Name	Peate, John Rowland
Date of Birth	8 October 1835
Place of Birth	Walsall, Staffordshire, England
Date of Death	18 December 1908
Place of Death	Mildura  Hospital
Place of Burial	Mildura Cemetery at Nicholls Point in the Church of England section grave B045.  There is no headstone. The funeral was on 20 December, 1908
Arrived in South Australia (date/ship etc.)	1868 -  Coonatto
Lived in Prospect (dates)	Presumably while teaching at Nailsworth
Addresses in Prospect	The Cottage (adjacent to the school)
Names of houses (if any)
Addresses outside Prospect	Liston St Parkside (while at Gilles St School)
Parents	Thomas Peate (1794-1874) and Rhodia (nee Cotterell) (1799-1879) – both buried at West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide
Spouse(s)	(1) Sarah Gertrude Tully (1839-1855) – buried in England (2) Jane Sarah Fish (1829 – 1886) - buried at North Road Cemetery, Nailsworth, SA - Grave site 979 (3) Mary Ann Bevan (nee Symonds) – (1850-1932).  Mary Ann Peate died in Payneham on 2 July 1932 at the age of 81 years.  She was buried in the Payneham Cemetery on 4 July 1932.
Date(s) of Marriage(s)	(1) 24th December 1854 (2) 25th December 1856 (3) 22nd December 1896
Place(s) of Marriage(s)	(1) Handsworth, Staffordshire, England (2) St Pauls Church, Toxteth, Lancashire, England (3) Holy Trinity Church, Adelaide
Children	(1) Elizabeth Rhoda (1855-1908) – remained in England (2) Rowland (1858-1936) William Henry (1859-1862) Alfred George (1860-1885) – buried at Mt Gambier Harry Edwin (1861-1908) – killed in the Sunshine Train Disaster Albert Edward (1862-1929) Ernest Thomas (1863-1896) Emily Jane (1865-1898) Frank Henry (1867-1925) –buried at North Rd Cemetery, Nailsworth, SA Sidney Herbert (1868-1875) – buried at West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide
Occupation(s)	Schoolteacher Taught at Blue Coat and National School Walsall 1848-1855 St James National School Liverpool 1856 Holloway Free School 1857-1866 Church of England School, North Weald, Epping 1867 Lake Plains 1868-1870 (? Near Langhorne Creek) Virginia 1871 Gilles St 1872-1878 Mt Gambier 1879-1881 Nailsworth 1882-1889
Interests
Religion/Churches	Church of England
Notes (points of interest etc.)	First head teacher of Nailsworth School when it moved to what is now the Prospect Library building in 1882. Gave evidence to the Commission on the Working of the Education Act (SA Parliamentary Papers Nr 27). He was a chronic invalid for five years cared for by his wife Mary Ann in Olive  Avenue.  After his death a local clergyman, Rev. W.H. Geer, organised a fund raiser for his wife to pay her bills and have money to return to her family in S.A.   £14-14-00 was raised.
Sources of information	Article by Chris Ward in PLHG Newsletter May/June 2010; additional research by ex-Councillor Ray Miles and Betty Briscoe; Lesley Attema
Principal Researcher	Chris Ward (Prospect Local History Group)