WITTICK, Walter John
1848 - 1936 (87 years) Has 10 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.-
Name WITTICK, Walter John Birth 7 Mar 1848 Burnley, Colony of Victoria 
Address:
Brooks Lane- Registration No. 15845
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Under the name Whittaker
Christening 28 May 1848 Richmond, Colony of Victoria Gender Male Occupation 18 Sep 1868 Melbourne, Colony of Victoria [1] Engine Driver Address:
Victorian RailwaysAccident 16 Feb 1882 Melbourne, Colony of Victoria train engine knocked over a worker, killing him Address:
Spencer Street StationRetired Aft 1883 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Walter took early retirement as he had developed colour blindness and couldn't read the signals.
Occupation 12 Sep 1908 Gentleman Reference Number W0124 _COLOR 11 _UID 8D6A8A90A37C476599456FE42E0372A75732 Death 20 Feb 1936 Richmond, Victoria, Australia - WITTICK. —On the 20th February 1936 at a private hospital, Melbourne. Walter John relict of the late Julla Mary Wittick and loving father of Walter, Julia (Mrs Clark deceased) Edward (deceased) William (deceased) Ann (Mrs. Reynolds) Arthur (deceased) Margaret Mrs, Barham (deceased) Fanny (Mrs. Gavel) Sarah (Mrs. Downes) Isabella (Mrs. Payne) Lily (Deceased). and Henry and beloved brother of William. and grandpa of 58 grandchlldren and 34 great-grandchildren aged 87 years (A native of Richmond, Victoria and late engine driver Victorian Railways) -Loved by all. At rest
Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Friday 21 February 1936, page 1
Burial 23 Feb 1936 Carlton, Victoria, Australia Address:
Melbourne General Cemetery,- WITTICK -The Friends of the late Mr. WALTER JOHN WITTICK (late engine-driver, Victorian Railways) are respectfully Informed that his funeral will leave the residence of his daughter (Mrs G Reynolds). No 12 Wellington street, Col-lingwood. THIS DAY (Friday, 21st February), at 3 30 p.m. , for the place of Interment, the Melbourne General Cemetery. Carlton.
JOSEPH ALLISON PTY. LTD., Funeral Direc-tors, 788 Sydney road. North Brunswick. 'Phone Bwk 839.
Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Friday 21 February 1936, page 1
Inscription
In loving memory of Julia Mary Wittick beloved wife of W.J. Wittick died 11 Jun 1912 age 62 years also the above Walter John Wittick died 20 Feb 1936 age 87 years also James Downes grandson of above died 9 Feb 1908 age 3 weeks also Margaret Hanley mother of the above Julia M. Wittick died 30 Jun 1887 age 74 years.
(Find a Grave ID: 197749680)
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Person ID I371 My Genealogy Last Modified 17 Mar 2026
Father WITTICK, 436 Walter, b. Abt 1803, Walsall, Staffordshire, England d. 11 May 1870, Richmond, Colony of Victoria (Age 67 years)Mother CHRISTIAN, Ann, b. Abt 1816, Stepney, Middlesex, England d. 12 Dec 1873, Melbourne, Colony of Victoria (Age 57 years)Marriage 10 Jun 1833 Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land [2] Address:
St Davids ChurchFamily ID F127 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 
HANLEY, Julia Mary, b. Abt 1849, Tipperary, Tipperary, Ireland d. 11 Jun 1912, North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (Age 63 years)Marriage 18 Dec 1869 Melbourne, Colony of Victoria - Reg # 3895
Rites of the Wesleyan Methodist Church.
Children 1. WITTICK, Walter John, b. Abt 1871, Hawthorn, Colony of Victoria d. 17 Jan 1944, Prahran, Victoria, Australia (Age 73 years)2. WITTICK, Edward Hanley, b. Abt 1872, Hawthorn, Colony of Victoria d. Abt 1875, Hawthorn, Colony of Victoria (Age 3 years)3. WITTICK, Julia Mary, b. Abt 1874, North Melbourne, Colony of Victoria d. 12 Apr 1929, Croydon, Victoria, Australia (Age 55 years)4. WITTICK, William Thomas, b. Abt 1876, Melbourne, Colony of Victoria d. 24 Sep 1931, Flemington, Victoria, Australia (Age 55 years)5. WITTICK, Ann Christian, b. Abt 1877, West Melbourne, Colony of Victoria d. 20 Feb 1959, Collingwood, Victoria, Australia (Age 82 years)6. WITTICK, Arthur Charles, b. 26 Aug 1880, West Melbourne, Colony of Victoria d. 9 Feb 1930, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (Age 49 years)7. WITTICK, Margaret, b. 1881, Melbourne, Colony of Victoria d. 1917, Carlton, Victoria, Australia (Age 36 years)8. WITTICK, Fanny Victoria, b. Abt 1883, Melbourne, Colony of Victoria d. 13 Jul 1953, Junee, New South Wales, Australia (Age 70 years)9. WITTICK, Sara Jane, b. Abt 1886, Hotham, Colony of Victoria d. Nov 1956, Parkville, Victoria, Australia (Age 70 years)10. WITTICK, Isabella Maria, b. 18 Nov 1887, Hotham, Colony of Victoria d. 10 Mar 1943, Prahran, Victoria, Australia (Age 55 years)11. WITTICK, Lilly Nellie Louisa, b. CALC 24 Jan 1890, Hotham West, Colony of Victoria d. 29 Apr 1890, North Melbourne, Colony of Victoria (Age 0 years)12. WITTICK, Henry Edward, b. 1892, Hotham West, Colony of Victoria d. 1953, Kew, Victoria, Australia (Age 61 years)Family ID F122 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 26 Oct 2026
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Occupation - Engine Driver,Address:
Victorian Railways - 18 Sep 1868 - Melbourne, Colony of Victoria
Marriage - 18 Dec 1869 - Melbourne, Colony of Victoria Accident - train engine knocked over a worker, killing him,Address:
Spencer Street Station - 16 Feb 1882 - Melbourne, Colony of Victoria
Retired - Aft 1883 - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - Early Richmond
MR. W. J. WITTICK'S MEMORIES.
