John Hinton EDMONDS
[ 001 ] (below)
Mary Louisa PUPLETT
[ 000 ] (following)
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These are the
parents of Ernest Harry Edmonds who married Mabel Jane Haines in Adelaide in
1910
Source file for "The One-Handed Lad From The Channel Country"
Source file for "The One-Handed Lad From The Channel Country"
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2/5/1846 – Born in the inner village of Hammersmith near
Adelaide when infant colony of SA was just over 9 years old, the 4th child of
William Bennett Edmonds “Agent” and wife Elizabeth Ann (nee Evans). At that time John had three elder sisters –
Mary 5, Ann 3, and Ruth nearly 2 – and his maternal grandmother Evans was also
in the house. [a] [m]
At time of
John's birth his dad was either about to be, or had just been, released from
the Adelaide Gaol for insolvency. [xx]
(Hammersmith – acc to Mannings Place Names it’s a subdivn of
part Sect 52, 100 of Ad, which now incs Edwardstown. Today the only sign of it
is a Hammersmith Ave to immed south of Cross Rd just east of Marion Rd
crossing)
1/6/1846 – John’s birth was regd by his dad [m]
(The certify clearly states WBE as “Informant”)
27/8/1846 – John was bapt at Holy Trinity Nth Tce [xx]
(John was either
born without his right hand, or lost it some time between birth and adult life
- he had a hook in its place - but no evidence found on the time or
circumstances. [e]
prob late Aug 1846 – The family moved to The Horseshoe (Old
Noarlunga) where WBE probably took over, or maybe set up, a brewery adjacent to
a ford crossing on the side of the Onkaparinga River near the “Horseshoe Inn”.
John spent his childhood in this town.
[xx]
6/4/1848 – Final notice on the winding up of dad’s previous
Insolvency [xx]
15/7/1848 – Ploughing contest Willunga, WBE speech at
prizes [z]
13/9/1848 – Dad applied for Storekeepers Licence [xx]
15/3/1849 – John’s (now nrly 3) younger brother William
Bennett born at “Noarlunga” (Dist of Ad)
[a]
29/9/1849 – Dad on the committee of Mpht Vale Ploughing
Match [z]
1/12/1849 - WBE again struggling financially, and mortgages
the balance of his 7 year lease [xx]
about 1850 – WBE got his brother to go surety for some
bills (acc to Insolvency hearing 14/11/1856)
[xx]
4/12/1850 – Local Crt Willunga, Edmonds vs Sanders, action
to recover hogshead of ale sold to Sanders 16/3/1847 for £3 [xx]
14/3/1851 – W B Edmonds brewery in Noarlunga reported on by
travelling correspondent for “The Register” (John nrly 5) [z]
4/12/1851 – Dad judged the horses at the Noarlunga
Market [z]
17/8/1852 – Back home in Wiltshire Dad’s elder brother
Ezekiel apptd a Dep LL [xx]
1853 – About this time, John abt 7, he must have started
school somewhere.
22/8/1853 - WBE leases the brewery for (an additonal?) 14
years [xx]
22 & 23/9/1853 – Public Notice defending a Mr John
Norman (Noarlunga MP? 17/9/53). WBE described as “a respectable farmer of
Noarlunga” [z]
17/2/1854 – Dad still struggling for money, seems to
mortgage the balance of the new 14 year brewery lease [xx]
7/6/1854 – John’s eldest sister Mary ("of Noarlunga,
spinster") bought Lot 80 of section 315 "part of which is laid out as
the township called Casterton" (now part of Port Noarlunga) for a “nominal
consideration” of 10/- (She was only 13yo at this time! WBE by proxy? She sold
this in 1925 for £2-10-0) [xx]
12/8/1854 – Dad nom with others to collect War Relief Funds
(by Rev Burnett) (??) [z]
20/9/1854 – More money worries, Dad writes to his brother
(Ezekiel?) looking for £400 (surety? loan?) against creditors bills? and
“brother authorized him to draw” [xx]
28/10/1854 – (John 8) ex SA Register…
“ACCIDENT. — Last week a valuable horse, belonging to Mr.
