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At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Madden, M.D. (I0050)
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At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Family: Reginald Clement Tiller / M.J. Eckert (F0480)
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At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Blight, M.A. (I1253)
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Marriage .Robert Veitch aged 23 years, marital status not recorded, son of Adam Veitch married 19th April 1866 to Harriet Tucker, aged 18 years, marital status not recorded, daughter of John Tucker at B.C. Chapel, Yankalilla District Yankalilla reference book 67 page 75. | Family: Robert Veitch / Harriet Tucker (F0335)
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Marriage details obtain from Digger - South Australian Marriages, Registrations 1842 - 1916 District Wil Symbol A Book/Page Reference 80/194. At the time of the marriage William was 26yrs old and Miriam was 20yrs old.
Birth details obtain from South Australian Births 1842-1906, Book 12, Page 267 District Code Wil.
Miriam Jane was born in McLaren Vale only 13 days after her parents and some of her siblings arrived from England. She would scarcely have remembered this town or Callington, as most of her childhood was spen in Inman Valley. She and Clem left the area, when the soil started to deplete (there was no super phosphate in those days), along with many others, to try their luck in the north. They lived in the flat-fronted stone farm house, not far from the hills at Warnertown, currently owned by Mr and Mrs Schutz who run goats and sheep on the property. On the corner of the property was a Methodist Church which the family attended each Sunday. The church ruins are still visible from the main north road. Service was often followed by dinner at their farmhouse for their married children. The house faces west and overlooks the plain and gulf. The walls are an enormous thickness and height. It would have been very cool in summer. There were several underground water tanks. At the front of the house when there was a picket fence, the gateway was decorated with the rib bones of a whale caught in the gulf. The flesh was melted down in Port Pirie. It was quite a memorable event for the town.
Clem's mother, Harriet (nee Parsons), was married previously to a much older man, Joseph Green by who she had three daughters (one of whom died in the bush) before she was 20. His father William came from Bath England. He and Harriet had two children in Western Australia, Leonore dying as an infant. Clem came to South Australia as a small child in about 1848. As William was a whaler he chose to settle in the Encounter Bay area. He later became a farmer at Inman Valley but also helped build the causeway across to the island at Victor Harbour. Other children were born in South Australia. Some of his mother's relatives (Parsons - originally from Gillingham, England) also came to South Australia after her father died in Western Australia and they also settle in the Victor Harbour Area. Clem and Jane obviously met in Inman Valley were both families lived.
When Clem died Jane continued to farm the property in Warnertown with the assistance of hired help and is listed in the directories of the time. She was also a mid-wife and capable first-aid giver. Her grand-children thought greatly of her. (The Tucker Family in Australia, 1992) | Tucker, Miriam Jane (I0203)
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Marriage details obtained from Digger - South Australian Marriages, Registrations 1842 - 1916 Book 224 Page 470. At the time of their marriage Hartley was 28yrs old and Bertha was 23yrs old.
Harty's birth details were obtained from South Australian Births 1842-1906 book183, page 294, district code Cla.
The following are quotes from newspaper articles about Him:
Youngest son of William Clement Hawkins, Born May 5th 1877, "Willow Lodge", Warnertown, Educated Public School, Stanley Grammar School, Watervale. Elected to the Board South Australian Farmers' Co-operative Executors & Trustees Ltd. Chairman Renovial Rubber Co. Ltd. Chairman United Farmers' Ltd; Director of the Co-op Assurance Co.; Director South Australian Co-op, Wheat Pools Ltd,; Director Cresco Fertilizers Ltd. Elected a Member of the Legislative Council for the Northern District in March, 1933. Represented South Australia in General Conference of the Methodist Church of Australia. Member of the Boards of Control connected with Prince Alfred College; Wesley College, Memorial Hospital, Epworth Book Depot; South Australian Trustee Methodist Church, Canberra; Representative to many Interstate Wheat Conferences. World Tour 1928-29. Elected Honary Member (3 month) Baltic Wheat Exchange, London, Married August 3rd, 1905 Bertha Elizabeth Sandow, Daughter of the late J.M. Sandow, "Trelawney", Mintaro, South Australia.
In a substantial list of Union men who have been Parliamentarians, John Wallace Shannon, who was chairman for one year before the appointment of Mr Hawkins, was the only one in the Federal sphere. He was chairman of committees in the Senate.
The farmer-business man type which has guided the destinies of the Union has no better exemplar than Mr Hawkins, who in 1938 is in his 16th year as chairman of directors and has completed 25 years as director. In a business of such volume and of such a character, that quarter of a century, when it is remembered that it contained the war years, with the extraordinary difficulties associated with the shipment of wheat, and the later depression, which struck the farming community such a cruel blow, provided a unique experience,
Mr Hawkins came to the directorates one of the best known agriculturalists of Warnertown - "a young and energetic farmer", "The Farm" said, But he had had a notably practical business training in branches allied with the land. He spent a season in a port Adelaide wool store, a year with a Livestock firm and with which he was a salesman and auctioneer, and a similar term with an Adelaide hardware firm. He has in the course of many years of close study of the co-operative movement acquired a profound knowledge of the subject and of the conditions that affect the marketing of Australian products. He has travelled widely in his quest for knowledge. He has studied dairy problems in New Zealand and has twice toured the world. In 1928-29 while in England he concentrated on marketing and spent three months on the Baltic Wheat Exchange, London which was most valuable to him and the Union.
The election to the chair of William Miller and to the directorate of Hartley Gladstone Hawkins coincided in 1912, when a 10% dividend was declared. Miller had been a director from 1893, and at this time George Ferguson, who first became a director in 1890, was the only other member with longer service on the board. Ferguson, though often acting chairman, never held the office.
Accompanied by Mrs Hawkins, Hon H.G. Hawkins, M.L.C., will leave for Sydney on February 3, where he will embark on the Awatea for New Zealand. After a month touring both Islands Mr Hawkins will leave for San Francisco by the Monterey, Staying two weeks at Honolulu en route, California will be visited before making the trip across the United States to New York. The return to the Pacific coast will be made across Canada and, of course, Mr Hawkins will be most interested in the activities of the well known organizations for the handling of Canadian farm produce.
Although ostensibly on a pleasure trip Mr Hawkins will take every opportunity of gaining knowledge which will be an aid to him in co-operative matters and public life. He will take particular interest in North American methods of preventing soil erosion.
Mr Hawkins expects to return to Australia at the end of June. However, if time permits, he may decide to include Japan, China and Singapore in his programme, the date of return being somewhat indefinite.
OBITUARY: ADVERTISER JULY 10th 1939: DEATH OF MR. HAWKINS, M.L.C.
