William NEWTON (1839

William NEWTON (1839 - )

Blacksmith, engine driver

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Jessie NEWTON (1866 - ) Emily NEWTON (1868 - 1949) Ezra NEWTON (1869 - 1923) Annie NEWTON (1871 - 1929) William Agnew NEWTON (1873 - 1946) Bessie NEWTON (1875 - 1947) John NEWTON (1877 - 1877) Thomas Barber NEWTON (1878 - 1949) Sydney Arthur NEWTON (1880 - 1949) Percy Hoskin NEWTON (1883 - 1944) Lillian Maude NEWTON (1885 - )	William NEWTON (1839 - ) + Elizabeth BARBER (1841 - 1897)	Thomas NEWTON (1816 - 1903)	John NEWTON (1790 - 1853)

			Ann FODEN (1791 - 1845)	Thomas FODEN (1749 - )
				Margaret MARROW (1768 - )
		Jane BASNETT (1820 - 1864)	Peter BASNETT

b. 15 Jan 1839 at Plumbley, Cheshire, England

m. 01 Feb 1863 Elizabeth BARBER (1841 - 1897) at Great Budworth, Cheshire, England

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Parents:

Thomas NEWTON (1816 - 1903)

Jane BASNETT (1820 - 1864)

Siblings (12):

Robert NEWTON (1840 - 1895)

Thomas NEWTON (1842 - 1855)

Edward NEWTON (1844 - )

Ann NEWTON (1846 - )

John NEWTON (1848 - )

Henry NEWTON (1850 - )

Thomas NEWTON (1852 - )

Elizabeth NEWTON (1854 - )

Alfred NEWTON (1856 - )

Mary NEWTON (1857 - )

Frederic NEWTON (1861 - )

Mary Jane NEWTON (1864 - )

Children (11):

Jessie NEWTON (1866 - )

Emily NEWTON (1868 - 1949)

Ezra NEWTON (1869 - 1923)

Annie NEWTON (1871 - 1929)

William Agnew NEWTON (1873 - 1946)

Bessie NEWTON (1875 - 1947)

John NEWTON (1877 - 1877)

Thomas Barber NEWTON (1878 - 1949)

Sydney Arthur NEWTON (1880 - 1949)

Percy Hoskin NEWTON (1883 - 1944)

Lillian Maude NEWTON (1885 - )

Step Children (1):

Agnes NEWTON (1864 - )

Grandchildren (39):

Beatrice Blanche NEWTON (1888 - 1911), Harry Henry ATKINSON (1891 - 1918), Elizabeth Maud ATKINSON (1894 - 1931), Ethel Florence ATKINSON (1896 - 1969), Thomas ATKINSON (1899 - 1974), Jessie ATKINSON (1902 - 1902), Elsie May ATKINSON (1903 - 1978), John Leslie ATKINSON (1906 - 1965), Hilda Isabel ATKINSON (1912 - ), Lilian Emily ATKINSON (1912 - ), Olive Muad NEWTON (1896 - ), Beatrice Mary NEWTON (1897 - 1983), Dorothy NEWTON (1899 - ), Annie NEWTON (1901 - ), Ellen Josephine NEWTON (1904 - ), Ivy Florence FINLAY (1890 - 1938), Hunter FINLAY (1892 - 1960), Margaret FINLAY (1895 - 1895), Sidney FINLAY (1897 - 1899), Kyrle Allan Sidley FINLAY (1899 - 1960), Edith Maud NEWTON (1898 - 1969), William Harold NEWTON (1901 - ), Frederick Charles NEWTON (1902 - 1952), Sydney Edward NEWTON (1905 - 1980), Teresa Ada NEWTON (1908 - ), Rita Emily NEWTON BIELENSKI (1912 - 2004), Harold Sidney David SPEAKMAN (1896 - ), Ethel Gertrude SPEAKMAN (1899 - 1900), Hilda May SPEAKMAN (1901 - 1968), Elsie Beatrice SPEAKMAN (1903 - ), Douglas Croxford NEWTON (1915 - 1975), Beryl Croxford NEWTON (1918 - 1967), Vesta Barber Barbara NEWTON (1919 - 1980), Harlan Ernest (Tom) NEWTON (1919 - 1994), Gwendoline Edna NEWTON (1926 - 1994), Iris Maud NEWTON (1907 - 1908), William Henry SINGLETON (1909 - ), Laurine Maude SINGLETON (1912 - )