W. B. Edmonds, of Noaralunga, while engaged in drawing water from the
Onkaparinga, backed the cart into a deep waterhole, and, being drawn in with
it, was drowned. The driver made every attempt to disengage him from the cart,
but without effect.” [z]
early 1855 ? – Dad’s younger brother Samuel died in
Bradford [xx]
26/10/1855 – Dad at Oddfellows Lodge dinner [z]
26/12/1855 – Dad a witness at Coroners Inquest [z]
8/1/1856 – John’s
paternal grandmother died in Bradford
[xx]
22/3/1856 – John’s dad was the wheat judge at Willunga
Show [z]
(1856 - An "Edmonds" judged the barley at the
Willunga Show [z] )
17/4/1856 - WBE in list of petitioners to Gov for new
Council for Noarlunga [z]
23/6/1856 – John’s
paternal grandfather died in Bradford
[xx]
16/8/1856 – Dad on committee for Willunga Ag Soc Plough
Contest [z]
25/9/1856 – (John aged 10) Dad once more insolvent,
spending some time in gaol again, but some time in the next six months was
probably released on bail [xx]
21/3/1857 – Dad was returned to gaol by the Insolvency
judge [xx]
3/9/1857 – John’s grandmother Evans was ill and made her
will [xx]
16/9/1857 – (John 11) Grandmother Evans dies and was buried
in the Anglican churchyard up on the hill behind the house two days later [xx]
Feb 1858 – (John 12) Dad finally released from gaol [xx]
13/3/1858 – Southern Races judge “WBE Esq” [z]
18/5/1858 – Edward Dutton formally takes over WBE's brewery
interests [xx]
(Dutton came from the district and may have already been
engaged to their eldest dau Mary, and possibly already running the brewery in
Dad’s absence as well)
1859 – WBE’s older brother Ezekiel a JP, magistrate,
Liberal MP, and Dep LL of Wilts [xx]
28/4/1859 – (John 13) WBE left Adelaide on “Havilah” for
Melb (via Portland and W’bool) “Mr WB Edmonds in the cabin” (with several
others) [z]
(Hard to know exactly WHY Will went home to England at this
point – or could afford it – presumably to organise some financial support from
his brother. The family would have either stayed on at Noarlunga, or maybe this
was the time they moved to rented digs in Mitcham).
30/4/1859 – (rptd 2/5) “Havilah” arrives in Hobsons Bay (Pt
Melb), “Passengers in Saloon … W.B.Edmonds…”
[z]
19/5/1859 – (rptd 20/5) “Avon” sailed for London, “In
Saloon (with others) WB Edmonds” [z]
1860 – On a map of "Yankallila in 1860"
"Dutton's Brewery" is shown at the far sth-eastern end of the main
street, on the bank of the Bungala River behind the "public
pound" [xx]
(Dutton more likely to have “expanded” to this one after being
in the business for a while, but possibly already had this one when he took up
the Old Noarlunga one).
