Virginia Goring Millsteed

F, #11701, b. 29 September 1937, d. 16 February 2017
Pedigree
Father*Roland Gordon Millsteed b. 28 Aug 1910, d. 2 May 1972
Mother*Gwendoline Madge Bryan b. 27 Dec 1917
Last Edited24 Mar 2020
Birth*Virginia Goring Millsteed was born on 29 September 1937 at Perth, Western AustraliaG. 
She was the daughter of Roland Gordon Millsteed and Gwendoline Madge Bryan. 
Death*Virginia Goring Millsteed died on 16 February 2017 at Success, Western Australia, at age 79.1 
Relationships5th cousin of Neil James Bradley
5th cousin of Victoria Rae (Vicki*) Barrett
5th cousin of William (Bill*) McElroy
3rd cousin 1 time removed of Thomas Anthony (Tony*) Harrop
ChartsHannah Martin Line (Christmass)

Citations

  1. [S62] Metropolitan Cemetery Board, online mcb.wa.gov.au. Hereinafter cited as MCB.

Mark Thomas Millsteed

M, #11711, b. 11 September 1972, d. 16 May 1975
Pedigree
Last Edited26 Sep 2015
Birth*Mark Thomas Millsteed was born on 11 September 1972 at Dalwallinu, Western Australia. 
Death*He died on 16 May 1975 at Perth, Western AustraliaG, at age 2. 
Relationships5th cousin 1 time removed of Neil James Bradley
5th cousin 1 time removed of Victoria Rae (Vicki*) Barrett
5th cousin 1 time removed of William (Bill*) McElroy
3rd cousin 2 times removed of Thomas Anthony (Tony*) Harrop

Hubert Robert Kendall

M, #11719, b. 5 December 1929, d. 3 November 1988
Pedigree
Last Edited14 Sep 2018
Birth*Hubert Robert Kendall was born on 5 December 1929 at Guildford, Western Australia. 
Death*He died on 3 November 1988 at West Swan, Western Australia, at age 58.1 

Citations

  1. [S62] Metropolitan Cemetery Board, online mcb.wa.gov.au. Hereinafter cited as MCB.

John Turnbull

M, #11722, b. 20 January 1936, d. September 1999
Pedigree
Last Edited25 Mar 2007
Birth*John Turnbull was born on 20 January 1936. 
Death*He died in September 1999 at age 63. 

Family
Child

Louis Mazzardis

M, #11724, b. 7 January 1935, d. 8 August 2009
Pedigree
Last Edited6 Dec 2012
Birth*Louis Mazzardis was born on 7 January 1935 at Perth, Western AustraliaG. 
Death*He died on 8 August 2009 at Pickering Brook, Western Australia, at age 74.1,2 
Burial*He was buried at Guildford, Western Australia.1 

Citations

  1. [S360] OZ Burials, online www.ozburials.com, Guildford Cemetery. Hereinafter cited as OZ Burials.
  2. [S62] Metropolitan Cemetery Board, online mcb.wa.gov.au. Hereinafter cited as MCB.

Andrew Guy Roe

M, #11727, b. 11 November 1901, d. 20 November 1902
Pedigree
Father*Frederick William Roe b. 6 Aug 1874, d. 18 Aug 1942
Mother*Edith Mary Forward b. 23 Oct 1875, d. 19 May 1959
Last Edited18 Jan 2009
Birth*Andrew Guy Roe was born on 11 November 1901 at Northam, Western AustraliaG; reg: 3489. 
He was the son of Frederick William Roe and Edith Mary Forward. 
Death*Andrew Guy Roe died on 20 November 1902 at Northam, Western AustraliaG, at age 1; reg: 1775 1yrs. 
Burial*He was buried at Northam, Western AustraliaG. 
ChartsForward Family
Morrell Family Links

Dorothy Catherine (Dolly*) Howard

F, #11728, b. 27 February 1908, d. 12 July 1994
Pedigree
Dorothy Howard
Father*Walter Howard1 b. 1888, d. 22 Jun 1970
Mother*Agnes Catherine George1 b. 21 Jan 1894, d. 2 Jul 1978
Last Edited28 Jun 2021
Birth*Dorothy Catherine (Dolly*) Howard was born on 27 February 1908 at Fremantle, Western AustraliaG; reg: 47/1909.2 
She was the daughter of Walter Howard and Agnes Catherine George.1 
Marriage*Dorothy Catherine (Dolly*) Howard married Alfred James Sweetman, son of Arthur Edward Sweetman and Amy Eleanor Thomas, on 15 December 1928 at Perth, Western AustraliaG; reg: 1721.3,1 
Death*Dorothy Catherine (Dolly*) Howard died on 12 July 1994 at Fremantle, Western AustraliaG, at age 86. 

