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Fanny Maria FALKINER (1857 - 1932)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Elsie May BRUNKER (1879 - 1956) Herbert James Nixon BRUNKER (1882 - 1917) Arthur F BRUNKER (1885 - 1935) Irene Weiss BRUNKER (1887 - 1947) Bessie Hewlett BRUNKER (1889 - 1956) Royden Falkiner BRUNKER (1891 - 1914) Keith Eugene BRUNKER (1893 - 1969) Joyce Marguerite BRUNKER (1894 - 1978) Zita Neila Nesbit BRUNKER (1897 - )	Fanny Maria FALKINER (1857 - 1932) + James Henry BRUNKER (1855 - 1916)	John FALKINER (1816 - 1894)	Nathaniel FALKINER
			Penelope Winifred (MINCHEN) PINCH
		Margaret (Margaretta) HOBBS (1819 - 1906)	John HOBBS (1785 - 1847)
			Margaret (Bridged Bridget Biddie )BALLARD (1795 - 1879)	Possibly John BALLARD (1750 - 1800)
				Possibly Moira CARROL

Pic S1. In Loving Memory of JAMES BRUNKER beloved husband of FANNIE M BRUNKER died 24th July 1916 aged 62 years

b. 21 Sep 1857 at Maitland, NSW, Australia

m. 19 Sep 1877 James Henry BRUNKER (1855 - 1916) at Maitland, NSW, Australia

d. 17 Apr 1932 at Neutral Bay, NSW, Australia aged 74

Near Relatives of Fanny Maria FALKINER (1857 - 1932)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	Nathaniel FALKINER
Grandmother	Penelope Winifred (MINCHEN) PINCH
Grandfather	John HOBBS	abt 1785	Terryglass, Tipperary, Ireland	abt 1847	Co Tipperary, Ireland	62
Grandmother	Margaret (Bridged Bridget Biddie )BALLARD	1795	Tipperary, Ireland	1879	Grenville, Ontario, Canada	84
Father in Law	James Nixon BRUNKER	1832		1910		78
Mother in Law	Elizabeth Hewiett WEISS	1827		1916		89
Father	John FALKINER	1816	Terryglass, Tipperary, Ireland	02 Jul 1894	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	78
Mother	Margaret (Margaretta) HOBBS	abt 1819	Ireland	04 Feb 1906	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	87
Self	Fanny Maria FALKINER	21 Sep 1857	Maitland, NSW, Australia	17 Apr 1932	Neutral Bay, NSW, Australia	74
Husband	James Henry BRUNKER	1855		1916	Newcastle, NSW, Australia	61
Daughter	Elsie May BRUNKER	1879	Maitland, NSW, Australia	1956	Chatswood, NSW, Australia	77
Son	Herbert James Nixon BRUNKER	1882	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	12 Oct 1917	Passchendaele, Ypres, Belgium	35
Son	Arthur F BRUNKER	14 Feb 1885	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	1935	Ryde, Sydney, NSW, Australia	50
Daughter	Irene Weiss BRUNKER	25 Nov 1887	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	1947		60
Daughter	Bessie Hewlett BRUNKER	1889	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	1956	Chatswood, NSW, Australia	67
Son	Royden Falkiner BRUNKER	1891	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	1914	Mungindi, New South Wales, Australia	23
Son	Keith Eugene BRUNKER	1893	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	1969	St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW, Australia	76
Daughter	Joyce Marguerite BRUNKER	1894	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	21 Sep 1978	Dubbo, NSW, Australia	84
Daughter	Zita Neila Nesbit BRUNKER	1897	West Maitland, NSW, Australia
Sister	Infant FALKINER	abt 1842
Brother	Robert FALKINER	1843	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	27 Jun 1922	Queensland, Australia	79
Sister	Jane FALKINER	10 Apr 1845	Maitland, NSW, Australia	07 Apr 1914	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	68
Sister	Rebecca FALKINER	05 Sep 1846	Maitland, NSW, Australia	16 Jul 1921	Maitland, NSW, Australia	74
Sister	Mary Anne FALKINER	10 May 1848	NSW, Australia	16 Jan 1917	Adelaide, South Australia, Australia	68
Sister	Margaret Hobbs FALKINER	13 Feb 1850	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	14 Aug 1888	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia	38
Brother	John Hobbs FALKINER	18 Jan 1851	Maitland, NSW, Australia	12 Dec 1862	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	11
