Living
Sex: F
Parents
Father: Living Mother: Living
Spouses and Children
1. Living Children: 1. Living 2. Living 3. Living 4. LivingLiving
Sex: F
Parents
Father: Living Mother: LivingLiving
Sex: M
Parents
Father: Living Mother: LivingLiving
Sex: F
Parents
Father: Living Mother: LivingJames Martin Sexton
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 7 Apr 1897 - Toolleen, Victoria, Australia 463 Christening: Death: Burial: Cause of Death: Accidentally hung himself 463
Parents
Father: John Edward Sexton 285 Mother: Catherine Helena Winnifred Cullen 285,463Living
Sex: F
Parents
Father: Living Mother: LivingJohn Edward Sexton
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 10 Oct 1855 - White Hills, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia 285 Christening: Death: 8 Jun 1913 - Toolleen, Victoria, Australia ( at age 57) 285 Burial: After 8 Jun 1913 - Runnymede, Victoria, Australia 463 Cause of Death: "an internal complaint. He had been ailing for some time" 463Events
• Occupation: Farmer, 15 Feb 1886, Lancefield, Victoria, Australia.
• Interesting: Had a severe accident in his buggy, 22 Nov 1906, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia. The Bendigo Advertiser Thursday 22 Nov 1906
<http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/89561971?searchTerm=sexton&searchLimits=l-state=Victoria|||l-title=346> Driving Accident Muskerry East 21st November
Mr. J. Sexton, a well-known local farmer, met with a severe accident while driving from Bendigo on Monday evening. When within about a mile of his home, Mr. Sexton the horse with the whip, and the animal lashed out, smashing the front of the buggy. Mr. Sexton was thrown on the roadway, while the horse careered madly along the road, finally dashing the buggy against a tree. Mr. Sexton sustained severe cuts on the head and hand. One of his ears was almost torn off. He was taken to the Heathcote Hospital where the injuries were attended to by Dr. Reid. It is a singular coincidence that the accident Mr. Sexton's nephew, John Barrington, met with the cycling mishap a few weeks ago.
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Parents
Father: Cornelius Sexton 285 Mother: Mary Teresa Purcell 285
Spouses and Children
1. *Catherine Helena Winnifred Cullen 285,463 Marriage: 15 Feb 1886 - Lancefield, Victoria, Australia 285,463Marriage Events
• Minister/Priest: Rev. Father Galbolen, 15 Feb 1886, Lancefield, Victoria, Australia.
• Witnesses: Catherine's brother Thomas and her sister Theresa, 15 Feb 1886, Lancefield, Victoria, Australia. Children: 1. James Martin Sexton 2. Walter Patrick Sexton
Notes
General:
070217 from Anthony Ludington's Sexton Family History file:
John Edward Sexton was the second child of Cornelius Sexton (1) and Mary Sexton (4) nee Purcell. John Edward Sexton married Catherine Helena Cullen on 15th February 1886 at St Mary's Catholic Church, Lancefield Vic. The marriage was celebrated by the Rev Father Galbolen and the witnesses were Catherine's brother Thomas and her sister Theresa. Upon their marriage certificate Catherine is described as being a farmer's daughter and is 20 years of age whilst John is described as a farmer and being of 28 years of age. After their marriage, John Edward and Catherine settled at Toolleen Vic where together they carried out farming on the property of their father Cornelius.
The couple had 14 children these being Cornelius (26) B1/1/1887, Lucy Mable Ethel (27) B14/4/1888, John Charles Vincent (48) B11/9/1890, Catherena Mary (50) B22/11/1891, Caroline Elizabeth Ruby (138) 4/1/1893, Thomas Kevin (139) B21/9/1893, James Martin (140) B7/4/1897, Walter Patrick (141) B7/4/1897, Sussanah Ruby Elizabeth (313) B18/10/1899, Kevin Joseph Aloysius (318) B25/11/1901, Veronica Mary (319) B16/3/1903, Edward (Ned) Leo (320) B26/11/1905, Hilary Percival (331) B3/3/1907 and Eileen Alicia (344) B1908.
In the Sexton family older children were always excited about the birth of a new baby, not because it meant having a new brother or sister but rather the stout, Protestant, Scottish midwife would come to the home to assist with the birth. Now this midwife a Protestant as she was, could not help but get into arguments with John Edward who was very Irish and very Catholic. In fact it is said that on the occasion of the Birth of Bong (Kevin) in November 1901, the Protestant midwife informed John (or Mr Sexton as she called him) that Rome was built on the top of hell! To this bigoted remark John replied calmly and with some politeness, "Yes, and all the bloody Protestants are in it" (no doubt meaning hell).Of course the children were always sent out of sight, but they still managed to hear these hotly debated arguments between the Irishman and the Scottish midwife. The arguments between these two were not to cease for a few more years as they met on several more occasions.
