John Gollan (abt. 1858 - abt. 1900)

Born about 14 Oct 1858 in Manning River, New South Wales, Australia

Ancestors

Husband of Isabella (Stephens) Gollan — married 30 Jun 1880 in Manning River, New South Wales, Australia

Descendants

Died about 13 Dec 1900 at about age 42 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

John Gollan was born about October 14, 1858 in Manning River NSW, Australia, son of John Gollan (1814–1907) and Margaret McCulloch (~1815–1890).^[1]

John (21) married Isabella Stephens (21) (born about 1858) on June 30, 1880 in Manning River NSW. ^[2]

Their children were:

• Hector Gollan (1881–1934)^[3]
• William McCulloch Gollan (1885–1968)^[4]
• Donald Woodburn Gollan (1887–1943)^[5]
• Isabella Maud Gollan (1889–1923)^[6]
• Irene Adelaide Gollan (1892–1963)^[7]

John (age 42) died on December 13, 1900 at his residence, the Jersey Hotel, Castlereagh and Park-streets, Sydney, aged 42.^[8] and was buried in Waverley, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.^[9]

Obituary.^[10] MR. JOHN GOLLAN, Junr. Irrespective of age, rank and station, or season of the year, we are constantly reminded of the brittleness of the thread of life. It is now our painful duty to record the death, on Wednesday night last, at 1 o'clock, at his residence, the Jersey Hotel, Castlereagh and Park-streets, Sydney, of Mr. John Gollan, youngest son of Mr. John Gollan, senr., of Tinonee, at the age or 42 years, his birthday being on the 14th October last, and his birth-place having been Purfleet. Mr. Gollan had been ailing, off and on, for about a couple of years, but he had been able to get about up to a couple of days before his death, which resulted from a severe attack of influenza. He was married to Miss Isabella Stephens, eldest daughter of Mr. John Stephens, of Taree Estate, who survives him, with a family of five— the eldest son being about 18 years of age.
The deceased gentleman was brother, to Captain H. Gollan, J.P., of Tinonee ; Mr. James Gollan, of Swan Bay, Richmond River ; Mr. Thos. Gollan, of Sydney ; Mrs. W. J. Ellis, of Tinonee ; Mrs. John Allan, of Wingham; and Mrs. Donald McPhee, of the Richmond River.
After leaving school— Mr. Richard Churchhill being his last teacher, at Tinonee— Mr. Gollan took to a seafaring life, and passed the Marine Board as a master mariner for the coast, and traded on the north coast for some years as captain of Mr. Thomas Gollan's schooner Isabella Gollan. He was about the first person to convey sugar machinery to Rewa River, Suva, Fiji, in that vessel. After spending some years at sea, the schooner was sold, and he then took his father's estate near Tinonee, which he worked as a farmer for two or three years, during which time he entered into the matrimonial state. He subsequently bought a farm on Wilson's Creek, Bexhill, near Lismore, where he remained some six or seven years, when he purchased the Imperial Hotel at Lismore. He kept that hostelry for a few years, and then took a trip to Europe for the benefit of his health. On returning to the colony he went to Sydney to live, and became the landlord of the Jersey Hotel.
Mr; Gollan was known as a genial, warm-hearted man, and his death in the prime of life will be deeply regretted by all who knew him.
The remains were interred oh Friday morning in the Waverley Cemetery.

Sources

1. ↑ NSW BDM - GOLLAN JOHN - 11410/1858 - JOHN - MARGARET - MANNING RIVER
2. ↑ NSW BDM Marriages Search Results

   Registration Number: 3897/1880

   Groom's Family Name: GOLLAN

   Groom's Given Name(s): JOHN

   Bride's Family Name(s): STEPHENS

   Bride's Given Name(s): ISABELLA

   District: MANNING RIVER

3. ↑ GOLLAN HECTOR 17584/1881 JOHN ISABELLA WINGHAM
4. ↑ GOLLAN WILLIAM MCC 32139/1885 JOHN ISABELLA LISMORE
5. ↑ GOLLAN DONALD W 34233/1887 JOHN ISABELLA LISMORE
6. ↑ GOLLAN ISABELLA M 33833/1889 JOHN ISABELLA LISMORE
7. ↑ GOLLAN IRENE A 19734/1892 JOHN ISABELLA LISMORE
8. ↑ NSW BDM Deaths Search Results

   Name: GOLLAN JOHN

   Registration Number: 11453/1900

   Father's Given Name(s): JOHN

   Mother's Given Name(s): MARGARET

   District: SYDNEY

9. ↑ Burial: "Sydney, Australia, Cemetery Headstone Transcriptions, 1837-2003"
   Sydney Metropolitan Cemetery Records. Society of Australian Genealogists, Sydney, Australia
   Ancestry au Record 61153 #40205 (accessed 27 April 2023)
   John Gollan burial (died on 13 Dec 1900 at age 42) in Waverley, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
10. ↑ The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales (Taree, NSW : 1898 - 1954), Wed 19 Dec 1900, Page 2 Obituary

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/218690531/john-gollan: accessed 27 April 2023), memorial page for John Gollan (1858–10 Mar 1900), Find a Grave Memorial ID 218690531, citing Waverley Cemetery, Bronte, Waverley Council, New South Wales, Australia; Maintained by ! woowoo (contributor 49949980).