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Surname: Asher
First Name: Alfred
Ship: -
Date: 17 March 1894
Place: Newcastle
Source: The Sydney Mail
Details: Alderman Alfred Asher, JP., Mayor of Newcastle. Mr. Asher, the Mayor of Newcastle, is the son of a some- time well-known colonist, Mr. Samuel Asher, and comes of the popular Nottingham family of that name. He was born at Newcastle in the year 1850, and is, therefore, now in his 44th year. The death of his father early threw him upon his own resources, and it was then that his bountiful share of self-reliance was first taxed. Bidding farewell to his school days he apprenticed himself to the saddlery trade, and on the expiry of his indentures, in his 18th year, began business on his own account. Close application and his happy manner brought their reward, and after 14 years he retired, to take up a position with a leading life insurance company ; filling the office with marked success until the year 1881 , when he was offered and accepted the appointment of Schools Attendance Officer,- under the Public Instruction Department. He continued in the public service up to the date of the issue of the mandate (by the Inglis Ministry) requiring all school attendance officers who had not previously been State school teachers to resign their office. After relinquishing this last vocation the subject of our article again entered commercial life as an auctioneer and broker, continuing so up to the present. Very early in life Mr. Asher evinced a predilection for public life, and he now vividly recalls some of the exciting campaigns in the Northern capital during the good old days, and speaks with rare accuracy of the conduct of the first municipal election held in that city. The memorable contest between Sir James (then Mr.) Martin, and Mr. Geo. A. Lloyd, when the latter was victorious, fairly launched him into political significance in the north, and from that day forward his interest has never waned. He was closely identified with the late James Fletcher and the Hon. Alexander Brown through the whole of their parliamentary life, as their trusted secretary and friend. Since his election to the office of Mayor many overtures have been made to him to submit himself as a candidate for Parliament in the next general election. He first sought municipal honours in the Honeysuckle Ward of his natal city, and was triumphantly returned by a large majority ; an experience he has since three times enjoyed, in February last polling the largest majority ever recorded for the borough. In the quieter fields of public life, too, his advancement has been corresponding, his active association with friendly societies having borne commendable results. For 27 years he his been a member of the Sons of Temperance, and for the last 16 successively of that period has held the honourable office of Grand Scribe. At his mayoral election the ardour and esteem of his fellow abstainers nearly brought him into conflict with his colleagues at the council table ; but his remarkable aptitude for grasping a situation soon set matters straight, and showed that no man should be made the victim of a circumstance. Mr. Asher is a generally popular public man. His urbanity and kindly demeanour, coupled with innumerable cases more tangible sympathy are characteristic of the man who enlists affect-on but commands respect.
199637
Surname: Asher
First Name: Alfred
Ship: -
Date: 30 December 1869
Place: Newcastle
Source: Newcastle Chronicle
Details: Advertisement. - Alfred Asher, Saddler and Harness maker. A. A. Company Bridge, Blane street, Newcastle
200035
Surname: Asher
First Name: Alfred
Ship: -
Date: 19 July 1930
Place: Newcastle
Source: NMH
Details: Boyhood memories - 80 years in Newcastle
208808
Surname: Asher
First Name: Alfred
Ship: -
Date: 27 August 1878
Place: Newcastle
Source: NMH
Details: Runnaway waggon belonging to Mr. Moore, cordial manufacturer and driven by Henry Giles had bolted from the Railway Station Hotel at Waratah all the way to Blane-street, Newcastle after he left them unattended. A serious collision occurred at the junciton of Hannell and Blane streets between the waggon and a buggy occupied by Messrs Alfred Asher, his mother Mrs. Perry, his brother and Alderman Creer who had just left R. B. Cropley s ironmongery establishment
200396
Surname: Asher
First Name: Alfred and Sarah
Ship: -
Date: 1881