22/2/1860 – Barque “Helena” leaves London (see
21/6/60) [z]
21/6/1860 – (rptd 22/6) Arrivals at Pt Ad from London,
barque “Helena”, “Passenger (the only one) in the cabin Mr WB Edmonds” [z]
before Oct 1860 – The family moved to Mitcham [a]
(John would have been about 12-14 at this time, and may have
already been helping out around the brewery, as it’s unclear if he ever went to
Mitcham)
13/10/1860 – John’s (now 14) eldest sister Mary Elizabeth
(19) “of Mitcham” (no profn), father WBE “of Mitcham”, mar Edward Dutton
(28) “Gentleman” of Noarlunga, at St Michaels Mitcham
(dist Ad). [b]
(The witnesses were H.L. (Henry Lee)
Aldersey a Brewer of Noarlunga – actually Dutton’s partner - and S.M. (Sarah
Maria) Hallett of Kensington)
abt March 1861 – John’s parents, probably with Annie (18),
Ruth (17), and William (12), move to Kadina [xx]
(Not known if John – now
15 – went too, prob not, but prob working for Dutton as a bookkeeper at
Yankalilla)
16/3/1861 - William Bennett Edmonds appointed Clerk of the
(“new”) Dist Court of Wallaroo and Kadina
[xx]
24/7/1861 – John aged 15 becomes an uncle when Mary has her
first [a]
1/9/1862 – SA Regr ref to footbridge over Onk nr Dutton
& Aldersley’s brewery {z}
8/9/1862 – John’s younger brother William (abt 13)
appointed as Postal Messenger at Kadina at a salary of £50 pa
[xx]
9/9/1862 – Elder sister Annie Isabel mar William Fisher
(father Edward) at Christ Church Kadina (dist Gilbert) [a]
1860s – (page 68)"... in 1860s .. two more schools
began .. Christ Church Day School .. began in a cottage occupied by Mrs
Puplett, the first headmistress, who gave up her front room for the school
room.
(page 41)"... two breweries .. Duttons and Pascoes
.." [k]
21/2/1863 – Register rptd “We understand that Mr W B
Edmonds … has disappeared. It is said that he is a defaulter to the Govt, and
that a warrant is out for his apprehension. At present there are no clues as to
his whereabouts.” [z]
22/2/1863 – John’s (now nrly 17) dad was arrested at
Leasingham by Const John Field, taken to Auburn (ref Register 7/3/1863) [z]
25/2/1863 – The Register rptd under “Edmonds The Defaulter”
– “We understand that W B Edmonds late Clerk of the Local Court at Kadina, who
absconded under a charge of embezzlement, has been arrested at Auburn by Police
Trooper Field” [z]
26/2/1863 – His dad appears before the Kadina Local Court
for a hearing on the embezzelment charges (ref Register 7/3/1863) [z]
14/5/1863 – His dad is sentenced to 3 yrs hard labour [z]
29/5/1863 (Register rpt 30/6/1863 with allied case below) –
Jones obtained money from John Cave publican of Thistle Inn Waymouth St on
false pretences, claimed “had just seen his (Cave's) old friend Edmonds, with
his hair cut and his whiskers shaved, ready to start for the Stockade. Prisoner
said he was a guard at the Gaol, and professed an anxiety to serve Edmonds.
Witness lent him a great-coat, as it was a wet night. Next day the prisoner returned the great-coat, and spoke of
getting up a document to save Edmonds from being sent to the Stockade. He said
also that he wanted to purchase some little luxuries for Edmonds, and asked
witness for the loan of £1, which he would repay next day, as his pay would
then become due. Witness lent him the £1 solely on the strength of his
representing that he was a guard at the Gaol. The prisoner gave him an I.O.U.
(produced) for the £1, signed 'J. S. Thompson.' [z]
1/6/1863 – (a Monday) (Register rpt 30/6/1863) – John (now
age 17) teed up loan of a horse for one day from Henry Aldersey (Dutton’s Noar
partner and best man at wedding at Mitcham), for a Noarlunga local Alfred Jones
to ride to see magistrates to get WBE “removed from Stockade to the Gaol, on
account of his health”, (but claimed John first said it was Edw Dutton wanted
it, or had sent John?). Jones tried to sell horse a few days later at a Stepney
pub. Jones borrowed £2 from the publican on false pretences. [z]
abt 1864 – The Dutton’s sell up Noarlunga and move to
Goolwa [g] [h]
17/9/1864 – (SA Chronicle) reports Dutton, already having
breweries at Horseshoe and Yankalilla, building a brewery at Goolwa [z]
1864 – Dutton Edward brewer Yankallila & Noarlunga [h]
1864 – Whole Dutton family "arrive" in
Goolwa [g]
1864 & 1865 - Directory listing Edward Dutton
"Brewer" Goolwa [h]
1865 - (From the book " " on Goolwa p97) ...
