Merino & Sandford, Victoria, Australia
Robert CORDNER b. c.1831, Co Down, Ireland son of George CORDNER and Jane MARTIN was married in 1855 to Ellen HOSSACK, b. c.1835, Co Armagh, Ireland, daughter of ___ and ___.
Robert, Jane and 1 year old son George CORDNER arrived at Portland, Australia in December 1856 on the "Severn". The remainder of their family appears to have been born in the Merino & Sandford area of south-west Victoria before they later moved north to the Kaniva area. Robert appears to have worked at "Merino Downs" and "Runnymede" Stations to the south of Sandford in the 1850s.
Robert CORDNER was a member of the Digby Ancient Order of Foresters in 1872.
Robert CORDNER became a land selector at Mriam Piram, near Kaniva in 1879.
Robert CORDNER died at Kaniva in 1897 and his wife Ellen died in 1905.
Robert CORDNER and Ellen HOSSACK had the following known family:
- George CORDNER b. 1856, UK, d. 1938, Dimboola, Vic, m. Christina McINNES.
- John CORDNER b. 1858, "Merino Downs" Station, Vic, .....?
- Mary Jane CORDNER b. 1859, "Runnymede" Station near Sandford, Vic, m. John BARRY.
- Robert CORDNER b. 1862, Sandford, Vic, d. 1940 Essendon, Vic.
- James CORDNER b. 1864, Sandford, Vic, d. 1930, Dimboola, Vic, m. Emma EVANS.
- Joseph CORDNER b. 1866, Merino, Vic, d. 1939 Horsham, Vic.
- William CORDNER b. 1868, Merino, Vic, d. 1946, Essendon, Vic, m. Valerie Ann Florence LACKMANN.
- Helen CORDNER b. 1871, d. 1872, Merino, Victoria.
- Henry CORDNER b. 1873, Sandford, Vic, d. 1952, Murrumbeena, Vic, m. Edith Ann MARCHANT.
