Wilmot Sedgewick Middleton

[wren]

Hi All,
Have been doing research on a Wilmot Sedgewick Middleton for my My Mt Murray School History. Mt Murray was a tiny bush school at the top of Macquarie Pass in NSW. Wilmot Sedgewick Middleton was a teacher there inc 1913-1916 when he joined the army and served overseas. I have a photo of him with his class in 1915. I know that he was also a pharmacist and owned a pharmacy at Abbotsford in Sydney after the war and that he died in the early 1950s. I rang the pharmacy which is still under the Middleton name, no-one knew anything about him. I also know that he married Ella Brooker. However thats about it. I also know that he was a good teacher and that his students loved him. I was fortunate enough to talk to my great aunt who was one of his students before her death in 1995.  I have searched his teacher records and read all Archive documents relating to the school. I would love to fill in the missing gaps. Put some flesh on the bones so to speak. Locate later photos.  I have located his army record, his death notice.
Tried to locate surviving children (to no avail). It appears that he had a brother Victor Ritchie who preceded him at Mt Murray. Details on Victor are somewhat more scarce. Would dearly love to put some flesh on Victor's details too. Have checked NSW BDMs,  have those details.
Any suggestions as to where I might next search would be gratefully accepted.
Wren.

[troods]

Hi Wren

Have you come across this Middleton man before here.

http://www.aif.adfa.edu.au:8080/showPerson?pid=207506

It appears he had a brother by the name of Malcomn Sydney Middleton.

Regards Troods

[tropicalj]

from  the Electoral Rolls

1930 District Martin
subdistrict  Abbotsford

Ella Minnie Middleton           Great North Road Abbotsford  pharmist

Wilmot Sedgwick Middleton Great North Road Abbotsford  Teacher

1936 District Martin
Subdistrict Abbotsford

Ella Minnie Middleton           288 Great North Road Abbotsford home duties

Wilmot Sedgwick Middleton 288 Great North Road, Abbotsford teacher


hope this helps
Jenn

[tropicalj]

another brother

1930 District Robertson
subdistrict  Broke

Malcom Sydney Middleton Public School Bulga school teacher
Mary Maria Middleton Public School Bulga home duties

1936 District MacQuarie
Subdistrict Windsor

Malcom Sydney Middleton Cattai School teacher
Mary Maria Middleton Cattai home duties

A sister

1930  and 1936 District Reid
subdistrict  Lidcombe

Ethel Lillian Middleton  31 Mary Street Teacher

Jenn

[annecaroline]

Hi
School teachers must be in the family

The father of these boys on the 1903 Electoral Roll
Wilmot Jones Middleton occup School Teacher at Grabben Gullen NSW

Annie

[tropicalj]

1930 New England sub district Uralla

Victor Ritchie Middleton , Kentuckey, Tracher
Jessie Havelock Middleton, Kentucky, Home Duties

1936 District  Robertson,
Subdistrict  Gosford

Victor Ricthie Middleton,  Dunn Street, Gosford, Teacher
Jessie Havelock Middleton, Dunn Street, Gosford, Teacher.

From  the Ryerson Index

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nswsdps/dpsindex.htm

MIDDLETON Victor Ritchie  died 31MAR1981 aged 94 at Wentworth Falls, formerly of Inverell
Notice published in  the Sydney Morning Herald 03APR1981


Jenn

[tropicalj]

Hello  there Annie
hope you are feeling a  lot better now, yes a long line of school  teachers by  the  look  of it.

kind thoughts Jenn

[tropicalj]

In Case Wren  you  don't have it and might need it

Wilmot Jones Middleton  was born in 1851 in Birmingham, Warwickshire England, he arrived in Victoria in 1858 on  the "Meteor"

he married Sarah Jane Peace Ritchie in Victoria in 1877 rg no 868

they had Ethel Lillias Middleton in Geelong in 1878  before moving to NSW

Jenn

[wren]

Hi Ladies
Thank you for all of your help. I did have some of the info, but there is a lot that you have uncovered that I didn't have, particularly the dad's details. This helps a great deal as it allows me to put some flesh on the bones. The dad was a mystery. I knew he was a teacher butwas unsure as to where he had lived before appearingon the NSW records.
Thanks again, much appreciated.
Wren