William Bennett Edmonds & Elizabeth Ann Evans


William Bennett EDMONDS  [ 002 ] (below)
Elizabeth Ann EVANS [ 003 ] (following)
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    These are the parents of John Hinton Edmonds who married Mary Louisa Puplett at Virginia South Aust in 1874
    This file is the source of "Will & Beth - A Small Colonial Epic"
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2/8/1816 to 1/8/1817 - Born ...  [n]
     probably in Bradford-on Avon in Wilts, a son of John Edmonds [b] 

29/7/1816 – Born in Bradford on Avon, to John and Ruth Edmonds   [ae]
    (But same website says born in Cripplegate London same date same parents!)
    William's father was a "Clothier", his mother Ruth nee Hinton, and he had an elder brother Ezekiel (bn 1813), a younger Samuel Edwin (1818), and a younger sister Ruth (1824)  [xx] 

Late 1821/early 1822 – Grandfather John Hinton died  [xx] 

1838 - Date of an engraving by Fisher & Son, London & Paris  [m] 

------------------- MARRIED ---------------------- 

15/3/1838 - MARRIED Elizabeth Ann Evans (on his parent's 35th wedding anniversary?) in the Poplar parish church in Middlesex (where Elizabeth lived with her parents?), both of "full age" and previously unm.  William rank "Gent", residing Bradford Wilts, father John Edmonds "Gent".  Elizabeth residing Poplar, father John Evans "Silkmercer".  Witnesses Eliza Jane Payne and James Lovegrove [b]

    (Can’t find anything on either of these two witnesses) 

2/4/1838 - Sailed for SA on the "Duke of Roxburgh" (416 ton barque, built near Newcastle 1828, this period under Capt Thompson, via Portsmouth (12 Apr), St Jago & Kang Is (24-26 July), cargo inc mudbarge, piledriving & dredging gear for Comm & whaling gear for SA Co  [i] [t]
    Passengers “loud in their praise of Capts kindness and urbanity”  [z] 

28/7/1838 - Arrived (presume at Holdfast Bay). Advice in Register 11/8/1838  [t] [r]  -  and presumably bought one or two blocks on Sth Tce soon after, and took up residence there  [e] [s] 

July 1838 – Gov Hindmarsh left, Gov Gawler arrived  [aa] 

mid to late 1838 - Appointed Chief Clerk of the Lands Office  [e] 

20/10/1838 - WBE in list of signees of Letter of Respect to new Governor  [r] 

31/10/1838 - Mr & Mrs Edmonds presented to the Governor at a levee [r] 

6/11/1838 - Accepted nomination as Hon Sect of the SA Bush Club at its inaugural meeting in the Adelaide Hotel, under Viceregal patronage "... for the purpose of promoting the interests of, and giving facility to, those gentlemen who may be desirous of embarking on pastoral or agricultural pursuits, as well as to form a friendly compact between those individuals for the mutual protection, preservation, and restoration of each other's property ..."  [r] 

16/11/1838 - Appointed secretary to the Col Sects Commn to investigate the state of the public stores and their accounts (Rgr 17/11 & 24/11)  [r] 

1/12/1838 – Bush Club ref  [r] 

1839 - WBE at Sth Tce, CC of LO  (This is presumably Lot 696 on Sth Tce, bordering the eastern side of Wilcox St, currently the car park of the Master Bulders Assn)  [e] [s] 

2/1/1839 - Nominated for Grand Jury duty  [r] 

c Jan to March 1839 - Did Elizabeth's dad die abt this time, and it took say 3 months for news to arrive in SA, triggering their departure back to England in Sept 1839, and the subsequent bringing of her (widowed?) mother back with them?? 

12/1/1839 - WBE signed a petition against the slanderous statements made against the Col Chaplain in the "Sth Aust"  [r] 

21/1/1839 - Land Office burnt down.  (Report in Sat 26th)  [r]
    (Temporarily moved to Will's home ?) 

  /  /1839 - Land Office moved temporarily to Morphett St op Trinity Church while the new Vic Sq offices were being built  [??] 

9/2/1839 – Plans for Glenelg handed to WBE in Lands Office   [r] 

9/2/1839 – Bush Club notice    [r] 

9/3/1839 - Donated 10/- to a fund for the fencing off of a dangerous waterhole on the Torrens  [r] 

6/4/1839 - Mr Edmonds (no Mrs) listed as attending Gov's "Levee & Drawing Room .. second of the season .. at Govt House .. His Excellency & Lady Gawler received company in the drawing room .. abundant refreshments in the ante room .. "  [r] 

13/4/1839 - WBE signed notice of Bush Club meeting to consider own club rooms  [r] 

4/5/1839 - Notice of Special mtg of SA Bush Club (signed W B Edmonds).  Also signed petition to Sheriff Newenham "to convene public meeting to consider native relations with whites"  [r] 

22/5/1839 – Subscribed for 4 copies of “Vocabulary of the Language of the Aborigines of South Australia” by W. Williams   [r] 

25/5/1839 - Mr Edmonds (on own again?) at Gov's Queens b'day levee [r] 

29/5/1839 – (for Sat 25th) Commencement of road to New Port, ceremonies inc “Mrs Edmonds” among the “Ladies” present (no space for anyone else exc dignitaries)  [r] 

May 1839 – New Port started at Pt Ad  [aa] 

1/6/1839 - Notice of appointment of replacement of WBE ("proceeding to England") as CC of LO and Sect to Enquiry   [r] 

8/6/1839 - Listed in subscribers (BP1-0-0) to Botanic Garden Fund  [r] 

1/5/39 – A gathering (reptd 10/7/1839) signed for Public Meeting on condition and relationship with aborigines   [r] 

29/6/1839 – The “Andromache” (468 ton barque under Capt Thomas New) sailed from Pt Jackson NSW with 21 “passengers” (inc “Mr & Mrs Edmonds” and “Dr Osborne”) plus 210 “in steerage” and 624 bales of wool bound for London. SMH rptd 30/12/1839 that it “had arrived in Rio Janerio”, reptd 24/1/1840 that is has “sailed from Rio for London on 21/9/1839”, rptd 21/4/1840 had “arrived London 17/11/1839”   [ac] 

