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Name (FAMILY NAME, Other Names) |
GLIDDON, Herbert
Christopher |
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Date of Birth |
3 September 1882 |
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Place of Birth |
Bowden SA |
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Date of Death |
7 April 1964 |
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Place of Death |
Sefton Park SA |
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Place of Burial |
Enfield Memorial Park
(Row
W site 42) |
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Arrived in South Australia (date/ship etc.) |
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Addresses/Dates in Prospect Council Area |
23 Vine Street, Prospect SA (1919, 1920s) |
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Addresses/Dates outside Prospect Council Area |
Streaky Bay (until 1905) 77 Alice Street, Sefton Park SA (by mid 1930s) |
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Names of houses (if any) |
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Parents - names; DOBs etc (if known) |
Edward Christopher GLIDDON b. c1842 UK d. 29 July 1907
Hindmarsh SA Maria Martha Matilda FELTUS b. c1856 UK (marriage
cert says c1854 may have adjusted her age as she was so young & also much
younger than her husband) d. 21 May 1923 Thebarton SA Married 23 Nov 1872 Streaky Bay SA |
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Spouse(s) - including maiden name; DOBs etc. (if known) |
Jessie Alice HAY
c1883 d 27 March 1954 bd Enfield Memorial Park |
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Date(s) of Marriage(s) |
23 May 1914 |
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Place(s) of Marriage(s) |
Christ Church, North Adelaide SA |
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Children - names and dates of birth/death if known |
Gwendoline Isabel GLIDDON b 15 March 1915 Prospect Dorothy Myra GLIDDON b 7 October 1916 Prospect Violet Hazel GLIDDON b 21 May 1921 Prospect |
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Education |
School of Arts and Crafts – clay modelling 1923/4 |
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Occupation(s) |
49 years in the SA Railways, Glanville, then Islington
from 1916 (retired c1947) |
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Interests/Activities |
His hobby was sculpture. |
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Religion/Churches |
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Notes (points of interest etc.) |
He made a statuette of NAFC legend Ken Farmer which is
in the NAFC history archive. There is a photo in the archive of Herbert
presenting Ken Farmer with the statuette. He is reported in the newspaper as saying he also made
one of King George V which he valued at
£50 (News 12 Sept. 1947) This article (Advertiser
16 July 1948 ) makes a
reference to Herbert’s grandfather having a connection to early South
Australia - "South Australian Gazette and Colonial
Register." Saturday, June 18, 1836. shows an advertisement from the SA
Agency Office, 9 Austin Friars, London, announcing that Herbert’s
grandfather, John Gliddon, had been appointed by the Commissioners agent for
the purchase of land in South Australia. He married the eldest daughter of
Leigh Hunt, the author, but never came to South Australia. |
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Cross-references eg to siblings, parents, children |
Herbert was one of 17 children |
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Local Government experience (if any) |
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Sources of information |
Trove, BISA, K Weir, Barry Dolman NAFC, Sands &
MacD. |
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Principal Researcher(s) |
Lesley Attema |
