John Allen King

Generation: 1

John Allen King was born 1908, Loch, Victoria, Australia (son of Joseph King and Margaret Annie Medwin); died 2 Mar 1985, Ferntree Gully, Victoria, Australia.

Other Events:

Occupation: Plasterer, Builder
Residence: 1936, Oakleigh, Victoria, Australia
Residence: 1942, Oakleigh, Victoria, Australia
Residence: 1949, Dandenong, Victoria, Australia
Residence: 1954, Dandenong, Victoria, Australia

Notes:

Birth:
Jno Allen King

Residence:
John Allan King

Residence:
John Allan King

Residence:
John Allen King

Residence:
John Allan King

John married Lilla Naomi Taylor 1935, Victoria, Australia. Lilla (daughter of Leonard Taylor and Ruby) was born 1911, Ivanhoe, Victoria, Australia; died 1984, Ferntree Gully, Victoria, Australia. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Married:
Jno Allan

Children:

Generation: 2

Joseph King was born 21 Oct 1867, Emu Bay, Tasmania, Australia (son of James John King and Mary Ann /Graham Gramaine); died 29 Mar 1940, New South Wales, Australia.

Other Events:

Occupation: Contractor, Contractor, Miner, Contractor
Residence: 1903, Jeetho, Victoria, Australia
Residence: 1909, Jeetho, Victoria, Australia
Residence: 1914, Outtrim, Victoria, Australia
Residence: 1914, Dalyston, Victoria, Australia
Residence: 1930, Corrimal, New South Wales, Australia
Residence: 1933, Corrimal, New South Wales, Australia
Residence: 1936, Corrimal, New South Wales, Australia
Residence: 1937, Corrimal, New South Wales, Australia

Notes:

Joseph was listed as ‘unnamed’ in the births registry. We have decided that this child is our Joseph King due to the following facts:
1) As stated on the marriage certificate, Joseph King married Margaret Medwin at Mount Hicks, “home of the bridegroom parents” in 1892 and James King and Mary King are the witnesses.
2) The date of birth of this child (recorded “by letter from James King at Table Cape”, labourer), and the calculated date of birth for Joseph (from the wedding certificate) match.
3) Through oral history (from Una Alice Abbott, his daughter-in-law), we know that his son, Alonzo Royden (Una’s husband), had an Uncle “Billy” who was a contractor working on the roads near Korumburra, which is true of this family.
4) On his marriage certificate to Martha, his parents are listed as James John King (farmer) and Mary Graham of Wynyard.

Issues with Joseph:
1) On his marriage certificate to Martha, his age is listed as 42, although from our records he is 51 and from the second birth certificate that we have received, he is 54. We presume this is because he was still married to Margaret when he married Marth (despite listing his status on the marriage certificate as “widow”).

Divorce records state that Margaret King was the petitioner, whilst Joseph King was the Respondant.

Residence:
Joseph King

Residence:
Joseph King

Residence:
Joseph King

Residence:
Joseph King

Joseph married Margaret Annie Medwin 11 May 1892, Emu Bay, Tasmania, Australia; divorced 1920, Victoria, Australia. Margaret (daughter of John Cock Medwin and Mary Healey, Healy) was born 19 Oct 1871, Horton, Tasmania, Australia; was christened 8 Dec 1871; died 1938, Prahran, Victoria, Australia. [Group Sheet]

Margaret Annie Medwin was born 19 Oct 1871, Horton, Tasmania, Australia; was christened 8 Dec 1871 (daughter of John Cock Medwin and Mary Healey, Healy); died 1938, Prahran, Victoria, Australia.

Other Events:

Occupation: Home duties, Home duties, Home duties
Residence: 1903, Jeetho, Victoria, Australia
Residence: 1909, Jeetho, Victoria, Australia
Residence: 1914, Outtrim, Victoria, Australia
Residence: 1914, Dalyston, Victoria, Australia
Residence: 1919, South Yarra, Victoria, Australia
Residence: 1924, Koo Wee Rup, Victoria, Australia
Residence: 1931, Koo Wee Rup, Victoria, Australia
Residence: 1936, Koo Wee Rup, Victoria, Australia
Residence: 1937, Koo Wee Rup, Victoria, Australia

Notes:

Divorce records state that Margaret King was the petitioner, whilst Joseph King was the Respondant.

