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(FAMILY NAME, Other Names) |
BROOKMAN,
Benjamin |
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Date
of Birth |
16.9.1826 |
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Place
of Birth |
Glasgow,
Scotland |
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Date
of Death |
11.06.1917 |
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Place
of Death |
Kelvin Lodge, 68 Prospect Road |
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Place
of Burial |
Walkerville
Wesleyan Cemetery |
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Arrived
in South Australia (date/ship etc.) |
1852
on Waterlily |
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Lived
in Prospect (dates) |
1854-1917 |
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Addresses
in Prospect |
68
Prospect Road, Prospect (1854-1917) |
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Names
of houses (if any) |
Prospect
Villa, later renamed Kelvin Lodge |
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Parents |
George
& Ann (nee Smith) Brookman |
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Spouse(s) |
(1/2)
Jane nee Wilson, (2/2) Charlotte Elizabeth nee Ragless |
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Date(s)
of Marriage(s) |
(2/2) 27.9 1883 |
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Place(s)
of Marriage(s) |
(2/2)
Residence of John Ragless, Enfield |
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Children |
Several
born in England + Lily Ann (1852 on Water Lily), William Wilson Brookman
(1854), Benjamin (1855), Catherine Isabell (1857), William Gordon (1859),
Andrew Duncan (1861), James Wilson (1863), Mary Catherine Wilson (1865),
Henry Leslie (1868), John Ragless (1885), Charlotte Evelyn (Lottie) (1867) |
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Education |
Learned
typesetting from age 14. |
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Occupation(s) |
Printer
of South Australian stamps for the Colonial Post Office, then had own
printing works |
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Interests |
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Religion/Churches
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Congregationalist |
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Notes
(points of interest etc.) |
He
owned a number of cottages and allotments along Prospect Road on Sections 371
to 373. His properties included: Dunedin at 72 Prospect Road, Dunbeath
at 2 Marian Place &Hazeldean at 4 Marian Place. |
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Sources
of information |
Margaret
E Ragless, Duststorms in China Teacups has a
comprehensive biography of Benjamin Brookman. |
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Principal
researcher(s) |
David Johnston,
Prospect Local History Group - from Margaret Ragless’ book |
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