[Index]
William CHANGATO (1876 - 1939)
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
Ida Catherine CHANGATO ( - 1988)
Philomena CHANGATO ( - 1971)
Amy Lois Melana CHANGATO (1900 - 1988)
William Wenito CHANGATO (1902 - 1974)
William CHANGATO (1876 - 1939)

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Jane SMITH (1864 - 1939)





























b. 28 Dec 1876 at New Caledonia
m. 1897 Jane SMITH (1864 - 1939) at Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
d. 14 Nov 1939 at Mullumbimby, New South Wales, Australia aged 62
Children (4):
Ida Catherine CHANGATO ( - 1988)
Philomena CHANGATO ( - 1971)
Amy Lois Melana CHANGATO (1900 - 1988)
William Wenito CHANGATO (1902 - 1974)
Grandchildren (1):
Events in William CHANGATO (1876 - 1939)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
28 Dec 1876 William CHANGATO was born New Caledonia
1897 21 Married Jane SMITH (aged 33) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 58/1897
1900 24 Birth of daughter Amy Lois Melana CHANGATO Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australia 14662/1900
1902 26 Birth of son William Wenito CHANGATO Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australia 24153/1902
1939 63 Death of wife Jane SMITH (aged 75) Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia 3872/1939
14 Nov 1939 62 William CHANGATO died Mullumbimby, New South Wales, Australia 24067/1939
Personal Notes:
Mullumbimby Star 4Apr1912: ‘Mr Changato and two of his countrymen’ performed a rescue from surf at Bruns. +Most of the Kanakas have left Cudgen Estate. The men are securing work at scrub felling. 14Mar13: Louis and Ida Changato come first and second in Senior girls Scripture class. W. Changato 1st in junior boys. [William Changato passes Qualifying Certificate Exams 27Jan16. 19Jul17 Brother W Changato installed as an office bearer in the Brunswick Star Lodge of the PAF Society? Amy Lois Helena, Ida Catherine and Jane Changato all listed Train Street 1921. (Ida Cath m. Gordon Doug Reddacliff 1942. Amy m. Robert Armstrong 1935.)] 19Jul17: Bro W. Changato installed as an officer bearer in the Brunswick Star Lodge (PAF Society)

In late 1919, J. Changesi, probably Changato, was identified at Billinudgel when his banana plantation was partially burnt in a fire. He had initially gone to the Murbah district in 1895, married the English girl Jane Smith in 1896, took her home to meet the rellies in 1897 and returned permanently to Oz in 1899.)

William’s son William, born in Mullum in 1902, was growing bananas at The Pocket in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Amy and Ida Changato, resident in Train Street in 1921, later married Mullum identities Robert Armstrong and Gordon Reddacliff respectively. There was one other Changato daughter. I.C. Changato donated to the Bomb Relief Fund 7Oct40. (Money for British civilians)

Tweed Daily 14Nov 39: William Changato dies Mullum.

This public tree has about 60,100 people. Every person in the tree is related by birth or marriage to at least one other person in the tree - no strays. The people in the tree come mainly from four projects.
  1. My family tree. The original project begun about 1998. ID numbers less than about 6,000
  2. Canberra and Queanbeyan Pioneers. The next 30,000 begun about 2004. Sourced almost entirely from HAGSOC's excellent 'Biographical Register of Canberra and Queanbeyan'. The project began when I decided to add siblings, spouses and parents for a relation with an entry in the Register. 12 years work.
  3. Wagga Pioneers. I moved to Wagga and thought I would extend the Queanbeyan project by adding people from Wagga Wagga & District Family History Society's 'Pioneers of Wagga Wagga and District'. About 10,300 people added over about a year.
  4. Tumut Valley Pioneers. During the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020, I decided to extend the above projects by adding pioneers of the Tumut Valley. Initial sources were Snowden's 'Pioneers of the Tumut Valley' and 'Relict of ... Lives of Pioneering Women of Tumut and District'. Excellent references published by Tumut Family History Group. I've also added material from newspapers of the time - especially, death records, obituaries and weddings from 'Tumut and Adelong Times'. This project is in its early stage and might take a few years. I plan to extend to the upper Monaro (Adaminaby, Kiandra, Cooma, Jindabyne).
I upload new information to this website about every 3 months. My motivation for these projects is to provide public information for people seeking to trace ancestors and what became of them. Much of the information I provide can be difficult to find.
If you find errors - anything incorrect (dates, places, wrong parents, wrong children), and you have evidence, I would love to fix them. Or, if you have information that would extend my projects, do not hestiate to contact me on the email link below. I do not publish information on living people - which means I'm not much interested in people born after about 1920, and I usually distrust material from before about 1770 without extremely good sources.
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