The Piek - Warlond family of NSW and Victoria

This page was initially focussed on a Herman or John Warlond who was recorded in Williamstown, Victoria, Australia in the late 1800s. The page has evolved since with more details about Herman's father, Herman Piek (later Warlond) who was possibly from Prussia and arrived in Queensland in the mid-1850s. He likely changed his surname after meeting members of one of two Warland 'lines' in the New England or Maitland area around that time.

1853 - The Spridgeons arrive in New South Wales

James Spridgeon was born in either 1818 or 1821 (23 August 1818?) to Thomas Spridgeon (31 March 1793, Farcet, Hun.. UK) and Ann Dawkins. James' siblings were:

(Source: https://www.myheritage.com/names/james_spridgeon)

James Spridgeon married Sarah or Charlotte Vesty in Bilston, Leicester, UK, before 1840. They had two daughters:

James Spridgeon (aged 32) and his family departed Downs on the Java on 22 November 1852, stopped at and then leaving the Cape on 6 March 1853. The Java arrived in Sydney, New South Wales, on 27 April 1853 with 452 'government migrants' - 198 married couples, 17 single men, 78 single women, 88 boys and 79 girls. Charlotte was 13 at the time.

As we will see, the surname changes in different records including Spriggens, Spridgin, Spridgen etc.

From 1855 - Herman Record Johann Gottlieb Piek

According to one online site (see below), Herman Record Johann Gottlieb Piek (c 1822 or 1826, Kanesberg/Koningsberg, Prussia - 27 January 1906, Balmain, New South Wales), of German origin, arrived in Queensland likely with other Germans on immigrant ships at Moreton Bay (Brisbane) around 1855. He has not yet been positively identified in ship records.

According to this WikiTree page managed by Norman Speed, Johanna Goittliek Piek [sic, name as spelled] was born around 1827 in Rigga Hoeinberg, Russia to an unknown mother and father.

By 1857 - Herman Piek (and possibly a relative) travels to NSW

Herman Piek made his way south to New South Wales, eventually reaching Hinton before February 1857. Herman may have met members of either Warland family around this time, and it appears he decided to adopt the surname.

Herman may have travelled to the Maitland area with a brother or relative with the same surname. A Matthias or Matthew Piek was recorded as the father of three children in the Maitland district from 1857 to 1865:

By early 1857 - Spridgeon family in Hinton NSW

Details are not yet known, but it appears that the Spridgeon family was located in Hinton, NSW, by early 1857. Hinton is less than 10 kms east of Maitland where Thomas Warland had previously established himself as a local brewer. Thomas Warland had more or less vanished from the public record after 1848 and his family had left for Sydney around that time. A separate line of Warlands, including William Henry Warland and relatives had also established themselves in the Liverpool Ranges and Hunter Valley areas of NSW from 1823.

By 1857 - Daniel Duffy and Sarah Ann Porter of Melbourne

As we will see below, Frederick William Warlond married Rebecca Margaret (nee Duffy later Brown) in 1899. Rebecca's parents were Daniel Duffy (born 1830, based on the notice of his death in 1868 stating his age) and Sarah Ann Porter who were apparently married - when he died in 1868, the probate notice stated that Sarah Duffy was his widow. Daniel and Sarah Duffy had the following children in Melbourne, Victoria, from 1857 to 1867. Daniel Duffy, a bricklayer, unfortunately died in 1868.

Daniel Duffy died as a result of a 'ruptured aneurism in the pericardium' when or before he fell near a hotel. (The Herald, 27 January 1868)

1857 - Herman Johann Gottlieb Piek marries Charlotte Spridgeon/Spriggens

Herman Piek met the then 17 year old Charlotte Sprigdeon in or near Hinton, and they married there (or Flemington/Maitland district of NSW) on 16 February 1857. (NSW BDM Ref 1997; the groom's name is spelled Johann Gottlieb Piek in one entry and Johann Gouleib Peck in another. Charlotte's surname is shown as 'Spriggens'. See also Federation University Australia web page on Herman Recard Warlond; and this web page content authored by Simon Brasier (the great-great-great grandson of Herman Warlond), dated 2011, on the Warlond family).

