David Charles Chilcott (1855 - 1918)

Born 14 May 1855 in Trafalgar, Morven, Tasmania, Australia

Died 22 Dec 1918 at age 63 in Dookie, Victoria, Australia

Biography

Charles Chilcott was born in the Colony of Tasmania (1856-1900)

Charles Chilcott, son of William Chilcott (Farmer, of Trafalgar) and Janet McDonald, was born on 14 May 1855 in/near Morven, Tasmania.

He was christened David Charles Chilcott on 23 September 1855 in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.

He married Euphemia McKinnon in 1881 in Victoria.

He died in 1918, aged 63 years, at Dookie, Victoria, Australia.
An obituary was published in the Dookie and Katamatite Recorder (Vic. : 1902 - 1920) Thu 2 Jan 1919 Page 2 OBITUARY;

OBITUARY.

MR. D. C. CHILCOTT.

On Friday morning, 20th December last, there passed away at his home, "Merry Vale," one of the most widely-known and one of the oldest settlers of the Dookie district, in the person of Mr David Charles Chilcott.

He was a native of Tasmania being born in the Deloraine district, and arrived in Victoria when a young man of about nineteen summers. A few years afterwards he married and settled in Dookie, where by assiduity and carefulness be built up a comfortable home for wife and children.

The late Mr Chilcott was always ready to fulfil a citizen's part in the welfare and progress of the district and his genial disposition won for him a wide circle of friends.

His death may be attributed to two serious accidents, one of which occurred on the railway some time ago, and from which he had not wholly recovered when he was thrown from a spirited horse, sustaining injury to the spine. Although the best medical aid in Melbourne was procured and an operation performed, it did not prove successful. Afterwards he was under the special care of Dr. Florence in Mooroopna Hospital. but despite medical skill, paralysis of the lower parts of the body set in. He was taken to his home at "Merry Vale," Dookie, where he had the constant attendance of Nursing Sister Coverlid, until, after months of patiently-borne suffering, he passed peacefully to his rest, at the comparatively early age of 63 years.

The funeral took place on Sunday, 22nd. The cortege which followed his remains from his home to the Katandra Cemetery was the largest seen in the district for many years—testifying to the esteem with which the family is regarded.

The service at the house and at the grave was conducted by Rev. W. Kelly. The mortuary arrangements were carried out by Mr N. Torgrimson, Dookie.

Mr Chilcott leaves a widow and a grown-up family of three sons and four daughters, viz., William, Donald, David, Mrs Curtain (Wagga, New South Wales), Mrs Dunlop (Culcairn, New South Wales), Margaret and Euphemia.

An In Memoriam Service will be held in Katandra Church next Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock.

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Sources

• Birth: LIBRARIES TASMANIA, https://stors.tas.gov.au/NI/998235, Name: Chilcott, Charles, Record Type: Births, Gender: Male, Father: Chilcott, William, Mother: Mcdonald, Janet, Date of birth: 14 May 1855, Registered: Morven, Registration year: 1855, Record ID: NAME_INDEXES:998235, Resource: RGD33/1/33 no 1102, Image available

• Baptism: "Australia Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981", database
  citing FHL microfilm: 992652; Record number: 436;
  FamilySearch Record: XT84-Z4F
  Name: David Charles Chilcott; Christening Date: 23 Sep 1855; Christening Place: Launceston, Tasmania, Australia; Birth Date: 15 May 1855; Birth Place: Trafalgar; Source Reference: Item 11.

• Marriage: VIC BDM Online, Registration number: 1117 / 1881, Family name: CHILCOTT, Given name(s): David Charles, Spouse's family name: MCKINNON, Spouse's given name(s): Euphemia

• Death: VIC BDM Online, Family name: CHILCOTT, Given name(s): David Chas, Event: deaths, Mother's name: Janet, Mother's family name at birth: MCDONALD, Father's name: Chilcott Wm, Place of death: Dookie, Age at Death: 63, Reg. year: 1918, Reg. number: 12605/1918

• Obituary: TROVE, OBITUARY; (1919, January 2). Dookie and Katamatite Recorder (Vic. : 1902 - 1920), p. 2. Retrieved August 24, 2022, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article232374851

• Memorial: "Find a Grave", database with images
  Find A Grave: Memorial #156840109
  Memorial page for David Charles Chilcott (14 May 1855-22 Dec 1918), citing Katandra Cemetery, Katandra, Greater Shepparton City, Victoria, Australia; Maintained by Tony (contributor 47889408).