French, James Henry

1849 - 1915  (65 years)

• Name	French, James Henry
  Born	16 Dec 1849	Collingwood, Victoria, Australia   [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	24 Feb 1850	St Peter's Eastern Hill, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia   [1, 4, 5]
  Residence	Nov 1878	Avoca Lead, Avoca, Victoria, Australia   [6]
  Occupation	20 Nov 1880  [7]
  miner
  Occupation	Oct 1884  [8]
  miner
  Occupation	Dec 1893  [5]
  miner
  Residence	Dec 1893	Avoca, Victoria, Australia   [5]
  Occupation	From 2 Oct 1901 to 1915  [9, 10, 11]
  miner
  Residence	2 Oct 1901	Avoca, Victoria, Australia
  Hospital	Abt 25 Mar 1915	Maryborough Hospital, Maryborough, Victoria, Australia   [12]
  Maryborough District Hospital
  Occupation	labourer  [13, 14]
  Occupation	2 Apr 1915  [2]
  miner
  Died	2 Apr 1915	Maryborough Hospital, Maryborough, Victoria, Australia   [2, 12, 15]
  	chronic prostatitis and pyelo-nephritis (he had suffered these conditions for years)
  Buried	3 Apr 1915	Avoca Cemetery, Avoca, Victoria, Australia   [2, 15]
  Person ID	I15	Shelley's Tree | Descendants of James Henry French (1849-1915)
  Last Modified	17 Jul 2018

  
  

  Father	French, James William,   b. 1824, Poole, Dorsetshire, England ,   d. 14 Oct 1896, Lamplough, Avocashire, Victoria, Australia  (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Spence, Ann,   b. 23 Jun 1825, Gibraltar ,   d. 10 Sep 1901, Murray Road, East Brighton, Victoria, Australia  (Age 76 years)
  Married	23 Jun 1845	St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands
  Family ID	F23	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Charlesworth, Mary Ann,   b. 15 May 1861, Lamplough, Avocashire, Victoria, Australia ,   d. 26 Apr 1891, Lamplough, Avocashire, Victoria, Australia  (Age 29 years)
  Married	15 Nov 1878	The Manse, Avoca, Victoria, Australia   [6, 8, 16]
  Children	1. French, George Henry,   b. 1878,   d. 1879, Avoca, Victoria, Australia  (Age 1 years) + 2. French, James Thomas,   b. 13 Oct 1880, Avoca, Victoria, Australia ,   d. 1965, BRUN, Victoria, Australia  (Age 84 years) + 3. French, Louisa Clementine,   b. Abt 1882, Avoca, Victoria, Australia ,   d. 15 Jul 1968, Ararat, Victoria, Australia  (Age ~ 86 years)   4. French, William Henry,   b. 31 Oct 1884, Avoca Lead, Avoca, Victoria, Australia ,   d. 24 Jun 1972, Maryborough, Victoria, Australia  (Age 87 years) + 5. French, Albert Edward + 6. French, Florence May,   b. 28 Jul 1889, Avoca Lead, Avoca, Victoria, Australia ,   d. 1977, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia  (Age 87 years)
  Last Modified	16 Dec 2018
  Family ID	F22	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Tregonning, Elizabeth,   b. 11 Sep 1858, Avoca, Victoria, Australia ,   d. 11 Nov 1952, Branch Creek, Strathpine, Queensland, Australia  (Age 94 years)
  Married	23 Dec 1893	The Manse, Avoca, Victoria, Australia   [2, 5, 17]
  	At the time of their marriage, James Henry French had five living children, and two dead, and Elizabeth Tregonning had two living children from previous marriages.
  Children	+ 1. French, Walter Henry Ashton,   b. 1894, Avoca, Victoria, Australia ,   d. 21 Apr 1986  (Age 92 years)   2. French, Bessie Ada,   b. 1 Feb 1896, Avoca, Victoria, Australia ,   d. 29 Oct 1981  (Age 85 years) + 3. Living + 4. French, Charles George,   b. 1899, Avoca Lead, Avoca, Victoria, Australia ,   d. 1969  (Age 70 years) + 5. French, Richard John,   b. 22 Aug 1901, Avoca Lead, Avoca, Victoria, Australia ,   d. 9 Feb 1963, Murrumbeena, Victoria, Australia  (Age 61 years)
  Last Modified	16 Dec 2018
  Family ID	F14	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 16 Dec 1849 - Collingwood, Victoria, Australia  Baptism - 24 Feb 1850 - St Peter's Eastern Hill, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia  Residence - Nov 1878 - Avoca Lead, Avoca, Victoria, Australia  Married - 15 Nov 1878 - The Manse, Avoca, Victoria, Australia  Residence - Dec 1893 - Avoca, Victoria, Australia  Married - 23 Dec 1893 - The Manse, Avoca, Victoria, Australia  Residence - 2 Oct 1901 - Avoca, Victoria, Australia  Hospital - Maryborough District Hospital - Abt 25 Mar 1915 - Maryborough Hospital, Maryborough, Victoria, Australia  Died - 2 Apr 1915 - Maryborough Hospital, Maryborough, Victoria, Australia  Buried - 3 Apr 1915 - Avoca Cemetery, Avoca, Victoria, Australia   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S6] Baptism record for James Henry French, 1850, (St Peter's Church, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia: James Henry French, 1850), 26536. [S27] Death certificate: James Henry French, 1915, (James Henry French, 1915), 5799. [S94] Death certificate: Ann FRENCH, 1901, (Ann FRENCH, 1901), 8669. [S1641] Church records: St Peter's Eastern Hill Baptisms 1848-1915, p25, 24 Feb 1850, No. 367, James Henry French. [S5] Marriage certificate: James Henry French and Elizabeth Tregonning, 1893, (James Henry French and Elizabeth Tregonning, 1893), 6097. [S23] Marriage certificate: James Henry French & Mary Ann Charlesworth, 1878, (James Henry French & Mary Ann Charlesworth, 1878), 4573. [S850] Birth certificate: James Thomas French, 1880. [S163] Birth certificate: William Henry FRENCH, 1884, (William Henry FRENCH, 1884), 21936. [S357] Victorian electoral roll entires for French in Avoca, (Avoca, Victoria, Australia: French), 1905, 1915. [S99] Birth certificate: Richard John FRENCH, 1901, (Richard John FRENCH, 1901), 24005. 2 Oct 1901 [S1883] Ancestry: Australian Electoral Rolls, Victoria, Grampians division, Avoca: French entries, 1909 and 1919. [S1908] Article: Maryborough Hospital House Surgeon's Report. [S98] Marriage certificate: Richard John French and Annie Bennett, 1930, (Richard John French and Annie Bennett, 1930). [S100] Death certificate: Richard John French, 1963, (Richard John French, 1963), 3431. [S1579] News: Death of James Henry French. [S514] James Henry French and Mary Ann Charlesworth, (Avoca, Victoria, Australia: James Henry French and Mary Ann Charlesworth, 1878). [S347] Death certificate: Elizabeth French, 1952, (Queensland, Australia: Elizabeth French, 1952), 040831.