Harriet Porter (1886 - 1969)

Born 1886 in Great Western, Victoria, Australia

Wife of John William Thomlinson — married 1904 (to Mar 1919) in Stawell, Victoria, Australia

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Biography

Harriet Porter was born in the Colony of Victoria (1851-1900)

Harriet was born in Great Western, Victoria in 1886. She was the daughter of William Porter and Eliza Jane Tomlinson. ^[1]

Harriet married [[Thomlinson-135|John William Thomlinson][ on 23 November 1904 at The Parsonage, Sloane St. Stawell. ^[2][3] They had three children: Grace in 1905, Beryl in 1907 and John William in 1908. Both before and after his marriage, John worked as a bee farmer, living at Great Western.^{[3] [4]}

In January 1917 John faced the Stawell Local Court charged with assaulting Harriet in an argument over a German piano. ^[5] HArriet left John in April 1917. John filed for divorce in November 1918 once he had discovered that HArriet was having an affair. ^[3]. A decree nisi was granted in February 1919, with John being awarded costs and custody of the children. ^[6]

Harriet married Milton Bolitho later in 1919. ^[7] She died in St. Kilda, Victoria and her ashes were scattered in Fawkner Memorial Park on 29 June 1969. ^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ The Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths, and Marriages; Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Birth Records. https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history Ref: 18728/1886 accessed 29 April 2024.
2. ↑ The Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths, and Marriages; Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Marriage Records. https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history Ref: 6687/1904 accessed 19 April 2024.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Thomlinson v Thomlinson & Bolitho: Divorce. Petitioner : John William Thomlinson; Respondent : Harriet Thomlinson; Co-respondent : Walter Balitho VPRS 283/P0002, 1918/287. Victorian Archives Centre, Public Record Office Victoria. https://prov.vic.gov.au accessed 19 April, 2024
4. ↑ Victoria, Australia, Rate Books, 1855-1963 for John William Thomlinson Shire of Stawell, Nelson Province 1901-1910. P16, No. 417 via Ancestry.
5. ↑ COUNTRY NEWS. (1917, January 16). The Ballarat Star (Vic. : 1865 - 1924), p. 6. Retrieved April 27, 2024, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article154803033
6. ↑ DIVORCE COURT. (1919, February 15). The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), p. 16. Retrieved April 27, 2024, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article155220996
7. ↑ The Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths, and Marriages; Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Marriage Records. https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history Ref: 10623 accessed 29 April 2024.
8. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/208651989/harriett-bolitho: accessed April 29, 2024), memorial page for Harriett Porter Bolitho (1886–29 Jun 1969), Find a Grave Memorial ID 208651989, citing Fawkner Memorial Park, Fawkner, Merri-bek City, Victoria, Australia; Maintained by Phillip Christie (contributor 47216804).