John FALKINER (1816

John FALKINER (1816 - 1894)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Infant FALKINER (1842 - ) Robert FALKINER (1843 - 1922) Jane FALKINER (1845 - 1914) Rebecca FALKINER (1846 - 1921) Mary Anne FALKINER (1848 - 1917) Margaret Hobbs FALKINER (1850 - 1888) John Hobbs FALKINER (1851 - 1862) Samuel FALKINER (1853 - 1854) Frederick Nathaniel FALKINER (1855 - 1894) Female FALKINER (1857 - ) Fanny Maria FALKINER (1857 - 1932) Benjamin Ralph FALKINER (1860 - 1896) Ellen FALKINER (1862 - 1892)	John FALKINER (1816 - 1894) + Margaret (Margaretta) HOBBS (1819 - 1906)	Nathaniel FALKINER



		Penelope Winifred (MINCHEN) PINCH

Pic P1. In Loving Memory of
JOHN FALKINER
died 2nd July 1894 aged 80 years
also of FREDERICK
son of the above
died 23rd Sept 1894 aged 30 years
also of MARGARET
beloved wife of JOHN FALKINER
died4th Feb 1906 aged 90 yeras

Pic S1. In Loving Memory of
JOHN FALKINER
died 2nd July 1894 aged 80 years
also of FREDERICK
son of the above
died 23rd Sept 1894 aged 30 years
also of MARGARET
beloved wife of JOHN FALKINER
died4th Feb 1906 aged 90 yeras

Pic 1. In Loving Memory of
JOHN FALKINER
died 2nd July 1894 aged 80 years
also of FREDERICK
son of the above
died 23rd Sept 1894 aged 30 years
also of MARGARET
beloved wife of JOHN FALKINER
died4th Feb 1906 aged 90 yeras

b. 1816 at Terryglass, Tipperary, Ireland

m. 28 Nov 1839 Margaret (Margaretta) HOBBS (1819 - 1906) at Terryglass, Tipperary, Ireland

d. 02 Jul 1894 at West Maitland, NSW, Australia aged 78

Near Relatives of John FALKINER (1816 - 1894)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Father in Law	John HOBBS	abt 1785	Terryglass, Tipperary, Ireland	abt 1847	Co Tipperary, Ireland	62
Mother in Law	Margaret (Bridged Bridget Biddie )BALLARD	1795	Tipperary, Ireland	1879	Grenville, Ontario, Canada	84

Father	Nathaniel FALKINER
Mother	Penelope Winifred (MINCHEN) PINCH

Self	John FALKINER	1816	Terryglass, Tipperary, Ireland	02 Jul 1894	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	78

Wife	Margaret (Margaretta) HOBBS	abt 1819	Ireland	04 Feb 1906	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	87

Daughter	Infant FALKINER	abt 1842
Son	Robert FALKINER	1843	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	27 Jun 1922	Queensland, Australia	79
Daughter	Jane FALKINER	10 Apr 1845	Maitland, NSW, Australia	07 Apr 1914	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	68
Daughter	Rebecca FALKINER	05 Sep 1846	Maitland, NSW, Australia	16 Jul 1921	Maitland, NSW, Australia	74
Daughter	Mary Anne FALKINER	10 May 1848	NSW, Australia	16 Jan 1917	Adelaide, South Australia, Australia	68
Daughter	Margaret Hobbs FALKINER	13 Feb 1850	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	14 Aug 1888	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia	38
Son	John Hobbs FALKINER	18 Jan 1851	Maitland, NSW, Australia	12 Dec 1862	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	11
Son	Samuel FALKINER	1853	Maitland, NSW, Australia	19 Oct 1854	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	1
Son	Frederick Nathaniel FALKINER	06 Jul 1855	Maitland, NSW, Australia	28 Sep 1894	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	39
Daughter	Female FALKINER	1857	Maitland, NSW, Australia
Daughter	Fanny Maria FALKINER	21 Sep 1857	Maitland, NSW, Australia	17 Apr 1932	Neutral Bay, NSW, Australia	74
Son	Benjamin Ralph FALKINER	1860	Maitland, NSW, Australia	12 Apr 1896	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	36
Daughter	Ellen FALKINER	1862	Maitland, NSW, Australia	1892	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	30

