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Name (FAMILY
NAME, Other Names) |
GURNER, John
Robert |
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Date of Birth |
06.03.1832 |
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Place of Birth |
Bath, England |
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Date of Death |
11.06.1900 |
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Place of Death |
St Albans, 8 Prospect Road, Prospect |
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Place of Burial |
North Road Cemetery |
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Arrived in
South Australia (date/ship etc.) |
1858 |
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Lived in
Prospect (dates) |
C1890-1900.
Built St Albans in 1890 and live
there until his death. |
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Addresses/Dates
in Prospect Council Area |
St Albans, 8 Prospect Road, Prospect |
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Addresses/Dates
outside Prospect Council Area |
England
1876-78, |
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Names of houses
(if any) |
St Albans |
|
Parents |
John Oliver
GURNER |
|
Spouse(s) |
(1)
Emily
Jane PEARCE (c1838-1868) (2)
Louisa
Jane BAKEWELL (died 1931) |
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Date(s) of
Marriage(s) |
(1)
12.10.1863 (2)
12.10.1871 |
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Place(s) of
Marriage(s) |
(1)
Adelaide (2)
St
Paul’s Church, Adelaide |
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Children |
Ethel Jane
(1864-), Arthur Edward Pearce (1866-), Emily Jane (1868-), Edmund Robert
(1872-) |
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Education |
LDS RCS
(Licentiate of Dental Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons). Also studied in
Italy at Florence and Milan. |
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Occupation(s) |
Dental Surgeon,
One of the Colony’s first dentists. In partnership with Mr EA Philips. They
were possibly the first dentist appointed to Adelaide Hospital (appointed
1859). From 1878 he had a large practice at 78 North Terrace. |
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Interests/Activities |
He was very
interested in botany and was a member of the Field Naturalists Society. A
prominent Freemason, he was a member of three lodges, including St Albans. He
founded the Masters and Wardens Association and in 1868-88 was worshipful
master of the Lodge of Friendship. |
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Religion/Churches
|
Church of
England |
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Notes (points
of interest etc.) |
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Local
Government experience |
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Sources of
information |
Biographical Index of South Australian
1836-1886. History of
dentistry in SA? |
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Researcher |
David Johnston,
Prospect Local History Group |