Bonser

DESCRIPTION

NameBonserDescriptionGeorge Bonser was born 1838 Newcastle on Tyne, England, to George and Elizabeth Bonser (nee Clifford). Some time afterwards, the family moved to Woolwich, Kent.

In 1857 he arrived in Australia aboard ‘Light of the Age’.

In 1861 at Wollongong, George married Kezia Gillard (daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (nee Beaton).

They couple farmed at Peterborough (Shellharbour), and Croom and had several children;

Elizabeth b.1862 (married Henry Atton, died 1928, Shellharbour)
Mary b.1863 (married John Smith, died 1929, Redfern)
Ellen b.1864 (married James Smith, died 1957, Sydney)
Eliza b.1867 (married Richard Nathaniel Smith, died 1945, QLD)
George b.1869 (died 1943, Byron Bay)
Kezia b.1870 (married Ernest Longbottom, died 1870, Shellharbour)
Henrietta b.1872 (married Samuel Prior, died 1947, Singleton)
Clara b.1875 (married Edward Smith, died 1951, Lismore)
Emma Esther b.1876 (died 1878, Shellharbour)
Thomas Arthur b.1878 (died 1899, Shellharbour)
Charlotte b.1880 (married William Blackwood, died 1946, QLD)
Edwin b.1881 (married Dorothy Mary Bull, died 1947 Shellharbour)
Florence Louisa b.1883 (married James O’Donnell, died 1953, Auburn)
Ethel Neta b.1885 (married Thomas Smith, died 1959, Taree)
Ida Ann (died 1968, Shellharbour)

In 1921, George and Kezia’s son Edwin, and daughter, Ida Ann (Annie), purchased 189 acres on the Oak Flats Estate and built 'Yovelton', a timber home. The house was named after their mother's village, Yeovilton, in Somerset, England.

Edwin died in 1947. Ida ran the farm until 1950, then leased it until her death in 1968.

The property was acquired by Shellharbour Council and renovated in 1984.

Lillian Bonser b. 1881, was the suspected illegitimate child of Mary Bonser and Esau Longbottom (married to Mary Russell). She was born at Maitland.

Lilian married Nicholas Aron Martin at Shellharbour in 1903. Nicholas' first wife Catherine Toohey had died 1899. Nicholas and Catherine had 17 children. Nicholas and Lillian had eight children.

External LinkObituary Arthur Bonser 1899Kezia Bonser Death Notice 1909In Memory Kezia Bonser 1910In Memory Kezia Bonser 1917Obituary George Bonser 1919Probate George Bonser 1919Auction Sale 1920Death Elizabeth Atton 1928Death Kezia Longbottom 1951

Object

The Speedy Ready Reckoner

Post Card

Door Handle - Yovelton Farmhouse

Family

Sharp

Bull

Prior

Martin (Aaron Branch)

Place

Yovelton

The Bonser Family home, Yovelton, c.1890.

CONNECTIONS

CollectionFamiliesFamilyMartin (Aaron Branch)LongbottomBullSharpLocalityAlbion Park RailShellharbour VillagePlaceYoveltonRelated ItemFormer property of Edwin & Ida BonserWedding portrait of Edwin Bonser & Dorothy Lillian BullWedding portrait of Edward Smith & Clara BonserThe Bonser Family homeKezia Bonser (nee: Gillard) 1841-1909George Bonser (1839-1919)

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