Brother	Samuel FALKINER	1853	Maitland, NSW, Australia	19 Oct 1854	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	1
Brother	Frederick Nathaniel FALKINER	06 Jul 1855	Maitland, NSW, Australia	28 Sep 1894	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	39
Sister	Female FALKINER	1857	Maitland, NSW, Australia
Brother	Benjamin Ralph FALKINER	1860	Maitland, NSW, Australia	12 Apr 1896	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	36
Sister	Ellen FALKINER	1862	Maitland, NSW, Australia	1892	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	30
Son in Law	Frank Anson BLOOMFIELD	1879	Paddington, Sydney, NSW, Australia	1949	Chatswood, NSW, Australia	70
Daughter in Law	Possibly Mary Barbara (BRUNKER)
Son in Law	John E MACCULLOCH
Daughter in Law	Janet Esma CAMERON
Son in Law	Malcolm Hector MORRISON	1892	Pyrmont, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	1951		59
Son in Law	Louis Alexander THOMPSON	1896	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Grandson	Noel L BRUNKER	1917	Waverley, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Joan L BRUNKER	1921	Waratah, Mayfield, NSW, Australia
Aunt	Jane (Australia) HOBBS	abt 1822	Ireland	17 Mar 1917	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	95
Uncle	Andrew HODGINS	abt 1819	Inniskillen, Fermanagh, Ireland	10 Mar 1874	Farley, Maitland, NSW, Australia	55
Uncle	Robert Jnr HOBBS	10 Sep 1822	Co Tipperary, Ireland	05 Aug 1908	Goulbourn, Carleton, Ontario, Canada	85
Aunt	Mary Jane (Jane )COYLES	abt 1837	Ireland	1923	Ashton, Goulburn, Carleton, Ontario, Canada	86
Aunt	???????Jane (Canada)HOBBS	24 Sep 1825	Ireland	08 Jun 1907	Canada	81
Uncle	William Alexander HOBBS	15 Aug 1832	Ireland	09 Feb 1918	Leeds, Ontario, Canada	85
Aunt	Mary Ann HOBBS	1835	Ure, Co. Tipperary, Ireland	09 May 1873	Canada	38
Uncle	Nelson CORBITT	1830	Nepean, Canada	1897	Carleton, Ontario, Canada	67
Cousin	Thomas HODGINS	08 May 1846	Co Tipperary, Ireland	24 Nov 1921	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	75
Cousin	John HODGINS	17 Jun 1848	Ireland	21 Dec 1923	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	75
Cousin	Eliza HODGINS	1850	Co Tipperary, Ireland	19 Sep 1885	Anvil Creek, Greta, NSW, Australia	35
Cousin	William HODGINS	1853	Co Tipperary, Ireland	29 Jun 1911	Uralla, NSW, Australia	58
Cousin	James HODGINS	1855	NSW, Australia	06 May 1857	Maitland, NSW, Australia	2
Cousin	Margaret HODGINS	05 Dec 1858	Maitland, NSW, Australia	02 Sep 1908	Kurri Kurri, NSW, Australia	49
Cousin	Robert HODGINS	07 Dec 1861	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	16 Nov 1919	Wallsend, Newcastle, NSW, Australia	57
Cousin	Frederick Andrew HODGINS	1864	Maitland, NSW, Australia	1943	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	79
Cousin	Ina HODGINS	abt 1865
Cousin	John Edward HOBBS	abt 1859	Chelsea, Quebec, Canada	19 May 1913	Ashton, Goulburn, Carleton, Ontario, Canada	54
Cousin	Isabella HOBBS	abt 1861	Goulbourn, Carleton, Ontario, Canada	1939	Carleton, Ontario, Canada	78
Cousin	Robert James HOBBS	abt 1863	Goulbourn, Carleton, Ontario, Canada	1927	Goulbourn, Carleton, Ontario, Canada	64
Cousin	William Alexander HOBBS	abt 1865	Ontario, Canada	1878	Carleton, Ontario, Canada	13
Cousin	Angus Coyles HOBBS	abt 1868	Goulbourn, Ontario, Canada	1965	Carleton, Ontario, Canada	97
Cousin	Nelson Albert HOBBS	1870	Goulbourn, Carleton, Ontario, Canada	1962	Ontario, Canada	92
Cousin	Arthur Ralph HOBBS	1873	Ontario, Canada	1927	Carleton, Ontario, Canada	54
Cousin	Thomas Henry HOBBS	abt 1877	Ontario, Canada	1879		2
Cousin	William CORBITT	1857	Sittsville, Ontario, Canada	1933	Carleton, Ontario, Canada	76
Cousin	Eliza Jane CORBITT	1858	Ontario, Canada	1921	York, Ontario, Canada	63
Cousin	Sarah Ellen CORBITT	1861		1891		30
Cousin	Margaret Ann CORBITT	1863
Cousin	Nelson Alexander CORBITT	1867
Cousin	John Edward CORBITT	1868
Cousin	Robert Silas CORBITT	1870
