The Potato Famine occurred from 1845 – 1852 in Ireland. It was responsible for the death of one million people as most of the population of Ireland depended on potatoes for food. During this time one million people migrated to a variety of countries including Australia, the United States of America and the United Kingdom and resulted in a drop of between 20 – 25 % in the population.
The Potato Famine was caused by a disease called “Potato Blight”.
Maybole was the birthplace of Andrew Logan.
88 Coral Glen was the address for the Logan Family during the 1861 Census.
Crossland was the townland which was the birthplace of John Logan.
The name remains as a small section on the maps of Ireland.
John Logan was the son of James Logan.
He was born c1831 in Crossland, Derry, Ireland.
During the “Potato Famine” the Logan family moved to Scotland.
While there he married Jane Kilpatrick on 4th June 1851.
On the 8th December 1862 they left Liverpool to emigrate to Australia aboard the “Great Tasmania”
The family arrived in Melbourne on 7th March 1863.
John and Jane had 8 children: James, Helen Amelia, Andrew, Hugh, John, William Hugh, Mary Jane & Sarah Ann.
John died on 23rd November 1911 in Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria. He was buried in Eltham Cemetery on the 25th November 1911.
Jane was the daughter of John Kilpatrick and Eleanor Gilmour.
Jane died from bronchial asthma/asphyxia on the 31st July 1906 in Eltham, Victoria. She was buried in Eltham Cemetery on 1st August 1906.
Dixon’s Creek, originally spelt Dickson’s Creek, was where the Hargreaves family settled to farm after the years spent searching for gold.
Parish Map showing the location of the land purchased in Dixon’s Creek by the Hargreaves Family
Parish Map showing Frederick Hargreaves and Waight land.
Caledonia Diggings was located near to what is now known as Panton Hills, formerly called Queenstown.
This was where William and Ann Hargreaves and their children went goldmining.
Photo showing street names that were there during the gold rush.
Type of bush evident at the Caledonia Diggings
William Hargreaves was the son of Lawrence Hargreaves and Mary Kitchen. He was christened on 29th October 1803.
St Peters Leeds
On 13th August 1833 he married Ann Buck in St Peters, Leeds.
William and Ann had 7 children, Emma Jane, Charles Edwin, Charlotte Ann, Frederick William, Thomas Kitching, Cyrus and Josiah Lorenzo.
In 1855 the entire family migrated to Australia aboard “Star of the East”. They sailed from Liverpool on 17th August 1855 and arrived in Port Melbourne on 16th November 1855.
William died on 2nd January 1871 and was buried in Melbourne Cemetery on 4th January 1871
- Photo of Ann Hargreaves (nee Buck)
Ann died on 25th April 1880 and was buried in Kangaroo Ground Cemetery on 28th April 1880.
George Charles Hargreaves was the son of Charles Albert Hargreaves & Violet Amelia Jane Logan.
He was born in Nurse Johanna Tonge’s hospital in Yarra Glen on the 28th September 1915.
In 1936 he entered The Salvation Army Training College to be trained as a Salvation Army Officer.
On 3rd January 1942 he married Jean Giles at The Salvation Army South Melbourne. As it was during WWII, Jean’s parents were unable to attend. Her father George Giles was serving with the Army in Alice Springs and her mother was subject to travel restrictions in force during the war.
Wedding of George Hargreaves and Jean Giles.
George and Jean had 3 children.
George died in Bethesda Hospital in Richmond, Victoria on 12th October 1979 and was buried in the Yarra Glen Cemetery on the 16th October 1979.
Jean was born in Stepney, Adelaide, South Australia on the 12th February 1913. She died in the Valley Private Hospital in Mulgrave on the 15th September 1998 and was buried in the Yarra Glen Cemetery on the 21st September 1998.
Charles Albert Hargreaves, son of Frederick Hargreaves and Emily Jennings was born on in Dixon’s Creek.
He married Violet Amelia Jane Logan on 18 November 1914.
Violet was the daughter of Andrew Logan and Jessina Emily Ivy Ivy.
Charles & Violet lived on the farm in Dixon’s Creek with Charles’ mother, Emily, brother Alexander and his wife Daisy who was also Violet’s sister.
Charles and Violet had four children, George Charles, Hector Allen, Violet Edna and Arthur Edward.
When Charles died on Nov 1st 1921 from cancer, the farm was too much work for Alexander to continue on his own so it was sold. Violet and the children moved to Healesville. While they were waiting for their house to be built, the family moved into a barn at the back of the Colin McKenzie Animal Sanctuary.
Frederick Hargreaves, son of Charles Edwin Hargreaves & Urina Robinson was born on 11 January 1860 in the Caledonia Diggings where his parents and grandparents were searching for gold.
He bought land in Dixon’s Creek and became an orchardist, growing fruit for sale at the market in Melbourne.
He married Emily Jennings on 12 May 1884 in Dixon’s Creek, Victoria and they had 4 children, Walter Edwin, Martha Emily Phoebe, Charles Albert and Alexander Frederick.
He died on the 3rd November 1901 on the way to market. He had been suffering from influenza and according to the death certificate, died from exhaustion and the effects of influenza. His two young sons were with him on the wagon and had to take their father’s body back to the farm. Frederick is buried in Yarra Glen Cemetery.
Following Frederick’s death, Charles and Alexander took over the farm and ran it successfully, supporting the entire family.
Emily died on 20th December 1931 at her daughter Phoebe’s home in Kangaroo Ground and is buried in Yarra Glen Cemetery.
Emily Hargreaves nee Jennings at the home of her daughter Phoebe Stone at Kangaroo Ground in 1931.
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