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Irwin William (usually known as 'Jack' or 'John') Warland was the son of Thomas Alfred Warland (1828 - 1880) and Sarah McLean (1827 - 1859). Irwin married Caroline Gray in 1875 (NSW BDM Ref 1207), and moved to Redfern in Sydney along with other related Warlands there including his brother Arthur.
Irwin and Caroline had several children. Note that the first child shows the father's usual name, and three children - who may not be theres - are born to a Herbert and Caroline Warland, also in Redfern.
Irwin - always referred to as J or John Warland - was recorded in the Sydney Sands Directories (via the City of Sydney Archives) from 1879 to 1886 as follows, along with his brother.
In the 1887 (and 1888) directory, John Warland is again recorded as a storekeeper at 22 Bourke Street Redfern, and Arthur Warland (at the same address) is now a stonemason and in 1888 a storekeeper also.
John Warland (the storekeeper) of 22 Bourke Street, Redfern wrote a letter to The Daily Telegraph that was published on 5 February 1887. He begins his letter noting that he is 'only an ignorant working-man, unacquainted, I might say, with politics' but felt the need to reply to a person by the name of 'Rory O'More' who said was 'one of those rapid Irishmen who recognise nothing in public or private life but such measures as serve their own needs'. He goes on to note that the subject to be decided (presumably by the election of a certain candidate for West Sydney) was 'simply free trade or protection' that 'Rory' seemed to want to 'squelch'.
Another, as yet unidentified, John Warland appears in the 1887 directory, recorded at the Steam Packet Hotel, 17 George Street, Sydney. He may be the same person as John Warlond (of the Warlond line) who appears in the 1890 directory in Balmain.
It may be relevant to John's story that, by 1888, five of John and Caroline's children had died. Only Walter/John Warland and Mary Florence Warland were still alive, and they lived to 1960 and 1964 respectively.
The 1890 Sydney Sands Directory records John Warland at 82 Morehead Street, Redfern.
Neither John nor Arthur Warland are recorded at the previously noted addresses in the 1891 Sydney Sands Directory.
Both appear in the 1892 and 1893 directories; Arthur is at 2 Raper Street, Redfern; John is at 109 Cleveland Street, Redfern. A 'W Warland', printer, is at 20 Nithsdale Street (presumably Sydney).
John Warland does not appear at Cleveland Street, Redfern in the Sands Directory from 1894 onwards until 1912 (see below). Perhaps he and Caroline moved in with family, including possibly his brother Arthur. Arthur is at the same address - 2 Raper Street.
A 'W Warland', printer, is in the 1894 directory at 230 Castlereigh Street, Sydney but is not recorded in the 1895 or later directories. His identity is not yet known.
John is not believed to be the 'John Warlaud', corrected in subsequent years to Warland then Warlond, recorded at 11 Weston Street East Balmain from 1891. This is believed to be Peter James Theodore Warlond who married Esther Patten in Sydney in 1892 and lived in Balmain.
An Ernest Warland appears in the Sands directory for 1897 and 1898 living at 7 Killeen Street, Balmain. The relationship of Ernest to other Warlands has not yet been identified.
John's brother Arthur Warland continues to appear in the 1899 Sands Directory at 2 Raper Street.
For reference, 11 Little Weston Street was occupied by Theodore 'Waldred', almost certainly the Peter James Theodore Warlond noted above. In the 1900 and subsequent directories, 'T Warlond' is living at this address. John Warlond was recorded at Yeend Street, Balmain from 1912 to 1917 but this person is believed to be more likely linked with the Warlond family.
Mary Florence Warland married Walter Gibb Trevitt (died 1950, NSW BDM Ref 29956) in 1901 (NSW BDM Ref 529). They had one child:
Walter John Warland (born 1876) married Jean or Jane Tollerton in Sydney in 1908 (NSW BDM Ref 3737) Jane Tollerton was the daughter and third child of James and Margaret Tollerton. Her siblings were Mary Tollerton (born 1877), William Tollerton (born 1881) and Sydney William Tollerton (born 1885).
Walter and Jean Warland had two children:
The family lived at 9 Leichardt Street, Leichardt, from 1910 to 1926. Jean Warland (nee Tollerton) died in Sutherland (NSW) in 1970 (NSW BDM Ref 20282).
Irwin Warland (born 1852) died in late July 1916. His funeral left the house of his son at 9 Leichardt Street, Leichardt, on 29 July 1916, according to the Sydney Morning Herald of that date.
Irwin/John Warland's wife Caroline (nee Gray) died at Kogarah Hospital, Sutherland in May 1924 according to her death notice in the same newspaper on 24 May 1924.
Page created 1985, last updated 28 September 2026 (various updates). Copyright © Andrew Warland. (andrewwarland(at)gmail.com)