Individual Details
John Henry CONDON
(13 Oct 1857 - 31 Dec 1929)
John, selected and lived on the property named 'Rosevale' along the main road to Omeo, south of the Lake. John was twice married.
John went in considerably for wheat, and ran a large number of sheep. He had a large shearing shed at the homestead. He also owned a threshing machine, which was taken from place to place by bullock team.
This bullock team was easy to follow when it was going to a fresh place, as Caleb White and Tom Ferris, who worked on the thresher, found after leaving it for a refresher at the local hotel. When they tried to follow the thresher Caleb's bicycle skidded in a fresh bullock dung. While brushing down his clothes he triumphantly cried 'We're on the right track'. Brumley's of Hinnomunjie Station were also the owners of a threshing machine, and in a competitive spirit shared the threshing work of the district. There was great competition to see which machine could arrive at a job first.
John also had a blacksmith shop at the corner of the main and Lake Roads. Wally Twitchett was his smith, and work was occasionally done for outsiders as well as for the homestead. John always had a large number of people working for him. He never liked turning away anyone seeking work, even if he had little for the man to do.
John's second wife was Mary Jane Taylor, her dowry being Chong's paddock.
John went in considerably for wheat, and ran a large number of sheep. He had a large shearing shed at the homestead. He also owned a threshing machine, which was taken from place to place by bullock team.
This bullock team was easy to follow when it was going to a fresh place, as Caleb White and Tom Ferris, who worked on the thresher, found after leaving it for a refresher at the local hotel. When they tried to follow the thresher Caleb's bicycle skidded in a fresh bullock dung. While brushing down his clothes he triumphantly cried 'We're on the right track'. Brumley's of Hinnomunjie Station were also the owners of a threshing machine, and in a competitive spirit shared the threshing work of the district. There was great competition to see which machine could arrive at a job first.
John also had a blacksmith shop at the corner of the main and Lake Roads. Wally Twitchett was his smith, and work was occasionally done for outsiders as well as for the homestead. John always had a large number of people working for him. He never liked turning away anyone seeking work, even if he had little for the man to do.
John's second wife was Mary Jane Taylor, her dowry being Chong's paddock.
Events
| Birth | 13 Oct 1857 | Portland, Victoria, Australia | |||
| Marriage | 17 May 1879 | Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia - Mary Jane TAYLOR | |||
| Death | 31 Dec 1929 | The Rock, New South Wales, Australia | |||
| Marriage | Frances Susan HUGGINS |
Families
| Spouse | Mary Jane TAYLOR (1858 - 1886) |
| Child | Frederick William CONDON (1880 - 1959) |
| Child | John Henry CONDON (1881 - 1966) |
| Child | Charles John CONDON (1882 - 1955) |
| Child | Mary Emma CONDON (1884 - ) |
| Child | Ethel Jane CONDON (1886 - 1886) |
| Spouse | Frances Susan HUGGINS (1865 - 1929) |
| Child | Albert James CONDON (1889 - ) |
| Child | Ester Frances May CONDON (1892 - ) |
| Child | Thomas Alfred George CONDON (1895 - ) |
| Child | Gordon Samuel CONDON (1898 - 1978) |
| Child | Corina Clara Thelma CONDON (1901 - ) |
| Child | Vera Nellie CONDON (1903 - ) |
| Child | Eric Enoch CONDON (1906 - ) |
| Father | Enoch CONDON (1819 - 1882) |
| Mother | Emma KEMBER (1821 - 1898) |
| Sibling | William Charles CONDON (1840 - 1910) |
| Sibling | Caroline CONDON (1841 - 1848) |
| Sibling | Samuel CONDON (1842 - 1909) |
| Sibling | Sarah Ann CONDON (1843 - 1891) |
| Sibling | Caroline CONDON (1850 - 1919) |
| Sibling | Mary CONDON (1854 - 1934) |
| Sibling | George Henry CONDON (1855 - 1937) |
| Sibling | Frederick CONDON (1860 - 1925) |
| Sibling | Charles CONDON (1863 - 1951) |