 1876 - 1946 (69 years)
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| Name |
Percival John Hillbrich |
| Born |
28 Sep 1876 |
Berwick, Victoria, Australia  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
5 Jun 1946 |
Walker Street, South Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia |
| Person ID |
I30 |
Gardiner | Peter John Hannaby (I15) |
| Last Modified |
8 Jun 2012 |
| Father |
Gustav Wilhelm Hillbrich, b. 27 Dec 1847, Goerlitz, Prussia , d. 1 Aug 1915, Perth, Western Australia (Age 67 years) |
| Mother |
Jessie Sarah Neame, b. 11 Dec 1854, Nelson New Zealand , d. 18 Oct 1927, North Perth, Western, Australia (Age 72 years) |
| Married |
4 Jul 1871 |
Lutheran Church, Harkaway, Victoria, Australia [2] |
- Married by Pastor Herman Herlitz
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| Family ID |
F21 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Emma Bramley Singleton, b. 8 Feb 1879, Stathern (Leicester) England , d. 3 Oct 1939, South Fremantle Western Australia (Age 60 years) |
| Married |
24 Dec 1898 |
St Paul's Korumburra Victoria |
| Children |
| + | 1. Rupert Percival Hillbrick, b. 28 Sep 1899, Korumburra, Victoria, Australia , d. 1955, Fremantle, Western Australia (Age 55 years) |
| + | 2. Arnold John Hillbrick, b. 13 Oct 1901, Korumburra Victoria , d. 1965, Fremantle Western Australia (Age 63 years) |
| | 3. Living |
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| Last Modified |
16 Jun 2012 |
| Family ID |
F19 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Photos |
 | Percival John Hillbrick
Founder of the Fremantle Lumper's and Seaman's Comfort Fund.
Photo taken as the Supreme Court Gardens in Fremantle. (Source Norma Jessie Gardiner (nee Hillbrick)). |
 | Percival John Hillbrick Remembered
Founder of the Fremantle Lumper's and Seaman's Comfort Fund.
Photo taken as the Supreme Court Gardens in Fremantle. (Source Norma Jessie Gardiner (nee Hillbrick)). |
| Electoral Roll
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 | Australian Electoral Roll 1916
Percival John Hillbrick - Wharf Labourer
Emma Hillbrick - Married
102 Queen Victoria Street, Fremantle Western Australia
District: Fremantle
Subdistrict: East Fremantle
Australian Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980 |
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| Australian Electoral Roll 1925
Arnold John Hillbrick - 30 Walker Street - Bootmaker
Emma Hillbrick - 30 Walker Street - Married
Percival Hillbrick - 30 Walker Street - Labourer
District: Fremantle - Subdistrict: South Fremantle
Australian Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980 |
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| Australian Electoral Roll 1931
Arnold John Hillbrick - 30 Walker Street - Bootmaker
Daisy May Hillbrick - 11 Manning Street - Home Duties
Emma Hillbrick - 30 Walker Street - Married
Harold William Hillbrick - 11 Manning Street - Baker
Percival Hillbrick - 30 Walker Street - Labourer
District: Fremantle - Subdistrict: South Fremantle
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| Australian Electoral Roll 1936
Emma Hillbrick - 30 Walker Street - Married
Percival Hillbrick - 30 Walker Street - Labourer
District: Fremantle - Subdistrict: South Fremantle
Australian Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980 |
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| Australian Electoral Roll 1937
Emma Hillbrick - 30 Walker Street - Married
Percival Hillbrick - 30 Walker Street - Labourer
District: Fremantle - Subdistrict: South Fremantle
Australian Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980 |
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| Australian Electoral Roll 1943
Percival Hillbrick - 30 Walker Street - Labourer
District: Fremantle - Subdistrict: South Fremantle
Australian Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980 |
| Newspapers
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 | Percival John Hillbrick - Bendigo Miner Arrested
The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879-1954), Friday 23 April 1948, page 15
ALLEGED COLD STEALING. A BENDIGO MINER ARRESTED. Melbourne, Friday.
Percival John Hillbrick (32), a miner of Bendigo, was arrested yesterday and charged with being found illegally in possession of gold, and with stealing gold from the Goldfield Consolidated Company's mine, and with having implements for treating gold which were not registered.
