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The History of the Qualtrough Family in Victoria
By Malcolm
Qualtrough> and Trevor Hall - Written about 1990
(Amended April 2002) with Contributions and Research by Elizabeth Feisst,
Lyn Fawcett (Hampel) and Faye Cousens.
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Descendants of Rev Joseph Qualtrough and Agnes McCullock
- Alice Jane Qualtrough (Monton)
Henry Thomas (Jack) 2nd from left, and Daughter Nina, Grandson Rodney, , Grandson Philip, Wife Elsie Qualtrough (Powell), Daughter in Law Phyllis and her son Neil, Son Bob, Daughter Margaret Nov 1943 at home in Bendigo Australia
ALICE JANE QUALTROUGH was born 23 November 1869 in Diamond Creek, Vic,Australia, and died 1901 in Narrandera, NSW, Australia. She met (1) UNKNOWN. She married (2) JOSEPH MONTON 1900 in Narrandera, New South Wales, Australia, son of CHARLES MONTON and MARY UNKNOWN. He died 1937 in Narrandera, NSW, Australia.
Child of ALICE QUALTROUGH and UNKNOWN is:
HENRY (JOHN) THOMAS QUALTROUGH, b. 5 April 1888, Carlton, Vic, Australia; d. 1971, Bendigo, Vic, Australia.
Children of ALICE QUALTROUGH and JOSEPH MONTON are:
FLORENCE QUALTROUGH, b. 1899, New South Wales, Australia; d. 1899, New South Wales, Australia.
ALBERT A MONTON, b. 1900, New South Wales, Australia.; m. ELLEN BOWMAN, 1935, Hillston, NSW, Australia.
Little is known about Alice, and it is not known by the family if she was married when she was 16 she and had a son Henry Thomas (Jack), also nephew to Henry, on the 5th April 1888.
Alice is not heard of again until 12 years later when she married Joseph Monton in New South Wales in 1900. They had a son Albert A. Monton, born the same year. Two years later a daughter Florence was born in Narrandera NSW. Florence later died aged 11months.
It is believed Alice died in a fire near Jerilderie NSW.
Alice obviously left home soon after the birth of Henry because by the time he was ten years old it was known that he lived with his Grandparents, James and Lydia: and on their death, with Henry (Harry and Emily)
Descendants of Rev Joseph Qualtrough and Agnes McCullock
- Lydia Qualtrough (Davies)
LYDIA QUALTROUGH was born 8 December 1872 in Diamond Creek, Vic,Australia. She married HENRY DAVIES 1893 in Diamond Creek, Vic, Australia.
Children of LYDIA QUALTROUGH and HENRY DAVIES are:
CLAUDE DAVIES, b. 1905, Lockhart, NSW, Australia.
HENRY DAVIES, b. 1901, Lockhart, NSW, Australia.
HILDA DAVIES.
ISABEL DAVIES, b. 1896, Jerilderie, NSW, Australia.
FLORENCE DAVIES, b. 1894, Jerilderie, NSW, Australia.
Descendants of Rev Joseph Qualtrough and Agnes McCullock
- Land at Wattle Glen
Melways Reference: Map 12, J4
Roughly the land owned by the Qualtroughs at Wattle Glen was bounded by the Watery Gully Creek, Valley Road, Thorns Road and Watery Gully Road. The land along Thorns Road about 30 acres was owned by J. Evans. From Crown Land Central Mapping it is known that the land was part of section XX and was taken under a land grant on the 30th June 1902 by Henry, Administrator of Lydia and is No. 21; Areas 22 and 23 being taken by Edward James and Elizabeth.
Coming from Wattle Glen and crossing the bridge into Valley Road, James and Lydia would have lived on the Right hand side opposite W.H.Mills; further up the hill on the right you would have come to Edward James and Elizabeth's.
Edward James and Elizabeths property continued across to Evan's boundary and then down to Watery Gully Road backing onto James and Lydia's.
Edward and Harry also both had 5 acre blocks (approx.) Lots 16A and 10B over the creek along the Wattle Glen - Kangaroo Ground Road, opposite the bridge.
An earlier map shows 'Qualtrough's Hut', just near the Lower (S.W.) Corner of W.H. Mill's Lot 20. At this time Lots 21, 22 and 23 were vacant land.
In 1987 the land along Watery Gully looked quite healthy: but as you go further up above the creek onto the ridge, the land deteriorated rapidly and was quite hard and rocky.
Today it would be difficult to visualize as the area is built up and part of Greater Melbourne.