Eleanor Ann LAUNDER (1834-1923)
Family Stories > 5th GENERATION > George W. Launder's Family
1. Eleanor Ann Launder (1834 - 1923)
Spouse : John Collings (1834 - 1899)
1. Nola Irene Warren
2. .... George Ernest Edward Warren & Iris Ella Ford
3. .... .... Leonard Leslie Warren & Burdett Launder
4. .... .... .... Roberts Launder & Mary Burdett Salisbury
5. .... .... .... .... George William Launder & Sarah Gardiner (Roberts)
... Children - 1 Eleanor Ann Launder & John Collins
2 William Launder3 George Launder4 Sarah Launder5 Thomas Howard Launder6 Amy Launder7 Jane Launder8 Roberts Launder9 Harold James Launder10 Mary Ann Launder11 Unnamed Female Launder
ELEANOR ANN LAUNDER Birth 1834, August 26, at Sevenoaks, Kent, England Baptism 1834, September 24 at Sevenoaks, Kent, England Marriage 1856, August 26 at Albert Street Chapel, Collingwood Spouse John Collings (1836 - 1899) Residences 1903 44 Auburn Grove, Hawthorn, home duties 1909 44 Auburn Grove, Hawthorn, home duties Death 1923, December 6 at Hawthorn Age at Death 89 years Burial Boroondara Cemetery, Kew Children |
JOHN COLLINGS Birth 1834, October 30 in West Mailing, Kent, UK Father John Collings (1797-1872) Mother Mary Jull (C1800-1879) (married 18/5/1826, Wrotham, Kent) Paternal Grandfather Thomas Fabian Collings (1763-1840) Paternal Grandmother Mary Westbrook (1768-1844) (married 1790 West Mailing, Kent) Maternal Grandfather John Jull Maternal Grandmother Mary Everden Siblings 1.Mary Jull Collings (1827-1903) Spouse Thomas Jull Ham Children Laura Jessie Ham Married 1851 to Henry John Collings 2.Harriett Collings (1829-1894) 3.Jane Collings (1832-1874) 4.John Collings (1836-1899) 5.Josiah Collings (1839-1899) 6.Emily Isabel Collings (1843-1919) 7.Bertha Sarah Collings (1847-1929) Marriage 1856, August 26 at Albert Street Chapel, Collingwood Spouse Eleanor Ann Launder Occupation Grocer Death 1899, September 8 at Hawthorn Age at Death 62 years Burial Boroondara Cemetery, Melbourne |
Eleanor Ann Launder – Her Early Life
1834 – Birth of Eleanor Ann Launder
Eleanor Ann Launder was born in Sevenoaks, Kent, on October 30 in 1836, the first-born daughter of George William Launder and Sarah Gardiner.
1834- Baptism
She was baptised on September 24 in 1834 in Sevenoaks.
1851 - Emigration to Australia
The family emigrated to Australia with her family in 1851 and settled in Hawthorn, Victoria.
John Collings – His Ancestors
Thomas Fabian Collins (D1840) Married Mary Westbrook (D 1844)
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Their son - John Collings (1797-1872) Married Mary Jull (1800-1879)
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Their daughter - Mary Jull Collings (1827-1903 Married Thomas Job Ham
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Their son - John Collings (1836-1899) Married Eleanor Ann Launder (1834-1923)|
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Their son - Henry John Collings (1856-1940) Married Laura Jessie Ham
John Collings – His Parents
John Collings' father, also John Collings was born on January 9, 1797 in West Mailing, Kent. His father was Thomas Collings (1763-1840) and his mother was Mary Westbrook (1768-1844) He married Mary Jull on May 18, 1826 at Wrotham, Kent. Their marriage produced several children -
- Mary Jull Collings (1827-1903)
- Harriet Collings (1829 - 1894)
- Jane Collings (1836 - 1874)
- John Collings (1836 - 1899)
- Josiah Collings (1838 - 1899)
- Emily Isabel Collings (1843 - 1919)
- Bertha Sarah Collings (1847 - 1929)
John Collings (1797 - 1872) migrated from Malling in Kent on the "Candahar" in 1850 with his wife (Mary Jull) with their two sons and five daughters. They settled initially at Hawthorne in Victoria and Collings was quickly involved with the Baptist Church there.