Chairman of Directors of Farmers' Union
Keen Student of Marketing
Mr Hartley Gladstone Hawkins, M.L.C., chairman of directors of the South Australian Farmers' Co=Operative Union, died at the Memorial Hospital yesterday after a long illness.
Mr Hawkins was born at Warnertown in 1877, and, as his father died when he was only 13 years old, the responsibilities of managing the whole of the estate which comprised two farms of an aggregate of more than 1,700 acres, in the Napperby district, fell largely upon him.
Mr Hawkins' connection with the Farmers' Union goes back to his very young days, as he was always a strong believer in the co-operative system. As a shareholder, he was primarily instrumental in bringing into being the system of advisory committees, and for many years he was connected with the Port Pirie and Warnertown committees. He was elected to the directorate of the Union in 1912 and assumed the chairmanship in 1922. In a business of such volume and of such a character, Mr Hawkins' 25 years as a director provided him with unique experience, especially when it is remembered that this period embraced the war years, with the extraordinary difficulties associated with the shipment of wheat.
Mr Hawkins was well equipped to occupy the chairmanship of such an important co-operative concern. He had had a notably practical business training in branches allied with the land, having spent a season in a Port Adelaide wool store, a year with a livestock firm with which he was an auctioneer, and a similar term with an Adelaide hardware firm.
Mr Hawkins represented the Northern District in the Legislative Council for five years, and was a member at the time of his death.
Mr Hawkins was Federal and State Director of the Co-operative Insurance Company of Australia Limited and Federal Director of the Producers' and Citizens' Co-op Assurance Company Limited. He was also on the Directorate of the South Australian Co-op Wheat Pools Limited, Cresco Fertilizers Ltd (South Australia) and the Renovial Rubber.
An Arden support of the Methodist Church, Mr Hawkins was an ex officio member of the Methodist Conference, a member of the Committee of Prince Alfred College, of the Executive Committee of the Methodist Church, of the Committee of the Memorial Hospital, of the Committee of Scripture Instruction in State Schools, of the Wesley College Council, of the Board of the Epworth Book Depot, Superintendent of the Spicer Memorial Sunday School, and a Member and Trustee of the Australian Alexander Bible Institute.
Mr Hawkins has left a Widow.
The Funeral will leave for the Payneham Cemetery at 3.30pm today from the late Mr Hawkins residence at Winchester Street, St Peters.
TRIBUTE BY SIR DAVID GORDON:
The President of the Legislative Council (Sir David Gordon) said last night that the death of Mr Hawkins would be deeply regretted by members of Parliament and by a wide circle of friends throughout Australia. Mr Hawkins had been a man of high ideals and his genial nature had made him popular with the members of both houses who had held him in high esteem. The sympathy of members would be extended to Mrs Hawkins in her great loss. (The Tucker Family in Australia, 1992) | Hawkins, Hartly Gladstone (I2475)
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Marriage details obtained from digger - South Australian Marriages, Registrations 1842-1916 book/Page 109/1017
Birth details obtained from South Australian Births 1842-1906, Book 3, Page 283, District Code Ade. At the time of their marriage John was 25yrs old and Sarah was 21yrs old.
IN YESTER YEAR
Pioneer looks back
Looking back over the years, Mr John C. Tucker, who celebrated his 80th Birthday in October, recalls that he carted 22,00 feet of material from the site of the present Victor Harbour Baths toward Granite Island to form a causeway. Present day visitors to our chief country watering place may well remember that their comfort and pleasure have been attained at the cost of much sweat of the brows of hard workers of bygone days. Another pleasant memory of the old pioneer is his visit in company with Messrs. Marshall, McCall, Jenkins and J.W. Shannon to Pinnaroo. This party of experts in agricultural lands was selected by the legislature in 1908 to report on the district following two other government parties. They travelled by Hill and Co. coach to Tailem Bend along a track grubbed by the government. Water was secured from the wells and tanks and troughs provided by the same paternal government which hoped to pay at least part of the cost of the railway by the sale of land. On arrival at Pinnaroo the inspectors made their bed on the floor of the old station house by collecting mallee shoots. They spread their rugs on these; and boots formed their pillows. This made a comfortable bed, says the sturdy old giant. The sequel to the favorable report by the 5 experts was that the bill for the railway to Pinnaroo was passed - by a majority of one! This was not the only public service performed by Mr Tucker, as he served on the District Council of Hall for 2 years as a representative of Woodlands Ward. He has also taken a keen interest in the Methodist Church for many years, first at Hoyleton and then at Prospect, whither he returned in1922. In his younger days, Mr Tucker was a powerful hitter at cricket, and in company with Mr W Tiller he may be seen watching his favourite game at all the big cricket matches on the Adelaide Oval. That the Tobacco Mr Tucker smoked for 59 years has not seriously impaired his vigor is proved by a glance at the erect form which still stands over 6 feet high.
A RECORD WHEAT CARTER:
Mr J.C. Tucker, of Dudley Ave, Prospect, formerly of Hoyleton, claims to be the only man who has delivered wheat at Hoyleton for 50 seasons. Since 1873 he has farmed in that district, and of the 53 crops reaped he carted portions of 50. He delivered the first load of wheat taken off his farm this season. Th farm is at present worked on shares with Mr E Redpath, Mr Tucker was delivering wheat in Hoyleton two years before the present railway line was converted from a tramway to a railway. Bullock teams were used on the farm in the early days and he was an expert bullock driver. he used to load his bullock dray with wheat and drive for seven miles from his farm to Hoyleton station without getting off the load.
Tucker: On the 8th of June at Dudley Ave, Prospect, John Charles Tucker, loving father of Mrs H Evans, Hoyleton, Mrs E Redpath, Hoyleton, Mrs S Furniss, Stirling and Mrs A.C. Adcock, Erindale and loving uncle of Mrs Shrubsole of Prospect, in his 87th year, Peacefully sleeping.
FUNERAL NOTICE:
Tucker: Th friends of the late Mr John C Tucker are respectfully informed that his remains will be removed from his late residence, 2 Dudley Ave, Prospect, at 10am on Thursday, thence from the residence of his daughter, Mrs E Redpath, "Hill View", Hoyleton, at 2.30pm for the Kybunga Cemetery. Oliver Raymond, Undertaker, 61 Unley Road. Phone V5869.
NOTICE OF THANKS:
TUCKER:
The daughters of the late Mr John C Tucker, of Prospect, wish to thank all kind friends and relatives for cards, letters, telegrams, floral tributes and personal expressions of sympathy in their recent sad bereavement.
