Name (FAMILY NAME, Other Names)	YEOMANS, George
Date of Birth	17 October, 1841
Place of Birth	Small village near Nottingham, UK
Date of Death	8 June 1931
Place of Death	At his residence 16 Gloucester Street, Prospect
Place of Burial	North Road Cemetery
Arrived in South Australia (date/ship etc.)	1876
Lived in Prospect (dates)	From about 1890 until his death in 1931
Addresses/Dates in Prospect Council Area	9 Lower North Road (Churchill Rd) Ovingham  (about 1895 -1910) 16 Gloucester Street, Prospect (Address at death in 1931)
Addresses/Dates outside Prospect Council Area	Sandridge (now Port Melbourne) Victoria
Names of houses (if any)
Parents	Father was George Yeomans, maltster and brick and tile manufacturer.
Spouse(s)	Mary Hendrea (Hendrie/Hendry) AMOS (daughter of head timekeeper of the London and  North Western Railway Works)    He was born c1850 & died 15 Oct. 1911.
Date(s) of Marriage(s)	1870
Place(s) of Marriage(s)	Natwich, Cheshire, UK
Children	Charles M. YEOMANS (became Town Clerk of Henley and Grange) Frank YEOMANS (became Northern Railway Superintendant, Peterborough) Archibald Pirie YEOMANS (became Manager National Bank at Clare & Gawler) George Cecil YEOMANS  - Died 10 Feb 1917 WW1 Maud YEOMANS
Education	Apprenticeship to an engineering firm Adams & Co, Cheshire and then to an ironworking manufacturer in Lincolnshire
Occupation(s)	Service at the London and North-Western Railway Company, Arrived Australia 1870 worked for Melbourne and Hobson's Bay railway, Victoria. 1875  He went to New Zealand in charge of locomotive construction works at Kakanni 1876 he came to South Australia, an engine-driver at Burra, then the terminus of the northern line. He was next foreman of the loco, department at Burra, then Port Pirie. He then came to Islington, in charge of the running sheds, and in 1890 was appointed outdoor running superintendent. He retired in 1913.
Interests/Activities	Rifle Shooting. He started  his shooting in the UK , he joined the 36th Cheshire Rifle Corps in 1866 and won many cups and trophies. At Wimbledon in 1870 he won the National  Rifle Association badge. His home was full of silver cups, salad bowls and a host of other trophies, gold medals and ornaments.  In 1867 he won the company badge of his regiment and the county badge in 1869 in the days of the old muzzle loading Enfields On arrival in Australia he joined with the Sandridge Garrison Artillery as a sergeant. In 1910 he joined the Semaphore Rifle Club winning the championship gold medal When the Loco  Rifle Club (afterwards called the Railways Club) was formed, Mr Yeomans was created captain, a position he retained until he retired from the service.  He was interested in music and was organist and choirmaster at his church. He was deeply interested in Masonic work. In his later years he played bowls. Member of the councils of the Royal Geographical Society and SA Justices Association.
Religion/Churches	At Islington he was active at St Ninian’s Church of England, being organist and choirmaster for a third of a century. He was a church warden for a number of years. Also associated with St Cuthbert’s Church Prospect.
Notes (points of interest etc.)	He had a brother in America and another in Australia and “tossed up” where to come before deciding to come to Australia. From 1890 until his retirement from the Railways he travelled on the engine in front of many Governors, as well as the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York. He continued winning championship cups and medals for rifle shooting and received a letter from Sir Archibald Weigall, then Governor of South Australia, congratulating him on winning the Loco Club's championship for 1921 at such an advanced age.
Local Government experience
Sources of information	Lesley Attema, Trove, SA BMD, FreeReg UK
Principal Researcher	Lesley Attema