It is believed that Herman Piek changed his surname to Warlond sometime after he married Charlotte. This is evidenced from the surnames of their children.

Herman and Charlotte Piek had the following children. Note that the first or second child appears to have been born in Queensland, suggesting that Herman took his new bride back there possibly to introduce her to family or friends. None of the children below, except Herman, have yet been found in the NSW or QLD BDM records.

A child named Luis Piek is recorded dying in the Maitland area in 1868, father John and mother 'Iaacha'. The mother's name could be an error and it should have been Charlotte.

There may also have been another sister, MJ Worland, noted in 1879 below.

1858 - Mary Ann Spridgeon marries Peter Tribe

Mary Ann Spridgeon, recorded as Spriggens, married Peter Tribe in the Maitland area of NSW in 1858 (NSW BDM Ref 2007). Mary and Peter Tribe had six children:

1858 - James Spridgeon donates money for a fence

James Spridgeon of Hinton was noted in the Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser of 21 September 1858, donating 10/ for the erection of a new fence around the Church and England Ground in Hinton.

Sometime after 1858, James Sprigeon and family moved to Quipolly, north of Quirindi and about 70 kms along the now Kamilaroi Highway. There may have been another link here with William Henry Warland who lived at Blandford at the time and regularly travelled to Maitland.

By 1863 - Herman and Charlotte Warlond in Ballarat

Herman Warland (senior) and Charlotte Warlond appear to have made their way to Ballarat, likely via the coastal shipping, where they appear with their six-year old son Herman in 1863. The Ballarat Star of 5 and 6 January 1869 carried advertisements from Mrs Warlond 'next to the Eastern Cricket Ground gate' for a good general servant. It seems likely that Herman and Charlotte Warlond then returned to Sydney at some stage - see below.

A Samuel Spridgeon, the son of Thomas Spridgeon and Alice (surname not recorded) died in Ballarat in 1909 aged 71 (Vic BDM Ref 7340). This would make him about the same age as Charlotte, possibly a cousin. Further research is required.

An R Warlond was noted in the Ballarat Star on 29 June 1874 in relation to the half-yearly meeting of the Excelsior Tent, No 18, IOR (Independent Order of Rechabites).

1871 to 1875 - Mary Ann Tribe's husband drowns, Mary re-marries but dies

As noted above, Charlotte Spridgeon's sister Mary Ann had married Peter Tribe. Unfortunately for Mary Ann Tribe, Peter died as a result of a drowing accident at Murrurundi in 1871 (NSW BDM Ref 4656). His death was recorded in The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser of 30 December 1871, which noted that Peter, a hotel keeper and road contractor of Piercefield, was 'going home to spend his Christmas and when near (Quelpoly Creek, around 9 PM) took a different road to that travelled by a man and a boy who were in company - finding he did not come on they went back, and came across the horse with saddle wet, and on going to the creek they found the hat of the unfortunate man beside a stirrup leather'. His body was discovered the following day. Mary Ann Tribe 'met the body on its way down'. The same article noted that Peter left a wife and six little children to mourn his loss.

Mary Ann then married Henry Page at Gunnedah in 1873 (NSW BDM Ref 4028).

  • James Spridgeon is only recorded a couple of times after 1873. He was recorded in the Australian Town and Country Journal of 20 July 1872 in relation to the races at Quirindi and also Quipolly. His horse Alice won the Liverpool Plains Jockey Club Handicap at Tamworth races in March 1873, according to the Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter of 12 March 1873.

    The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser of 28 October 1873 reported that Mrs Spridgens of Quipolly had broken her leg.

    Mary Ann Page died at Murrurundi in 1875 (NSW BDM Ref 8099). The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser of 23 September 1875 noted the death of Maryanne [sic], 'late wife of Peter Tribe and the beloved daughter of James and Sarah Spridgens, in her 35th year'. It is not yet known what happened to her children, except for the deaths and marriages recorded in the BDM records.

