John Swindle
Son of George Swindle and Hannah Bell, born about 1853 (probably in Garrigill, Cumberland) 3. Emigrated with his parents to Australia in 1862.
Married Anne Smeaton (born 1853) in Australia in 1876 1
Children
George, born 1877 at Creswick, Victoria
Helen Louisa, born 1878 at Mooroopna
Hannah Bell, born 1882 at Yielima
Grace Maud, born atYielima
Robert, born 1886 at Barwo
Charles Joshua, born 1897 in New South Wales
John was born in Cumberland, England. Ann was born in Edinburgh and emigrated with her parents in 1855. More information on the Smeaton ancestry is given in the reference below. 1
Newspaper cutting (date unknown) gives his address as Rose Brook Park, Canowindra (New South Wales)
A John Swindle died in Sydney on the 5th of May 1937 (probate 232325)
Notes
1 Information from the Smeaton family history site at http://users.bigpond.net.au/neilpollock/history/smeaton.html. More information at http://npollock.id.au/history/smeaton.html
2 I had believed that this John was more likely to be the son of Robert Swindle and Hannah Bell, baptised in Ninebanks, Northumberland in 1855 (bearing in mind the name of the second daughter). However I have subsequently discovered that George Swindle's wife was also named Hannah Bell! George and Hannah Swindle were living at Creswick in 1875 as evidenced by a letter sent back to England following Hannah's death.
3 Information from Mary Pattinson's family tree
