William King (1800 - 1875)

Born 1 Jan 1800 in Dungannon, Killiman Parish, Cty Tyrone, Ireland

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Reiley) King — married 24 Oct 1824 in Ardress, County Armagh, Ireland

Descendants

Died 2 Sep 1875 at age 75 in Kiama, NSW, Australia

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Biography

Obituary

Obituary^[1]

One more of those who may be considered as the original settlers of our dis-trict has disappeared from it within the last few days. Mr. William King, the eldest but last surviving of a family of three brothers, all of whom resided long in this neighbourhood, expired from natural decay at an early hour on Thursday last, at the ago of 75. He had not, however, been incapable of some amount of physical exertion till within a very short time of his death, Mr. King was a native of the County of Tyrone, in Ireland; and had been in the colony some thirty-four years, the whole of which time he spent in the Kiama district. He arrived in the emigrant ship Herald, which sailed from Greenock in 1841. Of a family of twelve children, eleven survive him, viz., six sons and five daughters,—his widow also remaining; and his mother was living in this neighbourhood till within the last eight years. The remains of the deceased were interred on Friday last in the public cemetery, Porter's Garden, the funeral being attended, as might be expected, by a large number of the residents of the district.

Sources

1. ↑ LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS. (1875, September 9). The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser (NSW : 1863 - 1947), p. 2. Retrieved September 14, 2018, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article101488988

• Birth-Website - Family Search, Hurtle King's Family Research, Headstone in Kiama Cemetery

Marriage- Website - Family Search, King Family records Death- Death Certificate, Death Notice in "Kiama Independent" on 09-09-1875, Headstone in Kiama Cemetery