John Bonser was born in 1826 in Whitwick, Leicestershire, England. He died on 16 September 1899 in Northam, Western Australia, Australia (Daudabin). When he was 27, he married Margaret Bourke on 5 October 1853 in Perth, Western Australia, Australia. When he was 72, he married Anne Waterman on 14 November 1898 in Jennapullin, Western Australia, Australia.

John Bonser was christened on 26 July 1826. Crime: 1 January 1849 Convict Number: 1851 (#728 - Convicted Leicester) Immigration: Dep.: 21 July 1851 in Plymouth, England (Per "Minden") Immigration: Arr.: 14 October 1851 in Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia (Per "Minden")

John Bonser and Margaret Bourke had the following children:

1. William James Bonser was born on 25 December 1854 in Toodyay, Western Australia, Australia. He died on 25 February 1928 in Meckering, Western Australia, Australia. He married Bridget McMahon on 30 July 1877 in Northam, Western Australia, Australia (Irishtown).
2. Emma Bonser was born about 1858 in Toodyay, Western Australia, Australia. She died on 1 September 1914 in Northam, Western Australia, Australia. She married Charles Reilly on 16 December 1874 in Northam, Western Australia, Australia. She married John McPherson on 16 January 1888 in Northam, Western Australia, Australia (Wesley Methodist Church).
3. John Bonser was born on 8 March 1858 in Northam, Western Australia, Australia. He died on 10 October 1934 in Perth, Western Australia, Australia. He married Mary Donnelly on 25 June 1879 in Toodyay, Western Australia, Australia.
4. Elizabeth Bonser was born on 22 October 1866 in Northam, Western Australia, Australia. She died on 20 January 1918 in Northam, Western Australia, Australia. She married John Francis Powell in 1897 in Northam, Western Australia, Australia.
5. Mary Ann Bonser was born in 1860 in Northam, Western Australia, Australia. She died in 1867 in Northam, Western Australia, Australia.
6. Margaret Bonser was born on 22 October 1866 in Northam, Western Australia, Australia (Irishtown). She died on 15 July 1910 in Northam, Western Australia, Australia. She married Thomas Wilkins on 12 May 1880 in Northam, Western Australia, Australia.
7. Abraham Oliver Bonser was born on 8 April 1870 in Greenhills, Western Australia, Australia. He died on 27 September 1928 in Northam, Western Australia, Australia.

John Bonser and Anne Waterman had no children.