Historical information
Mr John Herron and his wife Isa Mary Herron purchased the house at 4 Vickery Street Bentleigh in 1950 from Miss M Marriott. Isa May (nee Kennedy) was the granddaughter of James Jones a very early settler in Moorabbin Shire and Miss M Marriott was a descendant of the early settler market gardeners Marriott family. Mr Herron lived there until 1989 and the house was demolished and turned into a carpark for the busy Shopping precinct of Centre Road, Bentleigh.
Significance
The Marriott family were early settler market gardeners from 1878 in the area of Dendy’s 1841 Special Survey. Isa May Jones, the grand daughter of James Jones married John Herron in 1940. James was the son of Philip Jones , a chair-maker, who settled in the area of East Brighton, now Bentleigh, in 1852. John Herron immigrated to Australia in 1926.
Physical description
A black and white photograph of the house at 4 Vickery Street, Bentleigh purchased by Mr John Herron and his wife Isa May (nee Jones) in 1950 from Miss M. Marriott.
Subjects
- * pioneers,
- early settlers,
- brighton,
- moorabbin,
- bentleigh,
- market gardeners,
- dairyman,
- dairy farmer,
- jones james,
- jones mary ann,
- jones martha,
- jones elizabeth ann,
- dendy henry,
- dendys special survey 1841,
- elster creek,
- melbourne,
- jones ethel may,
- herron isa mary,
- herron john,
- tram conductor,
- marriott m
