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Siblings


Offspring of Robert Mitchell (1847-1923) and Alice Clair Lindores (1851-1923)
Name Birth Death Joined with
Agnes Annie Mitchell (1871-1928)
William Edward Mitchell (1872-1874)
Ernest Robert John Mitchell (1874-1930) 10 July 1874 West Wyalong, New South Wales, Australia 4 June 1930 Sydney Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Edith Shepherd (1881-1930)
Robert David James Mitchell (1875-1978)
Charles Edward Mitchell (1877-1939)
Albert William Lindores Mitchell (1879-1948)
Herbert Jesse Mitchell (1880-1951)
Alice Ada Mitchell (1883-1953)
Arthur Leslie Mitchell (1885-1959)
Minnie May Mitchell (1888-1969)
Mary Elizabeth Mitchell (1890-1972)
Elsie Mona Mitchell (1891-c1958)
Stanley Thomas Boyden Mitchell (1893-1965)

Biography

Ernest Robert John Mitchell was born 10 July 1874 in West Wyalong, New South Wales, Australia to Robert Mitchell (1847-1923) and Alice Clair Lindores (1851-1923) and died 4 June 1930 Sydney Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia of unspecified causes. He married Edith Shepherd (1881-1930) 29 September 1899 in Kurrajong, New South Wales, Australia.

Ernest was born on 10th July 1874 in Merton, New South Wales. He was the son of Robert Mitchell and Alice Clara Lindores. Ernest married Edith Shepherd on 29th March 1899 in Kurrajong, New South Wales. At the time of Ina’s birth in 1900 Ernest was described as an Orchardist of Salis Flat, Kurrajong.

Soon afterwards Ernest and Edith built a slab cottage on Crooked Lane at North Richmond. The cottage was built of pit-sawn timber and added onto over the years as the family grew. In 1974 the original 2 room cottage was transported to the Australian Pioneer Village at Wilberforce.

Ernest was renowned for his road work around Richmond and Wilberforce, and other heavy tasks employing his skills with his bullock team.

In January 1928 Henry Shepherd, Ralph Shepherd, Albert Keith Shaw, George Hilton and Ernest were each fined 30/- and 8/- costs at Richmond Police Court for ill-treating three horses by working them with tender sores on their shoulders.

Ernest died on 4th June 1930 and was buried at St Phillips Cemetery in North Richmond.


Children


Offspring of Ernest Robert John Mitchell and Edith Shepherd (1881-1930)
Name Birth Death Joined with
Ina Susannah Mitchell (1900-1937)
Alice Evelyn Mitchell (1901-1986)
Edith Marion Mitchell (1903-1950)
Ernest Robert Arthur Mitchell (1906-1965)
William Edward John Mitchell (1908-1967)
Minnie Mildred Mitchell (1910-)
Robert Stanley Mitchell (1913-1978)
Gladys Marjorie Mitchell (1915-1983)
Cecily Agnes Mitchell (1917-)








Footnotes (including sources)

‡ General
Ω Birth
  • BDM Index ref for birth: 15220/1874 (registered in Muswellbrook)
¶ Death
  • MITCHELL.—June 4, 1930, at Sydney Hospital, Ernest Robert J Mitchell, of Crooked lane, North Richmond, aged 56 years
The Sydney Morning Herald, 5 June 1930, page 10
§ Remains
  • MITCHELL.—The Relatives and Friends of the FAMILY of the late ERNEST R. J. MITCHELL are kindly invited to attend his Funeral; to move from his late residence, Crooked-lane, North Richmond, at 3 p.m., THIS DAY, for Church of England Cemetery, North Richmond.
The Sydney Morning Herald, 5 June 1930, page 9