Joseph
Cookworthy
MLA
Born in Plymouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Ancestors 
Son of Joseph Collier Cookworthy MD
and [mother unknown]
Brother of
Mary Frances (Cookworthy) Webster
Husband of
Frances Glasford Cookworthy
— married
10 Sep 1873 in Busselton, Western Australia, Australia
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 81
in Busselton, Western Australia, Australia
Profile last modified
| Created 20 Sep 2022
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Biography
His parents were Joseph Collier Cookworthy and Jane Urquhart.
He was an army officer with the 14th Dragoons and a civil servant in India.
On 28/7/1862 he sailed to Melbourne on the Laughing Water.
He became a grazier at Vasse near Busselton and his property was known as Sandilands. He employed 20 ticket of leave men between 1866 and 1885.
He arrived on board ths Ship "Chalgrove" on 6 June 1872 Fremantle Western Australia. A newspaper article listed Mr and Mrs Cook and family (2) and Joseph and Sarah Cook as passengers. Could this be him?
MARRIAGE NOTICE COOKWORTHY—COOKWORTHY. —Sept 10th, 1873. at St. Mary's. Busselton, by the Rev. H. W. Brown, Joseph, youngest son of the late Joseph Collier Cookworthy, Esq., M.D. of Plymouth, to Frances G. Cookworthy, of Sandilands, step-daughter of John G. Bussell, Esq., J.P., of Cattle Chosen. The Vasse.
He and his wife were first cousins.
In 1875 he was made a J.P. and member of the Board of Education.
On 29/4/1885 he went to London on thne Natal and Cyclops and returned 21/12/1886 on tne Elderslie.
After the state was granted responsible government in 1890 he was elected the local member for the seat of Sussex in the Legislative Assembley. He was defeated in 1897.
He is buried in St Mary's Anglican Church Cemetery.
Sources
- Shipping Report. The Herald 8/6/1872. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/111526025?searchTerm=chalgrove
- West Australia BDM records. Marriage reg 3635/1873, Death reg 6/1909.
- Marriage Notice. The Inquirer and Commercial News 24/9/1873. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/65932731?searchTerm=cookworthy
- Obituary. Western Mail 27/2/1909. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/37579143?searchTerm=cookworthy
- Find a Grave. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/216080845/joseph-cookworthy
- The Bicentennial Dictionary of Western Australians. https://www.friendsofbattyelibrary.org.au/_files/ugd/f5623a_a9217baf76694761934e42819a812ab3.pdf?C
- Biography. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Cookworthy
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