Hillbrick is a steward of the Miners Association, and recently took an active part in the movement when all employees took the pledge to stand loyally by the company and do all they could to prevent gold stealing. |
 | Percival John Hillbrick - Man Found Shot
The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879-1954), Wednesday 6 March 1946, page 3
MAN FOUND SHOT. Rile Wound in Temple. Found lying with a bullet wound in his left temple on the kitchen floor of his home in Walker-street, South Fremantle, about 4.30 p.m. yesterday, Percival John Hilibrick (70), was dead when medically examined. It is understood be had been in a serious state of ill-health for some time and had been under medical attention. According to statements made last night, the deceased's physician was summoned when Hillbrick was found on the kitchen floor in a state of collapse, presumably dead, about 4.30 p.m. A neighbour, lending assistance, noticed the wound in the temple and a 0.22 rifle, which was partially concealed by the body. When the doctor arrived Hilibrick was already dead. The deceased's daughter-in-law, Isabel Hlllbrlck, who had been about the house during the afternoon, had not heard a shot fired. |
 | Percival John Hillbrick - Imprisoned
Western Argus (Kalgoorlie, WA : 1916-1938), Tuesday 23 September 1919, page 27
WHARF WORKERS IMPRISONED Perth. Sept. 15. In the Fremantle Police Court to-day, the eight Lumpers and one tally clerk who had pleaded guilty to a charge of having been in the unlawful possession of goods ranging from toothbrushes to rolls or cloth and silk, identitied as having composed portion of the cargo of the steamer Port Lincoln. recently, at Fremantle. were brought up for sentence. Each of the accused. Maurice McIntyre, Wm. Goddard, Samuel Sheldrake, Percival Hillbrick, Jas. Peterson, Arnold Rochester, Wm. Forster, Wm. Childsworth, and Alfred Ryan, was sentenced to two months' imprisonment. |
 | Percival John Hillbrick - Death Inquest
The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879-1954), Monday 25 March 1946, page 10
INQUESTS.
Suicide at South Fremantle. Percival John Hillbrick (71), of Walker-street, South Premantle, died at his home on March 5 from a self inflicted gunshot wound in the head. This finding was returned by the Acting-Coroner (Mr. W. F. Samson, J.P.) in the Fremantle Courthouse on Friday. The Coroner added that the deceased was depressed at the time of death. Evidence by witnesses disclosed that he had been in ill-health for four years and was suffering from an advanced heart disease, cancer of the-lip and dropsy in both legs. Dr. W. P. White, of Cottesloe, testified that Hillbrick would only have lived for a short period if he had not shot himself. Sgt. A. T. Rulfn assisted the Coroner. |
 | Percival John Hillbrick - Gold Theft
VICTORIA. STOLEN GOLD.
Percival John Hillbrick, a miner, appeared before the city bench at Bendigo on Monday charged with being in possession of gold for which he had failed to satisfy Sergeant McKenna that ho had honestly acquired.
Mr. O'Halloran, on behalf of accused, who pleaded guilty, stated that his client had been made the tool of another party. He had a wife and young family to support. Hitherto he had borne an excellent character for honesty and industry, and since his arrest had proved himself thoroughly repentant.
The bench, sentenced him to six weeks' imprisonment, and made an order for the payment of ?6 11s. costs. |
 | Percival John Hillbrick - Bendigo Fine
The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954), Friday 24 September 1909, page 6
BENDIGO AND DISTRICT.
At the City Court on Thursday, a man named Percival John Hillbrick was charged with having in his possession appliances used in the treatment of gold and having failed to register the same with the police, as required by the Gold Buyers Act. Accused said he found the quicksilver at the back of a yard in Brazier street, Eaglehawk. The pestle and mortar, known as a dolly, he had had for 12 or l8 months, and bought it for powdering carbide for his bicycle lamp. He did not know until a few weeks ago that he had to register the dolly. The Bench fined him ?10, with ?2/12/ costs. The charge of having gold in his possession was adjourned until October 4. |
 | 1915 - Percival John Hillbrick working in Boulder
GREAT BOULDER FATALITY. (1915, September 28). Kalgoorlie Western Argus (WA : 1896 - 1916), p. 33. Retrieved June 8, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article33596907
Percival John was working in Boulder in 1915 at the Great Boulder Mine. The article tells that Percival was a witness to a death at the mine and his testimony at the inquest.
In addition refer to death notice attached to Gustav Wilhelm Hillbrick dated 10th August 1915 which was put in the "Kalgoorlie Western Argus" by Percival and shows his address as 8 North Terrace Boulder. |
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| Sources |
- [S1] Australian BMD (Reliability: 3).
Registration number:14057
- [S4] Find My Past, (http://www.findmypast.co.uk), http://www.findmypast.co.uk (Reliability: 2), 4 Feb 2015.
Marriage
Registration number: 3465/1871
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