NameJohn BONNER
Birthca 1822, London
Death10 Aug 1865, Victoria
Burial11 Aug 1865, Ararat Cemetery
OccupationMariner, Carrier 1856, Ararat Storekeeper 1861, Mariner 18h & funeral notices.
Misc. Notes
John emigrated to Victoria ca 1851 •3
It is said that Jane GETHAN had emigrated with her sister from Wales when Jane was about 18, to escape a cruel step-mother.
John met her when he saw a drunken sailor accosting her and intervened. After their marriage they went to the diggings at Rhymney near Ararat where they started a store. In 1865 they lived at Sheas Flat.
When John BONNER died his brother took a ship to Australia intending to take Jane and the children back to Wales but the ship sank and he was drowned. •1
Presbyterian
Research
•1 Vera McNabb
•2 marriage cert #2266 (Gethin)
•3 Death cert,1865 aged 43, wife, children, parents and birthplace named, 14 years in Aust, parent's given as Thomas BONNER, rigger, and - BONNER née WILLIAMS.
Spouses
Birth1834, London
Death13 Jan 1924, Birdwood Ave, Ararat
Burial15 Jan 1924, Ararat Cemetery
OccupationStorekeeper At Opossum Gully
Misc. Notes
She migrated to Australia ca 1857 when 23.
Jane's great-grandson, Sid, saw her in Ararat. He remembered her as short and round, with big voluminous skirts and a little bonnet.
Research
• Marriage certs for Jane GETHIN & John BONNER in 1856 #2266 and for Jane BONNER & James GILCHRIST #599.
Death Cert 1924, aged 90, names father, husbands & children, 67 years in Australia, all in Victoria, burial, C of E service,
Marriage18 Sep 1856, St James Cathedral, Melbourne
![http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc-sa/3.0/nz/88x31.png"/></a><br/>This](http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc-sa/3.0/nz/88x31.png"/></a><br/>This){kind=link}