John Henry Monger

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Biographical informationJohn Henry Monger (1831-1892), merchant, farmer and pastoralist, was the son of John Henry and Mary Monger. In 1857, he married Henrietta Joaquina Manning (d. 1894) the eldest daughter of Charles Alexander Manning, of Callao, Peru. They had at least eight children Helen Aurora (b. 1858), Francis Henry (b. 1860), Frederick Charles (1863-1919), Evaline (b. 1866), Amy Susannah (b. 1867), Alexander Joseph (1869-1946), Ernest Leopold (b. 1871) and Florence Azelia (b. 1873).

He visited England in 1856 per 'Devonshire' and returned with his wife in 1857 per 'Dolphin'. He was a merchant at Fremantle and at York, with a large extent of pastoral country East of York in 1868, Williams in 1868, and Blackwood in 1859. His wife was on the York Board of Education in 1874. He employed over 50 Ticket of leave men between 1858-1882 at Perth and York. He was the Member of the Legislative Council for York 1871.

Employed many Chinese labourers.Date of birth1831Date of death1892

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Organisation

Monger & Finnerty

North West Australian Mercantile Co.

W.D. Moore & Co.

Family

SiblingJoseph Taylor MongerSusannah Monger

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ContributorSchool of Social Sciences

UWA Collected

John Henry Monger

THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA