John Wagner was born in Pleasant Valley, Stormont County, Ontario, Canada, to Jacob Wagoner (1798–1833) and Hannah Annable (1797–1886).
Like many of his uncles and cousins, he shortened his name to Wagner. His grandfather, Jacob Sr., was a Loyalist for the British Army during the Revolutionary War and was granted large tracts of land in the Cornwall/Onsnabruck area for his service. John had owned the property at the time of his death in 1901.
John emigrated in 1852 from Canada via California to Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. During his travels, he recognized the difficulty of transport over long distances and developed a line of quality coaches and travel routes.
He became a partner with Cyrus Hewitt of Hewitt & Co. and later joined A.W. Robertson to form Robertson & Wagner to purchase coach lines in Victoria, Australia.
John was also a partner in Cobb & Co., another coach line service, and he held an interest in the Mt. Morgan Gold Mining Company. Following the death of Robertson in 1896, John purchased several large tracts of land in New South Wales and Queensland.
His hobbies were raising greyhounds and horses.
On Feb. 16, 1862, John married Hewitt's sister, Mary Esther Hewitt (1839-1898), who was born in Stonington, Connecticut, at St. James Cathedral.
Mary Esther was the daughter of Cyrus Hewitt (1797-1845) and Eunice Avery (1800-1880). She had seven brothers and sisters: Cyrus, Desire, Charles Stanton, Joseph Palmer, Charlotte Ann and William Henry Harrison.
In 1866, John bought property in Malvern, Victoria. He commissioned architect Charles D'Ebro to design and build an Italianate Victorian-style 40-room mansion. He named the new residence Stonington to honor Mary Esther's birthplace. The residence was completed in 1890. Malvern and Prahran merged in 1994, and the Victorian government named the new city after Stonington, now spelled Stonnington. The mansion is still standing and is privately owned.
John and Mary Esther had five children: Sons John Harrison Wagner (1863-1904) and George Prescott Wagner (b. 1878), and daughters Mary Josephine Wagner Hammans (1866-1941), Charlotte Emma Wagner (1868-Oct. 6, 1954) and Hannah Elizabeth Wagner McCulloch (1869-1905).
Mary Josephine married Major A. W. Hammans, 32nd Light Infantry of the Australian Army, on Oct. 23, 1889.
Hannah Elizabeth married Samuel McColloch and had two daughters: Esther and Katherine.
John died at the age of 74 at Stonington on Glenferrie Road following a three-year illness. He was buried alongside his wife at St. Kilda Cemetery.
Obituary:
Mr. John Wagner, who died at his residence, at Malvern, near Melbourne, on 27th January, at the age of seventy-four, was not, strictly speaking, a pastoralist, but he was a large owner of pastoral property, and was intimately connected with pastoralists and pastoral development. A native of Canada, where he still, at the time of his death, owned an estate granted to his grandfather for services rendered to the Royalist side during the American War of Independence, he came to Australia via California in 1852, and brought with him a number of American "waggons," with which he immediately started a carrying and coaching business to the Bendigo and other diggings.
As manager for Hewitt and Watson, and then as partner in Robertson, Wagner and Co, he became widely known. Robertson, Wagner and Co. invested their coaching profits mainly in station properties, and in this capacity Mr. Wagner became part owner of Perricoota and a large holder in the Mt. Morgan mine. Perricoota was sold last July to Messrs. S. Falkiner and Sons for £250,000, but Mr. Wagner, at the time of his death, held an interest in Gumbardo, and also owned Midkin and Auburn Downs Stations.
Mr. Wagner was a first-rate whip and a sportsman. At one time he owned a few racehorses, including Welcome Jack, and for many years his coursing kennels were celebrated.
Like many of his uncles and cousins, he shortened his name to Wagner. His grandfather, Jacob Sr., was a Loyalist for the British Army during the Revolutionary War and was granted large tracts of land in the Cornwall/Onsnabruck area for his service. John had owned the property at the time of his death in 1901.
John emigrated in 1852 from Canada via California to Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. During his travels, he recognized the difficulty of transport over long distances and developed a line of quality coaches and travel routes.
He became a partner with Cyrus Hewitt of Hewitt & Co. and later joined A.W. Robertson to form Robertson & Wagner to purchase coach lines in Victoria, Australia.
John was also a partner in Cobb & Co., another coach line service, and he held an interest in the Mt. Morgan Gold Mining Company. Following the death of Robertson in 1896, John purchased several large tracts of land in New South Wales and Queensland.
His hobbies were raising greyhounds and horses.
On Feb. 16, 1862, John married Hewitt's sister, Mary Esther Hewitt (1839-1898), who was born in Stonington, Connecticut, at St. James Cathedral.
Mary Esther was the daughter of Cyrus Hewitt (1797-1845) and Eunice Avery (1800-1880). She had seven brothers and sisters: Cyrus, Desire, Charles Stanton, Joseph Palmer, Charlotte Ann and William Henry Harrison.
