John Guest (1809–1875)
Dr. Youl held an inquest on Monday, at Carlton, on the body of John Guest, aged sixty-seven years, a news-agent. The deceased, in company with John Thompson, coal merchant, were driving in a tilbury along the Deep Creek-road on the 14th inst., when the horse stumbled and fell, and threw the deceased out of the buggy, the wheel passing over him. The occurrence, Mr. Thompson, who was driving, stated, was quite accidental. Dr. Fletcher stated that the deceased had been thrown from the vehicle as described. A verdict of accidental death was returned.
Original publication
Additional Resources and Scholarship
- funeral notice, Age (Melbourne), 20 April 1875, p 4
Related Entries in NCB Sites
- Guest, John
- Guest, Hannah (wife)
- Conway, Judith Johanna (mother-in-law)
- Cobb, William (father-in-law)
Citation details
'Guest, John (1809–1875)', Obituaries Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://oa.anu.edu.au/obituary/guest-john-27684/text35237, accessed 28 March 2025.
Life Summary [details]
Birth
25 June,
1809
Burslem,
Staffordshire,
England
Death
14 April,
1875
(aged 65)
Carlton, Melbourne,
Victoria,
Australia
Cause of Death
Cultural Heritage
Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Passenger Ship
Occupation or Descriptor
Convict Record
Crime: court martial
Sentence: 7 years