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David Boon - Between 1893-1897 according to the location and address of the studio. Peel's Modern Studio, 482 George Street, Sydney. Courtesy of Mavis Andrews      Was a member of the Ginnindera Cricket Club. David Boon was born on 1 January 1836 at Ramsey, Huntingdonshire, England. He was the son of David Boon and Lucy Woolley. David Boon was christened on 10 February 1836 at Ramsey, Huntingdonshire, England. He appeared on the census of 7 June 1841 in the household of David Boon at Crease Drove, Ramsey, Huntingdonshire, England.1 On his arrival in Sydney, it appears that David lived around the area now known as Camden and Campbelltown. It's not known how he and Mary met. They may have lived close to each other as Mary's residence was listed on their marriage certificate as Gledswood, a very well known homestead, she was a housemaid. In 1857. David Boon immigrated on 27 October 1857 to Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, aboard the 'John Bunyan'. It weighed 1440 tonnage and was built in St Johns in 1856. On board there were 109 males and 121 single females. 230 were married. On the voyage there were 6 births (3 male, 3 female) and 6 deaths ( 3 male 3 female). The ship arrived on October 20 under Master N.B.SHUNE and surgeon Edward KEARNY. David came under the Assisted Immigrants scheme. The term 'assisted immigrant' refers to those people whose passage was subsidised or paid for through one of the several assisted immigration schemes which operated to New South Wales from the United Kingdom and other countries. To encourage migration, particularly of the working class, assisted migration was proposed and when this was tied to sales of land in the colonies, provided a way to rid excess British population at no cost to themselves. From 1831-1851, 100,000 arrived in the colonies through assisted immigration and by 1851, the percentage of convicts had fallen. Convicts comprised only 1.5% of population, emancipists 14% and free immigrants 41% . He married Mary Anne Gutteridge, daughter of Thomas Newton and Frances Gutteridge, on 9 April 1860 at St Johns Church, Camden, New South Wales, Australia.2,3 At the time of his daughter, Ada's, birth in 1873, David Boon was a Labourer. From the publication, "The Weetangerra Methodist Church", it tells of how the original church was needed for a man with a family that had recently arrived. It was David Boon and family. At Gininderra Creek, Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia. He was a green grocer on the electoral roll in 1903 at 189 Liverpool Road, Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia. He died on 30 November 1912 at Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia, at age 76; The cause of death was due to Fibroid degeneration of heart, General Arterio sclerosis.4 As of 30 November 1912, David Boon lived at 16 Norton Street, Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia. He was buried on 2 December 1912 at the Methodist section, Rookwood Cemetery, Rookwood, New South Wales, Australia; Denomination: Independent Methodist Section: 2 Row: 10 Grave: 494/495.4,5 The Following was taken from a column in the Canberra Times - 15 February 2000. Man who grew 'the finest wheat in Australia' David Boon, described as an agricultural labourer, arrived in Sydney in the ship John Bunyan on October 27, 1857. The son of David and Lucy Boon (nee Woolley), he had been born at Ramsey, Huntingdonshire, England on January 1, 1836. After his arrival in Australia, David went first to the Campbelltown area. By 1875 David had established himself as a farmer and in that year he and Shelton Smith, also of Weetangera, were mentioned as growing 'perhaps the finest wheat produced in Australia'. The Boons were leading members of the Wesleyan Church and David taught and acted as Superintendent of the Sunday School at Weetangera Church. David Boon left the district in 1891. On 15 February 2000.

     Children of David Boon and Mary Anne Gutteridge:

David William Boon+   b. 20 Jan 1861, d. 25 Jan 1925
Lucy Boon+   b. 23 Dec 1862, d. 27 Jul 1960
Arthur Levi Boon+   b. 23 Jan 1866
Frances Mary Ann Boon+   b. 4 Jun 1868
Eliza May Boon   b. 21 Dec 1871, d. 6 Mar 1946
Ada Ruth Boon+   b. 3 Dec 1873, d. 23 Jul 1951
Fredrick John Boon+   b. 7 Oct 1875, d. 25 Oct 1959
Ernest Lliwellin Boon+   b. 14 Sep 1877, d. 13 Feb 1941
Isaac Walter Boon+   b. 7 Nov 1879, d. 13 Aug 1946
Clement Edward Boon+   b. 1881, d. 31 Jan 1937

Citations

1. [S161] Letter from Alan Ross (Witney, Oxon., England) to Sean Williams, 19/8/1999; Sean David Williams (175 Adelaide Street, St Marys, New South Wales, Australia).
2. [S80] Letter from Minister Henry Tingcombe (Australia) to Sean Williams; unknown repository (unknown repository address).
3. [S69] New South Wales Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages, NSW - Pioneer Series Index (1788-1888)., CD-ROM (Melbourne, VIC: RMIT Publishing), Pioneer Series, 1446. Hereinafter cited as Pioneer Series.
4. [S14] 1912/14376, Death Certificate, Sean David Williams, 175 Adelaide Street, St Marys, New South Wales, Australia. Hereinafter cited as Death Certificate.
5. [S297] SAG, Rookwood Cemetery Transcriptions., CD-ROM (Sydney, Australia: SAG), Rookwood Cemetery Transcriptions. Hereinafter cited as Rookwood Cemetery Transcriptions.

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