Mahala (Champion) Maddock (abt. 1819 - 1884)

Born about 1819 in Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of George Mills — married 19 Oct 1837 in New Norfolk, Tasmania, Australia

Wife of John Maddock — married 25 Feb 1854 in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Descendants

Died 22 Sep 1884 at about age 65 in Lynwood, High- street, Prahran, Victoria, Australia

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Biography

• Married George Mills (a widower), 19 Oct 1837 in New Norfolk
• Mahala Mills - Licensee Brunswick Wine Vaults - Hotel, Liverpool Street, Hobart Town, 1849 - 1853
• Married John Maddock, 25 Feb 1854 in Hobart. Together they had a property called Hunterston.
• Died aged 65
• Probate awarded amounted to £3151

Sources

• Grave Record: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVGN-125D : 11 July 2016), Mahala Champion Maddock, 1884; Burial, Saint Kilda, , Victoria, Australia, St Kilda Cemetery; citing record ID 125160815, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
• 2nd Marriage: [1]
• 1st marriage: [2]
• Death notice: The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) Wed 24 Sep 1884 Page 1 Family Notices
• The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954) Wed 25 Jan 1865 Page 2 LAW
• Probate: Leader (Melbourne, Vic. : 1862 - 1918) View title info Sat 15 Nov 1884 Page 22 PROBATES AND LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION.
• Licencee of the Brunswick Hotel: [3]

Immigrated to Australia in 1834 with her parents and some siblings as her Tasmanian convict brother, William, had made such a good life there.

Mahala first married in 1837 to George Mills (Tasmanian convict) who had a horse & coach business (passengers & mail) between Hobart & New Norfork) and ran the famous Brunswick Wine Vault Inn in Hobart.

She was widowed in 1849 with 4 surviving offspring. As a widow she showed some business initiative continuing the licence on the Brunswick Wine Vault and being involved in some Hobart Town land transactions.

In 1854 she married John Maddock & had a further 3 offspring and settled in Melbourne, Victoria.

Champion, Mahala Record Type: Marriages Gender: Female Spouse: Mills, George Gender: Male Date of marriage: 19 Oct 1837 Registered: New Norfolk Registration year: 1837 Record ID: NAME_INDEXES:823946

Maddock, JohnName: Maddock, John Record Type: Marriages Gender: Male Age: Adult Spouse: Mills, Mahala (Widow) Gender: Female Age: Adult Date of marriage: 25 Feb 1854 Registered: Hobart Registration year: 1854 Record ID: NAME_INDEXES:847031

Name: Mrs Mahala Maddock Birth Date: 1819 Birth Place: Gloucestershire, England Death Date: 22 Sep 1884 Death Place: St Kilda, Port Phillip City, Victoria, Australia Cemetery: St. Kilda Cemetery Burial or Cremation Place: St Kilda, Port Phillip City, Victoria, Australia Has Bio?: Y Father: Peter Champion Mother: Hester Goulding Spouse: John Maddock Children: George Peter Mills Clara Carol Cordelia Mills John Henry Maddock William Thomas Champion Mills URL: https://www.findagrave.com/mem... Source Information Ancestry.com. Australia and New Zealand, Find A Grave Index, 1800s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.

Original data: Find A Grave. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi.

Mrs Mahala Champion Maddock BIRTH 1819 Gloucestershire, England DEATH 22 Sep 1884 (aged 64-65) St Kilda, Port Phillip City, Victoria, Australia BURIAL St. Kilda Cemetery St Kilda, Port Phillip City, Victoria, Australia PLOT Church of Eng, Compartment A, Plot 217 MEMORIAL ID 125160815 · View Source

Immigrated to Australia in 1834 with her parents and some siblings as her Tasmanian convict brother, William, had made such a good life there.

Mahala first married in 1837 to George Mills (Tasmanian convict) who had a horse & coach business (passengers & mail) between Hobart & New Norfork) and ran the famous Brunswick Wine Vault Inn in Hobart.

She was widowed in 1849 with 4 surviving offspring. As a widow she showed some business initiative continuing the licence on the Brunswick Wine Vault and being involved in some Hobart Town land transactions.

In 1854 she married John Maddock & had a further 3 offspring and settled in Melbourne, Victoria.

Her grave stone has survived remarkably well and is in the same double plot as her son (George Peter) and daughter (Clara) and grand daughter (Minnie Aimee). Her 2nd spouse's (John Maddock) plot and that of their son (John Henry) is close by.

Family Members Parents

Peter Champion 1765-1852

Hester Goulding 1771-1838

Spouses George Mills 1803-1849 (m. 1837)

John Maddock 1821-1901 (m. 1854)

Siblings

William Champion 1801-1871

Children

William Thomas Champion Mills 1838-1927

George Peter Mills 1840-1933

Clara Carol Cordelia Mills 1844-1883

John Henry Maddock 1856-1933