Biography
William Mullard was born 1851 in Stanton Lacy, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom to Phillip Mullard (c1809-1884) and Ann Banks (c1833-1876) and died 8 December 1930 West Maitland, New South Wales, Australia of unspecified causes. He married Mary Grace Maclean (1860-1899) 1883 in West Maitland, New South Wales, Australia. He married Maria Edith Cox (1884-1969) 1915 in West Maitland, New South Wales, Australia.
He arrived in Sydney in 1856 on the Lloyds with his family as an assisted immigrant.
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Charles Phillip Mullard (1883-1958) | |||
| Ivy Elizabeth Mullard (1886-1967) | |||
| James Kenneth Mullard (1890-1976) | 27 May 1890 West Maitland, New South Wales, Australia | 13 February 1976 Maitland, New South Wales, Australia | Josephine O'Neill (1893-1982) |
| Edward Maitland Mullard (1894-1974) | |||
| Bessie F Mullard (1897-1897) | |||
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Jeffrey Kitchener Mullard (1916-1916) | |||
| Basil Kitchener Mullard (1917-1984) | |||
| Frederick Allan Mullard (1919-1988) | |||
Obituary
Mr. William Mullard, of 6 Loftus street, West Maltland, one of the oldest residents of the Maitland district, died in the Maitland Hospital last evening, after several days illness.
The late Mr. Mullard had reached the ripe old age of 81 years.
He was a native of Shropshire, England, and arrived in Australia with his parents in 1856. The family settled in the Hunter River District, and he carried on a blacksmithing business in West Maitland for many years. He was held in the highest esteem.
In his early days, Mr. Mullard was a member of the old 4th Infantry Volunteers, the old Volunteer Fire Brigade, West Maitland fire brigade, and the New South Wales Lancers. He was also a member of the old water brigade when the 1893 flood occurred.
He saw active service in the Boer War, and was regarded as an excellent marksman.
Despite his age, deceased had a very retentive memory, and often spoke interestingly of early life in the Maitland district.
The late Mr. Mullard married twice and is survived by his widow and a family of fourteen. The children of the first union were Mr. Charles Mullard, Mrs. Taylor, Mr. James Mullard, and Mr. Edward Mullard, and the family of the second marriage, Mr. Thomas Mullard, Mrs. L. R. Rose, Mrs. Kennedy, Mr. Will Mullard, Miss Bessie Mullard, Mr. John Mullard, Mr. Henry Mullard, Mr. Bazil Mullard, Mr. Fred Mullard, and Miss Freda Mullard. Mr. Charles Mullard, of Stockton, is a brother of deceased.
The funeral will take place tomorrow (Wednesday) aftornoon, at 3 o'clock, moving from his late residence for St. Paul's Cemetery, thence to the Church of England Cemetery, Campbell's Hill.
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