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JOSEPH JEWELL WESTWOOD
EVANGELIST
1828-1909
Joseph Jewell Westwood, son of John Westwood & Elizabeth Gunshaw, was born May 15th 1828,
Dorsetshire, England. At the time of Joseph's birth, his father was a preacher & also a member of the Society of Friends, but felt it his duty to leave the Society from conscientious motives & never uniting himself with another denomination; although, was baptised in 1839 at Camberwell by Dr. Steane, a Baptist Minister & later preached to a variety of Denominations.
The family were living in the Isle of Wight when Joseph was 9 years of age, but sent him to the 'Friends School' in Croydon, near London for 5 years, after which he was apprenticed to a Draper in Dewsbury, Yorkshire. As a young man, Joseph was impressed by the ministry of C.H.Spurgeon, hearing him preach in Exeter Hall in 1855 and felt the urge to follow in his father's footsteps to preach the Gospel of Christ, whenever the opportunity arose.
In 1856 due to ill health, he left England to come to Australia & was asked to preach on board ship. He established himself in Geelong, Victoria, where he kept daily journal entries of his activities from 1857-1865, which were later published in book form. Joseph recorded his experiences & travels as an Evangelist,
preaching to anyone who would listen. Most of the accounts are of his experiences in Victoria. He visited Benevolent Asylums giving advice & praying with patients & handing out religious material & would also record his name in the visitor's book.
Westwood preached on the beach at Frankston, saying that it reminded him of his childhood days on the Isle of Wight, also preaching on the Geelong pier & in front of the old Post Office in Melbourne, to name only a very few of his many venues. Taking the train to the racecourse, he addressed nearly 1000 people at the railway station and writes- "Upon the whole, good attention, excepting from Catholics & drunkards". That afternoon, taking the train & coach to Gisbourne for family worship, of which he was asked to conduct.
Westwood's travels eventually earned him the name, the 'Bush' missionary. He tells of travelling miles in the heavy fog by coach, to places like Warrnambool, of riding horseback through the scrub & being lost until someone heard his 'cooey' & dining with travellers who told of being held up by the notorious bush ranger, Captain Melville, among other stories. No place was too far for an opportunity to preach. After visiting most areas in Victoria, by various modes of transport & also walking miles to townships, he decided to try his luck interstate. He preached in South Australia, Tasmania & N.S.W., where he was robbed himself, by bush rangers & was also the centre of a riot in Hyde Park, where he received minor injuries. Everywhere he travelled, he quickly gained new friends. He lived entirely on donations from his followers & the great hospitality of families that he met along the way, as well as selling Bibles, where he was arrested on a few occasions for Hawking.
Joseph preached from the heart with passion, he did apply for positions to preach at different denominations of Churches in the city of Melbourne, but as he hadn't had formal training as a Minister, he found it hard to secure a position.
Riding on horseback from St. Kilda to Pentridge (Coburg) he heard report of a gunshot & saw warders of the stockade run across the fields pursuing escaped prisoners. As one 19 year old prisoner was shot in the head, but still alive, Joseph knelt down & spoke in his ear of Christ, directing him to his Saviour. Three of the prisoners were still at large & four were captured. "How awful, the consequence of sin", he writes.
After 1864, he continued to travel around Australia, even to Rockhampton & then New Zealand. Westwood had no shortage of newspaper coverage & was either admired or reprimanded for his efforts. As well as lecturing in large halls, on his adventures, he was also well known for his open air sermons, by lamplight, which is when he encountered the most opposition.
He ventured back to England via Cape Horn & South America, meeting with his sisters & aged Mother & also being able to interview the famous Minister- Mr. Spurgeon, whose sermons he loved to preach. While in England, he visited Scotland & the Orkneys, preaching everywhere he went.
Later in his life, he solemnized marriages at Holt's Matrimonial Agency, in Queen St., Melbourne, opposite the Old Melbourne cemetery. The premises in Queen st, constructed by Holt, had the appearance somewhat like a factory & would be used for 'quickie' marriages. It was also an Introduction service for people searching for love, frequently advertising in the papers. Holt's had their own denomination & called themselves 'The Free Christian Church'. A variety of Ministers from many religions, received their 'pin money' at Holt's, some ending up in court over their involvement, including Westwood. As Holt's married anyone who walked through the door, with no questions asked, this would invite trouble due to the various types who wanted a low profile quick marriage. These included under age teenages without permission, bigamists or some even so drunk that they didn't realise that they were getting married.
