Henry Charles Glanville

Alternate Names

     He was also known as Charles Henry Glanville. He was also known as Nery Chak Glanville a transcription error in the 1861 census.

Birth, Marriage and Death information

     Henry Charles Glanville was born in February 1861 at London Brompton, MDX, ENG; registered Kensington q2 1861.
     He was baptized on 12 April 1861 at St Mary the Bolton's church, West Brompton, Kensington, MDX, ENG.
     He married Cecilia Deborah Beeston on 31 October 1900 at Adelaide, SA, AUS, (when age calculated as 39 years and 8 months) marrying as Henry Charles Glanville and Cecilia Deborah Stafford. fathers named Francis Glanville, John Beeston.
     He married Margaret Elizabeth Helle between 1935 and 1938 at AUS.
     He died in 1950 at Fremantle, WA, AUS; with notification in The West Australian 9 Nov 1950:-
GLANVILLE: The Friends of the late Mr. Henry Charles Glanville, of 151 Canning-highway, East Fremantle, formerly Pharmaceutical Chemist, of Fremantle, are respectively informed that his remains will be interred in the Church of England portion of the Karrakatta Cemetery THIS (Thursday) AFTERNOON at 2.30 o'clock. The Funeral will leave our Service Chapel, 85 Market-street, Fremantle, at 2 p.m. ARTHUR E. DAVIES AND CO. Tel. L2225, F21777 and B9400

and
GLANVILLE: On November 8, 1950, at his residence, 151 Canning-highway, East Fremantle, Henry Charles, dearly beloved husband of Margaret Elizabeth Glanville; aged 92 years.

Other information

     Henry Charles Glanville immigrated before 1897 to AUS.
     On 12 May 1897 was the date of registration into the pharmaceutical register, according to the Western Australian Gazette 13 Jan 1950, with an indication of a qualfication gained in Great Britain.
     Henry was married 2 times.
     On 29 January 1938 The Western Australian (Perth) recorded:
ALLEGED BURGLARY.
Young Man Sent for Trial.
Fingerprint evidence played a prominent part in a case in the Fremantle Police Court yesterday, when Garnett Vincent Willis (23), labourer, was committed for trial on a charge of breaking and entering by Mr. H. J. Craig, S.M., and Mrs. B. Laidlaw, J.P. Willis was charged with having broken into the shop of Henry Charles Glanville, 40A Market-street, Fremantle, and stolen two cameras, other articles and £1 in cash, of a total value about £4/5/. Detective-Sergeant Cowie prosecuted.
Henry Charles Glanville said that he left his premises in Market-street secure at 6.30 pm. on January 11. He went to the shop at 8 o'clock the next morning at the request of the police, and found that the back door had been broken open and the lock forced. A panel in an inner door had been broken, and an arm could have been put through the hole and the door unlocked from the inside. Silver and coppers amounting to £1 were missing from the shop, in addition to two or three cameras and several other articles, including two toothbrushes. A toothbrush produced was similar to the brand sold by him.
Constable Mann, who was on duty in Market-street at 3.50 am. on January 12, described how, on investigating an open doorway, he discovered that a robbery had been committed. About 2 am. on the same day witness had seen four men, three of whom he knew, at the intersection of High and Market streets. Detective-Sergeant Penrose, officer in charge of the fingerprints section of the Criminal Investigation Branch, said that on January 12, on a glass shelf in Glanville's shop, he found the impression of four fingers of a right hand. Two prints were blurred but the others were good and later he found that they tallied with prints taken from the accused. Detective Johnston said that on January 20, in company with Detective Lamb, he interviewed accused and told him that he was suspected of having broken into Glanville's shop, and of having stolen cameras and other property from it. Accused said, "No, not me. I do not know anything about it." He added that he had not been in the shop for more than 18 months. Witness told accused. that his fingerprints had been found on a glass shelf in the case from which the cameras had been taken. Accused said, "No. Not my fingerprints. There must be some mistake." After having been warned, accused made a statement in which he said he was in Fremantle until about 2 a.m. on January 12, after which he returned to his mother's place at East Fremantle, arriving there about 2.45 am. After he had heard the statement, witness arrested accused.
With Detective Lamb, witness continued, he made further inquiries and about 6 pm. on January 20 accused was again interviewed at the Fremantle lock up. Accused admitted having a room at the Town Hall Chambers, Fremantle, and was taken to the room by the detectives. In the room were certain articles which accused claimed as his property. When questioned regarding a toothbrush, he said that he had bought it in a shop at Perth. When. witness asked what shop, accused replied, "All right. I stole it from Glanville's." After being warned again, accused made a statement (produced), in which he denied having taken any cameras or films from the shop, but admitted having broken into the shop and taken the other property.
Detective Lamb corroborated the evidence given by Detective Johnston.
     In 1946 the family were no longer the owners of Glanvilles Building, 52A and 52B Riverside Road, East Fremantle (occupied since 1902.)