When Lilian Maud Pearson was 12 on 16 June 1933, her mother, Amelia (Millie), died; her sister Thelma had died a year earlier. Lilian worked at Sutherland Homes and later at the Diamond Creek pub to help support the family. She enjoyed the dances held by the Diamond Creek Fire Brigade and Panton Hill Cricket Club. Her best friend was Alice Grandy and her dance partners included Ken Stevenson, Jeff Brock (father of Peter Brock) who eventually opened Hurstbridge Garage service station, and Mick Rumney. Lilian married Mick who's real name was Charles Robert Rumney. Contents Paper, no date: "Lilian Maud Pearson" by Sue Rumney. Biography of Lilian Maud Pearson, mother-in-law of Sue Rumney.Newspaper clippings, A4 photocopies, etclilian maud pearson, lilian maud rumney (nee pearson), sue rumney, amelia pearson, millie pearson, thelma pearson, sutherland homes, joe pearson, nookie pearson, diamond creek pub, diamond creek fire brigade, panton hill cricket club, ken stevenson, jeff brock, peter brock, hurstbridge garage, alice grandy, mich rumney, charles robert rumney

This file contains a six-page handwritten list of tombstone inscriptions from a select number of graves at the Brighton General Cemetery, dated August 1973 and 10 11 1973, author unknown. Details include names and date of death, with some entries also stating date of birth, family relationships, the mason of the tombstone and other significant details relating to the internment. A short handwritten note is attached to the end of the list, of what appears to be details of four internments in the INDEPENDENT section of the cemetery, including crossed-out details previously mentioned in the list.cemeteries, brighton cemetery, ricketson sophia, ricketson henry joseph, ricketson georgina sherbourne, ricketson olive elaine, a and c ballantyne, ballantyne a, ballantyne c, stonemasons, grimwade edward norton, grimwade phelia maude, casey james joseph, tope h., 4 tope and co., dempsey. isabella, dempsey william james, caulfield, huxley parker and co., liddiard henry w.w., liddiard anna susanna, stark robert m., ford sarah, ford henry, ford elizabeth, bent thomas, bent elizabeth, bent gertrude huntley, bleazby elizabeth h., people by circumstance, huntley john jnr., shand mary, kentucky, irving william, irving winter, noorilim, dandenong road, irving frances amelia, miller septimus, miller clara johnstone, miller gwendoline, stone robert, pearson william, pearson eliza laura, craigellachie, pearson hugh, pearson henry travers, pearson alexander buchanen, pearson hugh boyd, pearson alex l., webb charles, webb emma, webb ethel mary, the poet gordon, gorden annie lindsay, langdon william, langdon constance annie, langdon h.j., langdon ell, langdon john barry, langdon george rupert webb, langdon frank harry webb, langdon w.f., langdon s.s.a., langdon dottie, langdon william farquhar, croton hurst, higginbotham george, higginbotham edith, morris edith, morris edward e., reade maude, sproule george, elsternwick, st. clements, sproule mary elizabeth, sproule may, sinnatt farley, stanley henry, stanley mary elizabeth, todman madge brown, todman charles, long john, fox e. phillip, trott harry, plaques, boyd pamela, boyd theodore penleigh, artists, clarke alice lovell, bishops court, bevan ann, bevan philip, bevan margaret maybery, bevan richard, bevan amy constance, bevan laurie adelaide, ormond

Benjamin Oliver Wallis came to Eltham where he built various buildings, including the Eltham Hotel. Contents Newspaper article: "Cricket", Evelyn Observer and South and East Bourke Record, 29 January 1886, p.3. J Wilson batted for Diamond Creek against Greensborough. Note, undated, no author. "Benjamin Oliver Wallis". Short biography. Pocket: Family trees of Wallis; notes shipping movements. Pocket correspondence between Christopher Wallis and Leonie Trufitt (Living and Learning Centre Eltham), 4 November 2012 to 22 November 2012, exchanging information re Benjamin Oliver Wallis and (now) Living and Learning Centre Eltham. Pocket correspondence between Christopher Wallis and Harry Gilham 30 March 2014 to 14 January 2015, exchanging information re Benjamin Oliver Wallis and Eltham buildings. Letter Christopher Wallis, 28 February 2017, enclosing bound pp49 "Benjamin Oliver Wallis: A History of the Eltham Hotel", 2017.Newspaper clippings, A4 photocopies, etcbenjamin oliver wallis, richard harvey wallis, susanna wallis nee harvey, susan wallis, richard wallis, anna maria wallis nee furmadge, eltham family hotel, richard edward gilsenan, harriet eliza gilsinan, richard croker, thomas hunniford, benjamin chad, john pearson, james wallis, martha wallis nee nicholas, william wallis, mary wallis nee oliver, mary wallis nee divine, jane wallis nee williams, sarah oliver wallis, william oliver wallis, john oliver wallis, amelia wallis nee hooper, martha wallis nee james, jacob oliver wallis, anne wallis, benjamin wallis, john wallis, joseph wallis, sara wallis, patrick divine, william divine, mary ann tonkin wallis, grace williams wallis, thomas williams wallis, jane williams wallis, amelia wallis, arthur george william wallis, arthur williams, grace williams, thomas williams, william williams, nancy williams, john williams, 739 main road eltham