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Name on certificate: John Morgan
John's maternal grandmother Eliza Melvin assisted at the birth.
Name on certificate - John Melvin Morgan
Cause of death - bronchopneumonia
John knew his father's name was Thomas Morgan. Four living children were listed on his death certificate, and he would have known his wife was shortly to give birth to another child. Perhaps at least they had chosen the baby's names together before John died.
He is buried at Boroondara General Cemetery, Kew, alongside his maternal grandparents, his baby son, a nephew and someone who may not be related to the family.
Angelina claimed on her second marriage certificate to have been widowed in 1880 and had two children listed by her former marriage.
Angelina broke her knee attending the graveside at Melbourne General Cemetery after the funeral of well known child 'rescuer' Selina Sutherland. The connection is an interesting one in light of Angelina's time as a single mother in the late 1870s and her later interference in the lives of her grandchildren.
Angelina owned 150 Sackville street, Collingwood ('a very old 5 roomed weatherboard cottage', presumably inherited from her father John Melvin). Her eldest living son, George Melvin, Sydney, was the executor. She left everything to her husband Alfred Haram, after his death to go in equal shares to her children Elizabeth, Mildred, Alfred, George and Valentina (Valentina only to get half the amount of the others).
This was also reported in the Mount Alexander Mail, the South Australian Register (under the heading 'A prose edition of Enoch Arden' - referring to a poem by Tennyson, the Mercury and Weekly Courier, Evening Journal (South Australia), Border Watch (South Australia), Portland Guardian, The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser (NSW) and the Northern Argus (South Australia).
George Melvin is listed as Alfred Haram's son in the death notice, but he wasn't his biological son. Note discrepancy between date of death on headstone and as published in The Age.