Arthur GUNTER [760]

   Cause of his death was Peritonitis - Cancer of the bowel.

  General Notes:

(Image courtesy R Filsell)

1862 UK birth March Q vol 3a pge -- Staines
1871 British Census living Church St, Staines, MDX age 9, scholar
1879 31 Jan. Arthur sailed on Ironside to Moreton Bay Australia arriving Brisbane 24 May
1882 Married
1886 Brisbane to Melbourne

After emigrating to Australia in 1879 Arthur lived first in Queensland for 7yrs, then 60 yrs in Victoria.


A copy of Arthur's Memoirs are on this website under 'Memoirs Diaries Journals" button on the home page.

A COPY OF ARTHUR'S MEMOIRS ARE ON THIS WEBSITE UNDER "MEMOIRS, DIARIES, JOURNALS" BUTTON ON THE HOME PAGE. ( www.thelockedjournal.com )


Queensland, Australia, Passenger Lists, 1848-1912 <http://www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1856&enc=1>
about Arthur Gunter
Name: Arthur Gunter
Age: 18
Birth Year:abt 1860
Ship Name: Ironside
Port of Departure: London, England
Port of Arrival: Moreton Bay
Arrival Date: 21 May 1878


The following information is courtesy of Debbie Ryan & Regan Silcock (internet)
Arthur sailed on the 'Irinsides' which left the East India dock on 31 Jan 1879. He was the 16th of 22 children. He arrived in Brisbane on 24 May 1879 after spending 115 days at sea. He died of Peritonitis, resulting from cancer of the bowel. Arthur was buried on 21 Jan 1948 at The Necropolis, Springvale, Victoria, Australia. - by Debbie Ryan


West Middlesex FHS Journal 19(3) 21-25 (September 2001)
Arthur Gunter's Memoirs - Arthur Gunter
An account of a life in Staines circa 1870.


West Middlesex FHS Journal 20(1) 15-22 (March 2002)
Arthur Gunter's Memoirs - Part II - Arthur Gunter
Continuing the memoirs of Arthur Gunter, who grew up in 19th century Staines, Middlesex before emigrating to Australia; conveyed to us by his great granddaughter, Mardi Harrison.

  Research Notes:

The Age (Melbourne) Wednesday 21 Jan 1948
Death Notice:
GUNTER. - On January 20 after a short illness, Arthur Gunter, of 6 Barton street, Surrey Hills, loving father of Nellie (Mrs McMahon), Sister Edith (Grey Sisters), Will, Theresa (deceased), Lottie (Mrs. Lane), Annie (deceased), Susan (Mrs. Dowler), loving grandfather of Rev. Bros N. and G. McMahon, Mary (Mrs. Howe), Sheila Mrs. Kemp), Margaret (Mrs. Teague), John, Frank, Bernie, Arthur, Rosemary, Marie and Margaret. -RIP.

Funeral Notice:
GUNTER. - Requiem Mass for the repose of the Soul of the late ARTHUR GUNTER will be celebrated at the Church of the Holy Redeemer, 4 Barton-st, Surrey Hills, THIS DAY at 7 a.m. The Funeral will leave the church after prayers, commencing at 10.30 a.m., for the Boroondara Cemetery, Kew. E. Taylor and Son, Heidelberg. JL1055.

  Other Records

• Census: England, 2 Apr 1871, 34 Church St Staines. Arthur is recorded as a son aged 9 born Staines a scholar

• Resided: NOK, 1915, 21 Melville-street, Hawthorn.

• Australia, City Directories, 1845-1948, 1923, Barkley pl, Heidelberg.

• Australian Electoral Rolls 1903-1980: bricklayer, 1924, Barkley pl, Heidelberg.

• Australia, City Directories, 1845-1948, 1925, Barkley pl, Heidelberg.

• Australian Electoral Rolls 1903-1980: bricklayer, 1927, Barkly pl, Heidelberg.

• Australian Electoral Rolls 1903-1980: bricklayer, 1928, Barkly pl, Heidelberg.

• Australia, City Directories, 1845-1948, 1931, 6 Barkley-pl, Heidelberg, N.22.

• Australian Electoral Rolls 1903-1980: bricklayer, 1931, Barkley pl, Heidelberg.

• Australia, City Directories, 1845-1948, 1938, 7 Harrison-cres, Haw., E.2.

• Canada Mail: Address, 1938, 6 Barton St, Surrey Hills E 10, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Arthur wrote to Lottie Gunter in Vancouver 23 Dec 1938, and Lottie relates his news and current address in her letter dated 15 Mar 1939, to Mary Ann Anderson (nee Gunter). Arthur staying a the Home where his dau Edie is a Nursing Sister (Edie is a Catholic Nun).

• Australia, City Directories, 1845-1948, 1942, 7 Harrison-cres, Haw., E.2.

Arthur married Sarah Jane DORAN [773] [MRIN: 262], daughter of Michael Francis DORAN [3904] and Mary FARRELL [3905], on 10 Apr 1882 in St Patrick's Church, Gympie, Qld, Australia. (Sarah Jane DORAN [773] was born on 31 May 1861 in Maryborough, QLD, Australia, died on 8 Oct 1920 in Alphington, Victoria, Australia and was buried on 9 Oct 1920 in Boroondara Cemetery, Kew, Victoria, Australia.). The cause of her death was Arteriosclerosis & Cerebral Haemorage.

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Arthur Gunter & Sarah Jane Doran: Marriage Cert, 1882, Gympie, Qld, Australia.