John Harrison Wagner was born in 1863 in Ferntree Gully, Victoria, Australia, to John Wagner (1827-1901) and Mary Esther Hewitt (1839-1898).
The elder John Wagner was born in Pleasant Valley, Stormont County, Ontario, Canada, to Jacob Wagoner and Hannah Annable. John Sr. at the age of 18 left for Australia where he ultimately acquired extensive land holdings.
Mary Esther Hewitt was born in Stonington, Connecticut, and died in Melbourne, Australia. Her parents were Cyrus Hewitt (1798-1845) and Eunice Avery (1800-1880).
John Harrison Wagner's father emigrated in 1852 from Canada via California to Melbourne, Australia. He married Mary Esther in 1862 in Melbourne. He later became a partner of the coachline firm Cobb & Co. In 1890, he built a 40-room mansion in Malvern. He named his Italianate Victorian-style home the Stonington Mansion after Mary Esther's birthplace in Stonington, Connecticut. Malvern and Prahran merged in 1994, and the Victorian government named the new city after Stonington.
John and Mary Esther had five children: Sons John Harrison Wagner and George Prescott Wagner (b. 1878), and daughters Mary Josephine Wagner Hammans (1866-1941), Charlotte Emma Wagner (1868-Oct. 8, 1954) and Hannah Elizabeth Wagner McCulloch (1869-1905).
John Harrison Wagner graduated from Trinity College at Cambridge and was admitted to the Bar in Australia as a barrister in 1888. He practiced law in Melbourne, where he lived to about 1897.
He traveled extensively throughout the world before settling in New York City. He was a journalist and playwright. He was an acquaintance of Mark Twain. The two men met in 1895 in Melbourne and Twain provided Wagner with a letter of introduction to J. Henry Harper, publisher of Harper's Weekly.
Wagner wrote a series of articles for Harper's Weekly on the South Pacific and he also was the literary editor for the New York Sun. He also bought and sold racehorses, and trained them at Eatontown, New Jersey.
Shortly before his death he wrote a play, "Mr. Wix at Wickham," a comedy set in Australia. It played 41 performances at the Bijou Theater in New York between Sept. 19, 1904, and Oct. 22, 1904. It also played in New Haven, Connecticut, on Sept. 12, 1904.
He committed suicide in his New York City apartment, the Cadillac, on Dec. 4, 1904, using a handgun. He left no note and gave no indication that he was despondent. His body was discovered by a chambermaid. He was unmarried and had no children. He had been estranged from his father.
At the time of his death, he had a residence in Queensland and owned property at Auburn Station, Burnett District. He also owned land at Gumbardo Station, Warrego District. He held more than 14,000 shares in the Mt. Morgan Gold Mining Company, in which his father held an interest. John Harrison Wagner's shares were valued at £6,000.
He was buried in New Haven, Connecticut, in plots owned by his mother's family. He was buried next to his aunt and uncle, William Henry Harrison Hewitt (July 27, 1841 to March 26, 1912) and William's wife, Catharine H. Hewitt (Aug. 1, 1843 to June 1, 1922).
The elder John Wagner was born in Pleasant Valley, Stormont County, Ontario, Canada, to Jacob Wagoner and Hannah Annable. John Sr. at the age of 18 left for Australia where he ultimately acquired extensive land holdings.
Mary Esther Hewitt was born in Stonington, Connecticut, and died in Melbourne, Australia. Her parents were Cyrus Hewitt (1798-1845) and Eunice Avery (1800-1880).
John Harrison Wagner's father emigrated in 1852 from Canada via California to Melbourne, Australia. He married Mary Esther in 1862 in Melbourne. He later became a partner of the coachline firm Cobb & Co. In 1890, he built a 40-room mansion in Malvern. He named his Italianate Victorian-style home the Stonington Mansion after Mary Esther's birthplace in Stonington, Connecticut. Malvern and Prahran merged in 1994, and the Victorian government named the new city after Stonington.