Cousin	Crawford CORBITT	1872	Carleton, Goulbourn, Ontario, Canada
Cousin	Spearman CORBITT	1872	Carleton, Goulbourn, Ontario, Canada
Niece	Bessie Frances FALKINER			1958	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Nephew	John (Jack) Percy Kingston FALKINER	13 Nov 1868	Queensland, Australia	12 Apr 1928	Gosford, NSW, Australia	59
Niece	Mary Ellen FALKINER	04 Dec 1872	Queensland, Australia	1940	Queensland, Australia	68
Niece	Unnamed FALKINER	20 May 1874	Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
Nephew	Robert Davenport FALKINER	1876	Queensland, Australia	11 Nov 1895	Cleveland, Queensland, Australia	19
Nephew	Kingston Sydney FALKINER	1878	Queensland, Australia	1935	Wynnum, Queensland, Australia	57
Niece	Margaret (Daisy) Hobbs FALKINER	09 Oct 1880	Queensland, Australia	1918	Queensland, Australia	38
Niece	Emma ROURKE	1865	Maitland, NSW, Australia	1866	Maitland, NSW, Australia	1
Nephew	George ROURKE	02 Aug 1866	Maitland, NSW, Australia	1943	Mosman, NSW, Australia	77
Niece	Alice ROURKE	1867	Maitland, NSW, Australia	1942	Paterson, NSW, Australia	75
Niece	Jane ROURKE	1869	Maitland, NSW, Australia	08 Aug 1869	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	0
Nephew	Benjamin ROURKE	20 Jul 1870	Maitland, NSW, Australia	20 Jul 1924	Burwood, Newcastle, NSW, Australia	54
Nephew	Harry (Henry) Marshall ROURKE	03 Jul 1872	Maitland, NSW, Australia	02 Apr 1953	Maitland, NSW, Australia	80
Nephew	John Falkiner ROURKE	1874	Maitland, NSW, Australia	1950	Newcastle, NSW, Australia	76
Niece	Emma (Emily) ROURKE	1876		26 Sep 1927	Sydney, NSW, Australia	51
Niece	Unnamed ROURKE	1876	Maitland, NSW, Australia
Niece	Edith ROURKE	25 Nov 1878	Maitland, NSW, Australia	1956	Chatswood, NSW, Australia	78
Niece	Margaret ROURKE	1879	Maitland, NSW, Australia	31 May 1957	Chatswood, NSW, Australia	78
Niece	Jemima May ROURKE	1881	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	08 Aug 1968	Raymond Terrace, NSW, Australia	87
Niece	Isabel ROURKE	24 Nov 1883	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	1968	St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW, Australia	85
Nephew	Arthur G ROURKE	1885	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	1885	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	0
Niece	Ruth Campbell MACDOUGALL
Niece	Mary Campbell MACDOUGALL	1875	Richmond, Victoria, Australia
Nephew	Robert MACDOUGALL
Nephew	Archibald Falkiner MACDOUGALL	1877	Maitland, NSW, Australia
Nephew	Eric Campbell MACDOUGALL	1885	Duno, Victoria, Australia	1954	Chatswood, NSW, Australia	69
Niece	Florence Mary HOWARTH	19 Sep 1872	Maitland, NSW, Australia	26 Feb 1920	Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia	47
Niece	Margaretta H Falkiner HOWARTH	19 Sep 1872	Maitland, NSW, Australia	Aug 1909	Granville, NSW, Australia	36
Nephew	John Shepherd Falkiner HOWARTH	1874	Buninyong, Victoria, Australia	05 May 1915	Gallipoli, Turkey	41
Nephew	Robert Henry St Patrick HOWARTH	17 Mar 1877	Break O'Day, Vic, Australia	13 Aug 1956	Lakemba, NSW, Australia	79
Nephew	Horace Maitland StAlbans HOWARTH	10 Oct 1879	Mooroopna, Vic, Australia	22 Apr 1950	Concord, Sydney, NSW, Australia	70
Nephew	Harold Frederick Benjamin Samuel HOWARTH	17 Oct 1882	Elmore, Victoria, Australia	29 Apr 1932	Redfern, Sydney, NSW, Australia	49
Niece	Ruby Sybil Falkiner HOWARTH	1884	Ballarat East, Victoria, Australia
Niece	Ethel May HOWARTH	13 May 1886	Ballarat East, Victoria, Australia	27 May 1886	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia	0
Nephew	Cyril Reginald Falkiner HOWARTH	1887	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia	20 Mar 1961	Homebush, NSW, Australia	74
Nephew	Darcy Frederick FALKINER	08 Jan 1891	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	1935	Redfern, Sydney, NSW, Australia	44
Nephew	John Hobbs FALKINER	1892	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	06 Oct 1961	Queensland, Australia	69
