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Flower, Humphrys, Smith & Thomas

Family Ancestry, 1717-2015 from Somerset & Cornwall UK to South Australia

including

Clarence Humphrys WW1 diary 1916-1917

Pencil Sketch by Clement Humphrys, c1930.

Neil D Brooks

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Having compiled the book “Redruth Cornwall to The Burra SA”, I wish to stress the importance of compiling family historic records.

Following the publication of my book, I was invited to an annual get-together by the “Genealogy Society of South Australia”, of those who published family histories during the year.

They commented on each particular publication, offered helpful advice, and stressed the importance of such records, not only of the family records but the inclusion of the early development of the area of white settlement.

The period we are looking at is from about late 1840’s, South Australia was proclaimed in 1836 and records were not very meticulously kept in those early years. Burra was the largest town outside of Adelaide at that time in South Australia. Many came from Cornwall in particular to work in the mine, but sought to find a livelihood in other industries such and farming and grazing.

As the Humphrys book links with the Thomas history it fills a valuable record of that branch of the family. Of course each book follows a particular line of a family such as the Thomas descendants, so this researches the Humphrys family from 1717, for which they were fortunate to be able to trace that far back. This is not always possible as early records in the UK were kept mainly in church parishes and many of these have been lost or destroyed for various reasons. It was from 1st July 1837 that government records were kept. The early 1800’s are a particularly difficult period to research.

I commend Neil for his efforts in putting this record together. It appears to have been researched quite thoroughly.

I thank him for the privilege of contributing in a small way. Reuben D. Thomas, March 2015.

Compiled and edited by John H Brooks and Neil D Brooks, May 2015

ISBN 978-0-646-93783-0 Published by Neil D Brooks 20 Brookside Crescent Seaford Rise 5169 South Australia Printed by Digital Reproductions, Suite 7 112-114 Bains Road, Morphett Vale 5162 Appendices

1. John Humphrys (presented BBC Radio 4's “Today” programme since 1987) 2. A diary of the Voyage to SA on the ship, “William Money”, 1849 3. A copy of Jesse Humphrys 1909 Will, from the SA Probate Office. 4. A copy of James Flower’s 1891 Will, from the SA Probate Office. 5. A copy of Joseph Flower’s 1919 Will, from the SA Probate Office. 6. Annie Adelaide v John Penna Court Case 1894 7. Clement Humphrys Court Case 1926 8. Notable Humphrys weddings - 1916-1941 9. Hassage Park/Farm and barn ruins photographs May 2015 10. Stony Gap Wind Farm approved Nov 2014. 11. The Working Man’s Handbook to South Australia 1849 12. Clarence Melvin Humphrys’ WW1 Diary 1916-1917 2 SAMPLE only - ie only the first page of each section displayed. Contents: 1. Introduction. page 6 2. Flowchart of the Family Tree page 7 3. Julia and Luke Teddy Descendants list page 8

4. The Thomas family in Cornwall page 12 5. John 1 and July Thomas – 1799-1877 – Life in Australia. page 14

6. Julia and Luke Teddy – 1827 – 1904. page 19

7. The Flower family in Somerset –from 1717 page 23

8. The Humphrys family in Somerset from 1772 page 27 Hassage Manor Somerset UK page 29

9. James and Hannah Flower – Life in Australia page 31  Rachel Flower and Thomas Warnes page 40  Ann Flower and Robert Warner page 44  Joseph Flower and Catherine Calliss page 45  Elizabeth Flower and Ernest Blesing page 51  Jabez Flower and Emily Dunn page 52

10. Jesse and Isabella Humphrys - Life in Australia. page 53

11. Isaac and Grace Turner at Black Springs page 63 12. William Thorn Humphrys – Life in Somerset and Australia page 66

13. Elijah Thorn Humphrys siblings.  William Mark and Frances (Zincraft Jones) Humphrys page 70  Sarah Anne (Humphrys) and John Allen Duke page 73  Jesse and Emily (Duke) Humphrys page 74  Flower and Mary (Rogers) Humphrys page 76  Isabella (Humphrys) and Herbert James Scrutton page 80  Emily (Humphrys) and Thomas Jones page 80  Mary Ann (Humphrys) and Charles Hansen page 81  Elizabeth Humphrys b1875-1875 page 81

14. Elijah Thorn (1865–1919) & May (Teddy) Humphrys (1868–1955) page 82

15. Minetta Pauline May (Humphrys) Ford 1895-1977 page 90 16. Clarence Melvin Humphrys WW1 1917-1918 page 91 17. Clarence Melvin Humphrys Diary in England 1917 page 92

18. Thomas and Mary Smith – Life in Australia page 99

19. Ellen Smith, William Henry Pascoe and William Snider. page 103 20. Annie Adelaide Pascoe Snider Bennett. page 112 21. Annie Adelaide Snider and John Penna. page 115

22. Clement and Maude Humphrys page 119 23. Caroline Grace (Elvey) Humphrys page 129 24 Clement’s children (Viva, Thelma, Dorothy, Laurel, Arnold, John) page 133

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This is about 3 families that emigrated from Cornwall and Somerset areas of the UK to South Australia in the 1850’s. Two families went to the Burra region, one family to the Kingston area.

Family 1. John and July Thomas and family, emigrated in 1849 to Burra. John had been hired as a mine manager by the Burra mine agents in England because of his expertise of “timbering” in Cornish mines. He was also to be involved in the installation, operation and maintenance of the Cornish Steam driven pump which had been recently purchased to de-flood the Burra workings.

John and his sons were also involved in supply of timber for the shaft supports, as fuel for the boilers of the pump, and also for the smelting process. John was shrewd enough to realise that a better life was to be had on the land, and as the government was surveying and selling off the land around Burra, he invested his Burra Mines income in land north of Burra, near Mt Bryan.

The second daughter Jane Thomas was to marry a Henry Collins, and that branch of the family would go on to create the world famous Collinsville Merino Stud near Mt. Bryan.

The eldest daughter Julia, however was to marry a young Cornish miner, Luke Teddy, who turned out to be a not so successful farmer, but a popular character. He had a Wood and Chaff business and was also an enthusiastic member and elder of the Wesleyan Church at Burra. The youngest of the Teddy family was a Mary Teddy, a talented church organist, and later to marry Elijah Thorn Humphrys, a farmer of Hanson and Farrell Flat.

Family 2. James and Hannah Flower were small farmers and butchers who emigrated from Timsbury, England with their children to Adelaide in 1854. The eldest daughter Isabella however, had married a local farm lad, Jesse Humphrys from nearby Wellow before they had left for Australia, so Jesse came along as part of the family. After 5 years working with farmers, such as Mr J Johnson (Reedbeds), and Mr Browne (Buckland Park/Pt Gawler), they moved to, and purchased land at Stony Gap, 9 miles south of Burra.

Jesse and Isabella Humphrys had 3 children while living near Adelaide and in 1859 followed the Flower family to Stony Gap, and purchased land adjoining the Flower’s. Stony Gap was on the main bullock team track from Burra to Black Springs, and the land had been leasehold. James Logan was one of the earlier pastoralists that had leased the land at 10/- a square mile, and consequently the area has Logan’s Hut, Logan’ Flat, Logan’s Farm, Logan’s Creek and Logan’s Gap in the area. The 1860 Almanac had the Humphrys and Flower farms at Logan’s Flat. The farms were at the base of rolling hills, and the farms built near the creeks from those hills. The hills were perfect for grazing sheep, and the flat land below was good cropping land.

The Humphrys and Flower families, expanded with 5 more children to Isabella. The families succeeded at sheep farming, and each were to extend their holdings by 1000 acres. James Flower purchased the land south, directly opposite, then to the east on Burra Creek which he and his two sons Joseph and Jabez were to work until James’ death in 1891. Jesse Humphrys managed to purchase a 1000 acres, 5 miles to the south east near Emu Downs and Black Springs.

The Stony Gap community of the Flower, Humphrys, Delamere, Escott, Porter and Logan built a school house, and a church, both on James Flower’s land. Robert Zincraft Jones of Black Springs, was appointed by the Education Board, as teacher for Stony Gap between 1864 and 1874.

The Humphrys family was to be devastated, firstly in 1874 by the death of the second son, Alfred, only 16, then in 1875 Isabella died in the childbirth of a daughter, Elizabeth, who did not survive. Jesse was left with a young family of 6 children ranging from 3 to 18 years of age.

4 SAMPLE only - ie only the first page of each section displayed. In 1876 Jesse married a widow, Grace Turner, who had 2 young children herself. He leased his Stony Gap farm to the Koonoona Estate, then purchased another 600 acre property in the Hundred of Hanson, near Farrell Flat from a Thomas Glasson. The property had the new railway from Gawler to Burra running along side it, and there was a school at Farrell Flat for the younger children. Farrell Flat had railway station and yards where the wool and wheat was loaded. Jesse Humphrys and his sons and daughters farmed the Hanson property until 1909, Jesse’s death, he divided the Stony Gap, the Hanson and the Clare properties between his sons and daughters.

The Hanson property was divided in half, with Flower Humphrys (son no.4) getting the northern half, and Elijah Thorn Humphrys (son no.5) getting the southern half. The Stony Gap property was left to William Mark Humphrys (son no.1) and Jesse Humphrys (son no.3) as co-owners.

The major focus now goes to Elijah Thorn Humphrys, who married Mary (May) Teddy, and on some land that Elijah purchased himself, built the homestead they named “Maythorn”. They had 3 children, Clement, Clarence and Minetta. In 1915 the Burra papers herald social events at “Maythorn” but within 4 years, the family is devastated by the death of Clarence, and later, the death of Elijah Thorn Humphrys, coincidently, both of wound infections.

Family 3. Thomas and Mary Smith, 21 year olds from Cornwall, emigrated from Cornwall, England in 1853. Thomas was an Ostler and they moved to the Kingston SE area, where he spent the next 30 years working with horses and as a drover. The life must have been healthy because Mary and Thomas produced 14 children. The 5th child, Ellen Smith however was to feature in our story, as she had a daughter Annie Adelaide Pascoe to William Henry Pascoe, but did not marry. She did however marry a very interesting character, Wilhelm Schneider, who it turns out was the illegitimate son of Prince Friederick of Prussia. William Snider as he renamed himself, was a sailor who emigrated to Christchurch, New Zealand then to Kingston SE in South Australia. He obtained employment as a packer/ganger on the Kingston to Bordertown railway. Twelve years later he was redeployed to the Northern Line of the railways, working on the Yunta, Olary and Cockburn section.

While at Yunta, his daughter Annie Adelaide became pregnant to a young John Penna, who refused to marry Annie. A 29 year old railway worker Sidney Bennett, married the 16 year old Annie, taking on the Penna child, named Maude Alice Snider Penna Bennett.

