William James NEST

1840 - 1906  (65 years)

• Name	William James NEST  [1]
  Birth	10 Sep 1840	Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England
  Gender	Male
  SW Group	A
  UKC 1881	N
  Immigration	Oct 1856	Port Phillip, Victoria, Australia
  	Information from ABGR Vol 1 p195 Draper of Coolamon. Son of William Nest of Gloucester, Attorney's Clerk Arrived Port Phillip Oct 1856 per Startled Fawn as free immigrant. Shipping arrival: Nest W J age 16 in November 1856 on Startled Fawn. Information from shipping list. William J Nest, age 16, single, no calling, English.
  Occupation	Between 1874 and 1904
  	Draper.
  Residence	Between 1877 and 1904
  	NSW Electoral Rolls 1877/78 Murrumbidgee Wagga Wagga Nest William Residence 1878/79 Wagga Wagga Nest William residence 1881/82 District of Wagga Wagga Nest William J Residence Wagga Wagga 1882/83 District of Wagga Wagga Nest William J Residence Wagga Wagga 1887-88 Young Nest William J Residence Young 1892-93 Young Nest William J Residence Young 1897-98 Young Nest William J Young Draper Official Post Office Directory of NSW 1883/84 Nest William Draper of Wagga Wagga 1904 Sand's Directory Nest William Draper Coolamon Nest William C prod. & com. agent Coolamon
  Death	8 Aug 1906	Coolamon, New South Wales, Australia
  	Too early for Coolamon Ganmain Farmers Review or Ardlethan/Beckon Times for obituary. Not in Wagga Advertiser, Temora Independant, or Young Chronicle Have copy of death certificate. Occupation Draper. Mary Pendrick said he committed suicide
  Burial	9 Aug 1906	Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
  Person ID	I8099	Southwest
  Last Modified	18 Aug 2013

  
  

  Father	William James NEST,   b. Est 1815
  Mother	Elizabeth BURNET,   b. Est 1815
  Marriage	Est 1839
  	St John's C/E marriage register Wagga Wagga. William James Nest, bachelor born Gloucester, England. Draper age 32. His parents were William James Nest, barrister and Elizabeth Burnet.
  Family ID	F2615	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth NEEDHAM,   c. 2 Aug 1846, St Peters, Liverpool, Lancashire, England d. 8 Dec 1937, Coolamon, New South Wales, Australia (Age ~ 91 years)
  Marriage	23 Sep 1874	House of William Nest, Kincaid Street, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia
  	1874 12 Sept Australian Town and Country Journal Missing Friends JOHN HENRY MALLETT, Carpenter. Unless I hear from you within four weeks from this date, not having heard of you for the last five years. I intend to marry again. Dated 11th August, 1874. ELIZABETH MALLET. 1874 Marriage to William James Nest at St John's C/E marriage register, Wagga Wagga. Elizabeth Mallet, widow, born Liverpool, England. Age 27. Parents George Needham and Mary Ann Grindley, farmer. She could sign her name and she signed as Mallett (not Mallet as in register). Witnesses to the marriage were Charles Williams Hale and John McGrath. St John's C/E marriage register Wagga Wagga. William James Nest, bachelor born Gloucester, England. Draper age 32. His parents were William James Nest, barrister and Elizabeth Burnet. Witnesses were Charles William Hale and John McGrath. He could sign his name. His first wife was still alive when he married Elizabeth. Elizabeth's first husband was probably still alive when she married William.
  Children	1. George Arthur William NEST,   b. 1875, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia d. 20 Mar 1926, Coolamon, New South Wales, Australia (Age 51 years)   2. Florence M NEST,   b. 1877, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia d. 17 Jan 1878, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia (Age 1 year)   3. Charles Henry NEST,   b. 1878, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia d. 17 Jun 1927, Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia (Age 49 years) > 4. Mary Elizabeth NEST,   b. 19 Sep 1882, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia d. 18 Aug 1927, Coolamon, New South Wales, Australia (Age 44 years)   5. Sidney Herbert NEST,   b. 14 Sep 1884, Young, New South Wales, Australia d. 13 Jul 1960, Banksia, New South Wales, Australia (Age 75 years)   6. Gertrude Ellen NEST,   b. 1887, Young, New South Wales, Australia d. 29 Jun 1975, Coolamon, New South Wales, Australia (Age 88 years)
  Family ID	F2560	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Birth - 10 Sep 1840 - Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England Immigration - Oct 1856 - Port Phillip, Victoria, Australia Marriage - 23 Sep 1874 - House of William Nest, Kincaid Street, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia Death - 8 Aug 1906 - Coolamon, New South Wales, Australia Burial - 9 Aug 1906 - Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S1938] Philippa Garnsey, compiler, Sydney, Australia, Descendants of William Mallett and Catherine Chappel (m. 1772), Devon, England, database, privately held by Robert Mallett, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, M0601S301, Aug 14, 2013., M0601S301.