Niece	Margaret Maud FALKINER	27 Jan 1893	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	21 May 1893	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	0
Nephew	Frederick (Fred) FALKINER	1894	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	1917	Ypres, Belgium	23
Nephew	Frederick FALKINER	21 Nov 1881	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	20 May 1945	Mayfield, NSW, Australia	63
Nephew	John Hobbs FALKINER	20 May 1883	East Maitland, NSW, Australia	1957	Maitland, NSW, Australia	74
Niece	Margaret R FALKINER	03 Feb 1885	East Maitland, NSW, Australia	03 Feb 1885	East Maitland, NSW, Australia	0
Nephew	Benjamin R FALKINER	21 Oct 1887	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	13 Nov 1902	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	15
Nephew	George R FALKINER	1889	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	1889	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	0
Niece	Jeanie May FALKINER	1890	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	1963	Rockdale, Sydney, NSW, Australia	73
Niece	Nellie Pilgrim FALKINER	1892	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	1980	NSW, Australia	88
Nephew	Ivan B SHERBON	1893	Glebe, Sydney, NSW, Australia	1916	Somme, Picardie, France	23
Niece	Evelyn B SHERBON	1895	Glebe, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Niece	Nerelle B B SHERBON	1897	Glebe, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Nephew	George Nixon BRUNKER			1945	West Maitland, NSW, Australia
Nephew	John BRUNKER			1952	East Maitland, NSW, Australia
Nephew	Hewlett Sherbon BRUNKER	1890	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	1965	East Maitland, NSW, Australia	75
Nephew	Edgar Ernest BRUNKER	1893	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	1940	North Sydney, NSW, Australia	47
Niece	Ellie Blanche BRUNKER	1896	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	1955	Newcastle, NSW, Australia	59
Niece	Enid Florence BRUNKER	1900	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	1951	Petersham, Sydney, NSW, Australia	51
Niece	Evelyn Sherbon BRUNKER	1906	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	1954	Newcastle, NSW, Australia	48
Niece	Elaine Sylvia BRUNKER	1909	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	1966	Wallsend, Newcastle, NSW, Australia	57
Brother in Law	Henry J BRUNKER	1852		1854		2
Brother in Law	Frederick E BRUNKER	1853		1897	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	44
Sister in Law	Mary Ann Elizabeth BRUNKER	1857	Maitland, NSW, Australia	1945	Chatswood, NSW, Australia	88
Brother in Law	George William Nixon BRUNKER	1859	Maitland, NSW, Australia	1936	East Maitland, NSW, Australia	77
Brother in Law	John Gustaff BRUNKER	1861	Maitland, NSW, Australia	1869	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	8
Brother in Law	Edwin Arthur BRUNKER	1863	Maitland, NSW, Australia	1929	Sutherland, NSW, Australia	66
Brother in Law	Ernest Septimus BRUNKER	1865	Maitland, NSW, Australia	1919	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	54
Brother in Law	Henry H BRUNKER	1867	Maitland, NSW, Australia	1875	Maitland, NSW, Australia	8
Brother in Law	Edgar A BRUNKER	1869	Maitland, NSW, Australia	1876	Maitland, NSW, Australia	7
Sister in Law	Elizabeth Anne KINGSTON	1846	New South Wales, Australia	1928	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	82
Brother in Law	John ROURKE	1838	NSW, Australia	1916	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	78
Brother in Law	William BONE			aft 1921
Brother in Law	John Campbell MACDOUGALL	21 Jan 1846	Longbottom, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia	Sep 1889	Balmain, NSW, Australia	43
Brother in Law	John HOWARTH	23 Oct 1849	Paddington, Sydney, NSW, Australia	06 Mar 1924	Lismore, NSW, Australia	74
Sister in Law	Maud Therese BITHREY
Sister in Law	Frances (Fanny) PILGRIM	1859	Paterson, NSW, Australia	31 Aug 1945	Mayfield, NSW, Australia	86