14/9/1839 - Mr John Hance (prev Assistant?) appointed Chief Clerk of Land Office "during the absence of Mr Edmonds"  [r] 

17/10/1839 - WBE NOT listed as attending Gov's Levee  [r] 

6/11/1839 - On a mock ticket to "Theatre Unique - At the request and with the assistance of the Lady Passengers of the "Andromache" ... A B Usborne to his fellow voyager Mrs B Edmonds .. ".  [m] 

17/11/1839 - Arrived back in England (ref SA Register 18/4/40)   [r]
    (On 18/4/1840 it was reported in the SA papers that “Mr Edmonds of the Land Office arrived in England at the end of Nov (1839), with despatches from Gov Gawler.”   [r] ) 

30/12/1839 - Poem "A Batchelors Bedroom" by Anne James 50 Queen St Bristol (but also John Kirby, Bristol 'in old England' ?) [m] 

late 1839 – Col Light died  [aa] 

1840 - John Hance shown as CC of Land Office (on Morphett St opp Trinity Church), although one also shows WBE as CC of LO, Sth Tce, probably due to the timing of compilation / publication  [e] 

1840 - Drawings (initialled DSJ ?)  [m] 

1840 - Drawings by Lilly Hooper  [m] 

1840 - Poem by Mary Hooper  [m] 

1840 - Poem (of farewell) by Mary Hooper (soon to be married to Will's brother Samuel)  [m] 

 /1/1840 - Drawings (by?) Mary Hooper  [m] 

 /1/1840 - Drawings by SE Edmonds (has to be Will's brother Samuel Edwin)  [m] 

 /1/1840 - Poem by Mary Hickes  [m] 

4/1/1840 - Drawings (by Mary Hickes ?)  [m] 

13/2/1840 - Poem (about Scott the poet?) by Anna Dingle  [m] 

13/2/1840 - Poem (by Isabel Chapman in 1825) transcribed by Anna Dingle  [m]
    (Ref biog of Elizabeth's mother Ann nee Chapman [007] ) 

13/2/1840 - Poem by John King Dingle  [m] 

20/2/1840 - Poem by Margaret Baron Wilson  [m] 

20/2/1840 - Poem by Florence Wilson   [m] 

13/3/1840 - Poem by Isabel Chapman  [m] 

15/3/1840 - Poem "To Elizabeth, On 2nd Wedding Anniv .." by Isabel Chapman  [m] 

  /3/1840 - Poem "On the Departure of my Beloved Friends for Aust" by Isabel Chapman  [m] 

6/4/1840 - Along with Beth's mum and a great deal of personal cargo left Eng on the barque "Fairlie" via Cape of Good Hope  [t] 

abt June 1840 – Elizabeth must have become pregnant with 1st child  [c] 

25/6/1840 - Poem ("on board Fairlie") initialled TW  [m] 

27/6/1840 - Poem "Parting" (on ship Fairlie) by L DaCosta  [m] 

27/6/1840 - Poem (on Fairlie at sea) initialled BMDC   [m] 

7/7/1840 - Arrived at Holdfast Bay  [t]
    ...and presumably settled back into their cottage on Sth Tce, Will resuming his position in the new Lands Office in Vic Sq   

15/7/1840 - "Shipping Intelligence" - Arrivals " .. barque Fairlie 755 tons .. Edw Garrett RN cmdr .. from London (4th Apr) & the Downs (6th Apr) .. Passengers Mr & Mrs Edmonds, Mrs Evans, Miss & Mr DaCosta, Mr Daniels, Mr Shaw, Mr Conway (on his own, no cargo listed), Mr Whistler, & 266 men women & children immigrants .. (WBE own cargo 48 casks merchandise, 7 cases, 7 pkgs, 13 bales, 4 carriages, 14 qtrcasks wine, and behalf of Wm Ton Melle (?) 12 qtrcasks wine, 6 cases claret.  Discharged at Glenelg".   [l]
    This was a “three-masted, square rigged” ship. (There is a James Bowley diary of this trip out).  THE Robert Langdon Bonython was among the “other” passengers.  [z]
    Departures (repeated several weeks) ".. proceed to England for Calcutta direct .. fine teak-built fast-sailing .. under Edw Garrett Esq will sail for the above .. splendisd accomodations for passengers, is well armed, and carries experienced surgeon .. "  [l] 

25/7/1840 - WBE (re)appointed CC of LO  [r] 

31/7/1840 – Report on Dinner for Capt Garrett of Fairlie (men only?)  [r] 

26/9/1840 - WBE in list of people claiming right to vote in Town elections, WBE Sth Tce Freehold property  [r] 

1840 - WBE listed (Dist B, south) as "cultivator" of Sects 756, 757, 761, 762, "Barton Farm", being 3 acres potatos, 1 acre garden, watered by Onk R, 10 acres fenced, a dwelling-house, hut, stockyards  [v] 

17/10/1840 - Mr Edmonds attended Gawlers 2nd anniv levee [r]
    (Beth now pregnant not accompanying him?) 

24/10/1840 - "Mrs Edmonds, Mrs Evans, WB Edmonds, RGM Conway" (seemingly on his own?) included in list of invited to, and attended, the big opening day ceremony of the SA Company's new wharf at Pt Adelaide  [r]

 /11/1840 - Poems (sailing themes) with ref to ship "Mercury" in Pt Adelaide (could be initialled JMG)  [m] 

Late? 1840 - About this time seems to have purchased 2 x 8O acre Country Sections for £160 25 miles south of Ad on the Onkaparinga (just below today’s Mt Bold Resvr) forming some kind of partnership with the Mr (Robert George Montgomery) Conway who came out with them on the "Fairlie", to possibly sharefarm Will's blocks along with two of his own adjoining. Mr Conway was soon listed as having 10 acres cleared and fenced, a hut and stockyards built and potatoes and garden in cultivation  [s] [xx] 

1841 – (Directory) WBE at Sth Tce, CC of Lands Dept Vic Sq  [e] 

