- GFG # I 561
- 1871 census, St Andrews Ward, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, fam # 358 - Crawford lambert, ae 32, born in Ontario, Methodist, Irish ancestry, Physicina; Martha, ae 25, born in Ontario, German ancestry; Eliza, ae 65, born in Ireland, Irish ancestry; Harris Martha, ae 18, servant.
- GFG # I 1478
- GFG # I 1479
- Where was she during the 1880 census?
- Living with her uncle, Joseph Jarvis during the 1900 census. [listed as Clara L, b. Jun 1873, immigrated 1878]
- 1910 censu, riverside (Ward 1), Riverside, Ca, (491 Mulberry Street) fam # 42 - Parker George P; Crawford Clara L, ae 36, born in Canada, parents born in Canada, Printer - City Records.
- 1920 census, Riverside (Ward 3), Riverside, Ca, (491 Mulberry) fam # 34 - Barker George D; ... Crawford Clara, roomer, ae 46, immigrated in 1889, born in Canada, parents born in Canada, Copier - Records.
- GFG # I 1480
- GFG # I 564
- Alt place of Birth: West Oxford, Ontario, Canada
- 1880 census, Riverside, San Bernardino, Ca - Jarvis Joseph, ae 37, Physician, born in Engalnd, parents born in England; Mary, ae 30, wife, Housekeeping, born in Canada, parents born in Canada; Bertha L, ae 7, daughter, born in Canada; Clarence C, ae 4, son; Edith, ae 2, daughter, born in Ca.
- 1900 census, Riverside, Riverside, Ca; fam # 72 - Jarvis Joseph. b. Oct 1842, ae 57, married 33 yr, born in England, parents born in England, emmegrated in 1877, Doctor, rents his home; Mary A, wife, b. Oct 1859, ae 50, married 33 yr, 9 children 5 living, born in Canada, parents born in Canada, immigrated in 1877; Clarance C, son, b. Mar 1876, ae 24, Electrician; Edith L, daughter, b. Jul 1877, ae 22, born in Ca; Francis J, son, b. Mar 1882, ae 18, born in Ca; Howard C, son, b. Mar 1885, ae 15; Beatrice A, daughter, b. Aug 1888, ae 11; Schell Daniel, Father-in-law, b. Aug 1815, ae 84, born in Canada, parents born in NY, immigrated in 1878; Crawford Clara L, neice, b. Jun 1873, ae 26, born in Canada, parents born in Canada, immigrated in 1878, Stenographer.
- 1910 census, Riverside (Ward 2), Riverside, Ca, (1090 River St) fam # 163 - Living with his daughter Edith.
- 1920 census, Riverside (Ward 2), Riverside, Ca, (1090 Pine) fam # 253 - Jarvis Joseph, owns his home with a mortgage, ae 76, widower, immigrated in 1877, born in England, parents born in England, Retired; Bradley E L, daughter, ae 43, divorced, born in Ca, father born in Engalnd, mother born in Canada, Forelady, Rubber Balloon Co; Clarence, grandchild, ae 13, born in Ca, father born in Oh, mother born in Ca; Theresa, grandchild, ae 11; Higday Robert, boarder, ae 39, born in Ks, father born in Scotland, mother born in In, Forman - Rubber Balloon Co.
- 1930 census, Riverside (District 60), Riverside, Ca, (4257 Ramona Drive - Living with his son-in-law Robert Higday.- Jarvis, Joseph, M. D. (Released 13 April 2005 - An Illustrated History of Southern California - San Bernadino Biographies)
Joseph Jarvis, M. D., a well-known citizen of Riverside, is a native of England, born in Oxford, in 1842. His parents, Jonathan and Eliza (Allen) Jarvis, were also natives of that country. The subject of this sketch was reared in his native place until eighteen months of age. His parents then immigrated to Canada, locating in Oxford County. There he graduated at the Ingersoll High School, and in 1862 entered upon his medical studies. In 1864 he went to New York City and spent the next two years in medical study in the Bellevue Hospital Medical College and in the hospital. He then returned to Canada and entered the medical department of the Victoria College in Toronto. After graduating at that institution he visited his native country and entered the St. Thomas Hospital, in London, for the purpose of perfecting himself in his surgical studies, and was granted an honorary degree by the St. Thomas College. In 1867 he returned to Canada and established himself in the practice of his profession at Ingersoll, Oxford County, and then in 1869 moved to Kingston, and there continued his practice, taking a prominent and leading position in the medical circles of that city.
In 1877, desirous of a more genial climate, Dr. Jarvis sought a residence on the Pacific coast, and during that year established his home in Riverside. Upon his arrival he purchased a twenty-acre tract on Adams Street, west of Magnolia Avenue, and entered upon horticultural pursuits. Since that time he has increased his real-estate interests, and is now the owner of 227 acres of land in the colony, located within five miles of the city, and also a fifteen-acre tract of vineyard just south of the city limits. All of his lands are so located as to be irrigated from the Riverside water system, and a large portion of them are under cultivation.
He is one of the leading and most successful horticulturists of Riverside. Taking his lands in a wild and uncultivated state, he has by his energy and perseverance brought them to a high state of cultivation, and very productive in resources. He has fifty-five acres in orange groves, the most of which is in seedlings, but is each year increasing his orange planting by putting in Washington Navels, Mediterranean Sweets, St. Michaels, etc. Fifty acres are devoted to apricots, and twelve acres to other varieties of deciduous fruits. He also has forty acres of vines, producing raisin grapes of the Muscat variety. The Doctor has been notably successful in his deciduous fruit growing, and by curing and marketing his fruits himself has found an ample profit in an industry that many of the fruit-growers of Riverside long since abandoned. The products of his vineyard are also cured, packed and marketed in the same manner.
As an illustration of his success, it is noted that one of his ten-acre vineyards, eight years old, in 1888 produced a crop that marketed for over $300 per acre; ten acres of his budded orange trees of the same age brought over $280 per acre. Dr. Jarvis has not confined himself to horticultural pursuits alone, but he has been one of the most active business men in River-side: has been identified with nearly every enterprise of any magnitude established in the colony, and is one of the most enterprising and public-spirited citizens of Riverside.