Holt's was in so much trouble over unlawful marriages, that they were no longer permitted to have Ministers associated with their Agency. J.J. Westwood also had his name removed from the list of those licensed to celebrate marriages, due to his naive involvement. After leaving Holt's, Westwood returned to travelling & preaching again, having many wonderful stories to tell. In 1900 while in S.A., he rubbed shoulders with Lord Tennyson, the heads of Government & other officials while attending the Queen's Birthday Levee day celebration. In his 78th year, he was one of 40,000 in Qld, who came down with dengue fever in 1905. Westwood was still travelling & preaching, right up until he died in 1909, in Pakenham, Victoria, Australia.
Dorsetshire, England. At the time of Joseph's birth, his father was a preacher & also a member of the Society of Friends, but felt it his duty to leave the Society from conscientious motives & never uniting himself with another denomination; although, was baptised in 1839 at Camberwell by Dr. Steane, a Baptist Minister & later preached to a variety of Denominations.
The family were living in the Isle of Wight when Joseph was 9 years of age, but sent him to the 'Friends School' in Croydon, near London for 5 years, after which he was apprenticed to a Draper in Dewsbury, Yorkshire. As a young man, Joseph was impressed by the ministry of C.H.Spurgeon, hearing him preach in Exeter Hall in 1855 and felt the urge to follow in his father's footsteps to preach the Gospel of Christ, whenever the opportunity arose.
In 1856 due to ill health, he left England to come to Australia & was asked to preach on board ship. He established himself in Geelong, Victoria, where he kept daily journal entries of his activities from 1857-1865, which were later published in book form. Joseph recorded his experiences & travels as an Evangelist,
preaching to anyone who would listen. Most of the accounts are of his experiences in Victoria. He visited Benevolent Asylums giving advice & praying with patients & handing out religious material & would also record his name in the visitor's book.
Westwood preached on the beach at Frankston, saying that it reminded him of his childhood days on the Isle of Wight, also preaching on the Geelong pier & in front of the old Post Office in Melbourne, to name only a very few of his many venues. Taking the train to the racecourse, he addressed nearly 1000 people at the railway station and writes- "Upon the whole, good attention, excepting from Catholics & drunkards". That afternoon, taking the train & coach to Gisbourne for family worship, of which he was asked to conduct.
Westwood's travels eventually earned him the name, the 'Bush' missionary. He tells of travelling miles in the heavy fog by coach, to places like Warrnambool, of riding horseback through the scrub & being lost until someone heard his 'cooey' & dining with travellers who told of being held up by the notorious bush ranger, Captain Melville, among other stories. No place was too far for an opportunity to preach. After visiting most areas in Victoria, by various modes of transport & also walking miles to townships, he decided to try his luck interstate. He preached in South Australia, Tasmania & N.S.W., where he was robbed himself, by bush rangers & was also the centre of a riot in Hyde Park, where he received minor injuries. Everywhere he travelled, he quickly gained new friends. He lived entirely on donations from his followers & the great hospitality of families that he met along the way, as well as selling Bibles, where he was arrested on a few occasions for Hawking.
Joseph preached from the heart with passion, he did apply for positions to preach at different denominations of Churches in the city of Melbourne, but as he hadn't had formal training as a Minister, he found it hard to secure a position.
Riding on horseback from St. Kilda to Pentridge (Coburg) he heard report of a gunshot & saw warders of the stockade run across the fields pursuing escaped prisoners. As one 19 year old prisoner was shot in the head, but still alive, Joseph knelt down & spoke in his ear of Christ, directing him to his Saviour. Three of the prisoners were still at large & four were captured. "How awful, the consequence of sin", he writes.
After 1864, he continued to travel around Australia, even to Rockhampton & then New Zealand. Westwood had no shortage of newspaper coverage & was either admired or reprimanded for his efforts. As well as lecturing in large halls, on his adventures, he was also well known for his open air sermons, by lamplight, which is when he encountered the most opposition.
He ventured back to England via Cape Horn & South America, meeting with his sisters & aged Mother & also being able to interview the famous Minister- Mr. Spurgeon, whose sermons he loved to preach. While in England, he visited Scotland & the Orkneys, preaching everywhere he went.
Later in his life, he solemnized marriages at Holt's Matrimonial Agency, in Queen St., Melbourne, opposite the Old Melbourne cemetery. The premises in Queen st, constructed by Holt, had the appearance somewhat like a factory & would be used for 'quickie' marriages. It was also an Introduction service for people searching for love, frequently advertising in the papers. Holt's had their own denomination & called themselves 'The Free Christian Church'. A variety of Ministers from many religions, received their 'pin money' at Holt's, some ending up in court over their involvement, including Westwood. As Holt's married anyone who walked through the door, with no questions asked, this would invite trouble due to the various types who wanted a low profile quick marriage. These included under age teenages without permission, bigamists or some even so drunk that they didn't realise that they were getting married.
