Priaulx

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NamePriaulxAlternative NamePriaux, Preaux, Preoo, PreoDescriptionJohn Priaulx (spelt various ways and eventually anglicised), was born about 1833 in Guernsey, Channel Islands, UK.

In 1855 when he was 22, he arrived in Australia aboard ‘Ascendant’. He was listed as an agricultural labourer and could both read and write.

Three years after his arrival, in 1858, he married Bridget Cummins at Kiama.

The couple settled at Stoney Creek, Croom, where 12 children were born -

Peter b.1860 (Preoo) (died 1934, Bega)
Mary Ann b.1861(Preoo) (married Thomas Healey, died 1937, Bega)
John b.1862 (Preo) (married Mary Butler, died 1936, Nowra)
Andrew b.1865 (Preoo) (died 1911, Bega)
Margaret b.1866 (Preoo) (married Thomas Simmons, died 1945, Bega)
Catherine b.1868 (married Michael Carroll, died 1934, Canterbury)
Thomas b.1871 (Preoo) (married Emma Went, died 1964, Bega)
James b. 1873 (Preoo) (married Susan Hall, died 1952, Bega)
Bridget (Preo) b.1874 (married Daniel McGlinchey, died 1922, Raymond Terrace)
Eliza b.1876 (Preoo) (married Amos Sharpe, died 1963, Lismore)
Patrick (Preo) b.1877(married Adelaide Nicholson, died 1941, Granville)
Annie b.1881 (died 1915, Bega)

John suffered a horrific accident 15 April 1859, just months after his marriage, when his right arms was torn off as he was feeding a thrashing machine. A community appeal was established to secure funds to purchase a few cows, to support John and his wife.

Around the time of the birth of their youngest children, the family moved to Bega.

John died in 1915 at Bega. Bridget the following year.
External LinkAppeal to the Benevolent 1859Subscription List 1859Bona-fide Unreserved Sale - Mr Preoo1861Dairy & Stock Auction - John Preoo's Stony Creek 1862Insolvent Court John Preoo 1862Kiama Police Court 1862Kiama Police Court 1864Pat Preo New Zealand 1903Death Mr Cummins 1905Mr P Preo, Inaha, New Zealand 1907Mr and Mrs Pat Preo Return 1910Fatal Accident Andy Preo 1911James Preo 'pilot' 1914John Preo Cattle 1912John Preo Manager Pritchard's Numba Estate 1915Death Annie Preo 1915Death John Preo Snr 1915Nowra Presentation to Mrs Preo 1920Death Mr Peter Preo 1934Death Mr Thomas Preo 1935Death Mrs Thomas Healey 1937Bega Rivery Ferryman J Preo 1937Obituary Thomas Healey 1942Funeral Mrs Thomas Simmons 1945Runs in the Family - New Tathra Ferryman 1947The Late James Preo 1952

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