He is one of the original incorporators and a director of the Riverside Water Company, and formerly held the office of president of the company, and has recently been again elected president of the same company; also a director of the Riverside Land Company; incorporator and vice president of the Riverside & Arlington Railway. He is also one of the original incorporators and a director in the Hall's Addition Railroad Company, Hall's Addition Water Company, River-side Canal Company, and the South San Bernardino Land Company, and vice president of the Rubidoux Hotel Association. His extensive business operations have not been confined to Riverside, but have extended to other portions of Southern California.
One of his enterprises in San Diego County is worthy of note. In 1882 he was an incorporator and vice president of the El Cajon Land Company. After the, sale of a few hundred acres of the lands of the company, the Doctor purchased the balance about 30,000 acres-and from 1883 to 1887 was the president and general manager of the company, during which time the projected improvements were carried out and the lands sold. He is a man of broad views, great executive ability, and sound business principles. These, combined with his straightforward and honest dealings, have insured him a successful business career and gained him the respect and esteem of the community.
He is a prominent member of the Masonic fraternity, and is affiliated with the Lodge, Chapter and Coinmandery of Riverside. He is also a member of Cataraqui Lodge, No. 10, I. O. O. F., of Kingston, Canada. He is a sup-porter of churches and schools, and is a member of the congregation of the Presbyterian Church at Arlington. Dr. Jarvis married in 1868, wedding Miss Mary Amelia Schell, daughter of Daniel Schell (whose history appears in this volume), and they have had nine children, viz.: Francis Joseph, Bertha L., Carl, Clarence E.. Edith L., Frank, Howard, Beatrice and Helen. Francis Joseph and Carl are deceased.
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5919. Clarence Crawford Jarvis
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- He resided in Brea, Orance, Ca when he registered for the WWI draft (Sep 12, 1918) He was self employed as a dentist and listed Eva Jarvis as his closest relative.
- 1920 census, Brea, Orange, Ca, fam # 59 - Jarvis C C, owns his home with a mortgage, ae 44, immigrated in 1876, born in Canada, father born in england, mother born in Canada, Dentist - Own Office; Eva M, wife, ae 37, born in Pa, father born in Me, mother born in Pa; Priestly Irma, step-son (sic), ae 18, born in NM, father born in Ca, mother born in Pa; Elbert, step-son, ae 12, born in Ca.
- 1930 census, Brea, Orange, Ca, (114 South Madison) fam # 119 - Jarvis Clarence, owns his homew with a value of $1800, ae 54, married at age 32, born in Canada, father born in Engalnd, mother born in Canada, Doctor - Dentist; Eva, wife, ae 47, first married at age 16, born in Pa, father born in Me, mother born in Pa.
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- 1903 Australian Electoral Rolls - Mildura Wimmera, Victoria Australia - Chaffey Arthur, Palm Avenue Mildura, planter; Benjamin, teacher; Carl, planter; Coora (?), home duties; Hattie, home duties; William Benjamin, planter.
- 1909 Australian Electoral Rolls - Mildura Wimmera, Victoria Australia - Chaffey Arthur, Palm av. Mildura, planter; Carl, planter; Hattie, home duties; William Benjamin, planter.
- 1914 Australian Electoral Rolls - Mildura Wimmera, Victoria Australia - Chaffey Arthur Elswood, The Crescent, Mildura, planter; Harriet Sexton, Palm av. home duties; Karl Schell, Belar av, fruitgrower; William Benjamin, Palm av. director.
- 1919 Australian Electoral Rolls - Mildura Wimmera, Victoria Australia - Chaffey Arthur Elswood, The Crescent, Mildura, planter; Harriet Sexton, Palm av. home duties; Karl Schell, Belar av, fruitgrower; Mary Blanche, Belar av. Irymple, home duties; Rose Evelyn Elswood, Mildura, home duties; William Benjamin, Palm av., Mildura, director.
- 1924 Australian Electoral Rolls - Mildura Wimmera, Victoria Australia - Chaffey Arthur Elswood, The Crescent, Mildura, planter; Harriet Sexton, Palm av. home duties; Karl Schell, Belar av, fruitgrower; Mary Blanche, Belar av. Irymple, home duties; Naida Rolph, Merbein, home duties; Robert Hugh, "Reo Vista" Palm av. Mildura, salesman; Rose Evelyn Elswood, Mildura, home duties; William Benjamin, Palm av., Mildura, director; William Herbert, Merbein, accountant.- William had a brother named George Chaffey. They both came to Australia and were famous for their work on irrigation systems. William stayed in Australia, but George returned to the USA.
(http://www.weblog.ro/Depozit/2004-12-17.html)
The Irrigation Colony of Mildura
In the early 1880s, the Victorian government began examining the possibility of establishing irrigation colonies on the Murray River. A Royal Commission chaired by Alfred Deakin the then Chief Secretary and Minister for Water Supply (and later to become Prime Minister of Australia after Federation) was held to examine Victoria's water resources and it was decided to establish one such colony. To this end, in 1884 Deakin led a delegation to the U.S.A. where he met the Canadian born brothers George and W.B. (Ben) Chaffey who had established irrigation colonies at Ontario and Ettiwanda, east of Los Angeles.
Deakin was impressed with the Chaffeys and their achievements , and the Chaffeys were sufficiently interested in Deakin's proposals to send their manager, Stephen Cureton , to Victoria in 1885. After a promising report from Cureton, George Chaffey visited Victoria in 1886 and having decided on the Mildura Run as a suitable location for an irrigation colony he sent word to his brother to sell their Californian interests (at a loss) in order to invest in this new venture.
The boldness and perspicacity of this decision can perhaps be appreciated from the following description of Chaffey's chosen location .