This is where it comes together, as Sidney Bennett, was a railway ganger based at the Hanson/Farrell Flat railway in 1909. His daughter Maude was a talented pianist, and May Humphrys, a pianist, church organist and socialite, knew Maude from when she played piano at social events in the area. In 1915, May’s eldest son, Clement Arnold became betrothed to Maude Alice.

The focus of the book is Clement Arnold Humphrys and Maude Alice Penna Bennett. They married in 1915 and Clement, Clarence and Elijah Thorn worked the farm until the death of Clarence and 2 years later Elijah.

Clement and Maude had 4 daughters, Clement contracted Quinsy, a throat infection, he also lost the sight in his right eye while breaking up rocks and May Humphrys needed more challenges, so in 1926 they moved to the eastern suburbs of Adelaide to raise their family.

The book covers all the above events in detail obtained from five main sources (a) Reuben D Thomas’s book, (b) Janine Kraehenbuehl’s descendant’s paper, (c) from the Historical Land Information system of the Lands Titles Office (d) Newspaper articles on the National Library website, and (e) ancestry websites such as www.geni.com.

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2. Flowchart of Thomas-Flower-Humphrys-Smith ancestry.

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1 Julia Thomas b 21 April 1832 in Cornwall UK d 5 November 1898 bu at Kooringa SA m 6 November 1851 Luke Teddy at Congregational Chapel, Kooringa (First on Burra Records) b 1827 ? Truro Cornwall d 13 July 1904 at Rakow St, Railway Town ( Later Broken Hill) NSW buried Broken Hill NSW

2 John Henry (Jack Harry) Teddy b 6 July 1855 at Kooringa SA d 23 November 1913 bu Jamestown SA m 26 August 1879 Rachel Sanderson at Kooringa SA b 31 May 1856 at Robertstown SA, d 6 May 1939 at Jamestown SA

2 Elizabeth Teddy b 8 May 1858 at Seven Mile Scrub, Burra SA d 7 July 1912 at Broken Hill NSW m 25 December 1875 John Thomas x at residence of Luke Teddy, Seven Mile Scrub Burra SA b 1845

3 John Hamley Thomas b 6 March 1877 at Copperhouse SA d 9 March 1878 at Baldina SA

3 Florrie Etta Thomas b 31 August 1881

3 Julia Catherine Thomas b 10 July 1883 at Copperhouse SA d 10 Dec 1953 at Toongabbie NSW m 4 Apr 1906 Bertie Henwood at Railway Town Broken Hill, NSW b 14 Dec 1883 at Blinman SA d 14/7/1950 at Parramatta NSW

4 Milton John Henwood b 8 April 1907 at Broken Hill NSW d 16 July 1984

4 Minetta Florence Henwood b 1 July 1909 at Broken Hill NSW d 18 October 1990

4 William Leonard Henwood b 15/6/18 at Toongabbie NSW m Rita Victoria Howarth b Barraba NSW 14/11/1918

4 Mary Merle Henwood b 21 May 1921 at Toongabbie NSW d 16 February 1983

3 Margaretta Maria Thomas b 24 May 1888 at Copperhouse SA d 31 January 1891

3 Basil Milton Thomas b 21 April 1892 at Redruth SA d 29 June 1911

2 Luke Teddy 2 b 6/7/1864 at Kooringa SA d 11/8/1945 bu Broken Hill m 1886 Sarah Ann Hoare in Broken Hill

3 Percival Luke Teddy b 1895 m Kaliamah ??

3 Clarence John Teddy b 1898 d 31 January 1935 at Broken Hill NSW

3 Albert Reuben William Teddy b 1908 m Marjorie Johnson

2 Johanna Teddy b 22/11/1865 at Kooringa SA m 20/2/1883 Ernest Arthur Hubbard at Redruth SA b 1862

3 Ethel May Hubbard b 19 November 1883 m Leonard Lorne Robertson

4 Lorna Ethel Robertson m Albert Ernest Mountford

2 Mary (May) Teddy b 17 September 1869 Kooringa SA d 10 December 1955 m 3 November 1890 Elijah Thorn Humphrys at Redruth SA b 14 October 1865 at Stony Gap Burra SA d 13 December 1919

3 Clement Arnold Humphrys b 19 November 1891 at Redruth SA d 13 August 1969 m Maude Alice Bennett b 1895 at Peterborough SA d January 1967. Clement married Caroline Grace Elvey 1968 who died 2003.

4 Viva Hazel Humphrys b 13 April 1917 at Kooringa SA d 3 November 2013 m 1936 Clive W Pollard (Market Gardener) b 30 December 1915 d 2001

5 Joy Estelle Pollard b November 1936 m Stan Brooks (Market Gardener) b September 1936

6 Peter Gary Brooks b Dec 1958 m 1981 Lee-Anne Frost b Feb 1963 div m 1 Jan 1996 Yvonne Lloyd

7 Sheree Alice Brooks b May 1983 7 Melissa Kate Brooks b October 1984

6 Timothy Donald Brooks b May 1960 ptnr Kathy Prentice b July 1963

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6 Mary Jane Brooks b February 1967 m 6 October 1991 David Lane b December 1958, now divorced.

5 Donald Clive Pollard (Market Gardener) b April 1939 m Jannice Lewis div m Rosemary Przybilla

6 Craig Darren Pollard b August 1961 m Kathy Prentice div (after 1988) m Lexie

7 Kain Pollard b May 1986 7 Cory Pollard b December 1988

6 Kym Donald Pollard b October 1963 d November 2006 m Jenny

7 Rebecca Pollard b December 1991 7 Maddison Pollard b September 1993

6 Gavin Clive Pollard b June 1968 m Cheryl

7 Jake Gavin Pollard b June 1998

4 Thelma Maude Humphrys b 21/4/1920 at Kooringa SA m 24/7/45 Max Schubert (wine maker) b 9/2/1915 d 1994

5 Brentyn Max Schubert b February 1947 m Sue, now divorced.

6 Alicia Kate Schubert b May 1978

6 Cassandra Leah Schubert b April 1982

6 Samuel Max Schubert b July 1983

5 Sandra Schubert (systems analyst) b April 1952 m 1982 Garry Coff (Health Facilities) b January 1954

6 Lorien Eden Coff b May 1985

6 Brittany Erin Coff b January 1987

4 Dorothy Merle Humphrys b 26 Nov 1921 at Kooringa SA m 28 April 1942 Donald Forward (plumber)b 23/4/19

5 Lynette Joan Forward b January 1945 m 1966 Victor Langley (bank manager) b 1946

6 Todd Matthew Langley (chef) b November 1970

6 Paula Dorothy Langley b July 1972

5 Janet Forward b August 1947 m Max Harrop (boat sales)

6 Kimberley Harrop b August 1977

6 Wesley Owen Harrop (artist) b April 1980

4 Arnold Clarence John Humphrys (chemist) b 10 Feb 1929 d 2011 m 3 Oct 1953 Anne Fletcher b 5 Apr 1930

5 Catherine Anne Humphrys b 8th July 1954

5 Judith Rose Humphrys b 25 Oct 1956 m 16 Oct 1976 Michael McCarthy 21st Dec 1952 div 29 Oct 2004

6 Laura Anne McCarthy b 2 October 1978 m 20 Aug 2005 Jason Christopher Rollison

7 Trent Henry Rollison b 4 May 2006 7 Brigitte Emily Rollison b 9 May 2007

6 James Edward McCarthy b 3 August 1980

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7 Annabel Elizabeth McCarthy-Little b 26 July 2011 (Surr mother Becky Kempthorne) 7 Lachlan Thomas McCarthy-Little b 2 Dec 2012 (Surr mother Becky Kempthorne)

5 Richard John Humphrys (photographer) b May 1960 m Pat Wallis div 2005 m Sarah George

6 Jessica Humphrys b November 1992

6 Rebecca Humphrys b May 1985

6 Luke Humphrys b June 2006

5 Jane Louise Humphrys b September 1962 m David McGown

6 Rose McGowan b July 1996

6 Grace McGowan b October 1998

6 Charlie McGowan b September 2001

4 Laurel May Humphrys b November 1924 m Allen Brooks (insurance inspector) b 13 April 1918 d 8 Nov 1991

5 John Humphry Brooks (pharmacist) b 18 December 1946

5 Neil Douglas Brooks (systems analyst) b 22 July 1949 m Beverley Hartley 8 May 1982 b 16 June 1948

6 Susan Alyce Brooks (electrical engineer) b 10 June 1985

6 Amy Laurel Brooks (teacher) b 18 March 1987

5 Elizabeth Mary Brooks b August 1952 m David Keddie (communications engineer) 1973 d 11 June 2006

6 Scott Allen Keddie (carpenter) b 1974

6 Chrissy Anne Keddie b December 1975 m Kent Tuigamala (salesman) now divorced.

7 Alvin Tuigamala b April 2000 7 Portia Tuigamala b February 2002 7 Andrae Tuigamala b January 2003 7 Chanel Tuigamala b October 2004 7 Jasmine Tuigamala b October 2006

5 Jillian Anne Brooks (project officer) b 10 March 1957 ptnr John Blumson b 10 January 1958

4 John Arnold Humphrys b 18/2/1941 m Gayna Marie

5 Sherri Michelle Humphrys (social worker) divorced

6 Jessica Campbell

6 Ashleigh Campbell

5 Ethan Garth Humphrys (I.T. and now Chef)

3 Clarence Melvin Humphrys b 10 October 1893 d October 1917 in France

3 Minetta Pauline May Humphrys b 15/3/1895 Redruth d 1977 m 1919 Wilfred Frank Ford b 24/9/1893 at Kooringa

4 Francis Thorn Ford b 11 August 1919 at Redruth SA

4 Iris Enid Ford b 14 February 1921 at Redruth SA

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10 SAMPLE only - ie only the first page of each section displayed. 4. The Thomas family in Cornwall. (extracted from Reuben Thomas’ book). Unfortunately not much is known about John Thomas 1. We can draw conclusions regarding his desire to emigrate, as life in Cornwall was very tough in the 1800s.

John, like most Cornishmen worked in the mines. His occupation, shown on the Embarkation Order, was miner and farmer, to which could be added fisherman. His occupation is mentioned elsewhere as Mine manager, and his specialty was timbering to make the mine safe for workers. Before the advent of machinery, men had to descend the mine shafts by means of vertical wooden ladders for however many hundreds of feet it was necessary to go to reach the working level. The average mine was 100 fathoms or 600 feet or 180 metres. Some were deeper. Accidents were common and life expectancy was short, averaging 35 to 40 years for a male miner. The necessity of having to work underground during daylight hours in hot, damp, humid conditions inhaling dust from the workings, caused what they called miners disease, which severely affected the lungs.