Obituary. Mr John C Tucker, 86 late of Hoyleton, who died recently at his home at Dudley Ave, Prospect, Was born at Willunga. He later resided at Inman Valley, and in 1873 started with his team of Bullocks to pioneer the middle north, near Hoyleton. The first year he cleared and cropped 17 acres, and since that date thousands of trees fell beneath his ax. Mr Tucker claimed to be the only man, who for 50 years, succeeding, carted wheat to Hoyleton. Two years before the present railway line was converted from a tramway, he delivered wheat by bullock team. As a bullock driver, Mr Tucker was a master. He could cart wheat a distance of 7 miles without moving from his load. In past days this was regarded as a remarkable feat. In 1886 he was elected by the government as one of a party to inspect land at Pinnaroo district for agricultural purposes. In his earlier days, Mr Tucker was a great cricket enthusiast, and was actively associated with a Sunday School, church and choir at Hoyleton district. Retiring in 1918 Mr tucker moved to Prospect, where he resided until his death. he was the last (surviving son) member of a large family. He left 4 daughters: Mrs H Evans, Hoyleton, Mrs EH Redpath, Hoyleton, Mrs S Furniss, Stirling and Mrs AC Adcock, Erindale. There are 14 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren.
For many years Mr Tucker was one of the strongest supporters of the Farmers' Union. He took up his first shares in December, 1898 and on severl occasions increased his loading. Mr Tucker set a fine example by doing the great bulk of his business through the Union, of which he was still a share-holder at the time of his death. The "Farm" extends deepest sympathy to the relatives of the grand old pioneer.(The Tucker Family in Australia, 1992) | Tucker, John Charles (I0204)
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Marriage details obtained from Digger - South Australian Marriages, Registrations 1842-1916 Book/Page 228/167. At their time of marriage, Edwin was 25 yrs old and Mary was 20yrs old.
Birth details obtained from South Australian Births 1842-1906, Book 377, Page 379, District Code UpW.
DEATH OF MRS E.H. REDPATH OF HOYLETON
The sudden death of Mrs E.H. Redpath when she collapsed from a heart attack whilst boarding the train home on Thursday, October 21st 1954 at the Adelaide railway station came as a shock to her many friends and relatives. Mrs Redpath, who was born at Woodlands, her late home, 68 years ago, married Mr Redpath and later resided on the property of her late father Mr John Tucker, Mrs Redpath who was an ardent worker for many charities was for many years the president of the Hoyleton Red Cross, and a life member. Amongst those that received many benefits from her efforts were Minda Home, Brighton Kate Cocks Babies" Home, Brighton, and many other institutions. Her liberal assistance to those in less fortunate circumstances was done in a very quiet way and many in need of assistance will certainly miss the many generous gestures. She was a great traveller having made trips to all the capital cities in Australia, including Port Darwin, two trips to England, including visits to Norway, Sweden, Germany, France, Italy, Spain and a trip to America. She was an ardent Church worker, and a member of the Woodlands Methodist Church and a member of the Kybunga Methodist ladies' Guild and Hoyleton Ladies' Guild. She helped the Balaklava Soldiers' Memorial Hospital Axillary in raising money for that institution. Her eldest daughter Mrs F W Bakes is the president of this axillary. Mrs Redpath was laid to rest in the Balaklava cemetery when an extremely large crowd gathered to pay their last respects to the deceased. The floral tributes, of which there was a large number, showed the respect in which sh was held in the district. The Rev. Hanson of Balaklava conducted the service at the grave side, and pall bearers were Messrs, W.O. Evans, R. Newton, W.J. Chapman, A. Graham, L.W. Tucker and F,J.W. Clarke, Members of the family are : Mrs F.W. Bakes, Watchman, Mrs T. Day, Balaklava, Mrs K Overton, Auburn, Mrs H. Cullen, Lae, New Guinea, Mr John Redpath, A Hoyleton. The Funeral arrangements were conducted by Mr A Ahrns of Balaklava (The Tucker Family in Australia, 1992) | Tucker, Mary Kent (I2449)
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Marriage details obtained from Digger -South Australian Marriages, Registrations 1842-1916 reference Book 78 page 440. At the time of their marriage Will was 24yrs old and Martha was 23yrs old.
Death details obtained from Digger - South Australian Deaths Registrations 1842 to 1915, Book 332 page 393. William was 63 years of age at the time of his death, his death was reported by his Brother John Charles Tucker.
When William met his future wife, who lived with her family on a farming property at Lovely Valley near Willunga, it was commonly said that William was the local "lemon squeezer". The lemon family came to Australia with their children Louisa, Mary, Virtue, Martha, Edwin and William. They settled a little inland from Myponga Beach, and were part of a larger family group consisting of Charles' older brother John and his wife Elizabeth (nee Hunt) and after the death of the first wife, John's second wife Mary Ann King, Also in the district was the boys' sister Elizabeth who was married to Matthew Hunt, the Hunts having arrived in 1848 on board the "David Malcolm"
After the marriage of William and Martha, they continued to live within the Inman Valley area. Their eldest child Eliza always told her family she was born in the Crow's Nest which was a property just outside Inman Valley. Eliza and her brother John Charles and her two nearest sisters, Sarah and Lucy, were pupils at the Inman Valley School and would have also attended the Inman Valley Methodist Church at which their father was a Sunday School teacher along with their uncle, John Charles Tucker. About 1885 the family decided to leave this district, because of many difficulties with soil degradation and poor crops, and bought land at Hoyleton. They purchased sections 338, 339 in the Hundred of Hall, County of Stanley, with only a small percentage cleared at the time of arrival, it being natural mallee scrub land. William and Martha's grandson, Laurence tucker, now residing at Balaklava, and son of the late Inman Tucker, has researched and written the following stories about the families, the property and the district.
"William and Martha Tucker moved to the Hoyleton area in 1885, travelling by road in a very large tip dray drawn by horses. The property consisted of Sections 338 and 339, and the original land grant was issued to Michael O'Toole of near Hoyleton, 228 acres for the amount of 228 pound on the 21st day of January 1879. The land was transferred to James Johnson and Benjamin Wishart (storekeepers) of Hoyleton on 10th February 1881. Th land was then transferred to William Tucker of Inman Valley on 7th March 1885. (158 acres of the original land is still in the possession of Lawrence Tucker.
"I (Laurence) have no knowledge of the religious background of William, and Inman; my father never mentioned it. However, as William was a Trustee and a Sunday School teacher at the Inman Valley Methodist Church, it is assumed that he was indeed a committed Christian, and encouraged his children into the faith. When the family first settled in the mid-north, it is probable that church services would have been held in private homes, as in the early days prior to 1896, in the Kybunga area, church services probably conducted by Rev William H. Rofe would be held in local homes. It seems unusual to us now that people living only a few mile south of Kybunga should have been originally known as living at Hoyleton. This was because the railways terminated at Hoyleton, long before the railway line was extended to Blyth. The house in which William and Martha Lived was built (I Believe) by Michael O'Toole. It was of pug and pine construction (pine seemed resistant to termites) and pine was plentiful together with the mallee which grew very effectively. White mallee was also resistant to termites.