The Mildura Run was in liquidation at this time. Lessee after lessee had left it in despair after being ruined. It was claimed that if it had been autioned in 1887, it would not even have brought 10s per acre. It had a frontage of forty miles and reached some twenty miles back "with flats subject to frequent inundations covered with really splendid forests of red gum ". George Chaffey saw the Mildura scene as "sterility on either bank with the river of life flowing between". One earlier squatter described the run as "the most wretched and hopeless of all the Mallee regions" and another as "a Sahara of blasting hot winds and red driving sands, a howling, carrion -polluted wilderness". Painter, 1993
On October 21st 1886 after months of negotiations with Deakin, the Chaffey brothers signed an agreement for the establishment of an irrigation colony on the Mildura Run. However this agreement was rejected by the Victorian parliament, many of whose members were suspicious of these 'Americans' whilst others were concerned about the effect of such a scheme on river navigation. This was despite considerable support for the agreement in the press
....As the matter now stands, little more can be done than congratulate the country that the enterprises of the Messrs Chaffey has enabled the Chief Secretary to make an excellent bargain for the State. The Mallee, which constitutes the bulk of the territory now in the hands of the State, is practically valueless, and the Messrs Chaffey are ready to take a block in hand and establish upon it one of the 'irrigation colonies' by which irrigation has been developed in America. The Messrs Chaffey, who are British subjects, have been most successful in their enterprises in the States. their qualifications are undoubted, and certainly it says much for our irrigation prospects that experts of their standing should see their way to undertake a large experiment here...this wilderness the Messrs Chaffey undertake to transform into a garden....It would be a grand thing to have the Mallee transformed in this manner- to have our farmers taught 'intense culture' by means of irrigation, without risk and without cost to the State. The Argus, October 22, 1886
The property was subsequently put up for public tender but the Chaffeys decided not to tender. Instead, they negotiated with the South Australian government and on February 14th 1887 they signed an agreement securing 250,000 acres at Bookmark Plains which was to become the town of Renmark.
The Victorian government, meanwhile, had not received a satisfactory tender for the Mildura run (which is hardly surprising given their treatment of the Chaffeys and the prior history of the run), and eventually 'The Chaffey Brothers Agreement' was passed by both Houses of Parliament and on May 31st 1887 an indenture was signed for 250,000 acres of the old Mildura run, which the Chaffeys took possession of in August. Under the terms of this Agreement, the Chaffey Brothers were to pay 5 pounds per acre on two blocks of 25,000 acres each, which they would then subdivide into cleared 10 acre blocks and undertake to construct irrigation channels to the highest corner of each 10 acre block. Provided that these improvements were made and payment proceeded according to schedule, they could then acquire a further 200,000 acres at 1 pound per acre plus improvements to the value of another 1 pound per acre. At commencement they were granted water rights varying from 20,000 cubic feet per minute in March to a maximum of 60,000 feet per minute in September, October and November or the equivalent of a 24 inch rainfall for the irrigated blocks. To put these water statistics in perspective, a report in 1889 after many years of drought found that the lowest rate of discharge from the Murray was 182,000 cubic feet per minute.
Prospective settlers or investors could purchase irrigated blocks for 20 pounds per acre cash or on terms of 1 pound deposit and 120 monthly repayments of 2 pounds 7 shillings and sixpence which amounted to a total of 285 pounds or 85 pounds in interest over 10 years. A minimum of 10 acres and a maximum of 80 acres could be purchased by any individual. The company (Chaffey Brothers L.t.d.) also managed blocks for absentee owners for a fee of 5 pounds per annum.
The steamer 'Jane Eliza' was brought to Psyche Bend to be used as a pumping station, and George Chaffey, who was an engineer, had further pumps built to his design that were each claimed to be capable of delivering up to 40,0000 gallons per minute to main channels 50, 70 and 85 feet above the river.
No. 2 pumping station temporary plant c1890
These main channels were 15 feet wide and 3 feet deep. However, because the channels were unlined there were continuous problems with seepage and damage by crayfish and yabbies.
Murray cray
Added to the technical difficulties encountered in getting water to the crops, was the inter-colonial bickering over the rights to the Murray's water. The Premier of New South Wales, Sir Henry Parkes, on learning that water was being pumped from the river called the Chaffeys 'trespassers', basing his accusation on a section of the N.S.W. Constitution Act of 1855 which stated 'that the whole of the watercourse of the said River Murray is and shall be in the territory of New South Wales'. Such attitudes once prompted the mayor of Echuca, after a severe flood, to telegraph the then Premier of NSW requesting that the NSW water be removed from his Victorian town! The South Australian government sided with NSW and wanted the matter taken to the Privy Council in London. Such protracted disagreement caused George Chaffey to call for an Inter colonial Trust for the regulation of the use of the River Murray.
In 1877 the district received better rainfall that it had for many years and the breaking of the drought in N.S.W. in 1889 led to floods and good rains for the next three years. By 1890 the colony had 3600 acres planted to horticulture. In these early years trees were usually preferred to vines, with a typical block planted to 25% vines and the rest taken up by apricots (Moorpark), peaches (Lady Palmerston), lemons (Lisbon) and oranges (St Michael, Valetta, Jaffa). By 1894 there were 700 acres of oranges, 750 acres of lemons, 900 acres of peaches and 1650 acres of apricots. However, many of these trees were dying due to a combination of inexperience on the part of the settlers and unscrupulous nurserymen (from elsewhere) supplying trees that were not true to type and variety, or on poor root stock. In 1890 the Chaffey brothers established their own nursery, as did other settlers, to overcome this problem.
The first vines recommended for planting were Muscat Gordo Blanco and Zante Currants. The Zante Currants proved to be unreliable bearers with some good years and others when berry drop was extreme. Some settlers experimented with cincturing (making a shallow incision around the vine just below the crown whilst the fruit is immature to cause greater sap flow to the bunches, a practice that is still sometimes used to attempt to ripen table grapes a week or so early and thus bring a higher market price) and this proved successful in increasing yields. Sun dried Gordos were sent to the Melbourne markets in 1894, but merchants complained that the fruit was too dark compared with imported European fruit. Sultanas were not recommended initially but two independently minded growers imported enough cuttings from South Australia to plant two acres at Nichols Point, and by 1894 66 acres of Sultanas had been planted throughout the colony. This rapidly increased until they became the main variety of vine planted, a situation which has continued to this day.
