Family
John was born in 1836 at Eton, Buckinghamshire, to parents John Thomas Pithouse, a bricklayer (1841), and Louisa Wayman. He was baptised on 12 June 1836 at Eton. His brother, Alfred, was also a PM minister.
He married Mary Bond (1838-1925) in the summer of 1863 in the Windsor registration District, Berkshire. Records identify four children.
- Alfred John Thomas (1864-1944) – a photographer (1924)
- Horace Bond (1873-1941) – a clerk (1914)
- Curtis Sydney Albert (1885-1955) – a watchmaker (1903)
- Florence Maud May (1878-1954)
John died on 5 July 1926) at Portland, Victoria, Australia.
Circuits
- 1859 Liskeard
- 1860 Bridgewater
- 1862 Glastonbury
- 1863 to Australia
- 1863 Willunga
- 1867 Two Wells
- 1868 Tarnagulla
- 1871 Melbourne II
- 1873 Brighton
- 1875 Horsham
- 1878 Tarnagulla
- 1881 Benalla
- 1886 N Carlton
- 1888 Burwood
- 1889 Penguin
- 1891 Langford
- 1895 Beaconsfield
- 1897 Condah
- 1899 Condah (Sup)
- 1903 disappears
References
W Leary, Directory of Primitive Methodist Ministers and their Circuits, 1990
Census Returns and Births, Marriages & Deaths Registers
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Thank you for this information about my Great Great Grandfather. By all accounts he was a fine fellow. Have you read the book he wrote about his adventures in Australia? It is called “The Thirty Shilling Horse”. It covers his journeys as a minister to the Wimmera district in Victoria, Australia.
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