Birth:
Margaret Medwin

Residence:
Margaret King

Residence:
Margaret King

Residence:
Margaret King

Residence:
Margaret King

Residence:
Margaret King

Residence:
Margaret Lee

Residence:
Margaret Lee

Residence:
Margaret Lee

Residence:
Margaret Lee

Died:
Margt Lee

Children:

Alonzo Royden King was born 1895, Loch, Victoria, Australia; died 1932, Prahran, Victoria, Australia.
Joseph Miles King was born 1898, Loch, Victoria, Australia; died 1961, St Kilda, Victoria, Australia.
Lila May King was born 1904, Loch, Victoria, Australia; died 11 Sep 1922, Warragul, Victoria, Australia; was buried Pakenham Cemetry, Victoria, Australia.
1. John Allen King was born 1908, Loch, Victoria, Australia; died 2 Mar 1985, Ferntree Gully, Victoria, Australia.

Generation: 3

James John King was born Abt 1825, Cheltenham, England, United Kingdom; died 31 Mar 1899, Wynyard, Tasmania, Australia.

Other Events:

Cause of death: Carcinoma
Education: Could write (a number of the children’s births were recorded from letters from James John)
Occupation: Painter & Paper Hanger

Notes:

James John King was 74 years old at the time of death, the informant was his son, R. G. King, who we’ve not been able to match.

Newspaper Article:
Death of an old Colonist
The death is announced of Mr. James John King, of No. 2 Road, Table Cape. Deceased expired early on Friday morning last at his residence, in his 74th year. Mr King had resided on his farm “Treevilla” for the past 35 years, having settled there on arrival at Table Cape. The funeral took place on Sunday last.

Occupations - James John changed jobs a fair amount, discovered through the childrens birth records. The following is a list of occupations at different times: painter (1855), constable (1857), painter & paper hanger (1859, 1861, 1880), labourer (1863, 1865, 1867), paper hanger (1872) and farmer (1874).

Convicts: Possible James John - arrived on Moffatt (3), says he is a cabinent maker. Name is John on the register. Page 199, 33/1/32.

Convicts: Possible James John - first name is H. R., job is painter & glazier, age is 23, image number 33, item number CON18/1/13, records go from 1833 to 1836, names of boats: Lotus (17 May 1833), Layton (10 Dec 1835) and The Lord Lyndoch (18 Aug 1836).

James — Mary Ann /Graham Gramaine. Mary died Yes, date unknown . [Group Sheet]

Mary Ann /Graham Gramaine died Yes, date unknown .

Notes:

Mary Ann Graham was not listed as deceased on Joseph Kings’ marriage to Martha Cotfor (all other parents were).

Children:

James Edward King was born 5 Apr 1855, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia; died 21 May 1874, Emu Bay, Tasmania, Australia.
UNNAMED King was born 1 May 1857, Morven (Evandale), Tasmania, Australia.
UNNAMED King was born 30 May 1859, Port Sorell, Tasmania, Australia.
Esther Matilda King was born 18 Jun 1861, Port Sorell, Tasmania, Australia.
Elizabeth King was born 2 Sep 1863, Emu Bay, Tasmania, Australia.
UNNAMED King was born 22 Jun 1865, Emu Bay, Tasmania, Australia.
2. Joseph King was born 21 Oct 1867, Emu Bay, Tasmania, Australia; died 29 Mar 1940, New South Wales, Australia.
John King was born 16 Dec 1869, Emu Bay, Tasmania, Australia.
William King was born 16 Dec 1869, Emu Bay, Tasmania, Australia; died 1943, Korumburra, Victoria, Australia.
Ellen Maria Ann King was born 17 Oct 1872, Emu Bay, Tasmania, Australia; died 25 Jul 1899, Waratah, Tasmania, Australia.
James Edward King was born 11 Dec 1874, Emu Bay, Tasmania, Australia.
Ada Florence King was born 5 Jul 1880, Emu Bay, Tasmania, Australia; died 1976, Sandford, Victoria, Australia.

John Cock Medwin was born 1832; was christened 2 Aug 1826, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom (son of William Medwin and Elizabeth Sarah Cook); died 20 Aug 1911, Montumana, Tasmania, Australia; was buried Church of England Cemetery, Forest, Tasmania, Australia.

Other Events:

Occupation: Farmer

Notes:

John & Mary farmed a 230 acre property at Black River.