"Dutton's
Brewery - In 1865 Edward Dutton established a brewery in Richard St
Goolwa. The beer he produced was
renowned for its quality. Large amounts
of it were sent up the Rivers Murray, Darling and Murrumbidgee - even as far as
Wilcannia. The brewery originally
consisted of three buildings, two of which remain, now known as Pondi
Flats. Two of these buildings had
cellars; one measuring 44' by 19', and the other 44' by 12'. These provided plenty of storage area for
the finished product. Dutton's Brewery
was capable of producing 36 hogsheads of beer a week. Some of the brewing equipment was made from Willunga slate, while
the water was obtained from the River Murray only 200 yds from the
brewery. Horse power was used to pump
the water through iron pipes into the coppers and 3 tanks. One of these tanks was capable of holding
38,000 gallons." (drawing)
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Edward Dutton, a
brewer, of Yankalilla, built the brewery in Richards Street, Goolwa, which he
named “River Murray Brewery”, and moved to the town to supervise the production
and shipment of his beer etc, up the Murray, Darling and Murrumbidgee rivers
even as far as Wilcannia, NSW.
I’m not sure when the actual building was erected but
Dutton advertised his Goolwa Brewery in “The Register” newspaper in June 1861,
and August 1868, so the building must be at least 146 years old.
On August 15th
1868, the Adelaide paper “The Register,” wrote “the brewery is capable of
producing 36 hogheads a week. The water is generally procured from the River
Murray and is pumped by horse-power through iron pipes into the coppers or
tanks of which there is 3, one of which is capable of holding 38,000 gallons.
There is plenty of storage with 2 cellars, 1 being 44ft by 19ft and the other
44ft by 12ft”.
The brewery originally consisted of 3 buildings, two of
which remain. Built of travertine limestone with walls 18inches thick the
building is substantial.
With the low
level of the river, came the itinerants looking for work, and Edward Dutton
complained to the Commissioner of Police “steamers are arriving daily with men
of doubtful character, and resident wives of men now absent on their steamers
are being annoyed by these characters”. Rumball the local constable agreed, but
nothing happened with the authorities.
(Alexandrina Local Hist online)
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1866 - Edward Dutton "brewer and butcher",
Yankalilla and Goolwa [e]
early/mid 1866 – (John 20) Dad released from Gaol ?? (ref sentence) [xx]
?/7/1866 - Dutton a councillor for Pt Elliott & Goolwa
DC [xx]
1868 (?) – Dutton Edward, Sect 1170, house & brewery,
Yank [j]
25/7/1868 – SA Register artice on Duttons Brewery
Goolwa [z]
1869 (?) – Puplett James, baker, Yank, (with) wife Lucy nee
Perry & two daughters [j]
1869 – Probably met Mary Puplett (17) at Yankalilla at this
time, as she was living there with her parents and he appeared to be either
managing or book-keeping his bro–in–law Edw Dutton's brewery there [xx]
1869 – (Under “Edmonds”) .. Wm Bennett Snr, Eliz Ann (nee
Evans), Mary Louisa (John's wife-to-be??), and Wm Bennett Jr
"arrived" in Goolwa [g]
(Not clear where his parents
lived in the 2-3 years following WBE’s release from gaol, or why Mary Puplett – now abt 17 – is included with them as
“arriving” in Goolwa acc to this publication)
12/7/1869 – (John 23) An “Edmonds” was on the committee of
the Yankallila Institute [z]
1/1/1870 – John’s younger brother William (now 20)
appointed Junior Telegrapher at Strathalbyn at £80 pa [p]
during 1870 – John (abt 24) appointed bookkeeper at
Minburra Stn (north–east of Orroroo) by Bowman Bros [e]
('Minburra
Station' held by J., W.C. and T.R. Bowman in the 1860s under pastoral lease no.