Mary Jull (Thomas Ham box MSB295 State Library of Victoria)
His daughter Mary Jull Collings married the engraver Thomas Job Ham in 1851 and in 1860 they went to Queensland for his health. Their daughter, Laura Jessie Ham married the second son of Eleanor Ann Launder and John Collings, Henry John Collings.
L : Laura Jessie Ham R : Laura Jessie Ham & Florence Emily Collings
Mary Jull Collings and Thomas Job Ham persuaded Mary’s father John Collings to move to Toowong in 1862 and he took up land with Thomas Ham and his other sons-in-law William S Warren and William Knight on the Pimpama and Albert Rivers where they planted sugar cane.
He died on his property on 1 Nov 1872 and his wife died in Brisbane on 30 June 1879.
DEATH - COLLINGS - On the 1st inst., at Westbrook, Beenleigh, Queensland, John Collings, late of Hawthorn and Castlemaine, Victoria, in his 76th year.Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946), Saturday 23 November 1872DEATH – COLLINGSOn the 30th ult, at the residence of her son-in-law, William Knight, Brisbane, Mary Jull, widow of the late John Collings, of Pimpama, Queensland, and Hawthorn, Victoria, aged 78 years.Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Wednesday 9 July 1879
John Collings – His Early Years
1836 – Birth of John Collings
John’s parents, John Collings and Mary Jull, were living in West Mailing in Kent when their baby boy named after his father was born on October 30 in 1836.
1836 - Baptism
He was baptised in the Presbyterian Church.
1850 - Emigration to Australia
He emigrated to Australia with his parents, John Collings and Mary Jull in 1850.
1856 - Residence to Let
TO LETThe Residence of Mr. John Collings of Hawthorne -Containing nine rooms, detached kitchen with large tank, stables, & etc.Eleven acres of land, including three acres of garden, with vine and fruit trees in full bearing.
Apply 45 Swanston StreetSource - The Argus newspaper, January 25, 1856, page 6
Eleanor Ann Launder & John Collings – Their Life Together
1856 – Marriage
At 22 years of age, Eleanor Ann Launder married John Collings in 1856, August 26 at the Albert Street Chapel in Collingwood. John was 20 years old.
MARRIEDOn the 20th inst, at Albert-Street Chapel, Collingwood, by the Rev. W. B. Landells, Mr. John Collings, Mulgrave, to Eleanor Ann, eldest daughter of the late Mr. G. Launder, of Hawthorne.The Argus newspaper on August 30, 1856
Name: John CollingsGender: MaleMarriage Registration Year: 1856Marriage Registration Place: Victoria, AustraliaSpouse: Eleanor Ann LaunderReference Number: 2889The Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths, and Marriages; Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Eleanor and John lived most of their life in Hawthorn where John invested in land and building as well as running a grocer shop in one of the shops facing onto Burwood Road in what was the Launder estate. He continued to run the grocer shop for his entire life.
TO LETThe Residence of Mr. John Collings, Hawthorne - containing nine rooms detached kitchen, with large tank, stables, &c. eleven acres of land, including three acres of garden, with vine and fruit trees, in full bearing. Apply 45 Swanston-street.Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Friday 25 January 1856
Eleanor Ann and John Collings had five children all of whom grew up in Hawthorn.
1887 – Sale of Launder Paddock
The facts of this episode in the Launder story can be found in both web pages for George Launder and Sarah Gardiner and also Mary Ann Launder.
In summary, John Collings became trustee of the finances of Sarah Launder, nee Gardiner, and her children, and therefore the sale of the Launder Paddock in 1876. The youngest Launder child, Mary Ann Launder, took court action against John Collings in 1877 alleging misconduct in his handling of the proceeds of the sales.