Holt's was in so much trouble over unlawful marriages, that they were no longer permitted to have Ministers associated with their Agency. J.J. Westwood also had his name removed from the list of those licensed to celebrate marriages, due to his naive involvement. After leaving Holt's, Westwood returned to travelling & preaching again, having many wonderful stories to tell. In 1900 while in S.A., he rubbed shoulders with Lord Tennyson, the heads of Government & other officials while attending the Queen's Birthday Levee day celebration. In his 78th year, he was one of 40,000 in Qld, who came down with dengue fever in 1905. Westwood was still travelling & preaching, right up until he died in 1909, in Pakenham, Victoria, Australia.
Reference
The Journal of J.J. Westwood (evangelist) An account of 8 years itineracy to the townships & squatting stations of Vic., N.S.W., S.A., & Tasmania
http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433082444922;view=1up;seq=1
The Journal of J.J. Westwood (evangelist) An account of 8 years itineracy to the townships & squatting stations of Vic., N.S.W., S.A., & Tasmania
http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433082444922;view=1up;seq=1
1. Check your dates
2. Dorset
3. Isle of Wight
4. Dewsbury
5. Quakers
6. Spurgeon & Exeter Hall
7. Warrnambool
8. Melbourne G.P.O.
9. Westwood
10 Hyde Park
11 Orkney Islands
12 Holt's Matrimonial Agency
13 Old Maids
2. Dorset
3. Isle of Wight
4. Dewsbury
5. Quakers
6. Spurgeon & Exeter Hall
7. Warrnambool
8. Melbourne G.P.O.
9. Westwood
10 Hyde Park
11 Orkney Islands
12 Holt's Matrimonial Agency
13 Old Maids
Check Your Dates
Searching for J.J. Westwwod's death, I came across some conflicting dates.
The Victorian 'Digger' Death Index, has his Death entry in 1911 entered 3 times-
WESTWOOD Jos D Westwood Jas Elizth GUNSHAW 85 Pakenham 1911
WESTWOOD Joseph D Westwood Jhn Elizth GUNSHAW 85 Pakenham 1911
WESTWOOD Joseph Jewell D Westwood Jhn Elizth GUNSHAW 85 Pakenham 1911
However, the newspapers have his death in 1909, which I believe is correct.
The Victorian 'Digger' Death Index, has his Death entry in 1911 entered 3 times-
WESTWOOD Jos D Westwood Jas Elizth GUNSHAW 85 Pakenham 1911
WESTWOOD Joseph D Westwood Jhn Elizth GUNSHAW 85 Pakenham 1911
WESTWOOD Joseph Jewell D Westwood Jhn Elizth GUNSHAW 85 Pakenham 1911
However, the newspapers have his death in 1909, which I believe is correct.
This notice appeared in The Adelaide
Advertiser on Tuesday 31 Aug 1909 |
This one, on the same day in The Hobart Daily Post Tuesday 31 August 1909
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I then checked the Cemeteries, but no luck. I couldn't find a Funeral director's notice, which I thought was strange, so I checked the inquests to see if his burial had been delayed for any reason, but still no luck! Why?, I believe that because he travelled, he didn't have any close relationships or any family here and as he lived his life without worrying about money, so no need for a Will. He may very well have had a pauper's burial? and as most Cemeteries only have headstone information on the internet (which bothers me a lot), without visiting each possible Cemetery and viewing their records, you would find it hard to know where that person was buried & when.
Because your Ancestor doesn't come up online, it doesn't mean that He/She isn't buried at that Cemetery, it
does however, mean one of three things-
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Either there were no family or friends to pay for the burial/headstone
2
The family could not afford a headstone
3
The person was estranged from their family, who didn't care what happened to them.
With Joseph Jewell Westwood, it was most likely the first reason, but why does Digger have 1911? Whoever registered the death, did they leave it until two years later & have a guess at his age? Sometimes, you just have to pay for a certificate to make sure! It's worth the money!
Because your Ancestor doesn't come up online, it doesn't mean that He/She isn't buried at that Cemetery, it
does however, mean one of three things-
1
Either there were no family or friends to pay for the burial/headstone
2
The family could not afford a headstone
3
The person was estranged from their family, who didn't care what happened to them.
With Joseph Jewell Westwood, it was most likely the first reason, but why does Digger have 1911? Whoever registered the death, did they leave it until two years later & have a guess at his age? Sometimes, you just have to pay for a certificate to make sure! It's worth the money!
Dorset
Dorset is largely rural with many small villages, few large towns and no cities. Dorset is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. Dorset borders Devon to the west, Somerset to the north-west, Wiltshire to the north-east, and Hampshire to the east. The county has a long history of human settlement stretching back to the Neolithic era. The Romans conquered Dorset's indigenous Celtic tribe, and during the early Middle Ages, the Saxons settled the area and made Dorset a shire in the 7th century.
