Robert Andrew HAVLIN was born in Bendigo, Victoria, on 8 October 1869. He was the youngest child of Patrick HAVLIN and Margaret EWINGS, both of whom were from Co Tyrone in Ireland. Robert married Emily ‘Emma’ Jane Pearce in Victoria, Australia, in 1894, and their first child, a daughter, Margaret Annie, born the same year, died in Eaglehawk, Victoria, in 1894. Two more children were born to them in Victoria. It was in Boulder, WA, in 1904 that their fourth child, Eileen May, was born.
Robert Andrew HAVLIN – Image Ancestry.com
Children:
Margaret Annie Havlin (1894) died in Eaglehawk, VIC, aged 2 months in 1894.
Robert Maurice Patrick Havlin (1896)
Cyril Nicholas Havlin (1901) died aged 4 years in Boulder in 1905.
Eileen May Havlin (1904) (First child born in WA)
Victor Pearce Havlin (1907)
John A Havlin (1908)
Royal Henry Havlin (1909)
Phyllis Jean Havlin (1914)
Doris Havlin (1918)
Grave Marker of Robert Havlin – Boulder Cemetery -also buried here is his 2-month-old son Victor, who died in 1907 and his son Cyril, age 4 years, who died in 1905- Image Find a Grave
Kalgoorlie Miner 20 August 1925, page 2
OBITUARY – THE LATE MR. R. HAVLIN.
The many friends of Mr. Robert Havlin, of 154 Hopkins Street, Boulder, will regret his death, which took place at his home on Friday last, after a long and lingering illness, from miners’ complaint. The late Mr. Havlin was born in Bendigo 53 years ago, where his father, one of the early pioneers, kept the well-known Belfast Arms Hotel. He came West some 26 years ago and for several years was employed as a miner on the Golden Mile for the Lake View and Star Company, where he was held in the highest esteem by his workmates.
He was compelled to give up work some ten years ago owing to the dreaded complaint, and has since been a patient sufferer. He finally took to his bed some two months ago, but despite the unremitting attention of his wife and family, the end came on Friday last. In his youth, the late Mr. Havlin was a prominent footballer in Bendigo and a keen sportsman. He also took a keen interest in the goldfields in the Eight Hours procession and for several years exhibited a model mine in full working order, which was greatly admired. During the war, both he and his wife worked very hard for patriotic causes.
The deceased leaves a widow, four sons and four daughters to mourn their loss, for whom the deepest sympathy is felt. The funeral took place from his home on Saturday last and was largely attended. Pastor V. C. Bell held service in the home before the funeral and also officiated at the graveside, and after the funeral service delivered an impressive address. The chief mourners were Mrs. E. Havlin (widow), Eileen (daughter), Robert, Jack, and Royal (sons), Mrs. T. Simpson (sister), Mr. and Mrs. D. Shadforth (brother-in-law and sister-in-law), and Miss Shadforth (niece). The pallbearers were Messrs. Sadlier, Winzar, Gent, Barbour, Dixon and Deering. There also marched many members of the I.O.O.F. Lodge. Numerous letters, telegrams, cards and personal expressions of sympathy and floral tributes were received by the bereaved family. Messrs. I. W. Goss and Co. carried out the funeral arrangements.
Emily May HAVLIN, nee Pearce – Image Ancestry.com
Robert’s wife, Emily, never remarried and survived her husband by 36 years. She died in Perth in 1961, aged 87 years and is buried in the Karrakatta Cemetery.
Moya Sharp
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