John and Mary Esther had five children: Sons John Harrison Wagner and George Prescott Wagner (b. 1878), and daughters Mary Josephine Wagner Hammans (1866-1941), Charlotte Emma Wagner (1868-Oct. 8, 1954) and Hannah Elizabeth Wagner McCulloch (1869-1905).
John Harrison Wagner graduated from Trinity College at Cambridge and was admitted to the Bar in Australia as a barrister in 1888. He practiced law in Melbourne, where he lived to about 1897.
He traveled extensively throughout the world before settling in New York City. He was a journalist and playwright. He was an acquaintance of Mark Twain. The two men met in 1895 in Melbourne and Twain provided Wagner with a letter of introduction to J. Henry Harper, publisher of Harper's Weekly.
Wagner wrote a series of articles for Harper's Weekly on the South Pacific and he also was the literary editor for the New York Sun. He also bought and sold racehorses, and trained them at Eatontown, New Jersey.
Shortly before his death he wrote a play, "Mr. Wix at Wickham," a comedy set in Australia. It played 41 performances at the Bijou Theater in New York between Sept. 19, 1904, and Oct. 22, 1904. It also played in New Haven, Connecticut, on Sept. 12, 1904.
He committed suicide in his New York City apartment, the Cadillac, on Dec. 4, 1904, using a handgun. He left no note and gave no indication that he was despondent. His body was discovered by a chambermaid. He was unmarried and had no children. He had been estranged from his father.
At the time of his death, he had a residence in Queensland and owned property at Auburn Station, Burnett District. He also owned land at Gumbardo Station, Warrego District. He held more than 14,000 shares in the Mt. Morgan Gold Mining Company, in which his father held an interest. John Harrison Wagner's shares were valued at £6,000.
He was buried in New Haven, Connecticut, in plots owned by his mother's family. He was buried next to his aunt and uncle, William Henry Harrison Hewitt (July 27, 1841 to March 26, 1912) and William's wife, Catharine H. Hewitt (Aug. 1, 1843 to June 1, 1922).
John Harrison Wagner was born in 1863 in Ferntree Gully, Victoria, Australia, to John Wagner (1827-1901) and Mary Esther Hewitt (1839-1898).
The elder John Wagner was born in Pleasant Valley, Stormont County, Ontario, Canada, to Jacob Wagoner and Hannah Annable. John Sr. at the age of 18 left for Australia where he ultimately acquired extensive land holdings.
Mary Esther Hewitt was born in Stonington, Connecticut, and died in Melbourne, Australia. Her parents were Cyrus Hewitt (1798-1845) and Eunice Avery (1800-1880).
John Harrison Wagner's father emigrated in 1852 from Canada via California to Melbourne, Australia. He married Mary Esther in 1862 in Melbourne. He later became a partner of the coachline firm Cobb & Co. In 1890, he built a 40-room mansion in Malvern. He named his Italianate Victorian-style home the Stonington Mansion after Mary Esther's birthplace in Stonington, Connecticut. Malvern and Prahran merged in 1994, and the Victorian government named the new city after Stonington.
John and Mary Esther had five children: Sons John Harrison Wagner and George Prescott Wagner (b. 1878), and daughters Mary Josephine Wagner Hammans (1866-1941), Charlotte Emma Wagner (1868-Oct. 8, 1954) and Hannah Elizabeth Wagner McCulloch (1869-1905).
John Harrison Wagner graduated from Trinity College at Cambridge and was admitted to the Bar in Australia as a barrister in 1888. He practiced law in Melbourne, where he lived to about 1897.
He traveled extensively throughout the world before settling in New York City. He was a journalist and playwright. He was an acquaintance of Mark Twain. The two men met in 1895 in Melbourne and Twain provided Wagner with a letter of introduction to J. Henry Harper, publisher of Harper's Weekly.
Wagner wrote a series of articles for Harper's Weekly on the South Pacific and he also was the literary editor for the New York Sun. He also bought and sold racehorses, and trained them at Eatontown, New Jersey.
