John William Penn Blick died on 24th May 1854 aged 42
years 'after a long and severe illness. He was the second son of the
late Capt. Thomas Blick of the Royal Bucks Militia. He left a widow and nine
young children.
Seven months later the Maitland Mercury carried the
following notice:
'To the deep grief of their afflicted mother, on the 19th &
20th of cholera, after 12 hours severe sufferings, Emily Sarah, aged 7 yrs 8
months and Alice Mary McMullan aged 9 yrs and 4 months; and on the 20th of
malignant scarlet fever, Louis Lawrence, aged 14 yrs and 2 months; the eldest
son, and second and third daughters of the late John W. Penn Blick'