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Flower, Humphrys, Smith & Thomas

Family Ancestry, 1717-2015

from Somerset & Cornwall UK to South Australia

including

Clarence Humphrys WW1 diary 1916-1917

Pencil Sketch by Clement Humphrys, c1930.

Neil D Brooks


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Forward to the book “Flower, Humphrys, Thomas, Smith Ancestry”.

Having compiled the book “Redruth Cornwall to The Burra SA”, I wish to stress the importance of

compiling family historic records.

Following the publication of my book, I was invited to an annual get-together by the “Genealogy

Society of South Australia”, of those who published family histories during the year.

They commented on each particular publication, offered helpful advice, and stressed the

importance of such records, not only of the family records but the inclusion of the early

development of the area of white settlement.

The period we are looking at is from about late 1840’s, South Australia was proclaimed in 1836

and records were not very meticulously kept in those early years. Burra was the largest town

outside of Adelaide at that time in South Australia. Many came from Cornwall in particular to

work in the mine, but sought to find a livelihood in other industries such and farming and grazing.

As the Humphrys book links with the Thomas history it fills a valuable record of that branch of the

family. Of course each book follows a particular line of a family such as the Thomas descendants,

so this researches the Humphrys family from 1717, for which they were fortunate to be able to

trace that far back. This is not always possible as early records in the UK were kept mainly in

church parishes and many of these have been lost or destroyed for various reasons. It was from 1st

July 1837 that government records were kept. The early 1800’s are a particularly difficult period to

research.

I commend Neil for his efforts in putting this record together. It appears to have been researched

quite thoroughly.

I thank him for the privilege of contributing in a small way.

Reuben D. Thomas, March 2015.

Compiled and edited by John H Brooks and Neil D Brooks, May 2015

ISBN 978-0-646-93783-0

Published by Neil D Brooks 20 Brookside Crescent Seaford Rise 5169 South Australia

Printed by Digital Reproductions, Suite 7 112-114 Bains Road, Morphett Vale 5162

Appendices

1. John Humphrys (presented BBC Radio 4's “Today” programme since 1987)

2. A diary of the Voyage to SA on the ship, “William Money”, 1849

3. A copy of Jesse Humphrys 1909 Will, from the SA Probate Office.

4. A copy of James Flower’s 1891 Will, from the SA Probate Office.

5. A copy of Joseph Flower’s 1919 Will, from the SA Probate Office.

6. Annie Adelaide v John Penna Court Case 1894

7. Clement Humphrys Court Case 1926

8. Notable Humphrys weddings - 1916-1941

9. Hassage Park/Farm and barn ruins photographs May 2015

10. Stony Gap Wind Farm approved Nov 2014.

11. The Working Man’s Handbook to South Australia 1849

12. Clarence Melvin Humphrys’ WW1 Diary 1916-1917


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Contents:

1. Introduction. page 6

2. Flowchart of the Family Tree page 7

3. Julia and Luke Teddy Descendants list page 8

4. The Thomas family in Cornwall page 12

5. John 1 and July Thomas – 1799-1877 – Life in Australia. page 14

6. Julia and Luke Teddy – 1827 – 1904. page 19

7. The Flower family in Somerset –from 1717 page 23

8. The Humphrys family in Somerset from 1772 page 27

Hassage Manor Somerset UK page 29

9. James and Hannah Flower – Life in Australia page 31

Rachel Flower and Thomas Warnes page 40

Ann Flower and Robert Warner page 44

Joseph Flower and Catherine Calliss page 45

Elizabeth Flower and Ernest Blesing page 51

Jabez Flower and Emily Dunn page 52

10. Jesse and Isabella Humphrys - Life in Australia. page 53

11. Isaac and Grace Turner at Black Springs page 63

12. William Thorn Humphrys – Life in Somerset and Australia page 66

13. Elijah Thorn Humphrys siblings.

William Mark and Frances (Zincraft Jones) Humphrys page 70

Sarah Anne (Humphrys) and John Allen Duke page 73

Jesse and Emily (Duke) Humphrys page 74

Flower and Mary (Rogers) Humphrys page 76

Isabella (Humphrys) and Herbert James Scrutton page 80

Emily (Humphrys) and Thomas Jones page 80

Mary Ann (Humphrys) and Charles Hansen page 81

Elizabeth Humphrys b1875-1875 page 81

14. Elijah Thorn (1865–1919) & May (Teddy) Humphrys (1868–1955) page 82

15. Minetta Pauline May (Humphrys) Ford 1895-1977 page 90

16. Clarence Melvin Humphrys WW1 1917-1918 page 91

17. Clarence Melvin Humphrys Diary in England 1917 page 92

18. Thomas and Mary Smith – Life in Australia page 99

19. Ellen Smith, William Henry Pascoe and William Snider. page 103

20. Annie Adelaide Pascoe Snider Bennett. page 112

21. Annie Adelaide Snider and John Penna. page 115

22. Clement and Maude Humphrys page 119

23. Caroline Grace (Elvey) Humphrys page 129

24 Clement’s children (Viva, Thelma, Dorothy, Laurel, Arnold, John) page 133


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“What this book is about”.

This is about 3 families that emigrated from Cornwall and Somerset areas of the UK to South

Australia in the 1850’s. Two families went to the Burra region, one family to the Kingston area.

Family 1. John and July Thomas and family, emigrated in 1849 to Burra. John had been hired as

a mine manager by the Burra mine agents in England because of his expertise of “timbering” in

Cornish mines. He was also to be involved in the installation, operation and maintenance of the

Cornish Steam driven pump which had been recently purchased to de-flood the Burra workings.

John and his sons were also involved in supply of timber for the shaft supports, as fuel for the

boilers of the pump, and also for the smelting process. John was shrewd enough to realise that a

better life was to be had on the land, and as the government was surveying and selling off the land

around Burra, he invested his Burra Mines income in land north of Burra, near Mt Bryan.

The second daughter Jane Thomas was to marry a Henry Collins, and that branch of the family

would go on to create the world famous Collinsville Merino Stud near Mt. Bryan.

The eldest daughter Julia, however was to marry a young Cornish miner, Luke Teddy, who

turned out to be a not so successful farmer, but a popular character. He had a Wood and Chaff

business and was also an enthusiastic member and elder of the Wesleyan Church at Burra. The

youngest of the Teddy family was a Mary Teddy, a talented church organist, and later to marry

Elijah Thorn Humphrys, a farmer of Hanson and Farrell Flat.

Family 2. James and Hannah Flower were small farmers and butchers who emigrated from

Timsbury, England with their children to Adelaide in 1854.

The eldest daughter Isabella however, had married a local farm lad, Jesse Humphrys from nearby

Wellow before they had left for Australia, so Jesse came along as part of the family.

