James Kingston Elijah Weatherby

1877 - 1955  (77 years)

• Name	James Kingston Elijah Weatherby
  Born	08 Nov 1877	Yass, NSW, Australia
  Gender	Male
  Died	18 Apr 1955	Yass, NSW, Australia
  Buried	Church of England Section of the Cemetery, Yass, NSW, Australia   [1]
  Person ID	I13	Mote/McInnes
  Last Modified	9 Apr 2013

  
  

  Father	George Weatherby,   b. Abt 1840, Cheshire, England ,   d. 07 Mar 1912, Yass, NSW, Australia  (Age ~ 72 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Quinnell,   b. 1842, Church of England Parish of Sydney, St Lawrence's, NSW, Australia ,   d. 31 Oct 1883, Yass, NSW, Australia  (Age 41 years)
  Married	1861	Yass, NSW, Australia
  Family ID	F11	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Amelia Maude Mote,   b. 11 Jul 1882, Yass, NSW, Australia ,   d. 26 Oct 1925, Yass, NSW, Australia  (Age 43 years)
  Married	16 Aug 1905	Yass, NSW, Australia
  	as reported in the Yass Courier on 18 August 1905
  Newspaper	19 Aug 1905	the Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, NSW, Australia   [2]
  	A wedding took place at St. Clement's Church, Yass, on Wednesday, when Mr. James Weatherby, son of Mr. George Weatherby, was married to Miss Amelia Mote, daughter of Mrs. George Weatherby, of Yass, and the late Mr. James Mote. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Canon Faunce, assisted by the Rev. A.E. Coote, B.A., the church being beautifully decorated for the occasion. The bride wore a dress of ivory silk, trimmed with Yak lace, and accordeon pleated chiffon, also a wreath and veil. Her diamond bangle and shower bouquet were gifts from the bride- groom. Miss Alice Mote was chief bridesmaid, and wore cream voile, and a pale blue chiffon hat. Her Nellie stewart bangle and shower bouquet were gifts of the bridegroom. The brlde's two little nieces, the Misses Doris and Eileen Sheeky, and Miss Madge Jewell, acted as trainbearers, dressed in cream, with wreaths and and veils on their heads. They carried baskets of flowers, and wore gold brooches, gifts from the bridegroom. Mr. G. Weatherby was best man. After the ceremony the bride's mother held a reception and the company, numbering over 60, were subsequently entertained at the wedding breakfast. Later the bride and bridegroom left for Sydney, the bride's travelling dress being of flecked tweed and a black hat.
  Last Modified	11 Dec 2021
  Family ID	F10	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos		James Weatherby James Kingston Elijah Weatherby in his shoe store in Yass; shop
  		000013_4 Jim Weatherby with his 1923 Buick at Yass. Photograph provided by Gordon Mote; transport

  
  

• Sources

  [S10] Yass Cemetery, Compiler: Ray, Pam, (The Heraldry & Genealogy Society of Canberra Inc., Canberra, 1996), page # 13. [S999] Trove.