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Charles and Mary Fiander (Pimm) a newly married couple arrived in Melbourne in 1887. On 1891 they rented a house in Dalgetty Road Beaumaris. Charles was a successful engraver who died at 30 years of age in 1892. A plaque was placed in St Matthew’s Church, Cheltenham in his memory. Mary was a widow at 25 years with five boys under the age of seven. She is buried with Charles in the Cheltenham Pioneer Cemetery.
Mary Ann Fiander in 1905 with her sons, left to right, Frederick , Francis, Charles, Ernest and Louis.
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1905
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Letterhead for Mary Ann Fiander’s drapery business at Cheltenham.

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Fiander Charles Joseph brass engraving St Pauls Anglican Cathedral Melbourne in 2001.
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2001
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Grave of Charles Joseph and Mary Ann Fiander in the Pioneers Cheltenham Cemetery, 2009.

Date:
2009
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