    1878 - Herman R Warlond wins an award

    By 1878, Herman Warlond junior, was working as an apprentice at the Phoenix Foundry in Ballarat.

    Herman R Warlond, aged 20, along with others from the Phoenix Foundry, Ballarat including James C Brown, participated in the Australian Juvenile Awards at Ballarat in May 1878, according to the Ballarat Star of 18 May 1878.

    Herman Recard Warlond, photograph taken when he won the award.

    The men of the Phoenix Foundary, including HR Warlond and JC Brown, won a further award the Intercolonial Juvenile Industrial Exhibition, as reported in The Argus of 5 March 1880.

    1878/1879 - James Spridgen - Innkeeper

    The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate of 15 May 1878 referred to James Spridgen as an innkeeper at the Quipolly Hotel. The New South Wales Government Gazette of 20 August 1878 referred to Spridgen's Inn at Coepolly [sic].

    The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate of 5 February 1879 noted that 'an old resident ... of the Quipolly hotel', Mrs Spridgens, took the initiative to raise money to help another resident. The article also stated that 'it will be learned with regret, by not a few residents, that this hostess, well known during a ten years' sojourn, is about to try fortune further north. Mrs S is said to bear a high name for skill in medicinal and kindred matters, which has proved of no inconsiderable service from time to time'.

    1879 - Miss MJ Warlond of Ballarat

    A Miss MJ Warlond was noted in the Ballarat Courier on 18 October 1879, having played the role of Cassy 'with fair histrionic powers' in the rehearsal of Uncle Tom's Cabin the previous day. She was probably the same 'Miss Warlond' who played the role of the Widow Melnotte in the play 'The Lady of Lyons' presented at the Mechanics Institute on 20 January 1881, according to the Geelong Advertiser of 21 January 1881. She may also be the Miss Warlond, 'celebrated balladist' who performed (with a range of others) at the Theatre Royal, Castlemaine on 23 November 1882, as recorded in the Mount Alexander Mail of 23 November 1882. It is not yet known if this person is related to the other Warlonds on this page, or is a (regular) misspelling.

    1882 - James Spridgin noted, Sarah Spridgin dies

    1882 - James Spridgen was recorded in The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser of 1 April 1882 as the former licensee of the hotel at Ironbarks, Narrabri. The Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners Advocate that year noted that James Sprigeon was a former collector of money at Quipolly.

    James's wife, Sarah Spridgin, died at Narribri in 1882 (NSW BDM Ref 10607 (parents Thomas N and Mary).

    1882 - Herman Warlond marries

    Herman Record [sic] Warlond, known more commonly as John Warlond, married Emma Jane Nichols/Nicholls (1858 - 1944, Williamstown (Vic BDM Ref 11235)) in [probably Ballarat] Victoria in 1882. (Vic BDM Ref 2829). They had the following children:

    1883 - Herman/John Warlond, publican at Williamstown

    Herman Warlond (hereafter 'John Warlond') appears to have moved from Ballarat to Williamstown by 1883.

    The Williamstown Chronicle of 24 November 1883 carried a notice from John Warlond, applying for a publican's license. It read 'I John Warlond, of The Pier Hotel, Williamstown, do hereby give notice that I desire to obtain and will at the next licencing meeting to be held at Williamstown on the 7th December, apply for a certificate authorising the issue of a publican's license for a house situate at Nelson Bay, Williamstown, containing six rooms, exclusive of those required for the use of the family. Dated the twelfth day of November AD 1833 [sic should be 1883]'

    On the same day (and regularly thereafter), he placed an advertisement in the same paper advertising the Pier Hotel, opposite Custom House Williamstown. The advertisement stated that 'JOHN WARLOND having become proprietor of this Centrally Situated Hotel, visitors will find comfortable accommodation and the best of Liquors on Sale. John Warlond, Proprietor.' A billiard room and table was added on 25 January 1884.

    John Warlond's advertisement for the Pier Hotel.

