George North
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 The Zemindar |
The Zemindar was a 707 ton vessel, built in Port Glasgow in 1841. It was captained by Captain Jarvis and held 290 Government immigrants. The ship's arrival was announced in the Sydney Morning Herald dated the 24th August 1857, stating that it had left Plymouth on the 18th May 1857. Shown is an artist's impression of the Zemindar, painted in 1841. According to the ship's log, George North paid 1 pound for his passage, was a labourer, could read and write and was in good health. The log also shows that he had a cousin, Henry Davis, living in the Colony, so we can assume he may have lived with him for a short time. |
| George was one of 10 children. In the 1881 census, his parents, Philip and Ann North from Stockbridge, Hampshire, were listed as cattle dealers. Two of his brothers became butchers and another a cattle dealer so, with that in mind, it was no surprise that George set up a butcher's shop at 18 Campbell Street, Sydney. |
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In the Sands and Sydney Trade Directories from 1870 until 1891, he is listed as a butcher at various addresses. In 1891 , the address in the directory is 20 Campbell Street, however an old photo shows George standing out the front of his shop with the number 16 to the left which would make the address 18. The back of the photo states that George, his son Albert, his daughter Ruby, and his wife Helen are in the picture, but does not identify who is who. |
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| He married Helen Hill on 19 August 1865 at St Andrews Church Sydney, and later settled at 227 Parramatta Road, Leichhardt. They had 7 children: John, Albert, George, Elizabeth Ellen, Adeline Louisa, George Robert and Lily Ruby. George died of cerebral apoplexy (brain hemorrhage) in 1904 and Helen died of asthma in 1896. |
