John Horne (1855-1920)

Born: 1 December 1855, Bothwell, Tasmania
Died: 2 September 1920, Hobart, Tasmania
Parents: John Horne and Bridget Grady

Spouse: Mary Ann Patient (1859-1923)

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JOHN HORNE, son of John Horne and Bridget Grady.

Born: 1 Dec 1855, Bothwell; informant: Bridget Horne, mother.

Baptised: 20 Apr 1857, Bothwell.

Married: 15 Aug 1885, Mary Ann Patient, St Luke's Church, Bothwell; John: 29, bachelor, labourer; Mary Ann Patient: 26, spinster; witnesses: William Hughes Jnr, Nancy Patient, William Patient.

Residence:  5 May 1886, Strathbarton, Black Marsh; labourer.

Residence:  4 Feb 1892, Nant Cottage, Bothwell; shepherd.

Electoral Roll: 1914, [29] Enfield, Patrick St, Bothwell; labourer.

Residence:  3 Nov 1914, [29] Enfield, Patrick St, Bothwell; Charles Albert Nichols (owner), house, land, ½ acre, annual rateable value £15.

Electoral Roll: 1919, [29] Enfield, Patrick St, Bothwell; labourer.

Residence:  4 Mar 1919, [29] Enfield, Patrick St, Bothwell; Charles Albert Nichols (owner), house, ½ acre, annual rateable value £20.

Died: 2 Sep 1920, Hobart; aged 64.

Buried: 5 Sep 1920, Bothwell Public Cemetery.

HORNE - On 2nd September, 1920, at the General Hospital, Hobart, John, the dearly beloved husband of Mary A Horne, of The Green, Bothwell, in the 64th year of his age. [TROVE]

Spouse - MARY ANN PATIENT, daughter of Aaron Patient and Ann McAvine.

Born: 14 Mar 1859, Bothwell; informant: Ann Patient, mother.

Birth informant: 5 Sep 1884, Louisa Caroline Barden, niece.

Married: 15 Aug 1885, John Horne, St Luke's Church, Bothwell; John: 29, bachelor, labourer; Mary Ann Patient: 26, spinster; witnesses: William Hughes Jnr, Nancy Patient, William Patient.

Electoral Roll: 1914, [29] Enfield, Patrick St, Bothwell; domestic duties.

Conveyed: 5 Nov 1914, [L7] High St, Bothwell; 1r 30p from her brother William Patient for £50.

Mortgage: 5 Nov 1914, [L7] High St, Bothwell, TAS; borrowed £15 from her brother, William Patient.

Certificate of Title: 5 Dec 1914, [L7] High St, Bothwell; registered, married woman.

Mortgage: 18 Mar 1915, [L7] High St, Bothwell, TAS; discharged, £15 paid in full.

Electoral Roll: 1919, [29] Enfield, Patrick St, Bothwell; domestic duties.

Residence:  4 Mar 1919, [L7] High St, Bothwell; owner, cottage, annual rateable value £7.

Died: 4 Aug 1923, Bothwell; aged 64,

Buried: Bothwell Public Cemetery.

HORNE - On August 4, 1923, at her residence, Bothwell, Mary, beloved wife of the late John Horne, of Bothwell, in the 64th year of her age. [TROVE]

Children of John Horne and Mary Ann Patient:

  1. John Horne.

    Born: 15 Apr 1886, Bothwell; informant: John Horne, father, labourer.
    Baptised: 13 Jun 1886, Bothwell.
    Electoral Roll: 1914, Bothwell; labourer.
    Enlisted: 8 Nov 1916, Australian Imperial Force.
    Enlisted: 15 Nov 1916, discharged, medically unfit.
    Electoral Roll: 1919, Bothwell; labourer.
    Died: 29 Sep 1963, Tasmania.
    Buried: Bothwell Public Cemetery.

  2. Lilian May Horne.

    Born: 13 May 1888, Bothwell; informant: Mary Horne, mother.
    Baptised: 10 Jun 1888, Bothwell.
    No further research has been carried out at this time.

  3. Emily Ann Horne.

    Born: 26 Jul 1889, Bothwell; informant: Mary Horne, mother.
    Baptised: 29 Sep 1889, Bothwell.
    No further research has been carried out at this time.

  4. Dora Evelyn Horne.

    Born: 21 Nov 1890, Bothwell; informant: Eliza Barden, aunt.
    Baptised: 8 Feb 1891, Bothwell.
    No further research has been carried out at this time.

  5. Herbert Harold Aaron Horne.

    Born: 23 Jan 1892, Bothwell; informant: John Horne, father, shepherd.
    Baptised: 3 Apr 1892, Bothwell.
    Electoral Roll: 1914, Bothwell; labourer.
    Enlisted: 23 Sep 1916, Australian Imperial Force, named on the War Memorial Avenue Plaque.
    Embarked: 21 Oct 1916, Melbourne, Victoria; HMAT A16 Port Melbourne.
    Died: 22 Apr 1918, France; aged 26, Killed in Action.
    Buried: .Mericourt L'Abbe Communal Cemetery Extension, France.

  6. William James Horne.

    Born: 21 Jul 1893, Bothwell; informant: Mary Horne, mother.
    Baptised: 11 Oct 1893, Bothwell.
    Enlisted: 14 Sep 1914, Australian Imperial Force, named on the War Memorial Avenue Plaque.
    Embarked: 29 Mar 1916, Melbourne, Victoria; RMS Orontes.
    Died: 24 Apr 1918, France; aged 24, Killed in Action; no known grave.

  7. Leslie Royal Horne.

    Born: 26 Nov 1894, Bothwell; informant: John Horne, father, shepherd.
    Baptised: 7 Feb 1895, Bothwell.
    Electoral Roll: 1919, Bothwell; labourer.
    No further research has been carried out at this time.

  8. Louisa Caroline Horne.

    Born: 10 Mar 1897, Bothwell; informant: Bridget Horne, mother.
    Baptised: 26 May 1897, Bothwell.
    No further research has been carried out at this time.

  9. Edith Rita Horne.

    Born: 13 Feb 1899, Bothwell; informant: Bridget Horne, mother.
    Baptised: 12 Jul 1899, Bothwell.
    No further research has been carried out at this time.

Residences and Properties
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Complete maps located on the Property History page.
Tasmanian Archives: Bothwell B37, AF819/1/26 (modified)

Bibliography

Resources Used:

  • Ancestry: Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903–1980

  • Australia: National Archives of Australia: Defence and War Service Records

  • Australia: The AIF Project: Australian Anzacs in the Great War 1914–1918

  • FamilySearch: Australia, Tasmania, Government Gazette, 1833–1925

  • Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Births & Marriages

  • Tasmania: Bothwell Cemetery Records. Transcribed from parish registers by the Central Highlands Council, Bothwell;

  • Tasmania: The List: Properties & Titles. Historic Deeds, Grants & Titles. Land Information System Tasmania.

  • Tasmanian Archives: Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England

  • TROVE: The Mercury