Events in Fanny Maria FALKINER (1857 - 1932)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
21 Sep 1857		Fanny Maria FALKINER was born	Maitland, NSW, Australia	reg no V1857717 155/1857	17
19 Sep 1877	19	Married James Henry BRUNKER (aged 22)	Maitland, NSW, Australia	Note 1	17, 60
1879	22	Birth of daughter Elsie May BRUNKER	Maitland, NSW, Australia	Reg No 16515/1879	52
1882	25	Birth of son Herbert James Nixon BRUNKER	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	Reg No 20874/1882	52
14 Feb 1885	27	Birth of son Arthur F BRUNKER	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	REg No 24928/1885	52
25 Nov 1887	30	Birth of daughter Irene Weiss BRUNKER	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	Reg No 26373/1887	52
1889	32	Birth of daughter Bessie Hewlett BRUNKER	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	Reg No 25919/1889	52
1891	34	Birth of son Royden Falkiner BRUNKER	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	Reg No 20913/1891	52
1893	36	Birth of son Keith Eugene BRUNKER	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	Reg No 21479/1893	52
1894	37	Birth of daughter Joyce Marguerite BRUNKER	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	Reg No 20039/1894	52
02 Jul 1894	36	Death of father John FALKINER (aged 78)	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	Note 2	17, 60
1897	40	Birth of daughter Zita Neila Nesbit BRUNKER	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	Reg No 32701/1897	52
04 Feb 1906	48	Death of mother Margaret (Margaretta) HOBBS (aged 87)	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	Note 3	52
1914	57	Death of son Royden Falkiner BRUNKER (aged 23)	Mungindi, New South Wales, Australia	Note 4	60
1916	59	Death of husband James Henry BRUNKER (aged 61)	Newcastle, NSW, Australia	Note 5	17, 60
12 Oct 1917	60	Death of son Herbert James Nixon BRUNKER (aged 35)	Passchendaele, Ypres, Belgium	Note 6	64
17 Apr 1932	74	Fanny Maria FALKINER died	Neutral Bay, NSW, Australia	Note 7	17
		Death of daughter Zita Neila Nesbit BRUNKER		Still on 1972 roll