1840 The 1840s was apparently a particularly hard period. In 1847 tension had built up to such an extent that the worst riots that Redruth had experienced for many years occurred. Redruth was normally a reasonably law abiding place but in 1847 hunger drove thousands of angry residents to rebel against the prices the stores were charging for daily food, more than the people could afford, and their children were going hungry. Desperate women, supported by their men, smashed doors and filled aprons with flour, meat and other items when the storekeepers refused to lower prices.

This certainly did not provide a promising future for the family. It would seem that any opportunity must be better than this. In emigrating to the colonies. Prospects for them and their family must improve. Also remember by local standards, John was an old man at this stage: 48 yo. Maybe his being healthy at this age indicated that his work as mine manager did not involve being as long in harsh conditions.

Advertisements displayed by agents, calling for men to come and work in the Monster Copper Mine at Burra in South Australia, must have sounded appealing. Cornishmen were used to working in copper and tin mines and their expertise was needed in the new British Colony. It was a stepping stone, and there would probably be opportunities to take up other work other than mining.

It was not known how well financially John Thomas was, but it seems he was a little better off than many, who were on the “bread line”. John was a Mine manager, so one would expect that it earned a few shillings per week more than the average mine worker.

The family lived at Polgear, a small faming community just south of Four Lanes Cornwall, according to the 1841 census, and it is understood they lived at Ponsanooth (a Gunpowder factory was there supplying mines) prior to emigrating, although it would seem that they may have moved about because James was born at Forest Gate near Redruth in the Parish of Wendron. Ponsanooth was only 5miles from Redruth and the friends that son James later corresponded with and stayed with on his return trips, lived at Four Lanes (just above Polgear).

Although life was hard for pioneers in Australia, it seems that life in Cornwall did not improve until into the 20th century. The abundance of rich copper ore being shipped from overseas for smelting in Wales made the recovery of ore from the depths of Cornwall less economic.

John’s wife July is thought to have been what is termed a “a foundling”. It was common for illegitimate children born on Estates, to be left on the doorstep of someone who appeared to be able to care for the baby. It was also common practice for the child to be given the name coinciding with the month of birth, hence July. It was said that the baby July was found on a church minister’s doorstep together with a bundle of clothes and a considerable sum of money.

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5. John b1799 1 and July Thomas b1801 life in Australia

1849 John Thomas 1 arrived at Pt Adelaide South Australia on 3rd January 1849 together with his wife and family and presumably went straight to The Burra as soon as transport was arranged. He was employed at the mine as a Mine Manager, his expertise being timbering. His son Josiah 1 said they lived in a simple paling structure on the mine site until better accommodation could be found. How long he worked at the mine is not known, but it is evident he was interested in a better life for his family, so he became interested in land as it was surveyed and made available by application to the Dept of Lands.

1855 In Ian Auhl’s book p235…Henry Ayres prodded Roach (mine Captain) to re-start Schneiders pumping engine to recommence operations in the deep levels of the flooded mine. On 1 Jan 1855.. Henry Ayres advertised “Burra Burra Mines – Resumption of working of Deep Levels’ Offering employment… as soon as the engine commenced “forking” the water. In the boiler room of Schneider’s engine house, John Congdon and his enginemen began stoking up the fires. The pitmen, William Cocking and John Thomas were busy below in the engine shaft ensuring that the pit-work of the pump was in working order…….On 21st January 1855, a message was sent to Adelaide . The water is “Forked” and mine quite secure throughout. A delighted Ayres congratulated Roach and S.A.M.A. rewarded its pitmen with a bonus of £7.10 each”

For a full Timeline of the Burra mine see http://www.burrahistory.info/BurraHistory.htm

John Thomas 1 applied for several sections of land near The Burra, perhaps not all at once but whatever he could afford to purchase. In 1855 John 1 was granted sec 41 for £100.10.00, and a little later he purchased sec 42 adjoining from Mr E McEllister and this property became known as Three Sisters, Three Gums, Three Trees Flat or Three Trees, which name has endured to today. This property is still held by descendants of John 1 Thomas in 2006.

1859 John was also granted section 203 being 111 acres on 3 Feb 1859 for which he had to pay £111.5.0. He later sold this block to Henry Ayres for £257.17.6. John 1 also sold sec 3529 of 80 acres to Henry Ayres. In 1862 a John Thomas tendered for a contract with the mine for the supply of firewood and was accepted. We cannot be sure if this was John Thomas 1.

1863 application was made to the Burra Burra Council to build a ford across the Bon Accord creek to facilitate carting firewood to the mine.

1862 John 1 and July resided at Three Trees in later life, their address being Copperhouse as Three Trees is not far from that village. John 1 also acquired a number of sections in the Hundred of Kingston in 1862, these being just north and west of where the township of Mt Bryan now stands. The sections were numbered 123, 124, 125, 128, 129, 138, 139. (see map following page) These varied in size from 95 to 130 acres each. Some of these sections were granted to John Thomas and others were transferred from Henry Ayres.

Originally the land was not highly valued, because prior to the use of superphosphate it did not produce good crops. A good season at Mt Bryan East in a lower rainfall area would produce better yields. Later however with the use of superphosphate, the land at Mt Bryan having a reliable rainfall yielded well.

His daughter Jane Thomas married Henry Collins who experimented with Lucerne and found the flats at that time had a water table near the surface so the land was admirably suited to this pasture. This proved excellent for the raising of stud sheep.

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area. Luke probably initially worked at the mines and later took up land not far away. Their children were :  John Henry 1855 (known as Jack Harry) lived at Mt Bryan East in 1898, then Jamestown. d1913  Elizabeth born January 1859 married John Thomas 1875, then to Broken Hill 1898. d1912  Luke2 Percival born July 1864 (Luke1 was then a teamster at Kooringa), BHP engineer 1935 d1945.  Johanna born Nov 1865 (Luke1 was then Little is known of Julia. She was born 21-4-1832 a farmer Kooringa), married E.A. in Cornwall and came to Burra in 1849 with the Hubbard, Melbourne 1898. d1946 rest of her family (John and July Thomas and 7  Mary (May) born September 1869 children). She died in Redruth Burra 5-11-1898 married ElijahThorn Humphrys, Hanson, moved to Adelaide 1926. d1955. She married Luke Teddy 1 on 6-11-1851 and they lived most of their lives around the Burra

1841 Luke was in the English 1841 census (see later) as a 14 yo copper miner. The census document infers he was at Carnkye Cornwall with a family called Tresidder (see later). The internet has Carnkie (Carnkie Bal) Tin Mine UK in the parish of Illogan and is in the middle of the triangle of Redruth, Camborne and Four Lanes He immigrated on the ship Rajah in 1847 as a single miner for Burra.

The 1841 Census infers Luky Teddy was being looked after with other young miners in the household of Elizabeth Tresidder. There are other Teddys in the census, but we have no idea if they are related.

1860 Licences had to be taken out for cutting and carting timber on Crown Lands and the fee was £5 for twelve months. Amongst those applying for licences in February, 1860, were Josiah Thomas and James Thomas, Luke Teddy, William Holmes and Henry Collins, out of that little band of pioneers, not afraid of work, Henry Collins, of Mt. Bryan, is the only one alive today.( Frank Treloar’s Burra Record article 1929 12 June).

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Isabella Flower b 1836 in Timsbury not far from Wellow was the eldest daughter of James Flower b1813 and Hannah Kembrey (Hembrey/Kimbrey?) b1812. In the 1851 UK census, the Flower family (James 37, butcher, Hannah 38, Isabella 15 etc) lived at Bloomfield, just north of Timsbury village. Note: Rachel Flower 13 is missing from the census list!

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Jesse was a popular name for the Humphrys family as the above diagram shows (created from results of www.geni.com).

Jesse Humphrys of 1835 was born in Hassage village near Wellow in Somerset. In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Wellow like this: WELLOW, a village, a parish, and a hundred, in Somerset. The village stands 3¾ miles W by S of Freshford r. station, and 4¾ S of Bath: and has a post-office under Bath, and a fair on 20 Oct. The parish contains also 8 hamlets, comprises 5,292 acres, and is in Bath district. Real property, £7,828; of which £590 are in mines. Pop., 1,087. Houses, 234. The manor be longs to W. G. Langton, Esq. A Celtic cemetery and a well-preserved Roman villa are at Littleton. Strawberries are extensively cultivated. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £380.* Patron, G. L. M. Starkie, Esq. The church was restored in 1845. There are a U. Free Methodist chapel and an endowed school with £12 a year.-The hundred contains 13 parishes. Acres, 21,613. Pop. in 1851, 10,348; in 1861, 9,783. Houses, 2,101. See http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13119 for villages in 1870.

His family had lived around Wellow, Somerset for generations and his grand parents Jesse Humphrys b1772 , and Elizabeth (Betty) Thorn married in 1800 at St Julians Church Wellow. 15 SAMPLE only - ie only the first page of each section displayed. 9. James, Hannah Flower and family – Life in Australia.

1853 The Flower family and Jesse Humphrys would have had an emotional farewell from the Timsbury community, and according to the 1841 census, there were quite a few Flower families there. James’ father and mother were still alive, and we know James had one brother, a coal miner. There was a train via the Bristol and Exeter railway, to Plymouth from near Timsbury, but with at least basic possessions to bring, the journey may have been quite an adventure for the young family. Isabella had married Jesse Humphrys, so at least James and Hannah had some help. It is unlikely for any of the travellers to have seen the sea before, let alone a busy port and been a passenger on a ship. It would have been likely that the voyage was booked and instructions given to the family by a “Colonisation Commissioner” agent (see page 11 for a poster of what the Colony promised), and accommodation in Portsmouth arranged. The memories of this adventure must have stayed with them for life. A description of an 1849 voyage extracted from Reuben Thomas’ book, is in the Appendices of this document. The voyage itself would have been eventful, they would have been seasick for the first few weeks and affected by tropical weather going through the Tropic of Cancer, Equator and the Tropic of Capricorn. They would have visited a few places, Madeira, Cape Verde and maybe Cape Town, South Africa. The ship could have refreshed at Perth, Western Australia before landing at Port Adelaide in January 1854, probably to 30 degree summer heat. Many of the 3 month long voyages had death amongst the passengers, and all in all could have been a traumatic experience. Hopefully they would have been met by the emigration agent’s representatives to at least help in the short-term accommodation for the families.

I had always wondered how a family would know what to do once arriving in Adelaide, but I came across this amazing document : “The Working Man’s Handbook to South Australia “ written by an early settler, G.B. Wilkinson in 1849, and was made available to prospective emigrants in England. A full transcription of this handbook is in the appendices.