The Chaffeys (especially George) invested in other business ventures in Mildura and elsewhere. These included a brickworks, an engineering company, a timber mill and in 1888 The River Murray Navigation Company. In the early years of settlement, favourable conditions meant Mildura could rely mostly on river transport with freight and passengers going downstream to Morgan for a railway connection to Adelaide, and upstream to Swan Hill and Echuca, for connections to Melbourne.
Restored paddle steamer alongside old Echuca wharf
The town of Wentworth 12 miles downstream on the Darling junction had the closest medical and shopping facilities and had been an important link in the river transport system for several decades. George designed the vessel Pearl, the frame of which was shipped to the colony where it was assembled. The engines and boiler were also built at the company engineering yard. It was an ornate vessel capable of carrying up to 100 passengers in comfort, although masters found it difficult to manoeuvre in the tight bends of the Murray, and low river levels often meant that it could not make as good time as was anticipated.
Chaffey Bros Ltd heavily promoted their irrigation colonies in the Adelaide, Melbourne , Sydney and London press with advertisements supported by testimonials by prominent politicians etc and also through a publication titled The Australian Irrigation Colonies, written by James E. Mathew Vincent who later became the company's London manager.
Also known as 'the red book', it was to be subject to much criticism for its many errors, exaggerations and misrepresentations such as the statement that the 'great freshwater River Murray ....being at all times navigable facilitates the conveyance of produce, stores etc". As early as 1864 the three governments concerned had met to discuss the construction of a system of locks and weirs on the Murray and Darling rivers to control the cycles of flood and drought that disrupted and sometimes halted river traffic for months at a time, so this statement was stretching the truth more than somewhat. In fact by the mid 1890s, many stretches of the Murray were closed to shipping for six month periods.
Whilst such misleading advertising may have caused some city based investors (known colloquially in Australia as 'Pitt Street farmers' or 'Collins Street cockies' or 'Rundle Street blockies', depending on the speaker's home state) to lose money, the men and women who settled in Mildura and invested their labour as well as their money (and in many cases mortgaged themselves to the company for ten years) bore a far greater burden. Many had come from overseas, investing their all in the colony only to be confronted by the reality of having to live in tents in the harsh climate. The naming of the original run by the Jamiesons is said to have come from the local aboriginal name for the area, derived from mil 'eye' plus dura 'fl y' or 'place of sore eyes' (although tourists are usually given an alternative possibility of 'red earth'). Many settlers worked for the company by day on blocks either owned by the company or managed by them for absentee owners and struggled to plant and tend crops on their own holdings afterwards. The company also employed settlers on irrigation works.
Chaffey Bros Ltd office Mildura c1890
In addition to the above mentioned troubles with planting material, crops were damaged by pests such as locusts and there were continual problems with irrigation. Under the terms of the colony agreement, each grower (or blocker) was entitled to 'sufficient' water. An Irrigation Trust initially controlled by the Chaffeys was responsible for water supply, but there was much disagreement over what constituted a sufficient supply. There was also the question of when the water was supplied to individual blocks that had different plantings and therefore differing seasonal needs for water. When water rates of 15 shillings per acre were introduced in 1891, despite the fact that there was no mention of this in the indentures, a group of settlers refused to pay even when threatened with prosecution. Some had suffered three years of failed crops and simply could not afford to pay. Many blockers who had been employed by the company as day labourers were owed money, but when it transpired that more was owed in water rates than wages the Chaffeys shut down the pumps, rather than allowing settlers to work off their water rates. When casual workers employed in channel building and clearing struck for better wages and conditions, the Chaff ys responded by giving the work to contractors who were paid by the chain (22 yards-66ft) at the end of the month if the job was completed to the company's satisfaction. In 1894 firemen at the pumping stations who went on strike over non-payment of wages and general poor working conditions the were sacked and replaced by settlers who needed to work off water rates. Such confrontations continued and in May 1894 when Alfred Deakin and members of the Royal Commission on water use and supply arrived at the Company Wharf aboard the Pearl, so many settlers with complaints rushed on board that the vessel almost capsized. They were promptly ordered off and told to make their complaints in writing.
The Chaffey's colonies were initially temperance colonies, modelled on their Californian ones, although there was a Settlers Club for those who could afford to drink there. This encouraged a sly grog trade, which flourished despite continual raids and prosecutions. There was criticism in the Melbourne newspapers of the fact that the workingman had nowhere to legally drink, although the low crime rate in a colony of 2300 with only one policeman was also remarked upon. It was not until 1895 that the paddlesteamer 'Nile' towing the barge 'Naomi' arrived from Echuca carrying 60 tons of box timber for the fruit industry and 40 tons of liquor for the newly-formed Working Mans Club. The following light verse was penned in honour of the occasion and printed in The Melbourne Argus, to be reproduced in a supplement to the Sunraysia Daily marking the centenary of the club.
The doctors had run out of whisky, and our stock of liquor was spent,
Save one poor half dozen of lager, that belonged to the Rechabite tent,
And the sky was as brass above, and the land was fevered with drought,
As we wandered with blistering gullets, and tongues that were hanging out.
And ever the Murray to tempt us, at the edge of the sun-cracked flat.
But no, we were men of Mildura- we hadn't come down to that.
But daily the torture lasted, and daily the horror grew,
Of the thoughts that we dare not utter- the thing that all of us knew.
Someone must try the water, must yield to the fatal law,
So we shared in that devil's gamble - and mine was the shortest straw.
One moment of human weakness, then I stepped to the river's brink,
It was flowing before me, water, and I was condemned to drink.
And then ,oh, was it an angel, or that daft lass Jessie Brown,
Cried 'Dinna ye sniff the reek o' the pipes of Echuca town?'
And louder and ever louder, and near and nearer the while,
We hear the beat of her paddles, the rescuing steamboat Nile.
With her bar doors breathing a blessing, on her mission of mercy she came,
And the sunlight blazed on the bottles, in a halo of living flame,
And 'Courage!' the skipper shouted, as he moored to the blighted scrub,
'There's forty tons of liquor aboard, consigned to the local club.'
