George Johnston Scales

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: banker's clerk, at the time of the census in March 1851. ⁸⁹ He then lodging at "Smiths Bank", South Parade, Nottingham (presumably his workplace) .

• Occupation: Australian merchant, at the time of the census in April 1861. ⁹⁰ He then lodging at Ulyline Street, Clerkenwell, London .

• Occupation: Australian merchant, at the time of the census in April 1871. ⁹¹ He then living with his wife and five sons at Belvoir House, Hornsey Lane, Hornsey, Middx. They employed three domestic servants.

• Occupation: Australian merchant, at the time of the census in April 1881. ⁹² He then living with his wife and five sons at Belvoir House, Hornsey, Middx. They employed three domestic servants. Priscilla Carter, his wife sister was visiting.

• Occupation: Australian merchant, at the time of the census in March 1901. ⁹³ He then living with his wife at Belvoir, Hornsey Lane, Hornsey, Middx . They employed two domestic servants.

• Probate, 22 Jul 1908, London Probate Registry. ⁹ His executors were George McArthur Scales, merchant and William Johnston Scales, solicitior. His estate effects was valued at £98,648 16s 5d. He was living at Belvoir Housr, Hornsey Lane, Middlesex at the time of his death.

George married Mary Maria Carter, daughter of William Brown Carter and Mary Holmes, on 26 Sep 1861 in Nottingham (St Nicholas).¹ (Mary Maria Carter was born circa 1829 in Nottingham ^{27,28,29,30,31,32} and died on 18 Dec 1901 in Hornsey, Middx ^33,34.)