Daughter in Law	Elizabeth Anne KINGSTON	1846	New South Wales, Australia	1928	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	82
Son in Law	John ROURKE	1838	NSW, Australia	1916	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	78
Son in Law	William BONE			aft 1921
Son in Law	John Campbell MACDOUGALL	21 Jan 1846	Longbottom, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia	Sep 1889	Balmain, NSW, Australia	43
Son in Law	John HOWARTH	23 Oct 1849	Paddington, Sydney, NSW, Australia	06 Mar 1924	Lismore, NSW, Australia	74
Daughter in Law	Maud Therese BITHREY
Son in Law	James Henry BRUNKER	1855		1916	Newcastle, NSW, Australia	61
Daughter in Law	Frances (Fanny) PILGRIM	1859	Paterson, NSW, Australia	31 Aug 1945	Mayfield, NSW, Australia	86

Granddaughter	Bessie Frances FALKINER			1958	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Grandson	John (Jack) Percy Kingston FALKINER	13 Nov 1868	Queensland, Australia	12 Apr 1928	Gosford, NSW, Australia	59
Granddaughter	Mary Ellen FALKINER	04 Dec 1872	Queensland, Australia	1940	Queensland, Australia	68
Granddaughter	Unnamed FALKINER	20 May 1874	Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
Grandson	Robert Davenport FALKINER	1876	Queensland, Australia	11 Nov 1895	Cleveland, Queensland, Australia	19
Grandson	Kingston Sydney FALKINER	1878	Queensland, Australia	1935	Wynnum, Queensland, Australia	57
Granddaughter	Margaret (Daisy) Hobbs FALKINER	09 Oct 1880	Queensland, Australia	1918	Queensland, Australia	38
Granddaughter	Emma ROURKE	1865	Maitland, NSW, Australia	1866	Maitland, NSW, Australia	1
Grandson	George ROURKE	02 Aug 1866	Maitland, NSW, Australia	1943	Mosman, NSW, Australia	77
Granddaughter	Alice ROURKE	1867	Maitland, NSW, Australia	1942	Paterson, NSW, Australia	75
Granddaughter	Jane ROURKE	1869	Maitland, NSW, Australia	08 Aug 1869	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	0
Grandson	Benjamin ROURKE	20 Jul 1870	Maitland, NSW, Australia	20 Jul 1924	Burwood, Newcastle, NSW, Australia	54
Grandson	Harry (Henry) Marshall ROURKE	03 Jul 1872	Maitland, NSW, Australia	02 Apr 1953	Maitland, NSW, Australia	80
Grandson	John Falkiner ROURKE	1874	Maitland, NSW, Australia	1950	Newcastle, NSW, Australia	76
Granddaughter	Emma (Emily) ROURKE	1876		26 Sep 1927	Sydney, NSW, Australia	51
Granddaughter	Unnamed ROURKE	1876	Maitland, NSW, Australia
Granddaughter	Edith ROURKE	25 Nov 1878	Maitland, NSW, Australia	1956	Chatswood, NSW, Australia	78
Granddaughter	Margaret ROURKE	1879	Maitland, NSW, Australia	31 May 1957	Chatswood, NSW, Australia	78
Granddaughter	Jemima May ROURKE	1881	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	08 Aug 1968	Raymond Terrace, NSW, Australia	87
Granddaughter	Isabel ROURKE	24 Nov 1883	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	1968	St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW, Australia	85
Grandson	Arthur G ROURKE	1885	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	1885	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	0
Granddaughter	Ruth Campbell MACDOUGALL
Granddaughter	Mary Campbell MACDOUGALL	1875	Richmond, Victoria, Australia
Grandson	Robert MACDOUGALL
Grandson	Archibald Falkiner MACDOUGALL	1877	Maitland, NSW, Australia
Grandson	Eric Campbell MACDOUGALL	1885	Duno, Victoria, Australia	1954	Chatswood, NSW, Australia	69
Granddaughter	Florence Mary HOWARTH	19 Sep 1872	Maitland, NSW, Australia	26 Feb 1920	Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia	47
Granddaughter	Margaretta H Falkiner HOWARTH	19 Sep 1872	Maitland, NSW, Australia	Aug 1909	Granville, NSW, Australia	36