“Early” 1841 - In the SA Census also shown as Sth Tce, with 1M 7-13, 1 F 14-20 (can't be theirs, servants?), 1 M & 1 F 21-34 (Will and Eliz), and 1 F 35-49 (has to be Elizabeth's mum).  [af] 

“Early” 1841 - In the SA Census of this time District B (South) shows "W B Edmonds & R G M Conway", but property surprisingly lists 3 F under 7, 2 M 7-13, 1 M 14-20, 1 M and 1 F 21-35, and 1 F 35-49.  As Will and his family are listed separately at Sth Tce, and Conway arrived single?, not sure who all these people are.  Widow with kids?  [af] 

Jan 1841 – Original Govt House burnt down [aa] 

27/2/1841 - Edmonds & Conway register their own cattle brand ("EC far hip")  [r] 

21/3/1841 - First child Mary Elizabeth born in Dist of Adelaide, father's rank "Gentleman and Landowner", informant Will. B. Edmonds "Westwood".  (Not registered until 3/2/1843?)  [c]
    (This is before subsequent holding, so presume this is name of Sth Tce property?) 

15/4/1841 - Mary (oddly listed as Eliz Ann, confused with her mum?) bapt at Holy Trinity Nth Tce, parents residence "Sth Tce"  [f] 

10/5/1841 – Gov Grey arrived with Gawlers recall  [aa] 

29/5/1841 - With Will as Sect again the Bush Club held a special meeting to pressure the Govt for some action over the murder of settlers by "Murray blacks".  Will donated 20/- to the punitive expedition  [r] 

?/6/1841 - With the sudden recall of Gawler replaced by the tougher Grey the speculative economy of the colony collapsed and drastic admin cuts were made, probably resulting in Will's loss of position  (but was this later? – see 31/7/1841)  [aa] 

10/7/1841 – Cultivation Returns “Barton Farm ... watered by Onkaparinga”, 10 acres with dogleg fence, a dwelling house, hut stockyard, 3 (acres?) of potatos, 1 of garden  [r] 

17/7/1841 - WBE and Conway listed as members of SA Ag Soc  [r] 

31/7/1841 - Some kind of departmental amalgamation takes over the land Office  [r] 

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (loses his job?) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 

20/11/1841 - Will is appointed to serve on the notorious "Ville de Bordeaux" trial, which lasted ap 3 months?  [r] 

1842 – Adelaide “half deserted”  [aa] 

1842 – (Directory) WBE at Sth Tce, CC of LO (NOT shown in 1840 edition)  [e] 

1842 – (Directory) Edmonds & Conway "Barton Town" (McL V area???) 130 cattle, 3 horses, 10 acres wheat, 2 barley, 4 oats, 1 maize, 2 potatos, 1 etc  [e] 

6/1/1842 - Notice of town rates arrears for Acre 696  [p] 

12/1/1842 – WBE leases three 80 acre sections 741, 742, 749 (now around Clarendon Weir and Oval, and adjoining Sect 753 in # 182/159) from a Wm Fredk Fergusson.  (# 4/162)  [s] 

2/2/1842 - Some kind of Trust deal involving WBE  ("of Ad esq" ??) and Thomas Gilbert holding Sect 753 in Onk (Clarendon weir area), and 7 blocks at new village of Kensington, for Slater & Beevor  (# 182/159) [s]
    (They later sell the Kensgtn blocks, so is this as some sort of security, forfeited?) 

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (moves south?) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 

25/4/1842 – WBE (“of Onkaparinga, Settler”) borrows £150 as a Prom Note, from John Baker (businessman and Chmn of Ad Auction Co) repayable in 3 months  (# 2/236)  [s] 

9/7/1842 - WBE 2 unclaimed letters at PO for June qtr.  Unpaid rates for (Sth Tce) Lot 696 of £2-2-0 for half year ending 1/1/42  [p] 

25/7/1842 – The £150 as a Prom Note from John Baker, falls due, (but £76 short?)   [s] 

7/9/1842 - Appears to put up the western half of his property on Sth Tce (the half with the dwelling on it) as surety against £76 portion of a £150 Promissory Note (which was due on 25/7/1842) to John Baker, local businessman (# 2/239).   [s] 

1/10/1842 - In list of those requiring substantiation to now vote for Town elections, (but doesn't act on it).  [r] 

6/10/1842 - WBE 1 unclaimed letter at PO  [p] 

8/11/1842 - WBE ("of Onkaparinga Dist") does some kind of a partnership deal with Rbt MG Conway on four (jointly-owned? leased?) 80 acre sections 756, 757, 761, 762 just below Mt Bold on the Onk River, whereby they each use two blocks to “Pay” for the other two?? (# 2/293, 2/294)  [s] 

23/12/1842 - Second child Ann Isabel born, "WBE of Westwood"  [a] [f] 

12/1/1843 - Unclaimed letters at PO for WBE (and Conway - scatter for next 2 years)  [p] 

14/1/1843 - 2 WBE letters unclaimed at GPO  [r] 

1843 - Edmonds & Conway ("Barton Farm") listed brand, WBE Sth Tce  [e] 

4/3/1843 - WBE ("of Onkaparinga, Settler") loses western half of Sth Tce block 696 ("which were late in the occupation of WBE") as forfeit to John Baker for £78 balance still owing on the £150 Promissory Note (paid off by George Morphett, along with another £6 loaned to WBE by Morphett?)  (# 2/450)  [s] 

14/3/1843 - Robert Conway (“of Onk”) sells Sects 761, 762 each 80 acres to Edw Stephens for £320  (# 2/467)  [s] 

30/5/1843 - Annie baptised at Trinity Nth Tce, parents residence "Westwood Onkaparinga"  [f] 

24/6/1843 - WBE ("of the Onk Dist, Esq") sells his interest in the Conway joint deal involving the two 80 acre lots 756 & 757, to Edw Stephens, for £160 (half??)  (# 3/101)  [s] 

1843 – (Directory) Reap 42 acres of wheat and 8 acres of barley, with 2 acres of potatoes and a vegie garden  [e] 

15/7/1843 – Winding up of Bush Club, money (also 5/8 - divide up of funds)   [r] 

