Historical information
Samuel Bedson (1834 - 6/12/1909)
Samuel Bedson worked at the Bendigo Pottery making artificial flowers for 20 years. He left Victoria in 1895 before dying in Christchurch, New Zealand.
His daughter Maude married Horatio David Collier in 1894 and remained in Bendigo. Horatio founded Collier Shoes in the early 1900's.
Physical description
8555 Bedson family (father Samuel, wife Elizabeth & daughter Maude).
Samuel Bedson (1834 - 1909), wife Elizabeth (Nee Astbury) and daughter Maude Eliza (1873 - 1960)
Samuel & wife came to Bendigo, either with or shortly after Geo. Guthrie; to open and work the Bendigo Pottery.
Maude Eliza married Horatio David Collier. Marion Heeps grandparents.