Chapter II…. First Impressions on Landing—Comparison with England. This bustling (town of Adelaide) road generally excites surprise amongst new comers. They seem to think that, after having left England so far behind them, they will, in the antipodes, find nothing resembling the old country. Here, however, at first landing, everything they see, puts them in mind of home. The houses and streets, the shipping, boats and vehicles, the men, women and children, a recall similar objects in old England. Familiar looking inns and shops, and genuine English barmaids, or shopmen, take one quite by surprise. and comfortable. Some few

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9a. Isabella Flower and Jesse Humphrys. Isabella married Jesse Humphrys - see the Isabella Flower and Jesse Humphrys, section 10.

9b. Rachel (Flower) 1839-1894 and Thomas Warnes (1838-17/7/1896) Rachel Flower was the 2nd daughter of James and Hannah Flower, born in Timsbury Somerset and brought up in a village that had Coal Mining as one of the main employment. Her parents were running a butcher shop with slaughter house behind in Maggs Lane, just off the main street. Their home was at Bloomfield a mile north of the main street, but the village and church life would have been vivid to a 14 year old and must have come as quite a shock that they were to immigrate to Australia. Her elder sister had just married Jesse Humphrys a farm worker from Wellow. (from Jesse’s memorial service 1909). Jesse was one of a large family, and his parents were working-class people, who could not give their children much education. He worked amongst the farmers of the place until he became a young man, when he married Isabella. At 14, Rachel may have left school and been helping her parents with the butcher shop, or she may have been looking after the home and younger siblings who were probably still at school. The adventure of travelling to Portsmouth, the busy port scenes she would have encountered, and the sight of the ship must have been exciting. The voyage would have been long and extremely frightening, having to cope with the sea, weather, tropics and sickness on board. (see appendices for the diary of the William Money 1854).

The arrival in Port Adelaide in mid summer would also have been confronting, but settling into the farming life with her family, sister Isabella and brother-in-law for the next 5 years in coastal Adelaide may have been interesting. The community would have been a melting pot of emigrants from all over England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland, and definitely not what the family had been used to in Timsbury. The move to Stony Gap led her to meet and marry Thomas Warnes, who at that time was an owner of a bullock team, and a shearer, and hence would have travelled the Stony Gap road many times. The following extract from “Pastoral Pioneers of South Australia Vol 2”, is a very detailed summary of their life together.

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10. Jesse and Isabella Humphrys – Life in Australia.

Isabella and Jesse’s Children were:-  William Mark Humphrys of Brookton (1854-1934), m F.Z.Jones 1877  Sarah Anne Duke (Humphrys)(1857-1941)m A.Duke 1883  Alfred Humphry Humphrys,(1858-1874) b Black Springs  Jesse Humphrys (1861-1934) m E.Duke 1884, d Trinity Gdns  Flower Humphrys (1863-1944)m M.Rogers 1888, d Medindie Gardens  Elijah Thorn Humphrys (1865 –1919)m M.Teddy 1890  Isabella Scrutton (Humphrys)(1868-1953)m H. Scrutton 1889 d Trinity Gdns  Emily Jones (Humphrys) (1870-1952) m T.Jones 1888 d Kensington Gdns  Mary Hansen (Humphrys) (1873-1951) m C.Hansen 1895, d Payneham  Elizabeth Humphrys (1875-1875)b Black Springs.

There are actually 2 distinct eras of Jesse Humphrys’ life. 1853-1875, when Jesse and Isabella were farming and raising a large family at Bloomfield Farm, Stony Gap. Isabella died in 1875 in childbirth of her child Elizabeth, who also died. 1876-1909, Jesse marries widow Grace Turner from Black Springs, and move to Hassage Park/Farm 10 kilometres west, near Hanson and Farrell Flat, next to the Burra to Adelaide railway line.

A. The 1853-1875 era.

1853 on the ship “David Malcolm", James and Hannah Flower with their children Rachel 15, Ann 12, Joseph 10, Elizabeth 7, Jabez 2 sailed to Adelaide S.A. It seems they convinced Jesse Humphrys a farm labourer who had married their eldest daughter Isabella to join them in their new life in South Australia. 1854 Jesse’s obituary (see later) suggested he worked for J. Johnson, Reed Beds (West Beach) with his brother-in-law Joseph Flower and his father James Flower. In West Torrens Historical Society paper Capt J Johnson had section 223, and his property was called “Frogmore”, but Capt Johnson returned to England in 1866.(see Pastoral Pioneers V2, p233). Early records show Johnson ran 1,500 sheep and 200 cattle at “Frogmore” He was also a member of the “Nobs”, shareholders in the Princess Royal copper mines, south of the “Burra” mine. (Ian Auhl p40)

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The Lands Titles Office Historical Names Index had the following Stony Gap sections purchased between 1863 and 1892. Note those in Green belonged to the James Flower family Note: We think the Koonoona Station on the map is the site of Jesse and Isabella's "Bloomfield". After Jesse moved to Hanson in the 1880's, he leased the Stony Gap properties to the Hon. Walter Duffield of Koonoona Station.

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1854-1875 The early years in South Australia, from the children’s point of view.

William Mark H would have been born in Adelaide (1854) after Jesse, Isabella and the Flower family had arrived and where Jesse and his younger brother-in-law Joseph were working for Mr J. Johnson on his farm at Reedbeds where Johnson ran sheep and cattle and grew wheat. (section 223 is that land bounded by modern day West Beach Rd, Tapleys Hill Rd, Northern Ave and Cambridge/Rio Vista Aves.) The families moved to Port Gawler/Buckland Park when William was 5 years old he would have started to “take in” the world about him. Joseph Flower’s obituary related that he shepherded at Gawler, then bullocking and carting on the roads for Dr. Browne of Buckland Park. Jesse was 25 years old but Joseph was 15 years old. At Pt Gawler Sarah (1857) and Alfred (1858) were born. In 1859 the Flower and Humphrys families moved together, James built a house on Section 19, and Jesse and Isabella Humphrys built on Section 14.

13a. (1st ) William Mark (1854-1934) & Frances A (Zincraft Jones) (1855-1939) Humphrys

In a newspaper article, it infers William Mark was living in the town of Kooringa (Burra).:- Chronicle Sept 1883 DUKE—HUMPHRYS.— On the 6th September, at the residence of the bride's brother (Mr. Mark Humphrys, Kooringa) marriage of Sarah Ann, eldest daughter of Jesse Humphrys, of Hassage Farm, Davieston, late of Stony Gap to John Allan Duke of Penwortham. I am assuming William Mark used his middle name to differentiate from his uncle William Thorn who had arrived in 1864 from England. 20 SAMPLE only - ie only the first page of each section displayed. 14. Elijah Thorn Humphrys (1865-1919) and May (Teddy) Humphrys

Elijah Thorn Humphrys was born to Jesse and Isabella Humphrys at Stony Gap in 1865. His great grandmother’s maiden name was Betty Thorn, hence his middle name. Elijah preferred to be known as Thorn Humphrys. His brother’s middle name was Mark after his grandfather Mark Humphrys. William Mark was known as Mark.

The Humphrys siblings were:-  William Mark Humphrys of Brookton, WA(1854-1934).  Sarah Ann Duke (Humphrys)(1857-1941), named after her grandmother Sarah Dauncey.  Alfred Humphrey Humphrys of Black Springs,(1858-1874) died at 16.  Jesse2 Humphrys (1861-1934), named after his father Jesse.  Flower Humphrys (1863-1944), named after his mother’s maiden name.  Elijah Thorn Humphrys (1865-1919)  Isabella Scrutton (Humphrys)(1868-1953), named after her mother.  Emily Jones (Humphrys) (1870-1952)  Mary Ann Hansen (Humphrys) (1873-1951  1875 Thorn’s mother died while giving birth to Elizabeth at Stony Gap, and Isabella and Elizabeth were buried in Black Springs cemetery. 1876 August 8, his father Jesse, married Grace Turner of Glendore, Black Springs, widowed 1867. At Isabella’s death, Elijah would have been only 10 years old, with Isabella 7, Emily 5, Mary 2, Flower 12, Jesse2 14 and William 21. Grace Turner’s children, Eliza 14 and Thomas Henry 12 may also have made up the extended family. 1877 William Mark Humphrys married in 1877 and moved to Kooringa, Peterborough, then Brookton, Western Australia in about 1886 where they were just opening up sheep and wheat farms and where sandalwood was being harvested profitably. 1880 An Almanac entry had a Jesse Humphrys as a farmer at Bloomfield Farm Kooringa. 1879 Jesse1 leased out his property (to the Koonoona Estate) at Stony Gap and bought a property from Thomas Glasson and worked the land near Hanson (10kms west of Stony Gap) as a sheep farmer. Elijah would have been only 14 years old, with Flower 16 and Jesse2 18 year old. We can see on aerial photographs there is a homestead on the intersection of sects 845, 846 & 847 and we are assuming it was Thomas Glasson’s, and that Jesse1 renamed it “Hassage Park”, the property where Jesse1’s children would grow up and some were to marry. See appendices for photographs of Hassage Park Farm in 2015. This property was in the Farrell Flat district, between the towns of Hanson and Davieston/Davies. The broad gauge railway from Gawler to Burra went through in 1869, dissecting “three chain stock routes”, which went past Jesse’s new property. To confuse researchers, the town of Davies/Davieston was renamed Hanson, and the town of Hanson was renamed Farrell Flat. Thus Farrell Flat’s railway would have been attractive to a farming family for delivering wheat and wool to the railhead, not to mention the social advantages to young single farm boys and girls.

1886 was the year the SA Almanac’s 1st mention of Jesse1 at Hanson, but it was not until Elijah was 21 yo, that Elijah and Flower were mentioned as farmers at Hanson. Jesse1 was 60 yo, and maybe thinking of handing over the farm to the boys to run. Jesse2 had already gone to Clare, leasing a farm on Sections 70, 71, 423 & 425.

1890 Elijah Thorn Humphrys (25yo) married Mary (May) Teddy (21yo) at Luke Teddy’s residence, Redruth, Burra on 3 Nov (Advertiser 6 Nov 1890).

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15. Minetta Pauline May Humphrys b 15/3/1895 Redruth SA d 1977

Minetta Pauline May Humphrys b 15/3/1895 Redruth SA d 1988 m 1919 Wilfred Frank Ford by 24 Sept 1893 at Kooringa SA.

Their Children were Francis Thorn Ford (known as Ron) b 11 August 1919 at Redruth SA (died 1968) and Iris Enid Ford b 14 February 1921 at Redruth SA (died 1968). Ron’s son Earnest Wilfred Ford was born 1946, but died at age 3 months.