25/8/1843 - Juror (along with "Robert George Montgomery Conway") on Coronial Inquest at "house of Henry Weston, Valley of the Sturt, Dist B" into accidental death of a Robert Rose, a stonemason run over by a cart "on the Onkaparinga Road".  [z] 

29/11/1843 – Advert for WBE, Agent of Onkaparinga, rep wool interests in London   [r] 

2/12/1843 - WBE ("of city of Ad" ??) and Thomas Gilbert jointly sell (acquired as forfeit?) the seven village of Kensington blocks (pt Sect 289), to Wm Kitching (of ship Madras Pt Adelaide) for £70. (# 3/262)  [s] 

By 1844 – “The worst of the colony’s financial crisis was over...”  [aa] 

1844 – (Directory) Dist of Meadows & Eyres Flat)
    R Conway 50 cattle 1 horse
    WBE Sects 741, 742, 749 Westwood, 42 acres wheat, 8 barley, 1 potatos, 1 garden   [e] 

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (retd to Ad area??) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 

2/3/1844 – A “Mr Edmonds” in some sort of court case, Gilbert & Edmonds vs Newenham (Sherrif) re cattle confiscated from Slater & Beevor (no details, nothing more) [r] 

18/7/1844 - Third child Ruth Hinton born, father William Bennett Edmonds of Berryfield "nr Adelaide", a “Landholder”, mother Elizabeth Ann nee Evans, he signed the regn a week later “Will B Edmonds”  [a] [c] 

18/9/1844 – On Grand Jury of a murder case, where three teenage girls accused of killing the (illegitimate) baby of one of them  [r] 

19/10/1844 - WBE ("of Adelaide, Esq") surrenders the lease of the three 80 acre sections 741, 742, 749 (now Clarendon weir and oval) "situated on and near Onk River", to Wm F Fergusson of Calcutta,  for a  nominal 10/-  (# 4/162)   [s] 

7/11/1844 - Ruth (abt 5 mnths old) bapt at Holy Trinity Nth Tce, parents res "Berryfield"  [f] 

6/11/1844 - WBE ("of Ad esq") sells the eastern half of the Sth Tce property (Town Acre 697) for £25, to James Philcox  (# 4/193)  [s] 

1845 – SA by now firmly founded  [aa] 

29/4/1845 – (The Sth Austn) “THE SOUTHERN RACES.-At the meeting held on Tuesday last, at Willunga, it - was resolved that these races should take place on the 29th proximo, near Noarlunga. A second meering will be held at the Emu Hotel, Morphett Vale, on the 13th May, when the arrangement will be completed. The parties authorised to receive subscriptions in Adelaide, are Messrs Hodding, Edmonds, and Chambers.”   [r] 

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (first arrest debt) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 

Sept? 1845 - Will arrested for debts and put in Ad Gaol declared insolvent  [p]

4/10/1845 – Unclaimed letters  [r] 

21/10/1845 – (The Sth Austn) “Sherrif’s Sale - E. STEPHENS (Bank of South Australia) v. W. B. EDMONDS. To be sold, at the auction mart, on Thursday next, by virtue of a writ of fieri facias in this cause to me directed, all the furniture and effects of the above defendant. Sale at 12 o'clock.”   [r] 

13/12/1845 – Petition GRG 66/5 (Unit ID 4) File No 134
??/??/??? (1842?) – Gov Grey Memo Lands Office GRG 35/2 (Unit ID 5) File No 26/1842      [SA Archives]
    (What are these two ???) 

6/1/1846 - (Fiat of Insolvency)  "WBE formerly of Sth Tce (“Westwood”?).. CC of LO, then of Onk (also? “Westwood”) farmer .. next of the River Sturt (“Berryfield”?), commission agent, then of Marina (s/b Marion, on the Sturt?) near Adelaide, and last of Hammersmith near Adelaide, brewer .. undermentioned prisoners, confined in gaol for debt .. "  [p]
    (Then follows several notices over the months as the process of debt recovery through the courts grinds on.)
    (Hammersmith – a subdivn of part Sect 52, 100 of Ad, now incs Edwardstown [ab] ) There’s a Hammersmith Ave to immed sth of Cross Rd just east of Marion Rd crossing) 

22/4/1846 - "WBE .. Insolvency Court .. heard this day his petition .. having stated that the amended schedule put in was the best he could give and that he had surrendered the whole of his property, the Comm ordered him to be discharged upon payment of the fees."  [p] 

2/5/1846 - Fourth child John Hinton born at Hammersmith  [c] 

1/6/1846 – John Hinton’s birth regd, fathers profession "Agent", informant "Will. B. Edmonds Hammersmith".  (Regd 1/6/1846)  [c] 

6/8/1846 - In the Supreme Crt .. Insolvency " .. in the matter of WBE, an imprisoned insolvent debtor against whom a fiat bearing date .. 6 Jan 1846 .. "  [p]
    (Regs relating to Insolvency at the time is in the notes) 

27/8/1846 - John bapt Holy Trin Nth Tce, parents res "Hammersmith" [f] 

3/9/1846 - Insolvency .. "WBE .. late of Hammersmith (but now in Gaol?).. brewer (??) .. certificate to be allowed .. "  [p] 

25/9/1846 - (21 days later) Probably released from gaol  [p] 

6/10/1846 – For a nominal 10/-, Thomas Gilbert & WBE release Sect 753 at Clarendon, back to Slater & Beevor, as some kind of winding up of the original “Indenture” (# 182/160)  [s] 

1847 – (Directory) WBE shoemaker Hammersmith  [e] 

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (new start in Noarlunga) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 

8/1/1847 – WBE leases a brewery at Noarlunga for 7 years, from an Edw Castle (# 18/365)  [s] 

16/3/1847 – Sold hogshead of ale to a Mr Sanders (ref 4/12/1850)  [r] 

15/3/1848 – (10th Wedding Anniv!) Supreme Crt (Insolvency) “…acting under Fiat … about 6/1/1846 against WBE formerly of Sth Tce .. CC of LO, then of Onk farmer .. next of the River Sturt, commission agent, then of Merino (s/b Marion, on the Sturt?) near Adelaide, and last of Hammersmith near Adelaide, brewer .. intends to sit on Mon 10/4/1848… to audit the accounts of the Assignee of the said Insolvents estate.”   [p] 

