Frederick Harold Plowright (1881 - 1929)

Born 1881 in Homebush, Avoca, Victoria, Australia

Ancestors

Son of James Henry Plowright and Elizabeth Ann (Onthong) Wiffen

Husband of Emily Grace (Dixon) Plowright — married 30 Jan 1907 in Homebush, Victoria, Australia

Descendants

Died 2 Jun 1929 at about age 48 in Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia

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Biography

Frederick Harold Plowright was born in 1881. He was adopted by John and Margaret Plowright.^[1] No birth record has been found for the infant.

In July 1881 in Avoca Elizabeth Ann Cooke brought an affiliation case against James Henry Plowright. An affiliation case is legal proceedings, usually initiated by an unwed mother, claiming legal recognition that a particular man is the father of her child, often associated with a claim for financial support. The Avoca Mail newspaper reported:

AVOCA POLICE COURT. Monday, June 28th, 1881. (Before C. W. Carr, Esq., P.M.)

Elizabeth Ann Cooke v. James Henry Plowright. — This was an affiliation case, and Mr Matthews, who appeared for the plaintiff, asked that it might be postponed to allow it to be arranged out of court. The case was accordingly postponed by mutual consent for one week.^[2]

A week later the case had been settled, presumably by the parents of James Henry Plowright agreeing to adopt the child:

AVOCA POLICE COURT. Monday, July 4th, 1881. Before W. Goodshaw, Esq., J.P.

E. A. Cooke v. J. H. Plowright. — Mr Matthews, for the plaintiff, stated that the case (adjourned from last court) had been settled.^[3]

Frederick married Emily Grace Dixon on 30 January 1907 in South Melbourne, Victoria. They were married at Napier Street according to the rites of the Congregational Church. The witnesses were Mary Ann Dixon and Ethel Plowright. Frederick was a butcher living at 216 Albert Road, Albert Park. Emily was a dressmaker living at South Melbourne.^[4] They had three children during their marriage.

He died on 2 June 1929 at St Vincent's Hospital, Fitzroy, Victoria, at the age of 48.^[5]

He was buried on 4 June 1929 at the New Melbourne General Cemetery, Fawkner, Victoria, in Methodist Compartment D Grave 689.

Notes

Occupation; Butcher.

Sources

1. ↑ Young, Anne. "Finding the Parents of Frederick Harold Plowright Born 1881." Anne's Family History, 22 Mar. 2022, https://anneyoungau.wordpress.com/2022/03/22/finding-the-parents-of-frederick-harold-plowright-born-1881/
2. ↑ AVOCA POLICE COURT. (1881, June 28). Avoca Mail (Vic. : 1863 - 1900; 1915 - 1918), p. 2. Retrieved March 8, 2022, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article201296384
3. ↑ AVOCA POLICE COURT. (1881, July 5). Avoca Mail (Vic. : 1863 - 1900; 1915 - 1918), p. 2. Retrieved March 8, 2022, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article201444133
4. ↑ Marriage Index (Victoria Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages : accessed 08 Mar 2022). Index entry for PLOWRIGHT, Fredk Harold and DIXON, Emily Grace; Year: 1907, Reg. number: 1913/1907
5. ↑ Death Index (Victoria Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages : accessed 08 Mar 2022). Index entry for Frederick Harold PLOWRIGHT, Year: 1929; Parents: PLOWRIGHT John and Margaret UNKNOWN; Spouse: -; Death Place: FITZROY; Birth Place: ; Age: 47; Reg. Number: 5109/1929; Reg. Number: 5109/1929

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 17 January 2018, 03:29), entry for FREDERICK HAROLD PLOWRIGHT(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LKNB-TPB); contributed by various users.

• Paternal relationship is confirmed by an autosomal AncestryDNA test match between John Plowright and L M, his half 2nd cousin . Their most-recent common ancestor is James Plowright, the great grandfather of both John Plowright and L M. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 2nd – 3rd Cousin, based on sharing 158 cM across 6 segments.