Frederick James Watsford (1891 - 1974)

Born 1891 in Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia

Ancestors

Husband of Dorothy (Eyton-Jones) Watsford — married 14 Oct 1922 in Methodist Church, Canterbury, Victoria, Australia

Died 1974 at about age 83 in Cambrian Hill, Victoria, Australia

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Biography

In 1932 was Conductor of a 200 voice Methodist Choir. In 1952 he celebrated 21 years as Conductor of the Mitcham Choral Society. In 1956 during the Olympic Games in Melbourne, he conducted a choir and band . The Mitcham Choral Society began in 1932. By 1968 it was known as the Maroondah Singers. In 1972 it was the Melbourne Singers

Sources

• Personal knowledge of Mr Watsford in the 1970's; also Wikipedia
• Victoria, Birth Index 1837-1917: Birth recorded in 1891 #3804, Mother's m.n. Glover
• Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922; Birth registered in 1891 #3804; Mother's name: Glover Jane Jones.
• Marriages Index: for the year 1922, in Victoria, #9212, married to Dorothy Eaton-Jones
• The Argus (newspaper), Melbourne, Vic., for Sat 14 Oct 1922, page 17, Family Notices... marriage at Methodist Church Canterbury of Frederick James Watsford, youngest son of the late Rev J J Watsford, to Dorothy, eldest daughter of Mr & Mrs T Eyton-Jones
• Australian Electoral Rolls >Vic.>1905>Kooyong>Canterbury (also 1909) - lists his father as a Clergyman, and his mother Jane living at same address
• Australian Electoral Rolls for 1914 does not include James Watsford, but now includes, living at the same address: Frederick James Watsford, bank clerk, and Jane Watsford
• In the Australian Military Records, World War 1, Australian Infantry Forces, there is a record of the enlistment of Frederick James Watsford, aged 25 years and 4 months, on 13 March 1916. In that document he names his mother as next of kin: she is Mrs Jane Watsford. He indicated that his father was dead