Ernest Arthur LAUNDER (1874-1963)

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5. Ernest Arthur Launder (1874 - 1963)

Spouse : Ellen Mary Ursula Gissane 1877 - 1957)

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 Launder & Sarah Moody

3 George Launder & Jane Walker
4 Sarah Launder & William Smith

5 Thomas Howard Launder & Emily Wood
... Children 1. Emily Launder & John Herbert Creese

                2. Alice Kath Launder
                    3. Arthur Thomas Launder
                    4. Herbert Thomas Launder & Ellen Theresa Nolan
                    5. Ernest Arthur Launder & Ellen Mary Ursula Gissane
                    6. Horace Percival Launder
                    7. Eva Kate Launder
                    8. Edith Kate Launder
                    9. Thomas Howard Launder
                    10. Ada Amelia Launder
                    11. Percy Albert Launder
6 Amy Launder

7 Jane Launder
8 Roberts Launder
9 Harold James Launder
10 Mary Ann Launder
11 Unnamed Female Launder

Ernest Arthur Launder

Born 1874, November 27 in North Melbourne, Victoria

(3 days after the birth of Winston Churchill!)

Father               Thomas Howard Launder
Mother               Emily Wood

Married             1902, June in North Melbourne
Spouse             Ellen Mary Ursula Gissane

Born 1877, September 23 in Colac
Death 1957, May 14 in Oakleigh

Residences 1929 - 3 Blackwood Street, North Melbourne

1911 - 44 Courtney Street, North Melbourne
1903 - 17 Carroll Street, North Melbourne

Death               1963, December 4 at Oakleigh, Victoria
Age at Death    89 years

Children           1. Doris Myrtle Launder

Born 1903, March 30 in Hotham West
Father Ernest Arthur Launder
Mother Ellen Mary Ursula Gissane

Married 1930
Spouse Patrick Joseph Browne

Born 1902
Died 1975

Died 1978, July 9
Age at Death 75 years
Burial

Children 1. Mary Therese Browne

Born 1931
Father Patrick Joseph Browne
Mother Doris Myrtle Launder

Spouse Donald Edward Ashley (1927-....)

2. Laurance Charles Browne

Born 1932
Father Patrick Joseph Browne
Mother Doris Myrtle Launder

3. Patrick Ernest Browne

Born 1932
Father Patrick Joseph Browne
Mother Doris Myrtle Launder

4. Clare Helen Browne

Born 1935
Father Patrick Joseph Browne
Mother Doris Myrtle Launder

Spouse Ronald Anthony Cox

5. Ursula Margaret Therese Browne

Born 1936
Father Patrick Joseph Browne
Mother Doris Myrtle Launder

Spouse Terrence O'Hanlon (1931-....)

6. Gavan Michael Browne
Born 1940
Father Patrick Joseph Browne
Mother Doris Myrtle Launder

Spouse Annita Chiara Toniolo (1942-....)

7. Maureen Ellen Browne
Born 1941
Father Patrick Joseph Browne
Mother Doris Myrtle Launder

Spouse John Carlin (1940-....)

2. Arthur Ernest Launder
Born 1905 in Hotham West
Father Ernest Arthur Launder
Mother Ellen Mary Ursula Gissane

Spouse Dorothy May Trinick (1905 - 2001)

Died 1998
Buried Templestowe Cemetery, Melbourne, Victoria

Children 1. Graham David Launder

Born Abt 1937
Father Arthur Ernest Launder
Mother Dorothy May Trinick

Died 1957

3. Ellen (aka Nellie) May Launder
Born 1906 in Hotham West
Father Ernest Arthur Launder
Mother Ellen Mary Ursula Gissane

Spouse John Alexander Ross (1902 - 1995

Died 1935, August 25 in North Melbourne
Age at Death 29 years
Burial Fawkner Park, Melbourne, Victoria

Children 1. John Alexander Ross

Born 1933
Father John Alexander Ross
Mother Ellen aka Nellie May Launder

Died 1934
Age at Death 9 months
Burial Fawkner Park, Melbourne, Victoria

4. Mavis Emily Launder
Born 1908 in Hotham West
Father Ernest Arthur Launder
Mother Ellen Mary Ursula Gissane

Spouse Charles Edward Bourne

Children 1. Kevin Thaddeus Bourne

Born 1933 in Hotham West
Father Charles Edward Bourne
Mother Mavis Emily Launder

Spouse Ann Veronica Meany (1935-....)

