Owen

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NameOwenDescriptionRobert Owen was born to Robert and Sarah Owen (nee Hall), in Tynemouth, Northumberland, 1799.

Robert was admitted as an attorney in 1820, and in 1824 married Jessie Moncrieff Thriepland, daughter of Lord Moncrieff of Fingask Castle, Perth, Scotland

Robert and Jessie had four children;

Stuart Moncrieff b.1824 (died 1830)
Florence Sarah Imlack b.1826
Percy b.1828
Robert Hall b.1830 (died 1874, Sydney)

In the 1840's Robert and his two sons arrived in Australia and two years later he was working as a solicitor for the Supreme Court of NSW.

In 1841, he purchased 'Sarah's Valley' at Jamberoo. Over the years he purchased more land in the Illawarra.

Robert spent much time in Sydney; however, his home was in Market Square in Wollongong, where he lived on his retirement in the 1860’s.

Robert's son Percy married Eleanor Martha Haylock and they had seven children;

Percy Thomas b.1865
Charles Alfred b.1866
Julia Dorothea b.1868
Maude Charlotte b.1869
Ernest William b.1871
William Hall b.1873

Percy and Eleanor's son Ernest William Owen married Constance Elaine McMillan in 1910. Constance was the daughter of Sir William McMillan and Ada Charlotte Graham.

Percy and Eleanor had
David Constantine b.1911
Julian Moncrieff b.1912
Eleanor Winifred b.1914
Evelyn Ernest b.1915
Percy William b.1919

William and Constance had a summer home at Tongarra ‘River Farm’.

Evelyn Ernest Owen was the famous inventor of the Owen Gun, that saved so many Australian lives during WWII and subsequent conflicts.

Evelyn turned parts for the prototype of his gun at Brewster’s Garage at Albion Park. He purchased a sawmill at Tongarra on the expectation of royalties from his invention, however, he was taxed heavily. Evelyn died in 1949, age 33.

External LinkThe Late Honorable Robert Owen MLC 1878The Tongarra Coal Mine 1903Major Percy Owen 1900Owen-McMillan Wedding 1910Old Memories Jamberoo in the Forties 1935Owen Gun Inventor Had Mountain Dew 1945Owen Gun Seized from Inventor 1945Police Sieze Owen Gun 1945Evelyn Owen Fined for Hiding Illicit Spirit 1945Australian Dictionary of Biography - Robert OwenAustralian Dictionary of Biography - Evelyn Ernest Owen

Person

Brownlee, William

Owen, Evelyn

Place

Minnamurra School and Teachers Residence

River Farm

Family

Ryan

Locality

Macquarie Pass

Evelyn Owen c.1940's.

CONNECTIONS

CollectionFamiliesFamilyMcMillanBrewsterLocalityMacquarie PassPersonOwen, EvelynPlaceRiver FarmRelated ItemEvelyn Owen 1915 - 1949Evelyn Owen and Len RadfordEvelyn Owen 1915-1949

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