NameHoy, John DalgettaBiographyJohn Dalgetta Hoy was born in 1833 in Glasgow, Scotland, to John and Jane Hoy (nee Cumming).
John married Mary Ann Eggleston (nee Grantham) at Kiama in 1868.
Mary Ann and her first husband Stephen had five children before he died in 1861;
Henrietta b.1851 (married George Daniel Hockey, died 1933, Shellharbour)
Sarah b.1856
William b.1858 (died 1930, Lidcombe)
Eliza b.1860 (married Melvyn Oliver, died 1922, Kiama)
Mary Ann b.1861
John and Mary Ann had three children;
Jane Patton b.1869 (married William Lewis, died 1956, QLD)
John Dalgetta Jnr b.1871 (died 1894 of tuberculosis, Wollongong)
Ada Fleming b.1875 (married Thomas William Hutley, died 1963 QLD)
John worked as the 'officer in charge of moorings' (harbour master) at Shellharbour for 25 years, and council clerk for 12 years . In the 1913 electoral roll, John is listed as a fisherman.