Grandson	John Shepherd Falkiner HOWARTH	1874	Buninyong, Victoria, Australia	05 May 1915	Gallipoli, Turkey	41
Grandson	Robert Henry St Patrick HOWARTH	17 Mar 1877	Break O'Day, Vic, Australia	13 Aug 1956	Lakemba, NSW, Australia	79
Grandson	Horace Maitland StAlbans HOWARTH	10 Oct 1879	Mooroopna, Vic, Australia	22 Apr 1950	Concord, Sydney, NSW, Australia	70
Grandson	Harold Frederick Benjamin Samuel HOWARTH	17 Oct 1882	Elmore, Victoria, Australia	29 Apr 1932	Redfern, Sydney, NSW, Australia	49
Granddaughter	Ruby Sybil Falkiner HOWARTH	1884	Ballarat East, Victoria, Australia
Granddaughter	Ethel May HOWARTH	13 May 1886	Ballarat East, Victoria, Australia	27 May 1886	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia	0
Grandson	Cyril Reginald Falkiner HOWARTH	1887	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia	20 Mar 1961	Homebush, NSW, Australia	74
Grandson	Darcy Frederick FALKINER	08 Jan 1891	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	1935	Redfern, Sydney, NSW, Australia	44
Grandson	John Hobbs FALKINER	1892	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	06 Oct 1961	Queensland, Australia	69
Granddaughter	Margaret Maud FALKINER	27 Jan 1893	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	21 May 1893	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	0
Grandson	Frederick (Fred) FALKINER	1894	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	1917	Ypres, Belgium	23
Granddaughter	Elsie May BRUNKER	1879	Maitland, NSW, Australia	1956	Chatswood, NSW, Australia	77
Grandson	Herbert James Nixon BRUNKER	1882	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	12 Oct 1917	Passchendaele, Ypres, Belgium	35
Grandson	Arthur F BRUNKER	14 Feb 1885	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	1935	Ryde, Sydney, NSW, Australia	50
Granddaughter	Irene Weiss BRUNKER	25 Nov 1887	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	1947		60
Granddaughter	Bessie Hewlett BRUNKER	1889	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	1956	Chatswood, NSW, Australia	67
Grandson	Royden Falkiner BRUNKER	1891	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	1914	Mungindi, New South Wales, Australia	23
Grandson	Keith Eugene BRUNKER	1893	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	1969	St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW, Australia	76
Granddaughter	Joyce Marguerite BRUNKER	1894	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	21 Sep 1978	Dubbo, NSW, Australia	84
Granddaughter	Zita Neila Nesbit BRUNKER	1897	West Maitland, NSW, Australia
Grandson	Frederick FALKINER	21 Nov 1881	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	20 May 1945	Mayfield, NSW, Australia	63
Grandson	John Hobbs FALKINER	20 May 1883	East Maitland, NSW, Australia	1957	Maitland, NSW, Australia	74
Granddaughter	Margaret R FALKINER	03 Feb 1885	East Maitland, NSW, Australia	03 Feb 1885	East Maitland, NSW, Australia	0
Grandson	Benjamin R FALKINER	21 Oct 1887	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	13 Nov 1902	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	15
Grandson	George R FALKINER	1889	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	1889	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	0
Granddaughter	Jeanie May FALKINER	1890	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	1963	Rockdale, Sydney, NSW, Australia	73
Granddaughter	Nellie Pilgrim FALKINER	1892	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	1980	NSW, Australia	88

