This dress was made by Jacobina McNab for her sons in the 1870's. It was later worn by Jack and Elizabeth Templeton's family.This was owned and worn by a number of the earliest families in Dunkeld for the christening of their children.Infant's cotton christening gown. Hand made. Bodice has hand worked cotton lace across the front with three rows of pin tucks between the lace. Two frills are placed either side of the embroidered panel. The neck has a draw string which ties at the back below a row of picot lace. There is also a drawstring at the waist of the dress. Short raglan sleeves also have the two frills and a row of lace on the sleeve and the edge is finished with the same picot lace as the neckline. The skirt is very long with a panel down the centre which becomes wider as it goes down. This panel has a single frill either side of the panel. The panel is decorated with alternate self fabric frills and narrow tucks. The bottom of the dress is finished with a self fabric frill and two narrow tucks around the dress except for the area of the front panel. The skirt is tightly gathered at the waist.christening, infant, dress, baby, baptism, needlework

3 items about this person: 1/Two twelve page carbon copied documents, purportedly written by William Letchte, son of George, written in c1935/36. He writes of his jobs as a dairyman, cow minder at the age of ten tears. He recollects streets, people, residences, business and general landscape in the area, as he takes you on a tour of the area. 2/Photocopied photo of Katrina Lechte (nee Bolch?) donated by Ian Lechte, 15 Adrian Street, East Bentleigh. 3/Photocopied copy of first pages and cover of William Lechte’s booklet on ‘Caulfield 1869 – 1935 Memories of the Past’, published by the City of Caulfield, 1992. The Society has the full booklet in its book collection (not yet catalogued as of 07/07/2015).grange road, glenhuntly, glen huntly station, alma road, dairies, caulfield park, swamp, queens avenue, station street, cross street, racecourse, heywood j. g., turf club hotel, dandenong road, royal hotel, koornang road, north road, murrumbeena road, mclaurin archibald, crosbie j. w., poath road, newton mr., hooker mr., peck family robert farmer, dairies, ross murray, rosstown, hansen hans, arnott family, peppin family, ormond station, malane family, fraser simon, overtons, shepherds, spring road, mohlers, brighton cemetery, mall kim, market gardeners, long john farmer, fiedler mr., booran road, reservoir, summers mr., maddocks mr., holland mr., caulfield council, glen eira road, harriman benjamin c., kambrook road, bambra road, princess park, marriott john, hawthorn road, brickworks, hyam mr., cottages, jasmine street, sycamore street, paddy o’briens swamp, arnold tom, london tavern hotel, guess john-grocer, topp mr., poath road, pine trees, colonel le marehand, balaclava junction, chemist shop, bell mr., nicholls mr. william h., wine shop, orme mr., pepperorn mr. john, balaclava road, orchards, harvey mr. robert tailor, schubert mr., blew charlie – gardener, philpott mr. richard b., farquhar mr. william farmer, newing t. r., glen eira road, payne john, brockhoft mr., dickson mr. james, snipe t., bevan mr., mckean family john, murray family, francis mr., hart mr., mcdougall james, brady peter, cad, elsternwick station, webb mr., masters mr. samuel, master street, ford mr., anderson mr. joseph gardener, slaney mr., boxhill mr. richard, post office, newsagent, hotham street, service james, bunn mr., sargood mr., orrong road, arnold tom – dairy, officer mr., grimwade mr., alexandra street, oakleigh hall, degraves mr., wilson samuel, ‘manifold’, house names, miller septimus, alma road, knox mr. james gardener, smith mr., coachman, ‘cumloden’, lange mr., holyrood justice mr., cronin mrs. mary, mcgivenys dairy, ‘belle vista’, lloyd c. d., caulfield council, hughes mr., armstrong j. a., tom healey’s market garden, kooyong road, inkerman road, tom roe’s market garden, mcleod captain, daish captain, plumridger mr. frederick, gardeners, tester mr. thomas, kent mr., kent g., fiddes mr., billings mr., semple mr., fosberry mr., howitt or., merrett mr., orchards, hawthorn road, hines mr., ‘rosecraddock’, langdon h. j., ‘crotonhurst’, webb justice mr., renwick s., ‘garrell’, barry mr., drinsdale family, st. mary’s church, sunday school, newing miss, teachers, stephen justice mr., stephen wilberforce, mount l., grimwade’s, ‘grimwade house’, danby’s, spence mr., venables family, mr. moss’ congregational church, barnhill mrs., porter miss, webb’s, ferguson, orange, police stations, kooyong road, pennington mr., health inspectors, engineers, inkley mr., farriers, mckeon mr., ‘sylverly’, dixon mr. edward, turner mr., marriott robert, ‘ravenhurst’, thompson j. j., wott t., architects, perrin mr. francis, tennis courts, royal parade, sayce mr. joseph j. p., ricketson h., ‘glen eira’, mansions, hospitals, turner mr., evans family, stephens miss, registers, mcculloch lady, convalescent homes, prentice street, edward street, strickland, keany pat, brentwood charlie, fordham lewis, hopetoun gardens, higgins mr. joseph f. engineer, railway construction bill, evans mr., beavis mr., twycross family john, medina captain, cowderoy mr. benjamin, murray mr., moore mr., ‘glenfern’, st. georges road, glen huntly road, cedar street, hunt bill – ‘bandy hunt’, jessamine street, alder street, le page’s store, post offices, balaclava junction, stephens frank, solicitors, parkside street, robinson j., ilbery mr. and family, mclennan mrs., victoria street, savings bank, riddell parade, elworthy mr. richard, butchers, shaw mr. william, armstrong mr., guess’ hotel, sycamore street, bagshaw mr., clack joe, wawn alex, sisson family, north road, younger mr., kooyong road, sheridan joseph, anketell family – john, wren john – carpenter, wills mr. peter, attrills arnold, heffernan family, cox peter, ilbery john, hotham street, glen huntly road, page j. w., bakeries, forests, godfrey mr., blacksmiths, thompson j. j., olive street, cedar street, letchte w., tierney richard, alma road, st. kilda east, murray peter, letchte’ cows – grazing, holland grove, eskdale road, lechte katrina, lechte ian, lechte catherine, lechte warren, lechte stuart, lechte elaine

