John Beale (1845 - 1916)

Born 10 Nov 1845 in Cloghran Hill, County Dublin, Ireland

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Ann (Dutton) Beale — married 1877 in St Pauls Church, Broadmeadows, Victoria, Australia

Descendants

Died 26 Nov 1916 at age 71 in 'Shelton', Ardmillan Rd, Moonee Ponds, Victoria, Australia

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Biography

Birth

John Beale was born to John Beale and Margaret Kerr in 1845 in Dublin County, Ireland.^{[1][2][3][4][5] [6][7][8][9][10][11]} He was baptised 16 Dec 1845 at Cloghran-Swords Church of Ireland (Protestant), Dublin County, Ireland.^[12]

Migration

John emigrated to the Colony of Victoria (now State of Victoria, Australia) from Dublin, Ireland, in Feb 1849 on the ship Stag^[7] [Note: this date disagrees with that on the death certificate of 1847.]

Marriage

John Beale married Mary Ann Dutton, second daughter of Thomas Dutton of Glenroy at St Paul's church, Broadmeadows, Colony of Victoria, (now State of Victoria, Australia) 17 Jan 1877; the marriage celebrant was Rev WW Mantell, assisted by Rev RB Rodda.^{[13][14][15][16][17][18][8]}

Children

John and Mary had five children:

1. Arthur Beale, born in 1877^{[19][20][8][7][21]}
2. Sarah Margaret Dutton Beale, born in 1879 in Keilor, Colony of Victoria^[22]
3. John Dutton Beale, born 1881at Keilor, Melbourne, Colony of Victoria ^[23][24]
4. Francis Beale, born 1883 in Keilor, Colony of Victoria^[25]
5. Fanny May Beale, born at Keilor, Colony of Victoria in 1897^[26]

Occupation

John Beale was a farmer.^[27]

Residence

1845: At the time of his baptism at the Cloghran-Swords Church John and his family probably lived to the north of Dublin.
1858: Lived at Glenroy, Colony of Victoria
1877-1897: Lived at Keilor, Colony of Victoria
21 Feb 1877 to 1906: 'Shelton', 24 Ardmillan Road Moonee Ponds, Colony of Victoria (which was later re-numbered 18).^[28]
John named his Australian home and his boat 'Shelton' and his son Arthur Beale and grandson John Douglas Beale named their farm 'Shelton Park'. Shelton Park was an area south-west of Dublin which has now been overtaken by Greater Dublin. There are still two street names bearing the 'Shelton' name in the area.
John's farm 'Shelton was located between Milleara Rd and Rachelle Rd in Keilor, Colony of Victoria.^[29]

Recreation

John was a member and Committee Member of the Victorian Motor Boating Club, now the Royal Victorian Motor Yacht Club (boat Shelton).^[30]

Death

John Beale died 25 Nov 1916 at the age of 71 at 'Shelton', Ardmillan Rd, Moonee Ponds, Victoria, Australia from 'Senile fibrosis of heart, heart failure not stated' ^[31]Cite error 3; Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many ^{[32] [33] [34][35] [36] [37][38]} and was privately interred at Keilor Cemetery, Keilor, Victoria, Australia, Section C, grave 7 27 Nov 1916.^{[39] [40][41]}

Research notes

On 4 Jun 2019 I visited the National Records Office in Dublin, Ireland and consulted a professional genealogist for information about John Beale and his family. She consulted various data bases the access to which, she claimed, was restricted, but she could find no information further to what I already had. She suggested that John might have been one of the 'Scots Irish' or 'Ulster Scots' brought to Ireland by the English to provide labour on farmland they had settled and to displace the original Irish labourers.
Croll-284 23:04, 29 December 2023 (UTC)

Sites visited

• " Ireland Births and Baptisms, 1620-1881," online database, FamilySearch: accessed 29 May 2016: Record of spouse and one daughter
• Geni World family tree

