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Name

LOFTES, Walter Cleaveland

Date of Birth

23 December 1868

Place of Birth

One Tree Hill SA

Date of Death

29 January 1943

Place of Death

Prospect SA

Place of Burial

North Road Cemetery

Arrived in South Australia (date/ship etc.)

 

Lived in Prospect (dates)

From at least 1900

Addresses in Prospect

Pulsford Road by corner of North Road

Names of houses (if any)

 

Parents

John Henry LOFTES and Mary Ann COCKER

Spouse(s)

(1)  Edith Alice YOUNG (died 1918)

(2)  Edith May NICHOLLS (nee TOWERS) May have been known as “Ellen”

Date(s) of Marriage(s)

(1) 12 Nov. 1903

 (2) 30 Oct. 1920

Place(s) of Marriage(s)

(1)  Mrs Elizabeth Young’s residence, Enfield

(2)  St. Andrews Church, Walkerville

Children

Robert Cleaveland Loftes  b1907 Prospect  (mother Edith Young)

Walter Charles Loftes b1909 Prospect  (mother Edith Young)

Selby Young Loftes b 1911 Prospect  (mother Edith Young)

John Clifford Loftes b 1914 Nth. Adel  (mother Edith Young)

Walter Collard Loftes b 1917 Nth. Adel. (mother Edith Young)

 

Benjamin Arthur b 1921 Adelaide (mother Edith Towers)

Ronald Towers Loftes b 1927 Adelaide  (mother Edith Towers)

 

Occupation(s)

1900 Founded Loftes Judd & Co, Pulsford Rd. Grain and fodder merchants

1903 – 1939 Loftes and Company

Interests

 

Religion/Churches

 

Notes (points of interest etc.)

 

Sources of information

Buried Treasures, SA BMDs

Principal Researcher(s)

Lesley Attema

 

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