The house consisted of four rooms, galvanized iron roof, pug and pine exterior and interior walls, which had lime-soaked Hessian ceilings that my grandfather William had installed. The front Verandah was added later. A large underground tank, situated on the eastern side of the house held about 4,000 gallons and was made of lime mortar and natural limestone about 15 inches thick, and lined with cement on the inside.
My grandparents William and Martha had a difficult time. No super phosphates, and the available cleared ground was of low fertility. The stock had a hard time and many of the cattle died with what was called in those days "dry Bible". The family worked hard and long, and single-handedly my grandfather grubbed section 330 (35 acres). After digging down and around the trunk of the trees, and cutting the surface, especially the tap roots, he used the "Wallaby Jack" to push the trees over and then cut them up with an axe and crosscut saw (usually a two-man saw). The saw is still in my possession (1991).
The family depended on dams, filled by natural run off. When supplies ran low, or ran out, which was often, water would be carted in a 400 gallon square tank, by three horses pulling a large tip-dray, filling the tank with water from the Peak natural spring, which in the early days had to be bucketed. The peak Springs were to the east, on the western side of the hills, about 5 miles or more from grandfather's property. Uncle Jack (John Charles jnr, my dad's brother) was the water carter. The property "Hughes Park", on which the spring is situated was, I believe, the Honorable J.J. Duncan's (M.P.) land and he was forced by government legislation to sell off valuable farming land, extending to the west and south in 1906. (A Sale map is in my possession).
Ploughing the land was done with a single furrow plough, hand held usually, with 2 horses, and ploughed to a depth of 9 to 12 inches. Later years saw the two furrow plough, and after that the tree furrow plough with on wheel at the front, two wheels at the back and a seat to ride on. Sowing the grain was by hand casting, called broadcasting, from a container held in front of the person by waist and neck straps. The hand casting could then be done using both hands. it was then hallowed into the soil. There were no super phosphates and therefore some failures. Harrow and ploughs were the basic implements, both of which had rigid tyres which often got damaged if the ground was not properly cleared of stumps, roots and stones. All work was done by hand and harvesting was done with a scythe.
Among the items brought with them from Inman Valley was some furniture, carpentry tools and the plough and scythe and a large hollowed out tree trunk. This truck was the second-length cut of a big old tree grown in the area of Inman Valley. All these items were carried in the big tip dray. The tree trunk was used as a "wet pickle" trough; Formalin liquid or Blue Stone liquid preparation was used for killing smut and other diseases of wheat. Blue stone was also used as a dry powder mix. The grain had to be placed on a hard floor and the blue stone powder added and then with a shovel the grain had to be moved to and fro until thoroughly mixed.
Lime for building was burnt on the farm. Stones were gathered and placed in a deep pit. Huge Stumps, pulled by the horses, were dragged to the site and often it took three men to roll the stumps into the pit and positioned to cover the stones ready for firing. After the stones were burnt and heated to a fine powder, the ash would be carefully scrapped away and the clean white lime would be harvested. This would be used for building (using a lime mortar mix) to erect fowl houses and for use in the lavatories and cow yards. The "bi-hole, open-type" lavatory was usually situated between 4 and 6 chains away from the house and wormwood was often grown around or near the house, as a deterrent against flies and mosquitoes.
Roof cladding for the cellar was of galvanized iron, but the iron used for roofing was about half zinc and very heavy and thick. The same type of roofing I took off the old pug and pine house and, after over a hundred years, it was barely showing any signs of rusting/ i reused this old heavy zinc-coated type iron on the sides of a shed which was built on section 168, Hundred of Dalkey, land which I purchased in January 1979 from Mr Keith Keller, and which now is owned by Maurice and Joy Tiller. My guess is that the iron will still be going strong in another hundred years, if it is not neglected.
In later years wider implements were mad. The rigid type tyres were used until the advent of the "stump-jump" plough and the implement era. After the scythe era the five foot stripper came into being and what a boon a five foot stripper and three horses was to the farmers of that time. Well, I remember using one in the depression of the 1930s to save cocky chaff to feed the cows and horses, I used one as late as 1939/40 which was a very dry and feed-short year. Big heaps of chaff and grain were hand-winnower; harvesting was a breeze! A five foot stripper and a winnower, wow! A breeze was needed" 110' in the shade and the man turning the winnower handle getting slower every minute, would hear amongst the clatter, "More wind...more wind!" The early winnowers had no grain elevators and so the cleaned grain ran down the sieve to the ground level and was gathered into four-bushel bags with shovels, tins, hands etc. Those 240 pound bags were then man-handled, lifted or lumped, or carried by the men. No mechanical devices helped with the heavy lifting.
"Hoyleton was a thriving town as the railway had been extended from Balaklava to Blyth in 1876 and locomotives replaced horses on 14th March 1876. Wheat from Hoyleton would be loaded with a guard in charge to work the brakes, and a van of several horses attached, the trucks were put into motion and would, with the momentum of the heavy load, free-wheel to Port Wakefield, where the wheat would be off-loaded on to lighters (small boats or vessels) to carry the wheat to waiting ships anchored in the Gulf. The rail trucks were then pulled to Hoyleton by the horses, that had had a free ride to Port Wakefield, but they worked hard coming back.
Martha had a strong desire to succeed, and accompanied Grandfather in the move from Inman Valley to Hoyleton. She helped with Milking cows, feeding pigs, house chores, cooking, making bread and caring for her family. She learned the art of cooking in the "camp oven" and over the coals of a fire in the open fireplace. The house had two large open fireplaces. The inside of the fireplace was large enough to hold and burn two large stumps of the trees grubbed out by Grandfather. It took two men to carry the big stumps in and place them for burning. The fire would rarely go out and the coals would burn for up to a fortnight. The open fireplace had a mantle piece above and the cooking utensils were suspended above the coals of the fire, on a solid iron bar, built in, across the width of the fireplace. Grandma would cook most of the food in the large boiler, all at once, or added in stages (e.g. put in a plum pudding tied in a clothe to boil, and at the appropriate time add the vegetable.
Particularly in summer, the meat would be pickled or corned in a salt petre or pure salt mix, for preservation. The meat was obtained by slaughtering young steers or pigs and an odd sheep or two, out in the open, under the large over-hanging Malle trees. The pulley-block was fashioned from the trunk of a tree grown on the farm. This work was done by Grandfather who was very cleaver with his carpentery work.