Family

Alfred James Sweetman b. 5 Mar 1900, d. 20 Dec 1979
Children
ChartsElizabeth Adams Line (Sweetman)
Sweetman Family Links

Citations

  1. [S309] Ancestry.com, online www.ancestry.com, narellehoward. Hereinafter cited as Ancestry.com.
  2. [S201] WA BDMs, online http://www.bdm.dotag.wa.gov.au. Hereinafter cited as WA BDMs.
  3. [S190] WAGS, Marriage Index of WA 1915-33., CD-ROM (Bayswater, WA: WAGS, 2005), Marriages. Hereinafter cited as Marriage Index of WA 1915-33.

Amy Maud Sweetman

F, #11729, b. 21 October 1917, d. 25 July 1994
Pedigree
Father*Arthur Edward Sweetman b. 7 Sep 1876, d. 24 Aug 1949
Mother*Amy Eleanor Thomas b. 7 Jul 1876, d. 26 Jan 1961
Last Edited23 Dec 2012
Birth*Amy Maud Sweetman was born on 21 October 1917 at Perth, Western AustraliaG. 
She was the daughter of Arthur Edward Sweetman and Amy Eleanor Thomas. 
Marriage*Amy Maud Sweetman married Ernest Alfred Albert Hill on 3 June 1939 at Perth, Western AustraliaG; reg: 964/1939.1 
Death*Amy Maud Sweetman died on 25 July 1994 at Brentwood, Western Australia, at age 76. 

Family

Ernest Alfred Albert Hill b. 23 Dec 1915, d. 22 Feb 2000
Note*AMY M. SWEETMAN 1917-1939 in the 20's and 30's


Before the white man the Melville District was inhabited by
Aborigines. The river provided them with ample food and they
were aware of where water could be found. Their history was
recorded in legend and corroboree. The early white man took
little notice of the significance of either. So that in
those days we know little of the tribes who had their home in
the District. A belief is that Pt Walter was favourite
tribal ground.

Nearly all of the early settlers intended to be farmers and
most of them looked for riverfronts, because the river
provided the only means of communication. Melville had a
rural existence in its early years, with vast areas of
bushlands and grazing paddocks. The major settlement was at
the Western end of the District. History tells us that from
1871 to the beginning of this century what is Melville was
administered by the Fremantle District Road Board. This part
of the country extended from Fremantle to Armadale and
included what is now local governing bodies, East Fremantle
Town Council, Melville City Council and the Canning City
Council.

In 1901 East Fremantle District Road Board was proclaimed.
It included that area that is now Melville. Their first
meeting was held on March 22nd 1901 at the Canning Bridge
Hotel, then less than three months later on June 5th 1901,
Melville Road Board was gazetted.

As they did not have an office of the Roads Board council
meetings were held wherever possible. Canning Bridge Hotel,
Councillors homes etc. It was not until 1910 the Board
purchased land at the corner of Stock Road and Canning Road
(now Canning Highway) for the sum of 10 pounds. The first
Melville Road Board office was erected in 1913. Canning Road
(now Canning Highway) was a limestone track through the bush
when the Board took over. The matter of roads became
important because they had no title to make or take
possessions of roads at the Applecross/Canning Bridge area
where the investment company had subdivided the area. First
moves by the Board was to seek titles for Fraser, Matheson,
Kintail, Tweedale and Duncraig Roads, Ardross Street and The
Strand. When tenders were called for the clearing of Kintail
Road, the successful contractor quoted 2/6d. per chain. All
clearing was by manual labour.

In July 1907 the district was divided into four wards. The
developers realised that reliable communication was essential
to open up the eastern part of the district. Jetties were
built at Attadale, Applecross, Coffee Point and Canning
Bridge.

Two paddle steamers were ordered from the shipyards in
England and brought to W.A. in pieces and re-assembles on a
slipway at Coffee Point. They were names the Harley and the
Helena and ran the service from October 30th 1897 until they
were replaced by the Silver Star in 1905 which ran a service
between Perth, Canning Bridge, Coffee Point and Applecross.

When the Silver Star went off the service, Sutton and Olsen
provided a ferry service with Val Boats. Mr Ted Howells, a
pioneer of Canning Beach Road, Canning Bridge was the first
skipper of the Mayflower. He took her from the yards of Geo
McCarter in 1907. She had been built specifically for the
service to which a call at Como was later added. The
Mayflower stayed on the run for about a year and then Skipper
Ted Howells transferred to the Val Boats and remained with
them for over 20 years.

The first Bridge across the river from East to West was
constructed and opened for traffic in January 1850. It was
reconstructed and strengthened to carry heavy traffic in
1908. In 1937 a new timber bridge was built with a vehicle
width of 27ft and 9ft footway to cope with the increased
traffic.

