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MEMORIAL: “IN MEMORIAM MARSH — In loving memory of our dear father and grandfather, Daniel Marsh, who passed away June 25, 1928. One by one our dear ones leave us, And at times we wonder why; But we have God's best assurance, We shall meet them by and by. — Inserted by his loving sons, Daniel and William, daughters-in-law and grandchildren.” (Geraldton Guardian & Express, 25 June, 1829, p2 at https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/67099211) --000--

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PROBATE: “WILLS & PROBATES. Following is a list of probates and letters of administration for week ended August 30: ... Daniel Marsh, late of Geraldton (died 25/6/28), to Daniel Marsh and William Marsh, both of Geraldton...” (Sunday Times (Perth), 2 September 1828, p11 at https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/58363289). --00--

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“OCTOGENARIAN PASSES The Late Mr. D. Marsh On Monday morning last Mr. Daniel Marsh, one of the best known identities of the Geraldton district, passed away rather suddenly at the age of 85. A native of Lancashire, the late Mr. Marsh, who was a wheelwright and engineer, had been an esteemed resident of Geraldton for 52 years. He was the first man to introduce a steam engine for power in the district. An early student of electricity, he made his own plant for lighting a local public hall, which he built many years ago. Among the mourners at the funeral were the deceased’s seven sons, all residents of Geraldton. He also left two daughters and numerous grandchildren. Mrs. Marsh died about six years ago.” (Sunday Times (Perth), 1 July, 1828, p2 at https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/58357942 --00--

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OBITUARIES: “THE LATE MR. DANIEL MARSH. (By ‘One Who Knew Him’.) The death of Mr. Daniel Marsh, wheelwright and engineer, of Cathedral Avenue, which occurred on Monday at the ripe old age of 85 years, has removed from our midst one who saw the development of Geraldton from a very small place to its present great importance, and one, who in his own particular line, helped considerably towards its progress. A Lancashire lad, the late Mr. Marsh was born in Bolton on September 10, 1842, and came out to Australia 56 years ago, and four years later took up residence in Geraldton, his residence in and association with the town thus extending over 52 years. He married Miss Louisa Thomas, who predeceased him six years ago, and they had a family of eight sons and three daughters. A man of many activities he was in the early days engaged in running passengers to and from the ships, such as the Sultan, Saladin and Rockton, that used to call here, using a little steam boat called the Alpha, for the trips between the old jetty and the ships. He also conducted a storekeeping business and as he followed the practice of employing capable tradesmen he built up a flourishing business. About forty years ago he returned to England to see his parents, and returned with a big quantity of goods for his store, and continued the business with success for many years. About twenty two years ago misfortune overtook him in the shape of a disastrous fire, which burnt his store to the ground. Nothing daunted he started all over again and with the help of his wife and his sons he resumed business. The undertaking prospered, and whilst some of his sons remained in the business others followed other pursuits. Right to the last, although he did not actively participate in the work, he maintained his interest in the business, keeping a general oversight on things, and giving his sons the benefit of his long experience and great knowledge. A genuine battler the late ‘Dan’ Marsh, as he was generally known, was a typical specimen of the hardworking type of men, who have helped to build up this State, and the sympathy of all who knew him will be tendered to his relatives in their bereavement.” (Geraldton Guardian, 28 June, 1928, p1 at https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/67162950) --00--

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DEATH OF DANIEL MARSH: 1928: “MARSH. — On June 25, at Geraldton, Daniel Marsh (Senr.), loving father of Jack and Lizzie, and grandfather of Lonia, Gwen, Lilly, and Raye, Claremont. Deeply regretted.” (The West Australian (Perth), 26 June, 1928, p1, Family Notices at https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/32121184) --0--

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DEATH OF LOUISA THOMAS MARSH: 1922, 24 November: Louisa Marsh died aged 61; father Alexander Thomas; mother Louisa Caporn; died at Geraldton. Death registered at Geraldton; reg. no. 2900050; registered in 1922 (WA Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages at https://www.wa.gov.au/organisation/department-of-justice). --0--