Nephew	Thomas HODGINS	08 May 1846	Co Tipperary, Ireland	24 Nov 1921	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	75
Nephew	John HODGINS	17 Jun 1848	Ireland	21 Dec 1923	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	75
Niece	Eliza HODGINS	1850	Co Tipperary, Ireland	19 Sep 1885	Anvil Creek, Greta, NSW, Australia	35
Nephew	William HODGINS	1853	Co Tipperary, Ireland	29 Jun 1911	Uralla, NSW, Australia	58
Nephew	James HODGINS	1855	NSW, Australia	06 May 1857	Maitland, NSW, Australia	2
Niece	Margaret HODGINS	05 Dec 1858	Maitland, NSW, Australia	02 Sep 1908	Kurri Kurri, NSW, Australia	49
Nephew	Robert HODGINS	07 Dec 1861	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	16 Nov 1919	Wallsend, Newcastle, NSW, Australia	57
Nephew	Frederick Andrew HODGINS	1864	Maitland, NSW, Australia	1943	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	79
Niece	Ina HODGINS	abt 1865
Nephew	John Edward HOBBS	abt 1859	Chelsea, Quebec, Canada	19 May 1913	Ashton, Goulburn, Carleton, Ontario, Canada	54
Niece	Isabella HOBBS	abt 1861	Goulbourn, Carleton, Ontario, Canada	1939	Carleton, Ontario, Canada	78
Nephew	Robert James HOBBS	abt 1863	Goulbourn, Carleton, Ontario, Canada	1927	Goulbourn, Carleton, Ontario, Canada	64
Nephew	William Alexander HOBBS	abt 1865	Ontario, Canada	1878	Carleton, Ontario, Canada	13
Nephew	Angus Coyles HOBBS	abt 1868	Goulbourn, Ontario, Canada	1965	Carleton, Ontario, Canada	97
Niece	Nelson Albert HOBBS	1870	Goulbourn, Carleton, Ontario, Canada	1962	Ontario, Canada	92
Nephew	Arthur Ralph HOBBS	1873	Ontario, Canada	1927	Carleton, Ontario, Canada	54
Nephew	Thomas Henry HOBBS	abt 1877	Ontario, Canada	1879		2
Nephew	William CORBITT	1857	Sittsville, Ontario, Canada	1933	Carleton, Ontario, Canada	76
Niece	Eliza Jane CORBITT	1858	Ontario, Canada	1921	York, Ontario, Canada	63
Niece	Sarah Ellen CORBITT	1861		1891		30
Niece	Margaret Ann CORBITT	1863
Nephew	Nelson Alexander CORBITT	1867
Nephew	John Edward CORBITT	1868
Nephew	Robert Silas CORBITT	1870
Nephew	Crawford CORBITT	1872	Carleton, Goulbourn, Ontario, Canada
Nephew	Spearman CORBITT	1872	Carleton, Goulbourn, Ontario, Canada

Sister in Law	Jane (Australia) HOBBS	abt 1822	Ireland	17 Mar 1917	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	95
Brother in Law	Robert Jnr HOBBS	10 Sep 1822	Co Tipperary, Ireland	05 Aug 1908	Goulbourn, Carleton, Ontario, Canada	85
Sister in Law	???????Jane (Canada)HOBBS	24 Sep 1825	Ireland	08 Jun 1907	Canada	81
Brother in Law	William Alexander HOBBS	15 Aug 1832	Ireland	09 Feb 1918	Leeds, Ontario, Canada	85
Sister in Law	Mary Ann HOBBS	1835	Ure, Co. Tipperary, Ireland	09 May 1873	Canada	38

