Angus Drysdale
(1799-1883)
Jean Wright
(Cir 1800-)
John Dickson
(Cir 1825-)
Martha Drysdale
(Cir 1827-)
Jessie Dickson
(1857-1933)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. John O' Brien

Jessie Dickson

  • Born: 17 Nov 1857, Ballarat, Victoria Australia
  • Marriage (1): John O' Brien on 20 Jul 1877 in Wesleyan Parsonage, Lydiard St, Ballarat, Victoria Australia
  • Died: 24 Nov 1933, 11 Inkerman St, St Kilda, Melbourne, Victoria Australia at age 76
  • Buried: 25 Nov 1933, Cheltenham General Cemetery, Victoria Australia

  General Notes:

Kathleen Appleton notes:
Victorian birth certificate 14744/1857 for Jessie Dickson born 27 August 1857, Ballarat gives John's age as 27 and occupation as miner; his birthplace is Edinburgh Scotland. Martha's age is 27, birthplace Clackmannon Scotland. Mrs Dickson (mother-in-law) was the nurse who attended the birth. Information supplied by Martha Dickson; birth registered on 17 November 1857.
Jessie Dickson O'Brien died on 24th November 1933 of cardiac failure(3 days), carcinoma ventriculi (6 months) at 11 Inkerman St, St Kilda; she was 75 years old. She was buried at Cheltenham cemetery on 25th November 1933.

  Noted events in her life were:

• connection. Kathleen Appleton's connection to Robert is convoluted but goes like this:
Donald Appleton (1946) married Kathleen O'Brien (1950)
Her father was James O'Brien (1911)
His father was James O'Brien (1885)
His father was John O'Brien (1856) who married Jessie Dickson (1857)
Her father was John Dickson (c1825) who married Martha Drysdale (c1827)
Her father was Angus Drysdale (1799)
His father was Ebenezer Drysdale (1756) & he also had John Drysdale (1792)
He had James Drysdale (1833) who married Catherine Sutherland (1836)
Her father was James Sutherland (1780) & he also had William Sutherland (1813) who married Rachel Sneddon (1818)
Her father was James Sneddon (1787) who married Rachel Burt (1786)
Her father was George Burt (1757) & he also had Elizabeth Burt (1782) who married James Murie (1786)
They had Helen Murie (1823) who married Robert Love (1802)
His father was William Love (1787) who married Janet Bonnear (1791)
Her father was William Bonnar (1761) & he also had Jean Bonnar (1783) who married James Henderson (1781)
They had Helen Henderson (1821) who married Andrew Fyfe (1816)
They had Janet Fyfe (1855) who married Thomas Russell (1851)
They had Helen Russell (1883) who married Thomas Sneddon (1886)
His father was Robert Sneddon (1859)
His father was Thomas Sneddon (1821)
His father was John Sneddon (1783)
His father was Peter Snadon (1759) who married Margaret Snadon (1756)
Her father was Joseph Snadon (c1730) who married Janet Snadon (1731)
Her father was William Snadon (1700
His father was Walter Snadon (1672)
His father was William Snawdone (1640) & he also had Thomas Sneddon (1679)
He had John Snaddon (1702)
He had William Snaddon (1730)
He had Cornelius Sneddon (1759)
He had Marion Snaddon (1788) who married Alexander Montgomery (c1793)
They had Robert Montgomery (1814)
He had Martha Montgomery (1853) who married Robert Montgomery (1852)
They had John Montgomery (1875)
He had Ian Montgomery (1910)
He had John Montgomery (1949) who married Gillian Robson (1974)
Her father was Brian Robson (1936)
His father was Herbert Robson (1911) who married Ivy Litto (1913)
Her father was Alfred Litto (1884) who married Edith Kemp (1885)
His father was Edward Kemp (c1857) & he also had William Kemp (1895)
He had Veda Kemp (1925) who married Robert Alfred Bray (1920)
They had Robert Arthur Bray (1947) who married me - Robyn Bray (nee Davies) (1950)


Jessie married John O' Brien, son of James O' Brien and Catherine Jackson, on 20 Jul 1877 in Wesleyan Parsonage, Lydiard St, Ballarat, Victoria Australia. (John O' Brien was born in 1856 in Tasmania Australia and died before 1933.)


  Marriage Notes:

Kathleen Appleton notes:
Victorian marriage certificate 2829/1877 Jessie Dickson married John O'Brien at Wesleyan Parsonage, Lydiard Street, Ballarat on 20th July 1877. John was born in Tasmania, aged 21, a labourer. He was living and working in Sebastopol. His parents James O'Brien (labourer) and Catherine Jackson. John signed his marriage certificate with an X. Jessie's place of birth is given as Scotchman's, Victoria but I have not found anything near Ballarat by this name. Jessie's residence is White Horse Ranges, Ballarat. Jessie signed her own name. Witnesses were James Kingdom and Jane Kingdom.

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