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Dorset Online Parish Clerks
http://www.opcdorset.org/ Dorset Genealogy Resources http://www.thedorsetpage.com Genuki- Dorset http://ukga.org/genuki/DOR/ |
Isle of Wight
Isle of Wight, Wight, Isle of Erika Craddock from TSW—Click/Chicagoisland, unitary authority, and geographic country, part of the historic county of Hampshire. It lies off the south coast of England, in the English Channel. The island is separated from the mainland by a deep strait known as The Solent.
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Isle of Wight
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/HAM/IOW/ Isle of Wight Family History Society http://www.isle-of-wight-fhs.co.uk/ |
Alehouses Licences Between 1766 - 1819
https://www.iwight.com/recordofficedatabases/AleHouses Apprenticeship Indentures 1689-1835
https://www.iwight.com/recordofficedatabases/apprentice |
Cowes Registry of Shipping 1786-1930
https://www.iwight.com/recordofficedatabases/shipping.aspx Indictment Certificates 1768-1836
These documents record the name of the accused, the type of offence and the date of the offence. https://www.iwight.com/recordofficedatabases/indictments.aspx |
Sacrament Certificates 1673-1827
The Test Act of 1673 excluded from civil or military office all those who were not members of the Church of England. As a result the holder of a civil or public office was required to present a certificate confirming that he had received communion in the Church of England.The certificate was signed by a minister, churchwardens and two witnesses. Some of the sacrament certificates do not specifically mention the place of residence, and in those cases the parish of the minister and churchwardens is noted. This database records each office holder.
https://www.iwight.com/recordofficedatabases/sacraments.aspx
The Test Act of 1673 excluded from civil or military office all those who were not members of the Church of England. As a result the holder of a civil or public office was required to present a certificate confirming that he had received communion in the Church of England.The certificate was signed by a minister, churchwardens and two witnesses. Some of the sacrament certificates do not specifically mention the place of residence, and in those cases the parish of the minister and churchwardens is noted. This database records each office holder.
https://www.iwight.com/recordofficedatabases/sacraments.aspx
The Isle of Wight is rich in historical and archaeological sites.The Isle of Wight became an agricultural centre in Roman times, and at least seven
Roman villas are known on the island. According to the traditional historical record, the island became a Jutish kingdom ruled by King Stuf and his successors until the year 661 when it was invaded by Wulfhere of Mercia and forcibly converted to Christianity at sword point. When he left for Mercia the islanders reverted to paganism. From 685 therefore the island can be considered to have become part of Wessex and following the accession of West Saxon kings as kings of all England then part of England. The island became part of the shire of Hampshire and was divided into hundreds as was the norm. In the Domesday book (1086) the Island's name is Wit. (wiki) |
During Queen Victoria's reign in 1897 the World's first radio station was set up by Marconi at the Needles battery in the western tip of the Island.
The Needles Battery is a military Battery built above the
Needles stacks in 1861–63 to guard the West end of the Solent. 1759 Isaac Taylor (17 August 1787 – 28 June 1865) was an English philosophical and historical writer, artist, and inventor
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The Needles is a row of three distinctive
stacks of chalk that rise out of the sea off the western extremity of the Isle of Wight, close to Alum Bay. The Needles Light-house built in 1859, stands at the outer end of the formations. It takes it's name from a fourth needle-shaped pillar called Lot's Wife, that collapsed in a storm in 1764 |
Titanic's Wireless Connection
http://www.wirelesshistoryfoundat |
The Marconi Monument
Situated at The Needles is the world famous Marconi Monument, which marks the precise location where Guglielmo Marconi undertook his pioneering work at the end of the 19th Century, which led to radio and all telecommunications as we know it today. |
Guglielmo Marconi, the designer of the Marconi radio system in 1897, was in New York that fateful April day in 1912, when the Titanic went down. His radio system was installed on the new ship Titanic, and its radio operators Jack Phillips and Harold Bride were not employees of the White Star Line but employed by the Marconi Company.
The Day Book, Chicago- Apr 17, 1912
http://papershake.blogspot.com.au/2011/09/wireless-telegraphy-and |
Titanic’s wireless set had a nominal working range of 250 nautical miles, but signalling more distant stations was possible. At night, ranges of up to 2,000 miles were attained with sets of similar architecture.
The distress signal used by Marconi operators - CQD - boomed out over the Atlantic. The wireless operators joked they may as well also try another new distress signal that had been introduced - SOS - because they might never get a chance to use it again.
