John Thomas Fielder was born on 10 March 1869[1] in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia as the seventh child of William Henry Fielder and Lucy Ward. He had eleven siblings, namely: Walter, William Henry, Angelina Elizabeth, Mary Ann, James, Sarah, Clara Agnes, Louisa Agnes, Euphemia Alice, Edward Albert Robert, and Beatrice.

At age 16, John went to Tamborine and was employed by his future father-in-law Henry Welch, and went on to drive the first Brisbane — Tamborine coach.

When he was 21, John married Jane Welch, daughter of Henry Welch and Elizabeth Witheyman, in 1891[2] in Queensland, Australia.

Johns’ sister Louisa Agnes Fielder married Janes’ brother Isaac Welch.

John Thomas Fielder and Jane Welch had the following children:

1. Albert Edward Fielder was born in 1892 in Queensland, Australia. He died in 1965 in Queensland, Australia.

2. Clara Agnes Fielder was born in 1895 in Queensland, Australia. She married John McGuinness in 1912 in Queensland, Australia. Clara died in 1964 in Queensland, Australia.

3. Joy Maud Fielder was born in 1897 in Queensland, Australia.

4. Frank Lenord Fielder was born in 1903 in Queensland, Australia. He married Frances Elizabeth Goffey in 1923 in Queensland, Australia. Frank died on 1 January 1969 in Queensland, Australia.

When the Canungra railway put an end to the coaching days, John turned his attention to butchering, being foreman under eight different changes of ownership.

During his last five years John had been engaged in dairy farming on his property near Tamborine Railway Station.

John died on 11 April 1936[3] in Queensland, Australia, age 67.

Jane died on 12 May 1941[4] in Queensland, Australia, age 67.

Citations:

1. Queensland Government - Births, deaths, marriages and divorces, B9468

2. Queensland Government - Births, deaths, marriages and divorces, B14816

3. Queensland Government - Births, deaths, marriages and divorces, B31201

4. Queensland Government - Births, deaths, marriages and divorces, B52035

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OBITUARY - The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954) Tuesday 14 April 1936 p 5 Article

Mr. J. T. Fielder.- Mr. John Thomas Fielder, one of the oldest residents of Tamborine, whose death occurred on Saturday, was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. Fielder, and was born in Vulture Street, South Brisbane, on March 10, 1869. At the age of 16 he went to Tamborine and was engaged by Mr. Harry Welch to drive the first Brisbane - Tamborine coach. On the completion of the South Coast railway as far as Beenleigh the coach service was from that centre, and later, when the Beaudesert Railway branched from Bethania Junction as far as Logan Village, the Tamborine run was diverted to there. The linking of Tamborine with the city by the Canungra railway put an end to the coaching days, and Mr. Fielder then turned his attention to butchering, being foreman under eight different changes of ownership. During the last five years he had been engaged in dairy farming on his property near Tamborine Railway Station. In 1891 the late Mr. Fielder married Miss Jane Welch, youngest daughter of Mr. Harry Welch, who was licensee of the first Tamborine Hotel, and held it for 37 years, in the 1887 flood the water was 4ft. 8in. high in the bar, and the family was forced to use the R.C. Church as a temporary abode until the water receded. These two buildings comprised Tamborine township at the time. The deceased is survived by his widow, two daughters - Mesdames Bishop and J. McGuiness (Brisbane), and two sons, Messrs. Herbert and Frank Fielder (Brisbane).

Family Notices - The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954) Saturday 10 April 1937 p 1

FIELDER - In loving memory of my dear Husband and our Father, John Thomas Fielder, who passed away 11th April, 1936. Not just to-day, but every day In silence we remember. Inserted by his loving Wife and Family.

Family Notices - The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954) Tuesday 13 May 1941 p 16

FIELDER.- The Funeral of the late Jane Fielder, of Tamborine, will move from the Mundoolum Church of England, This (Tuesday) Afternoon, at 3.30 o'clock, for the Mundoolum Cemetery.

ALEX. GOW,Funeral Director.

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