11 Facts About John Scholey

John Scholey was a Justice of the Peace and member of the Newcastle Land Board, a division of the New South Wales Justice Department.

The Scholey family are to be found with various spellings in ancient manuscripts but often as de Scolay or Scoley.

John was the son of a Leeds businessman, Stephen Scholey who entered the service of the Colonial Office in New South Wales, and was a Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for East Maitland.

John Scholey's mother was Anne Spink John Scholey appears in the 1851 Census Return at 27 Trafalgar Street, Leeds, aged 11, with his parents and his sister Mary Ann.

In October 1852 John Scholey arrived at Melbourne, Australia on board "Julia", together with his father.

John Scholey made valuable contacts in Melbourne, but in 1862 commenced business in Newcastle.

On his daughter Jessie's birth certificate in February 1883, John Scholey stated that he now resided at Hamilton, a garden suburb of Newcastle.

John Scholey was one of the earliest directors of the Newcastle and County Building Company, and one of the prime movers in the establishment of the Waratah Municipal Gasworks which went on to become the principal gas suppliers to the City of Newcastle.

John Scholey was the sole surviving Executor of the Will of his father-in-law, William Greaves, another Newcastle businessman, when he signed the declaration that all affairs to do with that estate were now complete, 18 May 1907.

John Scholey was buried in the Church of England division of Sandgate Cemetery.

John Scholey was described in directories and upon his death certificate, as a "gentleman".