Talk:St John's, Ashfield

Verifiability
I've tagged this article as needing some references or sources to confirm the facts mentioned within it, the article itself could probably be expanded with referenced information too. Without references the article could be deleted following a deletion nomination. Someone with an interest in the church, or the Ashfield area shouldn't have too much trouble providing this, I'd imagine that there would be some coverage of the church in books on Ashfield's history (though the State Library catalogue doesn't show any works on the Church itself). --Mako 14:42, 13 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Thanks Mako, I'll see what references I can find. 99of9 05:06, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

Some interesting tidbits
Here are some citations that may be useful for the article, but haven't found a good place yet:
 * Description of a church fair fundraising for building works in 1899
 * 90th anniversary celebrations, including quote about the place of the church in national life in the dark days of the Depression.
 * A summary of an example of W C C B Cave's teaching in 1866.
 * A summary of an example of H S Cocks' teaching in 1938
 * Debate in 1865 about how to pay the clergy (e.g. should it be straight cash, or by way of parsonage).
 * Full choral service for jubilee celebration in 1896.
 * Parish nominator in 1896 "Professor David", likely to be Sir Edgeworth-David ? Yes:
 * William and Margaret McIntyre (Sir Edgeworth-David's daughter) married at St John's


 * Vandalism in the cemetery.
 * Booming Christmas congregation in the time of Yarnold.
 * Yarnold memorial baptistery.
 * Infanticide - body in the grounds
 * Rape on the grounds.
 * First NSW casualty in the Boer War was from St John's.
 * Early donor, Dr Bowman had been convicted of adultery 11 years before
 * Michael George Dyer organist and choirmaster (finishing 1959?).
 * Photograph of F Shaw (already cited)
 * Churchwarden Ernest C. V. Broughton seemed like a fairly prominent real estate agent
 * Parish nominator Dr R. T. Jones had received the first recorded Bachelor of Medicine from the University of Sydney.
 * The Ashfield Church of England School Act of 1886:
 * Plants often stolen

Cemetery

 * Enoch Banks, butcher.
 * William and John Croker. Market gardeners in Five Dock.  John was a warden at St Johns, William at St Albans.  John involved in Drummoyne Council affairs. William's son William is established Croker windows at St Albans. This mentions a William, but possibly William's son William.
 * Galloway/Wells pink granite plinth - granite from Aberdeen Scotland.
 * Halloran. Milled iron fencing.  White marble stone topped with celtic cross, covered with ivy leaves and passion flowers.  Made by Blackwell.
 * Find-a-grave @ St John's:
 * William Tippett died of intemperance

Notable people tangentially connected

 * Caroline and Humbert Pugliese married at St John's
 * Sir George Mason Allard married at St John's
 * Maurice Keatinge married at St John's
 * Stanley Rowley played junior rugby for St John's.
 * William Keverall McIntyre and Margaret Edgeworth David married at St John's in 1909.