Events in John FALKINER (1816 - 1894)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1816		John FALKINER was born	Terryglass, Tipperary, Ireland	Note 1
28 Nov 1839	23	Married Margaret (Margaretta) HOBBS (aged 20)	Terryglass, Tipperary, Ireland	Note 2
abt 1842	26	Birth of daughter Infant FALKINER		Note 3
1842	26	Immigration	"Woodbridge", to Botany Bay (Sydney), Australia	Note 4
1843	27	Birth of son Robert FALKINER	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	Note 5	17
10 Apr 1845	29	Birth of daughter Jane FALKINER	Maitland, NSW, Australia	Note 6	52
05 Sep 1846	30	Birth of daughter Rebecca FALKINER	Maitland, NSW, Australia	reg no V1846560 55/1846	17
10 May 1848	32	Birth of daughter Mary Anne FALKINER	NSW, Australia	reg no V18481121 55/1848	17
13 Feb 1850	34	Birth of daughter Margaret Hobbs FALKINER	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	Note 7	17
18 Jan 1851	35	Birth of son John Hobbs FALKINER	Maitland, NSW, Australia	reg no V1851682 56/1851	17
1853	37	Birth of son Samuel FALKINER	Maitland, NSW, Australia	Note 8	60
19 Oct 1854	38	Death of son Samuel FALKINER (aged 1)	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	Note 9	17, 60
06 Jul 1855	39	Birth of son Frederick Nathaniel FALKINER	Maitland, NSW, Australia	reg no 18552685 56/1855	17
1857	41	Birth of daughter Female FALKINER	Maitland, NSW, Australia	reg no 8430/1857	17
21 Sep 1857	41	Birth of daughter Fanny Maria FALKINER	Maitland, NSW, Australia	reg no V1857717 155/1857	17
1860	44	Birth of son Benjamin Ralph FALKINER	Maitland, NSW, Australia	reg no 8879/1860	17
1862	46	Birth of daughter Ellen FALKINER	Maitland, NSW, Australia	reg no 9262/1862	17
12 Dec 1862	46	Death of son John Hobbs FALKINER (aged 11)	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	Note 10	17, 60
1864	48	Residence	High Street, West Maitland, NSW, Australia	Note 11
1872	56	Occupation	High Street, West Maitland, NSW, Australia	Note 12
1879	63	Residence	High Street, West Maitland, NSW, Australia	Note 13
14 Aug 1888	72	Death of daughter Margaret Hobbs FALKINER (aged 38)	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia	Note 14	52
1892	76	Death of daughter Ellen FALKINER (aged 30)	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	reg no 411184/1862	17
1894	78	Burial	Maitland, Campbell Hill Cemetery, NSW
02 Jul 1894	78	John FALKINER died	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	Note 15	17, 60

Note 1: From the boat records - age 26 in 1842 - John was born c 1816.
Claire Cooper tree GR - born 30/9/1814

The IGI has a John Falkiner born 18 May 1816 in Terryglass, married 1939 Terryglass, died 1906 NSW, Australia. (I can't find this death record in the NSW bdm - looks like wifes death)

The NSW bdm records has John Falkiner d 1894 (reg no 7952/1894) in West Maitland - parents Nathaniel and Pinifred

Note 2: From the North Tip Genealogy Centre, a copy of a church marriage records for:
John Falkiner and Margaret Hobbs were married 28/11/1839 in the parish of Terryglass, Co. Tipperary
John Falkiner - address Borrisokane, Church of Ireland (occupation and parents not recorded)
Margaret Hobbs - address Terryglass, Church of Ireland (parents not recorded)
Witnesses were Thos Atkinson and Robert Hobbs
Rector - Ralph Stoney

(Robert Hobbs - father or brother??)

Note from Cindy Wood - My 4g grandparents were Nathaniel Falkiner and Winifred Pinch of Borrisokane. Their son John b 1814 married Margaret Hobbs in 1839.

