Vittoria Ellen Jane BURGES [22109]

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MARRIAGE.
PHILLIPS-BURGES
February 16 1886, at St. George's Cathedral,- Perth, by the Very Rev. Dean Gegg, GEORGE BRAITHWAITE PHILLIPS, J.P., Assistant Colonial Secretary, to VITTORIA ELLEN JANE, second daughter of the late SAMUEL EVANS BURGES, J.P., of Carleton House, Perth.
Ref: The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954) Friday 26 February 1886

DEATH OF A PIONEER.
The Late Mrs: George Phillips.
Another link in the fast diminishing band of pioneers has been severed by the death at her home in Claremont on Thurs last Mrs George Phillips aged 83 years.- The deceased lady was the grand daughter of the late Captain Meares, of the 2nd Life Guards, and the second daughter of Samuel Evans and Vittoria Burges, of Tipperary, near York, whose activities in the development of the Avon Valley from 1830 onwards are a matter of history. Like many others Mrs. Phillips in her early years bore her full share of the trials and discomforts inseparable from early settlement and, when the family moved to Carleton House, Perth the city home of the Burges clan she married Colonel Phillips, then Commisioner of Police for the State. She survived numerous relatives including- three sisters, Misses M and E Burges and Mrs. C ???? whose ages total 252. An affable lady of deeply religious convictions, the late Mrs. Phillips was an indefatigable church worker. With her, the relief of distress was an ideal. The end was peaceful, and she passed away quietly in her sleep. The remains were Interred in the Anglican portion of the Karakatta Cemetery on Saturday last in the presence ot a large number of relatives and friends, Archdeacon Hudleston and the Rev. Mr. Bell officiating;. The following acted as pall-bearers:- Messrs H. Moseley, J. Forman, R Miley. G. Maxwell, B. Derbyshire and Dr. C. Morlet. The chief mourners included Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Burges, and Mr. Sam Burges, of Tipperary, Mr. and Mrs. . . . . ., of Midland Junction. Miss Neva Fenn and Mr. and Miss W. Burges of Mount Street, and Miss Hudleston. Among those present were Messrs W. St, Clair White. M. Nicholas, P. Kendall, P. J. Briggs, L. Nicholas, J. Bird, E. Slater, G. Law, G Burt, L Andrews, P. Carter, A. Burt, C. Barnett, C. Lee Steere. W. Shaw. Mesdames Bainbridge, Fletcher. Lynn. Slater and Tatham (representing Claremont Mothers Union), Mesdames Robinson, E Foster. King and E. Slater (representing Perth Mothers' Union), Mesdames A. Burt. Bird, Fletcher, Haining; and L. Lefroy (representing Perth G.F.S.), and Mrs. Summrs, Dr. Vera Summers, Miss Cammons and Miss Middleton (representing St. Phillips G.F.C). The floral tributes were numerous and beautiful. The funeral arrangements were in the hands of Messrs Donald Chipper and Son.
Ref: The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954) Monday 16 January 1933

Vittoria married Col George Braithwaite PHILLIPS [16679] [MRIN: 7943], son of John Randall PHILLIPS J.P. [22112] and Martha Jane SMITH [22166], on 16 Feb 1886 in St George Cathedral Perth WA. (Col George Braithwaite PHILLIPS [16679] was born on 5 Mar 1836 in Canning WA, baptised on 14 Apr 1839 in Canning River W.A, died on 26 Mar 1900 in Perth WA and was buried on 27 Mar 1900 in East Perth Historic Cemetery WA.)