David Drysdale ( Shatwell (1861 - 1928)

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David Drysdale Shatwell
1861 - 1928
updated November 01, 2019
David Drysdale ( Shatwell, father to 5 children, was born in 1861 in Geelong, VIC Australia. He was born to James Drysdale and Amelia "Emily" (Cairns) Drysdale, with siblings Mary, James, Christopher, Janet, and Emily. He married Sophia Coates, and they gave birth to Amelia"Millie"Drysdale Shatwell, Hazel Maud Forden ( Drysdale Shatwell ), Elsie Sarah Drysdale (Shatwell) Cameron, William Clifford Drysdale Shatwell, and Ruby Sophia Shatwell. David died in 1928 in Mordialloc, VIC Australia at 67 years of age.

William Edward Shatwell and Sarah Ann Shatwell (Bowes) took
on the responsibility of raising David Drysdale after the
death of his mother in1864.

William died in 1893 and Sarah in 1895.
Both buried in Cheltenham Pioneer Cemetery.

June 1889. Shipping
Passenger list. Cintra- Cooktown via Brisbane for
Melbourne Mrs.D.D.Shatwell, Mr.D.D.Shatwell.


......The Argus- Saturday 20th March 1897.
DAVID DRYSDALE SHATWELL-Manager of The Island
Gold Mining Company, Warrandyte

......The Argus-Saturday 20th May 1911.
SHATWELL -COATES...(Silver Wedding)On the 20th May
1886, at the bride's residence,"Sunnieholm,"Springvale,
by the Rev. W.P. Wells, David only son of W.E. Shatwell,
to Sophia, only daughter of the late James Coates.
Present address Barkly street,Mordialloc.

The Ararat Advertiser 1 July 1915.
A Methodist Church was built in a day on Saturday at
Chelsea. The work was commenced at 6 a.m., and
continued until 10 p.m. with the aid of powerful lamps.
Services were conducted in the building on Sunday by
Messrs D. Shatwell and S.Upton.



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David Drysdale ( Shatwell

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Drysdale

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David Shatwell was born in in Geelong, VIC Australia 3220

Death

David Shatwell died in in Mordialloc, VIC Australia

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at New Cheltenham Cemetery, in Cheltenham, VIC Australia 3192

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Curtis Beitans
12.4k+ favorites
In 1869 William Edward Shatwell purchases 160 acres in the Oakleigh Mulgrave area
which is now the site of Monash University Clayton.
May 10, 2015 · Reply
Curtis Beitans
12.4k+ favorites
It seems David was adopted by the Shatwell family after his mother Amelia Emily
Drysdale (nee Cairns) died whilst giving birth in 1864. His adoptive parents were-
Sarah Ann Shatwell and William Edward Shatwell.They lived in Barkly street
Mordialloc.Sarah died in 1895 aged 75.William died in 1893 aged 69,they are both buried in the Old Cheltenham Cemetery.There was a court case in 1864 on the
death of Emily Drysdale, the nurse looking after Emily was put on a manslaughter
charge for neglect of duty.It took place in Hotham Court which is now called
North Melbourne.
Oct 01, 2014 · Reply

David Shatwell Obituary

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SHATWELL.-On the 4th June, at Carlowrie,
Barkly street, Mordialloc,David Drysdale,
dearly beloved husband of Sophia(deceased),and loving father of Elsie-
(Mrs.Cameron,deceased), Hazel(Mrs.Fordon)
Millie and Cliff, aged 66 years.

The friends of the late Mr. David Drysdale
Shatwell,are most respectfully invited to
follow his remains to the place of interment
In the Cheltenham Cemetery. The funeral
will leave his residence, Carlowrie, Barkly-
street,Mordialloc, To-morrow (Wednesday at
3 o'clock.

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Curtis Beitans
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Victoria Australia Birth Records: 1846 - 1920 and Victoria Australia Death Records: 1836 - 1985
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1861 - 1928 World Events

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In 1861, in the year that David Drysdale ( Shatwell was born, on February 11th the U.S. House voted unanimously to guarantee noninterference with slavery in any state, allowing states to decide whether they would allow slavery or not.

In 1884, David was 23 years old when on May 1st, the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions - a US association - first resolved that "eight hours shall constitute a legal day's labour from and after May 1, 1886, and that we recommend to labour organisations throughout this jurisdiction that they so direct their laws as to conform to this resolution by the time named." Previously, workdays would consist of 10 to 16 hours a day - 6 days a week. It would take years before the 8 hour workday became common practice - and longer before it became a law.

In 1898, he was 37 years old when on February 15th, the USS Maine exploded and sank in Havana harbor. The reason for the explosion has never been found, but it killed 266 men. "Remember the Maine" became a rallying cry and precipitated the United States' declaration of war on Spain two months later - the beginning of the Spanish-American War. On December 10th, the war ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris. The Treaty gave the U.S. Puerto Rico, the Philippines, Guam - for $20 million - and, temporarily, Cuba.

In 1906, he was 45 years old when abolitionist and suffragette leader Susan B. Anthony died, before women's right to vote nationally was realized (in 1920). She, along with Elizabeth Cady Stanton, founded the National American Woman Suffrage Association which later became the League of Women Voters. She died at the age of 86 of heart failure and pneumonia in her home in New York.

In 1928, in the year of David Drysdale ( Shatwell's passing, aviatrix Amelia Earhart, age 31, became the first woman to fly solo across North America and back in August. In June, she had been part of a 3 man crew that flew the Atlantic Ocean but since she had no instrument training, she couldn't fly the plane - she kept the flight log. The North American flight became one of her many "firsts" as a female pilot.

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1898 - November 1986
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1887 - Oct 14, 1926
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1900 - 1980
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Unknown - Unknown
Ruby Sophia Shatwell
November 1888 - Dec 24, 1888
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1820 - 1895
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Thelma Marjory Shatwell (Johnson)
1907 - Unknown
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