George Freshwater ⁶

   Cause of his death was Chronic Nephritis/Hemiplegia, Uraemia.

   Ancestral File Number: 9864-77.

  General Notes:

Noted as a plasterer at the time of his daughters wedding ( Lillian Freshwater).

Freshwater, George. Harrow Road Kogarah
Sands Directories: Sydney and New South Wales, Australia, 1858-1933 for George Freshwater

BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS.
SEQUESTRATION ORDERS.
9.-George Freshwater, of Petersham, formerly of Ashfield. Mr. E. M. Stephen, official assignee.
1892 'BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS.', The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser (NSW : 1843 - 1893), 12 March, p. 7. , viewed 14 Apr 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19007559

The undermentioned bankrupts were also examined -Louis Alexaudor, George Freshwater 4 (plasterer), Charles Walter Waller (clerk in a brewery)
1892 'LAW REPORT.', The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), 31 March, p. 7. , viewed 14 Apr 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13855593

In Bankruptcy.
VOLUNTARY SEQUESTRATIONS.
4704. George Freshwater, of Palace-street, Petersham. Mr. Stephen assignee.
1892 'In Bankruptcy.', Evening News (Sydney, NSW : 1869 - 1931), 10 March, p. 6. , viewed 14 Apr 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article113757423

NOTICE.-If GEORGE FRESHWATER and FRANK BUSH, Plasterers, do not finish their Contract
I will have it finished at their expense. J. MURPHY, Builders Belgrave-street, Kogarah.
1885 'Advertising', The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), 15 December, p. 2. , viewed 14 Apr 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13606533

A Granville Footballer Killed.
Jumping from a Train.
An inquest was held on Wednesday by Mr. W. T. Pinhey, J.P., Deputy City Coroner, on the body of John Pickin, who was found lying in an unconscious state on the railway line at Strathfield on Monday night, and who died whilst being conveyed to the Sydney Hospital.
William Pickin identified the body as that of his brother, John Pickin, a blacksmith, residing at Granville ; he was a married man, 27 years of age, and left one child ; witness last saw his brother alive on Monday night, when he was waiting for a train ; deceased was a man of temperate habits, and was sober when he (witness) last saw him.
George Freshwater stated that he was on the centre platform at Strathfield station on Monday night, and saw deceased, accompanied by a woman, jump out of a train which was just starting from the station ; the train went on, and then witness saw deceased lying on the line, and the woman on the platform, both being in an unconscious state ; they were then taken on to Sydney, and that was the last witness saw of deceased alive.
Charles Baker deposed to travelling in the same carriage as deceased, who was accompanied by two women, on Monday uight ; just as the train was starting from Strathfield station deceased and a woman got out, and the witness did not see anything more of them.
Mary Roberts said that she was travelling in the train with deceased and a woman, and that they left the train at Strathfield by mistake, just before it started.
The jury returned a verdict of accidental death.
1890 'A Granville Footballer Killed.', The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate (Parramatta, NSW : 1888 - 1950), 4 October, p. 7. , viewed 14 Apr 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article86270376

Bankruptcy Index
FRESHWATERGeorge--Petersham-08/03/1892-04704
NSW State Archives http://srwww.records.nsw.gov.au/indexsearch/searchhits_nocopy.aspx?table=Bankruptcy%20Index&ID=59&query=Freshwater&frm=0

Occupation at time of death- Plasterer and invalid pensioner (death cert. 1921/10852)


George Freshwater
BIRTHunknown
DEATH1 Jul 1921
BURIAL
Woronora Memorial Park
Sutherland, Sutherland Shire, New South Wales, Australia
PLOTAng 2 0464
MEMORIAL ID181532679
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/181532679
(No headstone)

  Medical Notes:

Place of death: St George District Hospital, late of 71 Villers St Rockdale, NSW.
59 at age of death
Place of birth- Ashfield
Father- William Freshwater (Occupation- Contractor)
Mother- Sarah Ann Miller

Place of marriage- Ahsfield. Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Age at marriage- 21
Name of Spouse- Mary Pearse
Children of marriage- Lilian 38, Linda 36, Ida 34, Sydney G 29, Living, non deceased.
Length of illness 14 days
Medical attendent L. Parr
Last seen 1 Jul 1921

Informant P O Boarer, son-in-law, 71 Villers Street Rockdale.

Minister and Religion- Henry T Holliday, Church of England
Undertaker- Wood Coffill Ltd
Witnesses P. Boarer, Fred B Smith

  Noted events in his life were:

• Death, 1 Jul 1921, Plot Anglican 2 0464, Church of England Cemetery, Woronora, New South Wales, Australia.

George married Mary Pearse, daughter of Amos Pearse and Elizabeth Anne Richards, on 10 Mar 1883 in St. Peters, New South Wales, Australia.⁵ (Mary Pearse was born on 1 Oct 1861 in St. Peters, New South Wales, Australia,⁹ died on 27 Jan 1952 in Home of Peace. Petersham, New South Wales, Australia ¹⁰ and was buried on 30 Jan 1952 in Plot Anglican 2 0464, Church of England Cemetery, Woronora, New South Wales, Australia..). The cause of her death was Myocardial degeneration/Rheumatoid Arthritis.

  Marriage Notes:

Name:George Freshwater
Gender:Male
Marriage Age:21
Event Type:Marriage
Birth Date:abt 1862
Birth Place:NSW
Marriage Date:10 Mar 1883
Church:St Peters, Cooks River
Father:Wm. Freshwater, mother died.
Address:Ashfield
Comments:Plasterer
Spouse:Mary Pearse (living with mother?)
Marriage Age: 21
:ovomg Gannons Forest?
Father: Amos Pearse, Mother: Eliza Pearse (Richards)
In the presence of Richard William Henry Pearse, ?Laura? Rogers
Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, St Peters Cooks River Select Births, Marriages and Burials, 1839-1963 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.