Richard MILLETT

Abt 1848 - 1924  (76 years)

• Name	Richard MILLETT
  Birth	Abt 1848	Perranarworthal, Cornwall, England   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Blacksmith  [1]
  Death	Aug 1924	Kanowna, Western Australia, Australia   [3, 4, 5]
  Person ID	I353	Furmedge
  Last Modified	24 Jun 2024

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Jane FURMEDGE,   b. 1852, Cornwall, England d. 1878, Victoria, Australia (Age 26 years)
  Marriage	4 Dec 1873	Durham Lead, Victoria, Australia   [1]
  Family ID	F151	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jun 2024

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Abt 1848 - Perranarworthal, Cornwall, England Marriage - 4 Dec 1873 - Durham Lead, Victoria, Australia Death - Aug 1924 - Kanowna, Western Australia, Australia  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  Richard and Elizabeth’s marriage record provides a place of birth and parents’ names (including mother’s maiden name). Richard was born in Perranarworthal, Cornwall the son of John Millett, a miner, and Mary Dunstan. Richard’s entry in the GRO Birth Index as well as the 1851 and 1861 England Census for Perranarworthal, Cornwall indicate that the surname could be either Mellett or Millett (1851: Class: HO107, Piece: 1911, Folio: 23, Page: 2; 1861: Class: RG9, Piece: 564, Folio: 105, Page: 15). It is not clear when Richard travelled to Australia, except that it was sometime after 1861. Richard and Elizabeth had four children, the youngest two were twins and died aged 3 and 11 weeks. This is the same year (1878) in which Elizabeth died suggesting that her death may have been related to the children’s birth. At this point the family had moved 375km from Durham Lead to Eldorado, Victoria, Australia. (Note: the Victoria Birth Index for the period concerned includes the name, including mother’s maiden name, of the parents allowing confidence that children born to a couple have been correctly identified). The evidence for Richard’s death date and place is circumstantial as none of the sources cited provide details that confirm the correct Richard Millett has been identified, however, an accumulation of other information suggests that it is correct. Namely: (1) The newspaper notice for his funeral refers to him as Richard Millett “senior” suggesting there is a son of the same or a similar name; Richard and Elizabeth’s second eldest child was named Richard Charles. (2) There is evidence that the family lived in the areas of Kanowna, Kalgoorlie and Coolgardie in Western Australia (all of which are within 50-100km of each other): (a) It is possible that two of Richard and Elizabeth’s grandchildren by their eldest son (Albert John) were born in Western Australia; (b) Richard and Elizabeth’s son Richard Charles married in Coolgardie in 1898; (c) Their son Richard Charles had a son Charles Richard (b. 1899, d. 1900) who is buried at Kanowna (which is also the residence of the Richard Millett in the newspaper notice).

  
  

• Sources

  [S149] Marriages: Victoria, Australia, Elizabeth Jane Woodron Furmedge, Marriage Certificate, 1873, Registration No: 4773/1873; digital image accessed on https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au. [S2] England & Wales, GRO Birth Index, (Name: General Register Office;), Richard Mellett, Registered: Jul-Sep 1848, District: Falmouth, Cornwall, Vol: 9, Page: 79. [S28] Newspaper Article, “Family Notices”, Kalgoorlie Miner, 06 August 1924, pp4. Digital image accessed on https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper. [S192] Western Australia Death Index, Richard Millett, 1924, East Coolgardie, Registration Number: 1800134; transcript accessed on www.wa.gov.au. [S193] Kalgoorlie Cemetery, Kalgoorlie-Boulder City, Western Australia, Richard Millett, memorial page, Find a Grave database and images, Memorial ID: 152636935.