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Name (FAMILY NAME, Other Names)

EDDY, James

Date of Birth

1859

Place of Birth

Phillack, Cornwall

Date of Death

5/6/1936

Place of Death

Prospect

Place of Burial

North Road Cemetery, Nailsworth

Arrived in South Australia (date/ship etc.)

Unsure when arrived however father , brothers and sister arrived on CORONA 1882

Addresses/Dates in Prospect Council Area

 Living On Main North Road in 1888 above the shop Little Adelaide/Prospect, 38 Gloucester St (3/1907- 6/1910), 22 Kintore Ave (1910 -5/6/1936)

Addresses/Dates outside Prospect Council Area

Phillack Cornwall (1859-1861), Liskeard Cornwall (1871)

Names of houses (if any)

 

Parents - names; DOBs etc (if known)

Stephen (1819 Camborne, Cornwall- 25/9/1891 Yatala, South Australia), Mary Paull Angove (1815Camborne, Cornwall - 1859 Phillack, Cornwall)

Spouse(s) - including maiden name; DOBs etc. (if known)

Mary Ann MILLER ( 23/7/1861 Adelaide - 29/7/1936 Prospect)

Date(s) of Marriage(s)

28/10/1885 South Australia

Place(s) of Marriage(s)

Brides Parents Home

Children - names and dates of birth/death if known

William (21/7/1886 Prospect - ) Muriel Mary (11/11/1888 Prospect –1958)  May (27/2/1891 Prospect - 1958) Hazel Marjorie (30/6/1893 Prospect - 1991), James Rendell (2/11/1895 Prospect- 1976) Frederick John (26/12/1897 Prospect - 1976) Norman Stephen (13/4/1900 Prospect- 1985)

Education

 

Occupation(s)

Advertising as a Butcher 1888 in Little Adelaide and 1889 in Prospect. Opened shop on Prospect road cnr of Myrtle st in Oct 1910.  Disposed of butchering business in February 1913 to Cresdee Bros.

Interests/Activities

Foundation member Bowling Club Prospect, President 1914- 1915

Religion/Churches

 

Notes (points of interest etc.)

Eddys Butcher Shop cnr Myrtle St and Prospect road, another shop on Main North Road Little Adelaide/Prospect. The shop on the Main North Road was one of the first to have meat rails installed which was necessary once the Abattoirs at Gepps Cross opened.

Cross-references eg to siblings, parents, children

 

Local Government experience (if any)

 

Sources of information

Newspaper  (The Advertiser and The Mail), Biographical Index of South Australia, Lands Title Deed,, Births Deaths & Marriages, The Meat Game by Richard Maurovic

Principal Researcher(s)

Jenny Neill

 

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