1528. (SLSA - Place Names of SA)
Manager Philip MacAvaney)
1/8/1870 – Johns (now 24) dad died at Goolwa, bur Currency
Ck 2 days later [xx]
1871 – "Edmunds HJ brewer Yankallila" and "Dutton Edward brewer Goolwa" [h]
(Former has to be John, and these Directory entries are really
relative to the year before)
29/9/1871 - Young brother William died (aged 22) at
Strathalbyn, bur at Currency Ck with dad 2 days later [c]
29/9/1871 – (and several weeks following) "To be let
or for sale, the Yankallila Brewery, stone cottage with garden, rent £40 pa,
for a small capitalist this will be a good investment. A brewer, acquainted with the business, can
be retained, apply Mr E Dutton Goolwa"
[z]
1872 – (Again, under "Edmonds") Mary Louisa
"departed" Goolwa (same year as WBE's widow "departed"
Goolwa) [g]
(Does this suggest they went somewhere together, or are the
dates a bit out?)
================== MARRIED =================
28/1/1874 – John Hinton Edmonds married (aged 27) Mary
Louisa Puplett (22) in St Augustines church at Virginia (where Mary's parents
lived). He was a Bookkeeper, Minburra,
father WBE (dec), and she no occ, of Virginia, father James Puplett. Witnesses listed are W Ridgeway the Virginia
publican (Mary's brother–in–law), James Puplett the father of bride, Mary Perry
of Noarlunga (Alfred Perry’s dau, Mary's cousin?), Alice Stansbury of
Adelaide. Minister William Scott. (John's signature suggests written with left
hand?) [b]
(St Augustines
was only a small church, built in 1873 to service Virginia and Two Wells. It was situated beside the old school on the
eastern side of the main Pt Wakefield Rd at the junction of Gawler Rd.
"behind big shed". It was
demolished some time before 1915.
Photos in Munno para Library, and see "Virginia – Garden on the
Plains" 994.227 Ad Lib p107).
(Oral history ex
Ernest Harry Edmonds .. JHE was something of a "black sheep" ... this
marriage was apparently without the blessings of the Dutton/Edmonds part of the
family, who were living at Goolwa and by now doing quite well, as Mary did not
"entirely suit them as a daughter–in–law ... ")
(Walk ?? – he
was living up at MINBURRA !! )
7/11/1874 – First child Florence Kate born at Virginia, to
the wife of J.H. Edmonds of Minburra Nth (dist of PtG) [a] [z]
17/11/1874 – Florence Kate bapt at Virginia [r]
18/9/1875 – Bowman Bros For Sale ad for “The whole of the
lambs dropped at Minburra this season, about 5,000...” [z]
23/11/1875 – 8.500 ewes for sale from Minburra [z]
1877 – Whole Dutton family "departed" Goolwa [g]
(This is more likely abt 1880)
5/2/1878 – Second child Mary Isabel born at Virginia (dist
of PtG) [a]
13/12/1878 – Mary (called "Molly") bapt (at
Goolwa ??) (Virginia ??) [ ?? ]
15/8/1879 – Third child Maud Hinton born at Virginia (dist
of PtG) [a]
23/8/1879 – Maud (dies at 6 days old), buried at Old
Carclew [d]
1/11/1880 – Fourth child Gertrude Hinton born at
"Baratta" (dist of PtG) [a]
[e]
/ / – Gertrude bapt at Virginia [ ?? ]
1881/82 – Appointed manager of Bowman Bros Comongin Stn in
SW Qld and moved there, “... the family set off for Queensland, travelling by
boat to Brisbane, train to Roma [480 km] which was the end of the line, &
then bullock wagon to Comongin – pronounced COME-ON-AGIN - station [650 km via
Quilpie] near Thargomindah in south wst Q. They must have carried a fair
quantity of gear to have needed a bullock wagon ... a total of 1,130 kms west
of Brisbane. It is only 1,050 kms from Adelaide to Thargomindah through Broken
Hill and Tiboorburra.” [e]
"Sydney
Kidman... travelled the Broken Hill route regularly & bought bulls from
Comongin from time to time.” [e]
(His unm sister Ruth
must have gone with them)
27/1/1883 – “DEATHS - On 27th Jan at Comongin
Station Queensland. Ruth Hinton Edmonds, third daughter of E A Edmonds of
Lucindale” [z]
(Her mother was living with the Duttons at Lucindale at the
time)
28/8/1883 – Fifth and last child, and only son, Ernest
Harry born at Comogin [ ?? ]
1884 – Moved back to Minburra as Stn Manager [ ??
