| Right: Emma Blackman and Alfred Moulden's headstone |  |
Blackman Info 2c: for Emma Jane Blackman and Alfred Moulden |
Emma jane Blackman b......1871 d.11nov1964 | m......1894 | Alfred henry Moulden b......1867 d.04nov1906 | |============|============|============|========|| Eva Ivy Elsie Mary b.20aug1894 b.01jan1896 b......1902 b......1906 d.21jun1978 d.30oct1986 d......2004 d.12nov1995 | ********* ********* ********* m......1926 | Charles Henry Spurrell b......1894 d......1944 | |============|========|| John alfred b.....~1938 d. | m......1953 | Dorothy rose Timmins b.
Emma BLACKMAN was born in Clun (sic) in 1871 (Vic BMD 22169/1871). In 1894 she married Alfred Henry MOULDEN (Vic BMD 1325/1894) in Clunes, Victoria. Alfred was born 15 November 1867 (SA BDM book ref: 59/418) the son of Mary BURNEL and John MOULDEN. at Point Sturt on the south-western shore of Lake Alexandrina. He was registered in Strathabyn, South Australia, 30kn from Point Sturt.
Emma Jane died on 11 November 1964 (Vic BMD 24803/1964).in Ararat aged 93.
| The Age, Saturday 10th November 1906, page 7. |
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| DEATHS Moulden. - On the 4th November, at Wakeham Street, Stawell. Alfred Henry, second son of of the late John Moulden, in his 38th Year. |
| Right: Emma Blackman and Alfred Moulden's headstone | |
| Alfred was buried in 1906 Pleasant Creek Public Cemetery Stawell (Vic BMD
14949/1906) aged 38. His wife Emma
was buried in 1964 along with her husband.
Right: Emma Blackman and Alfred Moulden's grave The wider shot just shows the children grave to the left. |
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Probate
Alfred's will was proven on 27 February 1907. In it he left £188 eight shillings and no pence to his widow Emma: equivalent to £21,200/A$26,260 in 2021 by Consumer Price Maintenance.
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The Australian Electoral Roll 1903-1977, available on Ancestry, records their homes and occupations in the 1903 Roll as:
The Electoral Roll of 1917, shows Alfred's death and records a change of address and two children:
In 1919, Ivy had left home:
The Electoral Roll of 1928, records two children of voting age:
In 1925-1937, Eva had returned. Mary was living independently (see below):
The 1942 Electoral Roll records Emma living with one child:
The 1954 Roll records a change of address and two daughters living at home:
The 1963 Roll records a change of address as:
The 1908 Rates Book, Borough of Stawell and Ararat lists:
1498, Moulden, Emma. House value; 9 Pounds Current Rate in pound, 15s 9d
Their children
The Australian Electoral Roll 1903-1977, available on Ancestry, records the sisters living adjacent to each other from the Roll of 1977 through to 1980:
Eva MOULDEN - Emma Jane and Alfred Henry's first child
Eva born on 20 August 1894 (Vic BMD 24495/1894) in Stawell. In early 1926 she married Charles Henry SPURRELL, (Vic BMD 2392/1926) who was born in Caston, Victoria in 1894 (Vic BMD 19153/1894). Charles died in 1944 (NSW BMD 6980/1944) and was registered in Albury. Eva died 21 June 1978 aged 83 in Henty, NSW, 70km north of Albury.
The Australian Electoral Roll 1903-1977, available on Ancestry, records Eva in 1930-1943 as living 80m north of Albury NSW:
In 1949 the Roll records the widowed Eva and perhaps a son at a different address:
By the 1954-1968 Roll, Eva had retired to Henty NSW:
In 1958 John Arthur was living with his new wife:
John Alfred's marriage to Dorothy Rose TIMMINS was in the district od Belmont in 1953 (NSW BMD 3055/1953).
The last Roll of 1977 shows Eva has moved the Queensland living with an unmarried daughter:
Her son John Alfred died in 1977 in New South Wales (NSW BMD 1900/1977) but there is no obvious record of Eva's death.
Ivy MOULDEN - Emma Jane and Alfred Henry's second child
Ivy was born 01 January 1896 (Vic BMD 6968/1896) in Stawell Victoria, the daughter of Alfred Henry MOULDEN and Emma Jane BLACKMAN. She died 30 October 1986 (Vic BMD 24495/1894) and was buried Stawell Pleasant Creek Public Cemetery plot 2687 A section 8.
Elsie MOULDEN - Emma Jane and Alfred Henry's third child
Elsie was born in early 1902 (Vic BMD 6162/1902). She died in 2004.
The Australian Electoral Roll 1903-1977, available on Ancestry, in 1968 through to 1972 records Elsie living alone:
Mary MOULDEN - Emma Jane and Alfred Henry's fourth child
Mary's birth, on her headstone is given as 07 December 1905, but she was registered in 1906 (Vic BMD 6487/1906). She died 12 November 1995 was with them in 1980 was living nearby in early Electoral Roll rolls though she might be a cousin but a wiki tree by Alison Moulden gives Mary as the youngest child born 07 December 1907, who died 12 November 1995 in Ballarat aged 89. There is no obvious Vic BMD record.
The 1925-1942 Electoral Roll records Mary living independently but with no occupation:
The 1954 Electoral Roll records Mary living independently:
The 1963 Electoral Roll records Mary's change of address:
| Right: Moulden children's grave - Stawell Pleasant Creek Cemetery Plot 2687 A Section 8 |  |
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Left: Moulden children's headstone. It is thought that the third name belongs to Elsie, 1902-2004, who remained unmarried. |
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