Events in William NEWTON (1839 - )'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
15 Jan 1839		William NEWTON was born	Plumbley, Cheshire, England	Certificate, Altrincham
1841	2	Census	Plumbley, Cheshire, England	Note 1
1861	22	Census	Plumbley, Cheshire, England	Note 2
01 Feb 1863	24	Married Elizabeth BARBER (aged 21)	Great Budworth, Cheshire, England	Certificate
03 Jul 1864	25	Death of mother Jane BASNETT (aged 44)	Lower Peover, Cheshire, England	Certificate
14 Mar 1866	27	Immigration	Wide Bay, Queensland, Australia
15 May 1866	27	Birth of daughter Jessie NEWTON	Queensland, Australia	1866/C002459
03 May 1868	29	Birth of daughter Emily NEWTON	Gayndah, Queensland, Australia	1868/C000905
20 Nov 1869	30	Birth of son Ezra NEWTON	Queensland, Australia	1869/C000924
18 Jul 1871	32	Insolvent	Maryborough, Queensland, Australia	p1420/20557,20558
15 Nov 1871	32	Birth of daughter Annie NEWTON	Maryborough, Queensland, Australia	1871/C002392
03 Jun 1873	34	Birth of son William Agnew NEWTON	Queensland, Australia	1873/C002208
1874	35	Electoral Roll	Maryborough, Queensland, Australia	Adelaide St.
1875	36	Electoral Roll	Maryborough, Queensland, Australia	Adelaide St.
25 Apr 1875	36	Birth of daughter Bessie NEWTON	Maryborough, Queensland, Australia	1875/C002394
1876	37	Electoral Roll	Maryborough, Queensland, Australia	March St.
1877	38	Electoral Roll	Maryborough, Queensland, Australia	March St.
11 Feb 1877	38	Birth of son John NEWTON	Queensland, Australia	1877/003573
23 Feb 1877	38	Death of son John NEWTON	Queensland, Australia	1877/001580
03 Dec 1878	39	Birth of son Thomas Barber NEWTON	Queensland, Australia	1879/C003106
1880	41	Electoral Roll	Ravenswood, Queensland, Australia
22 Oct 1880	41	Birth of son Sydney Arthur NEWTON	Ravenswood, Queensland, Australia	1880/C00480
1881	42	Electoral Roll	Ravenswood, Queensland, Australia
1882	43	Electoral Roll	Ravenswood, Queensland, Australia
30 Sep 1882	43	Insolvent	Ravenswood, Queensland, Australia	p830/id20559
19 Feb 1883	44	Birth of son Percy Hoskin NEWTON	Queensland, Australia	1883/C003796
1884	45	Electoral Roll	Ravenswood, Queensland, Australia
15 Jan 1885	46	Birth of daughter Lillian Maude NEWTON	Queensland, Australia	1885/C004409
1895	56	Residence	Ravenswood, Queensland, Australia	Note 3
07 Apr 1897	58	Death of wife Elizabeth BARBER (aged 55)	Ravenswood, Queensland, Australia	1897/002231
1900	61	Electoral Roll	Ravenswood, Queensland, Australia	Note 4
30 Apr 1903	64	Death of father Thomas NEWTON (aged 86)	Lower Peover, Cheshire, England	Certificate
30 Dec 1923	84	Death of son Ezra NEWTON (aged 54)	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	1924/b041876
15 Jan 1929	90	Death of daughter Annie NEWTON (aged 57)	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	1929/b006739
07 Oct 1944	105	Death of son Percy Hoskin NEWTON (aged 61)	Queensland, Australia	1944/005352
24 Jun 1946	107	Death of son William Agnew NEWTON (aged 73)	Ayr, Queensland, Australia	Note 5
30 Aug 1947	108	Death of daughter Bessie NEWTON (aged 72)	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	1947/004020
18 Feb 1949	110	Death of son Sydney Arthur NEWTON (aged 68)	Maryborough, Queensland, Australia	1949/000845
16 Apr 1949	110	Death of son Thomas Barber NEWTON (aged 70)	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	1949/B021485
29 Jul 1949	110	Death of daughter Emily NEWTON (aged 81)	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	1949/003989 Certificate

Note 1: 1841 Census has William Newton (2) in Plumbley with Samuel Platt (60) ag labourer.

Note 2: 1861 Census has Thomas Newton (44) born Plumley, wife Jane (41) born Lancaster. Manchester, and sons and daughters William (22), Robert (21), Isaac (19), Enoch (17), Ann (15), John (13), Henry (11), Thomas (9), Elizabeth (7), Alfred (5), Mary (4). Frederic (3 months) and apprentice James Ashley (16)

Note 3: Elphinstone St, at same address is William Agnew

Note 4: Railway hotel, Barton St = residence

Note 5: 1946/002115
Ayr cemetery record

Personal Notes:

1841 Census has William Newton (2) in Plumbley with Samuel Platt (60) ag labourer.

Marriage certificate witnessed by Arthur Barber & Alice Ann Barber

Came to Australia on board 'Sultana' which made two vorages to Harvey Bay 1864 and 1866.

Qld micro film COL/A78 66/965 Z6806 shows in the clerks register page 25:
Newton, william and familt with 3 free passages (so William and Elizabeth and one other) paid on about 8 Nov 1865 for a 'ship kit' £1-11-0 with ticket number 1567 from Liverpool to Harvey Bay through the shipping agent Percival. On the same ship there are several gangs of railway workers (and families) being sent out with passage paid by the shipping company.

2/4/1873 - prisoner being discharged from HM Brisbane jail in April 1873 - native of England. vol x p37 2/4/1873 24344

1903 postal directory - no record.

Death in New Guinea of William Newton - Townsville Court intestate hearings 17/5/1911, 25/9/1911, 22/5/1912, 15/11/1912

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