Queensland Architects Database

Echlin,

ECHLIN, John Fleming(1844‒1908) was born in Downpatrick, Ireland, eldest son of George Fleming Echlin, Governor of the County Down Goal, and Harriet Georgina Johnston. He was living in Dublin in 1866 when he married Christina Georgina Anne Hunter Carleton, He migrated to Queensland, arriving in Brisbane in January 1874, but details of his earlier life are unknown. In 1883 he joined in partnership with the brothers FHL BENWELL as BENWELL & ECHLIN, architects, surveyors and agents of Townsville. After the death of Frank Benwell in 1884, John AHERN was briefly a partner in the renamed Benwell, Ahern & Echlin which was dissolved in September 1886. After Echlin moved to Tasmania the practice continued in name as Benwell & Echlin, and later Benwell & Co. until 1893. In Townsville, Echlin had been a director of the Townsville Gas and Coke Company. Echlin was inventive and in 1890 took out a patent for a vending machine and like his partner Benwell, Echlin was active in the Townsville Naval Brigade. In Hobart Echlin taught commercial subjects at the Technical College. Echlin spent his later life in Sydney where he died. His brother, Robert Boyd Echlin (1851‒1938) was a well-known pioneering pastoralist. He founded the Mounted Infantry in Queensland and by 1892 he was a captain in the Queensland Defence Force, in which capacity he served in 1899‒1902 in the South African War. In World War I he was a camp commandant, while his daughter Gladys Ivy Echlin served as a nurse and his son Richard Fleming Warren Echlin joined the Grenadier Guards in England.

Migration and Travel

1874
30 Jan 1874: Arr Brisbane from London, passenger on ‘Ocean Rover’.
1886
23 Nov 1886: Dep Brisbane for south, passenger on ‘Leura’
1893
24 Sep 1893: Arr Brisbane from south, passenger on ‘Fitzroy’
Employed:
Self-employed:
1883
In partnership with Frank & Hugh Benwell as BENWELL & ECHLIN: architects, surveyors and agents, Townsville
-1886
Benwell Ahern & Echlin, surveyors, agents & brokers, Townsville.

Genealogy

[F] George Fleming Echlin(1812–1869) b. 27 June 1812, Echlinville House, Co. Down, Ireland; d. 23 Jan 1869, Rathdown, Ireland

[S, 15 Aug 1842, Bundoran, Donegal / M] Harriet Georgina Johnstone (1818–1876) b.c1818, Athy, Kildare, Ireland; d. 9 Feb 1876, Stanthorpe, Qld.

  • [5C/1-4B]John Fleming ECHLIN(1844–1908) b. 1844, Downpatrick, Down, Northern Ireland; d. 26 Dec 1908, Newtown, NSW
  • [S, 1 Mar 1866, Dublin / M] Christina Georgina Anne Hunter Carleton (1833–1910) b. Sept 1833, Cork, Ireland; d. 5 Mar 1910, Dublin.
  • [1C/G1] Mildred Fleming Echlin (1867–1929) b.13.1.1867, Coolock and Howth, Dublin, Ireland; d. Jun 1929, Dublin North, Ireland.
  • [5C/2-4B] Hugh Wallace Watson Echlin (1845–1923) b. 3 July 1845, The Cottage, Ballywalter, Co. Down, Ireland; d. 29 June 1923, Sydney, NSW.
  • [5C/G] Mary Annie Blakiston Echlin (1848–1911) b.10 Nov 1848, Downpatrick, Down, Northern Ireland; d. 24 July 1911, Aust
  • [5C/3-4B] Captain Richard Boyd Echlin (1851–1938) b.1850, Ireland; d. 10 Dec 1938, Brisbane, Qld. [Grenadier Guard]
  • [S, 26 Aug 1884, South Brisbane / M] Maude Letitia White (1861–1953) b. 27 Mar 1861, Beaufort, Vic.; d. 2 Aug 1953, Qld.
  • [3C/B] Richard Fleming Warren Echlin (1885–1977) b. 30 May 1885, Qld; d. 1977, Hove, East Sussex, Eng.
  • [3C/1-2G] Gladys Ivy Echlin (1887–1971) b. 3 July 1887, Bulimba, Qld; d. 1971, Qld.
  • [3C/2-2G] Nancy Lynette Echlin (1897–1985) b. 11 July 1897, Qld.; d. 1985, Brisbane Qld.
  • [5C/4-4B] Edward Gawne Echlin (1856–) b.23.4.1856, Downpatrick, Co. Down, Ireland; d. Drinagh House, Wexford, Ireland

References

Brisbane Courier, 12 Dec 1883, 5; Capricornian, 25 Oct 1884, 8; Maryborough Chronicle, 27 Jan 1886, 2; Queenslander: 28 Apr 1883, 647 and 27 Nov 1886, 861; NSW Government Gazette, 15 Feb 1890, 4478;.