Individual Details

Evelyn Victoria HAMILTON

(26 May 1892 - 10 Jan 1941)

Born at 241 Dryburgh Street, Town of Hotham, District of West Hotham, County of Bourke.
Birth Certificate Number 24207.
Death Certificate Number 1987. Occupation: Home Duties.

The family oral history is that Evelyn was a ballet dancer. When Thalie and Marjorie were quite young she separated from Roy. (It seems she was outcast from the McCulloch family.) The girls were told they weren't to talk to her or go anywhere with her. She became an alcoholic and reputedly lived alone.

Her address at the time of divorce was 10 Campbell Street, Coburg.

Events

Birth26 May 1892241 Dryburgh St, Hotham Heights (N Melb), Victoria, Australia
Residence1914Home Duties - 4 Wellington St, Coburg, Victoria, Australia
Residence1915Occupation: Home duties - 14 Mayfield Street, Coburg, Victoria, Australia
Residence1919Home duties - 14 Mayfield Street, Coburg, Victoria, Australia
Marriage25 Oct 1919The Presbyterian Manse, Inkerman Road, Malvern, Victoria, Australia - Robert Granville Roy "Roy" MCCULLOCH
Divorce22 Jul 1932Supreme Court of Victoria, William Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Robert Granville Roy "Roy" MCCULLOCH
Death10 Jan 1941Chronic alcoholism and terminal broncho-pneumonia - Hospital for Mental Hygiene, Royal Park, Victoria, Australia
Burial13 Jan 1941Grave 11, Section 166, Presbyterian compartment, New Cheltenham Cemetery, Wangara Road, Cheltenham, Victoria, Australia
Alt nameEvelyn Victoria MCCULLOCK
Alt nameEvelyn Victoria MCCULLOCH

Families

SpouseRobert Granville Roy "Roy" MCCULLOCH (1896 - 1987)
ChildAthalie Evelyn MCCULLOCH (1920 - 2013)
ChildMarjorie Victoria MCCULLOCH (1923 - 1994)
FatherJohn Campbell HAMILTON Snr (1857 - 1935)
MotherElizabeth MORRIS (1860 - 1936)
SiblingJohn Campbell HAMILTON Jnr (1886 - 1963)
SiblingGertrude Adelaide HAMILTON (1888 - 1973)
SiblingJames Bruce HAMILTON (1894 - 1894)
SiblingArthur Morris HAMILTON (1895 - 1926)
SiblingJessie HAMILTON (1900 - 1936)

Notes

Birth

Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922
Name Evelyn Victoria Hamilton
Birth Date Abt 1892
Birth Place Hotham, Victoria
Registration Year 1892
Registration Place Victoria, Australia
Father Jno Campbell Hamilton
Mother Elzith Morris
Registration Number 24207

Marriage

Married by Reverend Hugh McLeod Burns

First name(s) Robert Granville Roy
Last name McCulloch
Sex Male
Marriage year 1919
Spouse's first name(s) Evelyn Victoria
Spouse's last name Hamilton
State Victoria
Country Australia
Record set Victoria Marriages 1836-1942
Registration number 10062
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Civil Marriage & Divorce
Collections from Australasia, Australia

Divorce

See PDF file: Divorce Record Victoria - Roy McCulloch v Evelyn McCULLOCH 1931.pdf

First name(s) Robert Granville Roy
Last name McCulloch
Role Petitioner
Year 1931
Petition year 1931
Petitioner first name(s) Robert Granville Roy
Petitioner last name Mcculloch
Respondent's first name(s) Evelyn Victoria
Respondent's last name Mcculloch
Case file number 472
State Victoria
Country Australia
Record set Victoria Divorce Cause Books 1861-1938
Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
Subcategory Civil Marriage & Divorce
Collections from Australasia, Australia

Burial

Birth
26 May 1892
North Melbourne, Melbourne City, Victoria, Australia
Death
10 Jan 1941 (aged 48)
Parkville, Melbourne City, Victoria, Australia
Burial
Cheltenham Memorial Cemetery
Cheltenham, Bayside City, Victoria, Australia
Plot
11*166*N
Memorial ID
215670588

Grave owned by Jessie HOLST (nee HAMILTON). Owners permission needed to add memorial.