In the early days, Richmond especially that part bordering on the banks of the river now North Richmond, and Abbotsford was picturesque and romantic. There was a delight-ful stretch, of well-wooded country from Henty's home on Richmond Hill, built in 1851, across to the hill country on the other side of the River Yarra, and early residents frequently had the "pleasure" of being bushed" when trying to find their way home. Three years prior to the date mentioned, namely, in 1848, Mr. Walter John Wittick was born in Brook's lane, off Burnley Street, and as he is now 82 years of age he should be about the oldest Richmond native-born resident living. He was, in years which have flown by, an engine-driver in the employ of the Victorian Railway Department, which he joined on September 18, 1868 (though the Richmond line, which was constructed about 1860, was then the property of the Hobson's Bay Railway Co., but was purchased in the 'seventies by the Government). Mr. Wittick now resides at 12 Wellington street, Collingwood, with his daughter, Mrs. Reynolds, whose grand-daughter, Miss Clark, lives at 18 Buckingham, Street Richmond. Even within the memory of later residents the garden lands contiguous to the river at North Richmond, and stretching southward, were fragrant with flowers, and well cultivated, and Mr Wittick's reminiscences are full of interest. '"I remember," he said, speaking to Mr C. C. Blazey, the Town Clerk, "I remember Turnbull, in Victoria Street, at the corner of Burnley street. He had a garden, with plenty of fruit trees. Next to Turnbull's, in Burnley street, was Cole, the nurseryman.
Next was Ashton. He had a garden with fruit trees. Then Watt's garden, on the upper part of which a man named Coleman had a brickyard. On the south side of Brook's lane, Holzer had a brickyard, and made bricks there; my father being also a brickmaker, with a yard next to Holzer's, Bell likewise having a similar yard, the large deposits of clay being very suitable for bricks, as well as a distinct advantage for the growth of fruit trees. A man named Suckling also had a brickyard in the same area, and next to him was David Mitchell's property, which only extended halfway to the river. "A family named Dew lived in Burnley Street, and it was a Miss Dew whom David Mitchell married. Mitchell was one of the biggest brickmakers there, and afterwards went in for a -steam plant; for plugging the clay. He imported Clydesdale draught horses, employing a man named Scotch Jock to look after them, and he became a contractor, who built some of the most prominent structures in Melbourne, the last one which I remember being the Equitable building. The late Mr. Newbigin was his manager. "At the back of Mitchell's property: a man named Sells had about seven acres of orchard, and next to him along the river was David Clark's tannery, then Farrell's. and then Lambert's, in River street. "In River street there was a stockade, where convicts were kept, and I have recollections of a tree with a rope on it, and there was a legend attached to this that in earlier days convicts were hanged there. "Cole, the nurseryman, had another paddock of 25 acres in Victoria street, on the west side of Burnley street, and next to his place in Burnley street was a large paddock of 250 acres, stretching as far as Buckingham street, which was owned by Burnley, after whom the street was named. Many years afterwards the land was cut up and sold at five shillings a foot. Burn-ley lived on Church street hill, and was a very wealthy man. Dr. Horatio St. John Clarke had his surgery and home in Victoria street, then known as Simpson's road. It was then looked upon as a very swell place, and the building is still standing. Dr. St. John Clarke was a well-known justice of the peace, for many years associated on the bench with Mr. W. W. ,Shelley and Mr. O'Connor, who owned the property which is now the Richmond racecourse. There were rope works in Burnley street, which extended nearly as far as the town hall."
Richmond Guardian (Vic. : 1884 - 1885; 1894 - 1897; 1900 - 1930), Saturday 30 August 1930, page 2
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Sources - [S19] Victorian Association of Family History Organisations, Victorian Association of Family History Organisations Inc., "Victorian Railway employees," n.d. (https://vafho.com/2019/04/27/victorian-railway-employees-another-gift-from-vafho/ : accessed 1 Aug 2022)., Sau 0018. (Reliability: 2).
- [S75] Marriage Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land (St Davids Church) 10 Jun 1833 Walter WITTICK & Ann CHRISTIA (Reliability: 3).
- [S19] Victorian Association of Family History Organisations, Victorian Association of Family History Organisations Inc., "Victorian Railway employees," n.d. (https://vafho.com/2019/04/27/victorian-railway-employees-another-gift-from-vafho/ : accessed 1 Aug 2022)., Sau 0018. (Reliability: 2).