Name (FAMILY NAME, Other Names) |
FRY, George Charles |
Date of Birth |
1835 Baptised 12/4/1835 |
Place of Birth |
Chippenham,
Wiltshire, England |
Date of Death |
8th December 1889 |
Place of Death |
Buxton St, North
Adelaide |
Place of Burial |
West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide |
Arrived in South Australia (date/ship etc.) |
The ship “Blundell” 1856 from Southampton with parents and siblings. |
Addresses/Dates in Prospect Council Area |
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Addresses/Dates outside Prospect Council Area |
Chippenham England
(1835- 1856), Adelaide (1856- 1857) Kapunda (1858-1876), Norwood (1876-
1882), North Adelaide (1883-1889) |
Names of houses (if any) |
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Parents - names; DOBs etc (if known) |
Richard FRY (1808 -22/4/1881 Norwood), Ann (1807 -25/1/1878
Kapunda) |
Spouse(s) - including maiden name; DOBs etc. (if known) |
Ann GREENOUGH (12/2/1846
Yorkshire -6/6/1875 Beulah Park), Mary Ann EDGECOMBE (2/7/1841 Adelaide-
23/5/1890 North Adelaide) |
Date(s) of Marriage(s) |
24th December 1864, 7th September
1876 |
Place(s) of Marriage(s) |
Kapunda, Norwood |
Children - names and dates of birth/death if known |
Herbert Charles Greenough Fry (1/1/1866-11/9/1909),
Frederick George Fry (20/9/1868-11/5/1875), Arthur Henry Fry
(15/4/1871-17/5/1944), Elizabeth May Fry (2/5/1873- 1963), Amy Beatrice Fry
(16/2/1875- 13/3/1876), George Edwin Fry (16/12/1879-15/7/1952), Florence
Annie Fry (10/9/1881-21/3/1941), Frank Edgecombe Fry (2/9/1883-24/5/1950) |
Education |
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Occupation(s) |
Contractor, Builder |
Interests/Activities |
Major contractor in South Australia. Original
subscriber for the Trans Continental Railway along with R E Fry. In
partnership with brother R E Fry then with brother-in- law Francis J Lewis. |
Religion/Churches |
Freemasons and Oddfellows
Lodges |
Notes (points of interest etc.) |
Kerbing and paving Main
St Kapunda (1866) Build road between Kapunda and Truro at Allens
Creek (1867-70 ). Laid the Hamley Bridge, Roseworthy and Foresters railway
(1868-69). Built the Hope Valley Reservoir (1869-1873).
Laid railway from Blyth to Hoyleton (1874- 1875) and the Kadina to Barunga Gap Railway (1876-1878). Built the Nelshaby reservoir (1878). Laid the tracks for the Enfield,
Nailsworth and Prospect Tramway in 1883 and purchased the Tram Barn on Main
North Road including the Tramway business (October 1884), Sold the business
and Tram Barn in October 1885. Built
the Gladstone reservoir (1880) Farina reservoir (1882-1886), and other
smaller reservoirs. Provided the kerbing for the streets in Port Adelaide in
1886 plus other kerbing contracts. Contractor for the Islington Workshops (1883) |
Cross-references eg to siblings, parents, children |
Brother is Richard Elver Fry
(1837-1877), Mrs Anne Pitt (1848-1915), Mrs Elizabeth Emily Lewis (1852-
1934) |
Local Government experience (if any) |
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Sources of information |
Births Deaths and Marriages, Newspapers |
Principal Researcher(s) |
Jenny Neill |