The following photo of the Hanson (Farrell’s Flat School 1907) was obtained from the Burra Library 2014, Minetta and Clarence are the ones holding the bicycles. Top Row:- Emily Stockman, Rita Humphrys, Myra Humphrys, Albert Dixon, Burt Blunt, Frank Ogorman, Silas Dixon. 2nd Row Charles Stockman, Allan Humphrys, Thomas Dixon, Hedley Bishop, Stanley Bishop, Robert Dixon. 3rd Row Myrtle Motherall, Minnie Stockman, Nellie Ogorman, Clara Motherall, Fay Peak, Jean Jorgon, Edith Dixon. Front:- Rueben Rogers, Ted Blunt, Maurice Humphrys, Robert Motherall.

1919 Burra Record 23 July :- On Saturday, the 12th July 1919, at the residence of the bride's parents, 'Maythorn,' Hanson, Miss Minetta P. M. Humphrys, only daughter of Mr and Mrs E. Thorn Humphrys, was united in marriage, with Mr Wilfred F. Ford, ex Sergt.-Major of the Camel Transport Corps. Mr Ford, was invalided home, again returned to the front, where he was badly wounded. See the appendices of "Notable Humphrys weddings 1916-1941" for a full description. .

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IN MEMORIAM. HUMPHRYS. — In sad and loving memory of our dear son. Private Clarence Melvin Humphrys, No. 2023, 43rd Battalion, A.I.F., who died of wounds, at Rouen Convalescent Camp, France, on October 6th, 1917. The ceaseless ache, the emptiness, the woe, the pang of loss, The strength that sinks beneath so sore a cross, Heedless and careless the world wags on, And leaves me broken, Oh! my son! my son! Yet, think of this, yea rather think of this— He died, as few men get the chance to die. Fighting to save a world's morality. He died the noblest death a man may die, Fighting for god and right and liberty, And such a death is immortality. He died from wounds received when in a trench, His God was with him and he did not blench, Filled him with holy fires that naught could quench, And when He saw his work on earth was done, He gently called to him My son, my son! I need thee for a greater work than this, Thy faith, thy zeal, thy fine activities, Are worthy of my larger liberties. Then took him by the hand and spoke in tender lay, And side by side they climbed the Heavenly way. — Inserted by his loving father and mother, Mr and Mrs E. T. Humphrys, "Maythorn," Hanson.

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(Chapter 1, 8 and 10 give an insight into his standards, morality, family values and sensitivity.) Chapter 1. Farewells and transport ship to Perth, then Cape Town.

Commencing from the day I left camp to go on my long leave.

Friday 7 July 1916. Rose very early to catch train. Had to race for a car (train carriage) and put my "puttees" (leggings wrapped spirally around lower leg) on in the car. When I reached home went out with Maud(e) and Lily Bishop in the sulky (see photo below of a Sulky) with Clem and Rob’s dinner. Gave all a surprise at home.

Saturday 8 July 1916 Given a reception at Hanson in the evening. Presented with a silver watch from Hanson friends and a gold medal from F.F.R.C.(Farrell Flat Rifle Club) Had a good time.

Sunday 9 July 1916 Went to Hanson church in the afternoon. Minister failed to keep appointment so Mr Motherall took it. After service went to bid farewell to Mrs James who had very recently lost husband by heart failure. In evening went to F.F (Farrell Flat) church. Received a pleasant surprise. Willie preached (William Thorn Humphrys b1844 is Jesse’s brother and was a Minister/farmer in Hamley Bridge) and when the service was over Mr Samson the baker got up and spoke of my leaving for the front. He said that hearing that I was going to be present in the evening, they the congregation, had taken the opportunity to present a bible.

Monday 10 July 1916 Busy packing in the morning part packing my kit. In the afternoon rode motorbike round to Aunt Sarah’s (Sarah Anne Duke Humphrys) to say goodbye and from there rode with Clem and Maud(e) in hooded trap to Hanson. Lily Bishop gave me a parcel containing a fine balaclava cap and a purse and silver cross from her mother. A fair number were there to bid me farewell. Several pairs of socks were also given me. When train passed our homestead I had one long look and fixed it well in my memory. Rob was waving busily and the cows were lying in the paddock by the house. I said goodbye to C(lem) at Farrell Flat (R.S.).

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18. Thomas and Mary Smith. (extracted from Janine Kraehenbuehl’s “Descendants of Thomas Smith”).

He died 21 Mar 1884 aged 52 yrs in Millicent. He was buried in Lake Terrace, Mt Gambier cemetery SA 169F. The cause of his death was Cystitis.

Noted events in his life were:-  He immigrated on “Epaminondas” arriving on 24/12/1853  Left Southampton on 29th Aug 1853 aged 21 years.  Travelled with his wife Mary aged 22 yrs.  He worked as a labourer in Dec 1884  He had a residence in Murrabinna 1866, Robe and Kingston.

Thomas Smith was born circa 1832  He worked in and operated an Eating House on 6 May in Cornwall, in 1853 he was listed 1863 in Blackford, near Kingston. as an Ostler. It seems he spent his  He was Church of England live working with horses as a  He resided in Reedy Creek SA c1874 –Aug 1979. drover, groom, Ostler. His children  Death cause Cystitis 21 Mar 1884 Mt Gambier Hospital. that were born from 1853-1874 in  His profession on his death certificate was Drover. the Blackford or Reedy Creek area  He worked as a groom and his wife died at Frances, near  He worked as a Drover in 1884 Naracoorte.  He had a residence in Blackford SA 1857-1864

Thomas married Mary (Lane/Leane?) Smith on 10 Mar 1853. Mary was born in Wadebridge, Cornwall Mar 15 1836 and died 9 Sept 1908 aged 75 years in Frances SA The cause of her death was senility and influenza. Noted events in her life were:-  She immigrated on “Epaminondas” arriving on 24 Decd 1853. with her husband.  Death certificate, issue, living, male 6, female 5, issue, deceased, female 3. Children:- 1. (Mary) Jane (Smith) McBain 1853 Biscuit Flat - 1948 Glenelg. 2. (Thomas) William Smith 1854-1933, Bordertown. 3. Harold (=Henry) (=Henry) Smith 1856 Blackford – worked as wheelwright – lived Brighton 4. (Mary) Elizabeth (Smith) Barrett b 1857 Blackford d1932 Naracoorte. 5. Ellen (Smith) Snider b1858 Blackford d 1945 Peterborough. 6. (Helena) Annie (Smith) Holt b 1860 Blackford, d Victoria. 7. Louisa (Smith) Pettitt b 1863 Blackford d 1889 Mt Gambier . In Binnum 1886 8. George Smith b 1862 d 1925 Naracoorte 9. (Hannah) Honnor (Smith) Brown b1864 Blackford, d1894. 10. Richard Smith b 1866 d1947 Naracoorte 11. Frederick Smith b 1868 Reedy Creek d1920 Naracoorte 12. Fanny (Smith) Jarred b 1869 Reedy Creek d1904 Naracoorte 13. Emily (=Emma) (Smith) Killmier b1872 d 1921 Adelaide 14. Donald Smith B1874 Reedy Creek d 1923

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19. Ellen Smith, William Henry Pascoe and William Snider

Ellen Smith was born 3 Dec 1858 in Blackford County, SA, and died 20 Nov 1945 aged 87yrs at Peterborough and buried in the Snider grave, Peterborough cemetery. The cause of her death was Cerebral Haemorrhage, Arteriosclerosis, Hyperplasia (Cancer).

Noted events in her life:-  Born 1858 Reedy Creek, SA  Daughter, Annie Adelaide Pascoe born Jun 1878, Ellen did not marry William Henry Pascoe.  Married William Snider Oct 1878 at Kingston-SE.  She resided at location of daughter Emma’s death 1881-1884 Kingston/Binnum  She resided at Alice/George’s birth place 1885-1887 Bordertown.  She resided at Milly’s birth place 1889 North Olary, SA  She had residence Jan 1893 Yunta SA  She had residence Dec 1895 Petersburg(Peterborough) SA  She reside at 34 Victoria St, Peterborough. Family were destitute 1894  Cottage built by townspeople after her husband died near Silverton.  85th birthday notice Peterborough Times, Dec 1943.  Death Notice 21 Nov 1945, Peterborough Times?  Buried with her daughter Alice May, burial 1945

Ellen had a relationship with William Henry Pascoe, a storekeeper in Kingston, and as a result Annie Adelaide was born June 1878. Ellen and William Henry did not marry. (see later)

Ellen married William Snider, 12 Oct 1878 in the residence of Mrs J Smith (wife of brother John Henry?) William Snider, also known as Wilhelm Schneider, was born 14 Jun 1852 in Stettin, Prussia (Germany) to Friederick Schneider and unknown mother. Shirley Walsh writes:-"Hospital Records for William Snider showing he arrived in South Australia on the “Floral Star” and Maritime record for him signing on 30 April 1877 in Auckland, N.Z. Before that he was discharged from the barque “Brigitte” in Auckland on 20 April 1877. From the Adelaide Hospital records you can see he was born in Germany and was a Lutheran." Noted events in his life were:-  Resided in Stargard Castle near Stettin (Prussia, now Poland).  Immigrated from Lyttleton Christchurch NZ 30yo 1877.  Was a seaman on Floral Star 19 Jul 1877 (Marine Safety Board records)  Was married to Herriet at some time, widowered 1878.  Was Lutheran in 19 Jul 1877, Then became Presbyterian  Abcess of leg & thigh, Sub acute rheumatism, 20 Aug 1877 Adelaide Hospital  Resided in Kingston 1878-1884, Naturalized Australian 4 Oct 1882  Worked as labourer, 9 Sep 1879 Reedy Creek  Resided in Bordertown 1885-1887 (Children’s Birth certs)  Worked as a Packer/Ganger in SA Railways-Northern Line  1887 wages:- Packer 6/6p per day, Ganger 7/6p per day  Resided in North Olary 1889 (child’s birth cert)  Worked as a linesman and ganger, 7 Jan 1893 on Cockburn line.  Resided at 262 mile cottages Aug 1894 nr McDonald Hill SA  Committed suicide 23 Aug 1894, Olary Hills

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William Henry Pascoe, a storekeeper in Kingston had a relationship with Ellen Smith, and as a result Annie Adelaide was born June 1878. Ellen and William Henry did not marry. It looks like William moved to Millicent as a storekeeper and in 1883 married a Port Macdonnell girl, who had moved to Millicent. In 1885 they moved to Port Macdonnell to again run a store in Meylin St (opposite the Victoria Hotel?), this time with a wine and spirit licence. William was also elected as a councillor. There is a road named after the family eg Pascoe Road. In 1890 the Pascoes moved their store and licence to Sea Parade and became shipping agents as well. He became a JP and was on the Regatta (Yachtclub) Committee, and all in all a very well know popular resident and businessman. After William’s death in 1907, the wine and spirit licence was transferred to his wife Sarah who carried on running the store probably with son Harry’s help, but Harry (also named William Henry) became a prominent businessman and even ran the Port Macdonnell Bay hotel in 1915.

