John Chesher (1838 - abt. 1884)

Born 12 Apr 1838 in Richmond, New South Wales, Australia

Ancestors

Husband of Christiana (Vane) Chesher — married 24 Sep 1858 in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia

Descendants

Died about 13 Nov 1884 at about age 46 in Hobbys Yards, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

John Chesher was born in 1838 and died at the age of 46 in 1884. In 1858 he married Christiana Vane, with whom he had thirteen children, four of whom did not survive to adulthood.

John was a farmer. He was also the licensee of a hotel at Teasdale in the 1860s, and later at Trunkey. There are indications that he was plagued with financial problems.

Sources

• New South Wales Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Number 2028 Vol 162A, Baptism of John Chesher. Copy held by Bert Collier.
• Australia Cemetery Index, Ancestry.com, Cowra Family History Group Inc; Reference: Hovell's Creek.
• NSW BDM Marriages

Registration Number Groom's Family Name Groom's Given Name(s) Bride's Family Name(s) Bride's Given Name(s)District
1320/1858 CHESHER JOHN VANE CHRISTIANA BATHURST

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Dianne Staples for creating WikiTree profile Cheshire-56 through the import of Hewitt Rawlinson Wilkinson Beacroft .ged on May 12, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Dianne and others.

Notes

The New South Wales BDM index gives John's date of death as 30 June 1880, but the death was registered in 1884 and the cemetery records show the date of death as 13 Nov 1884, so the date in the BDM index is probably wrong.