John Hay Fowler

1868 -

• Name	John Hay Fowler
  Born	26 Apr 1868	Stephen Street, Balmain, NSW
  Gender	Male
  History	1868 - 1911
  	http://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/fowler-john-hay-397 Fowler, John Hay (??1911) Another familiar figure in pastoral circles passed away on 28th February last at Narrandera, N.S.W. Mr. John Hay Fowler came of old Devonshire stock, his father, Captain Silas Fowler, of the P. and O. service, having been a native of Torrington, in Devonshire. His mother was Miss Ruth Simpson, sister of Mr. Morris Simpson, of Stonehenge, N.S.W. The late Mr. Fowler was born and educated in Sydney, and while at school showed a great talent for engineering. On the death of his parents, when he was twelve years old, the late Sir John Hay, President of the Legislative Council, adopted him. He first spent a few years in the Mercantile Bank, Sydney, but soon relinquished this, to him, uncongenial employment to go on to the land. In 1893, then, he went as overseer to Bringagee Station, Hay, and later on accepting the position of manager, held the post till just before the time of his death, which resulted from acute appendicitis. He was thus associated with the station for seventeen years, and took a keen interest in matters connected with his district during the later years of his managership, being a member of the Carrathool Shire and the Hay Pastures Protection Board. He was also a member of the Hay branch of the Pastoralists' Union, and was on the committee of the Border Leicester and Australian Longwool Sheepbreeders' Association. Original publication Pastoralists' Review, 15 March 1911, p 42 (view original) Related Entries in NCB Sitesview family tree Hay, John (father) Citation details 'Fowler, John Hay (??1911)', Obituaries Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/fowler-john-hay-397/text398, accessed 23 January 2013.
  Person ID	I12282	Simpson & Elder
  Last Modified	23 Jan 2013

  
  

  Father	Silas Fowler,   b. circa 1834, Devon, England ,   d. 23 Mar 1875, At sea, off Sri Lanka  (Age ~ 41 years)
  Mother	Ruth Amelia Simpson,   b. 2 May 1838, Sydney ,   d. 27 Sep 1880, Kashgar, Gipps Street, Balmain, NSW  (Age 42 years)
  Married	28 Jan 1864	St Mary's, Balmain, NSW
  	On the 28th January. 1864, at St. Mary's, Balmain, Sydney, by the Rev. W. Stack, B.A., Silas Fowler, Esq., of the P. and O. Service, youngest son of the late Thomas Fowler, Esq., of Torrington, Devonshire, to Ruth Amelia, second daughter of the late George Morant Simpson, Esq., of Balmain. No cards.
  Family ID	F327	Group Sheet