[7] and at the time of his marriage to Anne, née Greaves (1845–1931), on 16 January 1865, at Christ Church Anglican Cathedral, Newcastle, the register states that he was now resident in that parish.

[8] On his daughter Jessie's birth certificate in February 1883, John Scholey stated that he now resided at Hamilton, a garden suburb of Newcastle.

According to Australian Town & Country Journal of 11 July 1887, "he carried on business so successfully that he was able to acquire a considerable share of landed property in the Newcastle and Maitland Districts.

He eventually bought up much of the Newcastle district known as North Waratah, subdividing it as the city environs grew, and renaming it Mayfield after Ada May, one of his daughters.

[10] He sold at a handsome profit the land at Mayfield,[1] some of it bordering the Hunter River, upon which just before World War I was built the new BHP Newcastle Steelworks (now demolished), and other huge heavy industries.

[20] He was the sole surviving Executor of the Will of his father-in-law, William Greaves, another Newcastle businessman, when he signed the declaration that all affairs to do with that estate were now complete, 18 May 1907.

When the Foundation stone of the Waratah School of Arts was laid by Henry Parkes, John Scholey became a guarantor for the building.

[2]: 181, 198 [1] Until his death he maintained a continual correspondence with his family in Yorkshire, notably his first cousin, Stephen Scholey, a professor of music[21] also born in Holbeck, who resided in Hunslet, and who outlived John.

His daughter Clara married Robert,[2]: 129  son of Charles Upfold, the managing director of the Sydney Soap and Candle Company, "the largest such concern in Australasia".