James William Elliott (1862 - 1930)

Born 5 May 1862 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Husband of Elizabeth Jane (Stokes) Elliott — married 19 Dec 1885 in Congregational Church Leichhardt, New South Wales, Australia

Husband of Minnie Victoria (Anlezark) Thompson — married 6 Apr 1912 in Newtown, New South Wales, Australia

Descendants

Died 6 Feb 1930 at age 67 in Kogarah, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

James W. Elliott was born in 1862. He passed away in 1930.

Notices

Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Saturday 8 February 1930, page 15. ^[1] ELLIOTT. - The Friends of Mrs. MINNIE ELLIOTT and Mr. and Mrs. CHARLES ANLEZARK are respectfully intimated that the remains of her dear HUSBAND and their FATHER, William James, will be laid to rest in the Church of England Cemetery, Rookwood, THIS AFTERNOON. The Funeral is appointed to leave 7 Newman-street, Newtown, at 2.45 p.m.. by road. Friends assemble at Section T on arrival of the train at No. 4 Mortuary. GEO. ANDREWS. Funeral Director. Phone, U2808 (2 lines). Head Office, Ashfield.

Research Note

James William travelled to the Solomon Islands to manage a coconut plantation for Levers Pacific Plantations at Gavotu. Malaria and civil unrest could have caused problems for a family, so it is unlikely they would have accompanied him. Copra was shipped from the plantations to England until an oil mill was established at Balmain in 1896 to meet Australian needs. Coconut oil being used in toilet soap, and bakery shortenings.

A typical Plantation Manager's dwelling - https://library.ucsd.edu/dc/object/bb59737162

At some point (between January 1891 and 6 April 1912,) he took off to the Solomon Islands with a woman named Ethel Remington, but in the meantime Elizabeth totally disappears. No birth, death or burial records. Ethel's name appears on the marriage record for his daughter Lilian on 25 Feb 1911.

After this, Ethel takes off and in 1929 she is running a boarding house in Glebe:- Nambucca and Bellinger News (NSW : 1911 - 1945), Friday 31 May 1929, page 2. ^[2] STUDENT FINED. Thomas Temperley (19), a student at the Teachers' College, charged with having behaved in a riotous manner in Martin-place on the night of May 21, was fined £2, with 8s costs. Loschiavo, a thick-set youth, was charged on summons, before Mr. Gates, at the Central Court to-day, on the information of Inspector E. D. Irving, with having behaved, in a riotous manner on May 21 .................................................................................................................................. Mrs. Ethel Remington, boarding-house keeper, of the Avenue Glebe, said Temperly lodged at her place, and she had never had a better boy in her home. Mr. Charles Edward Currie, senior lecturer in history at the Teachers' College, said that both from personal observation and from inquiries he was convinced that Temperly was of unimpeachable character. He was well conducted and diligent at his studies.

This is the “ fun fact “ Charles introduces his sister, Minnie to his father-in-law. They marry in April 1912. He changes his name by reversing his first and second name.

Australian Star (Sydney, NSW: 1887 - 1909), Saturday 28 December 1895. Turning the First Sod. ^[3] A small party of friends and employees attended to-day at the site of the new oil mills to be erected by Messrs. Lever Bros., Limited, at Balmain, to witness the turning of the first sod by Mrs. W. H. Lever. On the arrival of the party at the ground the architect, Mr. Allen Mansfield, asked Mrs. Lever to perform the ceremony, and in doing so expressed the general appreciation of the establishment or this new industry. Mrs. LEVER, having turned the sod, said that she had undertaken a very pleasant duty, and trusted that the mills, when started, would be a brilliant and beneficial success to the colony and all connected with the new industry. Mr. GRAY proposed "Success to the Oil Mills," and referred to the extent of the trade connections of Lever Bros, in these colonies. The establishment of a manufactory was a benefit to other industries, and this was particularly the case with this industry, which would manufacture oil cake, an article that would prove of great value to dairy farmers in times of drought. Mr. MEGGITT, the manager, said that the industry would benefit the coalmines, would give more engineering work, and would in itself employ directly a considerable body of men in productive work. He pointed out that 80 years ago the industry was started in England, and that today in that country alone something like 1,000,000 tons of oil seed were treated, while the works represented an invested capital of £10,000,000, and many thousands of men were employed. Mr. LEVER then proposed "Success to Sydney and the Australasian colonies," and said that the best way to show a living interest in the success of the colonies was the establishment of such an industry. He believed that this would be the first oil mill established south of the equator, and trusted that it would soon attain substantial dimensions. There were two broad facts why the mills should be established in Sydney. It was the natural mart of the islands where copra was grown, and in the second place there was going to be a great increase in the dairying industry in this colony, and therefore a market would be opened for the oil cake, one of the products of the mill. He felt no doubt of the success of the undertaking they were initiating, and they knew too that they would injure no man, while the benefit would be to many. Whether they succeeded or not they would try to deserve success, and Sydney was, they believed, a place where such a mill should flourish. He strongly congratulated the colony on having adopted a free-trade policy. Captain M'CLEMENT, in responding, said that what Australia wanted was men of capital and enterprise to establish industries. The proceedings concluded with cheers for Mrs. Lever.

Australian Town and Country Journal (Sydney, NSW: 1870 - 1907), Saturday 4 January 1896. ^[4] Messrs. Lever Brothers. FIRST SHIPMENT OF COCOANUT OIL. Some time ago Messrs. Lever Brothers (of Sunlight soap fame), laid the foundations of a new industry in this country, by erecting near Sydney a large establishment for the manufacture of cocoa nut oil. Considerable capital was outlaid in the venture; which is now in full swing. Last week the, firm exported by the ship Lord Ripon the first shipment of cocoanut oil made in New South Wales, and the event was celebrated by the Messrs. Lever Brothers in the form of a luncheon on the vessel. ...................................................................................

Sources

1. ↑ https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/16624268
2. ↑ https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/214631689
3. ↑ http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/227263355
4. ↑ http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/71293073

• https://familyhistory.bdm.nsw.gov.au/lifelink/familyhistory/search
• Birth - ELLIOTT, JAMES W - NSW BDM BC 990/1862 - F = GEORGE A, M = SARAH A
• Marriage 1 - NSW BDM MC 2285/1885 - Groom = ELLIOTT, JAMES N; Bride = STOKES, ELIZABETH J - LEICHHARDT. 19 December 1885.
• Marriage 2 - NSW BDM MC MC 6706/1912 - Groom = ELLIOTT, WILLIAM; Bride = GILMOUR, MINNIE - NEWTOWN. 6 April 1912. William 's declared status is widower aged 46, instead of 50.
• Death - ELLIOTT, WILLIAM J - NSW BDM DC 4623/1930 - F = GEORGE A, M = SARAH A - KOGARAH
• Link - https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L5KL-D7J

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_Islands - "In the 1890s/early 1900s there were numerous cases of European settlers being killed by islanders, with the British often retaliating via collective punishment of guilty villages, often by indiscriminately shelling coastal areas from gunboats. The British attempted to encourage plantation settlements, however by 1902 there were only about 80 European settlers in the islands. Attempts at economic development met with mixed results, though Levers Pacific Plantations Ltd., a subsidiary of Lever Brothers, managed to establish a profitable copra plantation industry which employed many islanders. "
• https://www.solomonencyclopaedia.net/biogs/E000172b.htm - Levers Pacific Plantations