Shortly before his death he wrote a play, "Mr. Wix at Wickham," a comedy set in Australia. It played 41 performances at the Bijou Theater in New York between Sept. 19, 1904, and Oct. 22, 1904. It also played in New Haven, Connecticut, on Sept. 12, 1904.
He committed suicide in his New York City apartment, the Cadillac, on Dec. 4, 1904, using a handgun. He left no note and gave no indication that he was despondent. His body was discovered by a chambermaid. He was unmarried and had no children. He had been estranged from his father.
At the time of his death, he had a residence in Queensland and owned property at Auburn Station, Burnett District. He also owned land at Gumbardo Station, Warrego District. He held more than 14,000 shares in the Mt. Morgan Gold Mining Company, in which his father held an interest. John Harrison Wagner's shares were valued at £6,000.
He was buried in New Haven, Connecticut, in plots owned by his mother's family. He was buried next to his aunt and uncle, William Henry Harrison Hewitt (July 27, 1841 to March 26, 1912) and William's wife, Catharine H. Hewitt (Aug. 1, 1843 to June 1, 1922).
The elder John Wagner was born in Pleasant Valley, Stormont County, Ontario, Canada, to Jacob Wagoner and Hannah Annable. John Sr. at the age of 18 left for Australia where he ultimately acquired extensive land holdings.
Mary Esther Hewitt was born in Stonington, Connecticut, and died in Melbourne, Australia. Her parents were Cyrus Hewitt (1798-1845) and Eunice Avery (1800-1880).
John Harrison Wagner's father emigrated in 1852 from Canada via California to Melbourne, Australia. He married Mary Esther in 1862 in Melbourne. He later became a partner of the coachline firm Cobb & Co. In 1890, he built a 40-room mansion in Malvern. He named his Italianate Victorian-style home the Stonington Mansion after Mary Esther's birthplace in Stonington, Connecticut. Malvern and Prahran merged in 1994, and the Victorian government named the new city after Stonington.
John and Mary Esther had five children: Sons John Harrison Wagner and George Prescott Wagner (b. 1878), and daughters Mary Josephine Wagner Hammans (1866-1941), Charlotte Emma Wagner (1868-Oct. 8, 1954) and Hannah Elizabeth Wagner McCulloch (1869-1905).
John Harrison Wagner graduated from Trinity College at Cambridge and was admitted to the Bar in Australia as a barrister in 1888. He practiced law in Melbourne, where he lived to about 1897.
He traveled extensively throughout the world before settling in New York City. He was a journalist and playwright. He was an acquaintance of Mark Twain. The two men met in 1895 in Melbourne and Twain provided Wagner with a letter of introduction to J. Henry Harper, publisher of Harper's Weekly.
Wagner wrote a series of articles for Harper's Weekly on the South Pacific and he also was the literary editor for the New York Sun. He also bought and sold racehorses, and trained them at Eatontown, New Jersey.
Shortly before his death he wrote a play, "Mr. Wix at Wickham," a comedy set in Australia. It played 41 performances at the Bijou Theater in New York between Sept. 19, 1904, and Oct. 22, 1904. It also played in New Haven, Connecticut, on Sept. 12, 1904.
He committed suicide in his New York City apartment, the Cadillac, on Dec. 4, 1904, using a handgun. He left no note and gave no indication that he was despondent. His body was discovered by a chambermaid. He was unmarried and had no children. He had been estranged from his father.
At the time of his death, he had a residence in Queensland and owned property at Auburn Station, Burnett District. He also owned land at Gumbardo Station, Warrego District. He held more than 14,000 shares in the Mt. Morgan Gold Mining Company, in which his father held an interest. John Harrison Wagner's shares were valued at £6,000.
He was buried in New Haven, Connecticut, in plots owned by his mother's family. He was buried next to his aunt and uncle, William Henry Harrison Hewitt (July 27, 1841 to March 26, 1912) and William's wife, Catharine H. Hewitt (Aug. 1, 1843 to June 1, 1922).
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