Note 1: reg no 3427/1877 married in Wesleyan Church, West Maitland http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/18830868?searchTerm=Falkiner The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser 13 Oct 1877 Marriage BRUNKER - FALKINER - September 19th, at the Wesleyan Chapel, West Maitland, By special licence, by the Rev W. Bourne, James Henry, third son of James Nixon Brunker, to Fannie Marie, youngest daughter of John Falkiner, both of West Maitland

Note 2: see notes for newspaper articles The IGI has a John Falkiner born 18 May 1816 in Terryglass, married 1939 Terryglass, died 1906 NSW, Australia. (I can't find this death record in the NSW bdm) - wife Margarete died 1906 The NSW bdm reg no 7952/1894 FALKINER JOHN NATHANIEL PINIFRED WEST MAITLAND From a Rootsweb personal page: Bev Edmonds inherited a shed full of old newspapers that she transcribed interesting bits from: Taken from the Queenslander, Brisbane, Saturday, October 6, 1894 FALKINER, on the 28th September, at Coral COTTAGE, West Maitland, Frederick Nathaniel FALKINER, aged 38 years, second son John FALKINER, and brother of R. FALKINER, Wynnum. The Queenslander 6 Oct 1894 FALKINER--On the 2nd. July, at his residence, Coral Cottage, West Maitland, John FALKINER, son of the late Nathaniel FALKINER, county Tipperary, aged 80 years. The Methodist (Sydney) 28 July 1894 IN MEMORIAM. MR. JOHN FALKINER. On the 2nd July, John Falkiner finished his course with joy, and entered the rest of God. He was born in Ireland on the 30th September, 1814, and had, therefore, reached his 80th year. He came to this colony in 1842, and was converted to God in the year 1840, in the old country. With the exception of a few weeks spent in Sydney, all his colonial life has been associated with the Hunter River District. By his death, one of the old landmarks of Methodism has been removed from the West Maitland Circuit. And although his days of active service had ceased for some time, his loss is most keenly felt by all classes of the Community. For over 50 years Mr. Falkiner had been identified with Methodism in this Circuit. He was a co-worker with Jonathan Innis, the first minister appointed and his first work was the starting of a Sabbath-school on the verandah of the mission-house. During this long course of years he filled with credit to himself aud great satisfaction to others, every office in the Church that a laymen could fill — from Sabbath school superintendent to a representative in Conference. A very clear insight into Mr. Falkiner's character is obtained from a document which had been carefully preserved. It is in the form of a covenant engagement made with God in the year 1840. This covenant engagement was re-signed in 1847, and 1853, and, with further additions, in 1885. The united testimony of all that knew him is that he kept this covenant. He walked with God in the deepest humility of spirit — while his life was entirely devoted to His service. His own workmen, together with the widow, the fatherless, and the distressed, rise up with one accord to tell to-day what was not known before, of the good he had done and the help he had rendered to them in their day of need. In the consecration of his life to God, verily he had kept his covenant. A memorial service was conducted in the West Maitland Church on July 8th, by the Rev. C. Jones, and a large congregation was present to testify their respect and esteem for their departed friend. [The Editors desire to add a few words to the above. The late John Falkiner was known to both of them for the past 26 years. He was a man of unblemished character, of striking physique, of kindly disposition, and of rare and unwavering fidelity to Methodism. By his personal character, his liberal support, and his services both in and out of office, he did much to build up our Church on the Hunter River. He was ever a friend to ministers and a lover of good men. ' The memory of the just is blessed.'] The Maitland Weekly Mercury 7 July 1894 LOCAL NEWS. Lamented Death of Mr. John Falkiner. — A venerable townsman went to his rest at midday on Monday. Mr. John Falkiner, who was within a few months of completing his eightieth year, died at his residence between one and two o'clock, from bronchitis accclerated by influenza and weak ness of the heart's action. The connection of the deceased gentleman with west Mait land dates back to the thirties, but we have not ascertained the exact year of Mr Falkiner's advent — we believe it was 1837 or 1838. He was by trade a boot and shoemaker, and worked at his bench for many years, till by in dustry and frugality he enlarged his means and his way of business. And eventually he abandoned the boot and shoe trade for that of a baker and con fectioner, which he was carrying on at the time of his death, assisted mainly by his wife. Mr. Falkiner was senior trustee and Circuit steward in the Wes leyan Church, with which he had been con nected almost since its establishment in West Maitland, and he has in turn held all the offices in the church. He was an alderman of the Borough for one term, but was not otherwise pro minent in general public life. No religious move ment, however, lacked his countenance and his earnest help. He leaves a widow and three sons and four daughters surviving, one of his daughters being married to Mr. John Rourke and the other to Mr. J. H. Brunker. — The late Mr. Falkiner was a sincerely religious man, a pattern to all around him. He was a leader in the church of God — a pillar of the edifice. An able expounder of the truth as he saw it, he walked in the way in which he would have others walk; and he was zealous, painstaking, unsparing of effort, and perse vering. His extended experience made him a valu able counsellor alike in religious and in worldly matters; his probity and uprightness in every re lation of life won him the trust and confidence of everybody, and in his death the town suffers an ir reparable loss. Fervent in spirit, he was also dili gent in business, and he succeeded in acquiring a decent competency by virtue of exemplary conduct of his affairs. Death has been busy of late, but has taken none whose absence will be so severely missed in some circles.

