Abel Hoadley (1844 - 1918)

Born 10 Sep 1844 in Willingdon, Sussex, England, United Kingdom

Husband of Susanna Ann (Barrett) Hoadley — married 1868 in Victoria, Australia

Died 12 May 1918 at age 73 in Kew, Victoria, Australia

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Biography

Abel Hoadley is Notable.

Abel Hoadley was born in Willingdon, Sussex, England.

Abel Hoadley was born in 1844, in Willingdon, Sussex, England, the son of the son of Peter Hoadley (blacksmith) and Elizabeth Ann Wheeler. His birth was registered in the Jul-Aug-Sep quarter of 1844 in the Eastbourne district.^[1] He was baptised on the 2nd February 1849, in East Grinstead.^[2]

In the 1851 census Abel (age 6) was the son of Peter Hoadly in East Grinstead, Sussex, England.^[3]

In the 1861 census, he was an apprentice grocer, living in the household of Ebenezer Roberts, in Brasted, Kent.^[4] However he suffered from ill-health, and it was thought he might better benefit from a change of climate.

Abel Hoadley migrated from England to Victoria, Australia.

He arrived in Australia in 1865 on the Essex as an Unassisted Immigrant.^[5] After settling in Victoria, he began selling jams and pickles, which he had made with produce fresh from his own orchard in Burwood East. Later he opened a jam factory in South Melbourne (1889), trading as A. Hoadley & Company. Later still, he began to produce confectionery (in the Rising Sun Preserving Works in 1895), as that was not dependent on seasonal ingredients. He started to include a portion of honeycomb with his chocolate sales, something that proved extremely popular. Soon afterwards he began to manufacture an individual honeycomb bar. This proved a little more difficult to manage, as the honeycomb stuck to itself, so he came up with the idea of coating the honeycomb with chocolate - and thus the "Violet Crumble" bar was born. Originally he planned to name it simply "Crumble", but was soon aware that would be an unprotectable name. Putting his thinking cap on, he thought of his wife (Susannah) and how her favorite flower was the violet. Not long afterwards, encased in a purple wrapper with a small flower logo, the "Violet Crumble" made its appearance , becoming an instant success. (It was still extremely popular in the 2010s.)

He and Susannah Ann Barrett were married on the 14th November 1868, in Fitzroy,^[6] subsequently having 14 children, five daughters, and nine sons:

1. Peter Benjamin (1869–1941)​​
2. Elizabeth Ellen (1870–?)​​
3. Rose Isabella (1872–1950 (Dodd))​
4. Emily Sarah (1874–1916)​​
5. Walter Edwin Clifford (1875–1953)​​
6. Bertha Annie (1878–1970 (Christie))​
7. Louisa Agnes (1880–1965 (Adamson))​
8. Percy Ernest (1883–1884)​​
9. Frank Ernest (1885–1898)​​
10. Charles Archibald Brookes (1887–1947)​​
11. Albert Edgar Barrett (1888–1944)​​
12. Norman Augustus (1890–1890)​​
13. Rupert Ebenezer (1890–1890)​​
14. Harold Edmund (1891–1891)

Abel Hoadley passed away on the 12th May 1918, in his home, “Bella Vista”, in Kew, Victoria, Australia, aged 73 years,^[7] and was interred in the Burwood Cemetery, Burwood, where his wife would also later be laid to rest.^[8] As well as his wife, he was survived by four of his daughters, and four of his sons.

Sources

1. ↑ Birth Registration: "England & Wales General Register Office"
   GRO Online Indexes - Birth (accessed 30 March 2022)
   Hoadley, Abel (Mother's maiden name: Wheeler).
   GRO Reference: 1844 Jul-Aug-Sep in Eastbourne Volume 07 Page 327.
2. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J3F2-J83 : 18 September 2020), Abel Hoadley, 1849.
3. ↑ 1851 Census: "1851 England Census"
   Class: HO107; Piece: 1641; Folio: 229; Page: 45; GSU roll: 193544
   Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry au Record 8860 #1740090 (accessed 30 March 2022)
   Abele Hoadly (6) son in household of Peter Hoadly (32) in East Grinstead registration district.
4. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1861," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2MP-D7VR : 3 March 2021), Able Hoadley in household of Ebenezer Roberts, Brasted, Kent, England, United Kingdom; from "1861 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 9, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
5. ↑ Immigration : "Australia, Victoria, Inward Passenger Lists, 1839-1923", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP7B-5R5S : 15 October 2019), Abel Hoadley, .
6. ↑ Marriage Registration — Victoria State Government, Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages Marriage registration details: Registration number: 4398/1868; Family name: HOADLEY; Given name(s): Abel; Event: Marriage; Spouse's family name: BARRET; Spouse's given name(s) :Susannah ; Reg. year: 1868
7. ↑ Government of Victoria. Victoria Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages (accessed 30 Mar 2022). Death Index. Index entry for Abel HOADLEY. Mother's name: Eliz; Mother's family name at birth: UNKNOWN; Father's name: Hoadley Peter; Place of Birth: Not specified; Place of death: Kew; Age at Death: 73; Reg. year: 1918; Reg. number: 5430/1918
8. ↑ Burial : Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/112990357/abel-hoadley : accessed 31 March 2022), memorial page for Abel Hoadley (10 Sep 1844–12 May 1918), Find A Grave: Memorial #112990357, citing Burwood Cemetery, Burwood, Whitehorse City, Victoria, Australia ; Maintained by SueM (contributor 47776904).

• Newspaper Obituary : "MR. ABEL HOADLEY." Spectator and Methodist Chronicle (Melbourne, Vic. : 1914 - 1929) 26 June 1918: 628. Web. 31 Mar 2022 <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article154261494>.

• Newspaper Obituary : 1918 'MR. ABEL HOADLEY.', Spectator and Methodist Chronicle (Melbourne, Vic. : 1914 - 1929), 26 June, p. 628. , viewed 30 Mar 2022, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article154261494

• Probate : "Australia, Victoria, Index to Probate Registers, 1841-1989," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JVWP-Q2C : 2 March 2021), Abel Hoadley, 03 Jul 1918; citing Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, series 160, record 559, Public Record Office, Victoria; FamilySearch digital folder 004104615.

• Immigration: Essex May 26 1865 from the Public Record Office Victoria (PROV): Unassisted passenger lists (1852-1923) Record Series Number (VPRS): 947. retrieved 7th of January 2024 at: https://prov.vic.gov.au/archive/3B2CDA35-F96C-11E9-AE98-B794787000F6?image=112

See also:

• Wikipedia : Abel Hoadley
• Wikidata: Item Q4666578, en:Wikipedia
• John Lack, 'Hoadley, Abel (1844–1918)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/hoadley-abel-6687/text11533, published first in hardcopy 1983, accessed online 30 March 2022.