6/4/1848 - Final notice on the winding up of Insolvency  [p] 

15/7/1848 – Ploughing contest Willunga, WBE speech at prizes   [r] 

13/9/1848 – Applied for Storekeepers Licence  [r] 

1849 - WBE Noarlunga  [e] 

15/3/1849 - Last child William Bennett born (where??)  [a] 

29/9/1849 – On committee of Mpht Vale Ploughing Match   [r] 

1/12/1849 - WBE mortgages the balance of his 7 year lease (now held by John Bernie, a local farmer?) of Plot No 66 in Sect 71 in Noarlunga, "together with brewery .. and utensils" to meet debts to his brewing supplier Edw Crawford of Hindmarsh, to cover new debts to Crawford of £158 due 1/11/1850, on top of £110 due on 1/11/1851,all at interest of 15%pa.  (Detailed description of boundaries of site in my notes) (# 18/365)  [s]

“c 1850” - A William Fisher signed an ink drawing of "The Horseshoe Noarlunga" in Eliz's scrapbook  [m]
    (Their second dau Annie married a William Fisher in Kadina in 1862)
    (In the 1851 Census of B-on-A, all in the same house, is William Chapman, 47 (bn 1804), wife Mary, son James, 19 (bn 1832?), and bro-in-law William Fisher, 67 (bn 1784?), all born in B-on-A  [e] 

about 1850 – Will got his brother to go surety for some bills (acc to Insolvency hearing 14/11/1856)   [r] 

1850 – (Directory) WBE Noarlunga  [e] 

28/3/1850 – A Sarah Dutton (“of Ad, widow”, prob mother of Edw Dutton?) leases 80 acre Sect 122 “south of the Onk”, for 17 yrs, at £10 pa   (# 21/187)   [s] 

4/12/1850 – Local Crt Willunga, Edmonds vs Sanders, action to recover hogshead of ale sold to Sanders 16/3/1847 for £3   [r] 

1851 – (Directory) WBE, Brewer Noarlunga  [e] 

14/3/1851 – W B Edmonds brewery in Noarlunga reported on   [r] 

4/12/1851 – Judged the horses at the Noarlunga Market  [r] 

9/4/1852 - An Elizabeth Dutton (17) died of consumption, (bur in Anglican cemetery Old Noarlunga 11th), abode Noarlunga. Her father was a George Dutton, same as Edward who married their eldest dau Mary.  Presume this Elizabeth is his sister. [h] [a] 

17/8/1852 – Back home in Wilts Elder brother Ezekiel apptd a Dep LL  [xx] 

22/8/1853 - WBE ("of Noarlunga brewer") leases the brewery from Edw Castle of Hackham for (an additonal?) 14 years, for £40 pa first 7 years, then £60 pa for the balance (# 62/494)  [s] 

22 & 23/9/1853 – Public Notice defending a Mr John Norman (Noarlunga MP? 17/9/53). WBE “a respectable farmer of Noarlunga   [r] 

17/2/1854 - WBE ("of Noarlunga, brewer") seems to mortgage the balance of the new 14 year brewery lease to Henry Gilbert of Adelaide, to cover £240 already owing to Gilbert, plus a further £200, at 15% payable quarterly and calculated from 1/3/1853 (original £240?), the principle repayable by 13/8/1854  (# 64/318, ref also 18/5/1858)  [s] 

7/6/1854 – Eldest child 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)  (# 70/103)  [s] 

12/8/1854 – Nom with others to collect War Relief Funds Willunga  (by Rev Burnett) (??)  [r] 

20/9/1854 – (refer Register 14/11/56) letter to his brother (Ezekiel?) looking for £400 (surety? loan?) against creditors bills? and “brother authorized him to draw”  [r] 

28/10/1854 – Accident (prev week) when his valuable horse drowned  [r] 

early 1855 ? – Younger brother Samuel died in Bradford   [xx] 

1855 – (Directory) Dist Mpht Vale Edmonds WB brewer Noarlunga  [e] 

Aug 1855 –  (refer Register 14/11/56) Drew bills for £400 on “his brother” in favour of Edward Wright (creditor)  [r] 

26/10/1855 – Oddfellows Lodge dinner  [r] 

26/12/1855 – Witness at Coroners Inquest   [r] 

8/1/1856 –  William’s mum died in Bradford   [xx] 

22/3/1856 – Wheat judge at Willunga Show   [r]
    (1856 - An "Edmonds" judged the barley at the Willunga Show  [y] ) 

17/4/1856 - WBE in list of petitioners to Gov for new Council for Noarlunga [p] 

23/6/1856 –  Williams dad died in Bradford   [xx] 

16/8/1856 – On committee for Willunga Ag Soc Plough Contest   [r] 

24/6/1856 – A Sarah Dutton (“widow formerly of MvL Vale but now of Myponga”, prob Edw Dutton’s mother, the widow of George Dutton?) and an Edw Dutton together transact (no detail copied) 157 acres of land Sects 657 and 658 in H of Myponga, for £40 (#108/56)  [s] 

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (second insolvency) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 

25/9/1856 - Declared insolvent once more and imprisoned, "WBE of Noarlunga, common brewer .. "  [p] [r]  (This series went on until March 1858) 

8/10/1856 – (several) Noarlunga, Auction (of everything), under Distress For Rent by order of Mortgagee   [r] 

31/10/1856 – still in gaol pending hearings and Proof of Debts  [r] 

11/11/1856 – “Examination (by Court) complete, adjrnd for Comms decision on 13/11/56,   [r] 

14/11/1856 – Full text of hearing (but findings adjrnd several times, then to 21/3/1857    [r] 

21/3/1857 – (Hearing 20/3/1857) WBE an “imprisoned debtor” but out on bail. Hearing concerning some sort of “fraudulent” matter of his brother’s authorisation to cover bills, a summary of private income and expenses. Can he go home? NO. Will you give me protecion for 6 months? NO. Put back in gaol pending, then given 3 more months  [r] 

21/6/1857 – released form gaol (ref 21/3/1857 above)   [r] 

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> (out of gaol) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 

3/9/1857 - "Will" written by Grandmother Evans leaving her brothers bequest (he died Sept 1845) to her FIVE grandchildren. (Full text in Ann Chapman)  (u)
    (This strongly suggests that she had only had one child – Elizabeth - who had all five grandchildren). 

