John Alexander Holgate, Free Settler "Runnymede" 1856

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BIRTH
4 Apr 1845
Woolwich, Royal Borough of Greenwich, Greater London, England
DEATH
10 Nov 1933 (aged 88)
Busselton, Busselton City, Western Australia, Australia
BURIAL
Busselton Cemetery
Yalyalup, Busselton City, Western Australia, Australia

Show MapGPS-Latitude: -33.6839098, Longitude: 115.3874389

MEMORIAL ID
180557750

Family Members
Parents

Robert Holgate
1807–1868

Mary McCoy Holgate
1815–1882

Spouse

Sarah Ellen Harwood Holgate
1844–1931 (m. 1865)

Siblings

Mary Ann Holgate Weston
1841–1909

Harriett Elizabeth Holgate Atkins
1850–1930

Children

Mary Jane Holgate Howson
1866–1935

Harriet Elizabeth Holgate Scanlan
1868–1962

William Robert Holgate
1870–1954

John Alexandra Holgate
1873–1936

Sarah Ellen Holgate McSweeney
1873–1937

Alice Maud Holgate
1876–1923

Edith Rose Holgate Woodrow
1880–1956

Amelia Frances Holgate Bamkim
1882–1959

John Holgate and his parents emigrated to West Australia on the Runnymeade, leaving Plymouth June 1856, arriving in Fremantle on 7 September 1856. The Holgates lived in Fremantle and this is where they met the Harwood family. On 5th April 1865 Reverend Bostock married John Holgate and Sarah Harwood at St John's Church of England, Fremantle. John and Sarah remained in Fremantle for another for 2 more years until 1867 they moved to the south west.

John worked as shop keeper in Albert Street, Busselton and as a mill worker at Quindalup. Sarah's brother, John Harwood, was one of the leading residents at Quindalup and a well-known figure on the Sussex Road Board for very many years.

Sarah and John had about eight children together and had been married for 66 years at the time of Sarah's death in 1931

Obituary http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article147523653

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article147523654