After 5 years working with farmers, such as Mr J Johnson (Reedbeds), and Mr Browne (Buckland

Park/Pt Gawler), they moved to, and purchased land at Stony Gap, 9 miles south of Burra.

Jesse and Isabella Humphrys had 3 children while living near Adelaide and in 1859 followed the

Flower family to Stony Gap, and purchased land adjoining the Flower’s.

Stony Gap was on the main bullock team track from Burra to Black Springs, and the land had been

leasehold. James Logan was one of the earlier pastoralists that had leased the land at 10/- a square

mile, and consequently the area has Logan’s Hut, Logan’ Flat, Logan’s Farm, Logan’s Creek and

Logan’s Gap in the area. The 1860 Almanac had the Humphrys and Flower farms at Logan’s Flat.

The farms were at the base of rolling hills, and the farms built near the creeks from those hills. The

hills were perfect for grazing sheep, and the flat land below was good cropping land.

The Humphrys and Flower families, expanded with 5 more children to Isabella.

The families succeeded at sheep farming, and each were to extend their holdings by 1000 acres.

James Flower purchased the land south, directly opposite, then to the east on Burra Creek which he

and his two sons Joseph and Jabez were to work until James’ death in 1891. Jesse Humphrys

managed to purchase a 1000 acres, 5 miles to the south east near Emu Downs and Black Springs.

The Stony Gap community of the Flower, Humphrys, Delamere, Escott, Porter and Logan built a

school house, and a church, both on James Flower’s land. Robert Zincraft Jones of Black Springs,

was appointed by the Education Board, as teacher for Stony Gap between 1864 and 1874.

The Humphrys family was to be devastated, firstly in 1874 by the death of the second son, Alfred,

only 16, then in 1875 Isabella died in the childbirth of a daughter, Elizabeth, who did not survive.

Jesse was left with a young family of 6 children ranging from 3 to 18 years of age.


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In 1876 Jesse married a widow, Grace Turner, who had 2 young children herself. He leased his

Stony Gap farm to the Koonoona Estate, then purchased another 600 acre property in the Hundred

of Hanson, near Farrell Flat from a Thomas Glasson. The property had the new railway from

Gawler to Burra running along side it, and there was a school at Farrell Flat for the younger

children. Farrell Flat had railway station and yards where the wool and wheat was loaded.

Jesse Humphrys and his sons and daughters farmed the Hanson property until 1909, Jesse’s death,

he divided the Stony Gap, the Hanson and the Clare properties between his sons and daughters.

The Hanson property was divided in half, with Flower Humphrys (son no.4) getting the northern

half, and Elijah Thorn Humphrys (son no.5) getting the southern half. The Stony Gap property was

left to William Mark Humphrys (son no.1) and Jesse Humphrys (son no.3) as co-owners.

The major focus now goes to Elijah Thorn Humphrys, who married Mary (May) Teddy, and on

some land that Elijah purchased himself, built the homestead they named “Maythorn”.

They had 3 children, Clement, Clarence and Minetta. In 1915 the Burra papers herald social events

at “Maythorn” but within 4 years, the family is devastated by the death of Clarence, and later, the

death of Elijah Thorn Humphrys, coincidently, both of wound infections.

Family 3. Thomas and Mary Smith, 21 year olds from Cornwall, emigrated from Cornwall,

England in 1853. Thomas was an Ostler and they moved to the Kingston SE area, where he spent

the next 30 years working with horses and as a drover. The life must have been healthy because

Mary and Thomas produced 14 children.

The 5th child, Ellen Smith however was to feature in our story, as she had a daughter Annie

Adelaide Pascoe to William Henry Pascoe, but did not marry. She did however marry a very

interesting character, Wilhelm Schneider, who it turns out was the illegitimate son of Prince

Friederick of Prussia. William Snider as he renamed himself, was a sailor who emigrated to

Christchurch, New Zealand then to Kingston SE in South Australia. He obtained employment as a

packer/ganger on the Kingston to Bordertown railway. Twelve years later he was redeployed to the

Northern Line of the railways, working on the Yunta, Olary and Cockburn section.

While at Yunta, his daughter Annie Adelaide became pregnant to a young John Penna, who

refused to marry Annie. A 29 year old railway worker Sidney Bennett, married the 16 year old

Annie, taking on the Penna child, named Maude Alice Snider Penna Bennett.

This is where it comes together, as Sidney Bennett, was a railway ganger based at the

Hanson/Farrell Flat railway in 1909. His daughter Maude was a talented pianist, and May

Humphrys, a pianist, church organist and socialite, knew Maude from when she played piano at

social events in the area.

In 1915, May’s eldest son, Clement Arnold became betrothed to Maude Alice.

The focus of the book is Clement Arnold Humphrys and Maude Alice Penna Bennett. They

married in 1915 and Clement, Clarence and Elijah Thorn worked the farm until the death of

Clarence and 2 years later Elijah.

Clement and Maude had 4 daughters, Clement contracted Quinsy, a throat infection, he also lost

the sight in his right eye while breaking up rocks and May Humphrys needed more challenges, so

in 1926 they moved to the eastern suburbs of Adelaide to raise their family.

The book covers all the above events in detail obtained from five main sources (a) Reuben D

Thomas’s book, (b) Janine Kraehenbuehl’s descendant’s paper, (c) from the Historical Land

Information system of the Lands Titles Office (d) Newspaper articles on the National Library

website, and (e) ancestry websites such as www.geni.com.

http://www.geni.com/


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2. Flowchart of Thomas-Flower-Humphrys-Smith ancestry.