    At some point before 1906, John Warlond moved to Sydney and bought a property known as Glenalva, Stephen Street, Balmain. See below for his death notice at that time.

    1885 - Eda Warlond marries Peter Dandie

    Eda Warlond married Peter Dandie, the son of John and Margaret Dandie, at Williamstown, Victoria on 24 September 1885 (Vic BDM Ref 4893, Golden Wedding notice in the Sydney Morning Herald of 24 September 1935). Their presence in Williamstown was likely connected with Eda's brother John Worland who settled there by 1883. According to an in memoriam notice in the Sydney Morning Herald on 27 January 1908, Eda and Peter Dandie's children were:

    Note that a number of children were born in Williamstown and Port Fairy to James Dandie and Louisa Loveridge from 1889. There were at least two other Warlond/Dandie marriages; Ethel May Warlond married Roy Dandie in 1940.

    1888 - References to James Spridgeon

    The New South Wales Gazette of 9 February 1888 recorded that a letter sent to J Spridgeon at Ironbarks was returned undelivered. The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser of 5 April 1888 referred to J Spridgon from Tamworth.

    1890 - Death of James Spridgeon

    James Spridgeon died on 31 December 1890, according to the Evening News of 3 January 1891: 'Mr James Spridgon, of Narrabri, formerly a railway contractor and latterly an innkeeper and selector, died on Wednesday night. He was an old colonist.' The BDM record (NSW BDM Ref 9889) stated that James Spridgin died at Narrabri and was the son of Thomas and Ann Spridgin.

    1892 - Peter James Theodore Warlond marries

    Peter James Theodore Warlond married Ester E Patten in 1892 (NSW BDM Ref 2223). Esther was the daugther of Joseph Benjamin and Esther Elizabeth Patten. They lived in Sydney and had children:

    1894 to 1896 - Herman Warlond in Williamstown

    The Sands and McDougall directory for Victoria for 1894, 1895 and 1896 records Herman Warland living at 17 Railway Place Williamstown.

    1899 - Frederick William Warlond marries in Sydney

    Frederick William Warlond married Rebecca Margaret (nee Duffy) Brown in 1899 (Vic BDM Ref 2011).

    Rebecca Margaret Duffy

    As noted above, Rebecca Margaret Duffy was born in 1862 in Hotham (later North Melbourne), Victoria (Vic BDM Ref 22033), to parents Daniel Duffy and Sarah Ann Porter. Rebecca married Alfred James Brown in 1880 in Hotham/North Melbourne (Vic BDM Ref 5252) where she may have lived with her mother after her father died in 1868.

    Rebecca and Alfred Brown had two children: (a) Frederick W Brown in 1889 (Vic BDM Ref 2313), and (b) Alfred J W Brown (1891, Sydney (NSW BDM Ref 1618) - 1891, Sydney (NSW BDM Ref 1142).

    It is not known what happened to the relationship between Rebecca and Alfred Brown or how or why she ended up 'back' in Melbourne but potentially it had something to do with the death of her second child and/or her desire or need to return to Melbourne with her son Frederick.

    In any case, the 33 year old Rebecca Brown met the 32 year old Frederick Warlond in Melbourne in around 1895. They may have had one child, Ruby, born in 1895, but definitely another, Hilda, in 1898. They had one more child after they married in 1899:

    1900 - Herman (John) Warlond's children not in school in Williamstown

    According to the Williamstown Chronicle of 11 August 1900, Herman Warlond (reported as Warland) - along with around 30 others - was summonsed to the local Williamstown court charged with not sending his children to school for the requisite number of days.

    1905 - Death of Frederick William Warlond in Sydney

    Frederick William Warlond died on 15 September 1905 from burns as a result of an accident (NSW BDM Ref TBA). According to a report in the Sydney Morning Herald on Saturday 16 September 1905, Frederick 'went to his camp at Folly Point on the 13th inst very much under the influence of liquor. Some men camped close by discovered deceased's tent on fire, Warland being outside and enveloped in flames. It is thought that a lighted candle coming in contact with deceased or the tent was the cause of the fire'.