]
abt 1884 – “John H also managed a sheep station – Minburra
– in South Aust. He always used young fresh horses, and my mother [………….., then
abt a 10yo] told the story of the dramatic weekly ride to church, when family
would all get settled in the vehicle, a station hand would be at the horses’
heads. When father called out "let em go!!" away they would bowl,
everyone holding onto their hats & father controlling the horses with only
one hand and a hook for the other. He seems to have had a zest for life & a
readiness to take up challenges... but I never knew how he lost his hand". [e]
20/7/1884 – Harry bapt at St Augustines Virginia, JHE
"Station Manager", nearly a year after being born [n]
19/4/1885 – John’s mother died at Goodwood [c]
1887 – J H Edmonds, Manager, Minburra [h]
1887 – James Puplett, Virginia [h]
29/1/1887 – Edward Dutton died at “Ardune” in Lucindale
aged 55 [a]
4/6/1887 – Pollys dad died at Virginia and was buried at
old Carclew. At this time her mum moved
to Nth Adelaide, probably 115 Jeffcott St
[xx]
1888 – Mrs J Puplett, schoolmistress, Virginia [h]
13/6/1888 – John "held in trust" Certif 148 for
the "Eukaby Blocks Silver Mining Co Ltd" , being a 99 year mineral
lease of 80 acres near Eukaby Hill (48 miles E of Hawker) [s]
4/10/1888 – "This is the last will and testament of me
John Hinton Edmonds late of Virginia in the province of South Australia but now
of North Adelaide in the said province Gentleman. I (devise?) and bequeath all my real and personal estate
whatsoever and wheresoever unto my dear wife Mary Louisa Edmonds absolutely
subject as (I trust?) and (mortgage or?) estates to the equities reflecting the
(same?) respectively I appoint my said wife guardian of my infant children
during their respective minorities and I appoint my said wife and Edward
Ernest Dutton of Ardune near Lucindale in the said province Sheepfarmer
Executor of this my will. In witness (a
thereof?) I have herewith subscribed my name this 4th day of October one
thousand eight hundred and eighty eight – John Hinton Edmonds.
“Signed by the
testator the said John Hinton Edmonds (as aud?) for this last will and
testament in the presence of us both present at the same time (who at his
request?) in his presence and in the presence of each other have hereto
subscribed our names as witnesses – Elizabeth Kate Ridgeway Saleswoman (of?)
North Adelaide – Emily Cozens Lady help North Adelaide." (A note on the later attached processing of
the will states "Sworn? under £45")
[f]
(This Edw Dutton has to be the son, as Edw Snr is already dead)
23/1/1889 – Only 3 months after making his will, aged only
42 dies of (pneumonia as a result of?) "Spinal Sclerosis" (note added
below on certif "dis of spinal cord") at home in Murray St Nth
Adelaide ("McConnell Ward"), occupation "Overseer of
Station". [c]
/1/1889 – According to Ad Cem Auth (WTC) John’s
(incorrectly shown as John Henry Edmonds) and Mary’s ashes are together at plot
Plan 3,Row 10,Lot 132B, now headstoned under the name of Rankine. This is not a
known family name, suggesting that the site may have been ‘recycled’ from an
Edmonds family usage since their burial?
[p]
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Mary Louisa PUPLETT
( 000 )
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7/1/1852 – Born in the Liverpool suburb of West Derby, to
James Puplett a biscuit baker, and his wife Lucy (nee Perry), and apparently
always called “Polly”. At this time she
had one elder sister Elizabeth Kate who was 3.