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3. Descendants of Julia (Thomas) and Luke Teddy. 1 Julia Thomas b 21 April 1832 in Cornwall UK d 5 November 1898 bu at Kooringa SA m 6 November 1851 Luke Teddy at Congregational Chapel, Kooringa (First on Burra Records) b 1827 ? Truro Cornwall d 13 July 1904 at Rakow St, Railway Town ( Later Broken Hill) NSW buried Broken Hill NSW 2 John Henry (Jack Harry) Teddy b 6 July 1855 at Kooringa SA d 23 November 1913 bu Jamestown SA m 26 August 1879 Rachel Sanderson at Kooringa SA b 31 May 1856 at Robertstown SA, d 6 May 1939 at Jamestown SA 2 Elizabeth Teddy b 8 May 1858 at Seven Mile Scrub, Burra SA d 7 July 1912 at Broken Hill NSW m 25 December 1875 John Thomas x at residence of Luke Teddy, Seven Mile Scrub Burra SA b 1845 3 John Hamley Thomas b 6 March 1877 at Copperhouse SA d 9 March 1878 at Baldina SA 3 Florrie Etta Thomas b 31 August 1881 3 Julia Catherine Thomas b 10 July 1883 at Copperhouse SA d 10 Dec 1953 at Toongabbie NSW m 4 Apr 1906 Bertie Henwood at Railway Town Broken Hill, NSW b 14 Dec 1883 at Blinman SA d 14/7/1950 at Parramatta NSW 4 Milton John Henwood b 8 April 1907 at Broken Hill NSW d 16 July 1984 4 Minetta Florence Henwood b 1 July 1909 at Broken Hill NSW d 18 October 1990 4 William Leonard Henwood b 15/6/18 at Toongabbie NSW m Rita Victoria Howarth b Barraba NSW 14/11/1918 4 Mary Merle Henwood b 21 May 1921 at Toongabbie NSW d 16 February 1983 3 Margaretta Maria Thomas b 24 May 1888 at Copperhouse SA d 31 January 1891 3 Basil Milton Thomas b 21 April 1892 at Redruth SA d 29 June 1911 2 Luke Teddy 2 b 6/7/1864 at Kooringa SA d 11/8/1945 bu Broken Hill m 1886 Sarah Ann Hoare in Broken Hill 3 Percival Luke Teddy b 1895 m Kaliamah ?? 3 Clarence John Teddy b 1898 d 31 January 1935 at Broken Hill NSW 3 Albert Reuben William Teddy b 1908 m Marjorie Johnson 2 Johanna Teddy b 22/11/1865 at Kooringa SA m 20/2/1883 Ernest Arthur Hubbard at Redruth SA b 1862 3 Ethel May Hubbard b 19 November 1883 m Leonard Lorne Robertson 4 Lorna Ethel Robertson m Albert Ernest Mountford 2 Mary (May) Teddy b 17 September 1869 Kooringa SA d 10 December 1955 m 3 November 1890 Elijah Thorn Humphrys at Redruth SA b 14 October 1865 at Stony Gap Burra SA d 13 December 1919 3 Clement Arnold Humphrys b 19 November 1891 at Redruth SA d 13 August 1969 m Maude Alice Bennett b 1895 at Peterborough SA d January 1967. Clement married Caroline Grace Elvey 1968 who died 2003. 4 Viva Hazel Humphrys b 13 April 1917 at Kooringa SA d 3 November 2013 m 1936 Clive W Pollard (Market Gardener) b 30 December 1915 d 2001 5 Joy Estelle Pollard b November 1936 m Stan Brooks (Market Gardener) b September 1936 6 Peter Gary Brooks b Dec 1958 m 1981 Lee-Anne Frost b Feb 1963 div m 1 Jan 1996 Yvonne Lloyd 7 Sheree Alice Brooks b May 1983 7 Melissa Kate Brooks b October 1984 6 Timothy Donald Brooks b May 1960 ptnr Kathy Prentice b July 1963


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7 Kristi Faye Brooks b October 1999 7 Brodie Jed Brooks b March 2001 6 Mary Jane Brooks b February 1967 m 6 October 1991 David Lane b December 1958, now divorced. 5 Donald Clive Pollard (Market Gardener) b April 1939 m Jannice Lewis div m Rosemary Przybilla 6 Craig Darren Pollard b August 1961 m Kathy Prentice div (after 1988) m Lexie 7 Kain Pollard b May 1986 7 Cory Pollard b December 1988 6 Kym Donald Pollard b October 1963 d November 2006 m Jenny 7 Rebecca Pollard b December 1991 7 Maddison Pollard b September 1993 6 Gavin Clive Pollard b June 1968 m Cheryl 7 Jake Gavin Pollard b June 1998 4 Thelma Maude Humphrys b 21/4/1920 at Kooringa SA m 24/7/45 Max Schubert (wine maker) b 9/2/1915 d 1994 5 Brentyn Max Schubert b February 1947 m Sue, now divorced. 6 Alicia Kate Schubert b May 1978 6 Cassandra Leah Schubert b April 1982 6 Samuel Max Schubert b July 1983 5 Sandra Schubert (systems analyst) b April 1952 m 1982 Garry Coff (Health Facilities) b January 1954 6 Lorien Eden Coff b May 1985 6 Brittany Erin Coff b January 1987 4 Dorothy Merle Humphrys b 26 Nov 1921 at Kooringa SA m 28 April 1942 Donald Forward (plumber)b 23/4/19 5 Lynette Joan Forward b January 1945 m 1966 Victor Langley (bank manager) b 1946 6 Todd Matthew Langley (chef) b November 1970 6 Paula Dorothy Langley b July 1972 5 Janet Forward b August 1947 m Max Harrop (boat sales) 6 Kimberley Harrop b August 1977 6 Wesley Owen Harrop (artist) b April 1980 4 Arnold Clarence John Humphrys (chemist) b 10 Feb 1929 d 2011 m 3 Oct 1953 Anne Fletcher b 5 Apr 1930 5 Catherine Anne Humphrys b 8th July 1954 5 Judith Rose Humphrys b 25 Oct 1956 m 16 Oct 1976 Michael McCarthy 21st Dec 1952 div 29 Oct 2004 6 Laura Anne McCarthy b 2 October 1978 m 20 Aug 2005 Jason Christopher Rollison 7 Trent Henry Rollison b 4 May 2006 7 Brigitte Emily Rollison b 9 May 2007 6 James Edward McCarthy b 3 August 1980


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6 Samuel Cameron McCarthy b 29 September 1982 m 4 Sept 2008 Colin Little 7 Annabel Elizabeth McCarthy-Little b 26 July 2011 (Surr mother Becky Kempthorne) 7 Lachlan Thomas McCarthy-Little b 2 Dec 2012 (Surr mother Becky Kempthorne) 5 Richard John Humphrys (photographer) b May 1960 m Pat Wallis div 2005 m Sarah George 6 Jessica Humphrys b November 1992 6 Rebecca Humphrys b May 1985 6 Luke Humphrys b June 2006 5 Jane Louise Humphrys b September 1962 m David McGown 6 Rose McGowan b July 1996 6 Grace McGowan b October 1998 6 Charlie McGowan b September 2001 4 Laurel May Humphrys b November 1924 m Allen Brooks (insurance inspector) b 13 April 1918 d 8 Nov 1991 5 John Humphry Brooks (pharmacist) b 18 December 1946 5 Neil Douglas Brooks (systems analyst) b 22 July 1949 m Beverley Hartley 8 May 1982 b 16 June 1948 6 Susan Alyce Brooks (electrical engineer) b 10 June 1985 6 Amy Laurel Brooks (teacher) b 18 March 1987 5 Elizabeth Mary Brooks b August 1952 m David Keddie (communications engineer) 1973 d 11 June 2006 6 Scott Allen Keddie (carpenter) b 1974 6 Chrissy Anne Keddie b December 1975 m Kent Tuigamala (salesman) now divorced. 7 Alvin Tuigamala b April 2000 7 Portia Tuigamala b February 2002 7 Andrae Tuigamala b January 2003 7 Chanel Tuigamala b October 2004 7 Jasmine Tuigamala b October 2006 5 Jillian Anne Brooks (project officer) b 10 March 1957 ptnr John Blumson b 10 January 1958 4 John Arnold Humphrys b 18/2/1941 m Gayna Marie 5 Sherri Michelle Humphrys (social worker) divorced 6 Jessica Campbell 6 Ashleigh Campbell 5 Ethan Garth Humphrys (I.T. and now Chef) 3 Clarence Melvin Humphrys b 10 October 1893 d October 1917 in France 3 Minetta Pauline May Humphrys b 15/3/1895 Redruth d 1977 m 1919 Wilfred Frank Ford b 24/9/1893 at Kooringa 4 Francis Thorn Ford b 11 August 1919 at Redruth SA 4 Iris Enid Ford b 14 February 1921 at Redruth SA


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4. The Thomas family in Cornwall.

