John PIPER

1846 - 1919  (72 years)

• Name	John PIPER
  Birth	8 Dec 1846	Bradworthy, Devon, England
  Gender	Male
  Baptism	20 Dec 1846	Methodist Circuit, Kilkhampton, Cornwall, England
  Census	1851	South Newlands, Bradworthy, Devon, England
  Immigration	Jul 1870	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
  Death	24 Feb 1919	‘Como’, Leopold, Victoria, Australia
  Burial	26 Feb 1919	Eastern Cemetery, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
  Person ID	I956	FHC006 - White Tree
  Last Modified	1 Mar 2021

  
  

  Father	Charles PIPER,   b. 1824, Bradworthy, Devon, England d. 6 Jun 1907, South Newlands, Bradworthy, Devon, England (Age 83 years)
  Mother	Hannah COURTICE,   b. 1825, Hartland, Devon, England d. 28 May 1859, South Newlands, Bradworthy, Devon, England (Age 34 years)
  Marriage	27 Aug 1846	Bradworthy, Devon, England
  Family ID	F798	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret Hooper GRIGG,   b. 1854, Barrabool Hills, Geelong, Victoria, Australia d. 1928, Newtown, Geelong, Victoria, Australia (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	1882	Barrabool Hills, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
  Family ID	F499	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Mar 2021

  
  

• Notes

  John was 12 days old when he was baptised in the Bradworthy Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, part of the Kilkhampton Circuit. His parents livedatNewlands, Bradworthy. 1851 Census for Bradworthy, South Newland: John, head, age 67, farmer of 30 acres, born Bradworthy Grace, wife, age 70, born Kilkhampton Charles, son, age 28, farm labourer, born Bradworthy Anna, daughter-in-law, age 46, farm labourer's wife, born Hartland John, grandson, age 4, born Bradworthy It is thought that John emigrated to Victoria in 1870 on the "Sussex" and married in the Barrabool Hills in 1882. "Barrabool: Land of the Magpie" Another John Piper was listed as a farmer at Barrabool in 1887 and 1890 [main article written about his uncle James Piper, brother of hisfatherCharles]. John died at "Como" in Leopold in 1919. There were no children of the marriage.