Family background
James Oliver Geary was born in 1849 at Frithelstock, Devon, England, the son of Leonard Geary and Sarah Dunn. He married (1) Mary Maria Locke (1849-1910) at St John’s Methodist Church, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada, and they had two sons and three daughters. Geary and his wife and two children arrived at Sydney on the ship ‘Earl Dalhousie’ on 7 May 1877. He married (2) Eva Isabella Carruthers (-1965) on 27 February 1913 at Redfern, NSW. James Oliver Geary died at Burwood, NSW, on 19 June 1935, aged 86 years; he was buried in the Old Wesleyan Section at Rookwood Cemetery. He left a Will and his estate and assets were assessed at £5,791. James Oliver Geary lived at ‘Australia’ 52 Fountain Street, Alexandria.
Occupation & interests
Geary was a stonemason.
Local government service
James Geary was an alderman on the Alexandria Council 1914-16 representing the South Ward.
References
‘The Polling’, The Sydney Morning Herald, 2 February 1914, p. 10, https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/15473283