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Family
Name |
Morrish,
William |
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Date
of Birth |
1834 |
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Place
of Birth |
Devonshire,
England |
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Date
of Death |
2 Aug
1928 |
|
Place
of Death |
Crystal
Brook SA |
|
Place
of Burial |
Crystal
Brook SA Cemetery |
|
Arrived
in South Australia (date/ship etc.) |
Immigrated
on 4 Jan 1854 aboard "David Malcolm" to Port Adelaide, SA. |
|
Lived
in Prospect (dates) |
About
1854 in Prospect Village. Went to
Crystal Brook in 1874. |
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Addresses
in Prospect |
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Names
of houses (if any) |
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|
Parents |
William
Morrish Senior and Elizabeth
Lee |
|
Spouse(s) |
Mary Ann
Hamence daughter of Edward Hamence and Mary Clark |
|
Date(s)
of Marriage(s) |
25 Nov
1858 |
|
Place(s)
of Marriage(s) |
BC
Chapel, Bowden, SA |
|
Children |
10
children- William, Walter, Eva, William Edward, Bertha, Albert Richard,
Thomas Edwin, Anne Edith, Laura Louisa, and Edmund Harrold Clark |
|
Occupation(s) |
Farming
and contracting for about twenty years
in Prospect Helped in ballasting the railway line from Adelaide to the
Port and later on from Adelaide to Gawler. Carted goods to the Burra copper
mines and northern stations. |
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Interests |
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Religion/Churches
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Notes
(points of interest etc.) |
Was a
member of the Prospect Council
from its inception 1st August 1872 to
1875 until he left that district, and was the last of the members of that first
council. Was
part of a Prospect Council deputation with Chairman Samuel Braund and Cr
Alfred Packer to apportion assets from Yatala South Council to the new
Prospect Council. |
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Sources
of information |
1928 'OBITUARY.', The Register (Adelaide, SA : 1901 - 1929), 20 August, p. 8, viewed 6
October, 2013, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article57055591 http://www.coombe.id.au/ancestors/Morrish_and_Hamence.htm Lamshed,
pp21 & 22 |
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Principal
Researcher(s) |
Kristina Barnett |