    According to the funeral notice in the same newspaper edition, Frederick William Warland was buried at St Thomas' cemetery on the North Shore on 16 September 1905. FindAGrave website searches do not appear to show his grave any more (February 2024).

    See below in 1910 for what happened next for Rebecca Brown Warlond.

    1906 - Death of Herman RJG (John) Warlond in Sydney

    Herman RJG (John) Warlond died in Balmain, Sydney on 27 January 1906 (NSW BDM Ref 470). The Sydney Morning Herald of 29 January 1906 reported that his funeral would depart from his residence, Glenalva, Stephen Street, Balmain, on 29 January 1906. Notices were placed by John's wife Charlotte and his surviving children Mrs Peter Dandie, Mrs Thomas Hutton, Theodore Warlond, and Mrs Alex McDougall. It is not known why his son Herman/John did not place a notice.

    Herman Warlond was buried at Rookwood cemetery but: (a) his name is shown as John Warland, (b) his age at death was shown as 84, and (c) his date of death shows 27 January 1907. Charlotte was buried in the same plot, also with the surname Warland - see below

    After the death of her husband, Charlotte Warlond moved in with her daughter Eda Dandie at 4 Arthur Street, North Sydney. Charlotte died in 1911 - see below. Eda and Peter Dandie were recorded in 1935 living at 520 Miller Street, North Sydney. Eda Dandie died in 1942 in North Sydney (NSW BDM Ref 4994). Peter Dandie died in 1947 also in North Sydney (NSW BDM Ref 13687).

    1907 - Herman (John) Worland in the news

    The Williamstown Chronicle of 16 November 1907 reported that Herman Warlond (reported as Worland) gave evidence in a court case, which was dismissed.

    The wife of 'Herman Worland' [Emma Jane Warlond] appeared in the Williamstown Court on 11 July 1916 (as reported in The Age the following day), fined for neglecting to have their children vaccinated. The article noted that 'The wife of the defendant appeared, carrying in her arms a child about 3 years old, totally blind. She said the child had lost his sight through vaccination, and she therefore could not consent to allow a younger child to be vaccinated. The bench expressed sympathy with the afflicted child and as the police had no power to withdraw the charge imposted the minimum fine of 10/, which was at once paid.'

    1910 - Rebecca Margaret (nee Duffy, later Brown) Warland remarries

    Rebecca Margaret (nee Duffy, later Brown) Warland married again in 1910 in Tamworth, NSW, this time to Phillip P Sullivan (NSW BDM Ref 6566, two entries one of which shows Rebecca's surname as Warlona).

    A possibly related Lewis Phillip Sullivan died in Tamworth in 1937, aged 70.

    Whether connected or not, a Lieutenant Frederick Brown, 'area officer', proceeded against a number of defaulting army cadets at the Tamworth Police Court for various breaches on Thursday 11 May 1916. Among these cadets was Louis Phillip Sullivan, who pleaded guilty to having failed to attend a compulsory drill.

    1911 - Death of Charlotte Warlond in Sydney

    Charlotte Warlond, the wife of Hermann RJG (John) Warlond who died in January 1906, died at the residence of her son-in-law, Peter Dandie, at 4 Arthur Street, Lavender Bay/North Sydney, on 24 May 1911. She was 72. Charlotte was buried with her husband Herman on 26 May 1911 at Rookwood.

    1912 - Cyril Warlond Naval Cadet of Williamstown

    Cyril Warlond (reported as Worland) of Williamstown, a Naval Cadet (among many others), was fined £5 and ordered into custody for failing to put in the statutory number of drills, according to the Williamstown Chronicle of 3 August 1912.

    1913 - Death of Sarah McDougall (nee Warlond)

    Sarah McDougall, nee Warlond, the wife of Alex/Alick McDougall and mother of Doris McDougall, Archie McDougall, and Irene McDougall, died on 14 March 1912.

