John Avery – grave tales

DEATH. MALTMAN.— On the 6th of February at Miss Main’s Hospital, Boulder City, John Avery, beloved father of Emily Maltman, and late of Adamstown, N.S.W. ‘Deeply regretted.’ Newcastle ‘Morning Herald’ please copy.

Johns daughter Emily was married to John MALTMAN in Boulder 1900 and they had four children.
John Michael Leslie MALTMAN born Boulder 1901
James Reginald MALTMAN born Boulder 1904
Ernest A MALTMAN born Boulder 1904
Albert Victor MALTMAN born Boulder 1910

John did not leave his estate of £440 3s 10d (a considerable sum in 1904) to his daughter, but to Frederick Mitchell and William Martin.

Kalgoorlie Miner Tuesday 16 February 1904, page 7

In 1900 the Newcastle morning Herald announced that Mr John Avery and his daughter Miss Emily Avery were leaving for the Westralian Goldfields. It appears that Adamstown was in a coal mining area which was going into a downturn. The newspaper blamed Western Australia for the decease in the population. John had been a widower for 14 years before coming to WA. He would sadly die only four years later.

John Avery’s Wife and Emily’s mother:

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners’ Advocate NSW Friday 5 February 1886, page 3