Nathaniel FALKINER

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
John FALKINER (1816 - 1894)	Nathaniel FALKINER + Penelope Winifred (MINCHEN) PINCH

+. Penelope Winifred (MINCHEN) PINCH

Near Relatives of Nathaniel FALKINER
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Self	Nathaniel FALKINER

Spouse/Partner	Penelope Winifred (MINCHEN) PINCH

Son	John FALKINER	1816	Terryglass, Tipperary, Ireland	02 Jul 1894	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	78

Daughter in Law	Margaret (Margaretta) HOBBS	abt 1819	Ireland	04 Feb 1906	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	87

Granddaughter	Infant FALKINER	abt 1842
Grandson	Robert FALKINER	1843	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	27 Jun 1922	Queensland, Australia	79
Granddaughter	Jane FALKINER	10 Apr 1845	Maitland, NSW, Australia	07 Apr 1914	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	68
Granddaughter	Rebecca FALKINER	05 Sep 1846	Maitland, NSW, Australia	16 Jul 1921	Maitland, NSW, Australia	74
Granddaughter	Mary Anne FALKINER	10 May 1848	NSW, Australia	16 Jan 1917	Adelaide, South Australia, Australia	68
Granddaughter	Margaret Hobbs FALKINER	13 Feb 1850	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	14 Aug 1888	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia	38
Grandson	John Hobbs FALKINER	18 Jan 1851	Maitland, NSW, Australia	12 Dec 1862	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	11
Grandson	Samuel FALKINER	1853	Maitland, NSW, Australia	19 Oct 1854	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	1
Grandson	Frederick Nathaniel FALKINER	06 Jul 1855	Maitland, NSW, Australia	28 Sep 1894	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	39
Granddaughter	Female FALKINER	1857	Maitland, NSW, Australia
Granddaughter	Fanny Maria FALKINER	21 Sep 1857	Maitland, NSW, Australia	17 Apr 1932	Neutral Bay, NSW, Australia	74
Grandson	Benjamin Ralph FALKINER	1860	Maitland, NSW, Australia	12 Apr 1896	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	36
Granddaughter	Ellen FALKINER	1862	Maitland, NSW, Australia	1892	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	30

Events in Nathaniel FALKINER's life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1816		Birth of son John FALKINER	Terryglass, Tipperary, Ireland	Note 1
02 Jul 1894		Death of son John FALKINER (aged 78)	West Maitland, NSW, Australia	Note 2	17, 60

Note 1: From the boat records - age 26 in 1842 - John was born c 1816.
Claire Cooper tree GR - born 30/9/1814

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 - looks like wifes death)

The NSW bdm records has John Falkiner d 1894 (reg no 7952/1894) in West Maitland - parents Nathaniel and Pinifred

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.

Personal Notes:

Note from Cindy Wood - My 4g grandparents were Nathaniel Falkiner and Winifred Pinch of Borrisokane. Their son John b 1814 married Margaret Hobbs in 1839.

Immigration record gives parents as Math & Penelope (farmer)

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