Samuel Christie Mitchelhill (1863 - 1925)

Born 1863 in Leith, Edinburghshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Died 3 Mar 1925 at about age 62 in East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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Biography

Birth

1863, at South Leith
NRS Birth Reg # 692/2 643 ^[1]

Marriage

29 Apr 1891, at St. John's Church, Portarlington
Vic Marriage # 2406/1891 ^[2]
Spouse: Eleanor Rose (Lell) Harvey

"MITCHELHILL—HARVEY.— On the 29th April, at St. John's Church, Portarlington, by the Rev. Thos. Quinton, Samuel Christie, youngest son of P. Mitchelhill, The Grange, Moira, N.S.W., to Eleanor Rose (Lill), eldest daughter of Edward Harvey, Fernside, Portarlington. No cards." ^[3]

Other marriage notices: The Argus (15 May) ^[4], The Herald (15 May) ^[5], The Australasian (23 May) ^[6]

Death

3 March 1925, at a private hospital in East Melbourne
Vic Death Reg # 2388/1925 ^[7]
Father: Peter Mitchelhill
Mother: Rachel (nee Reid) Mitchelhill

"MITCHELHILL.-On the 3rd March, at private hospital, Melbourne, Melbourne, Samuel Christie, the beloved husband of Eleanor Rose Mitchelhill, of 18 Holmes-road, Moonee Ponds (late manager of the Colonial Bank, Portarlington), and loving father of Reg and Stuart"

"MITCHELHILL.—On the 3rd March, at private hospital, Melbourne, Samuel Christie, youngest son of the late Peter and Rachel Mitchelhill, The Grange, Moira, New South Wales." ^[8]

Other death notices: The Herald (3 Mar) ^[9], The Argus (4 Mar) ^[10]

Burial

4 Mar 1925, in the St. Kilda General Cemetery, East St. Kilda

"MITCHELHILL. — The Funeral of the late SAMUEL CHRISTIE MITCHELHILL, will leave Sleight's Chapel, 138 Flinders street, Melbourne, THIS DAY (Wednesday, the 4th March), at 2 o'clock, for the St. Kilda Cemetery, arriving at 2.20.
A. A. SLEIGHT PTY. LTD., Tel. Cent. 410 (2 lines)." ^[10]

Other funeral notices:

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Research Notes

Engagement of son Stuart to Kathleen Young, daughter of the vicar of St. Luke's, South Melbourne ^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ Scotland Civil Registration, National Records of Scotland, Birth Index, Leith South Registration District (692/2), Entry # 643, https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/advanced-search
2. ↑ Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, Department of Justice (online database), Marriage Index, https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history
3. ↑ 1891 'Family Notices', The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), 15 May, p. 1. , viewed 07 Aug 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article190626564
4. ↑ 1891 'Family Notices', The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), 15 May, p. 1. , viewed 07 Aug 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8643839
5. ↑ 1891 'Family Notices', The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954), 15 May, p. 2. , viewed 07 Aug 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article241547014
6. ↑ 1891 'Family Notices', The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946), 23 May, p. 46. , viewed 07 Aug 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140705109
7. ↑ Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, Department of Justice (online database), Death Index, https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history
8. ↑ 1925 'Family Notices', The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), 4 March, p. 1. , viewed 07 Aug 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article155561347
9. ↑ 1925 'Family Notices', The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954), 3 March, p. 17. , viewed 07 Aug 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article243724082
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1} 1925 'Family Notices', The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), 4 March, p. 1. , viewed 07 Aug 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article2054916
11. ↑ 1929 'Family Notices', The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946), 9 November, p. 12. , viewed 07 Aug 2020, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article141388873