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George Yeomans (1801 - 1853)

George Yeomans
Born in Wallace, New South Wales, Australiamap
Husband of — married 1823 [location unknown]
Husband of — married 1827 [location unknown]
Died at age 52 in Maitland, New South Wales, Australiamap
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Biography

Articles in Newspapers
1853 - Death Notices
October 13th, at West Maitland, of which town he had been a resident during the last twenty-five years, Mr. George Yeomans, aged 52 years, highly respected and sincerely regretted by all who knew him. [1]

At his residence, West Maitland, on Thursday the 13th October, after a lingering illness, Mr George Yeomans, aged 52 years ; deeply and deservedly regretted by his family, and by his many friends. Mr Yeomans had been a resi-dent of Maitland for no less than 27 years. [2]

DEATH OF MR. GEORGE YEOMANS. - Mr. George Yeomans died at his residence, West Maitland, on Thursday morning last, after a lingering illness. Mr. Yeomans was one of our oldest residents, and from the active part he had always taken in local affairs had become identified as it were with the town and district. Few have been taken from amongst us for whose loss there has been more sincere and general regret. Kindly in disposition ; upright and manly in character ; ever equally ready to oblige a friend, and to assist in any public or benevolent work ; he had earned for himself the attachment and respect of the many to whom he was known. [3]

George Yeomans was one of several sons of John Yeomans and Mary (Cassidy) Yeomans.

George became a settler at Patrick's Plains and received a town allotment in Newcastle.

George first married Mary Ann Jane Fanny Lisson daughter of Thomas Lisson and Ann Bradwell in 1823. Mary was born in 1805. She died in 1839 in Wilberforce. George and Mary had the following children:

In 1826 he leased the Angel Inn from the infamous Molly Morgan [4] at Wallis Plains.

In 1827, at age 26, he married his second wife, fifteen year old Elizabeth (Singleton) Yeomans, the daughter of Benjamin Singleton[5] and Mary Lane Sharling in 1827. Elizabeth was born in 1812 in Wilberforce. She died in 1894 in Maitland.

In 1828, George Yeomans opened The Woolpack Inn [6] and the license transferred to Richard Yeomans in 1831

In 1832 he "owned" a station Yarramanbah[7]on the Liverpool Plains in partnership with Otto Baldwin, William Osborn, John Upton and his brother Richard Yeomans.

George Yeomans held the license for the Sportsmans' Arms in West Maitland in 1834, 1835 and 1836.

In 1840 George became a Provisional Director of the Maitland Steam Navigation Co.

in 1843 was granted a publican's license for the 'Northumberland Hotel'[8]which had been built by Hamilton C. Semphill in 1840 at West Maitland.
Despite financial difficulties in the 1840's[9], the Northumberland was often the scene of balls, suppers, dinners and meetings. In October of 1843 George Yeomans hosted a Bachelors' Ball at the Northumberland Hotel. A number of bachelors of Maitland had invited their friends to the occasion. There were about 100 people present for the select ball and supper and dancing continued until six o'clock on Friday morning. The rooms had been elegantly arranged with evergreens and flowers and a sumptuous supper was laid out by Mr. Cohen of the Rose Inn.
In 1847 the Governor Sir Charles Fitzroy on his visit to the Hunter stayed at the Northumberland Hotel on arrival in Maitland. His planned journey to Paterson was cancelled due to the flooded river so luncheon was provided for him at the Northumberland the following day also.

In 1847 a meeting was held in the Northumberland [10] of those interested in forming 'an association of vine growers, for the purpose of communication and mutual advantage'. The Association was established and a code of laws framed by the ten gentlemen attending the meeting. Among those present at this meeting were William Kelman, James King, A. Windeyer, Andrew Lang, Edwin Hickey, William Dun, J. Phillips, Mr. Carmichael, and Mr. Burnett.

After George's death, his son, Roland Yeomans, took over as licensee in 1854.

Burial

[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/80627885/george-yeomans (FaG) Campbells Hill Cemetery, Maitland, New South Wales, Australia]
Together with wife Elizabeth

Sources

  1. "Family Notices" The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) 15 October 1853
  2. "Family Notices" The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843 - 1893) 15 October 1853
  3. "COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS." The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843 - 1893) 15 October 1853
  4. http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/morgan-molly-2480, Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 2, (MUP), 1967, Morgan, Molly (1762–1835) by Elizabeth Guilford
  5. https://www.jenwilletts.com/benjamin_singleton.htm, Free Settler or Felon, Benjamin Singleton, Benjamin Singleton took part in three expeditions to discover a route through to the Hunter Valley. The town of Singleton is named after him.
  6. https://www.jenwilletts.com/woolpack_inn_west_maitland.htm Free Settler or Felon, The Woolpack Inn, West Maitland The Woolpack Inn was situated in High Street, West Maitland.
  7. https://www.rahs.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Book-1_Section-1-Exploration-and-Early-Squatting.pdf, ‘SQUATTING’ ON CROWN LANDS IN NEW SOUTH WALES Exploration and Early ‘Squatting’ Pages 1 and 2, twenty-three squatters were displaced by the Warrah and Peel River exchange grants of the Australian Agricultural Company. They were all well-known landholders in the settled districts, and were unauthorised occupiers of Crown lands beyond the “limits of location”.
  8. https://www.jenwilletts.com/northumberland_hotel_west_maitland.htm, Free Settler or Felon, The Northumberland Inn, West Maitland
  9. https://www.rba.gov.au/publications/rdp/2001/2001-07/1840s-depression.html The 1840s Depression, Bryan Fitz-Gibbon and Marianne Gizycki October 2001
  10. https://australianfoodtimeline.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/The-Beginnings-of-the-Wine-Industry-in-the-Hunter-Valley-edit-2.pdf THE BEGINNINGS OF THE WINE INDUSTRY IN THE HUNTER VALLEY by W. P. DRISCOLL - Newcastle History Monographs No. 5, NEWCASTLE PUBLIC LIBRARY, THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEWCASTLE NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA 1969, Chapter: The Hunter River Vineyard Association, Page 52

Acknowledgements

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