1. Francis Pascoe m Elizabeth Whalley b 1800 2. Benjamin Pascoe m Alice b1820 d1885Kingston SE 3. Ann Raglan b1854 (born on the ship “Raglan”). 3. William Henry Pascoe b1856 d 1907 met Ellen Smith 1878, m Sarah Ann Brown b1857 m1883 Millicent 4. Annie Adelaide (Pascoe) Smith b1878 met John Penna 1894 m Sydney Bennett 5. Maude Alice (Penna) Snider b1894 m Clement Arnold Humphrys 4. William Henry (=Harry) Pascoe b1884 d1948 m Clara Beatrice 5.Jack Pascoe 3. Clarence Pascoe b1887 d1888 age 1yr 3. Benjamin Pascoe b1890 d1920 age 32yr 3. ??Pascoe m J.H. Brougham, Pt Lincoln. 3. ??Pascoe m A.E.Southam, Dulwich 3. Pearl Pascoe, Dulwich 2. Henry Pascoe b1822 m Amelia …Henry was a miner. 2. Elizabeth Pascoe b1826 2. Francis Pascoe b1830 2. Thomas Pascoe b1830 2. Matilda Pascoe b 1835 2. Joseph Willey Pascoe b1838 2. William Henry Pascoe b1840 2.??lenda Pascoe b1843 2. John Willey Pascoe b1846

The following extracts from the Border Watch newspaper, show how much the family was involved in the area.

1800 Francis Pascoe b1800 Crowan Cornwall m Elizabeth Willey 1818 1883 William Henry married Sarah Anne Brown PASCOE-BROWN.-On the 31st inst., at the residence of the bride's father, by Mr. Chas. Clark, William Henry Pascoe, storekeeper, Millicent, to Sarah Ann Brown, eldest daughter of Mr. W. Brown, Millicent. 1885 An application to have the storekeeper's wine and spirit licence held by James Badenoch, Port MacDonnell, transferred to William Henry Pascoe, 1886 W.H. Pascoe councillor for Port MacDonnell Ward also in 1889 & 1896 1887, 1888 Border Watch Licensing Bench : W.H.Pascoe of Meylin St, Store Keepers and Colonial Wine Licences renewed 1899 Port MacDonnell Court April 7 1899 William Henry Pascoe v Charles DeLongville , then W.H.Pascoe v Thomas Sawkins £13 9s 3d owed, but unable to repay – order to pay 2s6d a week. 1890 LICENSING BENCH. June 2. Application to remove storekeeper's licence to other premises. - Pascoe, William Henry, from store, Meylin Street, to store, Sea Parade, Port MacDonnell 27 SAMPLE only - ie only the first page of each section displayed.

20. Annie Adelaide (Pascoe Smith Snider) Bennett , John Penna and Sidney Bennett.

1878 Annie Adelaide was born to Ellen Smith 16 Jun, at Kingston SE, her father being William Henry Pascoe, a storekeeper in Kingston with whom Ellen Smith (mother) had a relationship but did not marry. Annie died 20 May 1956, residence at 18 Jervois Av Magill, died at Beulah Park, 78yo.

William Snider, a recent widower and ex Seaman from Prussia,( via New Zealand) married Ellen mother in Oct 1878 (hence was her step father). Annie was to be a step sister to 9 more children of Ellen and William. She would have been brought up in Kingston, Reedy Creek, Binnum, and Bordertown (the towns on the various children’s birth certificates) where her father William Snider was working on various projects. When the family moved for William Snider’s new job on the SA Railways – Northern Line, they lived at Olary until William Snider’s suicide death at 42years of age in 1894. The suicide was due to the pregnancy of Annie to a John Penna of Yunta but John Penna refused to marry or compensate Annie, (as it turned out, the Petersburg (Peterborough) court did get John Penna to compensate £225 to the family.- too late for William).

1894 The court ruling on Oct 5th was “John Penna of Yunta Teamster (wool carting) did at Olary in the province aforesaid leave his illegitimate child named Maude Alice Penna, without adequate means of support". (See the appendices for a full transcription of the court case). Recent articles about Tom Kruse and his legendary outback mail delivery, indicate that John Penna had later become a well respected businessman in Yunta. "In 1932, John Penna, local shopkeeper and postmaster of Yunta, South Australia, was impressed with Tom's (Kruse) ability as a hard worker and offered him full time employment when he was just eighteen. This was the start of Tom's career as a truck driver because John Penna also owned a carting business and three mail deliveries out of town.

Annie’s child was named Maude Alice (Penna Snider) Bennett, b 8-6-1894. A fellow railway colleague of William Snider, a 29yo Sidney Bennett married the 16yo Annie in 1895. Sidney John Bennet b 6 Apr 1866 (Union workhouse Wardour – Tisbury, Wiltshire). Son of John Bennett and Ann (Foot nee Morgan).

 Noted events in Sidneys’ life  Ganger GN extension (Gawler North?) 1906 9/-  Immigrated on “Alumbagh” on 16 Mar 1877 to pd Pt Adelaide from Plymouth.  Retired at 68 yo on £104 pa 1931  Railway employee from 11 Aug 1890 to 18  Resided at 2 Sixteenth st Gawler South 1923 – Apr 1931 Northern railways. 1938,  Staff and stations 1879 (aged 13)-1910??  died 25 Jan 1938 of Broncho Pneumonia in  Packer Northern 1891 @ 6/6pd, Packer Olary Gawler South Hospital 1896 @ 6/6pd,  Annie and Sidney’s children were:-  Lived at Mannahill in 1895 (marriage cert).  Dorothy Bennett b1896, d 24 days later Buried  Married in St Peters Church Petersburg 2 Peterborough Mar 1895 (28yo) to Annie (16yo)  Gladys Hazel Bennett b 1898 Pt Pirie, resided  Sidney’s brother Albert Bennett married Gawler d 1930 Adelaide (heart disease) Annie’s sister Mary Ellen Jane Snider 1898.  Olive Victoria Bennett b1901 d1905 buried  Packer Eurelia 1896 @ 6/6pd, Packer Peterborough Kingswood 1902 6/6pd  Leslie Sydney Bennett b1905 m Marg and  Packer Petersburg 1903 6/6pd, Cockburn line adopted 2 children, Malcolm and Maureen. 1905 6/6pd  Cecil John Bennett b1909 near Hanson 1909 – 1915 Sidney John Bennett – Railway worker, Hanson (not Farrell Flat). – Electoral Roll. 1909 Hanson. Nov 2. Burra Record:-on the evening of Oct26 a concert and social was given in aid of the public school library. The overture was played by Mrs E T Humphrys. The programme was exceptionally long and good. Much credit is due to Miss Caher for the perfection to which she trained the children in their singing and reciting. 28 SAMPLE only - ie only the first page of each section displayed. 21. Annie Adelaide Snider and John Penna.

Maude Alice Penna Snider Bennett (1894-1967) was the daughter of Annie Adelaide Snider and John Penna of Yunta. John Penna refused to marry Annie who was only 16yo.

1894 John Penna b1870, a 24 year old who was courting Annie Adelaide, turned out to be a fascinating and well known character of Yunta, and so I will include this summary, even though there is no scientific proof John was the father, as he denies he was in a Peterborough Magistrates Court Case published on Saturday October 6, 1894. A summary of it is:-  John Penna of Yunta, Teamster was charged on the information of A. A. Smith with having on June 8 left his illegitimate female child without adequate means of support.  Mr. Limbert, (for J.Penna) raised a number of preliminary legal objections, which were overruled.  The defendant absolutely denied that he had ever had any undue intimacy with the informant, and stated that at the time the informant said he was intimate with her he was absent woolcarting.  The court made an order for payment of 5s per week from birth of child with £6 13s. costs.  Ellen Snider was living with William Snider linesman and ganger on Coburn line at Yunta in January 7 1893.  Ellen had no objections in John Penna keeping company with Annie as she thought his intentions were honourable.  John Penna was 24yo and earning 30/- per week. The Court Ruling was:-5/- per week, paid monthly and to commence from the birth of the child 8th June 1894 and to be continued until the child is 14 years of age.

From Wikipedia :- Yunta is a village on the Barrier Highway in South Australia that services both the local area and travellers passing through. It lies south west of Broken Hill and north east of Peterborough. Yanta was an early spelling. In 1866 the district was known as part of the Tattawappa and Yanta Run. Yunta township was established in 1887 after the discovery of gold at the nearby diggings at Teetulpa and Waukaringa, when more than 5,000 miners made their way through here. In the early 1890s the village was a busy railway town on the Adelaide to Broken Hill line. From 1934 Yunta was the base for the famed outback trucking and mail contractor Harry Ding.

1895 The Snider family, after the father’s suicide, moved to Peterborough. Sidney Bennett, a 29yo railway worker (a colleague of Annie’s decd father) proposed to Annie and they married, making Sidney the step father of Maude Alice Penna Snider Bennett.

John Penna however, made Yunta his home for the next 30 years and his life can be overviewed from articles in the Chronicle and other newspapers available on TROVE.

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1891 Clement Arnold Humphrys was born in Kooringa to Elijah Thorn Humphrys (1865 –1919) and Mary (May) (Teddy) Humphrys (1869-1955).

1893-1895 Clement’s siblings were Clarence Melvin Humphrys (1893-1917) and Minetta Pauline May Humphrys (Ford)(1895-1988). They were brought up on their grandfather’s farm (Jesse1) at Hanson, and the three would have gone to the Hanson Public School, at Farrell Flat. There is a photograph of Clarence and Minetta at the school in 1907. (see Minetta’s section).

1909 On Jesse1’s death, the southern half of the property went to Elijah Thorn Humphrys, the northern half to Flower Humphrys. Clement would have been a 18 yo and Clarence a 16 yo, and both would have worked their father’s (Elijah Thorn) farm. Thorn and his wife May, built a very impressive house they named “Maythorn”, on section 49, adjoining section 844, leaving Flower Humphrys with Jesse1’s Hassage Farm on section 848. “Maythorn” still stands today, but the property’s new owners call it “Glenowie”.

