Historical information

King James Bible published Aug. 1934
Family Bible of Robert William Whatmough and Mary Whatmough (nee Hill), married August 4, 1839 in Manchester, Lancashire, England and migrated to Australia with baby daughter Jemima, arriving Port Phillip Bay 19 February 1841.

Inscribed in ink on inside front cover:
Jemima Whatmough born January 18th 1840 on Saturday
Robert Whatmough born March 26th 1842 on Saturday
Job Whatmough born May 11th 1844 Saturday
Died April 12th 1845
Sarah Whatmough born September 17th 1845
James Whatmough born June 28, 1847
Died February 1st 1848
Margaret Whatmough born June 15th 1848
Died March 24th 1850
Jessy Whatmough born January 26, 1851

Inscribed in ink on inside front cover facing page:
William Jordison’s
Thirty knoul (?) Bok (?) 25th – 1839
ROBERT WHATMOUGH BOOK
Presented by Mr. Ferguson
Robert Whatmough
Presented By the Teacher

Mary Ann Whatmough born September 4th 1853
Died November 11th Friday 1853
Benjamin Whatmough born 25 July 1854
Died January 2 1855

Inscribed in ink on inside cover facing page over:
1852
This Book Belongs to
Mr. Robt. Whatmough
On the River Plenty
September 16th
And in pencil:
presented
by mr sanger

Jemima Whatmough married Robert Fielding on June 23, 1859 at Fitzroy, Victoria

Physical description

Digital scan copy only of pages from Bible on loan from private collection with Births and Deaths recorded inside front cover