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Guthridge
Guthridge is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Bill Guthridge (1937–2015), American basketball player and coach *George Guthridge (born 1948), American writer * Nehemiah Guthridge (1812–1878), Australian businessman *Richard Charles Guthridge (1837–1934), Australian merchant seaman and farmer See also *Lake Guthridge Lake Guthridge is a small artificial lake in Sale, Victoria, Australia, named after the first Sale mayor, Nehemiah Guthridge. The lake was originally a bog but Guthridge suggested converting it into a lake to supply the growing population. Its si ..., lake in Sale, Victoria, Australia * Guthridge Nunataks, nunataks of Antarctica * Guthridge, Missouri, a community in the United States {{surname, Guthridge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nehemiah Guthridge
Nehemiah Guthridge (c.1808 - 27 June 1878), was an Irish-born Melbourne ironmonger, a city councillor in Melbourne, a parliamentarian representing the Central Province (November 1856 to August 1858) in the Legislative Council, a prominent Wesleyan and the first mayor of Sale in 1863. Guthridge was born in County Fermanagh, Ireland, the son of Thomas Guthridge, a farmer, and Jane, ''nee'' Quigley. Guthridge and William Nicholson were among the first promoters of the Melbourne and Hobson's Bay Railway Company, also providing funding for the initial survey. He also provided considerable financing for the Ballarat and Geelong railway projects. Guthridge was married to Martha Erskine (*1814). The family arrived in June 1841 as bounty immigrants (under a scheme first proposed by Edward Gibbon Wakefield) at Port Phillip from Liverpool via Rio de Janeiro aboard the H.M.S. ''Frankfield''. The ship's passenger list records "Nehemiah Guthridge 29, Fermanagh, Martha Guthridge 27 wife ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |