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John GAWNED

Male Abt 1846 - 1926  (~ 80 years)    Has 2 ancestors and 25 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name John GAWNED  [1] 
    Relationshipwith Rodney VOJVODICH
    Birth Abt 29 Jun 1846 
    Christening 29 Jun 1846 
    Gender Male 
    Immigration: Arr. Jan 1865 
    Per "Golden Empire" 
    Burial 1926  Cemetery, Karrakatta, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • CONGREGATIONAL-BA-0135A KB00033932
    Death 26 Sep 1926  Claremont, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Siblings 8 siblings 
    Siblings 2 brothers and 6 sisters 
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    Thomas GAWNE,   b. 27 Jun 1813, Andreas, Ayre, Isle of Man Find all individuals with events at this locationd. DECEASED  (Father) 
    Catherine CURPHEY,   b. 29 Oct 1823, Jurby, Michael, Isle of Man Find all individuals with events at this locationd. DECEASED  (Mother) 
    Person ID I15687  MyBradyTree
    Last Modified 18 Jan 2025 

    Father Thomas GAWNE,   b. 27 Jun 1813, Andreas, Ayre, Isle of Man Find all individuals with events at this locationd. DECEASED 
    Mother Catherine CURPHEY,   b. 29 Oct 1823, Jurby, Michael, Isle of Man Find all individuals with events at this locationd. DECEASED 
    Marriage 1 Feb 1845  Andreas, Ayre, Isle of Man Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F6272  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Bridget LANNEN,   b. 1848, St, Mullens, Carlow, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. DECEASED 
    Marriage 1872  Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Reference Number #2685 
    Children 
    +1. John GAWNED,   b. 12 May 1873, Maldon, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Feb 1926, Claremont, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years)
    â–» Elizabeth Jane WILLIAMS  m. 1900
    +2. Thomas GAWNED,   b. 1874, Maldon, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Sep 1963, Midland, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years)
    â–» Henrietta Louisa COLLYN  m. 1905
    +3. David Lannen GAWNED,   b. 12 Jan 1878, Maldon, Victoria, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Mar 1964, West Midland, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)
    â–» Rachel SMITHAM  m. 1900
    Family ID F6271  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 18 Jan 2025 

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    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1872 - Victoria, Australia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 1926 - Cemetery, Karrakatta, Western Australia, Australia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 26 Sep 1926 - Claremont, Western Australia, Australia Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • The addition of the "d" is a bit of a mystery really - until I started family research, we didn't know for sure that the name was Gawne. The only person I know of who was interested in genealogy was Glad's sister, Alma who wrote to the Isle of Man asking for info on the name Gawned - response being there wasn't any record of any Gawneds on the Island. This was back in the 70's and I think it was a bit mean really because there are lots of Gawnes there, going back a long way, so they could have told her at least that! Somewhere along the way, through correspondence with a lady in the US, Alma thought the name should have been Gawne and a story started up (don't know how) that John Gawned was a sailor and jumped ship in Australia, changing his name to Gawned. I thought this was pretty far fetched or that he had no imagination whatsoever.
      When I got my first home computer in 1997 and started looking I learnt about the Gawnes on the IOM, so I obtained the marriage certificate of John Gawned/Bridget and saw that he signed his name Gawne - with a bit of a squiggle at the end of it. Anyone transcribing it may have thought that the squiggle was an unfinished "d" but it doesn't account for why all Gawne's born after that used the "d"????

      I have a "cousin" in South Australia who is also a descendant of John's father, Thomas Gawne and their side kept the name as Gawne. I also correspond with a lady in the US - who also shares Thomas as a GGGrandfather and the US branches have the name as Gawne.

      I've just put it down as perhaps people in those early days just found it too hard to bother correcting errors on official documents once they occurred so found it easier to let the name be changed. I haven't seen the birth certificates of John and Bridget's children but this is when the error must have started. One the Aus Vital Records the name is always spelt with the "d". Still.............not a very good explanation, is it?

      I (Joy Treacy) have followed the Gawne's back to 1688. The name was Gawne without the "d" until John arrived in Australia and for some reason it became Gawned. John and Bridget's three sons, once they grew up, left Victoria and came to WA on a ship to Albany, first seeking gold at Kalgoorlie and then Thomas and David joined the railways. There are various records of them in WA Railway/Postal directories. At some point John and Bridget also came to WA and by 1899 (to1905) John was working for the railways in Fremantle.
      In 1899 John/Bridget were living in Fremantle Road, Cottesloe, and from 1907-12 John is listed as the senior caretaker Cottesloe Hall.
      Getting back to Gladys being born at Cottesloe in 1907, her father John is listed as living in Leake Street, Peppermint Grove, but my mother says that a lot of the women in the family went to live with John senior's wife Bridget when they were due to have their children so I guess that is what Glady's mother Elizabeth did.
      I found a book on Cottesloe that mentions John and Bridget as having the Dining Rooms at Wells Hall, Cottesloe and I recall Gladys and her sister Alma talking about how they used to visit "Grandma" at Wells Hall.

      Its a small world really, because years later in 1966 I married a person whose grandmother told me she worked as a kitchen maid for John and Bridget when they had the dining rooms.

      Eventually John and Bridget ran a boarding house in St Quentin's Avenue, Dalkeith/Nedlands.
      John senior died first and when her mother-in-law Bridget Gawned died, Glady's mother Elizabeth (Lizzie) took over the running of the boarding house in St. Quentin's Avenue, eventually taking on a shop in Victoria Park. Lizzie died 1937? when she was struck by a truck while crosssing a road in Victoria Park. (with her son Robert)
      Joy Treacy - tracey-at-ipec.net.au

  • Reference  Darryl Brady. "John GAWNED". Brady Family Tree in Western Australia. https://bradyfamilytree.org/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I15687&tree=BRADY2008 (accessed January 31, 2025).

  • Sources 
    1. [S420] jp.treacy-at-bigpond.com, Joy Treacy, Some Information Submitted by Joy Treacy.


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