The court proceeds were lengthy and took ten years for the judgement to be handed down. It was reported in The Argus newspaper on September 23 1887 –
Mr Justice Webb gave judgment in the Supreme Court yesterday in an action of Launder v Collings the plaintiff, Mary Ann Launder, sued the defendant, John Collings, for accounts relating to the sale of certain land at Hawthorn. The plaintiff was the daughter of a Mr George Launder, who died in 1865. The defendant married another daughter of the deceased.By a sort of family agreement, the land left by George Launder was transferred to the defendant in trust for sale and distribution of the proceeds from time to time among those entitled to them. Some of the land had been sold, and the proceeds divided, and releases executed in favour of the defendant, but the plaintiff ultimately objected to the accounts and claimed to have them audited.She also objected that the defendant had purchased some of the land for himself, and that as trustee he had no power to buy the land for himself. The defendant contended that the plaintiff was entitled only to the accounts from the date of the last release signed by her, and he claimed that all the family had consented to his buying the allotment the purchase of which the plaintiff now objected to.His Honour was of opinion that the plaintiff was entitled to have all the accounts relating to the property taken and that the defendant was liable to the plaintiff for her share of the difference between the price he paid for the allotment bought by him and its present value, and he made a decree for accounts on that basis, the defendant being allowed 6 per cent interest on the payments made by him in respect.
John Collings seems to have been involved in many of the Launder financial arrangements - in 1883, Jane Launder, wife of George Launder, carpenter of Bairnsdale, who was Eleanor Ann Launder’s brother, bought 40 acres of land on the Mitchell River. The land at one stage was mortgaged to John Collings (from 1883 to 1886). Jane died on July 8, 1898. Probate was granted to Percy John Russell.
Also, Eleanor’s brother, George Launder, Clerk of Works, owned property in Gardiner (adjacent to Glen Iris) in 1886, and apparently fell upon bad times, being sold up by the sheriff in 1890. The property was mortgaged to John Collings, husband of Eleanor Launder.
1899 – Death, John Collings
John Collings died at home at Hawthorn in 1899, September 8 aged 62 years of age.
Name: Jno CollingsDeath Registration Year: 1899Death Registration Place: Victoria, AustraliaFather: Jno CollingsMother Maiden Name: JullReference Number: 9773The Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths, and Marriages; Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
He was buried at Boroondara Cemetery in Kew.
John Collings left a lengthy and detailed will dated May 1891. He died on September 8, 1899.
WILLS AND BEQUESTSThe will, with a codicil, of John Collings, of Burwood-road. Hawthorn, grocer, who died on 8th September last, has been lodged for probate. Under the will, which is dated 21st October last, testator leaves all his property to his widow and children. The real estate is valued at £1870, and the personalty at £2557.Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Wednesday 18 October 1899
He left real estate valued at £1,870 and personal assets valued at £2,557. Part of his personal estate included his horse, grocer‘s cart, harness and saddlery and as set of single harness, scales and weights, and stock in his grocery shop. He also left a bank account with the E.S. & A. Bank with a balance of £857.
He nominated his son, Henry John Collings, rate collector of Denmark Hill Road, Hawthorn and his daughter, Ellen Mary Collings, spinster of Burwood Road, Hawthorn as his executors.
He left real estate, money and investments and named two of his children, Ellen and Henry as his executors. His instructions were that some assets were to be sold, invested, and the interest paid to his wife Eleanor during her lifetime, with condition that she maintain all John’s female children until they are married.
Further, he directed that his two trustees, Ellen and Henry, either ‘carry on the trade or business of Grocer now carried by me at Burwood Road Hawthorn” or appoint a manager to so continue the business.
AUGUSTINE Congregational Church.Hawthorn— Mural Tablet in memory of the late John Collings unveiled at morning service.Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), Saturday 8 September 1900
This is an impressive plaque erected in honour of John Collings in the Augustine Congregational Church, close to St. Columbs Church in Hawthorn. John Collings is presumed to have been one of the founders of this church.
John’s will instructed that on the death of his wife, Eleanor, his estate be shared amongst his children equally. He also left personal items to each of his children. In a codicil to his will, he left a cottage at 50 Bell Street, Hawthorn to his unmarried daughter, Ellen Mary Collings as well as a portrait of his mother
John Collings’ mother, born about 1800
1923 - Death of Eleanor Launder
Twenty-four years after her husband’s death, Eleanor Ann Collings, nee Launder died at her home in 44 Auburn Grove, Hawthorn.
DEATH – COLLINGSOn December 6 at Hawthorn, Victoria, Eleanor Collings, loved mother of Nellie, Harry, George (Victoria) and Mrs. A.H. Nicolls, Grosvenor Road, West Perth, aged 89.“Western Mail” Perth, December 13, 1923