lookup please for charles E Ashcroft

[judb]

Good find, Sue.  It will be interesting to see if this is the chap being sought by the OP.

The newspaper obit said he was "a native of Benalla" so I assumed he was born there.

Mollipops (Reply #3) gives a list of children who were registered in Benalla to John ASHCROFT and his wife Elizabeth Helen but has Elizabeth's surname as GRAHAM - perhaps she was married twice??

Judith

[mollipops1]

John Thomas ASHCROFT was born , not at Benalla, but at the small settlement of Durham Ox

This is his marriage when he would have given the information himself.  It is therefore likely to be accurate

ASHCROFT John Thomas (Born DURHAM OX)
MCKEAN Margery
Year 1887
Reg   6679
 
This is his death and gives his mother's maiden name.
 
ASHCROFT John Thomas
Father John Broom
Mother Eliz Helen  GREENLEES
Death Place BENALLA
Age 87
Year 1950
Reg Number 22487

His birth is not registered in Victoria, but age at death makes him a year or two older than Francis ASHCROFT If it is accurate.
Sue

Elizabeth Helen's maiden name is shown as GRAHAM on the children's births (and John & Matilda had children in Melbourne/Flemington around the same period, so defiinitely different John).

No births in Durham or to a John Broom ASHCROFT in early Vic.

So a couple of possibilities here.
1. The informant on JT's death got his mmn wrong (and came up with Broom from somwehere!).
2. This is a different John & Elizabeth (though given the location this seems a major coincidence).

 

[mollipops1]

Interesting - there is a birth of Thos Wm ASHCROFT to John & Elizabeth (nee PORTER) in 1860 in Inglewood (not far from Durham Ox)...

[mollipops1]

 

Name: Jno Broom ASHCROFT
Father: Unknown
Mother: Unknown UNKNOWN
Age: 80
Death Place: Wgul
Year/Reg.: 1905/11030

[judb]

Here is a  birth for an Elizabeth GRAHAM.  Given the mother's forename it's a possible for Elizabeth 

Victoria 1844 #7647   
Elizabeth GRAHAM
Birth Place:   Melbourne, Victoria
Registration Year:   1844
Father:   Peter Graham
Mother:   Helen

Edit to add: An on-line tree suggests that this Elizabeth GRAHAM married someone else 

Definitely wrong person as she married Mr Blyth in 1865
Death 1935
Elizth Fisher BLYTH
Father's Name   Peter Graham
Mother's Name   Helen Young


Judith

[sparrett]

Feb 1951, Obit for Mary Ann ASHCROFT, wife of John Thomas ASHCROFT (above)
http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/65493479

 
Judith

Here is the death of the first wife of this John ASHCROFT
ASHCROFT  Marj
Father Mckean Wm
Mother Sarah  BLACKBURN
Death Place WGUL
Age 58
Year 1925
Reg  7606

And his re-marriage to Mary Ann mentioned in his obituary.

ASHCROFT, Jno Thomas
JEPSON, Mary Ann
Year1928
Reg 5468

Sue

ADDING
Yes, different ASHCROFT family from the one being hunted by out OP

ADDING AGAIN.
I'm not so sure it is a different family now.
Just an informant's error regarding maternal maiden name.??

Sue

[fishnibbler]

hello all Ive just found out from Charles grandson he was married to  Adelaide Urch  so Dundee thank you you are right many thanks John Ashcroft

[sparrett]

Hello fishnibbler,
Apart from Dundee's find in Western Australia, there have been many other replies on your thread here. Have you read them and if so, has the information been of interest?
Sue

[fishnibbler]

Hiya sue thanks for the reply Yes everyone who has replied they have all been of intrest, leads of which I am trying to follow, again many thanks to all who have replied and looked at the request thank you all John Ashcroft