[xx]
13/12/1854 – When aged
nrly 3, left London for SA with her parents and elder sisiter, and uncle/aunt
the Wickens with their 3 children, on the "Duke of Wellington". Her mother kept a full log of the trip out,
which includes a ref to “Polly” being the only one not seasick. [r]
(Acc to Lucy’s Log she had
her birthday 18/1/55 – 11 days late?)
19/4/1855 - Arrivals at
Pt Adelaide, "J Puplett, wife, 2 children", "C Wickham - wife
& 3 children" [r] [t]
before March 1859 – The
Puplett family went to Burra to live
[xx]
18/3/1859 – James
Puplett signed a motion at a meeting re churchwardens for St Marys CofE school
Kooringa [xx]
(If the “Miss Puplett,
Kooringa Burra Burra” in Lucy’s diary of 1848 is Kate, she would have been
about 10 in this period, Mary Louisa abt 7)
14/3/1860 – James
Puplett signed a State election petition for Dist of Burra & Clare [xx]
2/5/1860 – Under
“Public Notices”, James Puplett, late Storekeeper of Aberdeen… assigned
his stock to… creditors… dated Kooringa 21/4/1860 [xx]
(There is a series of these
in a short period)
(Aberdeen was in the
middle of Burra, a subdivision of Kooringa, est in 1849, an attempt by the
owners of the failed Bon Accord Mine to make some money from their holding. The
plan was a simple grid, but in 1862 the main road to the north was cut through
the northern portion of the town in a wide arc. By and large the attempted sale
of Aberdeen failed and by 1873 there were 10 houses, 2 hotels and 2 shops, and
all but one of these were located along the main road.)
14/1/1861 – Polly’s
(now 9) auntie Margaret Wickens died at Coromandel Vly SA [a]
16/7/1861 – James
Puplett signed an electoral petition for Dist of Burra & Clare [z]
30/5/1863 – James Puplett, Grocer Kooringa, signed a
(large) petition supporting a local magistrate
[z]
22/11/1863 – (SA
Register) “DREW/PUPLETT – On the 22nd November at Clare, by the Rev
Mr Hill, Mr Thomas Drew of Kooringa, to Miss Elizabeth Kate Puplett.” [z]
(Polly’s edler sister would
have been only 15)
30/11/1863 – (SA
Register) “A Stupid Hoax. - We regret to find that some senseless persons have
sent us advertisements of two marriages said to have taken place — one at Kooringa,
between Mr. J. Dawson aud Miss Sarah June Cox; and the other at Clare, between
Mr. Thomas Drew and Miss Elizabeth Kate Puplett. This, we suppose, was intended
as a foolish joke; but perhaps the persons perpetrating it are not aware that
it is an offence punishable by law. We shall transmit the copies of
advertisements to the gentlemen most aggrieved by the silly hoax, and if they
can discover the writer we shall take care to have them punished.” [z]
1864 to 1868 – Family moved to Yankalilla (Polly abt 13 to
16) [guess]
In 1860s – Puplett
James, baker, Yankallila, (with) wife Lucy nee Perry & 2 daughters. [j]
In 1860s - (page 68, re
new schools) "In the 1860s two more schools began operating in Yankallila
.. Christ Church Day School .. began in a cottage occupied by Mrs Puplett, the
first headmistress, who gave up her front room for the schoolroom .." (page 41, re breweries) ".. two ..
Duttons and Pascoes .." [k]
14/3/1869 - Polly (aged
17) bapt at the Anglican Church at Yankallila.
At that time her father was described as a biscuit baker of Adelaide [xx]
(What took her to
Yankalilla? Did the whole family go there, or just Polly? Her uncle Alfred was
long settled in the Mpht Vale area. Or was it something to do with James’s
cousin Wm Puplett?)
