People named Emily Morkham

Emily Sophia Sophia (Goodrich) Morkham of Hawthorn Australia, was married to William Morkham in 1872, and has children Reginald John Goodrich Morkham, Edith Ann Mary Morkham, Rowland Emery Morkham, William Gordon Morkham, and Muriel Emily Morkham. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Emily Sophia (Goodrich) Morkham.

MARRIAGE RECORD Victorian Register of Births, Death & Marriages Registration Number: 4504/1872 FAMILY NOTICES MARRIAGE MORKHAM-GOODRICH. - On the 5th inst. by the Rev. James Martin, B A., William, son of William Morkham, of Geelong, to Emily Sophia, eldest daughter of the late John Goodrich. The Argus (Melbourne, Victoria) Tuesday 8th October 1872 p.4 FAMILY NOTICES DEATHS GOODRICH - On October 16 at a private hospital, Fanny, loving and beloved youngest daughter of the late John and Mary Goodrich of Melbourne, last surviving sister of Emily (Mrs. Morkham). Eliza (Mrs. Terrill) Minnie (Mrs. Corney), and J. Arthur Goodrich, aged 80 years. The Argus (Melbourne, Victoria) Monday 18th October 1943 p.2 CITY OF BOROONDARA MUNICIPAL-WIDE HERITAGE GAP STUDY The terrace row at 209-217 (originally numbered 159-167) Auburn Road was constructed in 1883, for owner Emily Sophia Goodrich Morkham. Situated on land which is part of portion 100 of the Parish of Boroondara, the terraces are at the corner of Auburn Road and Bowler Street (formerly known as Frisch then Urquhart Street). Built as a row of five, the City of Hawthorn’s 1883-84 rate book noted two unfinished houses of £20 Net Annual Value and one of £10. The row was completed the following year, and each of the five brick terraces was initially built comprising seven rooms and valued at £50 each (RB 1884-85). Built across what was originally two parcels of land, Emily Morkham acquired the first block of land in September 1882, and the second in June 1883. In August 1883, the two titles were transferred to Melbourne Mutual Benefit Building Society for about a year, presumably related to financing during the time of construction, and finally both parcels of land were transferred back to Emily Morkham in October 1884 (CT: V1389/F783; V1488/F490). Emily Morkham owned the terrace row until her death in 1912, renting the dwellings to various tenants. Early tenants include a number of retired gentlemen including Augustus Bing and John Evans, and a number of tradespeople including Charles D Aston and Charles J Robinson. Emily Morkham’s husband William Morkham served as an accountant and stamp controller at the General Post Office until 1896, when he was suspended from his duty following a stamps trafficking incident (Age 10 February 1897:5). Even after the accusation, the Morkhams were well provided for, owning quite a lot of properties across the City of Hawthorn and other suburbs under Emily Morkham’s name. The Morkhams themselves resided at a large property named ‘Christowell’, off Riversdale Road in Camberwell. Erected on a large lot, ‘Christowell’ was a substantial two-storey brick house of 16 rooms, accompanied by weatherboard outbuildings at its rear (RB; Argus 25 November 1896:1). At the time of Emily’s death in 1912 her estate was valued at a £10,368, including £3,688 worth of real estate, indicating the considerable wealth of the family (PROV). The residence is now lost, with the land being subdivided to form Christowell Street, off Riversdale Road, and surrounding lots (Age 27 November 1913:2; Age 27 July 1915:9). EMIGRATION Travelled from England to Australia with her father John Goodrich when she was 6 years old (c.1854) (Aldwyn Thomas Swales) TRAVEL NOTES 1. A Mrs. E. Goodrich travelled from Liverpool, England to Boston, USA in 1901 on the "Ivernia". 2. In 1901, Emily Morkham, accompanied by her daughter Edith Morkham travelled to England and the USA to search for evidience in support of an inheritance claim. The mission failed. (Aldwyn Thomas Swales) RESIDENCES 1872: London 1888: Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia 1903: Barwon Heads, Victoria, Australia (with her sisters in law) 1909: Christowell, Riversdale Road, Camberwell, Melbourne, Australia There is more information about Emily's ancestry in "A Melbourne Family 1848-1948" by Winsome E MATENSON 1989 [Copy in Library of Society of Australian Genealogists, Sydney]. ISBN-10: 0731620070; ISBN-13: 978-0731620074 287 pages.

Emily never married. DEATH RECORD Victorian Register of Births, Death & Marriages Registration Number: 12976/1918 Age at Death: 79

Emily Morkham of Geelong Australia was born in 1839 to Thomas Morgan and Elizabeth Davis Morgan. She had siblings Annie Morgan, David Rees Morgan, Alice Margaret Morgan, Rachel Gwendoline Morgan, Thomas Frank Morkham, and Irene Evangeline Morgan. Emily Morkham died at age 79 years old in 1918 in Geelong.

Emily Sophia Goodrich Morkham of Camberwell Australia was born in 1848, and died at age 64 years old in 1912 in Camberwell.