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FAMILY NAME

MORGAN

Given name 1

Robert

Given name 2 etc

 

Date of Birth

6 Sep 1830

Place of Birth

Edgeware, London, England

Date of Death

26 Feb 1926

Place of Death

42 Alpha Road, Prospect

Place of Burial

North Road cemetery

Arrived in South Australia (date/ship etc.)

About 1880 from Victoria. 

Lived in Prospect Council Area (Dates)

1881-1926

Addresses in Prospect Council Area

42 Alpha Road, Prospect (St John's Wood), built for him in 1882.

Lived outside Prospect Council area (Dates)

 

Addresses outside Prospect Council Area

Melbourne, Ballarat, Adelaide

Names of houses (if any)

Edgeware

Parents - names; DOBs etc (if known)

Robert MORGAN, b 1 May 1803.  Susannah Yolland, b 12 Feb 1808

Spouse(s) - including maiden name; DOBs etc. (if known)

Mary THORNE, b 22 Aug 1844 in Exford, Somerset.  Arrived SA on St Vincent, 1 Dec 1868.  Died 13 Nov 1922.  Buried North Road

Date(s) of Marriage(s)

12 Nov 1878

Place(s) of Marriage(s)

North Adelaide, home of Richard SEARLE

Children - names and dates of birth/death if known

Robert Yolland MORGAN (9 Apr 1880-5 Aug 1961)  William Thorn MORGAN (31 Oct 1881-19 Sep 1888), Ellen Mary MORGAN m WALTON (6 Apr 1884-9 May 1954)

Education

Unknown

Occupation(s)

Apprenticed as a grocer in London, green grocer in Melbourne.  Miner in Ballarat. Poulterer in Leigh St and Hindley St Adelaide.

Interests/Activities

 

Religion/Churches

Congregational

Local Government experience (if any)

 

Notes (points of interest etc.)

Robert is commemorated in the kerb stones of Leigh Street.

Cross-references eg to siblings, parents, children

 

Sources of information

Mainly papers handed down in the family.

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64244913

http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64322254

Principal Researcher(s)

David MORGAN, great grandson.

 

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