Frederick George Hesseltine Lovett

  General Notes:

Ref: Ovens and Murray Advertiser (Beechworth, Vic.) Saturday 27 April 1907 Page 3

DEATH OF AN OLD COLONIST. \endash Mr. George Hesseltine Lovett, one of the oldest colonists in these parts, died at Albury on Wednesday of last week. Mr. Lovett was over 80 years of age. He was a native of Hull, and arrived in Melbourne soon after the discovery of the Victorian goldfields. One of his first ventures was the decoration of a large wooden theatre in Melbourne. Just as the work was nearing completion a heavy storm broke over the city, and the building was levelled to the ground, involving the contractor in financial ruin. Mr. Lovett subsequently went to Ballarat, and obtained a billet as stage manager at the old "Charlie Napier" Theatre. Later on he went to the Albury district as a teacher of dancing, and it is said that he taught two generations of Riverina pioneers to dance. He subsequently took up a selection near Albury under the Robertson Land Act, but the venture was not a success. Mr. Lovett was widely known, and he leaves numerous relatives.

  Noted events in his life were:

• source. Lorna Sharf

• Occupation. teacher of dancing. His father was a dancing teacher in Albury

• known as. Flash Man

• fact. His mother married a Keighran - John Joseph Keighran was a stepbrother according to notes from Lorna Sharf

Frederick married Eleanor Anne (Ellen) Layton, daughter of James Layton and Elizabeth Warby, on 28 Jul 1863 in Albury, NSW Australia. (Eleanor Anne (Ellen) Layton was born on 15 Mar 1821 in Campbelltown, Sydney, NSW Australia, died on 22 Sep 1904 in Kiewa St, Albury, NSW Australia and was buried on 24 Sep 1904 in Albury, NSW Australia.)