Hello,
my ancestor Martha Berntine Johnson Boe born 1845 married Henry (Harry) Gordon-Glassford on 3/5/1865. They became the owner managers of Mewburn Park in Maffra, Victoria, Australia in1875, which was previously owned by her father John Johnson Boe.
There is quite a lot written about the Gordon Glassfords in a book called," Beneath Blue Hills" A History of Mewburn Park, Tinamba and Riverslea. by Wal Vardy, Kapana Press, Bairnsdale, 1994 ISBN 0 947071 17 2
Henry's sister, Jane Gordon Glassford (born 1844) married Martha Berntine's brother, William Johnson Boe in Sale, Victoria Australia in 1872. Martha died in Sydney in 1905, whereas William is recorded as living in Melbourne with his brother and sister-in-law at this time as was shown in the electoral rolls so it appears as though they were separated. Her death is listed in the paper as Mrs Johnson Boe, so if they were separated, she did not remarry. The death notice is submitted by Jane's daughter, Mrs Edward S Gordon. I subsequently found a marriage record for Violet Helen Johnson Boe to Edward Shaw Gordon. So they had at least this one child.
Although they lived in and were buried in separate states but they do not appear to be divorced and strangely his death notice refers to him as the relict of Jane, which apparently means the remaining partner who has not remarried after the partner's death.
Any other information on either of these couples; Martha Berntine Johnson Boe and Henry Gordon Glassford or Jane Gordon Glassford and William Johnson Boe, would be greatly appreciated, especially whether Violet was the only child of William and Jane or whether they had other children.
Kind regards, Dianne Backwell
