Ralph Archbold (1874 - 1941)

Born 2 May 1874 in Sutton Grange, Victoria, Australia

Ancestors

Husband of Jessie Mitchell (Beveridge) Archbold — married 2 Nov 1896 in North Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia

Descendants

Died 11 Nov 1941 at age 67 in Ivanhoe, Victoria, Australia

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Biography

Ralph was born in 1874.

Jessie Mitchell Beveridge (Archbold) His wife 1873 - 1960

George Keith Archbold His son 1906 - 1982

Evelyn Jessie Archbold (Pizzey) His daughter 1897 - 1932

Ralph William Archbold His son 1900 - 1995

Marjorie Edna Archbold (Stephens) His daughter Born: 1911

Mavis Jean Archbold (Chandler) His daughter Born: 1911

Clifton Alan Archbold His son 1905 - 1988

Ralph Archbold His father 1841 - 1912

Emma Mary Palling (Archbold) His mother 1840 - 1935

Frances Mary Archbold (Bell) His sister 1866 - 1902

Henry Berkley Archbold His brother 1869 - 1959

Mabel Archbold (Marison) His sister 1872 - 1955

William Archbold His brother 1872 - 1903

Emma Archbold His sister 1879 - Deceased

Walter Clifton Archbold His brother 1882 - Deceased

Ralph Leslie Archbold His brother 1885 - 1885

1874 Birth May 2 1874 Sutton Grange, near Castlemaine BDM Vic. Reg # 12542/1874

1896 Age 22 Marriage to Jessie Mitchell Beveridge (Archbold) Nov 2 1896 North Fitzroy BDB Vic. Reg. # 6172/1896

1897 Age 23 Birth of daughter Evelyn Jessie Archbold (Pizzey) Sep 12 1897 North Fitzroy BDM Vic. Reg. # 27938/1897

1900 Age 26 Birth of son Ralph William Archbold Nov 3 1900 Melbourne BDM Vic. Reg. #

1905 Age 30 Birth of son Clifton Alan Archbold Mar 23 1905 Northcote, Victoria BDM Vic. Reg. # 12657/1905

1906 Age 32 Birth of son George Keith Archbold Aug 18 1906 Northcote, Victoria BDM Vic. Reg. # 21078/1906

1911 Age 37 Birth of daughter Marjorie Edna Archbold (Stephens) Nov 8 1911 Northcote, Victoria BDM. Vic. Reg. # 30957/1911

1911 Age 37 Birth of daughter Mavis Jean Archbold (Chandler) Nov 8 1911 Northcote, Victoria BDM Vic. Reg. # 30956/1911

1919 Age ‎~45‏ Marriage of daughter Evelyn Jessie Archbold (Pizzey) Walter Stafford Pizzey (Spouse) 1919 BDM Vic. Reg. 11559/1919

1926 Age 52 Marriage of son Ralph William Archbold Ursula Nancy Poole (Archbold) (Spouse) Sep 4 1926 Melbourne BDM Vic. Reg. # 8304/1926

1932 Age 58 Death of daughter Evelyn Jessie Archbold (Pizzey) July 30 1932 Heidelberg, Victoria BDM Vic. Reg. # 125/1932

1932 Age 58 Marriage of son George Keith Archbold Eunice McGregor (Archbold) (Spouse) Sep 10 1932 Methodist Church, City of Melbourne BDM. Vic. Reg. # 8122/1932

1933 Age ‎~59‏ Marriage of daughter Mavis Jean Archbold (Chandler) Leslie Chandler (Spouse) BDM Vic. Reg. # 5938/1933

1934 Age 59 Marriage of son Clifton Alan Archbold Muriel Coralie Stabb (Archbold) (Spouse) Apr 14 1934 Northcote, Victoria BDM Vic. Reg. # 6728/1934

1938 Age ‎~64‏ Marriage of daughter Marjorie Edna Archbold (Stephens) Ivan John Stephens (Spouse) BDM Vic. Reg. # 8182 /1938

1941 Age 67 Death of Ralph Archibold Nov 11 1941 Ivanhoe Ralph Archbold BDM Vic. Reg. # 11403/1941

Mayor of Northcote 1910-1911

Ralph Archbold was Mayor of Northcote from 1910-1911. In 1904-05 there was a campaign to create a "Borough of Thornbury", because residents felt that the Northcote Council were neglecting them. This proposal was ruled invalid by the Minister of Public Works on a technicality, but the severance committee endorsed two candidates for the 1905 council election - Ralph Archbold and Angus McDonell. Only Archbold was elected, and so the campaign stalled.

Archbold proved to be a fiery character who kept the Council on its toes. In 1909, a Rechabite himself, he was an advocate for the opponents of registering Croxton Park as a place for public amusements. At the time, he claimed it was a place of drunkenness and fighting, a statement contradicted by the police. In 1907, he was one of the councillors in support of a campaign to have the Council run the High Street cable tram when the private lease came upfor renewal. After much debate, though, the final vote was in favour of the lease remaing in private hands.

Sources

Lemon, Andrew. (1983). The Northcote Side of the River. North Melbourne: Hargreen.

Sources

• Family records of David Brown