William Walter

1826 - 1856  (30 years)

• Name	William Walter
  Birth	1826	North Blatchborough.
  Christening	16 Jul 1826
  Gender	Male
  Baptized (LDS)	16 Jul 1826
  Death	23 May 1856	Barrabool Hills Victoria Australia
  Person ID	I430	David Hallam
  Last Modified	5 Dec 2025

  
  

  Father	William Walter,   b. 23 Nov 1790, Blatchborough Bradbury Devon d. 27 Jan 1858, Barrabool Hills Victoria Australia (Age 67 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Grace Vinson,   b. May 1796   d. 6 May 1867, Mt Morat Victoria Australia at age 70 (Age 71 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	30 Jan 1817	St James Church Kilkhampton Cornwell.
  	William Walter ( brothers William, Henry, Richard) was born in Blatchborough, Bradbury, Devon. William died 27th January 1858 in Barrabool Hills, Victoria Australia. William married Grace VINSON in St James Church, Kilkhampton, Cornwell, January 30 1817. Grace died May 6th 1867 in Mt Moriat Victoria Australia at 70 years of age. She was baptized in Stanbury, Morwenstow, CORNWELL May 16th 1796. She emigrated December 23rd 1854. Point of origin Plymouth, Devon. Grace and William with their family emigrated to Australia on the sailing bark " George Marshall" ( 136 tons) from Plymouth on the 23rd December 1854 and arrived at Port Phillip Australia on the 9th April 1855.
  Family ID	F157	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  -Grace Vinson (b.16.05.1796-06.05.1867 ) was the daughter of Joseph Vinson and Elizabeth Ashton. Grace married a William Walter (d.27.01.1858) in St James Chrrch Kilkhampton Cornwell UK on the 30th January 1817. Grace and William emigrated with their family from the Plymouth Devon on ship the “George Marshal” (126 tons) on December 23rd 1854 and arrived at Port Phillip Australia on the 9th April 1855. Grace and William had eight children –Emma Walter was their 6th child born (1829-1916 ) in North Blatchborough UK . . -Thomas Bromell MLA Vic. (1834-1887) married Emma Walter in Bradworthy Devon England on January 8th 1852 on the ship “Marchoness Of Londonerry” after 3 months at sea which was regarded as a fast ship at sea. They had 10 children and the second was Tryphena Elizabeth B. 1856. The death of Emma Bromell pre-deceased her husband Hon Thomas Bromell MLC who passes away in 1887. Mrs Bromell was active up to the last few months of her life and passed away at her residence “Edgecombe “ Milton St Hamilton. They stayed a short time in Geelong and then to Ballarat in the gold rush days. During this short time of a year in Ballarat in the gold days all commodities were at boom prices, with flour selling at twenty pound a ag and butter imported from Cork six/a pound. From there they went to Avoca foreseeing the approach of trouble which culminated in the Eureka riot. They returned to Geelong where they had a farm in the Boorabil Hills . In 1860 they came to Hamilton and purchased a small property of 400 acres part of the Grange Estate. In 1862 he purchased his late Estate Hensleigh Park station of 14,000 acres with no improvements or cultivation.he had at the time of his death,600 acres of English grass and 250 acres of cultivation- a comfortable dwelling house of 17 rooms, wool shed and about 18,000 sheep, 300 head of cattle, 100 horses and 6- to 70 Timor ponies depasturing on the property. * *Source- Victoria and it’s Metropolis Past and Present - The Colony and It’s people in 1888 by Alexander Sutherland . Tryphena Elizabeth Bromell b. 1856-d 04.10.1916 was the third daughte of Thomas and Emma Walter. Tryphena married Frank Hallam in 1917 and they had children -Marguerita b.1888 Hamilton-d.1963 Portland -Edith Kathleen b.ca 1892 d.d.1974 Portland -Ellen b.1894 Hamilton d.1970 Portland.-Daughter of Michael Joseph and Tryphena Bromell.