Guillaume Daniel Delprat (1856 - 1937)

Born 1 Sep 1856 in Delft, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

Husband of Henrietta Marie Wilhemine Sophia Jas — married 4 Sep 1879 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

Descendants

Died 15 Mar 1937 at age 80 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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Biography

Guillaume was born in 1856.^[1] He was the son of Felix Albert Theodore Delprat and Elisabeth Francina van Santen Kolff

He married Henriëtte Maria Wilhelmina Sophia Jas at 23 on 4 Sep 1879. ^[2]

In June 1898 Delprat accepted an offer to become assistant general manager of B.H.P. On 3 September he arrived in Adelaide where he was met by the general manager (Sir) Alexander Stewart, whom he succeeded next year. Delprat's wife and five of their seven children arrived in January 1899 and, after a period in Broken Hill, settled in Adelaide from 1904 where they remained until moving to Melbourne in 1913. Delprat himself spent many of these years at Broken Hill. In 1904 he was naturalized.^[3]

He passed away in 1937.

Sources

1. ↑ "Netherlands, Archival Indexes, Vital Records," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL9X-QJQK : 22 August 2017), Guillaume Daniel Delprat, Birth 01 Sep 1856, Delft, South Holland, Netherlands; from database, openarchives (https://www.openarch.nl : 2016); citing Delft, archive 0015, inventory number 00045, Register van geboorteakten, 1856, record number 449, folio; Archief van de burgerlijke stand van Delft [open data, versie 20160128]; Archief Delft.
2. ↑ Marriage 1879
   "Netherlands, Archival Indexes, Vital Records," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLMK-52FX : 22 August 2017), Guillaume Daniel Delprat and Henriëtte Maria Wilhelmina Sophia Jas, Marriage 04 Sep 1879, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands; from database, openarchives (https://www.openarch.nl : 2016); citing Haarlem, inventory number , record number Reg.19 fol. 4; ; Noord-Hollands Archief.
3. ↑ Delprat, Guillaume Daniel (1856–1937) by Graeme Osborne. Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 8 , 1981

• Australian Dictionary of BIographies, MuseumVictoria, Wikipedia:-
• http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/delprat-guillaume-daniel-5947
• https://collections.museumvictoria.com.au/articles/2005
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillaume_Daniel_Delprat

• Marriage of parents 1843

• Fred Jones. An Australian Biographical Dictionary. Melbourne, Australian: Macmillan & Co. Limited, 1934, Page 99

DELPRAT, Guillaume Daniel, C.B.E. 1918; b. at Delft, Holland, 1856; son of General Delprat. He had considerable mining experience in Spain, Norway, and Canada before coming to Aust. General Manager of the Broken Hill Proprietary Co. Ltd. from 1899 to 1921, when he retired, and was appointed Consulting Engineer to the Company.

• Johns's Notable Australians 1906. Ridgehaven, South Australia: Gould Genealogy and History, 2007. Page 58.

DELPRAT, Guillaume Daniel, General Manager of Broken Hill Proprietary Co. Ltd. and President of Barrier Ranges Mining Managers’ Assn; b. Delft. Holland Sept. 1, 1856, s. of General F. A. T. Delprat, and ed. Amsterdam. He spent four years in Scotland, at the age of 22 he was Metallurgist to Tharsis mines, Spain, and afterwards General Manager of the Bede Metal and Chernical Co.’s mines, Spain and Norway. Managing Director of Cordova Exploration Co., Spain and Canada, of Rincon Silver-lead Mining Co., Spain, and Doloro Gold Mines, Canada. Arrived in Aust. Sept 1898. M.Am. I.M.E. New York, M.I.M. and M. Lond., Mom. North of Eng. Inst. M.E., M.A.I.M.E., and Mem. Royal Inst. Engineers Holland. ‘m. Sept. 4, 1879, Henrletta Jas. Clubs—Australian, Melb.; Broken Hill. Address-Broken Hill.

• 1937 'HE LEFT HOUSE TO HIS CHAFFEUR', The Newcastle Sun (NSW : 1918 - 1954), 7 May, p. 5. , viewed 12 Mar 2023, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article166625541

HE LEFT HOUSE TO HIS CHAFFEUR

WILL OF THE LATE G. D. DEPRAT.

MELBOURNE, Friday.

In a codicil to his will, lodged for probate to-day, the late Mr. Guillaume Daniel Delprat, of Nandevllle Crescent, Toorak. former general manager of the B.H. Pty., left his house, "Whitchurch," Florence-street, Armadale, to his chauffeur, William John Allsop, who now lives in the house.

Mr. Delprat, who died on March 15, left £3950 realty and £49,054 personalty, mainly to his widow, two sons and five daughters.