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Name (FAMILY NAME, Other Names) |
SKIPPER, Octavius / Octavus |
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Date of Birth |
C1825 |
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Place of Birth |
Norwich, Norfolk, England |
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Date of Death |
21.04.1903 (In his 78th year) |
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Place of Death |
Castle Street, Parkside |
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Place of Burial |
Catholic Cemetery, West Terrace, Adelaide |
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Arrived in South Australia (date/ship etc.) |
Ship Lady Fitzherbert
12.07.1842 |
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Lived in Prospect (dates) |
c1840s |
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Addresses/Dates in Prospect Council Area |
Portion of Section 368, on the south-eastern corner of what are now
Regency and Churchill roads which was leased from Robert George THOMAS. |
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Addresses/Dates outside Prospect Council Area |
Lake Alexandrina (1858-1861); Penola; Mount Barker; Castle Street, Parkside
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Names of houses (if any) |
Marguerita, Castle Street,
Parkside |
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Parents |
John SKIPPER and Jane STARK |
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Spouse(s) |
Annie BURKE |
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Date(s) of Marriage(s) |
21.06.1858 |
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Place(s) of Marriage(s) |
St Patrick’s Church, Adelaide |
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Children |
Robert Aloysius (1859-1875), Michael John (1861-1920), Jane Elizabeth
(1863-1943), Mary Ann (1865), Octavius William (1868-), Thomas James (1871) |
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Education |
Norwich Grammar School |
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Occupation(s) |
Clerk of Local Court (various locations) 1863-1894 |
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Interests/Activities |
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Religion/Churches |
Catholic |
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Notes (points of interest etc.) |
Octavius and his brother John established the Wodehouse Arms Inn on
their property in 1848. This was later known as the Irish Harp Inn and stood
close to where the Reepham Hotel now stands. |
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Local Government experience |
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Sources of information |
Octavius Skipper, Reminiscences of fifty-two years (Proceedings
of the Royal Geographical Society, South Australian Branch, Session
1903-1904, Volume VIII). Biographical
Index of South Australians 1836-1886. Mount Barker
Courier & Onkaparinga and Gumeracha Advertiser 24.04.1903, p.2. |
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Principal Researcher(s) |
David Johnston |
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