Place: Newcastle
Source: NSW BDM
Details: Death of Robert Birkby Asher, son of Sarah and Alfred Asher
203082
Surname: Asher
First Name: Alfred Griffin
Ship: -
Date: 29 April 1871
Place: West Maitland
Source: Newcastle Chronicle
Details: Death - at West Maitland on 26th April at the residence of Mr. Alfred Griffin, Alice Maria, the beloved wife of Mr. F. Asher, aged 23 years
197661
Surname: Asher
First Name: Alice Anne
Ship: -
Date: 25 January 1870
Place: Newcastle
Source: Newcastle Chronicle
Details: Death, on the 19th instant, at the residence of Mr. Edward Perry, Brown street, Newcastle, Alice anne Hillaria, the infant daughter of Frank and Alice Maria Asher, aged 13 months
203081
Surname: Asher
First Name: Alice Maria
Ship: -
Date: 29 April 1871
Place: West Maitland
Source: Newcastle Chronicle
Details: Death - at West Maitland on 26th April at the residence of Mr. Alfred Griffin, Alice Maria, the beloved wife of Mr. F. Asher, aged 23 years
161824
Surname: Asher
First Name: Frank
Ship: -
Date: 1888
Place: Newcastle
Source: The Aldine centennial history of New South Wales illustrated / W. Frederic Morrison Morrison, W. Frederic Sydney. The Aldine Publishing Company, 1888
Details: FRANK ASHER, Saddler, was born at Lake Macquarie in 1846, educated at Newcastle, and taught his trade at Morpeth. He first commenced business at Waratah, from which place he removed to Bushgrove, Clarence River, where he remained in business for ten years, and until he sold out in 1880 to start his present business in premises in Newcastle. Mr. Asher does a fair share of trade, and is an expert in collar-making. Ile has taken prizes at the various Clarence River shows for his workmanship. He is a Son of Temperance, a member of the I.O.G.T., and is married, having one son and four daughters. He is widely known and respected
197662
Surname: Asher
First Name: Frank and Alice Maria
Ship: -
Date: 25 January 1870
Place: Newcastle
Source: Newcastle Chronicle
Details: Death, on the 19th instant, at the residence of Mr. Edward Perry, Brown street, Newcastle, Alice anne Hillaria, the infant daughter of Frank and Alice Maria Asher, aged 13 months
203884
Surname: Asher
First Name: J. H
Ship: -
Date: 22 July 1863
Place: Newcastle
Source: Newcastle Chronicle
Details: Mr. J. H. Asher, lately Mine Host of the Marine Hotel, Bolton-street, retired from that business and to commence as an auctioneer and commission agent in the same premises
122270
Surname: Asher
First Name: John
Ship: -
Date: 1843 26 September
Place: -
Source: SMH
Details: Blacksmith. Witness in court case Candy v. Adair
200394
Surname: Asher
First Name: Mary
Ship: -
Date: 1877
Place: Newcastle
Source: NSW BDM
Details: Death of Mary Asher, daughter of Hugh and Ann. Aged 28
41826
Surname: Asher
First Name: Mr. & Mrs
Ship: -
Date: 1848 7 June
Place: Newcastle
Source: MM
Details: Arrived on the barque 'Eleanor Lancaster' from Auckland
38980
Surname: Asher
First Name: Mrs
Ship: -
Date: 1848 23 February
Place: Newcastle
Source: MM
Details: Arrived in Newcastle on 18th February on the 'Eleanor Lancaster' from Auckland
200395
Surname: Asher
First Name: Robert Birkby
Ship: -
Date: 1881
Place: Newcastle
Source: NSW BDM
Details: Death of Robert Birkby Asher, son of Sarah and Alfred Asher
208867
Surname: Asher
First Name: Robert Birkley and Robert Bowden
Ship: -
Date: 18 November 1882
Place: Newcastle
Source: NMH
Details: In affectionate remembrance of Robert Birkley, son of Alfred Asher, who died of convulsions June 25 1881 aged 14 months. Also Robert Bowden, infant son born October 15th, and died November 17 of erysipelas, aged 1 month and 1 day
213307
Surname: Asher
First Name: Robert Birkley and Robert Bowden
Ship: -
Date: 18 November 1882
Place: -
Source: NMH
Details: In affectionate remembrance of Robert Birkley, son of Alfred Asher, who died of convulsions June 25 1881 aged 14 months. Also Robert Bowden, infant son born October 15th, and died November 17 of erysipelas, aged 1 month and 1 day
93038
Surname: Asher
First Name: S
Ship: -
Date: 1852 25 August
Place: Newcastle
Source: MM
Details: Steerage passenger on the Lalla Rookh from Newcastle to Melbourne
105801
Surname: Asher
First Name: Samuel
Ship: -
Date: 1854 13 December
Place: Newcastle
Source: MM
Details: Signed address to the Postmaster General, Sydney thanking him for allowing Campbell Pegus to resign from his position as Postmaster in Newcastle