25/12/1870 - A letter
from her mum in South Australia (to a relative in Eng) "contained an
account of a family gathering at Alfred's house at Christmas 1870 and it showed
plainly that she and Alfred (the survivors) were 'resident' in South Australia
at that time.". [u]
1872 - (page 68, re new
schools in Yankalilla) "In 1872 when a newly built schoolroom was opened,
Mrs Puplett was headmistress. Her
husband the baker had his oven in the school yard and the smell of the freshly
baked bread would rise and torment the children at their desks" [k]
(If this is Lucy and James
it would have to be early in the year, as by Sept their dau Kate was marrying
in Virginia. But did she go there first and they followed??)
abt mid 1872 ? – Her
parents and her elder sister moved to Virginia ? [guess]
1870s – Her mum ran a
small private school in Virginia "whose pupils were mainly girls with a
few young boys under the juridstiction of Mrs Puplett" and "Mrs
Puplett ran a private school around 1870s with about 12 pupils" and
"a pug and straw building (now vacant block opposite Kapiris shed, between
single house and railway sheds on Gawler Rd), on Mr Jarmans property" [xx]
25/9/1872 –
“RIDGEWAY/PUPLETT – On Wed Sept 25th, at the residence of the
bridegorrm Virginia, by the Rev W Scott of Salisbury, William, eldest son of Mr
Charles Rideway of Smithfield, to Elizabeth Kate, eldest daughter of Mr James
Puplett of Yankalilla.” [z]
25/9/1872 - Sister Eliz
Kate (23) married William Ridgeway (26, eldest son of Charles Rideway of
Smithfield) at the Wheatsheaf Hotel Virginia (dist Pt Gaw) [r][a]
(Who were witnesses ???)
===================== MARRIED =====================
(Refer JHE notes
above)
================== SPOUSE DEATH ==================
23/1/1889 – Husband John died at Murray St Nth Adelaide,
Polly was only 37 with 4 kids – Ernest
Harry (5), Gertrude Hinton (8), Mary Isabel (11), and Florence Kate (14) [c]
19/11/1899 – John's will proved in Adelaide Sup Crt [f]
1890 – Mrs L Puplett (her mother) living at 115 Jeffcott St
Nth Adelaide [h]
5/6/1890 – Mary and Edw Dutton (as executors) wind up JHEs
interest in Eukaby Hill for 10/– [s]
1891 – Her mum moved to WA [xx]
5/8/1892 – A letter addressed to "John Hinton Edmonds
Esq, Goolwa, Pt Elliott Sth Aust" (nearly 3 years after his death)
arrived from Clarke & Son, lawyers of 29 Broad St Bristol, concerning a
bequest of John’s dad’s sister Ruth.
[r]
4/5/1899 – Polly died at her residence in Parkside aged 47
of "Phthisis Exhaustion" (related to TB), "widow of late John
Hinton Edmonds, Station Manager"
[q]
4/5/1899 – Died at Young St Unley aged 47 (dau Gertrude,
who married Fred Pyle, lived at Unley) and was buried with John at West
Tce. [p]
6/5/1899 – According to Ad Cem Auth (WTC) John’s (incorrectly
shown as John Henry Edmonds) and Mary’s remains are together in plot Plan 3,Row
10,Lot 132B, now headstoned under the name of Rankine. This is not a known
family name, suggesting that the site may have been ‘recycled’ from an Edmonds
family usage since their burial? [p]
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SOURCES ...
[a] BDM Indexes SAGHS
[b] Marriage
certificate
[c] Death certificate
[d] Cemetery data
SAGHS
[e] Roy Dawson (JHE’s
eldest dau Florence’s son) 1982 oral history letters
[f] JHE's will
[g] "List Of
People Who Lived In Goolwa" – SAGHS
[h] Directories of
SA – SA Lib
[j] "Early
Settlers of Yankallila Dist" – SAGHS
[k] "To Find A
Way" – SAGHS
[m] Birth certif
[n] Bapt certif
[p] WT Cem location
printout
[q] Death Regn data
at Unley Lib
[r] EHE family
documents
[s] Munno Para Lib
data
[t] Arrivals data
- Ad Lib
[u] Peter Perry data
pack on file
[z] ANA (Trove)
newspapers online
[xx] Ex file notes
& prior generation's data
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