Name (FAMILY NAME, Other Names) |
MCINNES, Archibald |
Date of Birth |
10th March 1875 |
Place of Birth |
Scotland |
Date of Death |
10th July 1949 |
Place of Death |
At home |
Place of Burial |
North Road Cemetery - Plot 8611, Path 47 South |
Arrived in South Australia (date/ship etc.) |
Oaklands - 1879 |
Addresses/Dates in Prospect Council Area |
1905 S&M - 18 Johns Rd |
Addresses/Dates outside Prospect Council Area |
1902 S&M - Montrose Ave Norwood |
Names of houses (if any) |
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Parents |
John Hamilton McInnes and Margaret Baird |
Spouse(s) |
Ida Dorothea Küchenmeister (1876-1961) |
Date(s) of Marriage(s) |
22nd October 1900 |
Place(s) of Marriage(s) |
Kelvin Grove, Blyth, South Australia |
Children |
1901 - Irene 1903 - Esmeralda Winifred 1905 - Clarence Archibald 1908 - Donald Ludwig 1910 - John Alexander 1913 - Ray Dorothea 1915 - Melville James |
Education |
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Occupation(s) |
Boilermaker |
Interests/Activities |
Secretary, Boilermakers and Iron Shipbuilders Society (SA)
for more than 40 years Member, Australian Industrial Commission Member, Royal Commission on Railways (1930) President/Secretary, Metal Trades Council Member, Metropolitan County Board Board member of South Australian Housing Trust (1937) Vice-President, Prospect Cricket Club Poetry, literature, opera, music |
Religion/Churches |
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Notes (points of interest etc.) |
McInnes Avenue is named for him |
Local Government experience |
Prospect Councillor 1909/10 - 1910/11; 1913/14 -
1916/17 Chairman 1914/15 - 1915/16 Alderman 1940/41 - 1942/43 |
Sources of information |
Buried Treasures (Article reprinted with permission from The Hamilton Heritage by James McInnes) |