[Index]
John Brunker NIXON (1789 - 1854)
Overseer of Convicts, Grazier
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
Elizabeth Jane NIXON ( - 1893)
Mary Anne NIXON ( - 1910)
Robert NIXON (1823 - 1903)
Charles NIXON (1827 - 1914)
John NIXON (1829 - 1901)
John Brunker NIXON (1789 - 1854)

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Mary SWAN (1800 - 1851)





























b. 1789 at Ireland
m. 03 Oct 1820 Mary SWAN (1800 - 1851) at Co Monaghan, Ireland
d. 05 Oct 1854 at Gregadoo, New South Wales, Australia aged 65
Children (5):
Elizabeth Jane NIXON ( - 1893)
Mary Anne NIXON ( - 1910)
Robert NIXON (1823 - 1903)
Charles NIXON (1827 - 1914)
John NIXON (1829 - 1901)
Grandchildren (16):
Florence Louisa NIXON (1867 - 1903), Maria Elizabeth A NIXON (1859 - 1862), John H NIXON (1861 - 1941), William Richard NIXON (1864 - 1947), Ernest Joseph NIXON (1865 - 1930), George Arthur NIXON (1867 - 1953), Charles Henry Bardwell (Bartle) NIXON (1884 - 1976), Lily May NIXON (1886 - 1987), Frank Brunker NIXON (1888 - 1889), Violet May Elizabet Josephine NIXON (1891 - 1992), Lavinia (Ve) Jemina Elsie NIXON (1892 - 1976), Florence Martha (Flossie) NIXON (1895 - 1981), Muriel Annie NIXON (1896 - 1964), Bessie Mary NIXON (1900 - 1934), Anna Maria NIXON (1857 - 1942), Clarissa Clementine NIXON (1861 - 1930)
Events in John Brunker NIXON (1789 - 1854)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
1789 John Brunker NIXON was born Ireland 18
03 Oct 1820 31 Married Mary SWAN (aged 20) Co Monaghan, Ireland 71
1823 34 Birth of son Robert NIXON Ireland 71
1827 38 Birth of son Charles NIXON Co Monaghan, Ireland 71
1829 40 Birth of son John NIXON Ireland 71
1833 44 Immigration Sydney, New South Wales, Australia per 'Jessie' 71
04 Jul 1851 62 Death of wife Mary SWAN (aged 51) Gregadoo, New South Wales, Australia 71
05 Oct 1854 65 John Brunker NIXON died Gregadoo, New South Wales, Australia 71
Personal Notes:
John and Mary Nixon and their family travelled with Thomas Mate in bullock drays, camping at Tarcutta Creek near Wagga Wagga. Mate squatted at Tarcutta. The Nixons went on to Gregadoo and squatted there. They had cattle, fine shorthorns were bred. Dairying was started, butter and cheese made. This was taken to Sydney by bullock dray. They had six teams trading between Wagga Wagga and Sydney.
Source References:
18. Type: E-mail Message, Abbr: e-mails general pool, Title: e-mails general pool
- Reference = Rosalind on 16 Nov 2019 (Birth)
71. Type: Book, Abbr: Wagga Pioneers, Title: Pioneers of Wagga Wagga and District, Auth: Wagga Wagga & District Family History Society Inc, Publ: Wagga Wagga & District Family History Society Inc, Date: 2004, Locn: http://www.waggafamilyhistory.org.au/
- Reference = 298 (Immigration)
- Reference = 298 (Marriage)
- Reference = 298 (Death)
- Reference = 298 (Name, Notes)

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.
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