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Family Name

BURDON, John

Date of Birth

20 July 1805

Place of Birth

Kneeton, Nottinghamshire

Date of Death

2 September 1884

Place of Death

Prospect, South Australia

Place of Burial

Dudley Park Cemetery (Grave no longer exists)

Arrived in South Australia (date/ship etc.)

8 August 1849 on “Emily”

Lived in Prospect (dates)

1849 to 1884.

Addresses in Prospect

Possibly near corner of Irish Harp Road, Islington (now known as Regency Road)

Names of houses (if any)

Not known

Parents

John and Mary Burdon (nee Johnson)

Spouse(s)

(1) Ann Streets                                    (2) Hannah Cox (nee Saunders)

Date(s) of Marriage(s)

(1) 9 July 1827                                    (2) 22 August 1868

Place(s) of Marriage(s)

(1) Wilford, Nottinghamshire             (2) Islington (Primitive Methodist Church) S.Aust.

Children (all born in East Bridgford, Nottinghamshire with first wife, Ann)

William (3 Oct 1829? - ?), Robert (16 Feb 1831 – 26 Mar 1896), Mary (14 Aug 1833 – 24 Dec 1859), Jane (5 Feb 1838 – 23 Feb 1850), Eliza (23 Jul 1839 – 1843 or 47), Dinah (23 Aug 1842 – 1843), James (25 Jun 1844 – 21 Feb 1921), Josiah (20 Mar 1847 – 14 Jun 1923)

Occupation(s)

Shoemaker

Interests

According to the Government Gazette of 6th July 1876, John was elected as a Prospect Councillor that year. However the Prospect Council list of Elected Members shows that his son Robert was elected, not John. This is confirmed by the entries in the Municipal section of the Boothby Directories of South Australia for 1876-78, and confirmed by several newspaper reports.

It is probable that the insertion of John’s name into the Govt Gazette was a mistake by James Pitcher, the then District Clerk.

Religion/Churches

Primitive Methodist Church

Notes (points of interest etc.)

John’s brothers, George and Samuel arrived in Adelaide in 1845 from Tasmania where Samuel had been a convict. George and another brother James had arrived in Tasmania in 1841 when Samuel received his Ticket of Leave. James remained in Tasmania running a very successful Coach building firm. George farmed successfully at One Tree Hill South Australia, while Samuel died at Ingrams Gap South Australia.

Sources of information

Squire’s records at Kneeton, Nottinghamshire, and various South Australian records.

Principal researcher(s)

Glenn Burdon.  [email protected]

 

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