Then madly rushed through our being, the warm recurrent of life,
We didn't wait for a corkscrew, we hanked of the heads with a knife,
And the band burst into music, the temperance banners waved,
And we saw three stars in the evening sky, and we knew Mildura was save
D SymmonsOn allotments that were owned or managed by the Chaffeys, plantings were generally successful and the blocks were well cultivated (as were some settler's blocks) probably due in no small part to the fact that in 1891 they had a workforce of 500 and as many horses. It was thus evident that with intensive labour, good horticultural practices and an adequate supply of water crops would thrive, although variable seasonal conditions such as frosts, hail and pests and diseases had to be allowed for.
However there still remained the problem of getting produce to markets in good condition, and at the right time to command profitable prices. This remained a major problem for the district until the arrival of the railway in 1903. Summer, autumn and early winter was the period when most crops were harvested and this coincided with low river levels. By the time fresh fruit arrived in Melbourne after shipment overland to Swan Hill and rail from there, it was usually in very poor condition, and at the height of summer likely to be ruined before it even got to the railhead. It was such problems that prompted most growers to eventually concentrate on dried fruit production. Dried fruit that did reach the Melbourne markets in good condition often did not bring the returns that growers expected, due in part to the depression at the time , but also to the machinations of marketeers. To counteract this, in 1893 , growers formed the first Mildura Raisin Trust which bought local fruit at fixed prices for onward sale. In the following year direct marketing became possible when the Mildura Drying and Packing Company was formed as settlers sought to maximise the returns on their years of effort by cooperative organisation.
Chaffey Brothers Ltd was in dire straits financially by this time and in March 1894 George left for the USA and England in attempt to raise a 100,000 pound debenture loan to remedy the situation. In some quarters this was seen as the solution to the colony's problems, but for most settlers the question was not if the colony would fail , but when and The Argus in Melbourne printed an article entitled 'Is Mildura Worth Saving?'. Ben Chaffey also travelled overseas in an attempt to raise money, but in December 1895 the company went into liquidation and the Victorian goverment held a Royal Commission into its affairs in 1896.
The enquiry found no actual breach of contract by the company but was highly critical of its financial management. Of a declared capital of 474,770 pounds only 44,700 pounds had been received in shares and the balance was represented 'by shares distributed amongst the brothers Chaffey and their nominees in consideration of certain rights and concessions'. These concessions included landed stated to be worth 438,094 pounds but subsequently revalued at 136,218 pounds. Only 22,000 acres had been sold in 8 years . Creditors were owed 270,000 pounds, 21,187 of it unsecured. 8,515 pounds was owed in wages. As shareholders George Chaffey was responsible for 159,224 pounds of this and W.B. Chaffey 7,776 pounds.
The government was petitioned on behalf of the unpaid workers and growers who held debentures. This resulted in the Blockholders Loans Act which gave them tenure over their land with a 5 year period to meet their dues. In December 1895 the First Mildura Irrigation Trust was constituted by an Act of Parliament to 'conduct and control the supply of water for irrigation purposes'. This was controlled by a board of 6 commissioners who were elected by the trust ratepayers ie the growers.
George Chaffey returned to the USA after the enquiry, but his brother Ben remained in Mildura as a fruitgrower until his death in 1926.
(Hornsby)
5928. Helen Wilhelmina Chaffey
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- 1900 census, Riverside, Riverside, Ca (259 Dale) fam # 213 - Waddington Emma A, b. Jan 1858, ae 42, married 38 yr, 10 children, 8 living, born in Canada, parents born in Canada, emmegrated in 1880, rents her home; Ethel A, daughter, b. Jun 1880, ae 19, born in Canada, parents born in Canada; Florence E, daughter, b. Apr 1882, ae 18, born in NM; Elsie K, daughter, b. Jul 1885, ae 12, born in Ca; Gertrude S, daughter, b. Dec 1886, ae 13, born in Ca; Alice M, daughter, b. May 1889, ae 12, born in Ca; Mercer W, son, b. Sep 1889, ae 10, born in Ca; Emma W, daughter, b. Jan 1892, ae 8, born in Australia; Francis N, son, b. Sep 1897, ae 2, born in Ca. [where was the husband ?]
- 1910 census, Seattle, King, Wa (1535 2nd Ave West) fam # 142 - Waddingham William J, ae 55, married 30 yr, born in Canada, parents born in Canada, Builder - contractor, owns his home with a mortgage; Emma A, wife, ae 57, married 30 yr, 12 children, 7 living, born in Canada, parents born in Canada; Florence, daughter, ae 27, born in Mexico; Elsie K, daughter, ae 24, born in Ca; Alice M, daughter, ae 21, born in Ca; Emma A, daughter, ae 19, born in Australia; Howard, son, ae 12, born in Ca.
- 1920 census, Seattle, King, Wa (1535 2nd West) fam # 60 - Waddingham William J, owns his home without a mortgage, ae 65, emmegrated in 1880, citizenship in 1880, born in Canada, father born in England, mother born in Ireland, Gen. Contractor; Emma A, wife, ae 63, born in Canada, parents born in Canada; Florence, daughter, ae 37, born in Mexico, Bookkeeper - Eclipse Neck--- Co (?); Elsie, Daughter, born in Ca, Teacher; McC--- Merritt L, son-in-law, ae 31, born in Il, parents born in Il, Bookkeeper - Eclipse Neck--- Co; Emma W, daughter, ae 27, born in Australia, parents born in Canada; Mary Lee, [grand]daughter, ae 4, born in Wa, father born in Nb, mother born in Australia; Kenneth, [grand]son, ae 2, born in Wa, father born in Nb.
5932. Florence Isabel Waddingham
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- 1920 census, Canton (Ward 7) Stark, Oh, (132 Shoreb (?) Ave NW) fam # 109 - Hughes Feo, ae 43, 1922 (sic), born inIreland, parents born in Ireland, Metal Contractor - Mfg. Co; Alice, wife, ae 31, born in Ca, parents born in Canada; Randall, son, ae 3 2/12, born in NY.
