Nehemiah Guthridge
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Nehemiah Guthridge was an Irish-born Melbourne
ironmonger, a city councillor in Melbourne, a parliamentarian representing the Central Province in the Legislative Council
, a prominent Wesleyan
and the first mayor of Sale
in 1863. He and W. Nicholson were among the first promotors of the Melbourne and Hobson's Bay Railway Company
, also providing funding for the initial survey. He also provided considerable financing for the Ballarat and Geelong railway projects.
Nehemiah was married to Martha Erskine (*1814). The family arrived in June 1841 as bounty immigrants (under a scheme first proposed by Edward Gibbon Wakefield
) at Port Phillip
from Liverpool
via Rio de Janeiro
aboard the H.M.S. Frankfield. The ship's passenger list records "Nehemiah Guthridge 29, Fermanagh, Martha Guthridge 27 wife of Nehemiah, and Thomas Guthridge 2 son of Nehemiah".
On 14 March 1849 Nehemiah bought lot no 2 of the Crown Allotment in Richmond, Victoria
. For this property of 21 acres (84,984.1 m²), he paid £19 per acre.
Children
Inscription on gravestone "Edward E. Guthridge, aged 21 years, fifth son of Nehemiah and Martha Guthridge, was drowned by the swamping of a boat in the Lower Yarra on 31 May 1874"
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
ironmonger, a city councillor in Melbourne, a parliamentarian representing the Central Province in the Legislative Council
Victorian Legislative Council
The Victorian Legislative Council, is the upper of the two houses of the Parliament of Victoria, Australia; the lower house being the Legislative Assembly. Both houses sit in Parliament House in Spring Street, Melbourne. The Legislative Council serves as a house of review, in a similar fashion to...
, a prominent Wesleyan
Wesleyanism
Wesleyanism or Wesleyan theology refers, respectively, to either the eponymous movement of Protestant Christians who have historically sought to follow the methods or theology of the eighteenth-century evangelical reformers, John Wesley and his brother Charles Wesley, or to the likewise eponymous...
and the first mayor of Sale
Sale, Victoria
Sale is a city in the Gippsland region of the Australian state of Victoria. It is the seat of the Shire of Wellington as well as the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sale and the Anglican Diocese of Gippsland. It has a population of around 13,336, and is expected to reach a population of 14,000 soon...
in 1863. He and W. Nicholson were among the first promotors of the Melbourne and Hobson's Bay Railway Company
Melbourne and Hobson's Bay Railway Company
The Melbourne and Hobson's Bay Railway Company was a railway company in Victoria, Australia. The company was founded on 20 January 1853 to build Australia's first railway broad gauge line from Melbourne to the port of Sandridge...
, also providing funding for the initial survey. He also provided considerable financing for the Ballarat and Geelong railway projects.
Nehemiah was married to Martha Erskine (*1814). The family arrived in June 1841 as bounty immigrants (under a scheme first proposed by Edward Gibbon Wakefield
Edward Gibbon Wakefield
Edward Gibbon Wakefield was a British politician, the driving force behind much of the early colonisation of South Australia, and later New Zealand....
) at Port Phillip
Port Phillip
Port Phillip Port Phillip Port Phillip (also commonly referred to as Port Phillip Bay or (locally) just The Bay, is a large bay in southern Victoria, Australia; it is the location of Melbourne. Geographically, the bay covers and the shore stretches roughly . Although it is extremely shallow for...
from Liverpool
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...
via Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...
aboard the H.M.S. Frankfield. The ship's passenger list records "Nehemiah Guthridge 29, Fermanagh, Martha Guthridge 27 wife of Nehemiah, and Thomas Guthridge 2 son of Nehemiah".
On 14 March 1849 Nehemiah bought lot no 2 of the Crown Allotment in Richmond, Victoria
Richmond, Victoria
Richmond is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Yarra...
. For this property of 21 acres (84,984.1 m²), he paid £19 per acre.
Children
- Thomas Guthridge, b. 1839, England
- Richard Guthridge, b. 1844, Melbourne
- Ella Guthridge, b. 1847, Melbourne
- Nehemiah Guthridge, b. 1849, Melbourne
- Lissa Guthridge, b. 1851, Richmond
- Edward Erskine Guthridge, b. 1853, Richmond, d. 1874, Victoria
- Martha Anna Guthridge, b. 1855, Melbourne
- Lilly Araminta Guthridge, b. 1857, Northcote
Inscription on gravestone "Edward E. Guthridge, aged 21 years, fifth son of Nehemiah and Martha Guthridge, was drowned by the swamping of a boat in the Lower Yarra on 31 May 1874"