The home-made bacon was cured in a smoke-house, made from an old dis-used 400 gallon water tank. The smoke house was designed by Grandfather, so that a continuous flow of smoke could be kept going in and through for about a fortnight or more. Until it was needed the smoke-cured bacon was hung in an open space, or room or verandah. Then it was thoroughly washed, cooked in a frying pan or camp oven or in the boiler. The flies seemed to think that the hanging bacon was good place to inhabit, but because of the hard dry surface, no maggot infestations resulted.
In later years an underground cellar was built, about five feet underground and three feet above. Home made lime and sand mortar mix kept the limestone wall in position. The timber gable roof fashioned from native pine trees, was covered with galvanized iron (with about as much zinc as iron _zinc formed the galvanized-iron-like protection). The cellar also had the lime-stone, open fireplace type chimney (presumably for ventilation) There were no windows, but two reject cast-iron type water pipes, about three to four inches in diameter, were set at a steep angle from high in the part above the ground to within three or four inches above the floor for ventilation. One door was set in the opposite end to the chimney and there were stone steps leading to the ground level. the door was made by grandfather and had fancy patterns hand-augured through it to assist ventilation. The cellar was used for hanging meat and storage and cooling off milk. There were no milk separators so milk was cooled, the cream rising to the surface being skimmed off with concave circular type skimmer with small holes in it. The cream was churned in a wooden churn, salt was added and the butter was pressed into one pound oblong blocks ready to sell to the store keepers or be exchanged for other commodities (tea, sugar etc). Things were improving; travelling by horse and spring dray or cart would enable the family to go to Balaklava more often. My mother, Mary Tucker, told me the story of how a store keeper was caught out. A pound of butter weighed one pound or was supposed to. On one trip, the store keeper complained that the butter was under wight and he required an extra pound to compensate. "Well that is funny", replied Grandma. "I balanced it with the pound of dates you sold me!" You see the weighing was done with equal balance scales. Travelling methods improved with much lighter vehicles, such as the two-wheeled sulky and four-wheeled turntable hooded buggy.
Better cooling for household commodities was the Cool-safe, which was just being evolved. The water drip cool-safe, with a water tank on top, into which a calico or fine Hessian bag was placed or draped down over the four sides, into a receivable tank at the bottom for the water (to be recycled or emptied out) was all in vogue. This was a method of gravitation, but when the tank was full of water it emptied too quickly, and when low, the material on the sides became too dry. later models had controllable drip taps and the material on the sides was not placed into the water in the tank, so it became a controllable drip feed. Air passed through the fine mesh safe creating a good cooling system, the same principle in effect as the canvas water bag for cooling water.
Martha tucker was a grand old lady, a person who always kept her promises. If she promised a penny ice cream, a penny ice cream was received. Whatever the promise it was always kept. As a small boy, I was cheeky to her and I was promised smacks to my bottom. Grandma was getting older and I could run a bit faster than her. however, the promise stood! That night, after being put to bed, Grandma walked in, pulled down the blanket, and whack! whack! Whack! "that's what I promised!"
Grandma was outstanding in her help to others; whatever the circumstances Grandma would be there. She also acted as midwife when many of the babies in the district were born. She mad soap from fat, caustic soda and other ingredients. Small lots, i believe, were made in the big boiler. Later years saw soap and jam etc cooked in the cast iron frame 10 gallon copper. Clothes washing was done by hand in a tub, or rubbed on a glass washing board mounted on a frame, then hand wrung out, rinsed and boiled and then put out to dry, The clothes would then be put through a hand-turned wooden framed mangle, as this helped dry and press the clothes before they were ironed with "Mother Potts" irons."
William Tucker died seventeen Years before Martha. After her death a newspaper obituary appeared:
Mrs. Tucker, who was highly respected in the districts of Kybunga and Hoyleton, died at the residence of her son, Mr Inman Tucker, on October 85y at the age of 79. She was a colonist of 76 years. Born in West Orchard, Dorsetshire in 1846 she came to South Australia with her parent in 1849 and was married at Willunga in 1869 to Mr William Tucker, who died 17 years ago. Th first 16 years of their married life was spent at Inman Valley, where they engaged in dairying. They went to Hoyleton 40 years ago, and acquired agricultural land in the Hoyleton and Kybunga districts. Mrs Tucker took great interest in the Church of Christ, and was a member for many years. There are 3 sons Messrs J Tucker (Balaklava), W.E. Tucker (Menigle) and Inman Tucker (Hoyleton) and 4 daughter Mesdames J Clarke (Kybunga), J Penfold (Balaklava) and G v Coulls (Bowden) and Miss M Tucker (Hoyleton). There are 26 grandchildren and 11 Great Grandchildren. (The Tucker Family in Australia, 1992)
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Marriage details obtained from Digger -South Australian Marriages, Registrations 1842-1916 reference Book 78 page 440. At the time of their marriage Will was 24yrs old and Martha was 23yrs old.
Death details obtained from Digger - South Australian Deaths Registrations 1842 to 1915, Book 332 page 393. William was 63 years of age at the time of his death, his death was reported by his Brother John Charles Tucker.
When William met his future wife, who lived with her family on a farming property at Lovely Valley near Willunga, it was commonly said that William was the local "lemon squeezer". The lemon family came to Australia with their children Louisa, Mary, Virtue, Martha, Edwin and William. They settled a little inland from Myponga Beach, and were part of a larger family group consisting of Charles' older brother John and his wife Elizabeth (nee Hunt) and after the death of the first wife, John's second wife Mary Ann King, Also in the district was the boys' sister Elizabeth who was married to Matthew Hunt, the Hunts having arrived in 1848 on board the "David Malcolm"
Mrs. Tucker, who was highly respected in the districts of Kybunga and Hoyleton, died at the residence of her son, Mr Inman Tucker, on October 85y at the age of 79. She was a colonist of 76 years. Born in West Orchard, Dorsetshire in 1846 she came to South Australia with her parent in 1849 and was married at Willunga in 1869 to Mr William Tucker, who died 17 years ago. Th first 16 years of their married life was spent at Inman Valley, where they engaged in dairying. They went to Hoyleton 40 years ago, and acquired agricultural land in the Hoyleton and Kybunga districts. Mrs Tucker took great interest in the Church of Christ, and was a member for many years. There are 3 sons Messrs J Tucker (Balaklava), W.E. Tucker (Menigle) and Inman Tucker (Hoyleton) and 4 daughter Mesdames J Clarke (Kybunga), J Penfold (Balaklava) and G v Coulls (Bowden) and Miss M Tucker (Hoyleton). There are 26 grandchildren and 11 Great Grandchildren.