In 1866, John bought property in Malvern, Victoria. He commissioned architect Charles D'Ebro to design and build an Italianate Victorian-style 40-room mansion. He named the new residence Stonington to honor Mary Esther's birthplace. The residence was completed in 1890. Malvern and Prahran merged in 1994, and the Victorian government named the new city after Stonington, now spelled Stonnington. The mansion is still standing and is privately owned.
John and Mary Esther had five children: Sons John Harrison Wagner (1863-1904) and George Prescott Wagner (b. 1878), and daughters Mary Josephine Wagner Hammans (1866-1941), Charlotte Emma Wagner (1868-Oct. 6, 1954) and Hannah Elizabeth Wagner McCulloch (1869-1905).
Mary Josephine married Major A. W. Hammans, 32nd Light Infantry of the Australian Army, on Oct. 23, 1889.
Hannah Elizabeth married Samuel McColloch and had two daughters: Esther and Katherine.
John died at the age of 74 at Stonington on Glenferrie Road following a three-year illness. He was buried alongside his wife at St. Kilda Cemetery.
Obituary:
Mr. John Wagner, who died at his residence, at Malvern, near Melbourne, on 27th January, at the age of seventy-four, was not, strictly speaking, a pastoralist, but he was a large owner of pastoral property, and was intimately connected with pastoralists and pastoral development. A native of Canada, where he still, at the time of his death, owned an estate granted to his grandfather for services rendered to the Royalist side during the American War of Independence, he came to Australia via California in 1852, and brought with him a number of American "waggons," with which he immediately started a carrying and coaching business to the Bendigo and other diggings.
As manager for Hewitt and Watson, and then as partner in Robertson, Wagner and Co, he became widely known. Robertson, Wagner and Co. invested their coaching profits mainly in station properties, and in this capacity Mr. Wagner became part owner of Perricoota and a large holder in the Mt. Morgan mine. Perricoota was sold last July to Messrs. S. Falkiner and Sons for £250,000, but Mr. Wagner, at the time of his death, held an interest in Gumbardo, and also owned Midkin and Auburn Downs Stations.
Mr. Wagner was a first-rate whip and a sportsman. At one time he owned a few racehorses, including Welcome Jack, and for many years his coursing kennels were celebrated.
John Wagner was born in Pleasant Valley, Stormont County, Ontario, Canada, to Jacob Wagoner (1798–1833) and Hannah Annable (1797–1886).
Like many of his uncles and cousins, he shortened his name to Wagner. His grandfather, Jacob Sr., was a Loyalist for the British Army during the Revolutionary War and was granted large tracts of land in the Cornwall/Onsnabruck area for his service. John had owned the property at the time of his death in 1901.
John emigrated in 1852 from Canada via California to Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. During his travels, he recognized the difficulty of transport over long distances and developed a line of quality coaches and travel routes.
He became a partner with Cyrus Hewitt of Hewitt & Co. and later joined A.W. Robertson to form Robertson & Wagner to purchase coach lines in Victoria, Australia.
John was also a partner in Cobb & Co., another coach line service, and he held an interest in the Mt. Morgan Gold Mining Company. Following the death of Robertson in 1896, John purchased several large tracts of land in New South Wales and Queensland.
His hobbies were raising greyhounds and horses.
On Feb. 16, 1862, John married Hewitt's sister, Mary Esther Hewitt (1839-1898), who was born in Stonington, Connecticut, at St. James Cathedral.
Mary Esther was the daughter of Cyrus Hewitt (1797-1845) and Eunice Avery (1800-1880). She had seven brothers and sisters: Cyrus, Desire, Charles Stanton, Joseph Palmer, Charlotte Ann and William Henry Harrison.
In 1866, John bought property in Malvern, Victoria. He commissioned architect Charles D'Ebro to design and build an Italianate Victorian-style 40-room mansion. He named the new residence Stonington to honor Mary Esther's birthplace. The residence was completed in 1890. Malvern and Prahran merged in 1994, and the Victorian government named the new city after Stonington, now spelled Stonnington. The mansion is still standing and is privately owned.
John and Mary Esther had five children: Sons John Harrison Wagner (1863-1904) and George Prescott Wagner (b. 1878), and daughters Mary Josephine Wagner Hammans (1866-1941), Charlotte Emma Wagner (1868-Oct. 6, 1954) and Hannah Elizabeth Wagner McCulloch (1869-1905).
Mary Josephine married Major A. W. Hammans, 32nd Light Infantry of the Australian Army, on Oct. 23, 1889.
Hannah Elizabeth married Samuel McColloch and had two daughters: Esther and Katherine.
John died at the age of 74 at Stonington on Glenferrie Road following a three-year illness. He was buried alongside his wife at St. Kilda Cemetery.
