Arthur Thomas Medcalf1

M, #5740, d. 25 April 1914
Last Edited10 Sep 2018
Marriage*1864 Albury, NSW, Australia;Bride=Caroline Pike1 
Census 1901*1901 "Gilinbine", near Trundle, NSW, Australia;
Locality: Gilinbine
Name of Householder: Arthur Thomas Medcalf
Number of Persons: 11 males, 7 females2 
Death*25 April 1914 "Gillenbine", Trundle, NSW, Australia;
aged 74 years3,4 
Burial*26 April 1914 Trundle Cemetery, Trundle, NSW, Australia;
Name: Arthur Thomas Medcalf
Address: Trundle
Quality or Profession: Farmer
Age: 74
When Died: 25/4/14
When Buried: 26/4/14
Cemetery: Trundle
Portion: C. E
By whom the Ceremony was performed: EAB Champin
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News-Arct*28 April 1914 "The Leader and Orange Stock and Station News", Orange, NSW, Australia;
ARTHUR THOMAS MEDCALF.
An early pioneer of the Trundle district, Mr Arthur Thomas Medcalf, passed over to the Great Beyond on Friday last. Deceased was 74 years of age, and had been in indifferent health for some time past. He is survived by his wife, seven sons, and three daughters. The descendants are Messrs Arthur, Charles, William, Herbert, John, Edmund, and Robert Medcalf, Mrs Arthur Pike, Mrs H. Bird, and Miss "Pop" Medcalf, all of whom, with the exception of Mr Charles Medcalf, are residents of the district.
The late Mr Medcalf was one of the hardy old school of settlers who "blazed the trail" in these parts, and by their courage and perseverance showed the great potentialities or the central western portion of the State for both pastoral and agricultural purposes. It seems an easy enough task now, when the old difficulties have given place to well-fenced paddocks and smiling wheatfields, but in the early days that the late Mr Medcalf could have told of the Trundle district was nothing short of a wild wilderness, which only men of the hardy old breed could be brought to tackle. Mr Medcalf came across to Trundle district in ‘85 or '86, from Cookadinia between Albury and Wagga, where he had been store and hotelkeeping for some years. He was a native of England, but came to Australia at an early age with his parents. He took up "Gillenbine" (where he died) under acquired "Woodlands," so that, with the possession of two such good properties, he had been successful in gaining some tangible return for the pluck and patient effort that were the two chief equipments of an early settler if he would come out on top. Deceased was of a most benevolent nature, his reputation in this respect being widespread. His charity, especially, went out to old wayfarers who had gone down in life's stern struggle, and saw
the doors of a benevolent asylum gaping for them if a kind hand were not stretched out. Of these, Mr Medcalf always had several at a time dependent upon his bounty.4 

Family

Caroline Pike b. 27 Feb 1846, d. 16 Sep 1925
Children

Citations

  1. [S651] NSW BDM Indexes, 1331/1864 Arthur J Medeale & Caroline Pike.
  2. [S1612] NSW 1901 Census, online http://ancestry.com/, Arthur Thomas Medcalf.
  3. [S1553] Australian Cemeteries Index, online http://austcemindex.com, Trundle Cemetery NSW.
  4. [S1565] Trove digitised newspapers, online http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/, The Leader and Orange Stock and Station News, Tuesday, April 28, 1914.
  5. [S1773] St Augustine's Trundle Parish Registers, burial Arthur Thomas Medcalf 1914.
  6. [S1472] NSW Birth Indexes, 4750/1865 Arthur T Medcalf.
  7. [S1472] NSW Birth Indexes, 5048/1867 Lucy C Medcalf.
  8. [S1472] NSW Birth Indexes, 5521/1870 Charles James Medcalf.
  9. [S1472] NSW Birth Indexes, 5665/1872 William Thomas Medcalf.
  10. [S1472] NSW Birth Indexes, 6741/1876 Albert H Medcalf.
  11. [S1472] NSW Birth Indexes, 8709/1880 John C Medcalf.
  12. [S1472] NSW Birth Indexes, 10650/1883 Edward E Medcalf.
  13. [S1472] NSW Birth Indexes, 12737/1885 Marion C Medcalf.
  14. [S1472] NSW Birth Indexes, 20804/1887 Robert J Medcalf.
  15. [S1472] NSW Birth Indexes, 20676/1889 Alice S Medcalf.