(extracted from Reuben Thomas’ book). Unfortunately not much is known about John Thomas 1. We

can draw conclusions regarding his desire to emigrate, as life in Cornwall was very tough in the 1800s.

John, like most Cornishmen worked in the mines. His occupation, shown on the Embarkation Order,

was miner and farmer, to which could be added fisherman. His occupation is mentioned elsewhere as

Mine manager, and his specialty was timbering to make the mine safe for workers. Before the advent

of machinery, men had to descend the mine shafts by means of vertical wooden ladders for however

many hundreds of feet it was necessary to go to reach the working level. The average mine was 100

fathoms or 600 feet or 180 metres. Some were deeper. Accidents were common and life expectancy

was short, averaging 35 to 40 years for a male miner. The necessity of having to work underground

during daylight hours in hot, damp, humid conditions inhaling dust from the workings, caused what

they called miners disease, which severely affected the lungs.

1840 The 1840s was apparently a particularly hard period. In 1847 tension had built up to such an

extent that the worst riots that Redruth had experienced for many years occurred. Redruth was

normally a reasonably law abiding place but in 1847 hunger drove thousands of angry residents to

rebel against the prices the stores were charging for daily food, more than the people could afford, and

their children were going hungry. Desperate women, supported by their men, smashed doors and filled

aprons with flour, meat and other items when the storekeepers refused to lower prices.

This certainly did not provide a promising future for the family. It would seem that any opportunity

must be better than this. In emigrating to the colonies. Prospects for them and their family must

improve. Also remember by local standards, John was an old man at this stage: 48 yo. Maybe his

being healthy at this age indicated that his work as mine manager did not involve being as long in

harsh conditions.

Advertisements displayed by agents, calling for men to come and work in the Monster Copper Mine at

Burra in South Australia, must have sounded appealing. Cornishmen were used to working in copper

and tin mines and their expertise was needed in the new British Colony. It was a stepping stone, and

there would probably be opportunities to take up other work other than mining.

It was not known how well financially John Thomas was, but it seems he was a little better off than

many, who were on the “bread line”. John was a Mine manager, so one would expect that it earned a

few shillings per week more than the average mine worker.

The family lived at Polgear, a small faming community just south of Four Lanes Cornwall, according

to the 1841 census, and it is understood they lived at Ponsanooth (a Gunpowder factory was there

supplying mines) prior to emigrating, although it would seem that they may have moved about

because James was born at Forest Gate near Redruth in the Parish of Wendron. Ponsanooth was only

5miles from Redruth and the friends that son James later corresponded with and stayed with on his

return trips, lived at Four Lanes (just above Polgear).

Although life was hard for pioneers in Australia, it seems that life in Cornwall did not improve until

into the 20th century. The abundance of rich copper ore being shipped from overseas for smelting in

Wales made the recovery of ore from the depths of Cornwall less economic.

John’s wife July is thought to have been what is termed a “a foundling”. It was common for

illegitimate children born on Estates, to be left on the doorstep of someone who appeared to be able to

care for the baby. It was also common practice for the child to be given the name coinciding with the

month of birth, hence July.

It was said that the baby July was found on a church minister’s doorstep together with a bundle of

clothes and a considerable sum of money.


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5. John b1799 1 and July Thomas b1801 life in Australia

1849 John Thomas 1 arrived at Pt Adelaide South Australia on 3rd January 1849 together with his wife

and family and presumably went straight to The Burra as soon as transport was arranged. He was

employed at the mine as a Mine Manager, his expertise being timbering. His son Josiah 1 said they

lived in a simple paling structure on the mine site until better accommodation could be found. How

long he worked at the mine is not known, but it is evident he was interested in a better life for his

family, so he became interested in land as it was surveyed and made available by application to the

Dept of Lands.

1855 In Ian Auhl’s book p235…Henry Ayres prodded Roach (mine Captain) to re-start Schneiders

pumping engine to recommence operations in the deep levels of the flooded mine. On 1 Jan 1855..

Henry Ayres advertised “Burra Burra Mines – Resumption of working of Deep Levels’ Offering

employment… as soon as the engine commenced “forking” the water.

In the boiler room of Schneider’s engine house, John Congdon and his enginemen began stoking up

the fires. The pitmen, William Cocking and John Thomas were busy below in the engine shaft

ensuring that the pit-work of the pump was in working order…….On 21st January 1855, a message

was sent to Adelaide . The water is “Forked” and mine quite secure throughout. A delighted Ayres

congratulated Roach and S.A.M.A. rewarded its pitmen with a bonus of £7.10 each”

For a full Timeline of the Burra mine see http://www.burrahistory.info/BurraHistory.htm

John Thomas 1 applied for several sections of land near The Burra, perhaps not all at once but

whatever he could afford to purchase. In 1855 John 1 was granted sec 41 for £100.10.00, and a little

later he purchased sec 42 adjoining from Mr E McEllister and this property became known as Three

Sisters, Three Gums, Three Trees Flat or Three Trees, which name has endured to today. This property

is still held by descendants of John 1 Thomas in 2006.

1859 John was also granted section 203 being 111 acres on 3 Feb 1859 for which he had to pay

£111.5.0. He later sold this block to Henry Ayres for £257.17.6. John 1 also sold sec 3529 of 80 acres

to Henry Ayres. In 1862 a John Thomas tendered for a contract with the mine for the supply of

firewood and was accepted. We cannot be sure if this was John Thomas 1.

1863 application was made to the Burra Burra Council to build a ford across the Bon Accord creek to

facilitate carting firewood to the mine.

1862 John 1 and July resided at Three Trees in later life, their address being Copperhouse as Three

Trees is not far from that village. John 1 also acquired a number of sections in the Hundred of

Kingston in 1862, these being just north and west of where the township of Mt Bryan now stands. The

sections were numbered 123, 124, 125, 128, 129, 138, 139. (see map following page) These varied in

size from 95 to 130 acres each. Some of these sections were granted to John Thomas and others were

transferred from Henry Ayres.

