John O' Brien

  General Notes:

Kathleen Appleton notes:
Jessie and John moved to St Kilda (don't know when) and had a wood merchants business at 11-13 Inkerman Street, St Kilda.

  Noted events in his 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)

John married Jessie Dickson, daughter of John Dickson and Martha Drysdale, on 20 Jul 1877 in Wesleyan Parsonage, Lydiard St, Ballarat, Victoria Australia. (Jessie Dickson was born on 17 Nov 1857 in Ballarat, Victoria Australia, died on 24 Nov 1933 in 11 Inkerman St, St Kilda, Melbourne, Victoria Australia and was buried on 25 Nov 1933 in Cheltenham General Cemetery, Victoria Australia.)

  Marriage Notes:

Kathleen Appleton notes:
Victorian marriage certificate 2829/1877 Jessie Dickson married John O'Brien at Wesleyan Parsonage, Lydiard Street, Ballarat on 20^th 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.