Obituary:
Mr. John Wagner, who died at his residence, at Malvern, near Melbourne, on 27th January, at the age of seventy-four, was not, strictly speaking, a pastoralist, but he was a large owner of pastoral property, and was intimately connected with pastoralists and pastoral development. A native of Canada, where he still, at the time of his death, owned an estate granted to his grandfather for services rendered to the Royalist side during the American War of Independence, he came to Australia via California in 1852, and brought with him a number of American "waggons," with which he immediately started a carrying and coaching business to the Bendigo and other diggings.
As manager for Hewitt and Watson, and then as partner in Robertson, Wagner and Co, he became widely known. Robertson, Wagner and Co. invested their coaching profits mainly in station properties, and in this capacity Mr. Wagner became part owner of Perricoota and a large holder in the Mt. Morgan mine. Perricoota was sold last July to Messrs. S. Falkiner and Sons for £250,000, but Mr. Wagner, at the time of his death, held an interest in Gumbardo, and also owned Midkin and Auburn Downs Stations.
Mr. Wagner was a first-rate whip and a sportsman. At one time he owned a few racehorses, including Welcome Jack, and for many years his coursing kennels were celebrated.
Like many of his uncles and cousins, he shortened his name to Wagner. His grandfather, Jacob Sr., was a Loyalist for the British Army during the Revolutionary War and was granted large tracts of land in the Cornwall/Onsnabruck area for his service. John had owned the property at the time of his death in 1901.
John emigrated in 1852 from Canada via California to Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. During his travels, he recognized the difficulty of transport over long distances and developed a line of quality coaches and travel routes.
He became a partner with Cyrus Hewitt of Hewitt & Co. and later joined A.W. Robertson to form Robertson & Wagner to purchase coach lines in Victoria, Australia.
John was also a partner in Cobb & Co., another coach line service, and he held an interest in the Mt. Morgan Gold Mining Company. Following the death of Robertson in 1896, John purchased several large tracts of land in New South Wales and Queensland.
His hobbies were raising greyhounds and horses.
On Feb. 16, 1862, John married Hewitt's sister, Mary Esther Hewitt (1839-1898), who was born in Stonington, Connecticut, at St. James Cathedral.
Mary Esther was the daughter of Cyrus Hewitt (1797-1845) and Eunice Avery (1800-1880). She had seven brothers and sisters: Cyrus, Desire, Charles Stanton, Joseph Palmer, Charlotte Ann and William Henry Harrison.
In 1866, John bought property in Malvern, Victoria. He commissioned architect Charles D'Ebro to design and build an Italianate Victorian-style 40-room mansion. He named the new residence Stonington to honor Mary Esther's birthplace. The residence was completed in 1890. Malvern and Prahran merged in 1994, and the Victorian government named the new city after Stonington, now spelled Stonnington. The mansion is still standing and is privately owned.
John and Mary Esther had five children: Sons John Harrison Wagner (1863-1904) and George Prescott Wagner (b. 1878), and daughters Mary Josephine Wagner Hammans (1866-1941), Charlotte Emma Wagner (1868-Oct. 6, 1954) and Hannah Elizabeth Wagner McCulloch (1869-1905).
Mary Josephine married Major A. W. Hammans, 32nd Light Infantry of the Australian Army, on Oct. 23, 1889.
Hannah Elizabeth married Samuel McColloch and had two daughters: Esther and Katherine.
John died at the age of 74 at Stonington on Glenferrie Road following a three-year illness. He was buried alongside his wife at St. Kilda Cemetery.
Obituary:
Mr. John Wagner, who died at his residence, at Malvern, near Melbourne, on 27th January, at the age of seventy-four, was not, strictly speaking, a pastoralist, but he was a large owner of pastoral property, and was intimately connected with pastoralists and pastoral development. A native of Canada, where he still, at the time of his death, owned an estate granted to his grandfather for services rendered to the Royalist side during the American War of Independence, he came to Australia via California in 1852, and brought with him a number of American "waggons," with which he immediately started a carrying and coaching business to the Bendigo and other diggings.
As manager for Hewitt and Watson, and then as partner in Robertson, Wagner and Co, he became widely known. Robertson, Wagner and Co. invested their coaching profits mainly in station properties, and in this capacity Mr. Wagner became part owner of Perricoota and a large holder in the Mt. Morgan mine. Perricoota was sold last July to Messrs. S. Falkiner and Sons for £250,000, but Mr. Wagner, at the time of his death, held an interest in Gumbardo, and also owned Midkin and Auburn Downs Stations.
Mr. Wagner was a first-rate whip and a sportsman. At one time he owned a few racehorses, including Welcome Jack, and for many years his coursing kennels were celebrated.
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In loving memory
Of
MARY ESTHER
BELOVED WIFE OF
JOHN WAGNER
DIED 24th DECEMBER 1898
AGED 57 YEARS
ALSO
JOHN WAGNER
DIED 27th JANUARY 1901
AGED 74 YEARS
ALSO THEIR DAUGHTER
CHARLOTTE EMMA
DIED 6th OCTOBER 1954
AGED 84 YEARS
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