Originally the land was not highly valued, because prior to the use of superphosphate it did not

produce good crops. A good season at Mt Bryan East in a lower rainfall area would produce better

yields. Later however with the use of superphosphate, the land at Mt Bryan having a reliable rainfall

yielded well.

His daughter Jane Thomas married Henry Collins who experimented with Lucerne and found the flats

at that time had a water table near the surface so the land was admirably suited to this pasture. This

proved excellent for the raising of stud sheep.

http://www.burrahistory.info/BurraHistory.htm


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6. Julia (Thomas) b1832 and Luke Teddy b1827.

Little is known of Julia. She was born 21-4-1832

in Cornwall and came to Burra in 1849 with the

rest of her family (John and July Thomas and 7

children). She died in Redruth Burra 5-11-1898

She married Luke Teddy 1 on 6-11-1851 and

they lived most of their lives around the Burra

area. Luke probably initially worked at the mines

and later took up land not far away.

Their children were :

John Henry 1855 (known as Jack Harry)

lived at Mt Bryan East in 1898, then

Jamestown. d1913

Elizabeth born January 1859 married

John Thomas 1875, then to Broken Hill

1898. d1912

Luke2 Percival born July 1864 (Luke1

was then a teamster at Kooringa), BHP

engineer 1935 d1945.

Johanna born Nov 1865 (Luke1 was then

a farmer Kooringa), married E.A.

Hubbard, Melbourne 1898. d1946

Mary (May) born September 1869

married ElijahThorn Humphrys, Hanson,

moved to Adelaide 1926. d1955.

1841 Luke was in the English 1841 census (see later) as a 14 yo copper miner. The census document

infers he was at Carnkye Cornwall with a family called Tresidder (see later). The internet has Carnkie

(Carnkie Bal) Tin Mine UK in the parish of Illogan and is in the middle of the triangle of Redruth,

Camborne and Four Lanes He immigrated on the ship Rajah in 1847 as a single miner for Burra.

The 1841 Census infers Luky Teddy was being looked after with other young miners in the household

of Elizabeth Tresidder. There are other Teddys in the census, but we have no idea if they are related.

1860 Licences had to be taken out for cutting and carting timber on Crown Lands and the fee was £5 for twelve months.

Amongst those applying for licences in February, 1860, were Josiah Thomas and James Thomas, Luke Teddy, William

Holmes and Henry Collins, out of that little band of pioneers, not afraid of work, Henry Collins, of Mt. Bryan, is the only

one alive today.( Frank Treloar’s Burra Record article 1929 12 June).


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7. James b1815 and Hannah (Kembrey) b1812 Flower – Life in Somerset from 1717

Isabella Flower b 1836 in Timsbury not far from Wellow was the eldest daughter of James Flower

b1813 and Hannah Kembrey (Hembrey/Kimbrey?) b1812.

In the 1851 UK census, the Flower family (James 37, butcher, Hannah 38, Isabella 15 etc) lived at

Bloomfield, just north of Timsbury village. Note: Rachel Flower 13 is missing from the census list!


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8. Jesse b1827 and Isabella (Flower) b1853 Humphrys– Life in Somerset.

Jesse was a popular name for the Humphrys family as the above diagram shows (created from results

of www.geni.com).

Jesse Humphrys of 1835 was born in Hassage village near Wellow in Somerset. In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Wellow like this:

WELLOW, a village, a parish, and a hundred, in Somerset. The village stands 3¾ miles W by S of Freshford r. station,

and 4¾ S of Bath: and has a post-office under Bath, and a fair on 20 Oct. The parish contains also 8 hamlets, comprises

5,292 acres, and is in Bath district. Real property, £7,828; of which £590 are in mines. Pop., 1,087. Houses, 234. The

manor be longs to W. G. Langton, Esq. A Celtic cemetery and a well-preserved Roman villa are at Littleton.

Strawberries are extensively cultivated. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Bath and Wells. Value, £380.* Patron,

G. L. M. Starkie, Esq. The church was restored in 1845. There are a U. Free Methodist chapel and an endowed school

with £12 a year.-The hundred contains 13 parishes. Acres, 21,613. Pop. in 1851, 10,348; in 1861, 9,783. Houses, 2,101.

See http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13119 for villages in 1870.

His family had lived around Wellow, Somerset for generations and his grand parents Jesse

Humphrys b1772 , and Elizabeth (Betty) Thorn married in 1800 at St Julians Church Wellow.

http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/13119


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9. James, Hannah Flower and family – Life in Australia.

1853 The Flower family and Jesse Humphrys would have had an emotional farewell from the

Timsbury community, and according to the 1841 census, there were quite a few Flower families

there. James’ father and mother were still alive, and we know James had one brother, a coal miner.

There was a train via the Bristol and Exeter railway, to Plymouth from near Timsbury, but with at

least basic possessions to bring, the journey may have been quite an adventure for the young family.

Isabella had married Jesse Humphrys, so at least James and Hannah had some help. It is unlikely for

any of the travellers to have seen the sea before, let alone a busy port and been a passenger on a ship.

It would have been likely that the voyage was booked and instructions given to the family by a

“Colonisation Commissioner” agent (see page 11 for a poster of what the Colony promised), and

accommodation in Portsmouth arranged. The memories of this adventure must have stayed with them

for life. A description of an 1849 voyage extracted from Reuben Thomas’ book, is in the Appendices of this document.

The voyage itself would have been eventful, they would have been seasick for the first few weeks and

affected by tropical weather going through the Tropic of Cancer, Equator and the Tropic of Capricorn.

They would have visited a few places, Madeira, Cape Verde and maybe Cape Town, South Africa.

The ship could have refreshed at Perth, Western Australia before landing at Port Adelaide in January

1854, probably to 30 degree summer heat. Many of the 3 month long voyages had death amongst the

passengers, and all in all could have been a traumatic experience. Hopefully they would have been met

by the emigration agent’s representatives to at least help in the short-term accommodation for the

families.

I had always wondered how a family would know what to do once arriving in Adelaide, but I came

across this amazing document : “The Working Man’s Handbook to South Australia “ written by an

early settler, G.B. Wilkinson in 1849, and was made available to prospective emigrants in England.

A full transcription of this handbook is in the appendices.

Chapter II…. First Impressions on Landing—Comparison with England. This bustling (town of Adelaide) road generally excites surprise amongst new comers. They seem to think that, after

having left England so far behind them, they will, in the antipodes, find nothing resembling the old country. Here,

however, at first landing, everything they see, puts them in mind of home. The houses and streets, the shipping, boats

and vehicles, the men, women and children, a recall similar objects in old England. Familiar looking inns and shops,

and genuine English barmaids, or shopmen, take one quite by surprise. and comfortable. Some few


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9a-f. Flower family children summaries.

9a. Isabella Flower and Jesse Humphrys.

