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Macintyre, Adeline Letitia and Sydney Ashford

Adleine Letitia

Burial Register Details:

Previous No.	Current No.	Date	Name	Age	Section	Lot	Note
395	157	27-01-1877	Macintyre, Adeline	6	CE2	3/4	–
157	395	22-09-1886	Macintyre, Sydney Ashford	8	CE2	3/4	–

Inscription:

Sacred / to / the memory of / Adeline Letitia Macintyre / who departed this life Jan 25, 1877 / aged 6 years 3 months. / Thou are gone to the grave ’twere wrong to deplore thee / for God was thy ransom, thy guardian and guide. / He gave thee, He took thee, and He will restore thee / And death has no sting since the Saviour has died. / Also / Sydney Ashford / died Sep. 22, 1886 / aged 8 years 4 months. / Not lost but gone before.

Links: See 10057 Gilbert and Eliza Macintyre.
Image No: 10056 (2-18)

Biography:

Adeline, the daughter of Eliza and Gilbert Macintyre, was accidentally burnt. [LDHS files]

Sydney Ashford Macintyre

Death notice:

Macintyre – On the 22nd inst., at ‘Coowurp’, near Lilydale, Sydney Ashford, fifth son of Gilbert R. Macintyre, aged 8 years and 4 months. [The Argus 24-09-1886 p1]

References: The Argus 24-09-1886; LDHS files.

Macintyre, Gilbert and Eliza

Gilbert B. Macintyre

Burial Register Details:

Previous No.	Current No.	Date	Name	Age	Section	Lot	Note
395	449	26-11-1887	Macintyre, Gilbert B.	52	CE2	3/4	–
449	1798	23-08-1920	Macintyre, Eliza	78	CE2	3/4	–

Inscription:

Erected / by / Eliza / in memory of her beloved husband / Gilbert B. Macintyre / who departed this life 25th November 1887 / aged 53 years. / Also / Eliza / his beloved wife / died 22nd August 1920 / aged 78 years. / At rest.

Links:
Image No: 10057 (2-19)

Death notice:

We regret to announce the sudden death of Mr Gilbert Macintyre, which occurred as we were going to press, shortly after 1 o’clock this morning. Further particulars in our next issue. [Lilydale Express 25-11-1887]

Obituary:

Mr Gilbert Macintyre . . death was remarkably sudden . . . He appeared in his usual good health….retiring to rest at midnight. Twenty minutes after Mrs Macintyre . .  . found her husband had died . . . [from heart disease]. The funeral took place on Sunday and was largely attended. [He] was one of the oldest Victorian colonists . . . born in Sydney 5-3-1835 and coming to Dandenong two years later where his father purchased a station . . . They came to Lilydale area in 1853. The property of Mr Macintyre sen. was subdivided amongst the family and Mr Gilbert Macintyre lived at ‘Coowurp’ since his marriage to Eliza Rourke 22 years ago….[Lilydale Express 02-12-1887]

Eliza Macintyre

Biography:

Eliza’s parents were Dennis Rourke and Ann nee Bolton. Obituary: Mrs Eliza Macintyre of Yering passed away on 23 ult. [She] had been unwell for seventeen months. She was from the well known Rourke family and married Gilbert Macintyre in 1866. Her brother John Rourke was for some years a shire councillor. Eliza was the last surviving of her siblings. She leaves an adult family of five sons and two daughters. The burial took place at Lilydale cemetery on Tuesday. [Lilydale Express 3-9-1920]

References: Lilydale Express 25-11-1887, 02-12-1887, 3-9-1920; Macintyre family in Australia by Val Sheehan; LHS file.

Macintyre, Jane Ellen, Thomas, Mary Ann

Jane Ellen Macintyre

Burial Register Details:

Previous No.	Current No.	Date	Name	Age	Section	Lot	Note
343	725	07-05-1894	Macintyre, Jane E.	27	P2	15/16	–
725	843	17-10-1897	Macintyre, Thomas	64	P2	15/16	–
843	1478	13-02-1914	Macintyre, Mary Ann	71	P2	15/16	–

Inscription:

Sacred / to the memory of / Jane Ellen / the beloved daughter of / Thomas & Mary Ann Macintyre / who departed this life 6 May 1894, / aged 27 years 9 months. / For me to live in Christ and to die is gain. / Phil 1,21. / Also / Thomas Macintyre, J.P. / my beloved husband / who departed this life 16 Octr 1897, / aged 63 years 11 months. / I have fought a good fight, I have finished / my course, I have kept the faith. 2 Timy 14 7. / Also Mary Ann Macintyre /beloved wife of the above / who died 13th Feb 1914, / aged 71 years.

