Louis John Michel married 1844 Victoria and died 1904 Melbourne

[Aussie1947]

Hi,

1859 Melbourne Directory (Tanner)
Michel. Louis John, contractor, 201 Lonsdale St, East.

1880 Melbourne Directory (Sands)
Michel. Louis J, 1 Murchison St, Carl.

1892 Melbourne Directory (Sands)
Michel Louis J, 541 Lygon St, N Carlton.


Gerry

[cando]

Death registration
MICHEL Louis John
Father Michel Louis John  Mother Elizabeth WILLIS
At Carlton North   1904  79 years  Reg#8071

Interred at Melbourne General Cemetery  Church of England  Section L  Grave#289N

WRIGHT

In loving memory of
Louis John MICHEL
who died 14 Sep 1904
in his 83rd year
A colonist of 65 years
his beloved wife
Alicia
who died 3 Aug 1875
aged 49 years.
their beloved daughter
Ruth Elizabeth WRIGHT
who died 30 Aug 1881
aged 26 years.

I have some further info but having endless problems with the internet today. Joys of living in the bush. I will post later. 

Cando

[kerryb]

Thank you Cando, very interesting.  Especially that it says mother Elizabeth Willis, the trees I have seen have her as Elizabeth Watts which I can find no record of.  I shall go and try Willis and see what comes up.

Kerryb

[cando]

http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/miscpics/gid/slv-pic-aab24362
His handwritten notes in 1892 on a photograph of himself states he was born 1825 Surrey.

Cando

[cando]

Thank you Cando, very interesting.  Especially that it says mother Elizabeth Willis, the trees I have seen have her as Elizabeth Watts which I can find no record of.  I shall go and try Willis and see what comes up.

Kerryb

Information on death certificates only as good as the knowledge of the informant.  Pity he married before civil registration in Victoria.  I treat all online trees with caution as so many simply copy and paste other's research.  I haven't looked at any trees as I'm having problems with a very, very slow internet today. 

Cheers
Cando

[cando]

http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/michel-louis-john-4195

Mother named as WATTS.


Cando

[kerryb]

What a nice looking man! 

You are quite right about trees which is why I am going through the information and checking it.  Some say Watts and some say Willis, which I cannot find any links to at all.  I imagine one tree saw Willis on that record and copied and so others copy and so on and so on.

I have his baptism record, 1825 in Surrey.  Unfortunately for the baptisms, there is a gap in the right area between his early siblings and the brother born before him in the records available online.  Typical!  So I am checking out what records I can online and so far can agree that all the children bar one did exist.  I think I may have found a late one that nobody else has.  Hmmmm

Kerryb

[xav-sega]

Headstone of Louis John & Alicia Michel. My Great Great Great Grandparents. 541 Lygon St North carlton. now a school yard. Alicia was the family name from the Bell Family, thats why there are a few of them. Caroline & Elizabeth are family names from the Michel side, perhaps the Watts line.

[kerryb]

Again Thank you!  Very much appreciated.

Kerryb