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Andrew and Lillian Studd |
Andrew Studd |
Robert and Catherine Studd |
Victoria Isabella Studd |
Blanch Elsie Pool |
Alec Studd |
William Henry (1883 - 1982) and Lillian Lucy Studd (1893 - 1982)
At that time, William had a milk run in East Brunswick and North Fitzroy, suburbs just to the north of the city. The old stables at the back of the house are still there. In the early hours each morning, the older girls helped their father attach the cart to the horse and load the steel containers of milk. Sometimes the horse would bolt and they'd have to catch it before they could start their rounds.
People usually left out a billy can or bottle which could be filled and 1d (a penny), or 2d (twopence), depending on how much was wanted. Some years after that William became the caretaker of the State Savings Bank of Melbourne, on the corner of Elizabeth and Bourke Streets.
Andrew's parents moved back to Amphitheatre about 1897. Andrew enlisted in the 60th Battalion AIF (Australian Imperial Forces) at Lexton (a town near Amphitheatre), on 25th October 1916. His occupation was orchardist, he was 5 feet 9 inches, 135 lbs (pounds), with fair complexion and hair, and grey eyes. The troopship left Melbourne on 16th December 1916, arriving in Plymouth 18th February 1917.
He was discharged on 25th February 1918 and died in Amphitheatre on 4th April 1919, buried with a military headstone in the local cemetery. The medals he received were the 1914/15 Star, the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.
Source: World War 1 Service Records, National Archives of Australia, Canberra.
Robert Arthur Studd (1860-1937) married Catherine Jane Elizabeth Blake (1861-1940) on 29th July 1882 at St Michael and John's Roman Catholic Church, Horsham.
This photo, taken in Newcastle NSW in 1932, celebrates their 50th wedding anniversary. Her parents were from Ballyglunin, County Galway, owning wheat and sheep property in the Horsham District. Robert managed farms in the Wimmera (western Victoria) until 1908 when he and his family took up property near Boggabri NSW. In 1930, he sold his wheat farm and retired to Mayfield in Newcastle.
They are buried together in the Roman Catholic section of Sandgate Cemetery.
Date of photo unknown.
She was born in the old Studd house on George Charles and Victoria's
property, just out of Amphitheatre.
Records show her enrolled at Avoca State School in October 1909, her father being a miner.
She married Albert Poole in 1948 at St John's Church of England, Avoca
and they remained in that house for the rest of their lives. Elsie didn't
get her driver's licence until she was seventy and even then, didn't
have a car. When she had to do any shopping, she used to drive her Ferguson
tractor from the farm into the
village (about 2 kilometres) along the Pyrenees Highway.
tractor.jpg)
Alexander (1905-1976) was the eighth child and fifth son of George William
and Johanna Studd.
He was born in the old Studd house on the property of his grandparents
and
was enrolled at the local state school in February 1912.
He became a butcher, then from 1936-38 he had the Pyrenees Hotel in
Lexton. From 1938-40 his wife Daisy was the licensee. On 25 /6/1940
he enlisted and was discharged 5/9/1945.
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