Thomas Witherden (1829 - 1885)

Born 1829 in St Peter, Kent, England

Ancestors

Husband of Jane (Carr) Wright — married 17 Nov 1854 (to 4 Sep 1885) in St Kilda, Victoria, Australia

Descendants

Died 4 Sep 1885 at about age 56 in Waterloo Flat, Victoria, Australia

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Biography

Born Thomas was born in 1829 in Kent, England. He was the son of Thomas Witherden and Carolyn Spratling.

Baptised 15 Nov 1829 at St. Peter, Kent, England.^[1]

Migrated By Nov 1854 ?

Married 17 Nov 1854 • St Kilda, Victoria, Australia. # ^[2]

Died 4 Sep 1885 • Waterloo Flat, Victoria, Australia.^{[3] [4]}

Buried 6 Sep 1885 • Waterloo Cemetery, Victoria, Australia.^{[5] [6]}

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Thomas Witherden first came to Waterloo, Victoria in 1857. Thomas Witherden held the publicans licence for the Albion Hotel in Waterloo. (Witherden’s hotel) After his death in 1885 his wife Jane takes over the hotel. ^[7]

The Albion Hotel. (Witherden’s)

BALLARAT STAR : 8th September 1885. ^[8]

OBITUARY. Our local correspondent writes: —On Sunday afternoon the remains of the late Mr Thomas Witherden were interred in the Waterloo Cemetery. The deceased was a very old resident of this place, having arrived here in March, 1857, shortly after the rush broke out in the gully now known as Tipperary. A short time after this he met with an accident, falling down the shaft where he was working, a distance of over 60 feet, and the windlass falling after him. From this accident the seeds of the disorder, which eventually carried him off had their first formation. Of late years he had suffered much from the complaint which was, I understand, a species of dropsy. During the last week or 10 days he had suffered, from the prevailing epidemic, but on Thursday afternoon he appeared better than he had been for some time. This did not last long, for on Friday he was seized by his old enemy, and from about 2 o'clock in the afternoon until 8 the same evening he lay struggling for breath; then he succumbed to the conqueror of all, King Death. The funeral procession, which started from his residence, the Albion hotel, of which he had been land-lord, was well attended. After the vehicle containing the corspe, there came, of course, the mourners, then followed 24 vehicles of all sorts, and containing friends and neighbors, then there marched the men of the New Victoria claim, where he was a shareholder, then the other miners; the whole numbering, well on to 200 men. The bearers were Messrs R. Wm., and W. Frusher, representing the old inhabitants of the place; Mr. Jas. Frusher, representing the New Victoria tributors, Mr R. Hewitt (President M.A.), and Messrs R. H. Dodds, J. Gibbons, and W. Collins, the Miners' Association, of which the deceased had been an honorary member. On the coffin was the simple inscription of the name and age of the deceased, 56 years. Mr J. Prentice officiated at the grave, and addressed to those present a few telling sentences, as to the necessity of being prepared to die, and also with regard to condolence to the bereaved family. The funeral arrangements were in the hands of Mr Baker, of Beaufort. During, the time I was in the cemetery, I was pointed out a roughly made wooden cross, which my informant, who was an old resident, said it had been there for 28 years, and it was erected over the body of a woman who had been buried there before any cemetery had been thought of.

Sources

1. ↑ England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975; Name: Thomas Witherden, Gender: Male, Baptism Date: 15 Nov 1829, Baptism Place: St. Peter, Kent, England, Father: Thomas, Mother: Caroline, FHL Film Number: 1835665.
2. ↑ Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950; Name: Thomas Witherden, Spouse Name: Jane Carr, Marriage Place: Victoria, Registration Place: Victoria, Registration Year: 1854, Registration Number: 3179.
3. ↑ Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985; Name: Thos Witherden, Birth Year: abt 1830, Age: 55, Death Place: Victoria, Father's Name: Thos, Mother's Name: Caroline Spratling, Registration Year: 1885, Registration Place: Victoria, Registration Number: 10678.
4. ↑ Australia, Wills and Probate Records, 1841-2009; Name: Thomas Witherden, Record Type: Probates, Death Date: 4 Sep 1885, Death Place: Waterloo Flat, Occupation: Hotel keeper, Grant Date: 1 Oct 1885, Grant: Probate: Grant Recipient: Jane Witherden.
5. ↑ Australia Cemetery Index, 1808-2007; Name: Thomas Witherden, Death Age: 56, Birth Date: abt 1829, Death Date: 6 Sep 1885, Cemetery: Waterloo, Cemetery Location: Waterloo, Victoria, Remarks: additional information available from AIGS.
6. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #199897997
7. ↑ [ Albion Hotel. Thomas Witherden - Hotels of Ballarat https://ballaratpubs.miraheze.org/wiki/Thomas_Witherden ]
8. ↑ 1885 'WATERLOO.', The Ballarat Star (Vic. : 1865 - 1924), 8 September, p. 3. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article203311610

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/199897997/thomas-witherden: accessed 13 September 2022), memorial page for Thomas Witherden (unknown–6 Sep 1885), Find a Grave Memorial ID 199897997, citing Waterloo Cemetery, Waterloo, Pyrenees Shire, Victoria, Australia; Maintained by Tanya V (contributor 49442830).

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