The Story of John Britty North 1831-1917

John Britty North

JBN was married to Clarissa Mary Hack in the Pitt St Congregational Church Sydney on Tuesday 13th February 1855. Clarissa, a year younger than JBN, had come out to Australia in 1851, and JBN arrived aboard The Senator on 18th Feb 1852. Their first son, John George North was born in December 1855 in Newcastle. They went on to have 10 children, 8 of them surviving into adulthood.