In 1912, John Edward Sexton was elected to the Waranga Shire Council. He served a term of 10 months before his death on 8/6/1913 aged 58 years. In his Obituary published in the Bendigo Advertiser on 11/6/1913. It also stated that John was a much respected and loved throughout the district. John's popularity was shown by his election to the Waranga Shire Council and the large turnout for his funeral. The Bendigo Advertiser further stated that it had been John's lifelong ambition to serve on the council. Before he died he had asked his son John (Jack) to replace him on the council and at the next election Jack was elected to take his father's seat. John Edward is buried at the Runnymede Cemetery Vic, near his mother, sons and brother.
The Bendigo Advertiser Thursday 22 Nov 1906
<http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/89561971?searchTerm=sexton&searchLimits=l-state=Victoria\\|l-title=346> Driving Accident Muskerry East 21st November
Mr. J. Sexton, a well-known local farmer, met with a severe accident while driving from Bendigo on Monday evening. When within about a mile of his home, Mr. Sexton the horse with the whip, and the animal lashed out, smashing the front of the buggy. Mr. Sexton was thrown on the roadway, while the horse careered madly along the road, finally dashing the buggy against a tree. Mr. Sexton sustained severe cuts on the head and hand. One of his ears was almost torn off. He was taken to the Heathcote Hospital where the injuries were attended to by Dr. Reid. It is a singular coincidence that the accident Mr. Sexton's nephew, John Barrington, met with the cycling mishap a few weeks ago.
The Bendigo Advertiser Monday 8 Jun 1914
Family Notices
SEXTON.-In sad but loving memory of my dear husband and father, John Edward Sexton, who departed this life on 8th June 1913. R.I.P.
O, Immaculate Heart of Mary,
Your prayers for him extol;
O, Sacred Heart of Jesus,
Have mercy on his soul.
-Inserted by his loving wife and family.
The McIvor Times and Rodney Advertiser Thursday 19/6/1913The death occurred on Sunday, the 8th inst., of Councillor J. E. Sexton, a much respected member of the Waranga Shire Council and resident of Toolleen, from an internal complaint. He had been ailing for some time. The funeral took place on the Tuesday following, and was largely attended, the place of interment being the Runnymede Cemetery.
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280521 from MyHeritage (one of half a dozen family trees with more or less the same information on all of them, indicatiing that the one with the most information is more than likely the original and all the others have simply copied their information:
John Edward Sexton
In MyHeritage Family Trees
NameJohn Edward Sexton
BirthOct 10 1855
White Hills Hamlet Bendigo, Victoria
MarriageMarriage to: Catherine Helena Sexton (born Cullen)
Feb 15 1886
Lancefield, Victoria, Australia
DeathJune 8 1913
Toolleen, Victoria . [Runnymede Cemetery]
Family members
Parents
Cornelius Sexton
1830 - 1920
Mary Sexton (born Purcell)
1820 - 1908
Wife
Catherine Helena Sexton (born Cullen)
1867 - 1937
Siblings
Mary Barrington (born Sexton)
1853 - 1936
Margaret Cecilia Williams (born Sexton)
1860 - 1929
Cornelius Sexton
1862 - 1931
Patrick Sexton
1858 - 1907
Baby Boy Sexton
1861 - 1861
Elizabeth Catherine Cullen (born Sexton)
1865 - 1940
Children
Cornelius Edward Sexton
1887 - 1963
John Charles Vincent Sexton
1890 - 1919
Caroline Elizabeth Ruby Sexton
1893 - 1893
Walter Patrick Sexton
1897 - 1973
Susannah Ruby Elizabeth Sexton
1899 - 1959
Veronica Mary Sexton
1903 - 1919
Hilary Percival Sexton
1907 - 1967
Lucy Mabel Ethel Sexton
1888 - 1965
Catherina Mary Sexton
1891 - 1959
Thomas Kevin Sexton
1894 - 1900
James Martin Sexton
1897 - 1910
Kevin Joseph Aloyisius Sexton
1901 - 1965
Edward Leo Sexton
1905 - 1967
Eileen Alicia Sexton
1908 - 1988
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John Patrick Sexton
Sex: MAKA: Jack Sexton 14
Individual Information
Birth Date: 9 May 1922 - Rushworth, Victoria, Australia 285,7977 Christening: Death: 12 Dec 1945 - Mooroopna, Victoria, Australia ( at age 23) 285 Burial: After 12 Dec 1945 - Rushworth, Victoria, Australia 5608 Cause of Death:Events
• Alt. Death: Bef 1991. Leukemia.
Parents
Father: Walter Patrick Sexton 14,3982 Mother: Elizabeth Anne Howe 14 Marriage Did Not MarryLiving
Sex: M
Parents
Father: Living Mother: LivingLiving
Sex: F
Parents
Father: Walter Patrick Sexton 14,3982 Mother: Elizabeth Anne Howe 14
Spouses and Children
1. *William Bryan Henderson 14 Marriage: Children: 1. Living
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