Sources

1. ↑ FamilySearch; British-Genealogy
2. ↑ Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria; Death certificate
3. ↑ Whiting family web site
4. ↑ Davies web site
5. ↑ FamilySearch "Ireland Births and Baptisms, 1620-1881," database, accessed February 2018, John Beale, 10 Nov 1845; citing , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 101,768
6. ↑ British-Genealogy.com
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2} Barbara Beale: Personal oral communication with Neil Croll
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2} Mollie Croll: Personal oral communication with Neil Croll
9. ↑ Cynthia Blundell: Personal email communication
10. ↑ Beale J: My Heritage record
11. ↑ Ancestry.com: Dunnett family tree
12. ↑ The registers of Cloghran Parish Church: baptisms 1782-1864, marriages 1739, 1782-1839, burials 1732-1864.
13. ↑ Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages online index: record of the marriage between John Beale and Mary Ann Dutton in 1877; reference number 186/1877; accessed 20 Sep 2022
14. ↑ National Library of Australia - Trove: The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954)i 2 Feb 1877 p2; accessed 30 Dec 2023
15. ↑ National Library of Australia - Trove: Leader (Melbourne, Vic. : 1862 - 1918, 1935) 3 Feb 1877 p15; accessed 30 Dec 2023
16. ↑ National Library of Australia - Trove: The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) 3 Feb 1877 p1; accessed 30 Dec 2023
17. ↑ National Library of Australia - Trove: The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946) 10 Feb 1877 p26; accessed 30 Dec 2023
18. ↑ National Library of Australia - Trove: Illustrated Australian News (Melbourne, Vic. : 1876 - 1889) 21 Feb 1877 p30; accessed 30 Dec 2023
19. ↑ Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages online index: record of the birth of Arthur Beale to John Beale and Mary Anne Dutton in Keilor in 1877; reference number 23175/1877; accessed 20 Sep 2022
20. ↑ Pioneer Families in Victoria: accessed 16 February 2016
21. ↑ Whiting EJ: My Heritage record
22. ↑ Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages online index: record of the birth of Sarah Margaret Beale to John Beale and and Mary Anne Dutton in Keil[or] in 1879; reference number 24033; Accessed 20 Sep 2022
23. ↑ Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages online index: record of birth in 1881, at Keilor, of John Dutton Beale to John Beale and Annie May Dutton; reference number 10408/1881; accessed 17 Sep 2021. [Note the discrepancy in the mother's names]
24. ↑ Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages online indexrecord of death of John Dutton Beale, son of John Beale and Ann Dutton, at the age of 43 at Balwyn in 1925; reference number 319/1925; accessed 17 Sep 2021.
25. ↑ Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages online index: record of the birth of Francis Beale to John Beale and Annie May[sic] Dutton at Keil in 1883; reference number 3500/1883; accessed 18 Sep 2022
26. ↑ Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages online index: record of the birth of Fanny May Beale to John Beale and Mary Ann Dutton in Keil[or] in 1897; reference number 12187/1897
27. ↑ 1925 Deaths in the District of Balwyn in the State of Victoria Death certificate of son John Dutton Beale: father: 'John Beale, farmer'
28. ↑ Family Tree Circles: Thomas Dutton and his One-Legged Wife; accessed 31 Dec 2023
29. ↑ Family Tree Circles: Keilor Historical Society , Victoria, Australia newsletter. Jan-Feb 1993; accessed 31 Dec 2023
30. ↑ National Library of Australia - Trove: Winner 29 (Melbourne, Vic. : 1914 - 1917) 29 Nov 1916 p9; accessed 21 Sep 2022
31. ↑ Death certificate of son John Dutton Beale
32. ↑ National Library of Australia - Trove: The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) 27 Nov 1916 p1; accessed 30 Dec 2023
33. ↑ National Library of Australia - Trove Leader (Melbourne, Vic. : 1862 - 1918, 1935) 2 Dec 1916 p52; accessed 30 Dec 2023
34. ↑ Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages online index record of the death of Jno Beale in 1916 at the age of 71 in Essdon; father: Jno Beale; mother: Margaret Kerr; registration number 14140/1916; accessed 30 Dec 2023
35. ↑ Whiting family web site on My Heritage
36. ↑ Davies web site on My Heritage
37. ↑ Public Records Office Victoria: VPRS 28/P0003, 146/921 146/921 John Beale: Grant of probate Given name : John; Family name : Beale; Residence : Moonee Ponds; Occupation : Gent; Nature of grant : P; accessed 30 Dec 2023
38. ↑ Family Search: Record of death, residence, occupation
39. ↑ Greater Melbourne Cemeteries Trust: Burial record: John Beale, died 27 Nov 1916; interred at Keilor Cemetery, Section C, grave 7 27 Nov 1916; accessed 30 Dec 2023
40. ↑ Gravestone inscription: Keilor Cemetery
41. ↑ Find -a-Grave: John Beale; Birth unknown; Death 27 Nov 1916; Burial: Keilor Cemetery, Keilor East, Moonee Valley City, Victoria, Australia; Memorial ID: 153747257; accessed 31 Dec 2023