Note 3: From boat records Margaret was born c 1819 Head stone in Campbell Hill Cemetery, Maitland - died 4 Feb 1906 aged 90 years Death cert - Bob and Lois Curtain - has Margaret Hobbs (Falkiner) mother as Margaret Ballard Australia Death Index, 1787-1985 about Margaret Falkiner Name: Margaret Falkiner Death Date: 1906 Death Place: New South Wales Father's Name: John Mother's Name: Margaret Registration Year: 1906 Registration Place: Maitland West, New South Wales Registration Number: 1941

Note 4: Maitland Daily Mercury 6 June 1914 Late Mr. Roy Brunker. The funeral of the late Mr. Roy Brunker, third son of Mr. Jas. H. Brunker, who was accidently shot on Dareel station, took place at Mungindi on Thursday afternoon, the interment being made in the Church of England cemetery of that town. The Rev. H. McWilliams officiated at the grave- side. The chief mourners were: — Mr. J. H, Brunker, father; Mr. J. E. McCulloch, brother-in-law, and Mr. Eckford, manager of Dareel station. Numbers of other sta- tion managers, employees of Dareel, by whom deceased was held in high esteem, and other friends gathered at the graveside. Deceased had just been appointed manager of Doondi station, in Queensland, the pro- perty of Australian Pastoral Company, and was completing arrangements to take up his duties there when the sad occurrence took place. General regret was expressed throughout the district at his untimely end, for he was held in the highest esteem. The bereaved family has received many messages and telegrams of sympathy from all parts of the State.

Note 5: Reg No 12902/1916 BRUNKER JAMES H JAMES N ELIZABETH H NEWCASTLE Sydney Stock and Station Journal 28th July 1916 Death of Mr. J. H. Brunker. Mr. James Henry Brunker, the well known northern auctioneer, passed away in the Newcastle Hospital on Monday night. He had been in bad health for about three months, and had only returned a few days ago when a relapse necessitated his re moval to the hospital. The deceased was a son of the late Hon. J. N. Brunker, M.P., and a native of East Maitland, 60 years of age. Until about three years ago he was one of the most active and popular residents of Maitand. Edu cated at Newington College, he quali fied for the civil service, but three years' experience in the Government Stamps office made him tired to depart mental work, and he returned to Mait land, to enter the services of Messrs. Brunker and Sparke, auctioneers, etc.. He followed his father into the firm of Brunker. Wolfe, and Badgery. and Brunker and Wolfe, and in 1895 joined his father in the firm of Messrs. J. N. Brunker and Son, which he man- aged up to his departure from Mait- land in 1913. He was the founder of the Farmers' Union sales, which have developed, into the largest pro- duce sales of the State, and in recog nition of his services to them the farmers presented him with an illu- minated address and a valuable presen- tation. He was a licensed auctioneer; for 40 years, and was regarded as one of the best salesmen in the State. One of his most important sales was that of the town allotments of Kurri Kurri, when he sold the famous hotel allot ments tor £1000. The buyer failed to get the license, and paid the £250 forfeit. He took an active part in Parliamentary elections, being one of the principal supporters of the late Mr. John Gillies for many years. He refused to be drawn into the political field himself, although requested to do so on several occasions. He was for two terms an alderman of West Mait land, entering the council on each oc casion at the head of the poll against strong men. He took a keen interest in all .sport; and was president of the old Pearl Cricket Club and of the Hun ter Rugby Union, and patron of the Hunter Rugbv League. He was a supporter of the Hunter Cricket Asso ciation, Maitland Water Brigade, and Volunteer Fire Brigade. He also held office on the hospital commiitee. and on every committee established for pro gress in West Maitland. He was fear less in the expression of his views, but was generous to a fault, and com manded the respect of all with whom he was associated. He is survived by his wife and family of three sons and five daughters, the children being Privates James and Arthur Brunker. who are with the Australian Forces, Mr. Keith Brunker (on the staff at Victoria Barracks), and .Mesdames Bloomfield and .M'Culloch. Misses Bes sie, Joyce, and Zita Brunker. He has three brothers and. one sister — Messrs. George (manager of the East .Maitland branch of the Government Savings Bank), Arthur (of the Customs Depart ment, Sydney), and Ernest Brunker (West- Maitland), and Mrs. Sherbon, wife of Major Sherbon. of Victoria Barracks.

