OBITUARY. - MR. J. WILEY. - The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954) - 15 Sep 1934 (original) (raw)

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Sat 15 Sep 1934 - The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954)
Page 12 - OBITUARY.

Mr. Jonathan Wiley, a well-known city

business man, who died recently, came to

Sydney with his parents 78 years ago. Their

first home was in Kent-street.

At 21 years of age he was appointed the

first town clerk of Waverley. He next

became a member of the staff of the Mer-

cantile Mutual Insurance Company. He then

joined the Commercial Banking Company of

Sydney, and, later, the English, Scottish, and

Australian Chartered Bank, being manager at

Waverley of its first eastern suburbs branch.

He resigned to set up as an auditor and

accountant, and remained in business until

last July. For many years he was an alder-

man of Waverley. Mr. Wiley had a close

knowledge of the growth of Sydney and its

suburbs. He was a frequent contributor to

His wife, who died in 1932, was the eldest

daughter of the late Mr. John Macpherson,

of Holdsworth, Macpherson, and Co., Ltd. Mr.

and Mrs. Wiley were members of the Sydney

Philharmonic Society, under the leadership of

the late Signor Hazon. They lived for a long

time at Stanmore, where they had a large