Alice Ethel JULIUS [556]

  General Notes:

An Alice Ethel Julius aged 8 arrived in Victoria September 1884 aboard the South Australian from Britain.
Ref PROV - Unassisted Immigration to Victoria 1852-1923

Marriages.
Wilson - Julius. On the 1st Feb., Christchurch, New Zealand, by the Bishop of Wellington, Cecil Wilson, Bishop of Melanesia, to Ethel, second daughter of the Bishop of Christchurch. 1899
Ref: Unsourced news clipping - No 1Book

Alice was liked at St Barnabas Norfolk Island, she was a woman of good sense, friendly and approachable. She did much to help her husband and improve relations between the Bishop and some of his more difficult staff.
She is described by Julia Farr in "Unpretending Labours":
"She has plenty of sense and sees things without being told. At present she is discovering that the men are not fond of the Bishop that it is difficult to get them round her or much to the house and that they love to criticise she is holding her head high and going her own way. I like him better already and I think he wants me to be his wife's friend and she chats very freely to me."

In Nov 1899 their first child was delivered premature and still born and Alice was very sick for a time a cause of much sadness and concern at the Mission.

Alice, after her husbands death, moved to live near to her son John, who was vicar of St Lukes Havelock North NZ.

Her death date may have been Jun/July 1958

  Other Records

1. Alice Ethel Julius: Her life in images.

2. Census: England, 3 Apr 1881, 44 Milner Sq Islington London.
Alice is described as a daughter aged 4 born Shapwick Somerset

Alice married Bishop Cecil WILSON [557] [MRIN: 164], son of Alexander WILSON of Beckenham [15234] and Caroline PITMAN [34431], on 1 Feb 1899 in Christchurch Cathedral N.Z. (Bishop Cecil WILSON [557] was born on 9 Sep 1860 in Islington MDX London, died on 19 Jan 1941 in Perth WA and was buried in Karrakatta Cemetery.)