The bodice was made in a pinafore effect, with overlace of silk net trimmed with pearls, silk braid, and orange blossom, and the skirt in tunic fashion with silk braid. The bridal veil was arranged in mob cap style with orange blossom, a long scalloped train, decorated with true lovers’ knots, was worn, and she carried a beautiful horseshoe bouquet of roses, everlastings, snowdrops and fern tied with white satin streamers. The bridesmaid, Miss Minetta Humphrys (sister of the bridegroom) looked dainty in a white silk coat and skirt, with silk hat trimmed with spray of pink roses, and carried a bouquet of pink flowers, with streamers of pink satin ribbon. Two small cousins of the bride, the Misses Ivy and Thelma Poulton, of Adelaide, acted as flower girls and looked very pretty in white silk dresses and mob caps of pink. They carried respectively a flower basket and a shepherd’s crook decorated with pink carnations, roses and streamers of pink satin ribbon. Following them came the trainbearer, Miss Gladys Bennett (sister of the bride), frocked in white silk and wearing a dainty mob cap of pink. The bridegroom’s present to the bride was a handsome handbag, and to the bridesmaid, trainbearer, and flower girls gold brooches engraved with their initials. The bridegroom was supported by his brother, Private Clarence M. Humphrys, and the bride’s uncle, Mr George Snider. After the ceremony an adjournment was made to the residence of the bride’s parents where a sumptuous breakfast was partaken of by a large number of friends and relatives. The usual toasts were honoured. The tables were arranged and beautifully

Humphrys – Bennett March 20 1916 decorated by a friend of the bride, Mrs J. Chamberlain, St. John’s Church, Terowie, was the scene of a pretty of Adelaide. wedding on March 20, the contracting parties being Mr The bride and bridegroom departed by the afternoon Clement Arnold Humphrys, of “Maythorn”, Hanson, train en route for Adelaide and Melbourne, where the and Miss Maude Alice Bennett, eldest daughter of Mr. honeymoon was spent. The presents were numerous And Mrs. S.J. Bennett, Terowie. The church was prettily and costly. decorated by lady friends of the bride, and the officiating The bride travelled in a mauve crepe de chine coat and minister was the Rev. J. Stringer, of Petersburg. The skirt, and a black beaver hat with small spray of pink bride, who entered the church on the arm of her father, roses. to the strains of the “Wedding March”, played by Mr. A. After the train left, the guests returned to the residence, Rady, of Hamley Bridge, looked charming in a beautiful where a pleasant evening was spent. gown of white silk.

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5 generations :- Annie Adelaide, Maude Alice, Joy Estelle, Viva Hazel, Ellen Smith Snider c1940.

31 SAMPLE only - ie only the first page of each section displayed. Clement and Maude Humphrys c1965 A2. The Voyage To South Australia on the “William Money.” (An extract from Reuben Thomas’ book.)

A note about the arrival of the William Money from an unknown source reads “This long expected arrival with an increase of 387 souls to our population took place on Wednesday 3 January 1849. The William Money left Plymouth on 19 September. Some of the passengers were attacked with fever and dysentery on the voyage, but happily deaths were few, every care and the humane attention being exercised by the Captain or Surgeon-superintendent, who were spoken of in the highest terms by the emigrants. There were 5 births and 7 deaths on the voyage” At the point of sailing, the Captain of the ship was required to furnish a certificate listing the names of all the emigrants on board. This was to be countersigned by the Surgeon Superintendent. After the ship had sailed, half of the amount due as passage fees was to be paid to the owners. The balance was to be calculated and paid following receipt of a similar document showing the names and number of ''adult'' passengers having landed in the Colony. This was to be signed by the Immigration Agent representing the Governor of the Colony. The Surgeon was also to furnish a certificate stating that the passengers were well treated on the voyage and detailing the names and ages of those who died or left the ship during the journey.

The Commissioners appointed the Surgeon Superintendent who was responsible for - the passengers in every respect. The Master and Surgeon were to forbid contact with the officers and crew on the one hand, and the female passengers on the a other. This latter aspect was the source of many arguments and much strife a during the voyage.

A list of stores was specified for the voyage and a specific daily ration for I each ''adult'' passenger. Nursing mothers were allowed 1 pint (600 mts) of stout , per day if ordered by the Surgeon. The Surgeon was to make liberal use of a preserved milk for preserving the health of the younger children.

The owners were to provide a properly qualified man to do cooking exclusively for the passengers. Meals were served in containers sufficient for a mess of 6' people and meals were eaten in the crammed alleyways of the passenger deck. A mess kit comprised the following : One mess kit with handle. One tin oval dish, about 14 inches long and 4 inches deep One mess bread basket, about 14 inches long, 6 1/2 inches deep and 10 inches wide with handles Two three pint tin pots with covers and bar hooks, f or boiling water Two water beakers of two gallons each, properly slung for use One potato net One pudding bag With an addition of one-, fifth to provide against loss or breakage

The ship was not to call at any intermediate port on the way unless of urgent at necessity. Sufficient food was provided for 22 weeks at sea. Filtered sweet water was placed on board in substantial charred casks.

When one stops to consider the quantity of provisions needed to cater for the needs of at least 268 adults besides the crew of about 50, it is staggering to consider where they carried it all. Just consider the amount of filtered water: 3 quarts per adult per day for 268 people for 22 weeks equals in excess of 30,000 gallons - all stored in barrels. As we will see later, there was also some stock on board, (on deck no doubt), and food for them too for 3 months!

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1916 Clement Arnold Humphrys - Maude Alice Bennett 20 March.

St. John’s Church, Terowie, was the scene of a pretty wedding on March 20, the contracting parties being Mr Clement Arnold Humphrys, of “Maythorn”, Hanson, and Miss Maude Alice Bennett, eldest daughter of Mr. And Mrs. S.J. Bennett, Terowie. The church was prettily decorated by lady friends of the bride, and the officiating minister was the Rev. J. Stringer, of Petersburg. The bride, who entered the church on the arm of her father, to the strains of the “Wedding March”, played by Mr. A. Rady, of Hamley Bridge, looked charming in a beautiful gown of white silk. The bodice was made in a pinafore effect, with overlace of silk net trimmed with pearls, silk braid, and orange blossom, and the skirt in tunic fashion with silk braid. The bridal veil was arranged in mob cap style with orange blossom, a long scalloped train, decorated with true lovers’ knots, was worn, and she carried a beautiful horseshoe bouquet of roses, everlastings, snowdrops and fern tied with white satin streamers. The bridesmaid, Miss Minetta Humphrys (sister of the bridegroom) looked dainty in a white silk coat and skirt, with silk hat trimmed with spray of pink roses, and carried a bouquet of pink flowers, with streamers of pink satin ribbon. Two small cousins of the bride, the Misses Ivy and Thelma Poulton, of Adelaide, acted as flower girls and looked very pretty in white silk dresses and mob caps of pink. They carried respectively a flower basket and a shepherd’s crook decorated with pink carnations, roses and streamers of pink satin ribbon. Following them came the trainbearer, Miss Gladys Bennett (sister of the bride), frocked in white silk and wearing a dainty mob cap of pink. The bridegroom’s present to the bride was a handsome handbag, and to the bridesmaid, trainbearer, and flower girls gold brooches engraved with their initials. The bridegroom was supported by his brother, Private Clarence M. Humphrys, and the bride’s uncle, Mr George Snider. After the ceremony an adjournment was made to the residence of the bride’s parents where a sumptuous breakfast was partaken of by a large number of friends and relatives. The usual toasts were honoured. The tables were arranged and beautifully decorated by a friend of the bride, Mrs J. Chamberlain, of Adelaide. The bride and bridegroom departed by the afternoon train en route for Adelaide and Melbourne, where the honeymoon was spent. The presents were numerous and costly. The bride travelled in a mauve crepe de chine coat and skirt, and a black beaver hat with small spray of pink roses. After the train left, the guests returned to the residence, where a pleasant evening was spent.

1919 Burra Record 23 July :- On Saturday, the 12th July 1919, at the residence of the bride's parents, 'Maythorn,' Hanson, Miss Minetta P. M. Humphrys, only daughter of Mr and Mrs E. Thorn Humphrys, was united in marriage, with Mr Wilfred F. Ford, ex Sergt.-Major of the Camel Transport Corps. Mr Ford, was invalided home, again returned to the front, where he was badly wounded. The bride was beautifully attired in white crepe de chene, orange blossom and veil, and carried a horse-shoe shower bouquet of everlastings and ferns, with streamers of green and gold, colours of the bride groom, and wore a gold necklet and pendant. The bridesmaid. Miss Myrtle Motherall, was dressed in cream fugi silk and white felt hat, with bouquet of sale pink and white flowers, and wore a ruby Southern Cross with gold Australia centre, the gift of the bridegroom. The bridegroom and groomsman, Pte Robert Allan Ford, 50th Batt. late 10th, brother of the bridegroom, were in uniform. The Wedding March was played on the conclusion of the ceremony, and the company, adjourned to a sumptuous breakfast. The bridegroom's gift to the bride was a set of fox fore, the bride's present to the bridegroom being a pair of gold sleevelinks. The bride was the recipient of many useful and beautiful presents.

1930 Jesse Humphrys - Phyllis Kelly 24 Sept

To the strains of a bridal hymn composed by the bride, a wedding party entered the Manoora Methodist Church on Thursday. September 11. Charming decorations had been arranged by friends of the bride. Large bowls of pink and white flowers were around the pulpit and a wedding bell, suspended by white ribbon streamers hung with tiny blue and white bells, was the centre of the decorative scheme. The bride, who was given away by her father, was Phyllis, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Kelly, 'Glenholmes,' Manoora, the bride groom being Mr. Jesse Humphrys, of Leighton, youngest son of Mr. F. Humphrys and the late Mrs. Mary Humphrys of Manoora and Kooringa. Charming was the bride in a frock of ivory satin, made with tight fitting bodice and long flared skirt which hung in uneven length to the ground. The tulle veil was arranged in cap fashion with sprays of orange blossom and pearls. A sheaf of white camelias and carnations was carried. The bridesmaids, Misses Ethel Newman (Hoyleton), and Joyce Kelly (bride's sister), were in ankle length frocks of rose pink satin, beige lace, straw picture hats and carried sheaves of pink flowers. The train-bearers, Joan Crawford (bridegroom's niece) and Ronda Kelly (bride's sister) wore Empire frocks of powder blue satin, smocked yokes trimmed with tiny rose buds. Hats in champagne shade. Mr. H. O. Davis was best man, and Mr. Lance Bagshaw groomsman. Mrs. R. F. Kelly was in a black morocain suit with blouse of' pink crepe satin, and carried a bouqnet of pink sweet peas and pansies. 34 SAMPLE only - ie only the first page of each section displayed. A8. Hassage Park Farm and barn ruins as at May 2015.

