Joseph Taylor Monger MLC (1834 - 1891)

Born 16 Aug 1834 in York, Western Australia, Australia

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Jane (Craig) Monger — married 4 Mar 1862 in York, Western Australia, Australia

Descendants

Died 13 Apr 1891 at age 56 in York, Western Australia, Australia

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Biography

Joseph was born in 1834. He was christened on 15 July 1838. ^[1]

By July 1857 he had started business as an Auctioneer and General Agent in the York, Northam, Toodyay Districts.

In May 1858 he was trading as a General Storekeeper in York taking over the premises previously occupied by Mrs Hamer. He had also leased the New Steam Mill from his father and was carrying on the business of Miller.

He married Mary Jane Craig on 4 March 1862.^[2]

They had five children.

Mary Henrietta (Monger) Hardwick (abt.1865-1933)

Joseph Taylor Monger (abt.1867-1927)

Ernest Harry Monger (abt.1869-abt.1869)

Ethel Zoe Monger (abt.1876-abt.1876)

Edith Muriel Gwendoline Monger (abt.1878-abt.1930)

He and his brother J. H. "Henry" Monger were business rivals in York. By 1860 he was auctioneer & agent at York conducting Bland Town Stores against competing against his father and elder brother. Joseph built a Hotel and Steam Mill at the S.E. end of Newcastle (Toodyay) in the 1860s. ^[3] The hotel was licensed in 1863 as the Newcastle Hotel. He sold the premises to his cousin C S Monger in 1873.

He moved to York and appears to have carried on business as an agent / merchant dealing in property and grain.

In 1878 he was Chairman of the York Roads Board and also Chairman of York Municipal Council. In 1870 he ran for the position of M.L.C. Toodyay. He held the position of M.L.C. for York from 1875 to 1880 having taken over the position from his brother J.H. in a By Election.

DEATH NOTICE. DEATH OF MR. J. T. MONGER AT YORK. [BY TELEGRAPH.] (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) YORK, April 14. Mr. Joseph Taylor Monger, one of the best known settlers in the Eastern districts, died at his residence at eleven o'clock last night, from heart disease. The deceased gentleman, who, at the time of his death, was fifty-seven years of age, came to York when he was very young. All his life he was identified with all public movements for the good of the community,and for many years ocoupied the position of Chairman of the Roads Board. He had also been Chairman of the York Municipal Council. He was buried at five o'clock this afternoon with Masonic honours, the Masonic rites being performed by Bro. R. Hardman. The funeral was largely attended, and the pall-bearers were Mr. G. Meares, J.P., Mr. F. Stokes, Mr. C. Edwards, J.P., and Mr. B. G. Burges, J.P. The deceased gentleman was married to a daughter of the late Mr. S. Craig, who with a son and two daughters survive him.

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Bicentennial Dictionary of Western Australians. MONGER, Joseph Taylor, b . 8.1834 (WA), d . 13.4.1891 (York), son of John Henry & Mary. m. 4 . 3 . 1862 (York) Mary Jane CRAIG b. 1843, eldest dtr of Samuel Craig . Chd. Mary Henrietta b. 1865 , Joseph Taylor b. 1867, Ernest Harry b . 1869 d . 1869. Ethel Zoe b . 1876 (York) , Edith Muriel Gwendoline b. 1878. By 1860 was auctioneer & agent at York conducting Bland Town Stores competing against father & brother. By 1861-70 was miller & hotel proprietor at Toodyay. Then at York competing against brother John Henry : MLC York 1875- 1880 & Chairman of York Municipal Council. Employed 100 T I L men on occasions 1864-1883 mostly labourers . cooks & engine drivers at Toodyay & York. Congreg.

Sources

1. ↑ Name Joseph Taylor Monger Sex Male Christening Date 15 Jul 1838 Christening Place York, Western Australia, Australia Birth Date 16 Aug 1834 Birthplace York, Western Australia, Australia Father's Name John Henry Monger Father's Sex Male Mother's Name Mary Mother's Sex Female"Australia Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTD4-Q21 : 28 January 2020), Joseph Taylor Monger, 1838
2. ↑ Name Joseph Taylor Monger Sex Male Marital Status Unknown Father's Name John H. Monger Father's Sex Male Spouse's Name Mary Jane Craig Spouse's Sex Female Spouse's Marital Status Unknown Spouse's Father's Name Sam. Craig Spouse's Father's Sex Male Marriage Date 4 Mar 1862 Marriage Place York, Western Australia, Australia Reference Item 2. "Australia Marriages, 1810-1980", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTZ6-2HF : 28 January 2020), Joseph Taylor Monger, 1862.
3. ↑ https://www.friendsofbattyelibrary.org.au/bicentennial-dictionary
4. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/51217035/joseph-taylor-monger : accessed 04 October 2021), memorial page for Joseph Taylor Monger (16 Aug 1834–13 Apr 1891), Find a Grave Memorial ID 51217035, citing York Cemetery, York, York Shire, Western Australia, Australia ; Maintained by Aussiegenie (contributor 47224840) .

• Biography Parliament of Western Australia. https://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/parliament/library/MPHistoricalData.nsf/(Lookup)/864CFC2C6582FA7648257E5E0028861F?OpenDocument
• Death Notice The West Australian 15/4/1891. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3141956?searchTerm=monger