16/9/1857 - Grandmother Evans died "On the 16th instant, after a lingering illness, Mrs Evans, the beloved mother of Mrs W B Edmonds Noarlunga, aged 72 years"   [g]
    (Register notice 17/11/1857 ??) 

18/9/1857 - Grandmother Evans buried in the Anglican churchyard on the hill.  [h] 

23/2/1858 – Final audit hearing   [r] 

13/3/1858 – Southern Races judge “WBE Esq”   [r] 

24/3/1858 - Final WBE insolvency dividend notice promulgated, paying eightpence ha'penny in the pound  [p]  [r] 

18/5/1858 - Edward Dutton (“of Noarlunga, Gent”) takes over the lease of the brewery from Henry Gilbert for £70, relating to the mortgage made by WBE on 17/2/1854  (# 138/26)  [s]
    (The Memorials entries for Dutton after this are all for Goolwa, and then Lucindale SthEast) 

1859 – Older brother Ezekiel a JP, magistrate, Liberal MP, and Dep LL of Wilts  [xx] 

28/4/1859 – Left Adelaide on “Havilah” for Melb (via Portland and W’bool) “Mr WB Edmonds in the cabin” (with several others)   [r] 

30/4/1859 – (rptd 2/5) “Havilah” arrives in Hobsons Bay (Pt Melb), “Passengers in Saloon … W.B.Edmonds…”  [r] 

19/5/1859 – (rptd 20/5) “Avon” sailed for London, “In Saloon (with others) WB Edmonds” [r] 

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] 

22/2/1860 – Barque “Helena” leaves London (see 21/6/60)   [r] 

21/6/1860 – (rptd 22/6) Arrivals at Pt Ad from London, barque “Helena”, “Passenger (the only one) in the cabin Mr WB Edmonds”   [r] 

23/9/1860 - Poem signed “Annie” (dau Annie Isabel, now 18?) entered straight into Eliz’s scrapbook in tight flowing script, about the scrapbook itself, ending “on our arrangement kindly look.”  [m] 

13/10/1860 – Eldest sister Mary Elizabeth (age 19) “of Mitcham” (no profn), father WBE “of Mitcham”, mar Edward Dutton (28, father George) “Gentleman” of Noarlunga, at St Michaels Mitcham (dist Ad), Rev Needham, witns H.L.Aldensey(?) a Brewer of Noarlunga, and S.M.Hackett(?) of Kensington  [a][b][g][r] 

24/1/1861 – E Dutton of Noarlunga Rifles struck off roll for non-attendance  [p] 

19/2/1861 – WBE Appntd Collector of Customs & Ag Stats for Dist 56a Willunga & East   [r] 

<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< (Kadina period) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 

16/3/1861 - A William Bennett Edmonds appointed Clerk of the (“new”) Dist Court of Wallaroo and Kadina, as from 14/3/1861  [p]  [r] 

March 1861 – Date on “an agreement, signed by J.M.Cameron” (on William when he was arrested on 22/2/1863)   [ad] 

24/7/1861 - Will and Beth become grandparents with the birth of Mary's first child Annie  [a] 

15/9/1861 - Annie Dutton bapt at Old Noarlunga C of E  [h] 

23/9/1861 - Poem in scrapbook signed E........   [m] 

9/4/1862 – Witness in Kadina Court re Stow vs Haynes (over ice?)  [r] 

8/9/1862 - "William Bennett Edmonds" (has to be Jnr, at abt 13yo) appointed as Postal Messenger at Kadina at a salary of  £50 pa  [p] 

9/9/1862 - Daughter Annie Isabel (“second dau of WBE Esq”) mar William Fisher (father Edward) at Christ Church Kadina (dist Gilbert)  [a]
    (The BISA says Wm Fisher bn 1839, died 8/1/1910, bur WTC, occ Banker, res Kadina, rel C/C, mar 9/9/1862 to Annie Isabel Edmonds at Kadina, chiln Eliz Susan 1863, Gertrude Annie 1864.
    His death certif 9/1/1910 says he was 70, “Out Of Business”, res Hindley St, bn Leics, aged 23 at mar, heart attack at Mrs Bashams Priv Hosp Sth Tce) 

Nov 1862 – Date on a summons against William for £35-4-0 (found on him when arrested at Leasingham on 22/2/1863)   [ad] 

5/1/1863 – “Last amount recd by Treasury” from William before arrest   [ad] 

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> embezzlement >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 

5/2/1863 – William submitted monthly court accounts, and declaration, to Magistrate showing remit of £178-4-6 by Bank Draft, to Colonial Treasurer   [ad]

14/2/1863 – Suspended from duties at Kadina Local Court   [ad] 

17/2/1863 – Witness Mr Emerson “saw him last”   [ad] 

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.”   [r] 

22/2/1863 – William arrested at Leasingham by Const John Field, taken to Auburn   [ad] 

25/2/1863 – 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”   [r] 

26/2/1863 – Kadina Local Court hearing on embezzelment charges  [ad] 

7/3/1863 – more   [ad] 

<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< (3 years hard) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 

14/5/1863 – Sentenced to 3 yrs hard   [r] 

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.'   [r] 

1/6/1863 – (a Monday) (Register rpt 30/6/1863) – Son John teed up loan of a horse for one day from Henry Aldersley, 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 BP2 from the publican on false petences.    [r] 

24/6/1863 - Fisher dau Eliz Susan born at Kadina  [a] 

1864 - Dutton .. Edward Ernest, Mary Eliz (nee Edmonds), Annie, Edw Ernest Jr, "arrived" in Goolwa  [k] 