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Ships gave each other safety information - and the Titanic received detailed advice about the location of icebergs - or "bergs, growlers and field ice"
CQD vs SOS The wireless operators originally used Marconi's "CQD" distress signal. "CQ" was the signal to stop transmission and pay attention. The "D" was added to signal distress. In 1906 the International Radio Telegraphic Convention in Berlin created the signal "SOS" for summoning assistance. The letters were chosen for their simplicity in Morse Code - three dots, three dashes and three dots. While the "SOS" superseded "CQD" in 1908 Marconi operators rarely used it. It became standard after the sinking of the Titanic. http://www.bbc.com/news/mag |
Marconi room on the 'Olympic', Titanic's sister ship
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John George "Jack" Phillips (April 11, 1887- April 15, 1912) (left) died of hypothermia on or near Collapsible lifeboat B his body was never recovered. Harold Sydney Bride (January 11, 1890- April 29, 1956) (right) left the sea after WW1, and faded into obscurity. He died in Scotland in 1956
http://chennaihams.blogspot.com.au/2014/01/the |
The sands at Alum Bay on The Isle Of Wight are coloured due to oxidised iron compounds formed under different conditions
Picture of the Isle of Wight by Brannon, George 1855
https://archive.org/stream/brannonspictureo00bran |
Historically, inhabitants of the Isle of Wight have been known as Vectensians or Vectians. These terms derive from the Latin name for the Island, Vectis. Vectian is a word used more formally to describe certain geological features which are typical of the Island. People born on the island are colloquially known as Caulkheads. One theory about the term 'caulkhead' is that it comes from the once prevalent local industry of caulking boats; a process of sealing the seams of wooden boats
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Isle The oldest form of caulking is used to make the seams in wooden boats or ships watertight, by driving fibrous materials such as oakum, into the wedge-shaped seams between boards.
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Very Rocky & Treacherous around the Isle of Wight, there have been many shipwrecks in that area and why caulking & ship repair would've gone on there
Shipwrecks of the Isle of Wight
http://www.wightfarmholidays.co.uk/iow/shipwrecks Back of Wight- Ship's Graveyard
http://backofthewight.co.uk/index.htm List of Shipwrecks of England
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_of |
Isle of Wight- Record Office & Archive
About Cemeteries, Isle of Wight
https://www.iwight.com/Residents/Libraries-Cultur About Wills, Isle of Wight
https://www.iwight.com/Residents/Libraries-Cultural MARRIAGE REGISTER INDEX 1837-1900
Non-Conformist Registers
There are some gaps where records did not survive https://www.iwight.com/Residents/Libraries-Cultural |
Hampshire Archives and Local Studies
http://www3.hants.gov.uk/archives Monumental Inscriptions
Although not online, The Record Office has transcripts of Monumental Inscriptions for parish churches. There is a personal names index for each churchyard. Church-Records-and-Registers
Separate marriage registers were first introduced in 1754, and were modified in 1837 to the layout we know today. Separate Baptism and Burial registers were introduced in 1812 and remain virtually unchanged to this day. Earliet entry is from 1539 https://www.iwight.com/Residents/Libraries-Cultural |
Dewsbury
West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire
The ecclesiastical parish of Dewsbury encompassed Huddersfield, Mirfield & Bradford. The Domesday Book of 1086 records the name as Deusberie. Dewsbury market was established in the 14th century for local clothiers. Occurrences of the plague in 1593 & 1603 closed the market and it reopened in 1741. By the time of the Industrial Revolution, Dewsbury was a centre for the shoddy & mungo industries which recycled woolen items by mixing them with new wool, making heavy blankets & uniforms. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dewsbury |
Dewsbury's town workhouse
http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Dewsbury/ The Ancient Parish of DEWSBURY
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/WR |
West Vale, Dewsbury
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Yorkshire
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hist Yorkshire Parish Records links
http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/county/ THE ANNALS OF YORKSHIRE http://www.archivecdbooks.org/ |
The Society of Friends
(Quakers)
(Quakers)
The Society of Friends (Quakers)
http://www.religioustolerance.org/quaker1.htm Quaker History & Genealogy
http://www.swarthmore.edu/friends-historical |
England & Wales, Quaker Birth, Marriage, and Death Registers, 1578-1837
http://search.ancestry.com.au/search/db.aspx?dbid=7097 U.S. Quaker Research (Society of Friends) https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/U.S._Quaker_Research |
Spurgeon & Exeter Hall
Charles Haddon Spurgeon was a British Particular Baptist preacher.
