About Alfred Pechey
Lived 1840 – 1882 (aged 41–42). Alfred Pechey was a politician and surveyor.
Alfred John Pechey (1840 – 5 June 1882) was an English-born Australian politician.
He was born at Soham in Cambridgeshire to the Reverend William Pechey, a Baptist minister, and Sarah Rotton. He migrated to Australia around 1865 and worked as a surveyor near Bathurst. On 12 April 1865 he married Anthonina Jane Rotton, the daughter of Henry Rotton.
In 1882 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for East Macquarie at the January by-election, but he died at Bathurst four months later, without taking his seat.
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Who was Alfred Pechey?
Politician and surveyor in New South Wales, Australia
When was Alfred Pechey born?
Alfred Pechey was born in 1840 in Soham.
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Alfred Pechey died on 5 June 1882 in Bathurst.
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Alfred Pechey was a politician and surveyor.
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