Isabella married Jesse Humphrys - see the Isabella Flower and Jesse Humphrys, section 10.

9b. Rachel (Flower) 1839-1894 and Thomas Warnes (1838-17/7/1896)

Rachel Flower was the 2nd daughter of James and Hannah Flower, born in Timsbury Somerset and

brought up in a village that had Coal Mining as one of the main employment. Her parents were

running a butcher shop with slaughter house behind in Maggs Lane, just off the main street. Their

home was at Bloomfield a mile north of the main street, but the village and church life would have

been vivid to a 14 year old and must have come as quite a shock that they were to immigrate to

Australia. Her elder sister had just married Jesse Humphrys a farm worker from Wellow. (from

Jesse’s memorial service 1909). Jesse was one of a large family, and his parents were working-class people, who

could not give their children much education. He worked amongst the farmers of the place until he became a young

man, when he married Isabella. At 14, Rachel may have left school and been helping her parents with the butcher shop, or she may

have been looking after the home and younger siblings who were probably still at school. The

adventure of travelling to Portsmouth, the busy port scenes she would have encountered, and the

sight of the ship must have been exciting. The voyage would have been long and extremely

frightening, having to cope with the sea, weather, tropics and sickness on board. (see appendices

for the diary of the William Money 1854).

The arrival in Port Adelaide in mid summer would also have been confronting, but settling into the

farming life with her family, sister Isabella and brother-in-law for the next 5 years in coastal

Adelaide may have been interesting. The community would have been a melting pot of emigrants

from all over England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland, and definitely not what the family had been

used to in Timsbury. The move to Stony Gap led her to meet and marry Thomas Warnes, who at

that time was an owner of a bullock team, and a shearer, and hence would have travelled the Stony

Gap road many times. The following extract from “Pastoral Pioneers of South Australia Vol 2”, is

a very detailed summary of their life together.


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10. Jesse and Isabella Humphrys – Life in Australia.

Isabella and Jesse’s Children were:-

William Mark Humphrys of Brookton (1854-1934), m F.Z.Jones 1877

Sarah Anne Duke (Humphrys)(1857-1941)m A.Duke 1883

Alfred Humphry Humphrys,(1858-1874) b Black Springs

Jesse Humphrys (1861-1934) m E.Duke 1884, d Trinity Gdns

Flower Humphrys (1863-1944)m M.Rogers 1888, d Medindie Gardens

Elijah Thorn Humphrys (1865 –1919)m M.Teddy 1890

Isabella Scrutton (Humphrys)(1868-1953)m H. Scrutton 1889 d Trinity Gdns

Emily Jones (Humphrys) (1870-1952) m T.Jones 1888 d Kensington Gdns

Mary Hansen (Humphrys) (1873-1951) m C.Hansen 1895, d Payneham

Elizabeth Humphrys (1875-1875)b Black Springs.

There are actually 2 distinct eras of Jesse Humphrys’ life.

1853-1875, when Jesse and Isabella were farming and raising a large family at Bloomfield Farm,

Stony Gap. Isabella died in 1875 in childbirth of her child Elizabeth, who also died.

1876-1909, Jesse marries widow Grace Turner from Black Springs, and move to Hassage Park/Farm

10 kilometres west, near Hanson and Farrell Flat, next to the Burra to Adelaide railway line.

A. The 1853-1875 era.

1853 on the ship “David Malcolm", James and Hannah Flower with their children Rachel 15, Ann 12,

Joseph 10, Elizabeth 7, Jabez 2 sailed to Adelaide S.A. It seems they convinced Jesse Humphrys a

farm labourer who had married their eldest daughter Isabella to join them in their new life in South

Australia.

1854 Jesse’s obituary (see later) suggested he worked for J. Johnson, Reed Beds (West Beach) with

his brother-in-law Joseph Flower and his father James Flower. In West Torrens Historical Society

paper Capt J Johnson had section 223, and his property was called “Frogmore”, but Capt Johnson

returned to England in 1866.(see Pastoral Pioneers V2, p233). Early records show Johnson ran 1,500

sheep and 200 cattle at “Frogmore” He was also a member of the “Nobs”, shareholders in the Princess

Royal copper mines, south of the “Burra” mine. (Ian Auhl p40)


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1860-1864, Jesse was able to buy sections in Hd of Kooringa and the adjoining Hd Apoinga (Stony

Gap) (Lands Titles Office Historical Names Index) Jesse had come from the Reedbeds (West Beach)

via Port Gawler to Stony Gap along with the Flower family, and they purchased adjoining holdings of

over 1000acres each. The 1864 Almanac had it at Logan’s Flat. Their property was reported to be

named “Bloomfield Farm” in the 1875 –1880 “Register” of 1875, and again in the 1880 Almanac,

Jesse Humphrys, Sheepfarmer, Bloomfield, Kooringa.

The farmers were able to buy property on credit, and as an example:- ct160/194 Section 14, Hd Apoinga, bill of mortgage no.1435 dated 1860, mortgage to Eliza Jane Bouch of England,

principal £150, date appointed for redemption 16/11/1863, rate of interest £10 per centum per annum, payable quarterly

on 16th date of Feb, May, Aug and Nov.

The Family (James and Hannah Flower and children) had moved to Stony Gap/Black Springs in the

Hd of Apoinga, The 1864 Almanac had James Flower and Jesse Humphrys as sheep farmers “Logans

Flat”.(see previously for the Flower family summary).

The Lands Titles Office Historical Names Index had the following Stony Gap sections purchased

between 1863 and 1892. Note those in Green belonged to the James Flower family

Note: We think the Koonoona Station on the map is the site of Jesse and Isabella's "Bloomfield".

After Jesse moved to Hanson in the 1880's, he leased the Stony Gap properties to the Hon. Walter

Duffield of Koonoona Station.


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13. A summary of the Children of Jesse and Isabella Humphrys.

1854-1875 The early years in South Australia, from the children’s point of view.

William Mark H would have been born in Adelaide (1854) after Jesse, Isabella and the Flower

family had arrived and where Jesse and his younger brother-in-law Joseph were working for Mr J.

Johnson on his farm at Reedbeds where Johnson ran sheep and cattle and grew wheat.

(section 223 is that land bounded by modern day West Beach Rd, Tapleys Hill Rd, Northern Ave

and Cambridge/Rio Vista Aves.) The families moved to Port Gawler/Buckland Park when William

was 5 years old he would have started to “take in” the world about him.

Joseph Flower’s obituary related that he shepherded at Gawler, then bullocking and carting on the

roads for Dr. Browne of Buckland Park. Jesse was 25 years old but Joseph was 15 years old.

At Pt Gawler Sarah (1857) and Alfred (1858) were born.

In 1859 the Flower and Humphrys families moved together, James built a house on Section 19,

and Jesse and Isabella Humphrys built on Section 14.

