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Groom: George Ralph BLACKFORD.
Birth place: Given as Sussex.

Bride: Mary Sophia FRENCH.
Birth place: Given as Liverpool.

Year married: 1870.
Place: Victoria, Australia.

George died 1914 in Ballarat East, Victoria.
Age: 78 years.
Parents named as George Ralph BLACKFORD and Sophia RUSSELL.

Buried: New Ballarat Cemetery, Victoria.
Area: Presbyterian A.
Section: 03.
Grave number: 17.
Service date: 31 July 1914.
Buried with his second wife Eliza.
George's marriage details to Eliza recorded below.

Mary died 1890 in Ballarat East, Victoria.
Age: 48 years.
Parents named as Cuthbert FRENCH and Amelia WAKEFIELD.

Buried: New Ballarat Cemetery, Victoria.
Area: Church of England A.
Section: 3/4.
Grave number: 03.
Service date: 26 July 1890.
Recorded as Sopia BLACKFORD cemetery records.

Five children located Victoria for George and Mary.

[1]

Amelia Sophia BLACKFORD.
Born: 1871 Napoleons, Victoria.
Died: 1942 Carnegie, Victoria.
Age: 70 years.

Buried: Fawkner Memorial Park, Victoria.
Area: Methodist.
Section: D.
Grave number: 1114.
Service date: 07 March 1942.
Buried with second husband William MORRIS.

Married 1: Charles Frederick DIX.
Year: 1894.
Place: Victoria.

Charles was born 1871 in Bungaree, Victoria.
Parents named as John DIX and Helen Maria WILDING.

Charles died 1904 in Maryborough, Victoria.
Age: 34 years.
Parents named as John Frederick DIX and Ellen Maria WILDING.

Five children located Victoria for Charles and Amelia.

1.
Frederick Charles DIX.
Born: 1895 Timor, Victoria.
Died: 1970 Moorabbin, Victoria.
Age: 73 years.

2.
Harold Frederick DIX.
Born: 1896 Timor, Victoria.
Died: 1961 Fitzroy, Victoria.
Age: 65 years.

3.
Alfred Stanley DIX.
Born: 1900 Timor, Victoria.
Died: 1968 Fitzroy, Victoria.
Age: 67 years.

Cremated: Fawkner Memorial Park, Victoria.
Service date: 12 January 1968.
Cremated remains: Fawkner Memorial Park.
Location: 4th Avenue Wall Niches (North side).

4.
Irene May DIX.
Born: 1902 Timor, Victoria.
Died: -

5.
Clarence William DIX.
Born: 1904 Timor, Victoria.
Died: 1905 Maryborough, Victoria.
Age: 01 year.

Married 2: William NORRIS.
Year: 1906.
Place: Victoria.
William's first marriage was to Annie ROBERTS
See Post: NORRIS Jeremiah and Elizabeth CASEY

William was born 1865 in Heathcote, Victoria.
Parents named as Jeremiah NORRIS and Elizabeth CASEY.
See Post: NORRIS William married Annie ROBERTS 1884

William died 1931 in Murrumbeena, Victoria.
Age: 66 years.
Parents named as Jeremiah NORRIS and Elizabeth CASEY.

Buried: Fawkner Memorial Park, Victoria.
Area: Methodist.
Section: D.
Grave number: 1114.
Service date: 28 January 1931.

[2]

George BLACKFORD.
Born: 1873 Sebastopol, Victoria.
Died: -

[3]

Emily BLACKFORD.
Born: 1875 Sebastopol, Victoria.
Died: 1951 Ballarat, Victoria.
Age: 76 years.

Buried: New Ballarat Cemetery, Victoria.
Area: Church of England D.
Section: 01.
Grave number: 28.
Service date: 25 October 1951.

Married: Frederick Wilhelm LINDNER.
Year: 1895.
Place: Victoria.

Frederick died 1959 in Ballarat East, Victoria.
Age: 66 years.
Parents named as Gottfried LINDNER and Dorothea FENGEL.

Buried: New Ballarat Cemetery, Victoria.
Area: Church of England D.
Section: 01.
Grave number: 28.
Service date: 07 August 1934.

[4]

William Frederick BLACKFORD.
Born: 1880 Ballarat, Victoria.
Died: -

Married: Florence Elizabeth Ann NORRIS.
Year: 1907.
Place: Victoria.

Florence was born 1890 in Carisbrook, Victoria.
Parents named as William NORRIS and Annie ROBERTS.
See Post: NORRIS William married Annie ROBERTS 1884

Florence died 1941 in Petersham, New South Wales.
Parents named as William and Annie.

[5]

Eliza BLACKFORD.
Born: 1883 Ballarat, Victoria.
Died: -

George's second marriage details.

Groom: George Ralph BLACKFORD.
Birth place: Given as Sussex.

Bride: Eliza DIXON nee HINTON.
Birth place: Given as Ireland.

Year married: 1891.
Place: Victoria, Australia.

Eliza died 1900 in Ballarat East, Victoria.
Age: 63 years.
Parents named as John HINTON and Nancy PARKES.

Buried: New Ballarat Cemetery, Victoria.
Area: Presbyterian A.
Section: 03.
Grave number: 17.
Service date: 11 February 1900.

Sources:
Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria.
Registry of Deaths, New South Wales.
Ballarat Cemetery Records, Victoria.
Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery Records, Victoria.

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