Note 3: Margaret confined on the voyage - child died days later

Note 4: The 'Woodbridge'. John and Margaret Falkiner came to Botany Bay (now Sydney) in 1842 on the ship Woodbridge. John was age 26 and gave parents Nathaniel and Penelope. Margaret, aged 23 gave parents as John and Bridget. Margaret was confined during the voyage. The child was only a few days old when it died. No other children listed for the voyage.

Bridget Gaynor, a friends child is under his protection.

Also on this voyage was Mary Ann Moynan - the mother of Elizabeth Anne Kingston who was to marry Robert Falkiner (1843-1922)

Note 5: Reg No V184394 155/1843
West Maitland - from his death notice - see notes

Note 6: reg no V1845152 55/1845 - Maitland- John Falkiner and Margaret

Note 7: reg no V18502182 55/1850

date and place - Simpson family tree - ancestry

Note 8: http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/675689?searchTerm=Falkiner
The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser - 16 Nov 1853
Birth.
At her residence, High-street, West Maitland, on Sunday, the 13th November, Mrs. J. Falkiner, of a son.

Note 9: REg No V18541089 110/1854 - Falkiner Saml - infant - parents not listed

http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/694868?searchTerm=Margaret%20Falkiner
Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser 21 Oct 1854
Deaths
At West Maitland, on the 19th instant, after five days' illness of scarletina, Samuel, youngest child of John and Margaret Falkiner, aged eleven months and six days.

Note 10: reg no 4397/1862

http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/18692686?searchTerm=Falkiner
The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser 20 Dec 1862
On the 12th instant, drowned while bathing in the Hunter River, John Hobbs Falkiner, second surviving son of John and Margarette Falkiner, aged 11 years

Note 11: Assessment of West Maitland - High Street West Maitland, NSW - property in worth of 130 pounds

Note 12: Grevilles 1872 Post Office Directory
Maitland West
Page 302
Distance 95 miles North of Sydney
Mail closes at General Post Office daily 5.30 p.m.
Mail arrives at Post Town daily (Monday excepted) 8.10 a.m.
Mail leaves for Sydney daily (Sunday excepted) 8.50 a.m
Mail arrives at Sydney every evening
Route - Steam Newcastle or Morpeth, rail Maitland West

SURNAME CHRISTIAN OCCUPATION ADDRESS POST-TOWN
Falkiner J. confectioner and baker High St. Maitland West

Note 13: 1879 Electoral roll - West Maitland, NSW

Note 14: Reg No 8361/1888 - age 38 - John Faulkiner and Margaret Hobbs
GR - Lois Curtain tree - Margaret is buried in an unmarked grave at Ballarat with her infant daughter Ethel May

Note 15: see notes for newspaper articles

The IGI has a John Falkiner born 18 May 1816 in Terryglass, married 1939 Terryglass, died 1906 NSW, Australia. (I can't find this death record in the NSW bdm) - wife Margarete died 1906

The NSW bdm reg no 7952/1894 FALKINER JOHN NATHANIEL PINIFRED WEST MAITLAND

From a Rootsweb personal page: Bev Edmonds inherited a shed full of old newspapers that she transcribed interesting bits from:
Taken from the Queenslander, Brisbane, Saturday, October 6, 1894
FALKINER, on the 28th September, at Coral COTTAGE, West Maitland, Frederick Nathaniel FALKINER, aged 38 years, second son John FALKINER, and brother of R. FALKINER, Wynnum.

The Queenslander 6 Oct 1894
FALKINER--On the 2nd. July, at his residence, Coral Cottage, West Maitland, John FALKINER, son of the late Nathaniel FALKINER, county Tipperary, aged 80 years.

