Individual Details

John SERGEANT

(8 Jun 1846 - 23 Dec 1894)

Birth	8 Jun 1846	Seagoe, County Armagh, Ireland
Emigration-shared	20 Feb 1856	(Elizabeth BRADFORD) from Plymouth & arrived in Port Phillip on the 5th June 1856 aboard the 'Fairlie' together with children Mary (& her husband Richard Carson), Emily, John & Sarah. The ship carried 310 immigrants including 82 children under 14
Marriage	24 Oct 1872	Presbyterian Church, North Melbourne, Victoria, Australian Colonies - Helen Hilldrup STONE
Occupation	1890	teacher. He began his training in 1869 and was quickly appointed as assistant teacher at the Model School in West Melboure in 1870. 1874 saw him appointed as headmaster of the Hamilton School, becoming a district school inspector in May 1878. He resigned to enter politics. He became the Member of the Legislative Assembly for the electorate of Dundas in August 1878 but lost his seat in July 1880. He resumed teaching and was appointed headmaster of the Rathdowne Street school in Carlton in 1884
Death	23 Dec 1894	"Stuartlea", Box Hill, Victoria, Australia
Burial	25 Dec 1894	Box Hill Cemetery (C-*-0230), Box Hill, Victoria, Australian Colonies

Spouse	Helen Hilldrup STONE (1844 - 1924)
Child	John Stuart SERGEANT (1874 - 1874)
Child	Adelaide Mary "Commie" SERGEANT (1875 - 1964)
Child	Clarence Stewart (Datchie) SERGEANT (1877 - 1880)
Child	Hamilton Dundas SERGEANT (1879 - 1880)
Child	Leslie Stewart "Dick" SERGEANT (1880 - 1947)
Child	Stanley Stewart "Tor" SERGEANT (1880 - 1958)
Child	Howard Stewart (Howie) SERGEANT (1882 - 1965)
Child	Sidney Stuart "Jack" SERGEANT (1884 - 1957)
Child	Gwendolyn Hilda "Gwen" SERGEANT (1888 - 1975)