    1914 - R Worland, pallbearer in Williamstown

    An R Worland [possibly Herman Rudold Warlond] was reported in the Footscray Chronicle of 6 June 1914, as a pallbearer for George Brew, a long-time resident of Williamstown.

    1914 - Williamstown - Warlond boys enlist for WW1

    All the five Warlond brothers enlisted for WW1.

    The Service Files of all of the above may be viewed on the NAA website.

    December 1915 - Williamstown - Worland men on active service or in training

    The Williamstown Chronicle of 11 December 1915 and again on 29 January 1916 reported that the following men of Williamstown, Newport and Spotswood were on active service or in training: Theodore Warlond (reported as Warland), Percival Warlond (reported as Warland), Cyril Warlond (reported as Warland).

    The Williamstown Advertiser of 6 October 1917 reported that Percival Warlond (reported as Warland) and Theodore Warlond (reported as Warland) were on active service.

    1916 - Death of Josephine Bernard

    The Argus of 1 December 1916 reported the death of Josephine Bernard, the wife of Theodore and loving mother of Mrs Worland, Williamstown.

    1919 - Cyril Warlond assaulted by police

    Cyril Warlond (reported as Worland) was assaulted by police in August 1919, according to The Geelong Advertiser of 23 August 1919.

    1921 - Williamstown - Warlond brothers marry

    Brothers Percival John Warlond and Harold George Warlond married in 1921.

    Percival lived on Morris Street. His third daughter Margaret Warlond became engaged to Lucio Campitelli the second son of Rubbi-Maria Campitelli, Eola d'Istria, Italy, as reported in The Age of 13 September 1952.

    1921 - Hilda May Warlond marries Harry Snape - Sydney

    Who was Harry Snape

    Henry (Harry) Macleay (McLeay on death certificate) Snape was born in Taveuni, Fiji, on 23 July 1896, the son of Henry Snape and Christina Snape (nee Macleay). The Snapes were working in Fiji at the time.

    Harry Snape enlisted for WW1 on 12 October 1914 and was assigned to the 4th Battalion AIF. At the time of enlistment, he was a postal carrier. His next of kin was his father Henry Snape at 26 Broughton Street, North Sydney. His WW1 service file description noted he was 19 years and 4 months had a 'dark' complexion. Harry was wounded in his right loin (bullet wound scar) in the Dardanelles (Gallipoli area) on or around 19 May 1915 ('not seriously wounded' according to a letter to his father), evacuated to Cyprus, and was repatriated to Australia in August 1915. He was discharged on 23 December 1915.

    Harry's father Henry Snape died on 3 March 1916 and was buried at Gore Hill cemetery in Sydney.

    Harry re-enlisted on 29 April 1916, this time as a postal assistant. He gave his NOK initially as a friend, Mr P Foster, but that was crossed out and he put his mother's name Christina Snape (same address as before). This time was assigned to the 61st Battalion (reinforcements). He embarked on the troopship Wiltshire which left Sydney on 22 August 1916 and arrived in Plymouth on 12 October 1916. He was once again assigned to the 4th Battalion and was wounded in action on 30 January 1917 (and had a carbuncle ('cluster of boils caused by bacterial infection') on his neck). After returning to the UK for treatment, he was once again sent to France in February 1917. Pvt Harry Snape returned to Australia on 11 June 1919 and was discharged a month later.

    Hilda May Warlond marries Harry Snape

    Hilda May Warlond, the daughter of Frederick William Warland and Rebecca Margaret (nee Duffy, later Brown) Worland, married Harry M Snape in Manly in 1921 (NSW BDM Ref 9225). Hilda and Harry Snape had at least one child, Betty Alma Snape (born 1923). Sometime before 1944, Betty met Eric McDonald - see below.

    1926 - Cyril Warlond marries Agnes Bennett - Williamstown

    Cyril Warlond married Agnes Clara Bennett (daughter of George and Annie Elizabeth Bennett) in 1926 (Vic BDM Ref 5216). They lived at 44 Dover Road, Williamstown. Their children (as named in their son Jack's death notice) were:

    Agnes' mother Annie Elizabeth died at the residence of her daughter Agnes Warlond on 9 Ocober 1942 (The Age, 12 October 1942).