Spurgeon remains highly influential among Christians of various denominations, among whom he is known as the "Prince of Preachers". B: June 19 1834, Kelvedon, U.K. D: January 31 1892 Menton, France Westwood gave out quite a number of Spugeon's Magazine-
'The Gospel Trumpet' http://palni.contentdm.oclc.org/cd |
When Charles Spurgeon died in Jan. 1892, London went into mourning. Nearly 60,000 people came to pay homage during the three days his body lay in state at the Metropolitan Tabernacle. Some 100,000 lined the streets as a funeral parade two miles long followed his hearse from the Tabernacle to the cemetery. Flags flew at half-mast and shops and pubs were closed.
http://www.spurgeon.org/ From J.J.Westwood's Journal 1857, which includes a lot of interesting facts
EXETER HALL
Where Sturgeon Preached to enormous crowds of people & where Westwood was first inspired to become a preacher himself, while hearing Spurgeon excite his congregation. Exeter Hall was a hall on the north side of The Strand, London, England. It was erected between 1829 and 1831
Victorian London - Exeter Hall http://www.victorianlondon.org/buildings/exeterhall.htm The Victorian Dictionary
http://www.victorianlondon.org/ |
Warrnambool, Victoria
HISTORY OF WARRNAMBOOL
http://www.warrnamboolhis |
Warrnambool
Westwood travelled miles in the heavy fog by coach, to places like Warrnambool, where the Major Mitchell (pink cockatoo) can be found in abundance. Warrnambool is a distance of 256.6 km and is a 3 hour journey today, by car. Major Mitchell 'pink' cockatoo is named in honour of Major Sir Thomas Mitchell, who wrote- "Few birds more enliven the monotonous hues of the Australian forest than this beautiful species whose pink-coloured wings and flowing crest might have embellished the air of a more voluptuous region"
In 1836, Major Mitchell reported back to Sydney, that Warrnambool & surrounding areas, were ready to be inhabited by civilized people. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_Mitchell%27s_cockatoo |
CAPTAIN MELVILLE
(Frank McCallum, alias McCullum, alias Tom Smith, alias Captain Melville) Travellers who accompanied Westwood, told stories of being held up by the notorious bush ranger, Captain Melville. He came before Judge Redmond Barry, Barry gave him 32 years. On 12 August 1857, Melville was found dead in his cell. http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/melville-francis-4183 SUICIDE OF THE NOTORIOUS CAPTAIN MELVILLE Empire, Sydney, NSW Mon 17 Aug 1857 http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/64982735?searchTerm=captain%20 |
Melbourne G.P.O.
Post Office, Melbourne. 1861 During construction, Corner of Bourke & Elizabeth Streets.
Westwood quite regularly, preached out front of the Post Office in Melbourne
English Mail Day at the Post Office, Melbourne, c.1862
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Old Melbourne Post Office (same location)
Melbourne Timeline
http://www.latrobesociety.org.au/month/ |
The Postal Hall in the GPO, Melbourne. Taken on Valentine’s Day 1871. Prior to the
extensions, the hall was used as the mail room. http://www.philatelicdatabase.co |
A fire badly damaged the Postal Hall of the Melbourne GPO in Aug. 2001
http://gangeli.customer.netspace.net.au/ |
Westwood
DISGRACEFUL PROCEEDINGS AT ABIMIDALE
The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser NSW 13 December 1866 http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/106007551?search Levee day
A formal reception of visitors or guests (as at a royal court). In 1900 while in S.A., Westwood rubbed shoulders with Lord Tennyson, the heads of Government & other officials while attending the Queen's Birthday Levee day celebration. http://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/levee Westwood was one of 40,000 to come down with Dengue Fever
in Queensland in 1905 Dengue Fever is a debilitating viral disease of the tropics, transmitted by mosquitoes, and causing sudden fever and acute pains in the joints.
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Darling Downs Gazette Qld. 11 May 1905
J.J. Westwood Had a Few Knockers!
We do not wish to convey the slightest disrespect to the sincere professors of any religious creed, but we do object to being bored and distracted in our very office by the idiotic ravings in the neighbouring street of such a palpable humbug as the modern evangelist Joseph Jewell Westwood. Wagga Wagga Express & Murrumbidgee District Advertiser Saturday 10 March 1866 Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal NSW :
Sat 13 Jul 1895 Advertiser, Adelaide, SA, Monday 11 May 1903
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Hyde Park, Sydney
Statue of Captain Cook, Hyde Park, Sydney 1892-93
Hyde Park Riot (J.J. Westwood)
The Rev. Westwood tried to preach at Hyde Park, where he was yelled and jeered at by crowds of young men. He was hit in the Temple with an apple and pushed and shoved about. The police were involved and Westwood was able to get away without serious injury. Empire Sydney, NSW 27 August 1866 http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/60598874?sear |
Hyde Park Barracks, Sydney
Hyde Park, where Westwood tried to preach, is where Convict Barracks were once constructed by order of the Governor Lachlan Macquarie. This was used to house convicts from Britain until it's closure in 1848. Australia's Colonial History http://australianhistorytalks.blogspot.com.au/ Hyde Park Barracks Museum http://sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/hyde-park-barr IRISH ORPHAN GIRLS AT HYDE PARK BARRACKS http://sydneylivingmuseums.com.au/stories/irish-orp FROM BENEATH THE FLOORBOARDS Heritage Minister Rob Stokes has met with descendants of immigrant women who called Hyde Park Barracks home in the 1800's and left behind some 130,000 artifacts that were lost to them under the floorboards. http://www.pittwateronlinenews.com/from-beneath |
Orkney Islands
Westwood went back to visit his family in England
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The Orkney Islands
Westwood visited the Orkney Islands. The Orkney Islands lie off the northern tip of Scotland, where the North Sea and the Atlantic Ocean meet. Orcadian Genealogy http://www.orkneyjar.com/genealogy.htm The Norsemen began to colonise Orkney in the eighth century AD and before long the islands became a vital link in their western sea-routes. By the end of the ninth century the Norwegian settlement was firmly established and Orkney's culture and way of life was entirely that of a Norse earldom. The history of the Norse Earls of Orkney is recorded in the Orkneyinga Saga which recounts events up until the murder of the last of the Norse Earl in 1231. http://www.orkneyjar.com/history/history5.htm |
Holt's Matrimonial Agency
James & Annie Holt
James Holt & Annie Hossack, were married in 1886 & had one son, in 1887. They ran a Matrimonial Agency which had a 'Not so good' reputation. Young Teenagers, legally not of age, would be married there, as well as quite a few bigamist. They employed Ministers of religion, any religion and J.J. Westwood worked for them for a while.
