Citing London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; London Church of England Parish Registers; Reference Number: P78/CTC/001
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5. ↑ Passenger List: "New South Wales, Australia, Unassisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1826-1922"
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6. ↑ General Register office-England, Death Certificate of Charles Willoughby aged 55, died 15 September 1881, 4 Montague Place, Poplar, England; GRO Reference: 1888 S Quarter in POPLAR Volume 01C Page 418 General Register office-England, Death Certificate of Mary Ann Ramsey Willoughby aged 65, died 19 December 1901, 8 Garford st Poplar, England; GRO Reference: 1901 D Quarter in POPLAR Volume 01C Page 443
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12. ↑ Birth Certificate for Walter Todman, son of Walter Todman & Jane Levey (an unmarried couple) NSW, born 1890 Newtown, New South Wales, Australia; NSW, Australia Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages, Registration# 26005/1890
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15. ↑ Registry of Birth, Death and Marriages, Victoria, Certificate of Marriage Walter Todman & Martha Ellis 16 January 1892 Reference# 345
16. ↑ Registry of Birth, Death and Marriages, Victoria, Australia, Birth Certificate Martha Todman (Year 1894, #1801)
17. ↑ Registry of Birth, Death and Marriages, Victoria, Australia, Birth Certificate Ivy Florence Todman (1895, Reference# 32737)
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30. ↑ Prahran Rates Book - 1896-1897, 576-578 Chapel St, South Yarra, Victoria, Australia (Note: Both buildings were brick with 6 rooms each, and valued at £40.)
31. ↑ Prahran Rates Book - 1897-1898, 576-580 Chapel St, South Yarra, Victoria, Australia (Note: Walter had expanded his rental properties during the year by having taken over 580.)
32. ↑ Prahran Rates Book - 1898-1901, 578-580 Chapel Street, South Yarra, Victoria, Australia (It appears that Walter has relinquished his extra rental property of 576 in 1898 as his name had crossed out in the rates book and replaced by another person name.
33. ↑ Sands & McDougall's Melbourne and Suburban Directory - residential section - 1898-1901 - 576-578 Chapel St, South Yarra, Victoria, Australia (Note-The family lived in the first building and set-up a workshop next door in 578.)
34. ↑ Sands & McDougall's Melbourne and Suburban Directory - Trade listing 1898 p.1209; 1899 p.1219; 1900p.1239; 1901 Alphabetical Listing p.1274 & Suburban Listing p.1564; 1902 Suburbian Listing; 1903 Alphabetical Listing p1383;
35. ↑ Electoral Rolls, 1899, Engineer 578 Chapel Street, South Yarra, Victoria, Australia
36. ↑ Prahran Rates Book, 1901-1910, 576-580 Chapel St, South Yarra, Victoria, Australia (Note: Once again Walter has begun to rent 576, his business must have been expanding).
37. ↑ Electoral Rolls, 1902-1910, 576 Chapel St, South Yarra, Victoria, Australia.
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53. ↑ A PLEASANT OUTING. (1901, March 16). Record (Emerald Hill, Vic. : 1881 - 1954), p. 3. Retrieved October 6, 2015, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article162550717
54. ↑ Dir Sands & McDougall's Melbourne and Suburban Directory - Todman, Yr 1898 p.1209; Yr 1899 p.1219; 1900 p.1239; 1901 p. 1274 & p.1564; Yr1902 p.1551; 1903 p.1383 & p.1558; 1904 p.1413 & p.576; Yr1905 p.1449 & p.1634; 1906 p.1522 & p.604; 1907 p.1613 & 1813 p.580; Yr1910, p.1523, p.1726 & p.616 Yr1911 p.1499
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56. ↑ Death Certificate Charlotte Mary Todman, 28 December 1908, Reference# 15394, Registry of Birth, Death and Marriages, Victoria, Australia 15364/1908
57. ↑ "Family Notices," The Argus, 2 January 1909, p. 9, col. 1; digital images, TROVE (http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article10697965 : accessed 8 Oct 2015), The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957).
58. ↑ The Victoria Government Gazette (July 9 (1851)-no. 109 (Dec. 31, 1986), Melbourne Govt. Printer 1851-1986), Gazette 159, Date: Wednesday, December 14th 1910 Page 5540
59. ↑ 1909 'FIERCE NORTHERLY CALE. DAMAGE IN THE SUBURBS.', The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), 22 November, p. 7. , viewed 22 Mar 2021, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article10748974
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62. ↑ Land Title, Vol 1917 Folio 256
63. ↑ Sands & McDougall's Melbourne and Suburban Directory - Todman, 1923 fiche 1309; 1924 Fiche 13498; 1925 fiche 1391; 1926 p. 1926; 1927 fiche 1454; 1929 fiche 1540
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66. ↑ Victorian Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages, death certificate 15938 (1929), Walter Todman died 14 October 1929.
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70. ↑ Trustees of the Necroplis, Springvale, "Certificate of Right of Burial in The Necroplis, Springvale, No. of Order 22899" (27 June 1930, The Necroplis, Springvale (Photocopy of Original Record)), Burial Plot Compartment N Section 11 No.17.
71. ↑ "The Springvale Necroplis website" (Deceased database accessed at https://smct.org.au/deceased-search/34165?cemetery=Springvale%20Botanical%20Cemetery&givenName=walter&surname=todman/ ; has information regarding Springvale and St Kilda Cemeteries), Reference Number 34165. Surname TODMAN; Given Names WALTER; Date of Service 15/10/1929; Reference Number 34165; Burial Type Burial; Cemetery Springvale; Location Church of England - Monumental, Compartment N Section 11 Grave 17; Tenure Expiry Date Perpetuity.
72. ↑ "The Springvale Necroplis website" (Deceased database accessed at https://smct.org.au/deceased-search/151223?cemetery=Springvale%20Botanical%20Cemetery&surname=simpson&givenName=martha; has information regarding Springvale and St Kilda Cemeteries), Reference Number [not given]. Surname SIMPSON; Given Names MARTHA SARAH; Date of Service 12/5/1950; Reference Number no given; Burial Type Burial; Cemetery Springvale; Location Church of England - Monumental, Compartment N Section 11 Grave 17 (accessed 16 April 2021)