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Name (FAMILY NAME, Other Names)

Name (FAMILY NAME, Other Names)

GURNER, John Robert

Date of Birth

06.03.1832

Place of Birth

Bath, England

Date of Death

11.06.1900

Place of Death

St Albans, 8 Prospect Road, Prospect

Place of Burial

North Road Cemetery

Arrived in South Australia (date/ship etc.)

1858

Lived in Prospect (dates)

C1890-1900. Built St Albans in 1890 and live there until his death.

Addresses/Dates in Prospect Council Area

St Albans, 8 Prospect Road, Prospect

Addresses/Dates outside Prospect Council Area

England 1876-78,

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)

Date(s) of Marriage(s)

(1)   12.10.1863

(2)   12.10.1871

Place(s) of Marriage(s)

(1)   Adelaide

(2)   St Paul’s Church, Adelaide

Children

Ethel Jane (1864-), Arthur Edward Pearce (1866-), Emily Jane (1868-), Edmund Robert (1872-)

Education

LDS RCS (Licentiate of Dental Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons). Also studied in Italy at Florence and Milan.

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.

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.

Religion/Churches

Church of England

Notes (points of interest etc.)

 

Local Government experience

 

Sources of information

Biographical Index of South Australian 1836-1886. History of dentistry in SA?

Researcher

David Johnston, Prospect Local History Group

 

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