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IN COURT AGAIN – TWICE ON ONE DAY: 1889, 30 March: “GERALDTON POLICE COURT. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27th. (Before E. Shenton and C. B. Elliott, J.'s P.) Thwaites v. Marsh. Daniel Marsh was charged by Samuel Thwaites with making use of threatening language towards him in the public street. Mr. du Boulay appeared for the defendant. Samuel Thwaites (who conducted his own case, on being sworn, said, I was coming down Marine Terrace on the 26th, about eight, o'clock a.m., and was near the Club Hotel when Marsh came across from the tramway to Thompson's side of the road. He said, you old b___. You know what you said to me last night. I said yes; perfectly well. He then said I'll summon you to-day. I replied, ‘very good, do what you like.’ After that he said, no, you old b___ , I'll get a warrant for you. He further said ‘I’ll pay a lawyer and make you pay all the expenses.’ That is all which occurred at that time. Cross-examined by Mr. du Boulay: — I told Mr. D. Marsh the night before that he was a disgrace to Champion Bay, and so he is for the way in which he conducts funerals. Me and some more gentlemen, mark you, I say gentlemen — had been speaking about this matter, and I said to Thompson, have you heard the talk about the disgraceful manner Marsh conducts funerals. I was not talking to Marsh, although he was there. I dare say he was there with his dirty face. (Mr. du Boulay complained of Thwaites conduct in the box, and asked the Bench to prevent his abusing his client. Whereupon Thwaites was told to confine himself to facts, and not to take up the time of the Court in abusing the other side). I believe I said that Marsh had not washed his face for a fortnight. Marsh did not ask me to apologise. He said he would summon me, and then I summoned him. Wouldn't you? The threatening language I complain of was that he would summon me; that he would get a warrant out against me; that he would employ a solicitor, and that he called me an old B___. I won't call any witnesses, only God, and if the magistrates don't punish Marsh He will, if not now — well then in the future. This concluded the case. No defence being deemed necessary, a cross charge was next heard, the case being Marsh v. Thwaites. In this case Daniel Marsh charged Samuel Thwaites with making use of abusive language to him on the evening of the 25th inst. Mr. du Boulay appeared for the plaintiff and Mr. Thwaites conducted his own case. Daniel Marsh, sworn, said: ‘I am a wheelwright at Geraldton and the plaintiff in this case. The night before last I was in Thompson's verandah talking with Mr. Thompson and Mr. Wallace. I saw Thwaites. He came up and talked to Thompson about me. He said ‘I have just heard a gentleman talking about Dan Marsh and the dirty disgraceful way in which he buried the paupers.’ He then turned round and said ‘I mean you, you b___.’ He then said ‘your dirty face has not been washed for a fortnight.’ He said I was supposed to dress up in black according to my contract. He said he would have it put in the paper. My temper was boiling and if he had been a young man I would have punched him. Cross-Exainined by Mr. Thwaites: When you came up you spoke to Thompson first. I did not say ‘You old b___. I’ll break your b___ jaw.’ I was quite in a respectable condition when I took the corpse to the grave. John Thompson, sworn, said: On the evening before yesterday I was in my verandah with Marsh and a young man named Mr. Wallace. Thwaites came up to where we were and said ‘Is Mr. Marsh anywhere about? I heard a gentleman say he was disgracefully dirty when he took the corpse to the grave to-day and that he had not washed his face for a fortnight and I say so too.’ Marsh was close by me. He then turned round to Marsh and repeated what he had said to me. He must have seen Marsh as we were all together. He walked away after that. Cross-examined: I heard Marsh say that if you had not been an old man he would break your jaw. This was said when Thwaites went into the street. This was the case for the plaintiff. Samuel Thwaites, sworn, said: On the night of the 25th March, I was going home when I heard a conversation about a funeral. When I got up to Thompson's I said ‘Jack, have you heard what they are saying about Marsh up the town?’ He said ‘No.’ Well I said everybody is talking about the disgraceful way he goes to his funerals. I called the attention of the Rev. Canon Louch to the same thing, and told Thompson this. When I was telling this to Thompson Marsh came out and said ‘If you don't mind what you are saying I'll break your b___ old jaw.’ Cross-examined by Mr. du Boulay: I won’t tell you the gentleman who I heard say that Mr Marsh conducted his funerals in a dirty and disgraceful manner. The Bench held that the charge was sustained and fined the defendant 5s, and costs. The first case being dismissed without costs.” (Victorian Express, p6 at https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/211269521) --00--