Notes:
Links: 10212
Image No: 10213 (7-17)

Biography:

Miss Jane Ellen (Jeannie) Macintyre was the eldest daughter of Mr Thomas Macintyre, J.P., of ‘Cora Lynn’ Yering. Six months prior to her death in 1894 she had become ill and died of pneumonia. At the time of her death, she was engaged to R. Blair of Mooroolbark and they were to be married shortly after her death. In her obituary she was described as having a gently unassuming manner and consistent Christian character. Lilydale Express 18-05-1894]

Thomas Macintyre

Biography:

Thomas, the son of Thomas Macintyre, was born in Sydney and came to Victoria on April 1, 1837 where his parents settled in a cedar-board tent near Prince’s Bridge. It was here his mother saw the first white man drowned in the Yarra. The family moved to Westernport then back to Melbourne where they built two homes in Bourke St West. In 1845 Thomas Jnr purchased 15 acres of land in Booroondara and began farming. From 1848 to 1851 his father owned the punt across the Yarra where the Hawthorn Bridge no stands. Thomas Jnr went to the goldfields at Chewton in 1851 and found 800ozs of gold which realised £4 2s 6d an ounce – £3,300 or $6,600.

With the money he purchased 561 acres at Yering where he established a dairy and farm. He was founding member of the Upper Yarra District Road Board 1862 to 1871 when the Shire of Lilydale was formed. He then served in the shire council from 1872 until 1879. He was an elder and trustee of the Lilydale Presbyterian Church and a Justice of the Peace for the 10 years prior to his death. [Victoria and its Metropolis – Past and Present pg412 and Lilydale Express22-10-1897 pg3]]

Mary Ann Macintyre

Death Notice:

Macintyre – On the 13th February at “Belmont” Lilydale grove, Auburn, Mary Ann, widow of the late Thomas Macintyre, J.P., of “Cora Lynn” of Yering, and beloved mother of Mrs J. Beattie, of Gisborne, and Thomas H. Macintyre of Yering aged 71 years. [The Argus 14-04-1914 pg11]

Funeral Notice:

Macintyre – The Friends of the late Mrs Mary Ann Macintyre are respectfully invited to follow her remains to the place if interment in the Lilydale cemetery. The funeral will leave the Lilydale railway station on the arrival of the 1.22 train from Melbourne this day (Saturday 14th inst.) Burton Bros, Undertakers, Lilydale. Telephone 11 Lilydale. [The Argus 14-04-1914 pg 11]

References: Lilydale Express 18-05-1894, 22-10-1897; Victoria and its Metropolis – Past and Present; The Argus 14-04-1914.

Macintyre, Thomas Henry, Thomas Douglas Stewart and Mary Stewart

Thomas Henry Macintyre

Burial Register Details:

Previous No.	Current No.	Date	Name	Age	Section	Lot	Note
–	1795	05-07-1920	Macintyre, Thomas Henry	49	P2	33/34	–
–	1795	04-05-1922	Macintyre, Thos Douglas S		P2	33/34	–
1941/1795	4355	09-07-1948	McIntyre, Mary Stewart	78	P2	33	–

Inscription:

In loving memory of / our dear father and brother / Thomas Henry Macintyre / died 5th July 1920 / and Douglas Stewart Macintyre / died 3rd May 1922.

Notes: In the Burial Register both interments carry the same current number although 2 years apart. Believe Thomas Douglas should be 1941 – see Mary’s entry.

Links:
Image No: 10212 (7-16)

Biography:

Thomas Henry Macintyre married Mary Stewart Prowse on 26-07-1899. She died 09-07-1948. [LDHS files] Death notice: Macintyre – On the 5th July suddenly at his residence ‘Cora Lynn’, Yering. Thomas Henry, dearly loved husband of Mary Stewart Macintyre, aged 49 years. [Lilydale Express 23-07-1920]

Thomas Douglas Stewart Macintyre

No information.

Mary Stewart Macintyre

Obituary:

Mrs Thomas MacIntyre . . . passed away suddenly at her home ‘Cora Lynn’, Yering on 9th July . . . Before her marriage she was well known as a fine horsewoman, and was the daughter of the late Mr and Mrs Prowse who for a long period were lessees of the Mooroolbark Park Estate, Lilydale . . . her late husband Thomas and his cousin Isaac MacIntyre with Mrs MacIntyre’s brother represented Victoria [in the] Mounted Rifle Unit in London for Diamond Jubilee celebrations of Queen Victoria. . . three daughters are left to mourn their loss . . [Lilydale Express 16-07-1948 pg 3]

References: Lilydale Express 23-07-1920 and 16-07-1948; LDHS files.

Mackie, Alexander and Jane Ann

Alexander Mackie

Burial Register Details: