YORK, John, Ann & Family
21 February 1813 – 11 April 1896
27 October 1811 – 5 March 1897
Origin Spratton, Northamptonshire, England
Accompanying Family Wife - Ann York (nee Adams); Daughters - Frances York (7) Selina York (3) Emma York (1)
First settled in Callum Station' (now Toodyay) / Gingin, WA
Original Occupation Agricultural Labourer
Occupation in Australia Landowner/Farmer
SIMON TAYLOR
Departure Port London, England
Arrival Year 1842
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John & Ann York & family came to the Swan River Colony with his brother Joseph & Mary York & family as indentured labourers to Squire Phillips at 'Callum Station' now known as Toodyay. John & Ann finally settled in Gingin, where John became the first Postmaster and Registrar, his home 'Creaton' being the office from which mail was despatched and collected in the 1850s.
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