    1923 - Marriage of Alma Rebecca Margaret Warlond - Sydney

    Alma Rebecca Margaret Warlond married James Hooler in November 1923 at Rose Bay, Sydney.

    The Sydney Morning Herald of 2 December 1935 reported the divorce of Alma and James Hooler.

    From 1924 - Life of Ruby Brown/Warlond Rabe - Tasmania then Sydney

    Ruby Brown/Warlond married Mark Rabe in Hobart on 14 February 1924 at the Seventh Day Adventist Church (The Mercury (Hobart) 14 February 1949). They lived in Tasmania until 1954. Mark Rabe was a champion axeman, recording wins in various chopping events in the Collinsvale Show in May 1925 (The Mercury (Hobart) 2 May 1925). Mark and Ruby Rabe had at least one child, Norma Laurel Rabe (16 February 1928, Hobart (The Mercury (Hobart) 18 February 1928) - ). They were recorded living in Glen Huon Tasmania in 1949 (Silver Anniversary of their wedding recorded in The Mercury). A Ruby Evelyn Rabe, parents Frederick and Rebecca, died in 1976 in Sydney (death notice in the Sydney Morning Herald of 20 August 1976). She was buried in the Avondale Cemetery on 21 August 1984 (Area L1-E, Grave site 008).

    1928 - HR Warlond, pallbearer in Williamstown

    The Williamstown Chronicle reported that an HR (e.g., John) Warlond (reported as Worland), along with others, was a pallbearer for the funeral of Charles Olsen of North Williamstown.

    1935 - Death of Rebecca Margaret (nee Duffy, later Brown, Warlond) Sullivan - Sydney

    It is not known exactly when Rebecca's third husband Phillip Sullivan died. A search of the NSW BDM records shows only one person with that name who died between 1910 and 1935 at Granville in 1913 (NSW BDM Ref 1991, son of Florence and Mary A Sullivan.

    Rebecca Margaret (nee Duffy, later Brown, Warlond) Sullivan died on 26 April 1935. Her last address before she died was 52 Princes Highway, Kogarah (a block of land that was replaced by Battye Avenue). Rebecca was buried at the Catholic Cemetery, Woronara. Her parents were recorded in the BDM record as Daniel and Sarah A. The other people noted in the funeral notice carried in The Sydney Morning Herald of 27 April 1935 were her children Mrs Ruby Rade [sic], Mr and Mrs Hilda Snape, and Mrs Alma Speed.

    1936 - Death of Peter James Theodore Warlond - Sydney

    Peter James Theodore Warlond (born 1873) died in Ryde, Sydney on 12 January 1936. The death notice in the Daily Telegraph of 13 January 1936 reported his wife as Ester and their children Albert Warlond, Charlotte Warlond, Olga Warlond, Victor Warlond and Nellie Warlond. At the time of his death, they lived at 22 Hillcrest Avenue, Gladesville.

    PJ Theodore Warlond's wife Esther Elizabeth Warlond, died on 1 March 1944 at 22 Hillcrest Avenue, Gladesville (NSW BDM Ref 5608). She was 71. She was recorded as the mother of Victor, Albert, Lottie and Olga.

    1937 - Harry Worland of Williamstown

    Harry Warlond (reported as Worland), of Morris Street, Williamstown, was robbed of a gold watch in October 1937. The Age of 14 October 1937 reported that Harry was totally blind. Harry may be the blind child reported above.

    1940 to 1946 - Victoria/Williamstown

    Ethel May Warlond married Roy Adrian William Dandie in 1940. (Vic BDM Ref 6064).

    Norma Warlond married Gordon Andrew Donaldson in 1940. (Vic BDM Ref 18738).

    Emma Jane Warlond (nee Nichols/Nicholls) died in 1944 in Williamstown (Vic BDM Ref 11235))

    Cyril Warlond (reported as Worland) of Williamstown was fined 10/- for neglecting to send a child to school as required by the Act, according to the Williamstown Chronicle of 26 May and 18 August 1944.