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- 1930 census, Seattle, King, Wa (9010 Thirteenth Ave SW) fam # 276 - Ridley Elsie W, owns her home with a value of $2500, ae 43, widow, born in Ca, parents born in Canada, Teacher - Public School.
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- 1917 - Draft Registration, he was a clerk for the Pugit Sound Trailer (?) and Light Co, sole supporter of his father and mother.
- 1920 census, Seattle, King, Wa ( 1011 North 4th) fam # 10 - Sick William, ae 47, immigrated in 1890, citizenship 1898, born in Ireland, father born in Ireland, mother born in Scotland, Superintendant --- Elecrical; Eliza Ann, wife, ae 45, emmegrated in 1890, citizen in 1898, born in England, parents born in England; Bessie, daughter, ae 22, born in Wa, Teacher - Public School; Mabel, daughter, ae 20, born in Wa; Ridley Sarah, wife's aunt, ae 71, widow, immigrated in 1911, born in England, parents born in England; John, wife's cousin, ae 31, immigrated in 1905, citizen in 1917, born in British Columbia, parents born in England, Time Keeper - Electrical Co.
5937. William Mercer Waddingham
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5939. Arthur Chaffey Waddingham
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5940. Francis Howard Waddingham
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- 1910 Australian Electoral Rolls, Subiaco, Perth, Western Australia - # 3471 Oldham Eliza, Thomas street, Subiaco; #3471 - Oldham Fredrick Hugh, Thomas Street, Subiaco, civil servant.
- 1916 Australian Electoral Rolls, Subiaco, Perth, Western Australia - # 4210 Oldham Eliza, Thomas street, Subiaco; #4211 - Oldham Fredrick Hugh, "San Mateo", Thomas Street, Subiaco, engineer.
- 1936 Australian Electoral Rolls, Claremont, Fremantle, Western Australia - # 10158 Oldham Eliza, 19 Highway, Nedlands, home duties; # 10162 Oldham Fredric Hugh, 19 Highway, Nedlands, civil engineer.
- 1937 Australian Electoral Rolls, Nedlands, Perth, Western Australia - # 5436 Oldham Eliza, 19 Highway, Nedlands, home duties; # 5438 Oldham Fredric Hugh, 19 Highway, Nedlands, civil engineer.
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- 1925 Australian Electoral Rolls, Claremont, Fremantle, Western Australia - #6392 Oldham Dora Junken, Bournville, Fairway, Nedlands; # 6393 Oldham Edward Hugh, Bournville, Fairway, Nedlands, civil engineer.
- 1931 Australian Electoral Rolls, Claremont, Fremantle, Western Australia - #8838 Oldham Dora Juncken, Bournville, Fairway, Nedlands; # 8839 Oldham Edward Hugh, Bournville, Fairway, Nedlands, civil engineer.
- 1936 Australian Electoral Rolls, Claremont, Fremantle, Western Australia - #10159 Oldham Edward Hugh, 42 Tyrell street, Nedlands, civil engineer; #10160 Oldham Dora Juncken, 42 Tyrrell street, Nedlands
- 1937 Australian Electoral Rolls, Nedlands, Perth, Western Australia - #5434 Oldham Dora Juncken, 42 Tyrrell street, Nedlands; # 5435, Oldham Edward Hugh, 42 Tyrell street, Nedlands, civil engineer.
- 1943 Australian Electoral Rolls, Nedlands, Perth, Western Australia - #7175 Oldham Dora Juncken, 42 Tyrrell street, Nedlands; # 7176, Oldham Edward Hugh, 42 Tyrell street, Nedlands, civil engineer.
- 1949 Australian Electoral Rolls, Nedlands, Perth, Western Australia - #8137 Oldham Dora Juncken, 42 Tyrrell street, Nedlands; # 8138, Oldham Edward Hugh, 42 Tyrell street, Nedlands, civil engineer.
- 1954 Australian Electoral Rolls, Nedlands, Perth, Western Australia - #7954 Oldham Dora Juncken, 42 Tyrrell street, Nedlands; # 7955, Oldham Edward Hugh, 42 Tyrell street, Nedlands, civil engineer.
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- 1933 Australian Electoral Rolls, Bondi North, Wentworth, New South Wales - # 9334, Oldham Frederick Schell, 82 Curlewis street, Bondi, civil servant.
- 1936 Australian Electoral Rolls, Leeton, Roiverina, New South Wales - # 3397, Oldham Frederick Schell, 91 Palm avenue, Leeton, civil servant.
- 1937 Australian Electoral Rolls, Leeton, Roiverina, New South Wales - # 3385, Oldham Frederick Schell, 91 Palm avenue, Leeton, civil servant.
- 1943 Australian Electoral Rolls, Wentworth, Darling, New South Wales - # 1274, Oldham, Frederick Schell, Royal Hotel, fruit inspector.
- 1949 Australian Electoral Rolls, Wentworth, Darling, New South Wales - # 1382, Oldham, Frederick Schell, Sandwych street, fruit inspector; 1383, Oldham Madeline, Sandych street, home duties.
- 1954 Australian Electoral Rolls, Wentworth, Darling, New South Wales - # 1730, Oldham, Frederick Schell, Sandwych street, fruit inspector; # 1731, Oldham Madeline, Sandych street, home duties.
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- 1949 Australian Electoral Rolls, Strathfield, Lowe, New South Wales - #5068, Oldham Ena Rosaliine, 91 Homebush road, home duties; # 1069, Oldham William Mercer, 91 Homebush road, secretary.
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- 1850 Hartland, Niagara, NY, dw 532 fam 536, p 685/343. Marcus Drum , ae 64, no occupation with property valued at $1500, born in NY; Hezekiah Harter, ae 26, Farmer, born in NY; Louisa, ae 20, born in NY. [Living with his wife's grandfather]
- 1860 census, Hartland, Niagara, NY, fam # 325 - Louisa Harter (widow), ae 29, Seamstress with real estate valued at $680 and personal property of $105, born in NY; Fanny, ae 9, born in NY; William H, ae 5.
- Presumed to have remarried, Louisa Harter is not found after 1860. One source identies her husband as --- Bigelow.
