Clarke Family Tree » John Beston (1825-1885)

Personal data John Beston 

  • He was born in the year 1825 in Dungarvan, Waterford, Ireland.
  • Immigrated on December 8, 1855 vanuit from Cork Harbour, aboard the immigrant "Fortune", Moreton Bay, Brisbane, QLD, AU.
  • Profession: Teacher - Evelyn Otten (email on file) wrote in May 2006 (referred by Margaret Neyle) : John Beston went to Dublin to train as a schoolteacher and the Queanbeyan (NSW, Aust.) archives states that he trained through the Irish National Schools as was the cus.
  • He died on November 26, 1885 in 19 Cleveland Street, Darlington, Sydney, NSW, AU, he was 60 years old.
  • He is buried after November 26, 1885 in Rookwood Cemetery, Old Catholic Section, Rookwood, Sydney, NSW, AU.

Household of John Beston

(1) He is married to Sabina Alice Gavin.

They got married on August 24, 1854 at Dublin, Ireland, he was 29 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Mary J Beston  ± 1857-????
  2. James Beston  ± 1860-????
  3. Michael John Beston  1862-????
  4. Margaret Beston  ± 1864-????
  5. Teresa Beston  ± 1865-1867

Event (Anecdote) between 1854 and 1885.


(2) He is married to Emily Wenban.

They got married on May 6, 1871 at Camden, NSW, AU, he was 46 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Arthur Beston  ± 1872-± 1916
  2. Emily Teresa Beston  1874-± 1949

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Ancestors (and descendant) of John Beston

John Beston
1825-1885

(1) 1854

Sabina Alice Gavin
± 1834-1868

Mary J Beston
± 1857-????
James Beston
± 1860-????
Michael John Beston
1862-????
Margaret Beston
± 1864-????
Teresa Beston
± 1865-1867
(2) 1871

Emily Wenban
1838-1874

Arthur Beston
± 1872-± 1916
Emily Teresa Beston
1874-± 1949

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Historical events

Day of marriage May 6, 1871

  • The temperature on May 6, 1871 was about 12.5 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the northwest. The atmospheric humidity was 54%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
  • In The Netherlands , there was from January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1871: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • March 21 » Otto von Bismarck is appointed as the first Chancellor of the German Empire.
    • March 22 » In North Carolina, William Woods Holden becomes the first governor of a U.S. state to be removed from office by impeachment.
    • March 28 » The Paris Commune is formally established in Paris.
    • May 21 » Opening of the first rack railway in Europe, the Rigi Bahnen on Mount Rigi.
    • June 10 » Sinmiyangyo: Captain McLane Tilton leads 109 US Marines in a naval attack on Han River forts on Kanghwa Island, Korea.
    • November 10 » Henry Morton Stanley locates missing explorer and missionary, Dr David Livingstone in Ujiji, near Lake Tanganyika, famously greeting him with the words, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?".

Day of death November 26, 1885

  • The temperature on November 26, 1885 was about 3.4 °C. There was 4 mm of rain. The air pressure was 1 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 94%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1885: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
    • January 1 » Twenty-five nations adopt Sandford Fleming's proposal for standard time (and also, time zones).
    • February 18 » Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is published in the United States.
    • February 23 » Sino-French War: French Army gains an important victory in the Battle of Đồng Đăng in the Tonkin region of Vietnam.
    • July 6 » Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies on Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.
    • September 22 » Lord Randolph Churchill makes a speech in Ulster in opposition to the Irish Home Rule movement.
    • December 22 » Itō Hirobumi, a samurai, became the first Prime Minister of Japan.


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