AIGS/FHC Member's - Family Trees
John 'Jack' CARGILL
1866 - 1907 (41 years)-
Name John 'Jack' CARGILL [1, 2] Birth 7 May 1866 Broadmeadows; Melbourne 
[1] Gender Male Occupation uncertain Death 12 Aug 1907 Presumably Broadmeadows [1] Person ID I549 FHC023 - Chapman Tree Last Modified 10 Nov 2022
Father David CARGILL, b. Est 1840, Bushmills ; Country Antrim; Ireland d. 21 Jul 1900, Broadmeadows; Melbourne (Age ~ 60 years) Mother Mary MALONEY, b. Est 1850, County Clare; Ireland d. (uncertain), probably Broadmeadows; Melbourne Family ID F170 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Adelaide BENCE, b. Est 1868, unknown d. (unknown), "unknown" Marriage 1901 probably Broadmeadows; Melbourne [3] Notes - BUSINESS
Adelaide, her two sisters and aunt 'kept' (managed ?) the Meadows Pub next to the Broadmeadows Post Office. [2]
Children 1. George CARGILL, b. (unknown) Family ID F172 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 10 Nov 2022
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Notes - PERSONALITY
Family history records Jack as being 'very popular , was in all the sports committees and all the pranks'.
[2] - DISABILITY
Jack/John was apparently 'lame , and consequently spent most of his time in the saddle, and was a good rider'.
[2] - WORK/BUSINESS
David Cargill set up a butcher shop on the north side of the Church of England in Broadmeadows.
David apparently 'prospered' in his work as a butcher.
John apparently broker the business into two, with
a) primary butcher operation operated by Robert 'Bob'
b) the killing operation to Jack ' Jack speared bullocks from a high platform above the bullock pen.
The 'butcher carts served a wide area'.
The brothers bought sheep and bullocks form the Newmarket sale yards weekly.
They bred their own pigs.
Further to the 'fallout' with their father David, Bob moved to Sydney and Jack to Gippsland. Following David's 'passing', both brothers returned to Broadmeadows
• Sold their fathers business AND
• Built a new shop opposite [2] - HORSE RACING
Jack, Bill Anderson (a 'bookie') and Jack Twomey (a dairyfarmer) and Openshaw (another butcher) had great hopes of 'making it rich', [2] - FALLOUT WITH FATHER
David let Bob manage the business until a 'fallout' occurred apparently involving 'wages and money matters' ....
• Bob left for Sydney
• Jack left for Gippsland where he worked with 'Mannings Horsebreeders and Trainers'. [2] - STROKE & DEATH
Jack apparently suffered a partial stroke in later life, and thereafter suffered with a stroke related speech impediment. [2]
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Sources - [S38] Doris Kidney, David Cargill children, h.
- [S39] Unable to properly identified BUT a nephew of Mick Corrigan (husband of Elizabeth Cargill - daughter of David), David Cargill & family written history.
- [S40] Victorian Marriage Records 1836 -1942, John / Jack Cargill marriage records , (Obtained from Find my Past ), Nov 2022, Victorian Marriage records 1836 - 1942, https://www.findmypast.com/hints-ui/#/list/a77bb2aa-e662-40dd-b6e2-9434f288fa43?partnerId=bff1e76b-6647-436d-9569-ce49d4. (Reliability: 3).
Records not seen, but extract on find my Past noted - see media
- [S38] Doris Kidney, David Cargill children, h.