James Anderson, Landscape Artist

[rosball]

On electoral rolls I see he is a painter    (probably a house painter?)
1914 Fitzroy
Anderson  Arthur Waddell, 361 George St, Fitzroy, Painter
Anderson Ellen Grace 361 George St, Fitzroy Home Duties

1919 Carlton
Anderson Arthur Wadell, 196 Canning St, Carlton, Painter
Anderson Ellen Grace 196 Canning St Carlton, Home Duties

1924 Fitzroy
Anderson Arthur Waddell 128 cecil St, Fitzroy, Painter
Anderson Ellen Grace, 128 cecil st, Fitzroy, Home Dutie
Anderson Evelyn 128 cecil st, Fitzroy, machinist
regards,
  Ros

[rosball]

Death notice for Ellen Grace Anderson in 1951
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article23073157

regards,
   Ros

ANDERSON.—On August 26 at  her home 527 Brunswick street
 Fitzroy,  Ellen Grace dearlv loved wife of the late Arthur Waddell loving mother of Walter,
Leslie, Herbert and Evelvn (Mrs Smith) also the late Nellie, Alfred, Mabel and Percy In her
93 rd vear At rest

[Gali]

So, not yet finding a birth for Arthur Waddell Anderson in VIC c.1861.

Also not yet finding a birth for Elizabeth Anderson in VIC c.1856/7?

Was the recording of births statutory in VIC at this time? 

[Forfarian]

Thank you! That's wonderful. I did look for a birth for Arthur, but without success.

That 1932 death notice is very hard to read but the 1951 one is better.

Also found an article about Arthur getting himself into bother with the law over a tram ticket in 1924!

I wonder if James' father could have been Arthur? There are no Arthurs that I know of in Margaret Waddell's family.

I found these in the nla newspapers

On the 20th inst, at Auckland-street, St Kilda, Mrs James Anderson, of a daughter. [Melbourne Argus, 23 April 1856]
On the 3rd inst, at Ackland-street, St Kilda, Mrs James Anderson, of a son. [Melbourne Argus, 6 July 1858]
On the 31st ult, at Ackland-street, St Kilda, Mrs James Anderson, of a son. [Melbourne Argus, 1 February 1861]

The first and last would fit very well with Elizabeth and Arthur. Are there street directories for around 1860?

[sparrett]

Listed in my previous post is the recorded birth to  JAMES and MARGARET ROWAN .....

There are dozens of JAMES ANDERSONs having families etc. in Vic

FYI

ANDERSON Unnamed Female
Father James
Mother Ann TURNBULL
Birth Place: ST KILDA
Year1856
Reg 4279




ANDERSON William Archer
Father James
Mother Fanny VICK
Birth Place ST KILDA
Year 1861
Reg 1548


ANDERSON James
Father James
Mother Fanny Vick
Place St Kilda
Year 1858
 Reg 11001

Sue

[Forfarian]

Ah, well there goes a nice theory. Thank you.

[Forfarian]

Free excerpts from http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk
Tuesday 24 September 1850 ,  Belfast News-Letter

Managed to find the full text .... they were married by Rev Andrew Thomson, uncle of the bride .... that led me to unearth a whole new branch of the family. Thanks again!

[Gali]

Great! 

As the trail for 'your James' seemed to go cold in AUS I thought it might be worth looking again at early 1850s Belfast and turned up a few other snippets, with the disclaimers that they may or may not be 'your' James Anderson of course:

Belfast Street Directory from 1852
Anderson, James, portrait painter, 26 Hamilton Street
http://www.lennonwylie.co.uk/1852names.htm

Monday 14 June 1852 ,  Belfast News-Letter
Records the death at 'No. 23, Hamilton Street, the infant son of Mr James Anderson'

Also, I copied this excerpt before, but have now read the full article:
Monday 20 September 1852 ,  Belfast News-Letter
Advertisements & Notices
'Mr. James Anderson, a young artist of rising celebrity in this town, but about to emigrate to Australia ...'

The full text of the excerpt mentions that the toast at this event to mark the departure of Anderson was given by a 'Washington Murphy' ...

The 1852 Belfast Street Directory lists:
Murphy, Dr. Washington, surgeon, 11 Donegall Street

Melbourne Argus, 22 Aug 1853:
SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVED.
Washington Murphy, Esq , M D., Surgeon

Melbourne Argus, 26 July 1856:
DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE
James Washington Murphy, M.D., to be Coroner for Beechworth

The DAOO biography of 'James Anderson' posted by rosball lists that Anderson was in Beechworth in c.1857

August 1856 Victoria Government Gazette
http://gazette.slv.vic.gov.au/images/1856/V/general/92.pdf
you need page 1258, a list of Beechworth worthies which includes 'Washington Murphy MD JP' at the top and 'James Anderson RHA', the penultimate name in the first column

RHA = Royal Hibernian Academy?  Another avenue to explore?

[Gali]

And ...

I already mentioned that 'Mrs M(a)cleod's maiden name was Julianna (and variants Julia, Juliana) Mary Esner ... can't see any marriage in VIC or NSW between her and Anderson?' BUT ...

I note the 1857 Sydney marriage of a 'James Anderson' and a 'Mary Mcleod', reg 911/1857 and a 'Mary Macleod', also reg 911/1857