John Bird Stormer married Isabel in 18xx. They had one child, also named Johh Bird Stormer (NSW BDM 15908/1877). The child died on 2 July 1877, aged 1 day), and was buried in the C of E section of the Gulgong Cemetery the following day.
Shingle-roofed, rendered house with veranda of John Bird Stormer, Argus owner, Gulgong
Source: SLNSW
... one of the best houses in Gulgong in 1872, with its shingle roof and imitation stone cladding. It was in Belmore Street directly opposite the Argus newspaper office, of which Stormer was the owner. Stormer is on the left of the photo and his dog performs for the camera. [See other dogs of the Holtermann Collection here.]
Stormer's House, from Gulgong panorama
Source: SLNSW
In this extract from one part of the panorama of Gulgong taken from the top of Church Hill, Stormer's house can be seen fronting onto Belmore Street, not far from it's intersection with Herbert Street. The house is located on Allotment 6 of Section 14 which Stormer purchased for £5 on 25 March 1875. The house was built on this block at least 2 years prior to the land purchase.
Source: HLRV
Argus Newspaper & General Machine Printing Office, Gulgong
Source: SLNSW
John Bird Stormer, the owner, is fourth from the left, and the editor, George Dunmore Lang, is sixth from the left. The dog in the man's arms, left, belongs to Stormer. It can also be seen in the photograph of Stormer's house. The Argus newspaper started in April 1874 and became Gulgong's third newspaper, but it outlasted its opposition by more than two years.
Source: Information partly supplied by Baldwin & Davis, Research Gulgong (July 2006)
HIS Honor the Judge of the Southern District, has appointed Mr. John Bird Stormer, to be Bailiff of the District Court at Young; such appointment to date from the 1st February, 1864.
By order of the Court, J. R. EDWARDS, Registrar.
Court House, Young, 28th January, 1864.
Source: New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900) Tue 2 Feb 1864 [Issue No.21] Page 271
1874 - [ADVERTISEMENT]
For Sale
Strawberry plants
J. B. STORMER
agent for Menangle Nursery,
at Argus Office.
Source: Gulgong Evening Argus, March 24 1874
STORMER—March 3, at her residence, 57, Pitt-street, Redfern, Isabel, the dearly beloved wife of John Bird Stormer, aged 41 years.
Source: The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1871 - 1912) Sat 10 Mar 1883 Page 475 and NSW BDM 4280/1883
1886 - DEATH OF Mr. J. B. Stormer.
The death is announced of Mr. John Bird Stormer, at Beecroft (Northern line), at the age of 60 years. Mr. Stormer was the proprietor and editor of a newspaper at Gulgong in the palmy days. The deceased also owned the Dubbo Express some years ago, and he will be remembered by many in these parts.
Source: The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate (NSW : 1894 - 1954) Wed 2 Sep 1896 Page 4There was a short hiatus in the history of the paper. Then entered John Bird Stormer, as manager of the Dubbo Newspaper Co., and for a number of years this gentleman issued a tri-weekly under the name of the Dubbo "Express," first from Macquarie-street, later from a small office in Wingewarra street, not far from the corner of Macquarie street. Mr. Stormer and his company had an uphill battle to fight against their opponents, now long in the field, and, moreover, his content policy was at that time edited by one of the most brilliant journalists in the Colony—the late W. K. Morgan, whose writing and incisive comments, under the nom de guerre of "Will Honeycomb," published weekly, were sought for and eagerly read far beyond the confines of the then extensive "Dubbo District."
The Company eventually admitted thai it was beaten in the journalistic Mingle ard disposed of the paper to Mr. (J. 10. Cass, who calculated that he would triumph over his virile rival by the issue of the paper as a daily. Mr, Cass was, however, more of a politician and concertina player than a journalist and he too went to the wall.
