Birth1 Mar 1856, Victoria, Australia
Death1943, Toorak, Australia
Spouses
1Henry Blomfield Brown [9, Andrew Haig, 7 Jan 2004, "Brown/Trotter"], [3, His birth, Q1 of 1851, Chelmsford dist, vol 12, p. 51], [4, 1871: RG10, piece 784, folio 64, p. 9]
Notes for Minna Spencer Wills
From the Wills Family web-site:
35. Minna Spencer Wills (Horatio Spencer Howe , Edward Spencer ) was born on 1 Mar 1856 in "Bellevue",Geelong,Victoria,Australia. She died in 1943 in ,Toorak,Victoria,Australia. She was buried in Toorak,Victoria,Australia.
born at Arrarat
Marriage Ref No Vic 1883/1911 at Point Henry Vic
Death Reg No Vic 1943/1602 at Toorak aged 87
Minna married Henry Blomfield-Brown on 14 Jun 1883 in ,Point Henry,Victoria,Australia. Henry was born on 4 Jan 1851 in The Vicarage Boreham,Essex,England. He died on 8 Mar 1923 in Coorabelle,Toorak,Victoria. He was buried in Victoria.
one time Mayor of Geelong
marriage Reg No Vic 1883/1911
Death Reg No Vic 1923/1715
Henry and Minna had the following children:
183 F i Claudia Blomfield-Brown was born on 12 Mar 1884 in ,,Victoria,Australia. She died on 27 Jun 1934 in Toorak, Victoria, Australia.
Birth Reg No Vic 1884/2780
Marriage
Death Ref No Vic 1934/5350 aged 50
Claudia married William A Beasley on 30 May 1916.
+ 184 M ii Harold Blomfield-Brown was born on 22 Apr 1885. He died on 18 Apr 1964.
+ 185 M iii Reginald Blomfield-Brown was born on 24 Jan 1890.
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Several more generations follow this but I am unable to get confirmatory evidence for them, It needs them to have died for at least 100 years and further it needs a wad of cash to pay for the documents as the indexes give rather little information.
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Notes for Henry Blomfield & Minna Spencer (Family)
Their marriage register image includes the following:
Reg No: 570
When and Where: June 14 1883, Christ Church, Geelong
Names: Henry Blomfield Brown; Minna Spencer Wills
Condition: Bachelor; Spinster
Children: (none)
Birthplace: Boreham Essex, England; Point Henry, Victoria
Profession: Estate agent
Age: 32; 27
Residence: Ryrie St; Western beach
Parents: [His] Henry Brown, Clerk in Holy Orders; Maria (Blomfield)
[Hers] Horatio Spencer Wills, Land owner; Elizabeth (Wyre)
A Ref NO: 1911
Notes: Very clearly he did not make out that his surname was ‘Blomfield-Brown’ but that Blomfield was a forename. His children appear to have hyphenated names, according to Celene Muller and Tom Wills’ excellent site of Wills family members in Australia.
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