Bryan Family

[kiwikate]

I have just found out my great great grandfather John Bryan born c 1804 Fermanagh Ireland, his wife Jane and their children immigrated to Australia in 1842. They settled in Broadmeadows where my gggrandfather opened the first Bar/hotel there.He died there 1859.His wife continued to run the bar until it was destroyed by fire 1879.They had 8 children any more information on this family would be great,ie schools etc Thanks Kate

[giblet]

Hi,

BRYAN John
Death
Unknown Family Name>, Margaret
Unknown Family Name>, John
place of birth FER
MCGWYER, Jane
aged 55
1859
3728/1859

There is a will/probate for John online to view.
https://prov.vic.gov.au/explore-collection/explore-topic/wills-and-probates

[giblet]

VIC state archives have a few things you can check out and see if they pop up in any of them.

https://prov.vic.gov.au/explore-collection/online-collections

Trove newspapers [free online]
https://trove.nla.gov.au/search/advanced/category/newspapers

Birth death marriages indexes for Victoria
https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history

[kiwikate]

Thank you Kate

[maddys52]

As giblet says, trove is a great source of information. A quick search using "John Bryan" Broadmeadows brings up for example:

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4791808  1853 - a license refused
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article154821016  1857 - license granted
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5682888  1859 - death notice
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5683176  1859 - advertisement re probate (2nd column, near the bottom)

Searching for "Victoria hotel, Broadmeadows" reveals that the hotel was previously licensed to Samuel KITSON (in 1854), so the story that your relative opened the first hotel there is not quite correct. 
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4806989

[kiwikate]

Many thanks for that Kate