Hallam, John Robert

1887 - 1955  (68 years)

• Name	Hallam, John Robert  [1]
  Birth	14 Feb 1887	off Drummond Street, near Palmerston Street, Victoria Ward, City of Melbourne   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	13 Nov 1955	Perth, Western Australia
  Person ID	I1700	Robinson Taylor
  Last Modified	6 Feb 2025

  
  

  Father	Hallam, John Robert,   b. 28 Jun 1863, Bakery Hill, Ballarat, Victoria d. 6 Jul 1901, Victoria, Australia (Age 38 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Hill, Mary Jane,   b. 1866, Carlton, Victoria d. 27 May 1948, Castlemaine, Victoria (Age 82 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	12 Apr 1886	Office of the Registrar of Marriages, West Hotham, Victoria   [3]
  Family ID	F443	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Moxham, Vera Violet Victoria,   b. 3 Mar 1895, 32 Palmer St, Fitzroy, Victoria d. 6 Dec 1934, St. Florence's, Subiaco, Western Australia (Age 39 years)
  Children	1. Hallam, Veronica Daphne,   b. 15 Dec 1919, Black Rock, Victoria, Australia d. 3 Sep 2001, Lathlain Nursing Home, Carlisle, Western Australia (Age 81 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Hallam, Robyna  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Hallam, Jack Robert,   b. Victorian Free Church, Fitzroy, Victoria  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Hallam, Audrey  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F444	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Feb 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Henry, Winifred,   b. Abt 1885, North Melbourne, Victoria d. 6 Aug 1943, Melbourne, Australia (Age ~ 58 years)
  Marriage	12 Feb 1906	Melbourne, Victoria   [4]
  Notes	Married: Married by Andrew Fergus, Presbyterian Minister
  Children	1. Hallam, Winifred Jane,   b. 25 Jun 1910, 76 Abbotsford Street, Hopetown Ward, Melbourne City, Victoria  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F445	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Feb 2025

  
  

  Family 3	Morrison, Elsie May
  Marriage	1949
  Family ID	F446	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Feb 2025

  
  

• Documents		JR Hallam up for burglary with gun 1928
  		JR Hallam convicted of theft sentence to 1 month gaol 1917

  
  

• Notes

  John's first occupation was as a potato merchant. He had a draught horse and cart and bought bags of potatoes from the Melbourne markets and sold them to restaurants and fish and chip shops around North Melbourne. He also used to go to the Melbourne train station and cart luggage to hotels. He upgraded to a truck and later on began dealing in used cars and trucks. He went to Western Australia in 1929 with his second wife Vera and their children Veronica, Jack and Audrey. He started Perth Car Sales which was later changed to Milligan Stree Car Sales, and later still to J.R. Hallam Motors. At this time Vera leased the Milligan Hostel which she operated until she died in 1934. When the lease ran out at the hostel, John bought a house and stables, moving to Belmont after about four years. He later bought in Rivervale. [Source: Robyn Hallam Genealogical Papers] At the time of his first marriage to Winifred, his occupation was given as "Dealer", living in Carlton. The marriage was "according to the 2nd Presbyterian Church rites". Witnesses to this marriage were David Parker and James Holt. [Source: John and Winifred's marriage certificate] On his daughter Winifred's birth certificate, he is shown as having the occupation "Potato Merchant". The birth was presumably at his house, given as 76 Abbotsford Street, Hopetown Ward, Melbourne City. [Source: Winifred Hallam birth certificate] John Robert Hallam was born in Melbourne, midwives were Mrs Demby and Mrs Thomas. [Source: Birth certificate]

  
  

• Sources

  [S8] Robyna Hallam Genealogical Papers. [S154] Birth Certificate of John Robert Hallam, 1426, Colony of Victoria. [S23] Marriage Certificate 3910 John Robert Hallam and Mary Jane Hill. [S11] Marriage Certificate 11548a John Robert Hallam and Winifred Henry, Victoria.