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Family Name

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BROOKMAN, Benjamin

Date of Birth

16.9.1826

Place of Birth

Glasgow, Scotland

Date of Death

11.06.1917

Place of Death

Kelvin Lodge, 68 Prospect Road

Place of Burial

Walkerville Wesleyan Cemetery

Arrived in South Australia (date/ship etc.)

1852 on  Waterlily

Lived in Prospect (dates)

1854-1917

Addresses in Prospect

68 Prospect Road, Prospect (1854-1917)

Names of houses (if any)

Prospect Villa, later renamed Kelvin Lodge

Parents

George & Ann (nee Smith) Brookman

Spouse(s)

(1/2) Jane nee Wilson, (2/2) Charlotte Elizabeth nee Ragless

Date(s) of Marriage(s)

            (2/2) 27.9 1883

Place(s) of Marriage(s)

(2/2) Residence of John Ragless, Enfield

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)

Education

Learned typesetting from age 14.

Occupation(s)

Printer of South Australian stamps for the Colonial Post Office, then had own printing works

Interests

 

Religion/Churches

Congregationalist

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.

Sources of information

Margaret E  Ragless,  Duststorms in China Teacups has a comprehensive biography of Benjamin Brookman.

Principal researcher(s)

David Johnston, Prospect Local History Group - from Margaret Ragless’ book

 

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