Three items about other Miller family members: 1/Photocopied article and photograph of Muriel Miller (born 1890 approx.), wife of Septimus ‘Money’ Miller. Article from ‘who’s who in the world of women’, c1930s, giving brief family history, the charities she was involved with and her hobbies and interests. 2/Reprinted article from Argus newspaper dated 30/06/2013, regarding the will of the late Septimus Miller, husband of Murie Miller. 3/Photocopied copy of Miller family tree (1784 – 1990), where Muriel becomes Mrs. Miller 1912.miller septimus, miller helen mary muriel, henderson john, miller henry, miller ronald nevill damien, ‘cantala’, housenames, dandenong road, caulfield, wills

This file has two items about the Morris Family: 1/Nine typed pages taken from Trove – includes social history on John Morris and his family from 1890 to 1937. Subjects range from the letting of ‘Maysbury’ family weddings, his will and resulting auction of ‘Maysbury’ after his wife died. Source documents are from newspapers, reports and magazines. 2/Eleven pages of typed and photocopied photographs sourced from Trove regarding the divorce of son, Maesmore Morries and wife Gertrude, her subsequent marriage and the grandchildren’s weddings and social achievements.‘maysbury’, orrong road, elsternwick, house names, mansions, morris john, iron merchants, ‘glenmayne’, murray william, eddington george, morris constance, eddington constance, willmot gertrude, morris gertrude maesmore, billiard rooms, coach houses, eddington leonore authors, stables, morris maesmore, maesmore actors, wilmott dr. julius, divorce, morris ethel, morris kate, stuckey kate soames, stockey mortimer, morries james jackson, sutor mcdonald robert, sutor gertrude mrs, auctions, mcdonald sutor betty, mcdonald suttor john allan, morris jackson mrs, smith jessie murray, smith alexander, poetry, morris ethel jackon, artists, authors, ‘the white butterfly’, morries colin maesmore captain, doyle miss maesmore, morris mrs, tea and coffee merchants, elliott madge, overton john captain, morris elizabeth alice margaret mrs, morris gertrude, actresses, maesmore morris mr, miners, accountants, morries thomas wiltshire, morris eliza k, st mary’s caulfield, greenaway kate, wedding dresses, weddings, wills, eddington leonora, ‘maysbury mansions’, flats, springfield avenue, morris jackson, morris steve

A folder containing documents, newspaper cuttings about local families. Schultz, Stewart, Seehusan, Sparks, Sukroo, Stirling, Sykes, Timmins, Todd, treasure, Trevaskis, Vize, Ward, Whiter, Wild, Wilhelm, Wills, Windridge, Zagamiancestry

Frankcom family papers, incl. wills, certificates of sight of Burial, Certificates of Marriage, Contract of Sale. List on Contents sheet.Frankcom family papers, incl. wills, certificates of sight of Burial, Certificates of Marriage, Contract of Sale. frankcom, william, frankcom, daniel, frankcom, capel, frankcom, mary ann, kings paddock, blackburn, whitehorse road, blackburn

A copy of the Wills and Probate documents of Andrew Greig Nairn, Margaret Horsburgh Hamilton and their daughter Agnes Greig Nairn who lived in Whitehorse Road, Tunstall.A copy of the Wills and Probate documents of Andrew Greig Nairn, Margaret Horsburgh Hamilton and their daughter Agnes Greig Nairn who lived in Whitehorse Road, Tunstall.nairn, andrew greig, hamilton, margaret horsburgh, nairn, agnes greig