Herbert Ernest JohnFINNEMORE, 18711922 (aged 50 years)

Name
Herbert Ernest John/FINNEMORE/
Birth November 10, 1871
Occupation
Farmer.

Birth of a sisterAda May FINNEMORE
February 24, 1875 (aged 3 years)
Birth of a half-sisterAda May FINNEMORE
February 24, 1875 (aged 3 years)
Birth of a sisterAda May FINNEMORE
February 24, 1875 (aged 3 years)
Birth of a half-sisterAda May FINNEMORE
February 24, 1875 (aged 3 years)
Death of a paternal grandmotherSusannah McMULLEN
December 28, 1876 (aged 5 years)
Birth of a sisterEdith Dorothea FINNEMORE
August 3, 1877 (aged 5 years)
Birth of a half-sisterEdith Dorothea FINNEMORE
August 3, 1877 (aged 5 years)
Birth of a sisterEdith Dorothea FINNEMORE
August 3, 1877 (aged 5 years)
Birth of a half-sisterEdith Dorothea FINNEMORE
August 3, 1877 (aged 5 years)
Death of a fatherHenry FINNEMORE
January 10, 1881 (aged 9 years)
Marriage of parentsAdolphus Henry ROWNEYElizabeth POULTONView this family
July 9, 1882 (aged 10 years)
Birth of a half-sisterMabel Elise ROWNEY
May 21, 1883 (aged 11 years)
Birth of a sisterMabel Elise ROWNEY
May 21, 1883 (aged 11 years)
Death of a half-sisterMabel Elise ROWNEY
January 17, 1884 (aged 12 years)
Death of a sisterMabel Elise ROWNEY
January 17, 1884 (aged 12 years)
Birth of a half-sisterGertrude Agnes DaisyROWNEY
August 26, 1884 (aged 12 years)
Birth of a sisterGertrude Agnes DaisyROWNEY
August 26, 1884 (aged 12 years)
Birth of a half-brotherRoderick Thomas ROWNEY
March 23, 1886 (aged 14 years)
Birth of a brotherRoderick Thomas ROWNEY
March 23, 1886 (aged 14 years)
MarriageMaude Jane HARMERView this family
1897 (aged 25 years)
Birth of a daughterDaisy Adelaide FINNEMORE
1898 (aged 26 years)
Birth of a sonStanley Frank FINNEMORE
January 9, 1901 (aged 29 years)
Death of a paternal grandfatherThomas ROWNEY
May 23, 1902 (aged 30 years)
Burial of a paternal grandfatherThomas ROWNEY
May 25, 1902 (aged 30 years)
Birth of a daughterMabel May MabeFINNEMORE
1904 (aged 32 years)
Birth of a daughterDoris Olive DorrieFINNEMORE
January 20, 1907 (aged 35 years)
Death of a wifeMaude Jane HARMER
1909 (aged 37 years)
Burial of a motherElizabeth POULTON

Burial of a fatherAdolphus Henry ROWNEY

Burial of a motherElizabeth POULTON

Death 1922 (aged 50 years)
Family with parents
father
18341881
Birth: 1834United Kingdom.
Death: January 10, 1881Dalkey, S.A.
mother
18431926
Birth: January 31, 1843 23 26Wickwar, Gloucestershire, England.
Death: September 18, 1926Hopetoun, Vic.
Marriage MarriageFebruary 19, 1871North Adelaide, S.A.
9 months
himself
3 years
younger sister
3 years
younger sister
Family with parents
father
mother
18431926
Birth: January 31, 1843 23 26Wickwar, Gloucestershire, England.
Death: September 18, 1926Hopetoun, Vic.
Marriage MarriageJuly 9, 1882Dalkey, S.A.
-17 years
elder sister
18651933
Birth: June 5, 1865Brompton, S.A.
Death: March 20, 1933Hopetoun, Vic.
7 years
himself
3 years
younger sister
3 years
younger sister
6 years
younger sister
18831884
Birth: May 21, 1883 22 40Dalkey, S.A.
Death: January 17, 1884Dalkey, S.A.
15 months
younger sister
19 months
younger brother
Ada and Roderick Rowney
18861964
Birth: March 23, 1886 25 43Dalkey, S.A.
Death: July 31, 1964Warracknabeal, Vic.
Father’s family with Grace SLEEP
father
18341881
Birth: 1834United Kingdom.
Death: January 10, 1881Dalkey, S.A.
step-mother
18401870
Birth: 1840
Death: November 20, 1870Brompton, S.A.
Marriage MarriageMarch 28, 1863United Kingdom.
2 years
elder sister
18651933
Birth: June 5, 1865Brompton, S.A.
Death: March 20, 1933Hopetoun, Vic.
Family with Maude Jane HARMER
himself
wife
Marriage Marriage1897Vic.
2 years
daughter
3 years
son
19011985
Birth: January 9, 1901 29 25Hopetoun, Vic.
Death: May 17, 1985Geelong, Vic.
4 years
daughter
19041986
Birth: 1904 32 28Hopetoun, Vic.
Death: 1986Warracknabeal, Vic.
3 years
daughter
19072001
Birth: January 20, 1907 35 31Hopetoun, Vic.
Death: January 23, 2001Warracknabeal, Vic.
Birth

Bk. 102 p. 98

Marriage

No. 7261

Occupation

Farmer.

Death

No. 11937

Note

Herbert was born in 1871 in the Hundred of Grace (SA).

He probably came from South Australia to Victoria around 1890 with his POULTON and ROWNEY relations who made the move from around Owen (SA) to Galaquil (Vic) at that time. After a short stay at Galaquil they moved further north and settled around Hopetoun (Vic).

Herbert selected land at Cambacanya (Vic), near Hopetoun, where he farmed for many years.

Herbert married Maud HARMER in 1897 when he was around 28 years of age and Maud was around 21 years old. They had four children who were all born around Hopetoun; Daisy in 1898, Stan in 1901, Mabel in 1904, and Dorrie in 1907.

Maude died at Melbourne East (Vic) in 1909 when she was just 33 years of age. Perhaps she had been in hospital in Melbourne. Her young family at that time would have consisted of Herbert (aged 38), and their four children; Daisy (aged 11), Stan (aged 8), Mabel (aged 5), and Dorrie (aged 2). Mabel was subsequently raised by her widowed aunt, Polly ROWNEY, who had a farm at Hopetoun West. Dorrie was taken in by uncle and aunt, Ted and Polly POULTON, who were also farmers in the area. The older FINNEMORE children, Daisy and Stan, stayed with their father to help carry on the farm.

In the 1912 electoral roll Herbert was recorded as a farmer at Cambacanya. He does not appear to have remarried by this time. It is not known whether he ever did.

Herbert's eldest daughter Daisy was married to Edward FINCK in 1919. They seem to have settled in Portland (Vic).

Herbert died from Huntington's Disease at Bendigo (Vic) in 1922 at the age of 49. His three unmarried children at that time were; Stan (aged 21), Mabel (aged 18), and Dorrie (aged 15).