1864 - There are NO WBE entries in full SA directory anywhere (although there are no personal directories for 1859-1863)  [e] 

6/9/1864 - Fisher dau Gertrude Annie born at Kadina  [a] 

1864 & 1865 - Directory listing Edward Dutton "Brewer" Goolwa  [e] 

1864/65 – South Aust in drought  [aa] 

1865 – Older brother Ezekiel bankrupt back in Wilts   [xx] 

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) 

13/10/1865 - William Bennett Edmonds (presume jnr) still PO messenger at Kadina on £50 pa, but also “Assistant Operator”  [p] 

1866 - Edward Dutton "brewer and butcher", Yankalilla and Goolwa [e] 

1866 - William Fisher “Manager National Bank Kadina” (but not in 1867)  [e] 

20/2/1866 - William Fisher “...late of Kadina, bank manager, but now of Adelaide, out of business, unable to meet... creditors...” declared insolvent  [p] 

28/4/1866 - Ad (inserted regularly) for "Murray River Brewery Goolwa .. Duttons celebrated XX and XXX ale"  [j] 

<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< (final days) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 

early/mid 1866 – Released from Gaol ??  (ref sentence) 

?/7/1866 - Dutton a councillor for Pt Elliott & Goolwa DC  [xx] 

1867 - Dutton .. Ethel May "arrived" in Goolwa  [k] 

20/8/1868 - Fisher child (died?) unnamed, born at Strathalbyn (??)  [a] 

16/10/1868 – At Pt Elliott Local Crt, Brown vs Edmonds, action for BP2 balance due on a horse, decision “Non suit”    [r] 

1869 - Edmonds .. Wm Bennett Snr, Eliz Ann (nee Evans), Mary Louisa (John's wife-to-be??), Wm Bennett Jr "arrived" in Goolwa  [k] 

1/1/1870 - "William Bennett Edmonds" (Jnr) appointed Junior Telegrapher at Strathalbyn at BP80 pa  [p] 

1/1/1870 - Account of Duttons trip up the Coorong in the "Vesta", to check navigation to see if overland mail could be taken that way  [j] 

1870 – Son John appointed bookkeeper at Minburra Stn  [xx] 

1870 - Edmonds .. William Bennett "departed" Goolwa  [k] 

1/8/1870 - Died of "Disease of the Heart", aged 53, at Goolwa (usual residence Goolwa, trade "Gentleman", informant Thomas Goode).  [n]
    (There is a Wills Index ref "13-67" of 1844-1905 - SAGHS??) 

1/8/1870 - Died "at the residence of Mr E Dutton, Goolwa .. Wiltshire papers please copy."  [j] 

3/8/1870 - Buried at Currency Creek cemetery in Lot 234.  (It appears that at this time Edward Dutton "reserved" four adjoining lots 234-237.  WBE Jr was later buried in 236, but apparently 235 and 237 are unused.  None of them have any sort of memorial.  (Lot 233 to the immed west of WBE has a headstone to a George Bain Johnson)  [o] 

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TO CHECK
     Ad Gaol Regs 1857-1889, WBE Vol C, pgs 227, 2, 248
     "Rails and the River" (book on Goolwa)
     "Rivers End"  (  "    "  )

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 

 

Elizabeth Ann EVANS [ 003 ]
============================== 

c March 1817 ? - Born (mar certif says "full age" in 1838, suggesting 21 and over?)  [b] 

20/4/1821 to 19/4/1822 - Born (probably in England) .. a daughter of John Evans a Silkmercerr .. and his wife Ann (nee Chapman) [n] [b] [xx]
    (No relevant bapts found for Elizabeth in Poplar parish or surrounding Grt London.  Her mother was from a Bucks family, but her mother's brother had a decent business in the Lambeth area) 

--------------- MARRIED ----------------- 

15/3/1838 - MARRIED William Bennett Edmonds in the parish church in Poplar Middlesex, where Elizabeth "resided", presumably with her parents.  Bride and groom both of "full age" and previously unm.  William rank "Gent", residing Bradford Wilts, father John Edmonds "Gent".  Elizabeth residing Poplar, father John Evans "Silkmercer".  Witnesses Eliza Jane Payne and James Lovegrove  [b] 
     (How did they manage to meet??  What is the connector between BonA and Poplar parish?  The Chapmans?  Common friends?  Something to do with Bristol?  Why no relatives of either of them as main witns at the wedding?) 

---------------- DEATH OF SPOUSE ------------------ 

1/8/1870 - Husband William died at Goolwa  [xx] 

?/8/1870 -  In Southern Argus ad "Duttons well known prize beer on draught” at Goolwa Hotel   [j] 

1871 - Edmonds .. William Bennett (Jr) "departed" Goolwa  [k] 

29/9/1871 - Youngest son William died (aged 22) at Strathalbyn  [d] 

29/9/1871 - (and several weeks following) "To be let or for sale, the Yankalilla Brewery, stone cottage with garden, rent BP40 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"  [ ?? ] 

1/10/1871 - William Jnr buried at Currency Ck (with dad ?)   [d] 

6/10/1871 - "Edmonds - On the 29th Sept at Strathalbyn, of Phthisis, William Bennett Edmonds, aged 22 years"    [j] 

1872 - Edmonds .. Elizabeth Ann ("nee Evans") "departed" Goolwa  [k] 

1871 to 1878 - Directories Ed D Brewer Goolwa   [e] 

28/1/1874 - JHE married at Virginia  [b] 

1875 - Dutton .. Elizabeth "arrived" in Goolwa  [k] 

1877 to 1881 - Mrs Edmonds, Teacher Goolwa   [xx] 

1877 - Edw Dutton, wife, and 5 kids "departed" Goolwa   [k] 

28/8/1877 - Dau Annie died aged only 34 at Palmerston (Darwin NT) wife of Wm Fisher “Telegraph Operator”, res Palmerston “T/Qtrs”   [d] 

13/12/1878 - JHE's second dau Mary Isabella bapt at (Goolwa?)  (Virginia?)  [xx] 