(The Tucker Family in Australia, 1992) | Lemon, Martha (I2458)
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Marriage details obtained from Digger South Australian marriages Registrations 1842-1916. They were married at the Baptist Church Hindmarsh South Australia on 02 May 1912, Margarey was 22yrs old and Arthur was 26yrs old, recorded in book 251 page 498.
Birth details obtained from South Australian Births 1842-1906 book 453 Page 301 District Code UpW.
Margery and Arthur were very active in the Hindmarsh Baptist Church for many years. Later they moved to Tusmore joining Knights bridge Baptist in 1930. Margery was a Deaconess, President of the Ladies' Fellowship, Choir member and so much more. She loved singing and was a member of the Burnside ladies' Choir, and a friend to all. (The Tucker Family in Australia, 1992) | Tucker, Margery May (I2448)
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Marriage Details, William Tiller, martial status not recorded, father's name not recorded married 19th May 1851 to Mary Ann aged 19 years, single, daughter of John Tucker at St Stephen Church, Willunga District Adelaide reference book 13 page 231 symbol "A" | Family: William John Hall Tiller / Mary Tucker (F0068)
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Marriage Details. Richard Tiller aged 22 years, marital status not recorded son of Richard Tiller married 3rd November 1859 to Sarah, aged 21 years, marital status not recorded, daughter of John Tucker at Wesleyan Chapel Mount Barker. reference book 40 page 54.
Sarah left England with her parents on the ship "Eliza" seven days after her 11th birthday, sailing from Plymouth, England and arriving three and a half months later at Port Adelaide. She would have met Richard when she was living in Inman Valley with her parents as the Tillers lived there too. Richard arrived in Australia with his parents when he was two. He worked on his father's land at McLaren Vale when he was old enough.
After their marriage they farmed for a year at Yankalilla and four years at Inman Valley then moved to Salisbury (125 acres) for eight years. Several of their children were born there. Two children (Richard and Charles) died and were buried in the Church of England cemetery at Salisbury. Both names were re-used for later children. In about 1873, 320 acres of virgin land was bought at Grace Plains. Sarah stayed on at Salisbury until a dwelling was erected for her and the family. Years later a fine home was built (1902) within a 100 yards and south of the old house. The property had also been increased to 1200 acres; but Sarah loved to sit in her first little cottage. Sarah acted as mid-wife to many women in the district; husbands came at any hour of the day or night for her assistance.
The stone chimney still stands of the little house they lived in. The present car shed housed the boys sleeping quarters. 13 children were born within 24 years, 2 dying in infancy and one at 20. She lived in "Grace House" for the remainder of her life but died from a stroke while visiting her daughter Eliza (Mrs Adams). Richard had died a year earlier. A memorial stone marks their graves. Son Charles moved into the house after his father's death, when he married Muriel. Sarah lived with her daughter Eliza.
There is an entry in the S.A. Cyclopaedia about Richard Tiller. In addition to some of the information above, it mentions the following. The tiller family arrived on the ship "Baboo" in 1840, Richard worked as a carpenter and wheelwright for a year in Adelaide and then in Mclaren Vale. After taking up farmland from the S.A. Co. he farmed firstly on his father's property and then on his own land, often clearing the land himself. When he settled at Grace Plains he gradually added to the area of the farm. It also mentions that Sarah was the daughter of John Tucker of CALLINGTON, This is interesting as there are not many references to his living there. It mentions that John Tiller was living in Bunbury W.A. at the time, two others sons (of Richard Tiller) were farming on their own and Charles Frederick was helping his father. It also mentions the "large, comfortable homestead erected on the property" by Richard. (The Tucker Family in Australia 1992) | Tucker, Sarah (I0198)
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At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Vega, B.A. (I10415)
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Marriage record: Vol 5a, Page 35 Highworth 1860 Death record: 1841 census: Mill Lane Highworth, aged 1 with parents and siblings (Waite) 1851 census: "Marsh" Highworth, aged 10 with parents and siblings (Wait) 1861 census: "Marsh" Highworth, aged 19 with wife Caroline (23) | Waite, John (I10310)
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Marriage records obtain from Digger - South Australian Marriages, Registrations 1842-1916 Book/Page 103/525. At the time of their marriage Duncan was 25yrs old and Lucy was 22yrs old.
Birth details obtained from South Australian Births 1842-1906 Book 12, Page 369, District Code Nai.
Lucy lived at Hoyleton at the time of her marriage. They had a butcher's shop in Charles Street Jeparit. Lucy was killed in a motor accident in Dimboola. The death certificate states the cause of death as shock fracture of the base of the skull. An inquest was held 30th and 31st December. She was buried on 31st at Jeparit Cemetery by the Church of England Minister.
Lucy named her children from the books she happened to be reading at the time. We are told Lucy and Duncan's sons were all big men (5'11" or 6') with black very curly hair and blue eyes. They had great physical strength. Ham's son saw him lift a 152 pound anvil under one arm and walk 70 or so yards. The boys were also boxers. The Smith family tell that Lucy was the daughter of "Rich man Tucker". This name seems unknown to the rest of the family. It was said that Lucy's father disapproved of her marriage to Duncan. She married at 16 although the certificate says 22 and presumably without any family present as none were witnesses.
Strange circumstances surround Lucy's death. She was supposedly in a care with Mr Hogan (local solicitor - Mrs Hogan was her friend) going to see her son John and had to wait for a train connection. Mr Hogan said they went over a bump in the road (it was a touring car) and she was thrown out and had a wound on her temple. Questions were raised as to whether she was killed on the way. She always kept money tied in a handkerchief. The handkerchief was found but there was no money in it. A detective was brought from Melbourne. The stone in the cemetery in Jeparit is placed there by the local townspeople in remembrance. Lucy worked as a midwife using her own house as a hospital to support herself and children after Duncan died. She worked with Dr Gawn. (The Tucker Family in Australia, 1992) | Tucker, Lucy Kent (I0206)
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Married Elaine | Grant, Jack (I9916)
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At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Family: A.J. Campbell / V.L. Strang (F3687)
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Martha Louise Griffiths funeral took place on Sunday 12 April 1936, at the Northdown Cemetery. A brief service was held at St James Anglican Church Northdown by Rev J.F.C Ashworth who also officiated at the graveside. | Williams, Martha Louisa (I2485)
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At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Little, M.J. (I3507)
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Mary Ann Amelia Flexmore was still legally married to John Dettmer Dodds Jackson when she married John Wooby in 1868. | Family: John Wooby / Mary Ann Amelia Flexmore (F3748)
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Mary Ann Kennedy was born on 11 May 1830 at Penrith. She was the younger of twins and at the age of 20 years married William Potts. They married on 2 October, 1850 at Richmond. Their Certificate of Marriage shows that his brother. Henry Potts and her sister Elizabeth Kennedy (her elder twin) were the witnesses. Another aspect on the certificate shows that they placed their mark (X) in the register, which indicates that neither of them could read or write at the time. A copy of the Marriage Certificate is attached.