The Methodist (Sydney) 28 July 1894
IN MEMORIAM.
MR. JOHN FALKINER.
On the 2nd July, John Falkiner finished
his course with joy, and entered the rest
of God. He was born in Ireland on the
30th September, 1814, and had, therefore,
reached his 80th year. He came to this
colony in 1842, and was converted
to God in the year 1840, in the
old country. With the exception of a
few weeks spent in Sydney, all his
colonial life has been associated with
the Hunter River District. By his
death, one of the old landmarks of
Methodism has been removed from the
West Maitland Circuit. And although
his days of active service had ceased for
some time, his loss is most keenly felt
by all classes of the Community. For
over 50 years Mr. Falkiner had been
identified with Methodism in this Circuit.
He was a co-worker with
Jonathan Innis, the first minister appointed
and his first work was the
starting of a Sabbath-school on the
verandah of the mission-house. During
this long course of years he filled with
credit to himself aud great satisfaction
to others, every office in the Church
that a laymen could fill — from Sabbath
school superintendent to a representative
in Conference. A very clear insight
into Mr. Falkiner's character is obtained
from a document which had been carefully
preserved. It is in the form of a
covenant engagement made with God in
the year 1840. This covenant engagement
was re-signed in 1847, and 1853,
and, with further additions, in 1885.
The united testimony of all that knew
him is that he kept this covenant. He
walked with God in the deepest
humility of spirit — while his life was
entirely devoted to His service. His
own workmen, together with the widow,
the fatherless, and the distressed, rise
up with one accord to tell to-day what
was not known before, of the good he
had done and the help he had rendered
to them in their day of need. In the
consecration of his life to God, verily
he had kept his covenant. A memorial
service was conducted in the West
Maitland Church on July 8th, by the
Rev. C. Jones, and a large congregation
was present to testify their respect and
esteem for their departed friend.
[The Editors desire to add a few
words to the above. The late John Falkiner
was known to both of them for the
past 26 years. He was a man of
unblemished character, of striking
physique, of kindly disposition, and of
rare and unwavering fidelity to Methodism.
By his personal character, his
liberal support, and his services both in
and out of office, he did much to build
up our Church on the Hunter River.
He was ever a friend to ministers and a
lover of good men. ' The memory of
the just is blessed.']

The Maitland Weekly Mercury 7 July 1894
LOCAL NEWS.
Lamented Death of Mr. John Falkiner. —
A venerable townsman went to his rest at midday on
Monday. Mr. John Falkiner, who was within a few
months of completing his eightieth year, died at
his residence between one and two o'clock, from
bronchitis accclerated by influenza and weak
ness of the heart's action. The connection
of the deceased gentleman with west Mait
land dates back to the thirties, but we have not
ascertained the exact year of Mr Falkiner's
advent — we believe it was 1837 or 1838.
He was by trade a boot and shoemaker,
and worked at his bench for many years, till by in
dustry and frugality he enlarged his means and
his way of business. And eventually he abandoned
the boot and shoe trade for that of a baker and con
fectioner, which he was carrying on at the time of
his death, assisted mainly by his wife. Mr. Falkiner
was senior trustee and Circuit steward in the Wes
leyan Church, with which he had been con
nected almost since its establishment in
West Maitland, and he has in turn held all
the offices in the church. He was an alderman of
the Borough for one term, but was not otherwise pro
minent in general public life. No religious move
ment, however, lacked his countenance and his
earnest help. He leaves a widow and three sons
and four daughters surviving, one of his daughters
being married to Mr. John Rourke and the other to
Mr. J. H. Brunker. — The late Mr. Falkiner
was a sincerely religious man, a pattern to all
around him. He was a leader in the church
of God — a pillar of the edifice. An able expounder
of the truth as he saw it, he walked in the way in
which he would have others walk; and he was
zealous, painstaking, unsparing of effort, and perse
vering. His extended experience made him a valu
able counsellor alike in religious and in worldly
matters; his probity and uprightness in every re
lation of life won him the trust and confidence of
everybody, and in his death the town suffers an ir
reparable loss. Fervent in spirit, he was also dili
gent in business, and he succeeded in acquiring a
decent competency by virtue of exemplary conduct
of his affairs. Death has been busy of late, but
has taken none whose absence will be so severely
missed in some circles.

