Vernon, John
John Vernon, born in England in 1844, came to New South Wales and took a position in the Auditor-General’s Department. In Sydney in 1871 he
John Vernon, born in England in 1844, came to New South Wales and took a position in the Auditor-General’s Department. In Sydney in 1871 he
Charles Churchill Tucker was born in 1857, the third son of James Cawley and Elizabeth Tucker and one of a family of seven boys and
Thomas Stobo (1858-1930) was the third child of Scottish-born Captain Robert Stobo, a master mariner, and his wife Mary (née Spears). The family were living
Arthur Slingsby was a building contractor of Redfern, and periodically worked in the city with architect William Nixon on private residences.[1] In 1904 the Slingsby
Thomas Henry Brown Skellett led an interesting and unusual life before he settled in Beecroft. He was born in Polesworth, England, in 1855, the son
John (1844-1923) and Edward Henry (1859-1927) were sons of Joseph Seale (1819-1888) who with other family members had emigrated from Ireland in 1836. Joseph had
Robert Alfred Quodling was born in Paddington, Sydney, in 1866, son of an Irish-born father, Robert, a surveyor, and an Australian-born mother, Susan Ann (née
Eleanor Frances Pines (born 1869) was the daughter of Edward Martin, a draftsman in the Colonial Architect’s Office. She became the fourth wife of Frederick
Arthur Ernest Pierce, born in Newtown, Sydney, in 1889, and his wife Lillian Martha (née Woodham), came to Cheltenham in 1914. They had been living
The Perdriau brothers – Henry, Walter and Ernest Among the early buyers of Crown land on the eastern side of Beecroft were the three Perdriau
Samuel James Oxley (1859-1952) [1] the son of English-born Owen Oxley who had arrived in the colony, on board the ‘Roxburgh Castle’ with his family,
William John George North was born in Sydney in 1856, the son of John Britty North and Clarissa Hack who were married in Sydney in
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