Note 6: Herbert James BRUNKER Regimental number 1076 Religion Church of England Occupation Sheep classer Address Waratah, Newcastle, New South Wales Marital status Widower Age at embarkation 33 Next of kin Father, J H Brunker, Waratah, New South Wales Enlistment date 11 December 1915 Rank on enlistment Private Unit name 35th Battalion, D Company AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/52/1 Embarkation details Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A24 Benalla on 1 May 1916 Rank from Nominal Roll Private Unit from Nominal Roll 35th Battalion Fate Killed in Action 12 October 1917 Place of death or wounding Passchendaele, Ypres, Belgium Age at death 35 Place of burial No known grave Commemoration details The Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 25), Belgium The Menin Gate Memorial (so named because the road led to the town of Menin) was constructed on the site of a gateway in the eastern walls of the old Flemish town of Ypres, Belgium, where hundreds of thousands of allied troops passed on their way to the front, the Ypres salient, the site from April 1915 to the end of the war of some of the fiercest fighting of the war. The Memorial was conceived as a monument to the 350,000 men of the British Empire who fought in the campaign. Inside the arch, on tablets of Portland stone, are inscribed the names of 56,000 men, including 6,178 Australians, who served in the Ypres campaign and who have no known grave. The opening of the Menin Gate Memorial on 24 July 1927 so moved the Australian artist Will Longstaff that he painted 'The Menin Gate at Midnight', which portrays a ghostly army of the dead marching past the Menin Gate. The painting now hangs in the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, at the entrance of which are two medieval stone lions presented to the Memorial by the City of Ypres in 1936. Since the 1930s, with the brief interval of the German occupation in the Second World War, the City of Ypres has conducted a ceremony at the Memorial at dusk each evening to commemorate those who died in the Ypres campaign. Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial 125 Family/military connections Brother: 1424 Pte Arthur Fred BRUNKER, 3rd Division Salvage Company, returned to Australia, 25 November 1917.

Note 7: Reg No 7481/1932 BRUNKER Fanny M - parents John and Margaret - North Sydney The Sydney Morning Herald Wednesday 20 April 1932 Page 9 MRS. J. H. BRUNKER.Mrs. Fanny M. Brunker, widow of Mr. James Henry Brunker, of West Maitland, died at Neutral Bay on Sunday. She was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Falkiner, of that town, and daughter-in-law of Mr. J. N. Brunker, who for many years represented East Maitland in the New South Wales Parliament, and was a member of the Parkes and Reid Administrations.Mrs. Brunker was interested in many charitable activities in the Maitland district, particularly the Benevolent Home, on the committee of which she served for several years. During the war period she was a member of the committee of the 35th Battalion Comforts Fund (Waratah section) - two sons having enlisted in that unit.The remains were cremated at Rookwood on Monday morning.

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http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/18339176?searchTerm=Falkiner%20#pstart2244305 The Queenslander 20 Nov 1875 TOOWOOMBA LAND COURT. At the Land Court sitting held at Toowoomba, before Mr. Commissioner Hume, on November 12, the following applications to select Crown lands were accepted: — Robert Falkiner, 640 acres, East Prairie; Frederick Falkiner, 640 acres, East Prairie; John Falkiner, 640 acres, East Prairie ; Rebecca Falkiner, 640 acres, East Prairie; Fanny Falkiner, 640 acres, * East Prairie; Sydney Morning Herald 20 April 1932 MRS. J. H. BRUNKER - OBITUARY Mrs. Fanny M. Brunker, widow of Mr. James Henry Brunker, of West Maitland, died at Neutral Bay on Sunday. She was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Falkiner, of that town, and daughter-in-law of Mr. J. N. Brunker, who for many years represented East Maitland in the New South Wales Parliament, and was a member of the Parkes and Reid Administrations. Mrs. Brunker was interested in many charitable activities in the Maitland district, particularly the Benevolent Home, on the committee of which she served for several years. During the war period she was a member of the committee of the 35th Battalion Comforts Fund (Waratah section) - two sons having enlisted in that unit. The remains were cremated at Rookwood on Monday morning.

Source References:

17. Type: Vital Record, Abbr: NSW bdm register, Title: NSW bdm register

- Reference = (Marriage)

- Notes: reg no 3427/1877

- Reference = (Death)

- Notes: Reg No 7481/1932 BRUNKER Fanny M - parents John and Margaret - North Sydney

- Reference = (Birth)

- Notes: reg no V1857717 155/1857

60. Type: Newspaper, Title: Trove, http://trove.nla.gov.au

- Reference = (Marriage)

- Notes: The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser 13 Oct 1877 Marriage BRUNKER - FALKINER - September 19th, at the Wesleyan Chapel, West Maitland, By special licence, by the Rev W. Bourne, James Henry, third son of James Nixon Brunker, to Fannie Marie, youngest daughter of John Falkiner, both of West Maitland

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