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- 1880 census, Hartland, Niagara, NY, fam # 210 - Harrington Henry, ae 40, Farmer, born in NY, parents born in NY; Electa D, ae 41, wife, Keeping House, born in NY, parents born in NY; Ella H, ae 14, daughter, born in NY; James H, ae 9, son; Elizabeth M, ae 5, daughter; Williiam H Harter, ae 29, Farm Laborer, [nephew], born in NY, parents born in NY; Josiah Gross, ae 25, Farm Laborer, born in NY.
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- 1920 census, Hartland, Niagara, NY, (Ridge Road) fam # 164 - Living with her son-in-law William Sharpsteen.
- I am concerned about the DOB discrepancy between the 1850 census, and the others. There is an approximately 10 year discrepancy. The later census records support the record as it is shown here. [WG]
- 1870 census, Hartland (P.O. Gasport), Niagara, NY, fam # 576 - Harrington Henry, ae 29, Farmer with real estate valued at $2000, personal property of $1200, born in NY; Electa, ae 29, Keeping House, born in NY; Ella, ae 2, born in NY.
- 1880 census, Hartland, Niagara, NY, fam # 210 - Harrington Henry, ae 40, Farmer, born in NY, parents born in NY; Electa D, ae 41, wife, Keeping House, born in NY, parents born in NY; Ella H, ae 14, daughter, born in NY; James H, ae 9, son; Elizabeth M, ae 5, daughter; Harter Williiam H, ae 29, Farm Laborer, [nephew], born in NY, parents born in NY; Cross Josiah, ae 25, Farm Laborer, born in NY.
- 1900 census, Hartland, Niagara, NY, fam # 256 - Harrington Henry, b. M Jun 1839, ae 60, married 22 yr, born in NY, parents born in NY, Farmer, rents his home; Electa, wife, b. May 1839, ae 61, married 22 yr, 2 children, 2 living, born in NY, parents born in NY; James, son, b. May 1871, ae 29, born in NY, Farm Laborer.
- 1910 census, Hartland (Ridge Road) Niagara, NY, fam # 33 - Henry Harrington, ae 70, married 48 yr, born in NY, parents born in NY, Farmer-General Farm, owns his home without a mortgage; Electa, wife, ae 70, married 48 yr, 3 children, 2 living, born in NY, parents born in NY.
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- Where was he during the 1860 census?
- 1870 census, Somerset (P.O. Gasport), Niagara, NY, fam # 126 - Harter Frederick, ae 40, Farmer with real estate valued at $3000 and personal property of $975, born in NY; Eliza A, ae 36, Keeping House, born in NY; Lawrence S, ae 17, born in Mi.
- 1880 census, Somerset, Niagara, NY, fam # 331 - Harter Fredrick, ae 48, Farmer, born in NY, parents born in NY; Elizie, ae 47, wife, Keeping House, born in NY, parents born in NY; Sanford, ae 27, son, born in Mi; Myrta, ae 8, daughter.
- 1900 census, Hartland, Niagara, NY, fam # 272 - Harter Frederick, b. Apr 1830, ae 70, married 49 Yr, born in NY, parents born in NY; Sarah, wife, b. Feb 1833, ae 67, married 49 yr, 3 children, 3 living, born in NY, parents born in NY; Sanford, son, b. Jan 1853, ae 47, widower, born in NY, Horse Shoeing; John, [grand]son, b. Jul 1885, ae 14; Fred, [grand]son, b. Jul 1894, ae 5.
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- 1870 census, Groveland, Oakland, Mi, fam # 137 - Harter Henry, ae 34, Farm Laborer with personal property valued at $1000, born in NY; Mary C, ae 24, Keeping House, born in NY.
- 1880 census, Vienna, Genesee, Mi, fam # 201 - Harter Henry, ae 42, Farmer, born in NY, parents born in NY; Mary, ae 32, wife, Keeping House, born in NY, parents born in NY; George, ae 9, son, born in Mi; Clarence, ae 5, son; Clara, ae 6/12, born in Dec, daughter.
American Civil War Soldiers - Name: Henry Harter - Enlistment Date: 4 Feb 1864 - Side Served: Union - State Served: Michigan - Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 04 February 1864 at the age of 26- Enlisted in Company F, 5th Cavalry Regiment Michigan on 04 February 1864.- Joined Regiment on 22 March 1864 at Stevensburg, VA - Discharged Company F, 5th Cavalry Regiment Michigan on 03 July 1865 in Detroit, MI (Boman)
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- Presumed to be the person listed here.
- 1900 census, Flint (Ward 3), Genesee, Mi, (613 Beach Street) fam # 71 - Morse Wm H; ... Harter Clara M, servant, b. Dec 1879, ae 20, born in Mi, parents born in NY, Cook.
2099. Charles Wellington Harter
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- 1860 census, Porter, Cas, Mi, fam # 1724 - H Richmond, ae 37, Farmer, born in NY; ... Charles Harrter, ae 19, Farm Laborer, born in NY; ...
- 1870 census, Millington (Vassar PO), Tuscola, mi, fam # 101 - Harter Charles W, ae 27, Farm Laborer with personal property valued at $300, born in NY; Loanza, ae 22, Keeping House, born in Oh; Rachel D, ae 4, born in Mi; Charles S, ae 6/12, born in Dec. [living next to and presumed working for his in-laws]
- 1880 census, Richfield, Genesee, Mi, fam # 162 - Harter Chas W, ae 39, Farmer, born in NY, parents born in NY; Loanza, ae 36, wife, Keeping House, born in Oh, parents born in NY; Delzena, ae 13, daughter, born in Mi; Chas, ae 10, son; Lillie, ae 8, daughter; Mary, ae 5, daughter; -- son, ae 1/12, born in May, son.
- 1900 census, Millington, Tuscola, Mi, fam # 125 - Harter Charles W, b. Jan 1842, ae 58, married 25 yr, born in Mi, parents born in NY, Farmer , rents his home; Loenza, wife, b. Aug 1846, ae 53, married 25 yr, 3 children (sic), 3 living (sic), born in Oh, parents born in NY; Pearl, son, b. May 1882, ae 18, born in Mi; Harter William, son, b. Jun 1879, ae 20, born in NY, Day Laborer; Clara, daughter-in-law, b. May 1879, ae 21, married less than a year, no children, born in Mi, father born in Mi, mother born in Canada.