Mary Ann Kennedy has a very interesting background and of course to us, as they are also related to our family.
Her grandfather was Donald Kennedy who came to New South Wales as a convict aboard "Royal Admiral". He was tried and sentenced at Inverness, Scotland (his place of birth).
William Potts and Mary Ann Potts (nee Kennedy) had 13 children. William Potts was a shoemaker by trade and did this work all his life. They lived at Richmond, where four children were born until about 1855, when they moved to Bathurst, where they had a further 7 children. About 1873 they moved again, this time to Mudgee, where another child was born at "Havilah" Station. Another son , died when young. In this area, William Potts continued as a shoemaker around the Mudgee, New South Wales area.
Mary Ann Potts (n. Kennedy) was a midwife. When she went to a home, to deliver a baby, sometimes she might have had to stay there for a week, if it was a difficult case. She would always throw some rabbit traps into her sulky so that she could catch a few rabbits and make a meal for the woman before she left. She always wore a large blue and white check bonnet.
Mary Ann Potts (n. Kennedy) died on 7 June 1918, aged 88 years at Lue (near Mudgee) and is buried at the Roman Catholic Cemetery there.
William and Mary Ann Potts brought our branch of the family over the mountains to the central western plains of New South Wales. | Kennedy, Mary Ann (I0115)
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At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Family: Jonas Maxwell-Tokalauvere / S.L.T. Bourne (F3639)
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Mary Cummins (n. Griffiths) recalls:
Dad, on 14 May 1941 enlisted in the Australian Army as a Gunner in the 7 Field Regiment, unfortunatley he really wanted to serve his country but, officials thought different and on 5 January 1942 he was discharged from the Army and told he was to go into Transport.
He was a conductor on the Trams and buses for many years, he then became a bus driver. He remained, the rest of his career as a bus driver, going from North Sydney Depot ending at Willoughby Depot.
I remember when he was a conductor, we lived at Neutral Bay at the time, kids being kids, we would play conductors ourselves and use up his tickets, unaware that he had to pay for the ones we used. He would then give us the butts and we were alowed to play with them.
From 1942 - 1958 we all lived at 93 Young Street, Neutral Bay. It was a semi-detached house.
We then moved to 18 Cook Street, North Ryde. The children were all married from this house.
Dad had a massive stroke on Easter Sunday 1984, and was placed into a nursing home. Mary and Norm would take Dad out from time to time, either for family parties, or to give Mum (Mary) a surprise or just take Mum and Dad for a drive.
Dad's favourite beach was Queenscliffe, we spent every Sunday at that beach with him from as far back as I (Mary Jnr) can remember. Dad could not swim at all, he used to let the waves break over him, then he would come back to the shore and le in the sand - we used to call him a crumbed sausage. His head would be in the shade of the umbrella and the rest of his body was in the sun. He married MARY CATHERINE MURPHY #14, 24 Jan 1942 in St Declan's Penshurst, New South Wales, Australia, b. 6 Aug 1923 in Lithgow Street, St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia (daughter of JOHN JAMES MURPHY and HELEN (NELLIE) WULF).
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At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Phillips, G.R. (I11453)
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Mary Cummins (n. Griffiths) told me her grandfather, Alexander was a good all round cricket player. He smoked like a chimney (rollies) and lived on bex and quick eze.
Both Alexander and Alice were known to all the grand children as Dah and Mum. | Griffiths, Alexander Frederick (I11410)
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Mary Cummins recalls "David was born with Down Syndrome. He went away on a holiday with Camp Quality, took sick and his health failed him. He was a sweet, happy boy, both Marlene and Don, together with their other 2 children, devoted all their time and energy into David." | Wilson, David William (I11533)
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Mary Cummins told me that she received a card from Lois Zena Donnelly (n. Smith) advising her that Carl passed away on 18 October 2013. Lois and Carl went on the Indian Pacific to Perth, then drove across the Nullabor to Sydney, where Carl was to play golf in the Master Builders Tournament. Unfortunately he only played 9 holes and had a heart attack on 14 October 2013. His life support was turned off on 18 October 2013, he was cremated in Sydney, New South Wales. | Donnelly, Henry Carl (I11705)
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Mary Duffield aged 42 died 21 May 1903 at Leederville, Western Australia. She was buried at the Karrakatta Cemetery, Anglican Denomination, Section DC, Gravesite 0136. Grant Number K0005832 | Hackett, Mary (I11864)
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Mary Elizabeth Smith is a single mother. | Family: Richard Williams / Mary Elizabeth Smith (F54)
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Mary had a life-long interesting and worked for the Red Cross. (The Tucker Family in Australia, 1992) | Coulls, Mary Myrtle (I3807)
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Mary is buried in the Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Section FG, Grave 62. | Street, Mary Louise (I11780)
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At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Holman, M.E. (I4920)
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Mary is the younger twin sister of Elizabeth. | Kennedy, Mary Ann (I0115)
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Mary Kent Redpath (n. Tucker) collapsed from a heart attack whilst boarding the train home on Thursday 21st October 1954 at the Adelaide Railway Station. | Tucker, Mary Kent (I2449)
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Mary lays to rest beside her beloved Husband Francis Richard Baldwin (Frank) at the Urunga Lawn Cemetery in Catholic Row K Plot 15. | Kennedy, Mary Veronica (I0019)
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At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Tiller, M.M. (I3296)
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Mary Olive Pearce is the second and twin daughter of George Henry Pearce, Esq, of Johannesburg, South Africa | Pearce, Mary Olive (I8979)
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Mary probably looked after he brothers on a farm at Kybunga at quite an early age, travelling from Grace Plains and staying for several weeks.
After her marriage she became a good housewife, attending to all the usual duties of a farm wife of years ago. One grand daughter recalls her visits to her home, bringing lots of goodies to her little grand daughters.
Ladies of years ago had little scope for other than being a wife and mother. (The Tucker Family in Australia, 1992) | Tiller, Mary (I0641)
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Mary Stoba was born in Liverpool, England. She was educated in that large, bustling industrial city. She was the eighth child in a family of 12. After finishing school she became a traitoress. Her parents emigrated to Australia on the ship "The Irishman", arriving 5/11/1912. Mary was 18. She hated Australia at first and missed her older brothers and sister and friends in England.
