Movember Monday – Hamilton Lewis O’DONNNELL (1847 – 1920)

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Hamilton Lewis O’Donnell (1847 – 1920)

I’m doing a month long meme for November – Movember Monday!! Each monday of the month in support of Movember, I will be posting about a moustached ancestor!! Come on over to the Inside History Hairy Mancestor page and let people know about your post!

Hamilton Lewis O’DONNELL was born on 13 Oct, 1847 in Omagh, County Tyrone, Ireland. His parents were Hamilton Lewis O’DONNELL and Emily Jane TODD. On his birth record, his surname is spelt O’DONNEL.

Sometime after his father’s death in 1865, his mother and his siblings came to Australia in 1872, arriving in Port Henry, Corio Bay, Vic, Australia.

On the 11th Mar, 1872, he married Annie BROWN in Geelong, Vic, Australia. After spending some time in the Mount Moriac, Vic, Australia area, where the first two children were born, the family moved to Shepparton, Vic, Australia where the next two children were born. After that, it was off to Nine Mile Creek, where the next five children were born. Their final children, twin girls were born at Bunbartha, Vic, Australia. The family were then based around the Shepparton/Mooroopna area.

In 1903, Hamilton is listed as living at Tallyagaroopna, Vic, Australia, where his occupation is listed as “village settler”[1]. He then works as a farmer in 1909[2] until 1914 where he is listed as undertaking home duties in Bubbartha, Vic[3]. In 1919, the year before his death he is listed as a pensioner living at Clive St , Shepparton, Vic, Australia. He was still at this address when he died on 8 Mar, 1920.

On the various Electoral Rolls where he is listed, his name is spelt as Hamilton Louis O’Donnell. There are others on the rolls who spell their names as Hamilton Lewis O’Donnell. This person is presumed to be the child of one of our Hamilton Lewis O’Donnells’ siblings ie a nephew.

[1] Ancestry.com, Australian Electoral Rolls, 1901-1954, Australian Electoral Commission. [Electoral roll]. Microform mc N 451-mc N 457. National Library of Australia, Canberra, Australia..

[2] Ancestry.com, Australian Electoral Rolls, 1901-1954, Australian Electoral Commission. [Electoral roll]. Microform mc N 451-mc N 457. National Library of Australia, Canberra, Australia.

[3] Ancestry.com, Australian Electoral Rolls, 1901-1954, Australian Electoral Commission. [Electoral roll]. Microform mc N 451-mc N 457. National Library of Australia, Canberra, Australia.

Movember Monday – Henry Vincent CANET (1878 – 1953)

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Henry Vincent CANET (1878 – 1953)

I’m doing a month long meme for November – Movember Monday!! Each monday of the month in support of Movember, I will be posting about a moustached ancestor!! Come on over to the Inside History Hairy Mancestor page and let people know about your post!

Henry Vincent Canet, born 10 Oct 1878 in Tallygaroopna, Vic, Australia[1]; died 09 Feb 1953 in Fitzroy, Vic, Australia.  He was the son of Robert Canet and Elizabeth Ann Montgomery.  He married Cecile Alice May O’Donnell 02 Oct 1918 in Shepparton, Vic, Australia.

He married ALICE CASSANDRA BARTLETT 1907 in Tallygaroopna, Vic, Australia, daughter of John BARTLETT and Cassandra GREY. She was born 1884 in Branholme, Vic, Australia. They had one child named Ernest CANET but both mother and child died. Henry’s second family did not know much about the first family other than he had kept his first wife’s favorite hat (it had flowers around the brim) and a small photo of his son. It was about 10 years after his first wifes’ death before he remarried. Searches have been conducted of all deaths from 1854-1980 for Canet. There is no entry for any wife or child.

He married Cecile Alice May O’DONNELL on 2 Oct 1918 in Shepparton, Vic, Australia, she was the daughter of Hamilton Lewis O’DONNELL and Annie BROWN. She was born 15 Jan 1897 in Bunbartha, Vic, Australia, and died 25 Jul 1984 in Qld, Australia.

Henry Canet played for Tallygaroopna Football Club over many years. There are two team photos from 1907 and 1908 which feature Henry. In the photo from 1907 he is the one behind the man in white, he has a mustache. His brother, Bert (Albert) is also in the photo. Henry also loved to play cricket and played for Shepparton.

In 1896 he is listed in Wise’s Victoria Post Office Directory as a carpenter. In 1903 he is living in Main St, Tallygaroopna, Vic, Australia and his occupation is listed as being a cycle agent[2]. In 1904, he is still working as a cycle agent[3]. In 1909 he has moved to Wyndham St, Shepparton, Vic, Australia and is listed as an agent based at Tallygaroopna Railway Station[4]. He is still there in 1914 and 1919[5]. In 1919 he is listed as living at a different address to his wife, who is in Corio St, Shepparton, Vic, Australia.

He is listed in Wise’s under the Bicycle and Motorcycle agent section. Of interest are other Canet’s also mentioned in the same directory. His brother, A

lbert is listed as a grocer in Tallygaroopna and his mother, Elizabeth is listed as a confectioner in Tallygaroopna.

"SALE OF AIR RIFLE." The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) 5 Jun 1925: 15. Web. 11 Nov 2013 .

“SALE OF AIR RIFLE.” The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 – 1957) 5 Jun 1925: 15. Web. 11 Nov 2013 .

Henry also was a builder/carpenter for a time. He had a Service Station in Shepparton and was the local motorcycle mechanic. Family lore says there was an outbreak of scarlet fever in Shepparton and Henry drove the local doctor to all of his calls, as he was one of the few who owned a car. Later they had a Deli in Carlton, Melbourne.

Some time before 1924, the family moved to Fitzroy, a suburb of Melbourne, Vic, Australia. In 1924 he is listed with his wife as living at 442 Geor

ge St, Fitzroy, Vic, Australia and working as a cycle manufacturer[6].

From 1923 to 1928, Henry is listed in the Sands & McDougall Postal Directories as a “cycle manufacturer” at 431 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy. His business was on the corner of Brunswick & Cecil Street’s.

In 1925 he had a run in with the law when he was fined for selling air rifles to two underage boys. He was able to escape with a warning and a small fine. The article regarding this incident provides the name of his business, the Blue Bell Cycle Works. Family lore says that he constructed cycles for Malvern Star.

In 1931 he is still in the cycle business but is now living at 88 Cecil Street, Fitzroy. Henry remained at this address until his death on the 9th Feb, 1953.

[1] Dept of Justice, State of Victoria, Births, Deaths and Marriages, State of Victoria, Birth Certificate.

[2] Ancestry.com, Australian Electoral Rolls, 1901-1954, Australian Electoral Commission. [Electoral roll]. Microform mc N 451-mc N 457. National Library of Australia, Canberra, Australia..

[3] Wise’s Victoria Post Office Directory, 1904

[4] Ancestry.com, Australian Electoral Rolls, 1901-1954, Australian Electoral Commission. [Electoral roll]. Microform mc N 451-mc N 457. National Library of Australia, Canberra, Australia.

[5] Ancestry.com, Australian Electoral Rolls, 1901-1954, Australian Electoral Commission. [Electoral roll]. Microform mc N 451-mc N 457. National Library of Australia, Canberra, Australia.

[6] Ancestry.com, Australian Electoral Rolls, 1901-1954, Australian Electoral Commission. [Electoral roll]. Microform mc N 451-mc N 457. National Library of Australia, Canberra, Australia..