    Norma Warlond married Joseph Furness in 1946 (Vic BDM Ref 1300).

    1944 - Betty Snape marries Eric McDonald (NSW)

    Eric Noel McDonald, a 'plastic moulder' enlisted for WW2 on 25 July 1942 and was assigned to the 15 Australian Artillery Anti-Aircraft Battery (N303116). He served in the Northern Territory and Darwin areas from June 1942 to December 1944. Eric's unit was marched out to the NSW Line of Command area on 6 December 1944.

    Betty Snape, the daughter of Harry Snape and Hilda (nee Warlond), married Eric Noel McDonald on 30 December 1944 (NSW BDM Ref 4173, Service File). Eric served in Lae in August 1945 and returned to Australia in January 1946 after which he was discharged.

    For whatever reason, Betty's parents Hilda and Harry Snape lived separately but were remembered to have been on amicable terms. By 1962, Harry Snape was living at 209 Military Road, Neutral Bay (possibly a men's boarding house) when he reported that he had lost his discharge certificates. (Service File). Harry Snape died on 2 February 1964 (NSW BDM Ref 14767).

    Betty Alma McDonald (nee Snape) married Thomas Samuel Ryan in 1964 (NSW BDM Ref 2832). Hilda Snape was recorded living at 126 Ernest Street, Crows Nest, in 1967. (Harry Snape's service file).

    Betty Alma (nee Snape, later McDonald) Ryan died in 2015.

    1948 - Death of Emma Jane Warlond and Herman Recard (John) Warland

    Emma Jane Warlond, the wife of Herman Recard Warlond, died on 21 October 1948 at 86 Morris Street, Williamstown. Her death notice in the Williamstown Chronicle of 27 October 1944 noted that she was the loved mother of Theo, mother in law of Millie and grandmother of Margaret and Max.

    Herman Recard Warlond died in Williamsown on 9 December 1948, aged 91 (Vic BDM Ref 13551). His funeral left his residence, 86 Morris Street, Williamstown, on 11 December 1948. The death notice in The Age, 11 December 1948 noted that he was the father of Victor, Charlotte (deceased), Rudolph, Ethel (Mrs Dandy, Sydney), Percival, Theodore, Cyril, Harold and Aubrey (deceased).

    1949 events

    Shirley Warlond married Gregory Thomas Leicht in 1949 (Vic BDM Ref 23610).

    Evon May Warlond married Francis John Patek in 1949 (Vic BDM Ref 24452).

    The Age of 12 December 1949 reported that a Betty Worland, aged 15, of Dover Road, Williamstown was injured when the motor cycle she was riding on with Walter Curran, aged 17, collided with a car in Nelson Place, Williamstown on 10 December 1949.

    1950 - Peter Warlond injured

    Peter Worland, aged 27, of Cole Street, Williamstown, was injured in a motor cycle accident in Footscray. (The Age, 13 June 1950)

    1951 - Betty Lorraine Warlond stabbed in Melbourne, marries

    The then 17 year old Betty Lorraine Warlond of 153 Ballarat Road, Maidstone was stabbed by a razor in a random attack at Flinders Stret in 1951. She required eight stitches in a 2 1/2 or 4-inch wound in her back. According to one report, a man who assaulted Betty was carrying a briefcase. The police stated that he was a 'crank' who 'probably followed Miss Warlond for some distance before he pulled a razor from behind a brief case and slashed her'. The razor cut through her coat, skirt and underclothes. (The Herald and other newspapers, 7/8 May 1951).

    Betty Lorraine Warlond married Luke Francis O'Brien of Irving Place, Footscray, on 25 August 1951 (Vic BDM Ref 13614, Williamstown Advertiser 24 August 1951).

    1952

    Dorothy Jean Warlond married William Edwin Robert Farr in 1952 (Vic BDM Ref 13543).

    1957

    Patricia Lorraine Warlond married Leslie John Goding in 1957 (Vic BDM Ref 8956).

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