She met Cyril in Cummins while visiting her sister, Ruth (who had married Dave Siviour). When Mary and Cyril married, and Mary was taken to live at Kyancutta, her life-style took a step back to real pioneering. She had been accustomed to using gas fires, lights, pull-chain lavatories, electricity, tram cars, paved streets and footpaths. She surely lived on love, with candle lights, hurricane lanterns and kerosene lamps; cooking on a wood fire, using coal irons, boiling the "copper" for baths and laundry, trying to keep milk, butter and cream cool in only a Coolgardie Safe; a cool drink came from water bags hanging outside (very effective they were too). She had to tolerate isolation, 100 degree heat waves, dust, flies, grasshopper and mouse plagues and the inconvenience of having the lavatory one hundred yards up the garden. That lavatory was portable and Cyril dug deep holes in the ground. When the holes were half full, the , the "Little-house" was easily moved. The toilet tissue used was old newspapers and there were red-back spikers.
Mary never became a real farmer's wife: she couldn't milk cows or ride a horse. She became used to travelling by buggy. During the depression she managed on Government hand-outs, through the Farmers' Assistance Board, which allowed her to order groceries up to the sum of twenty pounds; there would be an order for twenty pound for clothing, which Mary bought from a travelling salesman; Mr. Broadbent,. She was an excellent cook, and made all the children's clothes. Her sister in England sent a big parcel every Christmas and her sisters and brothers in Adelaide also helped. She was often confronted by a swagman and willingly gave billies of tea and food.
Mary and Cyril were well known for their hospitality throughout the district and were great supporters of many worthy causes. Mary received a medal from the Red Cross for 30 years service, presented at Government House. She was made a life member of the Country Womens' Association and presented with a certificate of membership of the Country Women of the World. She worked for the Methodist Church and the Guild.
Cyril promised Mary when they married that he would take her on a trip back to her beloved England one day. After retirement to Port Lincoln, in 1964, they went on a world trip. Mary met a brother, in Liverpool, she had not seen for 50 years. She was a guest at the Country Women of the World Conference in Dublin, Ireland. They returned to Australia via Canada and the United States of America. Mary became ill and had surgery for breast cancer in 1974. When she recovered from surgery, Mary and Cyril had a Pacific Cruise. She died in the Cummins Hospital due to a recurrence of the cancer. (The Tucker Family in Australia, 1992) | Stoba, Mary (I4837)
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Mary Theo may Johanson (n. Cooper) died 26 December 1990 in Wellington, New South Wales. She was privately cremated and her ashes were laid to rest in the Wellington General Cemetery, New South Wales in Portion Col, Row NF17 adjacent to her husband William Lauris Cooper. | Cooper, Mary Theo May (I9257)
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Mary Veronica Kennedy(n.Walters) was buried in the Catholic Cemetery Rookwood New South Wales on the 04 Dec 1951. Her grave is located in Section Grave Mortuary 2, area 8 grave 2030. She shares her resting place with her husband John Daniel Kennedy and two of her children George E Kennedy and Edward G Kennedy rest in the joining grave 2029. | Walters, Mary Veronica (I0007)
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Mary was 14 when married, Cert states 16yrs. She remarried twice. | Brandis, Mary (I6589)
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Mary was stillborn | Waller, Mary (I12112)
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Mary was stillborn | Waller, Mary (I12112)
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Mary was the first child of Eliza and Joseph Clarke to be born in a hospital, and she weighed only 2.5 pounds at birth. She started school at Croydon Primary, later transferring to the Kybunga School in 1914. Mary had been the lucky member of the family to travel to England with her parents in 1911, when they went to see the Coronation of George V, in London on 22nd June, 1911. After leaving school, Mary worked some of her time on the farm at Kybunga, and often boarded with her sister (Daisy Sulley) at Croydon, where she would work at Brookers Jam Factory, situated at the end of the street where her sister lived. She met her husband when he was working for a local farmer at Kybunga (Jock Mitchell). After their marriage harry Joined the Railways and was posted to Tailem Bend. The couple lived there all of their married life, in a Railways house provided for employees. There were no children.
60th birthday for Former Kybunga Lady
A 60th birthday party was tendered Mrs Harry Gray of Tailem Bend, formerly Mary Clarke, who was for many years a resident of Kybunga at the home of her Brother F.J.W. Clarke on Sunday June 25th. A smorgasbord luncheon had been prepared by relatives and friends and was thoroughly enjoyed. Many came from long distances to help celebrate the occasion. In the afternoon her many friends renewed acquaintances and many old-time reminiscences were exchanged. Mrs Kevin Clarke showed many slides that had been taken at her wedding, and places of interest they had visited. During afternoon tea, Mr. Wilfred Clarke, asked the guest of honour to light the candles and cut the cake which had been made and iced by her Neice Mrs. Audrey Sulley of Croydon Park, when the gathering wished her "Happy Birthday" with the singing of the birthday song. Mr Jack Clarke on behalf of the family made her the presentation of a travelling rug and asked her to accept the many gifts that had been made to her to mark the occasion. Mrs Gray suitably responded, thanking all who had made her birthday such a happy occasion. (The Tucker Family in Australia, 1992) | Clarke, Mary Myrtle Tucker (I2553)
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Mary worked hard but was kind and generous to all. She was a member of the same church and her faith meant a lot to her. "Because thou hast been our help, therefore in the shadow of the wing we will rejoice" was a source of great comfort to her. She was sensitive and caring and dreadfully shocked by Wilfred's death. She visited the grave every week. After her husband's death she always kept his photo in the dining room and had a fresh rose next to it. She took Flowers to the cemetery every Sunday and was upset when she was not well enough to do so.
She had terrible arthritis in the knees and spine. She brought up her brothers and sisters until her father remarried after her mother's death. Her father and step-mother retired to Largs Bay. They employed a lady as housekeeper as she had a large family and no means of support. She loved flowers especially roses, daisies, sweet peas and the spring blossoms.
She remembered the Kaurna tribe who used to live on the land now used as the Balaklava Show ground oval. (The Tucker Family in Australia, 1992) | Curtis, Mary Elizabeth (I2495)
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At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Allsop, M. (I5851)
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Master Baker, own business set up in 1932 in Heanor Derbys. | Rowe, John Henry (I6055)
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Matilda Olive Pracy's funeral departed her late residence 117 May Street, St Peters, New South Wales, at 2:15pm, Monday 21st February 1927 for the Church of England Cemetery, Waverley, New South Wales. | Osborne, Matilda Olivia (I11068)
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