Mary’s name at the registration of her birth was given as Macy Victoria MULLER.

The Necropolis, Springvale:
Reference Number: 455898
Location: Hakea - Wall Niche, Wall G Niche 105

James was born in 1900 at Creswick. The family were still there in 1903 but by 1909 had moved to nearby Ullina. It is likely that James remained with his father, Thomas, after his mother’s death in 1910; after which, Thomas moved to Newbridge (by 1914). Thomas remarried in 1915 and by 1919 had moved to Sunshine, Melbourne. Again, it is likely that James also moved to Sunshine.

In 1928, James married Mary Victoria (Vicki) and by 1931 James and Mary were living in the Melbourne suburb of Surrey Hills. The 1931, 1936, 1937, 1943 and 1954 Commonwealth Electoral Rolls noted James’s occupation as: “electrical fitter”, Mary Victoria’s as: “home duties” and their residence: 5 Everton Grove, Surrey Hills,,,,.

In 1965 Jim [James] and Vicki visited George and Grace Deason at their home in Perth, Western Australia. George, originally from Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, was Jim’s cousin. Jim and Vicki were at the time living at 5 Everton Grove, Surrey Hills, Melbourne.

At the time of Vicki’s death in 1980 she was still noted as living at 5 Everton Grove, Surrey Hills.

James’s grave at Springvale, Melbourne is located at “Hakea, Wall Niche, Wall G Niche 147”.


The Necropolis, Springvale:
Reference Number: 466242
Location: Hakea - Wall Niche, Wall G Niche 147.

Acknowledgements:
• Rick Smith, Launceston Tasmania, Australia
• Joyce Tuohey, Quambatook, Victoria, Australia
• Billy Warburton, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
• Richard (Dick) Deason, Moliagul, Victoria, Australia
• Grace Deason, Morphett Vale, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

References:
Births, baptisms, marriages, deaths & burials (Aust):
• Digger, 2005, Death Index Victoria 1921-1985, extract for Deason (ref – D_Doc_#104)
• Digger, 2005, Marriage Index. Victoria 1921-1942, extract for Deason (ref – D_Doc_#105)
• Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Vic), 2001, Historical Index (1855-1920), extract for Deason (ref – D_Doc_#106)
• NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, 2009, Historical Index Search, extract for deaths for Deason (ref – D_Doc_#284)
• Springvale Botanical Cemetery (The Necropolis), Springvale, Melbourne, May 2010, Index to Burials & Cremations, extract for Deason (ref – D_Doc_#380)
• The Age, 20 November 1980 & 18 December 1981, Death Notices, Mary Victoria Deason (Muller) & James Deason (ref – D_Doc_#381)
• The Age, 22 February 1997, Death Notice, Janette Mary Deason (ref – D_Doc_#381)
• Herald Sun, 18 & 19 November 1997, Death Notice, Graeme James Deason (ref – D_Doc_#381)
Family trees & history:
• Billy Warburton, 1969, Deason Family Tree (ref – D_Doc_#014 & #015)
• probably Venus Free (nee Deason), c1967, Deason Family Tree (ref – D_Doc_#016)
• Venus Free (nee Deason), c1940, Deason Family Tree (ref – D_Doc_#017)
• Rick Smith, 2005, Deason Family Tree, (ref – D_Doc_#136)
Other information:
• Commonwealth Electoral Office, 1903, Electoral Roll for North Creswick, Vic, 1909, Clunes, Vic, 1914, Marong & Dunolly, Vic, 1919, Footscray North, Vic, 1931, 1936, 1937 & 1943, Surrey Hills, Vic, 1954 & 1963, Box Hill South, Vic & 1968, Kerang, Vic (ref – D_Doc_#290)
• Grace Deason, 2008, Correspondence, including extract from her ‘Visitor’s Book’ for 16 October 1965