Hazelton

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NameHazeltonDescriptionMembers of the Hazelton family have been serving the Albion Park community for generations.

Edward Hazelton was born in 1792 Ipswich, Suffolk.

He was tried at the Suffolk Assizes for sheep stealing and sentenced to death, but ultimately transported for life abord the 'Marquis of Hastings' in 1825.

He arrived in Australia in 1826 and was assigned to Thomas Icely of Bathurst where he worked as a groom.

Edward received his Ticket of Leave in 1833 and settled at Albion Park, where he worked for Captain Weston.

In 1838, he married Hannah Herring, and they had 11 children -
Susan b.1840 (married Levi Raison),
Edward b.1842 (married Ann Green),
Sarah b.1843 (married Evan Jones),
Charles b.1845 (married Margaret Cooper (nee Jordan),
Samuel b.1848 (married Emma Clarke),
Henrietta b.1850 (died 1855),
William b.1852 (married Catherine Foster),
Hannah b.1854 (married Edward Sawtell),
Henrietta b.1856 (married George Prott)
Mary b.1858 (married James Fleming Haddin)
Ellen b.1860 (married Harry Prior).

In 1856, Edward and Hannah bought land for £111 at Yellow Rock, in an area known as Coobee (Stockyard Mountain).

Edward died in 1868 and was buried at the old sand cemetery at Shellharbour. His body was later reinterred at the Shellharbour General Cemetery. Hannah died in 1908, and was buried at the Albion Park Anglican Cemetery.

Edward Hazelton 3rd was the first Hazleton to operate the famous store at Albion Park. William (Bill) Stanford took a position with Hazelton’s Store, Albion Park in 1933. Bill came to Oak Flats in 1919 when he was seven. His parents were railway workers, and his mother established the first Post Office at Oak Flats in 1930.

Bill worked five and a half days a week including Saturday mornings. He would call on the farmers and town customers, taking orders and delivering them the next day on his motorbike and side box. He delivered anything from a pound of butter, to sheets or corrugated iron on his bike, and said that owning a motorcycle and side box was an advantage in getting the job. In those days, the job was labour intensive. Most of the stock arrived in bulk in chaff bags such as wheat, barley and bran. Sugar came in 70-pound bags and flour in 120-pound bags. Biscuits came in 12-pound tins and were weighed and sold according to requirements. Broken biscuits from the bottom of the tin were a young child's delight. Boxed butter also came in bulk.

"The shop was a really old building in those days with wide cracks in the floor where we used to sweep the dust. If you dropped any change, there was always a loose board to move to get it out".

External LinkEdward Hazelton Death 1868The Late Mrs Edward Hazelton 1928Obituary Mr Edward Hazelton - 58 Years 1931Edward Hazelton GraveHannah Hazelton GraveObituary Mrs Hannah Hazelton 1908Funeral Susan Raison 1922

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Edward Hazelton's store at Albion Park, c.1916.

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CollectionFamiliesFamilySawtellPriorGowerGreenJolliffeMartin (Aaron Branch)LocalityAlbion ParkPersonRaison, LeviStanford, William (Bill)Haddin, James FlemingPlaceCoobyRelated ItemAnne & Edward Hazelton at their home in Albion ParkIvy HazeltonRobert Edward (Tim) HazeltonEdward Hazelton's store, Tongarra Road, Albion Park about 1916Edward Hazelton's shop, Albion ParkAnne HazeltonAnnie Hazelton (nee: Green) 1847-1928

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