- 1910 census, Milington, Tuscola, Mi, (Atwood Street) fam # 158 - Harter Charles W, ae 68, married 45 yr, born in NY, parents born in NY, Teamster - On Street, owns his home with a mortgage; Loueza A, wife, ae 62, married 45 yr, 7 children, 4 living, born in Oh, parents born in NY; Pecure Charles, grandson, ae 16, born in Mi, father born in NY, mother born in Mi; Mable, grandaughter, ae 12.
- 1920 census, Millington, Tuscola, Mi, fam # 63 - Harter Charles W, owns his home without a morgage, ae 77, born in NY, parents born in NY, Farmer - General; Loaneza, wife, ae 71, born in Oh, parent sborn in NY; Done, Charles, step-son, ae 26, born in Mi, father born in NY, mother born in Mi, Laborer - Gravel Road; Belress, grandaughter, ae 12, born in Mi, parents born in Mi.
- 1930 census, Millington, Tuscola, Mi, fam # 79 - Alvord Leo; ... Harter Loanza, lodger, ae 81, widow, married at age 16, born in Oh, parents born in NY.
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- Alt DOB: 31 May 1880 (LDS)
- 1900 census, Millington, Tuscola, Mi, fam # 125 - He and his wife were living with his parents.
- 1910 census, Millington, Tuscola, Mi, (Main Street East) fam # 147 - Harter William A, ae 30, married 10 yr, born in Mi, father born in Mi, mother born in Oh, Laborer - Odd Jobs, owns his home without a mortgage; Clarah B, wife, ae 32, married 10 yr, no children, born in Mi, parents born in Canada. [living near his brother Pearl]
- 1920 census, Millington, Tuscola, Mi, (Main Street) fam # 147 - Harter William, owns his home without a mortgage, ae 39, born in Mi, father born in NY, mother born in Mi, Auto Repair - Garage; Claria, wife, ae 42, born in Mi, parents born in Canada.
- Where as he during the 1930 census?
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- Presumed to be the person listed here? - 1870 census, Cape Vincent, Jefferson, NY, fam # 259 - Harter A, ae 32, Farm Laborer, born in NY; Martha, ae 30, Keeps House, born in NY; J, ae 5, born in NY.
- 1880 census, Cape Vincent, Jefferson, NY, fam # 85 - Harter A J, ae 34, Blacksmith, born in NY, parents born in NY; Maria M, ae 37, wife, Keeping House, born in NY, parents born in NY; Mabel M, ae 2, daughter, born in NY.
- 1900 census, Cape Vincent, Jefferson, NY, fam # 36 - Harter Andrew J, b. Oct 1837, ae 62, married 38 Yr, born in NY, parents born in NY; Marie, wife, b. Mar 1841, ae 59, married 38 yr, born in NY, parents born in NY.
- 1910 census, Cape Vincent, Jefferson, NY, (St Lawrence Village Road) fam # 157 - Harter Andrew J, ae 73, married 47 yr, born in NY, parent sborn in NY, Blacksmith - General Shop, owns his home without a morgage; Marie M, wife, ae 69, married 47 yr, 3 children, 1 living, born in NY, parnts born in NY; Timmerman Mabel M, daughter, ae 31, married 10 yr, 4 children, 4 living, born in NY; Dennison H, son-in-law, ae 30, married 10 yr, born in NY, parents born in NY, Sailor; Clay A, gandson, ae 7/12, born in NY; Clifford, grandson, ae 7/12; Emma E, grandaughter, ae 9; Jennie M, grandaughter, ae 6.
- 1920 census, Clayton, Jefferson, NY, (Mary Street) fam # 409 - Living with his son-in-law Dennison Timmerman.
- 1930 census, Sacketts Harbor, Jefferson, NY, (Monroe Street) fam # 94 - Living with his son-in-law Dennison Timmerman.
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- 1860 census, Clayton, Jefferson, NY, fam # 315 - Lewis Linginfelter, ae 27, real estate valued at $250, born in NY; Mary, ae 20, born in NY.
- 1870 census, Clayton (Depauville PO), Jefferson, NY, fam # 200 - Lingenfelter, ae 36, Farmer with real estate valued at $7500 and personal property of $100, born in NY; Mary, ae 29, House Keeper, born in NY; Willie, ae 6; (1 farm laborer).
- 1880 census, Clayton, Jefferson, NY, fam # 245 - Linigenfelter Lewis, ae 43, Farmer, born in NY, parents born in NY; Mary, ae 40, wife, Keeping House, born in NY, parents born in NY; William, ae 20, son, Farm Laborer.
- 1900 census, Clayton, Jefferson, NY, fam # 392 - Lingenfelter Lewis, b. Aug 1833, ae 66, widower, born in NY, parents born in NY, Farmer, owns his home without a mortgage; Willis P, son, b. May 1864, ae 36, married 8 yr, born in NY, parents born in NY, farm Laborer; Minnie E, daughter-in-law, b. Oct 1870, ae 29, married 8 yr, 1 child, 1 living, born in NY, father born in Germany, mother born in NY; Roy W, grandson, b. May 1893, ae 7, born in NY; (1 house servant)
- 1910 census, Clayton, Jefferson, NY, fam # 122 - Living with his son William.
- Obituary
J. Lewis Lingenfelter (April 25, 1910)
In Clayton on Monday occurred the death of J. Lewis Lingenfelter. Deceased was born Aug. 8, 1832, and had lived on the home farm for upwards of 40 years. In the fall of 1903 he suffered a shock and had been in poor health since. He is survived by one son, W. P. Lingenfelter, a brother, Charles C. Lingenfelter, and two sisters, Mrs. Albert Putnam and Mrs. Wendall J. Hyle.
The funeral was held from his late home on Wednesday afternoon, Rev. E. E. Cheeseman officiating. Burial was at Clayton Cemetery.