Alice (Topp) Gregory (1842 - 1935)

Born 1842 in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England

Wife of John Burslem Gregory — married 16 Mar 1872 in Trinity Church, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Died 19 Dec 1935 at about age 93 in St. Kilda, Victoria, Australia

Biography

ALICE TOPP (Topp-179)

BIIRTH. 1842

Name Alice Topp

Event Type Birth Registration

Registration Quarter Jan-Feb-Mar

Registration Year 1842

Registration District Huddersfield

County Yorkshire

Event Place Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England

Volume 22, Page 334, Line Number 16

IMMIGRATION. 1858 on the ROYAL CHARTER, departed Liverpool 12 Jan 1858, arrived Melbourne 17 Mar 1858, via Sydney.

The following is a list of the saloon passengers per Royal Charter, Captain Taylor, for Melbourne -.-Mr. and Mrs. Lynch, George Beach, lady, and child ; Samuel Topp, lady and family ; G.J. Austin, lady, family, and servant ; J. Chadwick and lady, J, Alfred Chadwick, Miss Clara J. Aspinall, Mrs. E. Bates and family. J. W. Dunlop, Mrs. and Miss Wignall, A. Shannon, jun., J. Aitken, T. Robertson, W. Brown, C. Johnson, Q. Thomson. R. P.McGcorgo, G. E. Tolhurst, lady, and servant ; W. Moore, A. Dick and lady, J. Campbell, Alexander Ross, J. Mason, jun., T. Newall, Ryrie and lady, Donald Ryrie and lady, T. Fawcett, A. Brace and lady, W. Bruce, Mrs. Louisa Call, family, and servant ; H. T. Littlewood, Rev. W. Shanahan, J. B. Charlesworth and lady, James Salmon, J. P. Henham, T. Platt, and Julius Woolf; also, 308 steerage passengers. The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) 17 Mar 1858, p4 http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/13007688

SHIPPING ARRIVED (HOBSONS BAY) March 17 Royal Charter (s.s.s.) clipper ship, 2200, Thomas Taylor, from Liverpool, 12th January. Passengers cabin: . . . Mr and Mrs S. Topp, Miss Alice Topp, . . . The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954) 18 Mar 1858, p4 http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/154856446

Index to Unassisted Inward Passenger Lists to Victoria 1852-1923:

TOPP ALICE, A, MAR 1858, ROYAL CHARTER, B, 143 014

TOPP ARTHUR. A, MAR 1858, ROYAL CHARTER, B, 143 014

TOPP CHARLES, C, MAR 1858, ROYAL CHARTER, B, 143 014

TOPP HORATIO, C, MAR 1858, ROYAL CHARTER, B, 143 014

TOPP SAMUEL, A, MAR 1858, ROYAL CHARTER, B, 143 014

TOPP SARAH, A, MAR 1858, ROYAL CHARTER, B, 143 014

Key: A =Adult, B=Port, C=Child, MAR=March, 143=Fiche#, 014=Pg#

MARRIAGE. 16 Mar 1872

MARRIAGE (Mar 1872). GREGORY—TOPP.—On the 16th inst., at Trinity Church, East Melbourne, by the Rev. H. O. Watson, John Burslem Gregory, barrister-at-law, to Alice, only daughter of Samuel Topp, both of this city.

Children:

(1) Ada Leonara Gregory, b. 7 Feb 1873, d. 11 Mar 1935, never married.

(2) Georgina Alice (Ina) Gregory, b. 20 Oct 1874, d. Jun 1964, never married

(3) John Stephen Gregory, b. 12 Jun 1876, d. 30 Aug 1946, m. 23 Mar 1907 Eloise Florence Weatherly, daughter of James Weatherly & Jane (Wilson) Weatherly

(4) Robert Henry Gregory, b. 15 Jul 1878, d. 1 Feb 1932, m. Ethel Gregory Gilfillan, daughter of James Gilfillan & Eliza Mary (Day) Gilfillan

(5) Edith Louisa Gregory, b. 8 Sep 1880, d. 23 Dec 1951, never married.

(6) Charles Clapham Gregory, b. Jan 1885, d. 19 Jul 1916, never married.

(7) St. John Mark Gregory, b. 10 Apr 1887, d. 26 Apr 1911, never married

Death of Spouse: GREGORY. - On the 21st January last, at Berkeley, California, John Burslem Gregory, L.L.M:, formerly of Melbourne, and late Registrar of Friendly Societies and Lecturer of Melbourne University; father of J. Stephen Gregory. B.C.C, of Brisels Tin Mines, Derby. Examiner (Launceston, Tas. : 1900 - 1954) 9 Apr 1910, p1 http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/50413924

DEATH (1935). GREGORY -On the 19th December, at her home Rosedale, 158 Inkerman street, St Kilda, Alice widow of the late J. B. Gregory, barrister-at-law (Melbourne University), only daughter of the late S. S. Topp, mother of Ada (deceased), Ned, Jack, Harry (deceased), Edith, Charlie (deceased), and Mark (deceased), aged 93 years and eleven months.

OBITUARY. Mrs. J. B. Gregory, who died at her home, Rosedale, Inkerman street, St. Kilda, on December 19, in her 94th year, was brought to Melbourne in 1849 (sic, actually 1858) in the ship Royal Charter by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Topp, and was accompanied by her brothers, Horatio, Arthur, St. John (sic, St John didn't arrive until 1861), and Charles, who later made their mark in Melbourne.

Mrs. Gregory was married in 1872, her husband, the late Mr. John Burslem Gregory, being a barrister, a lecturer at the University, and also registrar of friendly societies.

There were seven children, of whom three survive, namely, George Fred, John Stephen, and Edith.

Both Mrs. Gregory and her husband were among the earliest members of the Shakespeare Society, and took a great interest in literary and library questions. Mrs. Gregory had occupied the same house in St. Kilda for 55 years, and was a parishioner of All Saints' Church all that time.

Sources

• Birth: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2N3T-BPJ

• Immigration: http://prov.vic.gov.au/

• Marriage Notice: The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) 19 Mar 1872, p4 http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/5860768

• Death Notice: The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) 21 Dec 1935, p13 http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/11866726

• Obituary: The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946) 4 Jan 1936, p10 http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/141767791