George DELAHOY

1860 - 1913  (52 years)

• Name	George DELAHOY
  Birth	27 Oct 1860	Navarre Diggings, Avoca Victoria
  Gender	Male
  Death	6 Feb 1913	Woomelang Victoria
  Person ID	I216	Delahoy Family Tree
  Last Modified	11 Jan 2003

  
  

  Father	William DELAHOY,   b. 1829, Sutton St Nicholas England d. 18 Apr 1870, Livingstone Creek, Omeo, Victoria Australia (Age 41 years)
  Mother	Ellen CASEY,   b. 1834, Dublin / Waterford, Ireland d. 1 Feb 1907, Great Western Victoria Australia (Age 73 years)
  Marriage	6 Mar 1851	St John's South Adelaide, S.A.
  _SEPR	1 Nov 1861	Barkly Victoria
  Family ID	F228	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ellen Elizabeth ELDRIDGE,   b. 25 Sep 1868, Cathcart Victoria d. 14 Aug 1950, Swan Hill Victoria (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	21 Jun 1887	Cathcart, Ararat, Victoria
  Children	1. Emma Louise DELAHOY,   b. 11 Mar 1889, Great Western Victoria Australia d. 1972 (Age 82 years)   2. George Oscar DELAHOY,   b. 9 Aug 1890, Barkley / Landsborough, Victoria d. 10 Mar 1973, Preston, Vic (Age 82 years)   3. William Eldridge DELAHOY,   b. 1893, Great Western Victoria Australia d. Aug 1975 (Age 82 years)   4. Henry Holdsworth DELAHOY,   b. 8 Nov 1896, Great Western Victoria Australia d. 22 May 1987 (Age 90 years)   5. Walter Sidney DELAHOY,   b. 1899, Great Western Victoria Australia d. Oct 1987, Minyip? (Age 88 years)   6. Robert Gordon DELAHOY,   b. 20 Jun 1902, Jeparit Victoria d. 17 Jul 1990 (Age 88 years)   7. Rupurt Daniel DELAHOY,   b. 16 Jul 1904   d. 1963 (Age 58 years)
  Family ID	F52	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Dec 2016

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 27 Oct 1860 - Navarre Diggings, Avoca Victoria Death - 6 Feb 1913 - Woomelang Victoria  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos		George Delahoy, son of William and Ellen, with wife Ellen and family. Photo taken 1902. Clockwise starting from the left: Ellen (Eldridge) holding Robert Gordon, Emma Louise, George Oscar, George holding Walter, Henry H., William.
  		George Delahoy

  
  

  Headstones

  George Delahoy and Ellen Delahoy (Eldridge)

  
  

  Histories

  George Delahoy George, son of William and Ellen was born at Navarre Diggings, Victoria on 27 October 1860. He married Ellen Eldridge on 21 June 1887 at Cathcart, Ararat, Victoria.

  
  

  Albums		Rainbow - Australia (20)
  		Great Western (6)

  
  

• Notes

  ref: b#21232 d#3964 ran the post office and farmed at Werrimul George, the son of William and Ellen (nee Casey) Delahoy married Ellen Eldridge and ran the butcher shop down the road from the Exchange Hotel in Great Western at the time that his mother and Henry Holdsworth ran the hotel. Sometime around 1880 or so he moved on to run the Lascelles Hotel and then the Hindmarsh Hotel at Japarit. The Menzies family ran a business next door and George and Ellen's kids often played with the Menzies kids. One of those Menzies kids, Robert, eventually became Prime Minister of Australia. While running the hotel at Japarit, George was building a butcher shop at Rainbow, a town about 30 km north. Shortly before the shop was due to open for business, in 1907, George's mother died and George and family relocated back to Great Western to take over the Exchange Hotel. The Japarit museum contains the accounts book for the local store where George had an account. The final entry is dated 7 Dec 1907 paid in full. The ensuing years were evidently very successful. The hotel was a waypoint for the Cobb & Co service and George, an experienced horseman, looked after the Cobb & Co horses. One night during an electrical storm while George was reshoeing a horse, a bolt of lightning spooked the horse and George was kicked hard in the chest. He never recovered and was forced to retire from active working life. George and Ellen sold the hotel and reportedly walked away with over 10,000 pounds. The family moved to Woomelang where George opened a bakery. However, he became increasingly infirmed and eventually died in 1913. Ellen subsequently moved the family ever further north over the years and finally found a home in Werrimull.