John Garner (abt. 1833 - 1901)

Born about 1833 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Crotty) Garner — married 18 Jun 1867 in Ipswich, Queensland, Australia

Descendants

Died 14 Feb 1901 at about age 68 in Ipswich, Queensland, Australia

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Lawrence Boyle [send private message]

Biography

John Garner was born in about 1833, at Birmingham,in Warwickshire, England, and was the son of Thomas Garner, a Master Tailor, and his wife Martha Fenney, a seamstress.

1841 Census of England

In 1841, The Garner family, comprising Thomas and Martha, and four children, lived at Alcester Street Aston. Martha's mother, Mrs Martha Fenney, and Martha's sister, Mary Fenney, also lived with the family. ^[1]

• Thomas Garner, 35 years, Tailor, Born Warwickshire
• Martha Garner, 35 years, born Warwickshire
• Mary Garner 10 years, not born county
• John Garner, 8 years, born Warwickshire
• William Garner, 5 years, not born county
• Emma Garner, 3 years, born Warwickshire
• Eliza Garner, 1 year, born Warwickshire
• Martha Fenney 68 years, Independent, not born County
• Mary Fenney 25 years, Shop woman, born Warwickshire

Immigration

John Garner was 24, and his sister, Eliza, was 17 years old, when they departed Liverpool on the vessel "Monica", on 23rd May 1857, bound for Sydney, Australia. On the shipping record, their parent's names were recorded as Thomas and Martha Garner, living in Birmingham. It was recorded that they had a relative in the colony, their uncle, George Garner, of Crown Street, Woolloomooloo, Sydney. The journey took 87 days, and they arrived at Port Jackson on 18 August 1857. ^[2] After arrival, a notice in the Sydney Morning Herald Newspaper had the names of people who'd paid a deposit for the passage of the immigrants. Mrs Maria Garner, had paid the deposit for the passage of John Garner, and his sister, Eliza. It's assumed that Maria Garner was the wife of George Garner, of Woolloomooloo. Relatives and friends were advised to collect the immigrants, "on Saturday next, the 22nd instant, at 12 o'clock, noon." ^[3]

Employment

John worked as a butcher for the Chapman family, whose butcher shop and hotel business was located in Lower George Street, Sydney. In 1860, John's sister Eliza Garner married James Chapman, a butcher, at the Scot's Presbyterian Church in Sydney. ^[4] Shortly after this, John Garner travelled to Ipswich in Queensland, and took up work as a butcher for Walter Grieve, a Scottish pastoralist, who opened the first butcher shop at Ipswich. By 1867, John's employer was insolvent, and John Garner was owed £22. ^[5]Some time after this, John Garner opened his own butcher shop at North Ipswich, and it became one of the first shops with gas lighting. ^[6]

Marriage and Family

In 1867, John Garner married Mary Crotty at St Stephen's Presbyterian Church at Ipswich, in Queensland. ^[7]

They raised a large family of eleven children at Ipswich, but not all survived to adult hood. Three children died from illnesses in 1875. All of the children were baptised at St Paul's Anglican Church, in Ipswich.

Death

In his last few years, John Garner was a blind pensioner. He died in Ipswich on 14 February 1901, and was buried at Ipswich General Cemetery in Queensland. ^{[8] [9]}

Research Notes

• Error on the Queensland Death Index. Death registration: 1901/C/2124, John Garner's mother's name incorrectly recorded as Mary Martha Finney. Correct mother's name was Martha Fenney. On 1841 England census, John's mother was Martha Garner. Family members named Fenney lived with Garner family in 1841.
• Error on the Queensland Death Index. Death registration: 1901/C/2124, Date of birth given on death index: 09/01/1840. The Year of birth is incorrect. John Garner's year of birth was 1833 not 1840.
• Two records give birth year as 1833. John Garner was on the 1841 England Census aged 8 years, so born 1833. John Garner was on 1857 shipping record of the "Monica", aged 24 years in 1857, so born 1833. The names of his parents were recorded on shipping record as Thomas and Martha Garner of Birmingham.
• John Garner, born 1833, likely "shed several years" when he married in 1867. His wife was born about 1846, so there was a 13 year age difference.
• DNA Matches on Ancestry between direct descendants of John Garner born 1833, Eliza Garner born 1839

Sources

1. ↑ Ancestry.com. 1841 England Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2010. Class: HO107; Piece: 1148; Book: 5; Civil Parish: Aston; County: Warwickshire; Enumeration District: 14; Folio: 33; Page: 16; Line: 25; GSU roll: 464183, Alcester Street, Aston, Thomas Garner and family, Garner indexed as "GAMER", a transcription error.
2. ↑ Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, Assisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1828-1896 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007. State Records Authority of New South Wales; Kingswood New South Wales, Australia; Persons on bounty ships (Agent's Immigrant Lists); Series: 5316; Reel: 2138. The Monica Arrival 18 Aug 1857, John Garner, 24, Eliza Garner 17, Parents: Thomas and Martha Garner, living, Birmingham.
3. ↑ National Library of Australia, Archived Australian Newspapers, Trove, [database on-line]. Sydney Morning Herald, Fri 21 Aug 1857, Immigrants per Monica. Notice: Name of Immigrant, Name of Depositor.
4. ↑ New South Wales Marriage Reference 603/1860 Marriage Date: 21 Aug 1860, James E Chapman and Eliza Garner.
5. ↑ National Library of Australian, Archived Australian Newspapers, Trove, [database on-line]. The Queensland Times, Ipswich, Wed 13th February 1867.
6. ↑ The Queensland Times Newspaper, Ipswich, 22 June 1928, Obituary Mrs Mary Garner.
7. ↑ Queensland Marriage Registration: 1867/C/251, Marriage date: 18/06/1867, John Garner and Mary Crotty.
8. ↑ Queensland Death registration: 1901/C/2124, John Garner, Date of Death:14/02/1901, Father: Thomas Garner, Mother: Martha Fenney.
9. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/247975811/john-garner