George Scott Garton (1856 - 1931)

Born 1856 in Wickliffe, Colony of Victoria

Ancestors

Husband of Sophia (Thomson) Garton — married 1 Jan 1880 in Hamilton, Colony of Victoria

Died 1931 at about age 75 in Merino, Victoria, Australia

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Biography

George Garton was born in the Colony of Victoria (1851-1900)

George Scott Garton was born in 1856 in Wickliffe, Colony of Victoria, son of George Garton (~1831 - 1897) and Louisa (Bromfield) Garton (1829 - 1882).

George married Sophia Thomson (1860 - 1946) on January 1, 1880 at Christ Church in Hamilton, Colony of Victoria.^[1]

Hamilton Spectator (Vic.: 1870 - 1918), Saturday 3 January 1880, page 2

Together they had the following children:

1. George Garton (1880 - )
2. Louisa Garton (1882 - 1966) married Oliver Randall Dark
3. James Garton (1883 - 1884)
4. Ella Garton (1885 - 1889)
5. Leonard Garton (1887 - 1971) married Maude Minnie Field
6. Charles Garton (1889 - 1892)
7. Harry Garton (1891 - 1979) married Euphemia Morrison MacGibbon
8. William Garton (1893 - 1915)
9. Percy Garton (1896 - 1968) married Margaret Ethel Hume
10. Violet Garton (1899 - 1981) married Percival Robert Dark

George and Sophie Garton

They lived at:

• Mountain View, Woohlpooer (date unknown)
• 1903 Beear - occupation Grazier (1903 electoral roll)
• 1931 Merino (death)

In April 1999 Marjorie Garton wrote:

George Scott Garton wasn't a good farmer and didn't see out the depression. They moved off the farm and lived with their son Harry after Harry's first wife died. After George Scott died in August 1931, Sophia lived with first her daughter Louisa, then with Violet. Barry [Marjories husband] remembers his grandmother as determined and forthright.

George died in 1931 in Merino, Victoria, Australia aged 75.^[2]

Research Notes

• Wickliffe is about half way between Skipton and Hamilton in the Western District of Victoria.
• Beear appears to be just south of the Rocklands reservoir, west of the Grampian mountains.
• Woohlpooer is west of the Grampian mountains

Sources

1. ↑ Marriage Index (Victoria Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages : accessed 24 Apr 2022). Index entry for GARTON, George Scott and THOMSON, Soph; Year: 1880, Reg. number: 129/1880
2. ↑ Death Index (Victoria Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages : accessed 24 Apr 2022). Index entry for George Scott GARTON, Year: 1931; Parents: GARTON George and Louisa BRONSIELD; Spouse: -; Death Place: MERINO; Birth Place: HAMILTON; Age: 75; Reg. Number: 10790/1931; Reg. Number: 10790/1931