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
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)
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
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)
Sources of information	Births Deaths and Marriages, Newspapers
Principal Researcher(s)	Jenny Neill