James Holt & Annie Hossack, were married in 1886 & had one son, in 1887. They ran a Matrimonial Agency which had a 'Not so good' reputation. Young Teenagers, legally not of age, would be married there, as well as quite a few bigamist. They employed Ministers of religion, any religion and J.J. Westwood worked for them for a while.
HOLT'S "Ladies, gentlemen, every station in life,
HOLT'S contemplating matrimony, immediately consult HOLT'S proprietors of Holt's New Matrimonial Chambers, 448 Queen Street Melbourne, opposite the Old Cemetery, specially erected by the proprietors for introductions, costing £4,000. (Est. 1886). Introductions privately arranged between eligible partners, either sex, with view to matrimony. Only letter containing stamp for reply answered. All communications treated confidentially and managed solely by the proprietors thereby ensuring strictest privacy. Holt's "Matrimonial Gazette" con- taining particulars of a number of our available clients, modus operandi etc. forwarded to any address, in plain envelope, upon receipt of a twopenny stamp." |
HOLT'S 'The Standard package'-
HOLT'S Fee ten shillings and sixpence; HOLT'S or 'The Deluxe package'- Marriage, with guaranteed gold wedding ring and necessary witnesses provided, £1 one shilling P.S.- No other charges whatsoever. All sizes, more costly wedding rings kept in stock if required." |
Holt's Matrimonial Service, operated out of 3 main addresses in Victoria.
Holt's first location, 345 Swanston St. Melbourne (that I could find) Est.1886. Not far from the State Library. Google maps couldn't give me the exact building (if it's even still there?), it's either been absorbed into one of these places, or the numbers have been changed?.
Around 1893, they moved to their 'New' Chambers at 422 Queen st. If this is the original building, I hope it was nicer inside than out?
Their third location was just up the Road at 448 Queen Street.
Opposite the Vic. Market carpark, was the New 'Marriage Factory' that Holt built for £4,000. Same as with their 1st location, no exact building. 'Upmarket pets' is No. 440 & Sweeney's luggage is No. 450 Queen st. Either building would not be my dream marriage venue!. Sweeney's was established in 1918, so it may be that building, as Holt's Ads started to dwindle around that time. In the 1920's, their Ads say 'Sole location' Oxford st. Sydney, calling themselves 'Holt's Matrimonial Bureau' instead of 'Agency'.
Opposite the Vic. Market carpark, was the New 'Marriage Factory' that Holt built for £4,000. Same as with their 1st location, no exact building. 'Upmarket pets' is No. 440 & Sweeney's luggage is No. 450 Queen st. Either building would not be my dream marriage venue!. Sweeney's was established in 1918, so it may be that building, as Holt's Ads started to dwindle around that time. In the 1920's, their Ads say 'Sole location' Oxford st. Sydney, calling themselves 'Holt's Matrimonial Bureau' instead of 'Agency'.
James Holt died in 1930 & their only son died in 1935, so it seems that Annie may have continued on her own?, as in the 1930's, the Ads have an address of- 327 Collins st. Melbourne. Annie died in 1946 & it seems that the Agency died with her.
Their last location, once again no exact building can be found at 327 Collins st., on the second floor of the building. This would have been up near the current Bank of Melbourne ATM
Holt's Agency wasn't limited to only Victoria but operated in other Australian States as well in the late 19th Century & early 20th Century.
James and Annie Holt were the witnesses who were provided for marriages performed at their establishment.