Children 1. Catherine Ellen Bourne

Born 1971
Father Kevin Thaddeus Bourne
Mother Ann Veronica Meany

2. Matthew Kevin Bourne

Born 1973
Father Kevin Thaddeus Bourne
Mother Ann Veronica Meany

2. Margaret Ellen Bourne

Born 1935 in Hotham West
Father Charles Edward Bourne
Mother Mavis Emily Launder

Spouse Thomas Leo Confoy (1934-....)

Children   1. Virginia Margaret Confoy
Born     1958
Father Thomas Leo Confoy
Mother Margaret Ellen Bourne

Spouse   Jame Whitehead (1955-....)

2. Joanne Maree Confoy

Born 1959
Father Thomas Leo Confoy
Mother Margaret Ellen Bourne

Spouse Trevor Deacon

3. Christine Mary Confoy

Born   1962
Father Thomas Leo Confoy
Mother Margaret Ellen Bourne

Spouse    Maurice Hodgkins

3. Carmel Ellen Bourne
Born 1937 in Hotham West
Father Charles Edward Bourne
Mother Mavis Emily Launder

Spouse John Barry Davis

Children   1. Monica Jane Davis
Born     1958

2. Michael John Davis
Born 1961
Spouse   Maria Grbac

3. Anthony Charles Davis
Born 1963

4. Carolyn Mary Davis
Born 1965

5. Marita Therese Davis
Born 1967
Spouse Vincent Garrone

4. Brian Xavier Bourne

Born    1939
Father Charles Edward Bourne
Mother Mavis Emily Launder

Spouse   Valerie Lorraine Ferguson

Children   1. Peter Brian Bourne
Born     1960
Spouse   Laureen Anne May

2. Debra Lee Bourne
Born 1962
Spouse Eamon Peter McConville

3. Steven Malcolm Bourne

Born    1963
Spouse   Cheryl Lee Hughes

4. Darren John Bourne
Born 1966
Spouse   Lisa Michelle Wild

5. Timothy Mark Bourne
Born 1969

6. Bradley Keith Bourne

Born 1972

5. Colleen Mary Bourne
Born 1944
Father Charles Edward Bourne
Mother Mavis Emily Launder

Spouse John Ward

Children 1. Sharon Marie Ward

Born 1966
Spouse Adam Christopher Crow

2. Kerrie Ann Ward

Born 1966

3. Julie Catherine Ward

Born 1967

4. Denis John Ward

Born 1968

5. Scott Andrew Ward

Born 1970

5. Edna Ursula Launder

Born    1912 in Hotham East
Father Ernest Arthur Launder
Mother Ellen Mary Ursula Gissane

Died     1946 in Fern Tree Gully

6. Herbert Thomas Launder
Born 1914 in Hotham West
Father Ernest Arthur Launder
Mother Ellen Mary Ursula Gissane

Spouse Mary Veronica Unknown

7. John Verdun (aka Jack) Launder
Born    1916 in Hotham East
Father Ernest Arthur Launder
Mother Ellen Mary Ursula Gissane

Died     1994

Notes from Mary Ashley, dated October 2003

Ernest Arthur Launder was my mother's father. As a young man he watched the lamp-lighter doing his evening rounds to ignite the gas street lamps, returning in the morning to extinguish them.

He attended King Street, Melbourne State School and in his teens played cricket and football for North Melbourne.

In 1901, Ernest married Ellen Mary Ursula Gissane and they lived at 14 Carroll Street, North Melbourne. For the first few years of his married life.

Ernest owned a 4-wheeled pony-drawn turnout known as a 'Phaeton": He kept it stabled in a quiet corner of the Meat Market building and on weekends, he would take his wife, Nellie, and children for jaunts.

When his father, Thomas Howard Launder died in 1917, Ernest and his wife and children moved into the fascinating and rambling residence in Blackwood Street that was part of the market building.

Ernest was a very generous husband and father, handing in an unopened pay packet every week of his working life to his wife. If he needed spending money, he would always work extra hours at his second job - skinning carcasses.

For many years he followed the North Melbourne football club and attended race meetings,. The longest trip he ever undertook was to travel to Warrnambool for a two-day race meeting, travelling there on board the vessel "Casino" and returning by train. The ship "Casino" was wrecked off Apollo Bay inm 1932.

Ernest died on Good Friday, April 15 in 1963 after a three-week illness of renal failure.