John ILLINGWORTH c1836-1915 & Sarah Jane CULLIFORD c1838-1923
Coach Builder of Casterton, 1882
John ILLINGWORTH b. ca 1836, Lancashire, England, son of Robert ILLINGWORTH and Sarah BAILEY was married to Sarah Jane CULLIFORD, b. ca 1838, daughter of George CULLIFORD and ____ SMITH.
John ILLINGWORTH was the Coach Builder, in the 1882 Commercial Sector Plan of Henty Street, Casterton.
John ILLINGWORTH and family were in Ballarat before coming to Casterton and taking over Alexander McBEAN's Shoeing Forge opposite the Glenelg Inn. The forge was taken over in 1882 and was expanded to become ILLINGWORTH's Coach Building and Buggy Factory.
John and his wife Sarah are both buried in the Casterton Cemetery.
John ILLINGWORTH & Sarah Jane CULLIFORD had the following known family:
- George Robert ILLINGWORTH b. ca 1868, Ballarat, Vic, d. 1879
- Alice Annie ILLINGWORTH b. ca 1868, Ballarat, Vic, m. Arthur Fleamons WHITE
- Margaret Ada ILLINGWORTH b. ca 1870, Ballarat, Vic, d. 1871
- Ida Culliford ILLINGWORTH b. ca 1872, Ballarat, Vic
- Arthur Herbert ILLINGWORTH b. ca 1874, Ballarat, Vic, m. Lillian Jane FROST
- John ILLINGWORTH b. ca 1879, Ballarat, Vic, m. Catherine EVANS
- Harry ILLINGWORTH b. ca 1879, Ballarat, Vic, d. 1880
