John Snr b1828 CHERITON

1828 - 1917  (89 years)

• Name	John Snr b1828 CHERITON  [1]
  Nickname	Senior
  Born	1 Jan 1828	Exeter UK   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Biography Notes	27 Mar 1853	Belvidere SA   [3]
  	P5 publication "Belvidere" by Lance C Wakefield. "the establishment and expanson of the colony of SA was largely dependent on the surveying of the districs. Until such a survey was completed the land could not be legally owned. Belvidere wa ssurveyed on 27 Mar 1853 by William dawson and Corporal R Johnson." there are two possibilites ....how Belvidere name originated...1. According to Georffrey H Mannings book "From the Romance of Place Names in SA" John Cheriton gave this name when he subdivided Section 2760 Hundred of Bremer into various sized allotments in 1866". At "home" in Kent Belevedere was spelled differently.
  Biography Notes	1866	Belvidere SA   [4]
  	P18 "Belvidere" publication by Lance C Wakefield. FORD CROSSING...heavy bullock wagon teamsters and people going through Belvidere SA to Wellington, Eastern States, or south to Milang for river trade, roads were an important issue. A site of a Belvidere Bridge was in contention between Cheriton and local John Jones. The result being that two bridges were built-"The Belvidere" and "The Cheritons" the latter being opened 4 Jul 1864 by Cheritons second dau Mary, when 11yoa.
  Biography Notes	1890
  	1890 DESCRIPTIVE AUSTRALIA AND FEDERAL GUIDE (source: Alexandrina Local History Wiki) JOHN CHERITON, J.P. This gentleman is a native of Devonshire, England, born in 1830, and came to Australia in the ship SPARTAN [Commander, Captain Pain] in 1848 , being then only 18 years of age. Soon after his arrival he resumed his former occupation as farmer at Strathalbyn, where he was employed at 10 shillings per week, the highest he received as employee being one pound per week. In 1851 he went to the Victorian gold fields , the trip occupying 3 weeks by water. He returned after three months, but later on revisited the diggings, spending in all nine months there, and on his return to Strathalbyn in 1852 had acquired sufficient means to purchase 142 acres of land at 4 pounds 10 shillings per acre. This he afterwards increased to 2,500 acres, which is mostly cultivated and used by his son for grazing sheep. Mr. Cheriton is now carrying auctioneering and farming together. He is one of the oldest residents of the town and has always taken an active and prominent part in promoting the progress of the town and district. He represented the Mount Barker district from 1867 to 1872 in the House of Assembly, and during that period was elected three times. During his Parliamentary career Mr. Cheriton was successful in obtaining a reform in the land laws which was his chief object; this reform enabling farmers and others to purchase land direct from the Government. He was appointed Justice of the Peace about 1865. He has been very successful in the past, but has lost considerably through depreciation of property. He was married in 1849 to Miss McLean, daughter of Doctor McLean, who arrived here in 1837, and has a family of one son and one daughter. Mr. Cheriton advocates protection only to colonial produce and industries. He disapproves of Local Boards, and considers that land should be classified, priced accordingly, and left open for purchase.
  Died	20 Jun 1917	Strathalbyn SA   [1]
  Biography Notes	1 Oct 1975	Belvidere SA   [5]
  	P21 Cheritons Bridge closed and in 1977 replaced by a ford.
  Buried	Strathalbyn SA   [6]
  Person ID	I-5274	Christina and Donald McLean | Jane McLean's descendants
  Last Modified	17 Jul 2019

  
  

  Family	Jane MCLEAN,   b. 18 Apr 1830, Duisky Scotland ,   d. 10 Oct 1886, Strathalbyn SA  (Age 56 years)
  Married	21 Nov 1849	Adelaide SA   [7]
  	Jane aged 7 years when (1830-1886) the family left Scotland to arrive in SA by the "Navarino" on 6/12/1837. She is shown in the S.A. Census of 1841 as aged "under 14" and residing with her parents at Strathalbyn SA. MARRIAGE: (possibly at Holy Trinity, Adelaide as her husband was English) to John Cheriton (b.1829 at Exeter Devonshire UK). John arrived in S.A. in 1848 by the ship "Spartan" when he was aged 19, so he and Jane were both very young when they married the following year.
  Children	1. Christina Agnes CHERITON,   b. 22 Sep 1850, Strathalbyn SA ,   d. 7 Aug 1881, Strathalbyn SA  (Age 30 years)  []   2. Susannah Ann CHERITON,   b. 8 Aug 1852, Belvidere SA ,   d. 27 Nov 1905, Strathalbyn SA  (Age 53 years)  []   3. John Jnr b1854 CHERITON,   b. 22 Aug 1854, Belvidere SA ,   d. 19 Aug 1940, Fullarton SA  (Age 85 years)  []
  Last Modified	7 Jan 2017 12:42:20
  Family ID	F-1718	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  John Cheritons Belvidere Home

  
  

  Headstones

  HS CHERITON John & Jane nee McLean.jpg

  
  

  Stories

  5197 - Jane McLean & John Cheriton Jane's line - biography as published in the BRB in 1995

  
  

• Sources

  [S-3] FS BRB - 'Donald & Christina McLean & Their Descendants', 1995, The BRB has a good index for each individual. Copies of the BRB available Strathalbyn National Trust Museum & Library, several libraries around Australia including State Library SA, and Western Australian Genealogical Society Bayswater WA Request assistance for locating a copy through 'Contact us' on this website. . [S-59] http://www.familyhistorysa.info/colonists.html, Barry Leadbetter, 1, 5 Dec 2016 Researcher Lorna McLean. CHERITON John, Jane MCLEAN married 1849-11-21 at Adelaide, aged 21, 19 This record offers Johns birthdate as at 19yoa. So have altered from circa1829 to 1828. [S-64] PUBLICATION "Belvidere" Lance C Wakefield 1992, (Mr Lance Wakefield, Printed: Lutheran Publishing House 205 Halifax st Adelaide), ISBN 0 646 122 010., 5 , 3 Feb 2017 Researcher Lorna McLean. [S-64] PUBLICATION "Belvidere" Lance C Wakefield 1992, (Mr Lance Wakefield, Printed: Lutheran Publishing House 205 Halifax st Adelaide), ISBN 0 646 122 010., 18, 3 Feb 2017 Researcher Lorna McLean. [S-64] PUBLICATION "Belvidere" Lance C Wakefield 1992, (Mr Lance Wakefield, Printed: Lutheran Publishing House 205 Halifax st Adelaide), ISBN 0 646 122 010., 21, 3 Feb 2017 Researcher Lorna McLean. [S-13] REGISTER Burials & Cremations - Alexandrina Council SA, Family History Group at Library. [S-59] http://www.familyhistorysa.info/colonists.html, Barry Leadbetter, 1. CHERITON John, Jane MCLEAN married 1849-11-21 at Adelaide, aged 21, 19 This wedding date matches Edwin MacLean. Left alone. Researcher Lorna Mclean 05/12/2016 though on birth date of John Cheriton I have made an entry.