13a. (1st ) William Mark (1854-1934) & Frances A (Zincraft Jones) (1855-1939) Humphrys

In a newspaper article, it infers William Mark was living in the town of Kooringa (Burra).:-

Chronicle Sept 1883 DUKE—HUMPHRYS.— On the 6th September, at the residence of the

bride's brother (Mr. Mark Humphrys, Kooringa) marriage of Sarah Ann, eldest daughter of Jesse

Humphrys, of Hassage Farm, Davieston, late of Stony Gap to John Allan Duke of Penwortham.

I am assuming William Mark used his middle name to differentiate from his uncle William

Thorn who had arrived in 1864 from England.


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14. Elijah Thorn Humphrys (1865-1919) and May (Teddy) Humphrys

Elijah Thorn Humphrys was born to Jesse and Isabella Humphrys at Stony Gap in 1865. His great

grandmother’s maiden name was Betty Thorn, hence his middle name.

Elijah preferred to be known as Thorn Humphrys. His brother’s middle name was Mark after his

grandfather Mark Humphrys. William Mark was known as Mark.

The Humphrys siblings were:- William Mark Humphrys of Brookton, WA(1854-1934).

Sarah Ann Duke (Humphrys)(1857-1941), named after her grandmother Sarah

Dauncey.

Alfred Humphrey Humphrys of Black Springs,(1858-1874) died at 16.

Jesse2 Humphrys (1861-1934), named after his father Jesse.

Flower Humphrys (1863-1944), named after his mother’s maiden name.

Elijah Thorn Humphrys (1865-1919)

Isabella Scrutton (Humphrys)(1868-1953), named after her mother.

Emily Jones (Humphrys) (1870-1952)

Mary Ann Hansen (Humphrys) (1873-1951

1875 Thorn’s mother died while giving birth to Elizabeth at Stony Gap, and Isabella and Elizabeth

were buried in Black Springs cemetery.

1876 August 8, his father Jesse, married Grace Turner of Glendore, Black Springs, widowed 1867.

At Isabella’s death, Elijah would have been only 10 years old, with Isabella 7, Emily 5, Mary 2,

Flower 12, Jesse2 14 and William 21. Grace Turner’s children, Eliza 14 and Thomas Henry 12

may also have made up the extended family.

1877 William Mark Humphrys married in 1877 and moved to Kooringa, Peterborough, then

Brookton, Western Australia in about 1886 where they were just opening up sheep and wheat farms

and where sandalwood was being harvested profitably.

1880 An Almanac entry had a Jesse Humphrys as a farmer at Bloomfield Farm Kooringa.

1879 Jesse1 leased out his property (to the Koonoona Estate) at Stony Gap and bought a property

from Thomas Glasson and worked the land near Hanson (10kms west of Stony Gap) as a sheep

farmer.

Elijah would have been only 14 years old, with Flower 16 and Jesse2 18 year old.

We can see on aerial photographs there is a homestead on the intersection of sects 845, 846 & 847

and we are assuming it was Thomas Glasson’s, and that Jesse1 renamed it “Hassage Park”, the

property where Jesse1’s children would grow up and some were to marry.

See appendices for photographs of Hassage Park Farm in 2015.

This property was in the Farrell Flat district, between the towns of Hanson and Davieston/Davies.

The broad gauge railway from Gawler to Burra went through in 1869, dissecting “three chain stock

routes”, which went past Jesse’s new property. To confuse researchers, the town of

Davies/Davieston was renamed Hanson, and the town of Hanson was renamed Farrell Flat. Thus

Farrell Flat’s railway would have been attractive to a farming family for delivering wheat and wool

to the railhead, not to mention the social advantages to young single farm boys and girls.

1886 was the year the SA Almanac’s 1st mention of Jesse1 at Hanson, but it was not until Elijah was

21 yo, that Elijah and Flower were mentioned as farmers at Hanson. Jesse1 was 60 yo, and maybe

thinking of handing over the farm to the boys to run. Jesse2 had already gone to Clare, leasing a

farm on Sections 70, 71, 423 & 425.

1890 Elijah Thorn Humphrys (25yo) married Mary (May) Teddy (21yo) at Luke Teddy’s

residence, Redruth, Burra on 3 Nov (Advertiser 6 Nov 1890).


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15. Minetta Pauline May Humphrys b 15/3/1895 Redruth SA d 1977

Minetta Pauline May Humphrys b

15/3/1895 Redruth SA d 1988 m 1919

Wilfred Frank Ford by 24 Sept 1893 at

Kooringa SA.

Their Children were Francis Thorn Ford

(known as Ron) b 11 August 1919 at Redruth

SA (died 1968) and Iris Enid Ford b 14

February 1921 at Redruth SA (died 1968).

Ron’s son Earnest Wilfred Ford was born

1946, but died at age 3 months.

The following photo of the Hanson (Farrell’s Flat School 1907) was obtained from the Burra

Library 2014, Minetta and Clarence are the ones holding the bicycles.

Top Row:- Emily Stockman, Rita Humphrys, Myra Humphrys, Albert Dixon, Burt Blunt, Frank

Ogorman, Silas Dixon. 2nd Row Charles Stockman, Allan Humphrys, Thomas Dixon, Hedley

Bishop, Stanley Bishop, Robert Dixon.

3rd Row Myrtle Motherall, Minnie Stockman, Nellie Ogorman, Clara Motherall, Fay Peak, Jean

Jorgon, Edith Dixon. Front:- Rueben Rogers, Ted Blunt, Maurice Humphrys, Robert Motherall.

1919 Burra Record 23 July :- On Saturday, the 12th July 1919, at the residence of the bride's

parents, 'Maythorn,' Hanson, Miss Minetta P. M. Humphrys, only daughter of Mr and Mrs E.

Thorn Humphrys, was united in marriage, with Mr Wilfred F. Ford, ex Sergt.-Major of the Camel

Transport Corps. Mr Ford, was invalided home, again returned to the front, where he was badly

wounded.

See the appendices of "Notable Humphrys weddings 1916-1941" for a full description. .


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16. Clarence Melvin Humphrys.

IN MEMORIAM. HUMPHRYS. — In sad and loving memory of our dear son. Private Clarence Melvin Humphrys, No. 2023, 43rd

Battalion, A.I.F., who died of wounds, at Rouen Convalescent Camp, France, on October 6th, 1917. The ceaseless

ache, the emptiness, the woe, the pang of loss, The strength that sinks beneath so sore a cross, Heedless and

careless the world wags on, And leaves me broken, Oh! my son! my son! Yet, think of this, yea rather think of

this— He died, as few men get the chance to die. Fighting to save a world's morality. He died the noblest death a

man may die, Fighting for god and right and liberty, And such a death is immortality. He died from wounds

received when in a trench, His God was with him and he did not blench, Filled him with holy fires that naught

could quench, And when He saw his work on earth was done, He gently called to him My son, my son! I need thee

for a greater work than this, Thy faith, thy zeal, thy fine activities, Are worthy of my larger liberties. Then took him

by the hand and spoke in tender lay, And side by side they climbed the Heavenly way. — Inserted by his loving

father and mother, Mr and Mrs E. T. Humphrys, "Maythorn," Hanson.


