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John Chesters Sandland

2nd Cousin 3x Removed of Kevin Frank Sandland

SA155

Event

Date

Place

Birth

Abt. 1845

Loppington, Wem, Shropshire

Baptism

13 Aug 1845

Loppington, Wem, Shropshire

Marriage

16 Jan 1883

Burra District, South Australia

Death

12 Dec 1909

Kooringa, South Australia

Burial

 

 

Relation

Name

ARN (Ancestral Record Number)

Spouse

Caroline McBride

SA156

Father

John Sandland

SA153

Mother

Sarah Stanway

SA154

Children: (possible)

Year Born

ARN

Kathleen Bessey

(1884)

- b. 15 Dec 1884 - d. 24 Nov 1926

John Leslie

(1886)

- b. 31 Jul 1886 - * see footnote

Robert Chesters

(1888)

- b. 17 Feb 1888 - d. 19 Jun 1893

Morton Reginald

(1889)

- b. 22 Jun 1889 - ** see footnote

Bertram Cameron

(1891)

- b. 17 Apr 1891 - *** see footnote

Caroline Mary

(1894)

- b. 23 Jan 1894 - **** see footnote

Myrtle McBride

(1896)

- b. 16 Mar 1896 - ***** see footnote

Nellie Gertrude

(1899)

- b. 18 Aug 1899 - ****** see footnote

     

Siblings:

Year Born

ARN

Emily

(1844)

*******  see footnote

Footnote

* John Leslie - b. 31 Jun 1886 in Koonooa Station, Burra - married Elsie Myra Crewes 02 Nov 1910 in Kooringa and they had six children:

John Robert - b. 03 Dec 1911 in Redruth, Burra

Rita Nancy - b. 25 Mar 1913 in Kooringa

Dorothy Mary - b. 13 Dec 1914 in Kooringa

Betty - b. 15 May 1916 in Nackara, SAus

Marjory - b. 15 Feb 1918 in Nackara

Morton Reginald - b. 27 Apr 1921 in Peterborough, SAus - d. 29 Jan 1943 in Papua and buried in Bomana, New Guiena

John Leslie died 20 Aug 1963 in Peterborough and was cremated

 

** Morton Reginald was Killed in Action during WW1 on 31 Oct 1917 in Beersheba, Palestine and was buried there on 01 Nov 1917

 

*** Bertram Cameron - b. 17 Apr 1891 in in Koonooa Station, Burra - married Florence Emma Waterhouse 07 Jun 1922 in Kooringa and they had six children:

John Chesters - b. 27 Oct 1923 in Kooringa

Keith Cameron - b. 27 Jan 1925 in Kooringa - daughter Cathy

Morton Reginald - b. 29 Sep 1927 in Alberton, SAus - d. 15 May1929 in Woodville (hospital)

Norma Glenda - b. 1929

Meg Barbara - b. 13 Nov 1933

Valma - b. 12 Jul 1926 in Kooringa - d. 16 Sep 1926 in Kooringa

Bertram Cameron died 06 Oct 1956 in Largs Bay, SAus

 

****  Caroline Mary - b. 23 Jan 1894 in Koonooa Station, Burra - married  Malcolm Stevenson 28 Jan 1920 in Burra and they had four children:

Margaret - b. 14 Jun 1921 in Unley Park, SAus - d. 27 Aug 1951 in Prospect, SAus

Malcolm John - b. 10 Aug 1922 in Unley Park

Mary Caroline - b. 30 Aug 1926 in N Adelaide

Katherine Elizabeth - b. 25 Sep 1931

Caroline Mary died 29 Jun 1962 in St George (hospital), SAus

 

*****  Myrtle McBride - b. 16 Mar 1896 in Kooringa, Burra - married  Graham Harry Dow 24 Nov 1920 in Burra and they had three children:

Graham Sandland - b. 17 Oct 1921 in Kooringa

John Reginald Sandland - b. 23 Jun 1923 in Kooringa

Diane Caroline Sandland - b. 14 Aug 1926 in Kooringa

Myrtle McBride died 12 Feb 1951 in Fullarton, SAus

 

******  Nellie Gertrude - b. 18 Aug 1899 in Kooringa, Burra - married  Eric John Swann 03 Sep 1925 in Kooringa and they had two children:

Nelleen Judith - b. 04 Jul 1926 in Jamestown, SAus

Mary Caroline - b. 04 Jan 1928 in Jamestown

Nellie Gertrude died 23 Dec 1961 in Leabrook, SAus

 

******* Emily - married Rev Nathaniel Johnson Hone 22 Oct 1869 in Lyndoch, South Australia

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Biography

John Chesters was born during the third quarter 1845 in Loppington, Wem, Shropshire and baptised on 13th Aug 1845 at Loppington.

His mother and father emigrated to South Australia in 1847 and took John Chesters and his sister with them. John Chesters was recorded as being 2 years old at that time. He is known to have lived at Woodlands, Lyndoch with his parents.

He married Caroline McBride on 16th Jan 1883 at Lyndoch and possibly had eight children.

John Chesters was a noted person in the community and died on 12th Dec 1909 at Kooringa, South Australia.

 

Click here for the full OBITUARY

 

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Kooringa in 1872

 

Kooringa present day

 

 

information in the footnote of this record has been confirmed by Samantha Evans (Great Great Great Niece of Caroline McBride, the wife of John Chesters Sandland).

Thanks Samantha, eternally grateful.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Short Generation Pedigree

 

 

     
Click on a name in the main Sandland line to go to the individual's record Robert Sandland
      Robert Sandland  ----------
    | (1784-) Anne Morris
    John Sandland     ------------  
  | (1816-) | John Chesters
  |   Maria Chesters  -------------
  |  (1782-) Ann
  John Chesters Sandland  ---    
  (1845-1909) |    
    |  
    | |  
      Sarah Stanway  --------------  
      (1816-) |  
       
          

 

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