AncientFaces Your browser does not support JavaScript!
Please enable JavaScript to view the entire contents of this page.

Add photo

Alfred Wilson Armstrong 1859 - 1939

Alfred Wilson Armstrong was born in 1859 in Mulgrave, Monash City County, VIC Australia to James Armstrong and Ann Armstrong, and had a sister Isabella Lee ( Armstrong. He was in a relationship with Maria Emma Armstrong ( Exner, and had children William James Armstrong, Wilhemina Emma Armstrong, and Isabella "Bella" Daffy ( Armstrong. Alfred Armstrong died at age 80 years old in 1939 in Mulgrave.

Alfred Wilson Armstrong

1859

Mulgrave, Monash City County, VIC, 3170, Australia

1939

Mulgrave, Monash City County, VIC, 3170, Australia

Male

Looking for another Alfred Armstrong?

Alfred Wilson Armstrong Alfred Armstrong (1859 - 1939)

ADVERTISEMENT BY ANCESTRY.COM

This page exists for YOU
and everyone who remembers Alfred.

Share what you know,
even ask what you wish you knew.

Invite others to do the same,
but don't worry if you can't...

Someone, somewhere will find this page,
and we'll notify you when they do.

Alfred Wilson Armstrong's History: 1859 - 1939

Uncover new discoveries and connections today by sharing about people & moments from yesterday.

- Discover how AncientFaces works.

Introduction

The Dandenong Journal, October 1939. ST. MATTHEW'S CHURCH, MULGRAVE CELEBRATEs 70th ANNIVERSARY. ....During the impressive service, a communion table was dedicated to the memory of the late Mr. A. W. Armstrong and his parents, who were strong adherents of the church from its very inception. There were over 160 people present, parliamentarians, councilors, and representatives of pioneer families of the Mulgrave area. Archdeacon Hewitt, of St. Andrew's, Brighton, was the special preacher, the Rev. C.H. Barnes, who was stipendiary reader 50 years ago. The Spring Vale Choir, assisted by Mr and Mrs T. MacFarlane. MEMORIAL TO ARMSTRONG FAMILY. Presented to the church by the children of the late Mr. Alfred Armstrong, in memory of their father, mother, grandfather and of their late sister, Wilhelmina, a beautiful Mountain Ash Credence Table, a brass vase and two crystal cruets. James Armstrong, Alfred's father was born in the north of Ireland, and originally resided at Prahran, on the site where the Prahran Town Hall now stands. He came to Mulgrave in 1849 and took up 160 acres of land, and took up wood carting and general contracting. He was present on the opening day of the church in 1869, but died four years later. The stone for the church was quarried from Wolsenton Holmes, at Wheeler's Hill, and carted by the bullock team of Mr. Chaundry. Alfred married Maria Exner and lived in Wellington road, near his father's old homestead with his six sons and five daughters.
1859

Birthday

1859

Birthdate

Mulgrave, Monash City County, VIC 3170, Australia

Birthplace

ADVERTISEMENT BY
Professional Career

Market Gardener, Mulgrave.
1939

Death

1939

Death date

Unknown
Cause of death

Mulgrave, Monash City County, VIC 3170, Australia
Death location

ADVERTISEMENT BY
share

Memories

below

Be the 1st
to remember Alfred

Select options below to share special moments.

Ethnicity & Family History Nationality & Locations Early Life & Education Baptism Religious Beliefs Military Service Personal Life & Family Gravesite & Burial Obituary

Share what you remember.
Ask what you wish to know.
Connect to discover more.
Advertisement
Did you know?

Alfred Wilson Armstrong lived 8 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 80.

ADVERTISEMENT BY
Looking for more information?
share

Memories

below

Add Memories, Stories & Photos about Alfred

- See how biographies work.

Be the 1st to share and we'll let you know when others do the same.

Did you know?

In 1859, in the year that Alfred Wilson Armstrong was born, on February 27th, US Congressman Daniel Sickles shot and killed Philip Barton Key - a US. District Attorney and son of Francis Scott Key, writer of the national anthem, for having an affair with his wife. Sickles claimed temporary insanity - the first to do so - and was acquitted.

Did you know?

In 1873, at the age of only 14 years old, Alfred was alive when on March 3rd, the U.S. Congress enacted the Comstock Law. The law made it illegal to send any "obscene, lewd, or lascivious" material through the U.S. mail. This included erotica, contraceptives, sex toys, abortifacients, information about these items, and "personal letters alluding to any sexual content or information".

ADVERTISEMENT BY ANCESTRY.COM