I wonder if they gave you a discount for only using one of their witnesses?
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Marriage by Factory
Young people sometimes get married without their parents consent and then they incur the risk of false declaration. As a rule, nothing is done in such cases, but an exception has occurred at the City Court, Melbourne, where two young people were committed for trial for inducing a minister to marry them. It appears that they called on two clergymen, one a Pole named Ohrenovitch and one the usual kind named Westwood, the first being deserted for the second, though for what reason wasn't stated. Clarence and Richmond Examiner, Grafton, NSW Sat 22 Mar 1902 http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/61386354? |
A MELBOURNE TRAGEDY
A Young man shot his wife dead & attempted to kill himself. The young man, a warder at the Ararat Lunatic Asylum & the young woman, a Barmaid in Bourke street Hotels, were married less than 2 months ago at 'Holt's Matrimonial Agency'. Otago Witness, N.Z. 10 December 1896 http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=OW18961210.2.87 |
Watchman, Sydney, NSW: Thu 26 Aug 1909
No Irish Need Apply
Watchman Sydney, NSW 26 August 1909
FREDERICK DEEMING, ALIAS ALBERT WILLIAMS, APPLIED TO HOLT'S AFTER READING ONE OF THEIR ADS.
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Not all of the Marriages at Holt's ended in tragedy, some were long & happy ones
History of Dating Ads 1692- Present day
http://www.mutualattraction.co.uk/blog/2012/05/whi Historic Personal Ads https://odnp.wordpress.com/2011/09/09/searching-fo Dear Charlie
Launceston Examiner Dec. 1898
Looking For a Husband
Dundee Courier – Saturday 1 Nov. 1924
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Rev Nathaniel KINSMAN
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MATRIMONIAL AGENCIES
The Philadelphia poison ring Herman and Paul Petrillo were cousins and both were experienced in the world of elaborate crimes. Herman was an expert counterfeiter and Paul was running an insurance scam business. In Philadelphia, they joined forces with Morris Bolber to establish a "matrimonial agency" http://www.murderpedia.org/male.B/b/bolbermorris1.htm Hannaford's Matrimonial Agency, 1890 N.Z. http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/document/31221/hannafords-matrimonial "7000 MARRIAGES." Rev Nathaniel KINSMAN and his church/marriage bureau. is the champion heavy-weight promoter of matrimonial alliances in Victoria Moor Street, Fitzroy, by "Rites of the Victorian Free Church" Melbourne Punch, 3 April 1890 http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/174576531?searchTerm=Rev%20 |
Mr. Punch's Book of Love Being the Humours of Courtship & Matrimony
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42400 Project Gutenberg's- The Queen's Matrimonial Ladder, by William Hone http://www.gutenberg.org/files/30630/30630-h/30630 The Project Gutenberg- A Guide to Men, by Helen Rowland 1922 http://www.gutenberg.org/files/21565/21565-h/21565 |
Old Maids
Too Many Women were worried about dying as an 'Old Maid', so they rushed to find their 'Dream Guy', at
Holt's Matrimonial Services. "It won't be my fault if I die an Old Maid" written in the late 1800's and became a popular song in the 1920's My mother pretends for a wife I'm too young, and says that men will deceive me. But let her look back, she'll soon hold her tongue; if not, 'tis no matter, believe me. Sweet gentlemen, don't be a moment in fear, and suffer a damsel to keep singing here, remember a thought to no girl is so dread, as the terrible one--that she may die an old maid. Mother preaches forever against men, the vile sex, and says every look is alarming, but, between you and I, this she says only to vex, for I know that she thinks you all charming. Three husbands she has had in the course of her life, now I only want one, sir, "Pray who'll have a good wife?" Now men don't be stupid and look half-afraid! Speak boldly, or else I must die an old maid. Men boast they are kind, and easily had, and lovers are willing and plenty, I vow it is false, for I've not got a lad, although I'm turned one-and-twenty. The man I love best now stands in full view-- don't look so sharp, sir! I did not mean you, but that handsome man there--O, what have I said, but it won't be my fault if I die an old maid. |
The term “old maid” is English and means an unmarried childless woman or spinster. Used as early as 1761 for the title of a play by Irishman Arthur Murphy. The origins of the card game
Old Maid traces back to the 17th century, originating in Asia. Players try to form pairs out of their cards until someone is left with the single old maid card & then becomes the loser. The game was very popular during the Victorian era. http://www.museumofplay.org/online-collections Play 'Old Maid' Online http://www.gaspmobilegames.com/OldMaid/assets/ |
In 'Old Wills', a Spinster can be abbreviated as Spr.
A Couple of Comical Old Songs relating to Dating & Marriage
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Look what Percy's picked up in the park
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Now I have to call him father
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It's Never Too Late!