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IN COURT AGAIN – TWICE ON ONE DAY: 1889, 30 March: “GERALDTON POLICE COURT. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27th. (Before E. Shenton and C. B. Elliott, J.'s P.) Thwaites v. Marsh. Daniel Marsh was charged by Samuel Thwaites with making use of threatening language towards him in the public street. Mr. du Boulay appeared for the defendant. Samuel Thwaites (who conducted his own case, on being sworn, said, I was coming down Marine Terrace on the 26th, about eight, o'clock a.m., and was near the Club Hotel when Marsh came across from the tramway to Thompson's side of the road. He said, you old b___. You know what you said to me last night. I said yes; perfectly well. He then said I'll summon you to-day. I replied, ‘very good, do what you like.’ After that he said, no, you old b___ , I'll get a warrant for you. He further said ‘I’ll pay a lawyer and make you pay all the expenses.’ That is all which occurred at that time. Cross-examined by Mr. du Boulay: — I told Mr. D. Marsh the night before that he was a disgrace to Champion Bay, and so he is for the way in which he conducts funerals. Me and some more gentlemen, mark you, I say gentlemen — had been speaking about this matter, and I said to Thompson, have you heard the talk about the disgraceful manner Marsh conducts funerals. I was not talking to Marsh, although he was there. I dare say he was there with his dirty face. (Mr. du Boulay complained of Thwaites conduct in the box, and asked the Bench to prevent his abusing his client. Whereupon Thwaites was told to confine himself to facts, and not to take up the time of the Court in abusing the other side). I believe I said that Marsh had not washed his face for a fortnight. Marsh did not ask me to apologise. He said he would summon me, and then I summoned him. Wouldn't you? The threatening language I complain of was that he would summon me; that he would get a warrant out against me; that he would employ a solicitor, and that he called me an old B___. I won't call any witnesses, only God, and if the magistrates don't punish Marsh He will, if not now — well then in the future. This concluded the case. No defence being deemed necessary, a cross charge was next heard, the case being Marsh v. Thwaites. In this case Daniel Marsh charged Samuel Thwaites with making use of abusive language to him on the evening of the 25th inst. Mr. du Boulay appeared for the plaintiff and Mr. Thwaites conducted his own case. Daniel Marsh, sworn, said: ‘I am a wheelwright at Geraldton and the plaintiff in this case. The night before last I was in Thompson's verandah talking with Mr. Thompson and Mr. Wallace. I saw Thwaites. He came up and talked to Thompson about me. He said ‘I have just heard a gentleman talking about Dan Marsh and the dirty disgraceful way in which he buried the paupers.’ He then turned round and said ‘I mean you, you b___.’ He then said ‘your dirty face has not been washed for a fortnight.’ He said I was supposed to dress up in black according to my contract. He said he would have it put in the paper. My temper was boiling and if he had been a young man I would have punched him. Cross-Exainined by Mr. Thwaites: When you came up you spoke to Thompson first. I did not say ‘You old b___. I’ll break your b___ jaw.’ I was quite in a respectable condition when I took the corpse to the grave. John Thompson, sworn, said: On the evening before yesterday I was in my verandah with Marsh and a young man named Mr. Wallace. Thwaites came up to where we were and said ‘Is Mr. Marsh anywhere about? I heard a gentleman say he was disgracefully dirty when he took the corpse to the grave to-day and that he had not washed his face for a fortnight and I say so too.’ Marsh was close by me. He then turned round to Marsh and repeated what he had said to me. He must have seen Marsh as we were all together. He walked away after that. Cross-examined: I heard Marsh say that if you had not been an old man he would break your jaw. This was said when Thwaites went into the street. This was the case for the plaintiff. Samuel Thwaites, sworn, said: On the night of the 25th March, I was going home when I heard a conversation about a funeral. When I got up to Thompson's I said ‘Jack, have you heard what they are saying about Marsh up the town?’ He said ‘No.’ Well I said everybody is talking about the disgraceful way he goes to his funerals. I called the attention of the Rev. Canon Louch to the same thing, and told Thompson this. When I was telling this to Thompson Marsh came out and said ‘If you don't mind what you are saying I'll break your b___ old jaw.’ Cross-examined by Mr. du Boulay: I won’t tell you the gentleman who I heard say that Mr Marsh conducted his funerals in a dirty and disgraceful manner. The Bench held that the charge was sustained and fined the defendant 5s, and costs. The first case being dismissed without costs.” (Victorian Express, p6 at https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/211269521) --00--

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ELECTRIC LIGHT: 1888, 31 October: “Our Geraldton correspondent wires: — ‘Mr. Daniel Marsh had his large establishment lit up with electric light last night by a dynamo, which he recently imported at a cost of about £250, and which is the first of its kind in W.A.’” (The Inquirer and Commercial News (Perth), p2 at https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/66084042) --0--

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1888, 28 February: “NOTES FROM GERALDTON... Mr. Daniel Marsh, of the Geraldton Foundry, is erecting a huge iron building, which is to be a kind of colonial ‘Whiteley’s’. Everything one requires during one’s earthly pilgrimage is to be sold there, at the cheapest rates. I honour Mr. Marsh for his courage and enterprise, but doubt his obtaining the success he deserves.” (The West Australian (Perth), p3 https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3116955) --0--