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Family Name

Burdon

 

Other Names

Josiah

 

Date of Birth

20 March 1847

 

Place of Birth

East Bridgford, Nottinghamshire

 

Date of Death

15 June 1923

 

Place of Death

Prospect, South Australia

 

Place of Burial

Dudley Park Cemetery. (Grave no longer exists, but I have an old photo of it)

 

Arrived in South Australia (date/ship etc.)

8 August 1849 on “Emily” with his parents, two brothers and two sisters

 

Lived in Prospect (dates)

1849 to 1923

 

Addresses in Prospect

Lots 57 & 58 Lower North Road, Reepham

 

Names of houses (if any)

Not known

 

Parents

John Burdon (1805-1884) and Ann Burdon (nee Streets) (1805-1866)

 

Spouse(s)

Mary Ann Simmons (1879-1936)

 

Date(s) of Marriage(s)

7 April 1879

 

Place(s) of Marriage(s)

Res. John Burdon, Islington

 

Children

William Ernest :Lascelles (1880-1959), Alicia Heloise (1881-1961), Albert Edward Oswald (1883-1962), Frederick Clarence Jacques (1887-1965), Lincoln Arthur Leslie (1884-1889).

 

Occupation(s)

Blacksmith

 

Interests

Not known

 

Religion/Churches

Primitive Methodist..

 

Notes (points of interest etc.)

 

 

Sources of information

S.A. Government records and enquiry of descendants of his surviving children.

 

Principal researcher(s)

Glenn Burdon. grburdon@bigpond.com

 

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