In December 1843 the Christian Brothers purchased 160
hectares in Manning Road on the northern Bank of the Canning
River where the river widens and changed course to the South
West. The river at that time was a major transport route.
At the turn of the Century, Clontarfs site was used as a
landing by timber merchants John O'Grady who had contracts
from upstream saw mills. On the board sweep of the river a
line of stakes or sticks as they were commonly known were
built by the convicts along a silted channel diagonally from
the North to the southern bank. Some of these stakes can
still be seen today.

The first Canning Bridge Hotel was erected in 1900. It was a
single storey structure with a high gable roof. The Bateman
family at Bull Creek would probably have the longest
continuing association with the Melville District. Mr John
Bateman (Snr.) bought his holding of 1277 acres in 1886.
Originally the property was intended to be a place of quiet
retreat; a kind of weekender in the country, but it resulted
in the Bateman's taking up permanent residence there. The
Homestead "Grassmere" was constructed of brick with a
galvanised corrugated iron roof. The walls are approximately
2ft. thick. The bricks and other materials were loaded onto
barges and brought up river and unloaded at a jetty that was
specially constructed for the purpose. This jetty has been
demolished but it was approximately at the foot of Cranford
Avenue. The water was too low to get the barges any further
up the creel. Mr William Augustus Bateman the thirteenth
child of John Bateman was the first to establish his family
permanently at Bulls Creek. That was in 1910. He set up a
farm and before long was producing fruit and vegetables for
the Perth and Fremantle Markets. He also cut timber and
firewood for sale. Produce was taken down the river by
launch and the timber was loaded onto barges and poled down
the river.

In 1911 James Simpson became the owner of 40 acres and built
his cement brick house with its flat roof on the hill at the
corner of Gunbower & Bateman Roads. Legend has it that Mr
Simpson was responsible for the naming of Mt Pleasant. He
built a jetty at the bottom of Gunbower Road. It was known
as Simmies Jetty and even today the old inhabitants refer to
it as Simmies Jetty.

My parents, Arthur Edward Sweetman and Amy Eleanor Thomas
were married at Fremantle on the 14th March 1899. My mother
was a granddaughter of Capt. John Thomas. I was born on the
21st day of October 1917, the youngest of nine children.

My sisters and brothers were Ethel (Vi), Alfred, Geogre,
Lilian, Henry (Mick), Jessie (Jess), William & Doris (Doss).
Doss and I were born at Canning Bridge in a house just behind
the Tearooms which were situated on the Perth side of the
Bridge. 
Relationships2nd cousin 2 times removed of Neil James Bradley
2nd cousin 2 times removed of Victoria Rae (Vicki*) Barrett
2nd cousin 2 times removed of William (Bill*) McElroy
3rd cousin 1 time removed of Thomas Anthony (Tony*) Harrop
ChartsElizabeth Adams Line (Sweetman)
Sweetman Family Links

Citations

  1. [S162] Reverse WA Marriage Lookup, online http://www.wamarriage.info/. Hereinafter cited as Reverse WA Marriage Lookup.

Ethel (Vi*) Sweetman

F, #11730, b. 11 October 1897, d. 27 September 1975
Pedigree
Father*Arthur Edward Sweetman b. 7 Sep 1876, d. 24 Aug 1949
Mother*Amy Eleanor Thomas b. 7 Jul 1876, d. 26 Jan 1961
Last Edited14 Mar 2023
Birth*Ethel (Vi*) Sweetman was born on 11 October 1897 at Fremantle, Western AustraliaG.1 
She was the daughter of Arthur Edward Sweetman and Amy Eleanor Thomas. 
Marriage*Ethel (Vi*) Sweetman married Clarence Benjamin Jones, son of Walter Llewellyn Jones and Frances Twining Sutton, in 1916 at Guildford, Western Australia; reg: 26.2,3 
Death*Ethel (Vi*) Sweetman died on 27 September 1975 at Walliston, Western Australia, at age 77.1 

Family

Clarence Benjamin Jones b. 6 May 1891, d. 7 Apr 1972
Children
Relationships2nd cousin 2 times removed of Neil James Bradley
2nd cousin 2 times removed of Victoria Rae (Vicki*) Barrett
2nd cousin 2 times removed of William (Bill*) McElroy
3rd cousin 1 time removed of Thomas Anthony (Tony*) Harrop
ChartsElizabeth Adams Line (Sweetman)
Sweetman Family Links

Citations

  1. [S262] David, John & Amanda,Forrestfield, WA.
  2. [S162] Reverse WA Marriage Lookup, online http://www.wamarriage.info/. Hereinafter cited as Reverse WA Marriage Lookup.
  3. [S201] WA BDMs, online http://www.bdm.dotag.wa.gov.au. Hereinafter cited as WA BDMs.