John Daniel Nix (1859 - 1918)

Born 1859 in Raymond Terrace, New South Wales, Australia

Ancestors

Husband of Laura Emily Ward — married 1885 in Paddington New South Wales Australia.

Descendants

Died 8 Sep 1918 at about age 59 in Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

John Daniel Nix is born on November 11, 1859, in Raymond Terrace, New South Wales, Australia, the son of Thomas Nix (1820-1909) and Elizabeth Curtis (1837-1872) [1][2][3]. His father, Thomas, had arrived in Australia from England in 1853. His mother, Elizabeth, was born in 1837 in Essex, England.

Raymond Terrace is about 25 kilometres to the northwest of Newcastle. Sometime in the 1860s, the family moves to a farm in Mill Creek which is just north of Stroud. Stroud is 75 kilometres by road north of Newcastle. This is where John Daniel grows up.

On April 22, 1885, John marries Laura Emily Ward (1858-1911) in Paddington [1][2][4]. Paddington is about 160 kilometres to the south of Newcastle (it is now a suburb of Sydney).

John and Laura have six children:

• John Nix 1886-1886

• Ashely Edwin Nix 1887-1955 + (1914) Ruth Elizabeth Leah Palmer 1885-1969

• Norman Onslow Nix 1892-1972 + (1915) Alice Sarah Burns 1895-1956

• Herbert B. Nix 1896-1896

• Louise Isabel Nix 1899-1960 + (1935) Robert James Brown 1900-1972

• William Henry Nix 1902-1942

All the children are born in the Sydney area.

Laura dies on November 6, 1911, and John dies on September 8, 1918, in Chatswood [1][5]. Chatswood is a suburb of Sydney. New South Wales [1][5]. John and Laura are buried together in Gore Hill Cemetery in St. Leonards, a suburb of Sydney [6].

Sources

[1] Stuart Gregory at http://stuart.scss.dyndns.info/FamilyTree/ shows John Daniel Nix born abt 1859 in Raymond Terrance, New South Wales, Australia. He married Laura Emily Ward in abt 1885 in Paddington, NSW. He died in September 1918 in Chatswood, NSW. He was buried on Sept 9, 1918 in St Leonards, NSW in row E plot 117a in the Anglican section. He shows 6 children: (1) John (1886-1886), (2) Ashley Edwin (1887-1955), (3) Norman Onslow (1892-1972), (4) William Henry (1892-1942), (5) Herbert B. 1896-1896; & (6) Louie I. 1899-?.

[2] Helene Shepherd’s family tree: “John Daniel was born on 11 Nov 1859. He died on 08 Sep 1918 in Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia (Victoria Avenue). He married Laura Emily WARD on 22 Apr 1885 in Paddington, New South Wales, Australia. She died about 06 Nov 1911.” This source shows 6 children: (1) John 1886-1886; (2) Ashely Edwin 1887-1955 + (1914) Ruth E.L. Palmer (3) Norman Onslow 1892-1972 + (1915) Alice S. Burns; (4) Herbert B. (1896-1896), (5) Louie I. (1899-?) & (6) William Henry 1902-1942 + (1915) Vera M. Howard

[3] https://familyhistory.bdm.nsw.gov.au/ John D. Nix is born in 1859 in Raymond Terrace. His parents were Thomas and Elizabeth. Registration #12059/1959

[4] ] https://familyhistory.bdm.nsw.gov.au/ John D. Nix marries Laura E. Ward in 1885 in Paddington. Registration #3006/1885.

[5] https://familyhistory.bdm.nsw.gov.au/ John D. Nix dies in Chatswood in 1918. Registration #10381/1918.

[6] Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 03 May 2018), memorial page for John Daniel Nix (1861–8 Sep 1918), Find A Grave Memorial no. 152019278, citing Gore Hill Cemetery, St Leonards, North Sydney Council, New South Wales, Australia ; Maintained by jlong (contributor 48741020) .

Acknowledgements

This biography was written by Fred Nix, originally in 2018, with updates since. John Nix from Newcastle helped with the research. Fred and John Daniel are first cousins, three times removed. John Nix is the great grand nephew of John Daniel.