Died:
John Cook Medwin

John married Mary Healey, Healy 7 Oct 1859, St Peters, Forest, Tasmania, Australia. Mary was born Abt 1834, Ireland; died 23 Dec 1891, Stanley, Tasmania, Australia; was buried 25 Dec 1891, Old Stanley Cemetery, Stanley, Tasmania, Australia. [Group Sheet]

Mary Healey, Healy was born Abt 1834, Ireland; died 23 Dec 1891, Stanley, Tasmania, Australia; was buried 25 Dec 1891, Old Stanley Cemetery, Stanley, Tasmania, Australia.

Other Events:

Cause of death: Chronic Rheumatoid Arthritis

Notes:

Marriage witnesses: William Cryan & Margaret Healy

Mary appears to have been a witness at the wedding of Matthias and Mary Dillon on 8/7/1857.

Died:
Mary Medwin

Notes:

Married:
John Medwin & Mary Healy

Children:

William Medwin was born 2 Nov 1858, Horton, Tasmania, Australia; was christened 12 Nov 1858; died 1 Feb 1859, Black River, Tasmania, Australia.
Medwin was born 1 Oct 1859, Horton, Tasmania, Australia; died 1 Oct 1859, Horton, Tasmania, Australia.
Maria Medwin was born 6 Nov 1860, Horton, Tasmania, Australia; died 15 Feb 1923, Oakleigh, Victoria, Australia; was buried Feb 1923, General Cemetery, Springvale, Victoria, Australia.
Elizabeth Sarah Medwin was born 17 Jun 1862, Black River, Tasmania, Australia; was christened 19 Aug 1862; died 19 Mar 1906, South Forest, Tasmania, Australia; was buried Forest, Tasmania, Australia.
Margaret Medwin was born 28 Jan 1864, Black River, Tasmania, Australia; was christened 20 May 1864; died 21 May 1864, Black River, Tasmania, Australia.
Joseph Medwin was born 14 Apr 1865, Black River, Tasmania, Australia; was christened 1 May 1865; died 26 Jul 1941, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia; was buried 28 Jul 1941, Jenner Street Cemetery, Wynard, Tasmania, Australia.
Thomas Medwin was born 18 Jul 1867, Horton, Tasmania, Australia; was christened 28 Oct 1867; died 25 Jan 1934, Circular Head, Tasmania, Australia; was buried Forest, Tasmania, Australia.
Edwin Henry Medwin was born 16 Dec 1869, Black River, Tasmania, Australia; was christened 13 Feb 1870; died 15 Nov 1931, Latrobe, Tasmania, Australia; was buried 17 Nov 1931, General Cemetery, Wynyard, Tasmania, Australia.
3. Margaret Annie Medwin was born 19 Oct 1871, Horton, Tasmania, Australia; was christened 8 Dec 1871; died 1938, Prahran, Victoria, Australia.

Generation: 4

12.

William Medwin was born 1798, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom; died 26 Apr 1869, Horton, Tasmania, Australia; was buried Stanley, Tasmania, Australia.

Other Events:

Emigration: 1841, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia

Notes:

Came to Launceston 1841 on the 'Ullswater' with their 8 children (mentioned in Launceston Advertiser (5/8/1841) and Cornwall Chronicle (7/8/1841)). William Medwin and his family were the first independent settlers in the Black River area.

From http://home.cogeco.ca/~jcosgrave/wycombe_barton.htm - Richard Barton married Sarah Medwin on 01 Dec, 1787, at High Wycombe

NOTE: Van Diemans Land - Part of NSW until 14 Jun 1825 renamed Tasmania 1 Jan 1856

