Name (FAMILY NAME, Other Names) |
MILNER, William |
Date of Birth |
8th November 1840 |
Place of Birth |
Wales |
Date of Death |
10th June 1907 |
Place of Death |
Prospect, SA |
Place of Burial |
North Road Cemetery; Plot 2687, Path 12 North |
Arrived in South Australia (date/ship etc.) |
~1863 - Sir John
Lawrence |
Addresses/Dates in Prospect Council Area |
At least from 1872 he occupied four acres of Section
347 between Harvey and California Sts 1883 - Boothby - Nailsworth 1885 - S&M - Ellen St Nailsworth |
Addresses/Dates outside Prospect Council Area |
Nairne |
Names of houses (if any) |
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Parents |
James and Martha Milner |
Spouse(s) |
Annie Edmonds ( born ? - died 1931) |
Date(s) of Marriage(s) |
24th August 1863 |
Place(s) of Marriage(s) |
St Woolos Parish, Newport |
Children |
1863 - Elizabeth (died 1864) 1865 - Annie (died 1940) 1867 - Mary (died 1872) 1871 - Elizabeth (died 1872) 1873 - Alfred (died 1951) 1874 - Philip Henry (died 1952) 1876 - Elizabeth Mary (died 1894) 1878 - Ernest (died 1932) 1880 - Florence Ethel (died 1881) 1881 - Percy (died 1964) 1884 - Albert Edmunds (died 1885) 1885 - Herbert Edmunds (died 1958) |
Education |
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Occupation(s) |
Lime merchant |
Interests/Activities |
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Religion/Churches |
Enfield Methodist Church - Church Steward, Poor Steward, Church
Trustee; Sunday school teacher and Superintendent |
Notes (points of interest etc.) |
Well known pioneering extractors of lime and its preparation
for use as a building material |
Local Government experience |
Prospect Councillor 1889/90 - 1892/93 |
Sources of information |
Buried Treasures (Article by Laurel Milner-Schlinke); SAGHS; S&M;
Prospect Council records |