1880 - Duttons sold up at Goolwa and moved to Lucindale (Directories list Ed D as "JP" and "Stockholder" at Goolwa till 1883 edition)   [xx]
    (at death of dau Ruth in Jan 1883 Eliz is show as living at Lucindale)  [r]
    (Edw Dutton died at his property “Ardune” in 1877) 

2/4/1880 - Poem initialled BA   [m] 

?/6/1880 - Poem in her scrapbook "To My Grandmother" by Bessie (?).  There were two gr daus named Elizabeth  [m] 

2/4/1880 - Poem in scrapbook initialled "B A" [m] 

1881/1882 – Son John apptd manager Comongin Stn, Qld  [xx] 

27/1/1883 – Dau Ruth Hinton (unm) died at Comongin Stn Qld (pres at John’s place)  [r]
    (Eliz living at Lucindale) 

Jan 1883 to Apr 1885 – Moved (?) to Goodwood from Lucindale  [r] [n] 

31/10/1884 – A Mrs Edmonds sailed “in the saloon” (with several others) from Lacepede Bay (Kingston SE) for tr Adelaide, on the coastal ship “Flinders”. (Edward Dutton used the same service many times. “Ardune” House is between Kingston and Lucindale.)  [r] 

19/4/1885 - Died at Musgrave St Goodwood, aged 63, ("widow of late William Bennett Edmonds"), of dysentery, usual residence Goodwood, informant Louis Stuart, cabinetmaker of Ad    [n]
    Buried in "common land" at WTC Road 5 path 26 Lot 9 East (a Rowling grave) [xx] 

29/1/1887 – Edw Dutton died at Ardune  (also ref wife’s Advertiser 26/3/1934 obit on file) 

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OTHER DATA
- Dau Mary Eliz is bur at St Georges Magill
- Dau Annie is bur at West Tce 

=============================

SOURCES ... 

[a]  BDM index data - SAGHS
[b]  Marriage certificate
[c]  Birth certificate
[d]  Cemetery records - SAGHS
[e]  Directories of SA - Mortlock
[f]  Holy Trinity Records - SAGHS
[g]  Extracts of Personal Notices - SAGHS
[h]  Old Noarlunga Anglican records
[i]  "Ship Arrivals SA To 1850" - SAGHS
[j]  Sthn Argus newspaper - Mortlock
[k]  "List Of People Who Lived In Goolwa" - SAGHS
[l]  Ad Chronicle newspaper - Mortlock
[m]  Elizabeth's scrapbook - Mortlock (SAA 828)
[n]  Death certificate
[o]  Currency Creek cemetery data (Pt E & Glwa Council)
[p]  Govt Gazette notices
[r]  Aust Nat Archives SA newspapers (Trove website)
[s]  Land Records - L T Office
[t]  Arrivals data - Sa Lib
[u]  Old Edmonds original family records
[v]  Statement of Affairs of SA 1840 - Mortlock
[w]  Asstd SAGHS data
[y]  Hope Farm Chronicle - Ad Lib?
[z]  slsa.sa.gov “Bound For SA” website (Diane Cummins)
[aa]  “Hist of SA” - Gibbs
[ab]  Mannings “Place Names of SA”
[ac]  Sydney Morning Herald (Trove)
[ad]  Proceedings of Magistrates Court Kadina (per SA Register 7/3/1863)
[ae]  Mormons
[af]  SA 1841 Census
[xx]  Ex file notes & prior generation's data 

>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 

Grandchildren 

   FISHER...
24/6/1863 – Eliz Susan bn to to Annie and Wm Fisher at Kadina  [a]
6/9/1864 – Gertrude Annie bn to to Annie and Wm Fisher at Kadina  [a]
20/8/1868 – Unm child born to Annie and Wm Fisher at Strathalbyn  [a] 

   EDMONDS...
7/11/1874 – Flor Kate born to John and Mary Edmonds at Minburra (PtG dist) [a]
15/2/1878 – Mary Isabel born to John and Mary Edmonds at Virginia (PtG dist)  [a]
15/8/1879 – Maud Hinton born to John and Mary Edmonds at Virginia (PtG dist) [a]
1/11/1880 – Gert Hinton born to John and Mary Edmonds at Baratta (PtG dist) [a]
26/8/1883 – Ernest Harry born to John and Mary Edmonds at Comogin St, Qld  [r] 

   DUTTON...
24/7/1861 – Annie born to Mary and Edw Dutton at Noarlunga  [a]
1/6/1863 – Edw Ernest born to Mary and Edw Dutton at Yankalilla  [a]
2/7/1875 – Eliz born to Mary and Edw Dutton at Goolwa  [a]
12/9/1880 – George Hugh born to Mary and Edw Dutton at Ardune nr Lucindale  [a]
7/12/1882 – Dorothy Phyllis born to Mary and Edw Dutton at Townsend (Robe dist)  [a] 

Grandchildren (in date order)

24/7/1861 – Annie born to Mary and Edw Dutton at Noarlunga  [a]
1/6/1863 – Edw Ernest born to Mary and Edw Dutton at Yankalilla  [a]
24/6/1863 – Eliz Susan bn to to Annie and Wm Fisher at Kadina  [a]
6/9/1864 – Gertrude Annie bn to to Annie and Wm Fisher at Kadina  [a]
20/8/1868 – Unm child born to Annie and Wm Fisher at Strathalbyn  [a]
7/11/1874 – Flor Kate born to John and Mary Edmonds at Minburra (PtG dist) [a]
2/7/1875 – Eliz born to Mary and Edw Dutton at Goolwa  [a]
15/2/1878 – Mary Isabel born to John and Mary Edmonds at Virginia (PtG dist)  [a]
15/8/1879 – Maud Hinton born to John and Mary Edmonds at Virginia (PtG dist) [a]
1/11/1880 – Gert Hinton born to John and Mary Edmonds at Baratta (PtG dist) [a]
12/9/1880 – George Hugh born to Mary and Edw Dutton at Ardune nr Lucindale  [a]
7/12/1882 – Dorothy Phyllis born to Mary and Edw Dutton at Townsend (Robe dist)  [a]
26/8/1883 – Ernest Harry born to John and Mary Edmonds at Comogin St, Qld  [r] 

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>