James London

James London b. 20/9/1847 - d. 2/7/1927

James London Welham  was born 20/9/1847 at Newcastle, N.S.W and died  2/7/1927 at Wickham, N.S.W. He married  Charlotte Ann Royston on 19/5/1870 and they had 8 children.


Empire Newspaper, Sydney - 25/5/1870

Tattersal's Sweepstake

J. Welham Newcastle, N.S.W. won Tattersals sweepstake of 1000 pounds on the Melbourne Cup in 1903.

(report Taranaki Herald, NZ – sourced from internet)

James' & Charlotte's children

Mary Ann May Welham b. 17/5/1871 Newcastle, N.S.W. - d. 19/2/1932 Hamilton, N.S.W.
married Enoch Elder (born Newcastle, N.S.W. 1869) in 1892 at Hamilton, N.S.W.

Walter James Welham b. Sept 1874 Newcastle, N.S.W. – d. 4/4/1878 Railway St, Newcastle, N.S.W.

Florence Charlotte Welham b.1876 Newcastle, N.S.W. – d. 1962 N.S.W.

Sarah Ann Welham b.19/8/1878 Newcastle, N.S.W. – d. 1933 Taree, N.S.W.

Ernest Robert Welham b. 1881 Newcastle, N.S.W. – d. Jan 1953 Islington, N.S.W. (never married)

Harold William Welham b. 1884 Newcastle, N.S.W. – d. 1958 Islington, N.S.W.

Frank Welham b. 1886 Newcastle, N.S.W. - d. 1886 Newcastle, N.S.W.

Henry Goodwin Welham b. 1887 Newcastle, N.S.W. d. May 1887 Newcastle, N.S.W.

In Memoriam

James London Welham - In Memoriam notice - Newcastle Morning Herald 2 July, 1928 - inserted by his daughter Mary Ann May Elder (nee Welham).

In Memoriam 2.

Dissolution of family business partnership

Ernest and Harold Welham and Enoch Elder (husband of Mary Ann May Welham) dissolved their Welham and Elder partnership as Blacksmiths and Wheelwrights in 1908 as reported in the Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate newspaper 14th March, 1908. Ernest and Harold Welham then continued on in partnership.

Ernest Robert Royston Welham

Funeral notice for Ernest Welham, 5th child of James and Charlotte Welham, died January 1953.

Latest comments

17.10 | 23:07

Dear Eliza Welhams.
Hi Eliza my name is Phillipa Salisbury i'm Dorothy Jane Watson's Grand Daughter thank you for posting your family tree

14.10 | 05:21

Obviously we are very distantly related! Which one of Samuel's younger brothers is Lionel Alfred Welham descended from?

07.10 | 06:06

hi we a branch of samuels younger brother with family still in England.Lionel Alfred Welham (deceased father in law) came to Australia just before first war

20.03 | 02:45

No worries. Regards
Lee