Edwin Vidler

Note: All references in newspapers and BDM NSW and Qld, from birth to death, and including his marriage and children's birth registrations, are for "Edwin Vidler", with no middle names (Arthur or Ernest), or initials, mentioned. These have been removed until documentation can be shown to replace them.

BDM NSW

Birth (possibly Dapto area) V1841 1 54; Vidler, Edwin, to Edwin and Mary.

Marriage 1865/2291 Kiama; Vidler, Edwin, to Bradney, Emma.

Children born to Edwin Vidler and Emma B/Bradney at Kiama: 1866 Amelia A; 1868 Isaac L; 1873 Matilda Jane; 1875 Frederick W; 1878 Henry Victor; 1880 Edwin Brice; 1882 George A; 1885 Emily E; 1887 Harold L; 1891 Oliver B.

BDM QLD Deaths

3/1/1936 C/933; Vidler, Emina (sic), (Emma) daughter of John Bradney and Ademia Henry.

5/11/1929 C/4157; Vidler, Edwin, son of Edward (sic) Vidler and Mary Watt (sic).

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The Dalby Herald (Qld) Fri 8 Nov 1929; Obituary:

Mr. Edwin Vidler

Mr. Edwin Vidler, of Wallace street, Bell, passed away at the Dalby Hospital on Tuesday, at the advanced age of 88 years.

The deceased was the son of Kentish parents, and was born in NSW [not Glasgow] on April 5th, 1841. He followed the occupation of a farmer and teamster in his younger days, and about 28 years ago he came to Queensland from New South Wales, where, at Jamberoo, he had married Miss Emma Bidney, who at 84 years of age survives him.

They settled at first at Ipswich where they stayed about four years before taking up land in the Highflelds and Cawdor district. After spending fifteen years in that neighbourhood, they came to Bell in the year 1920, where they became well-known and very much esteemed.

Mr. Vidler is survived by three daughters, Mesdames Annie Haydon, and Matilda Daws, both of Sydney, and Mrs. Emily E. Thomas, of Oakey, and eight sons, Messrs Lindsay (of Bell), Melbun, Frederick, Victor, Bruce, Archibald, Harold and Oliver.

There remain about sixty grandchildren and twenty-three great-grandchildren. It is worthy of notice that a great-grandson, Edwin Lyle Vidler, was an expert mountaineer, and unfortunately lost his life last year in an ascent of Mount Lindsay in the Macpherson Range.

The funeral took place at Bell on Wednesday afternoon, the last rites at the graveside being performed by the pastor of the Bell Presbyterian Church, the Rev. D. Rodger. Messrs Johnston and Carter, of Dalby, were the undertakers.

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Offspring of Edwin (Arthur Ernest) Vidler (1841-1929) and Emma Bradney (1846-1936)

Name Birth - Death

Amelia Ann Hayden Born Vidler (1866-1941)

Isaac Lindsay Vidler (1868-1933)

Melvin James Vidler (1870-1944) 5 June 1870 Jamberoo, New South Wales, Australia 6 November 1944 Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia;Wife: Ellen Swain Brooks (1876-1944)

Matilda Jane Staunton Born Vidler (1873-1950)

Frederick William Vidler (1875-1970) 14 October 1875 Jamberoo, New South Wales, Australia 7 May 1970 Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia: Wife:Blanche Gertrude Townsend (1879-1949)

Henry Victor Vidler (1878-1958)

Edwin Brice/Bryce Bradney Vidler (1880-1954) 18 June 1880 Jamberoo, New South Wales, Australia 18 February 1954 Ashford, New South Wales, Australia. Wife: Emma Augusta Heinrich (1882-1947)

George Archibald Vidler (1882-1974)

Emily Edith Thomas Born Vidler (1884-1985) (Registered birth 1885)

Harold Leonard Vidler (1887-1967)

Oliver Bradney Vidler (1891-1969) Lillian Vidler.