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Family Name

ANGWIN

Names

Richard   (Senior)

Date of Birth

15 July 1850

Place of Birth

Mousehole, Cornwall, England

Date of Death

16 October 1919

Place of Death

Prospect, SA

Place of Burial

North Road Cemetery Plots 2907 and 2908; Path 15 North

Arrived in South Australia (date/ship etc.)

c1875 from England via New Zealand

Lived in Prospect (dates)

From approx.1894 (previously lived in North Adelaide)

Addresses in Prospect

40 Highbury Street, Prospect

Names of houses (if any)

 

Parents

 

Spouse(s)

Catherine GRIFFITHS

Date(s) of Marriage(s)

Possibly 4th qtr. of 1873 in Penzance, Cornwall

Place(s) of Marriage(s)

Cornwall UK.

Children

8 children  - Ellen, Elsie Winnifred, Joseph, Lily Augusta, Richard Junior (all Nth Adelaide)

Occupation(s)

Builder and contractor, possible a developer who bought land and then built homes for sale.

Prospect Councillor 1911 to 1917

Catherine ran a corner shop at 42 Highbury Street

Interests

 

Religion/Churches

 

Notes (points of interest etc.)

Angwin Avenue named after the family for their years of public service

Member of the Freemasons

Member of the Cornish Assoc.

Sources of information

Treasures, SA BMDs, familysearch.

Principal Researcher

Lesley Attema - Prospect Local History Group

 

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