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Would Jesse Humphrys and James Flower turn in their graves if they knew their grazing lands were to be a wind farm, or would they have embraced the concept?

for full details https://www.wind-watch.org/documents/stony-gap-consent-with-conditions/ The following project description was provided by Tru Energy: The permanent components of the proposed wind farm forming part of this Development Application are: 1. Thirty five wind turbine generators installed on towers up to 85m high with a blade length of up to 56m and a maximum height of approximately 145m. 2. Crane pads located at the base of each turbine; each pad will be approximately 50m × 50m and be designed to suit on-site constraints. 3. Two permanent wind monitoring masts up to 100m high. 4. An on-site electrical substation (approximately 80m × 50m) and control room will be located in the southern part of the site. 5. A network of internal tracks (5-6m wide) linking turbines, and new or upgraded tracks to provide access to the ridgeline from Springbank Road and Old Adelaide Road. The total length of track will be approximately 30km of which approximately 8km will be upgrades of existing farm tracks. 6. A series of 33kV electrical cables linking turbines to the on-site substation. The total length of cabling is approximately 50km, of which 6.5km is potentially overhead cable. Final lengths and arrangements will be determined during detailed design. 7. Approximately 25km of single circuit 132kV or 275kV overhead transmission line on compact poles (typically 26m high) connecting the Stony Gap Wind Farm to the Robertstown substation. 8. Expansion of the existing Robertstown Substation to incorporate new infrastructure for connection of the incoming transmission line as required by the Transmission Network Service Provider (ElectraNet).

37 SAMPLE only - ie only the first page of each section displayed. Index Acacia - John Peake's farm near Hanson, 78 Dustholes., 41 Advertisement Elvey Auction of Land at Stony Gap 1855, 32 Caroline Elizabeth., 129 Auction of Thomas Glasson's Farm at Caroline Grace., 129 Hanson, 1879., 58 Richard Christian., 129 Burra Record 1920's., 121 Farrell Flat Maurice Humphrys' Hd Hanson, Acacia railway station., 89 farm., 78 Flowchart Apoinga Desmond John Humphrys., 146 District Council., 45 Flower, Humphrys, Thomas, Smith, 7 Smelting Works., 65 Jabez & Elizabeth (Carter) Flower family., Bennett 52 Maude Alice Penna Snider., 113, 122 James & Hannah Flower family, 31 Sidney & Annie Adelaide (Pascoe) James & Hannah Flower Somerset, 23 (Snider)., 112 Jesse Humphrys Somerset, 27 Sidney John of Wiltshire., 112 Thomas Smith., 100 Black Springs William Thorn & Elizabeth Ann (Martin) Article 1851., 65 Humphrys family., 69 in 2014., 64 Flower Robert Zincraft Jones., 72 Ann (Warner)., 44 Blesing Elizabeth (Blesing)., 51 Albert Percy M.P. 1949., 51 Jabez & & Elizabeth (Carter)., 52 David & Margaret's Winery near James' Will, 156 Wirrabara., 51 James' Will 1882., 38 Elizabeth (Flower) & Ernst Gotthilf., 51 Joseph & Catherine (Calliss)., 45 Glenholme property and winery., 51 Joseph's Will 1919., 158 Bloomfield Farm., 54 Rachel (Warnes)., 40 Brooks Ray James Calliss., 49 Allen & Laurel (Humphrys)., 140 Ford John Humphry., 140 Wilfred & Minetta (Humphrys)., 90 Neil Douglas., 140 Forward Brookton Western Australia., 71 Donald & Dorothy (Humphrys)., 137 Buckland Park, 33 Frogmore, Joseph Johnson, Reedbeds., 53 Burra Glenholme Mine 1860., 34 Blesing's property at Bangor., 51 Town map, 17 Hansen Canowie Station., 46 Charles & Mary Ann (Humphrys)., 81 Chickerloo Station, near Bramfield/Elliston Haslam 1924., 117 Albert Llewellyn., 104 Cornwall William, 104 Carnkye, 19 Hassage Crowan., 109 Manor Somerset UK, 30 Polgear, 12 near Wellow Somerset., 66 Ponsanooth, 12 Park/Farm, 57, 80, 81, 82 Redruth, 12 Park/Farm ruins photographs 2015., 168 Wadebridge., 99 Headstones Devils Hole Creek., 41 Isaaac & Grace Turner., 64 Diary Jesse, Alfred & Isabella Humphrys., 62 Voyage on the William Money 1849., 148 John & May Penna., 118 Duffield, Walter., 36 William & Elizabeth Humphrys., 67 Duke Hilldrop, 16 Sarah & John Allen ., 73 Humphrys

38 SAMPLE only - ie only the first page of each section displayed. Alfred Humphrey., 73 Reedy Creek., 102 Alfred, death of, 36 Koomooloo., 41 Arnold Clarence John., 143 Koonoona Estate., 36 Clarence Melvin., 91 Kraehenbuehl, Janine, 99 Clarence's Will., 92 Kruse Clement Arnold & Maude Alice Tom - outback mailman., 112 (Bennett)., 119 Lands Titles Office Historical Names., 54 Clement, Maude & Caroline Grace., 126 Logan Clement's portfolio of properties in James., 34 Adelaide., 123 Logans Farm, Logans Hut, Logans Gap, Court case Clement v M.J. Marchant, 162 Logans Flat, Logans Creek., 35 Desmond John (BBC)., 146 Logans Farm., 54 Dorothy Merle (Forward)., 137 Logans Gap - Koomooloo., 41 Elijah Thorn & May (Teddy)., 82 Map Elizabeth (Betty) Thorn, 27 Bloomfield, Timsbury, 24 Elizabeth., 81 Bullock Trails from Burra 1850-1860., 55 Emily (Jones)., 80 Cornwall, 11 Flower & Alice (Finch)., 76 Hamley Bridge., 68 Flower & Mary (Rogers)., 76 Hd Apoinga, Jesse Humphrys property at Flower & Mary's descendants., 79 Stony Gap., 74 Grace (Kent) (Turner)., 57 Hd Apoinga, Jesse's at Black Springs, Emu Isabella (Scutton))., 80 Downs., 56 Isabella, death of, 36 Hd Clare, Sections 70, 71, 423, 425., 58 Jesse & Emily (Duke)., 74 Hd Hanson, 1886, 83 Jesse & Isabella (Flower)., 53 Hd Hanson, Flower Humphrys' Jesse's Will 1909., 154 inheritence., 76 John Arnold., 129 Hd Hanson, Secs 843-848 etc., 58 Laurel May (Brooks)., 140 Hd Mannanarie, William Thorn Mary Ann (Hansen)., 81 Humphrys., 68 Maude Alice (Penna Snider Bennett)., 113 Hd of Kooringa, 15 May (Teddy) & family c1953., 88 Hd Stanley, town of Black Springs., 63 May (Teddy) 25th Anniv as organist., 86 Kingston S.E. Minetta Pauline (Ford)., 90 Railways., 101 Newspaper farewell 1926., 87 Kingston S.E.- (Google)., 101 Roy Wilfred., 129 Princess Royal Mine, Burra, Stony Gap, 22 Sarah (Duke)., 73 Southern Counties of England, 11 Thelma Maude (Schubert)., 136 Stettin Prussia., 108 Thorn & May's 25th Anniversary party., Stony Gap 1860., 33, 70 86 Stony Gap Flower property 1891., 46 Viva Hazel (Pollard)., 133 Stony Gap Flower property 1913., 38, 48 William Mark & Frances (Zincraft Jones)., Stony Gap, Jesse Humphrys 1860's., 54 70 Timsbury (Google), 25 William Thorn in Australia., 66 Wellow, Norton St Philip, Hemington, 28 William Thorn in Somerset., 66 Maythorn Johnson, Joseph., 32 in 2014., 120 Jones sale of., 89 Robert Zincraft, Stony Gap School The Register's Article about party, 86 teacher., 71 Menzies, James - Diary of the 1849 voyage Thomas & Emily (Humphrys)., 80 on the William Money., 149 Kingston S.E. Obituaries Biscuit Flat., 102 Albert Percy Blesing M.P. 1949., 51 Overview History., 102 Catherine (Calliss) Flower 1910., 47 Railway History., 100 Clement Melvin Humphrys., 91

39 SAMPLE only - ie only the first page of each section displayed. Elijah Thorn Humphrys., 87 Blair Farm Smithfield, 52 Flower Humphrys., 77 Blair Norwood, 52 Grace (Kent) (Turner) Humphrys., 59 Blink Bonnie, 77 Isaac Turner., 63 Bloomfield Farm, 35, 53, 54 James Flower (Junior) 1926., 50 Braefoot, 47 Jesse Humphrys (1835-1909)., 59 Brookton House WA, 71 Jesse Humphrys (1860-1934)., 75 Canowie Station, 46 John Thomas, 16 Chickerloo Station, 117 Joseph Flower., 45 Collinsville, 16 Luke Teddy, 22 Cumba Farm, 76 Mary (Rogers) Humphrys., 77 Dustholes, 41, 43 Pte Ray James Calliss Flower., 49 Everslie Norwood, 52 Robert Warner., 44 Flowerville, 47, 48 Robert Zincraft Jones., 72 Frogmore, 53 Sarah (Humphrys) Duke., 73 Glenholme Bangor, 51 Thomas Warnes., 42 Glenholme Manoora, 77 W.J. Woollacott (husband of Mabella Glenowie, 119 Duke)., 73 Gum Creek Station, 47, 50 William Haslam., 104 Hassage manor UK, 30 William Henry Pascoe., 110 Hassage Park Farm, 57, 76, 82 William Pearce., 39 Hilldrop, 16 Pascoe Koomooloo, 41 William Henry., 103, 109 Koonamore Station, 117 Pastoral Pioneers of SA., 40, 53 Maythorn Hanson, 82, 85, 114 Pearce, William, Grocer Kooringa., 38 Old Koomooloo, 41 Penna Old Koonoona Station, 55 John - Court prceedings., 115 Panarametee Station, 116 John - Postmaster 1933., 117 Peake Farm Hanson, 78 John - Yunta teamster., 112 Redruth Wood & Chaff, 20 John., 112 Seven Mile Scrub, 20 Maude Alice., 112 Stoneleigh Farrell Flat, 76 Tom Kruse - outback mailman., 117 Strathmore Leighton, 76 Penwortham Sturt Vale, 41 Dukes, 58 Three Gums, 14 Elizabeth Ann Martin, 66 Three Sisters, 14 Emily (Humphrys) Duke, 74 Three Trees, 14 Jesse Humphrys, butcher, 75 Woolgangi, 41, 43 Sarah (Humphrys) Duke, 73 Railway William Thorn Humphrys, 66 Bristol toExeter, 31 Plymouth Burra (completed), 36 Emigration Depot, 26 Clifton Suspension bridge UK, 97 Pollard Farrell Flat to Hanson, 5, 36 Clive & Viva (Humphrys)., 133 Gawler Station, 113 Port Gawler, 33 Gawler to Burra, 57, 68, 82 Port Macdonnell Bay., 110 Gawler to Cockburn, 122 Port Wakefield, 34 Great Southern Line W.A., 71 Prescott Farm., 124 History S.E., 100 Princes Royal Station Kingston to Bordertown, 5 Tannery., 41 Manoora to Hanson, 76 Property names Map Kingston S.E., 101 Acacia Hanson, 78 Northern Line, 112 Barton Hill, 50 Terowie, 114 Beetaloo, 44 TSRs made redundant, 58

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