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) |
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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 |
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Sources of information |
Lesley Attema, Trove, SA BMD, FreeReg UK |
Principal Researcher |
Lesley Attema |