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Life Summary

Name	John William Chisholm
Born	1820 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	28 April, 1899 (aged ~ 79) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cause of Death	heart disease
Cultural Heritage	English Scottish Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Related Entries	[View as tree] Chisholm, William (son) Chisholm, Harold (son) Chisholm, Margaret (daughter-in-law) Gilchrist, John (son-in-law) Chisholm, Frederick (brother) Chisholm, Edwin (brother) Chisholm, James (half-brother) Chisholm, Emily (sister-in-law) Stanger Leathes, Alfred (brother-in-law) Chisholm, William Alexander (nephew) Chisholm, Andrew Seton (nephew) Chisholm, Charles Kerr (nephew) Chisholm, Alice Isabel (niece by marriage) Mitchell, John Francis Huon (nephew by marriage) Mitchell, Walter Edward (nephew by marriage) Gilchrist, J. Harold (grandson) Chisholm, Roy Mackellar (grandson) Chisholm, William Malcolm (grandson) Bowman, James (cousin) Bowman, Alexander (cousin) Bowman, Andrew (cousin)
Education *	Australian College (Sydney) (student, 1831-1834)
Occupation *	grazier (cattle) (1836-1889) New South Wales, Australia cattle breeder (1854-1889) New South Wales, Australia newspaper owner (1858-1878) New South Wales, Australia
Clubs *	Golburn Rifle Club (member, ?-1889) Union Club (Sydney) (member, 1857)
Properties *	Kippilaw (NSW) (manager, 1835-1836) Mummell (NSW) (manager, 1836-1839) Myree (NSW) (owner, 1839-1854) Wollogorang (NSW) (owner, 1854-1889)

* Dates are approximate