BIOGRAPHY: From http://www.thecorys.com/sayer/d11052.htm - William (1798-1869) his wife Elizabeth Sarah (Cock) (1793-1868) and his eight children arrived at Wellington NZ from Wycombe, England on the Slains Castle in 1841. Conditions were not what they expected, so the Medwins boarded the Ullswater and arrived in Launceston later that year. The family settled on the east bank at Black River, where they farmed for many years. Their five sons, Edwin, John, Mathias, William and Thomas were all farmers as well, though Thomas later became a storekeeper in Church St. Stanley, in 1871. Thomas was born in 1837 in London and died in 1904. He had seventeen children; George, Mary, David, Charlotte, Rachel, Rachel, Herbert, Alice, Annie, Minnie, Lemuel, Arthur, Eliza, Thomas, Andrew, Philip and Leslie. Elizabeth Medwin must have been a resourceful woman: once when bushrangers Bradley and Connor called, planning revenge on William for having replaced Bradley services with the more reliable ones of a ticket-of-leave man, Elizabeth calmly tied up 60 pounds in her skirts, keeping 2 pounds visible. Since William was not at home, the bushrangers took food and the two pounds and went away, leaving the bulk of the family savings safe in Elizabeth's skirts. William, Elizabeth, their grandson Mathias and one of their daughters are buried at Stanley. This Mathias bought 310 acres of land from his grandfather, William, and settled with his Irish wife, Mary, and their ten children. One of their sons was named Luke. His property at Black River was called "Mayura" His wife Annie was well known for her bonnet and boots: on one occasion she walked from Flowerdale to Black River with a goose under one arm and a cow and a calf behind her. Luke andAnnie's son Allan had property at Mawbanna where he lived with his wife Mary Ellen "Mollie" and nine children. Mollie was born in Cork and after serving with the Womenï's Army in France during WWI, she came to Tasmania with her husband to take up farming at Mawbanna, where she helped the local bush nurse. During her lifetime she built no fewer than five houses. During the 1940's the family moved to Black River, where the property had been left to Allan by Luke. Mayura is now known as Gateforth. 150 people turned up to the Medwin Reunion held at Wynyard in 1987.

BIOGRAPHY: FROM: http://www.fairbrassfamily.com/new_zealand.htm - The family came to New Zealand aboard the "Slains Castle" ship. This was the 11th Immigration ship sent out by the New Zealand Company, and the first to arrive at Port Nicholson in 1841. It had left Gravesend on 14 September 1840, and reached port on 25 January 1841. It weighed 500 tons and carried 6 cabin and 218 steerage passengers. The captain reported the journey as follows: 'I am happy to inform you of the safe arrival here on the 25th inst. of the Slains Castle - all well - having only lost four infants under 12 months old and having 5 births.'

BIOGRAPHY: FROM: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~ourstuff/SlainsCastle.htm -
Slains CastleShip:Captain: James PetrieSurgeon Superintendent: J SheridanSailed Deal 18th September 1840 - arrived Port Nicholson 25th January 1841
Medwin William 37 Agricultural Labourer Elizabeth 45 Edwin 15 Agricultural Labourer John 13 Eliza 12 Mathias 9 Elizabeth 7 Sarah 5 Thomas 4 William 1

William married Elizabeth Sarah Cook 1824. Elizabeth was born 1793; died 30 Nov 1868, Horton, Tasmania, Australia; was buried Stanley, Tasmania, Australia. [Group Sheet]

13.

Elizabeth Sarah Cook was born 1793; died 30 Nov 1868, Horton, Tasmania, Australia; was buried Stanley, Tasmania, Australia.

Other Events:

Emigration: 1841, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia

Notes:

POSSIBLY 'SARAH COOK' - born 1 Sep, 1793, Ravenstone, father William Cook, mother Martha?

BIOGRAPHY: Came to Launceston 1841 on the 'Ullswater' with their 8 children (mentioned in Launceston Advertiser (5/8/1841) and Cornwall Chronicle (7/8/1841)). Last name was noted as 'Cock' in some places, 'Cook' in others. From http://www.thecorys.com/sayer/d11052.htm - Elizabeth Medwin must have been a resourceful woman: once when bushrangers Bradley and Connor called, planning revenge on William for having replaced Bradley services with the more reliable ones of a ticket-of-leave man, Elizabeth calmly tied up 60 pounds in her skirts, keeping 2 pounds visible. Since William was not at home, the bushrangers took food and the two pounds and went away, leaving the bulk of the family savings safe in Elizabeth's skirts.

Children:

Edwin Medwin was born 1824; died 20 Dec 1895, Stanley, Tasmania, Australia.
6. John Cock Medwin was born 1832; was christened 2 Aug 1826, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom; died 20 Aug 1911, Montumana, Tasmania, Australia; was buried Church of England Cemetery, Forest, Tasmania, Australia.
Eliza Medwin was born 1828; died 1882.
Matthias Medwin was born Abt 1831; died 15 Apr 1898, Emu Bay, Tasmania, Australia; was buried Stanley, Tasmania, Australia.
Elizabeth Medwin was born 1831; died 1851, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Sarah Medwin was born Abt 1833.
Thomas Medwin was born 1837, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom; died 14 Oct 1904, "Ninevah", Esplanade, West Devonport, Tasmania, Australia; was buried 15 Oct 1904, Don Cemetery, Tasmania, Australia.
William Medwin was born 1840.