Greenwood, John (1831-1915)

Mr. Greenwood was a native of Yorkshire England. He sailed onboard the ship ‘Royal Charter’ from Liverpool England in 1856 at the age of 25 for a better life in the Port Phillip district.

John, aged 27, met Sarah Hay (or Hey) aged 25 and they married in Melbourne in 1858. Sarah was also from Yorkshire and they had 4 children.

The Greenwood family were long time North & West Melbourne locals and lived at 143 Roden Street West Melbourne prior to John’s death in 1915.

Below is a list of significant building works carried out by John Greenwood.

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Building ID Location Owner Suburb Building StateBuilding Type Builder Build Date (YYYY MM DD)Melbourne Council Notice of Intention to Build number
71318Franklin St east – next Mack’s Hotel Greenwood & Lee – Melbourne Melbourne VIC Factories Greenwood, John & Lee, Edward 1856 12 19 884
71238   A’Beckett St Greenwood, John – Albion Daw Mills, A’Beckett St Melbourne VIC Houses Greenwood, John 1859 03 7 185
71249A’Beckett St east – 2 – Albion Sawmill   Greenwood, John – 2 A’Beckett St Melbourne VIC Houses Greenwood, John 1862 05 26 216
81010Gipps St – first house (179) Greenwood, John East Melbourne VIC alterations Greenwood, John 1862 09 10 350
72820   Adderley – cnr Abbotsford Greenwood, John West Melbourne VIC Houses Greenwood, John – 12 Harcourt St Hotham 1880 06 21 8407
72822   Abbotsford – at bottom Greenwood, John West Melbourne VIC Houses Greenwood, John – Adderley St West Melb. 1880 10 13 8545
72537   Adderley St Greenwood, John West Melbourne VIC Houses Greenwood, John – Adderley St 1883 01 3 116
72679   Adderley St – nr Ireland Greenwood, John West Melbourne VIC Houses Greenwood, John – Adderley St 1887 10 20 3111

Table source: https://www.mileslewis.net/australian-architectural/

Main source: Public Records Office of Victoria, BDM Victoria and the Melbourne edition of the Sands & McDougall directoy.