John Birdwood Tiller

John Birdwood Tiller

Male 1917 - 2010  (92 years)

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  • Name John Birdwood Tiller  [1
    Birth 1 Sep 1917  Grace Plains, South Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    Birth Registration - John Birdwood Tiller
    Birth Registration - John Birdwood Tiller
    John Birdwood Tiller born 01 Sep 1917, Grace Plains, South Australia, Australia. Father Charles Fredrick Tiller, Mother Muriel Angel, Registration Number 6A/483. John is the twin brother of Vera Unice Tiller

    Gender Male 
    Occupation 1939  Warnertown, South Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6
    Farmer 
    Residence 1939  Wanertown, South Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7, 8
    See Commonwealth Electoral Rolls, South Australia, for 1939, 1941 and 1943 which list John Birdwood Tiller place of Living as Warnertown. 
    Death 25 Jun 2010  [9
    Burial Warnertown Cemetery, Warnertown, South Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.

    Person ID I1076  Tucker Family Tree | The descendants of James Tucker
    Last Modified 14 Nov 2015 

    Father Charles Fredrick Tiller,   b. 4 Aug 1878, Grace Plains, South Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Apr 1960 (Age 81 years) 
    Mother Muriel Angel,   b. 24 Jul 1884, Napperby, South Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Sep 1917, Grace Plains, South Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 33 years) 
    Marriage 31 Mar 1909  Napperby, South Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F0303  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family M.A. Young 
    Children 
    +1. R.J. Tiller
    +2. B.D. Tiller
    +3. H.U. Tiller
     4. Malcolm Ross Tiller,   b. 9 Jan 1953   d. 28 May 1955 (Age 2 years)
    +5. Janice Mary Tiller,   b. 12 Jul 1956   d. 7 Nov 2011 (Age 55 years)
    +6. D.E. Tiller
    Family ID F0312  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 14 Nov 2015 

  • Photos At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.

    Documents
    Commonwealth Electoral Roll South Australia, Subdivision of Crystal Brook - 1939
    Commonwealth Electoral Roll South Australia, Subdivision of Crystal Brook - 1939
    Roll No. 1422 John Birdwood Tiller, Warnertown, Farmer, Male.
    Commonwealth Electoral Roll, South Australia for the Subdivision of Crystal Brook - 1941
    Commonwealth Electoral Roll, South Australia for the Subdivision of Crystal Brook - 1941
    Electoral No. 1468, John Birdwood Tiller, Warnertown, Farmer, Male.
    Commonwealth Electoral Roll, South Australia, Subdivision of Crystal Brook - 1943
    Commonwealth Electoral Roll, South Australia, Subdivision of Crystal Brook - 1943
    Roll No. 1425, John Birdwood Tiller, Warnertown, Farmer, Male.

  • Notes 
    • John is a twin to Vera Unice Tiller. He lived with his Aunt May Hawkins at Warnertown as his mother died when he was 10 days old. He was educated at Warnertown School (7years) and Port Pirie High School (3years). Leaving school in 1933 he worked on his uncle's farm which later became his own; he carried out mixed farming. He inherited the family love of cricket and played Country Cricket for 22 seasons. He was a good bowler and batsmen. His two sons Ray and Brian are also keen cricketers. jack has played in Country Cricket Carnivals in Adelaide with his brothers Tom and Gordon from 1939 to 1970 in the Grace Plains Team. During the years 1968, 1969 and 1970 his two sons Ray and Brian were also in the team and they continued on until 1991. He also played tennis and cricket for Warnertown until the local teams folded and then he played for Port Germein in the Port Pirie A Grade competition until he was 52. He is still living on his farm at Warnertown and together with two married sons as farmers has expanded to several other neighbouring farms. he is a support of the Warnertown Uniting Church. (The Tucker Family in Australia, 1992)

  • Sources 
    1. [S1] Cynthis Henley-Smith, The Tucker Family in Australia, (Gillingham Printers Pty Ltd Adelaide, South Australia), 1992, 180 (Reliability: 3).

    2. [S101] Headstone Inscription, 1 Sep 1917 (Reliability: 2).

    3. [S25] South Australian Genealogy & Heraldry Society Inc, South Australian Births 1907 - 1928, (the South Australian Genealogy & Heraldry Society ), 1 Sep 1917 (Reliability: 3).
      See attached Birth Registration Transcription

    4. [S339] Commonwealth Electoral Roll, South Australia, 1939 (Reliability: 3).
      See attached Commonwealth Electoral Roll, South Australia, for the Subdivision of Crystal Brook 1939

    5. [S339] Commonwealth Electoral Roll, South Australia, 1943 (Reliability: 3).
      See attached Commonwealth Electoral Roll, South Australia, for the Subdivision of Crystal Brook 1941.

    6. [S339] Commonwealth Electoral Roll, South Australia, 1943 (Reliability: 3).
      See attached Commonwealth Electoral Roll, South Australia, for the Subdivision of Crystal Brook 1943.

    7. [S339] Commonwealth Electoral Roll, South Australia, 1939 (Reliability: 3).
      See attached Commonwealth Electoral Roll, South Australia for the Subdivision of Crystal Brook 1939.

    8. [S339] Commonwealth Electoral Roll, South Australia, 1941 (Reliability: 3).
      See attached Commonwealth Electoral Roll, South Australia for the Subdivision of Crystal Brook 1941

    9. [S101] Headstone Inscription, 25 Jun 2010 (Reliability: 3).


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