Walter John Morgan (1868 - 1954)

Born 19 Oct 1868 in Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia

Ancestors

Died 25 Feb 1954 at age 85 in Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia

Biography

Walter was born in 1868. He was the son of Robert Morgan and Elizabeth Bulmer. He passed away in 1954. Walter married Alice Peters at Goulburn on 5 February 1908.

Goulburn Evening Post (NSW : 1940 - 1954), Tuesday 9 March 1954. ^[1] OBITUARY MR. W. J. MORGAN The death occurred in hospital on February 24, of Walter John Morgan, after an illness of six weeks. The deceased was born at Chatsbury 85 years ago, and lived the early part of his life there. In his early twenties he went to Victoria, and for some time worked on, the goldfields of Bendigo and Castlemaine. After his marriage in 1908 to Miss Alice Peters, (who died in 1934) Mr. Morgan purchased a property at Bowning. He lived here till 1950, when the management of his property proved too exacting. After 42 years at Bowning he retired and lived with various friends in the Goulburn district until his death. Mr. Morgan is survived by his three children, Walter (Wellington), John (Bowning) and Doris (Goulburn). Burial took place at the Bowning cemetery, the service at the graveside being conducted by the Rev. H. P. Reynolds, of Yass.

Sources

1. ↑ https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/103692986

• https://familyhistory.bdm.nsw.gov.au/lifelink/familyhistory/search
• NSW BDM BC 9538/1868, MC 1572/1908, DC 6248/1954.
• Bowning Cemetery - Headstone image - https://www.austcemindex.com/inscription?id=15991620
• Link - https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/97ZD-D3K

Acknowledgements

• Monaro Pioneers