Personal Notes:

John and Margaret Falkiner came to Botany Bay (now Sydney) in 1842 on the ship Woodbridge. John was age 26 and gave parents Nathaniel and Penelope. Margaret, aged 23 gave parents as John and Bridget. Margaret was confined during the voyage. The child was only a few days old when it died. No other children listed for the voyage.

From the boat records John was born c 1816.
The IGI has a John Falkiner born 18 May 1816 in Terryglass, married 1939 Terryglass, died 1906 NSW, Australia. (I can't find this death record in the NSW bdm)
The NSW bdm records has John Falkiner d 1894 (reg no 7952/1894) in West Maitland - parents Nathaniel and Pinifred

http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/18676120?searchTerm=Margaret%20Falkiner
The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser 28 April 1860
For long entry and explaination of earlier court on murder of John Barton - Margaret and Jane gave evidence about selling boots to the accused. John owned the boot shop.

http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/18339176?searchTerm=Falkiner%20#pstart2244305
The Queenslander 20 Nov 1875
TOOWOOMBA LAND COURT.
At the Land Court sitting held at Toowoomba, before Mr. Commissioner Hume, on November 12, the following applications to select Crown lands were accepted: —
Robert Falkiner, 640 acres, East Prairie; Frederick Falkiner, 640 acres, East Prairie; John Falkiner, 640 acres, East Prairie ; Rebecca Falkiner, 640 acres, East Prairie; Fanny Falkiner, 640 acres, * East Prairie (son John died in 1862 so presume is this John Falkiner)

The Maitland Mercury, and Hunter River General AdvertiserMaitland, New South Wales, Australia From Wikipedia the entry for The Maitland Mercury which originated from The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser: The Maitland Mercury is Australia's oldest regional newspaper. It was originally a weekly newspaper, with the first issue published on 7 January 1843. The Mercury is still in circulation serving the city of Maitland and the surrounding Lower Hunter Valley.
Maitland Town Improvements Saturday, 28 August, 1880 In Bourke-street Mr. John Falkiner is having a neat cottage residence erected, which is just on completion. The building is erected on the allotment of land at the rear of the Telegraph Station. It is a stud and weather-board building, built on piles, with galvanized iron roof. There are four rooms in the main building, each about fourteen feet square, and two verandah rooms, ten feet by eleven feet, with hall, four feet six inches wide. The ceilings are eleven feet high. There are verandahs on three sides, each six feet wide. The whole of the rooms are well lighted and a thorough system of ventilation has been introduced. The walls are plastered. All of the joinery work is said to be of the best description, and is neatly varnished. On two sides of the building perforated zinc has been placed under the eaves for the purposes of ventilation. At the rear there is a kitchen, with servants' room and washhouse. The front portion of the ground has been enclosed with a neat paling fence, with large and small entrance gates. On the whole the building presents an attractive and a neat appearance,
and no expense appears to have been spared by the owner to make it as comfortable as possible. Mr. T. Cooper was the contractor

http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/903714?searchTerm=Margaret%20Falkiner
The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser 17 April 1883
Mrs. Falkiner handed counterfeit coin in their shop - court case

Shop in Singleton - Grainger and Falkiner - operated from 1876 to 1949

Source References:

17. Type: Vital Record, Abbr: NSW bdm register, Title: NSW bdm register

- Reference = (Death)

- Notes: The NSW bdm reg no 7952/1894 FALKINER JOHN NATHANIEL PINIFRED WEST MAITLAND

60. Type: Newspaper, Title: Trove, http://trove.nla.gov.au

- Reference = (Death)

- Notes: FALKINER--On the 2nd. July, at his residence, Coral Cottage, West Maitland, John FALKINER, son of the late Nathaniel FALKINER, county Tipperary, aged 80 years.

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