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17. Extract from Clarence’s War Diary.

(Chapter 1, 8 and 10 give an insight into his standards, morality, family values and sensitivity.)

Chapter 1. Farewells and transport ship to Perth, then Cape Town.

Commencing from the day I left camp to go on my long leave.

Friday 7 July 1916. Rose very early to catch train. Had to race for a car (train carriage) and put

my "puttees" (leggings wrapped spirally around lower leg) on in the car. When I reached home

went out with Maud(e) and Lily Bishop in the sulky (see photo below of a Sulky) with Clem and

Rob’s dinner. Gave all a surprise at home.

Saturday 8 July 1916

Given a reception at Hanson in the evening. Presented with a silver watch from Hanson friends

and a gold medal from F.F.R.C.(Farrell Flat Rifle Club) Had a good time.

Sunday 9 July 1916

Went to Hanson church in the afternoon. Minister failed to keep appointment so Mr Motherall took

it. After service went to bid farewell to Mrs James who had very recently lost husband by heart

failure. In evening went to F.F (Farrell Flat) church. Received a pleasant surprise. Willie

preached (William Thorn Humphrys b1844 is Jesse’s brother and was a Minister/farmer in

Hamley Bridge) and when the service was over Mr Samson the baker got up and spoke of my

leaving for the front. He said that hearing that I was going to be present in the evening, they the

congregation, had taken the opportunity to present a bible.

Monday 10 July 1916

Busy packing in the morning part packing my kit. In the afternoon rode motorbike round to Aunt

Sarah’s (Sarah Anne Duke Humphrys) to say goodbye and from there rode with Clem and Maud(e)

in hooded trap to Hanson. Lily Bishop gave me a parcel containing a fine balaclava cap and a

purse and silver cross from her mother. A fair number were there to bid me farewell. Several pairs

of socks were also given me. When train passed our homestead I had one long look and fixed it

well in my memory. Rob was waving busily and the cows were lying in the paddock by the house.

I said goodbye to C(lem) at Farrell Flat (R.S.).


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18. Thomas and Mary Smith.

(extracted from Janine Kraehenbuehl’s “Descendants of Thomas Smith”).

Thomas Smith was born circa 1832

in Cornwall, in 1853 he was listed

as an Ostler. It seems he spent his

live working with horses as a

drover, groom, Ostler. His children

that were born from 1853-1874 in

the Blackford or Reedy Creek area

and his wife died at Frances, near

Naracoorte.

He died 21 Mar 1884 aged 52 yrs in Millicent. He was buried

in Lake Terrace, Mt Gambier cemetery SA 169F. The cause

of his death was Cystitis.

Noted events in his life were:-

He immigrated on “Epaminondas” arriving on 24/12/1853

Left Southampton on 29th Aug 1853 aged 21 years.

Travelled with his wife Mary aged 22 yrs.

He worked as a labourer in Dec 1884

He had a residence in Murrabinna 1866, Robe and

Kingston.

He worked in and operated an Eating House on 6 May

1863 in Blackford, near Kingston.

He was Church of England

He resided in Reedy Creek SA c1874 –Aug 1979.

Death cause Cystitis 21 Mar 1884 Mt Gambier Hospital.

His profession on his death certificate was Drover.

He worked as a groom

He worked as a Drover in 1884

He had a residence in Blackford SA 1857-1864

Thomas married Mary (Lane/Leane?) Smith on 10 Mar 1853. Mary was born in Wadebridge,

Cornwall Mar 15 1836 and died 9 Sept 1908 aged 75 years in Frances SA The cause of her death

was senility and influenza.

Noted events in her life were:-

She immigrated on “Epaminondas” arriving on 24 Decd 1853. with her husband.

Death certificate, issue, living, male 6, female 5, issue, deceased, female 3.

Children:-

1. (Mary) Jane (Smith) McBain 1853 Biscuit Flat - 1948 Glenelg.

2. (Thomas) William Smith 1854-1933, Bordertown.

3. Harold (=Henry) (=Henry) Smith 1856 Blackford – worked as wheelwright – lived Brighton

4. (Mary) Elizabeth (Smith) Barrett b 1857 Blackford d1932 Naracoorte.

5. Ellen (Smith) Snider b1858 Blackford d 1945 Peterborough.

6. (Helena) Annie (Smith) Holt b 1860 Blackford, d Victoria.

7. Louisa (Smith) Pettitt b 1863 Blackford d 1889 Mt Gambier . In Binnum 1886

8. George Smith b 1862 d 1925 Naracoorte

9. (Hannah) Honnor (Smith) Brown b1864 Blackford, d1894.

10. Richard Smith b 1866 d1947 Naracoorte

11. Frederick Smith b 1868 Reedy Creek d1920 Naracoorte

12. Fanny (Smith) Jarred b 1869 Reedy Creek d1904 Naracoorte

13. Emily (=Emma) (Smith) Killmier b1872 d 1921 Adelaide

14. Donald Smith B1874 Reedy Creek d 1923


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19. Ellen Smith, William Henry Pascoe and William Snider

Ellen Smith was born 3 Dec 1858 in Blackford County, SA, and died 20 Nov 1945 aged 87yrs

at Peterborough and buried in the Snider grave, Peterborough cemetery. The cause of her death

was Cerebral Haemorrhage, Arteriosclerosis, Hyperplasia (Cancer).

Noted events in her life:-

Born 1858 Reedy Creek, SA

Daughter, Annie Adelaide Pascoe born Jun 1878, Ellen did not marry William Henry Pascoe.

Married William Snider Oct 1878 at Kingston-SE.

She resided at location of daughter Emma’s death 1881-1884 Kingston/Binnum

She resided at Alice/George’s birth place 1885-1887 Bordertown.

She resided at Milly’s birth place 1889 North Olary, SA

She had residence Jan 1893 Yunta SA

She had residence Dec 1895 Petersburg(Peterborough) SA

She reside at 34 Victoria St, Peterborough. Family were destitute 1894

Cottage built by townspeople after her husband died near Silverton.

85th birthday notice Peterborough Times, Dec 1943.

Death Notice 21 Nov 1945, Peterborough Times?

Buried with her daughter Alice May, burial 1945

Ellen had a relationship with William Henry Pascoe, a storekeeper in Kingston, and as a result

Annie Adelaide was born June 1878. Ellen and William Henry did not marry. (see later)

Ellen married William Snider, 12 Oct 1878 in the residence of Mrs J Smith (wife of brother

John Henry?)

William Snider, also known as Wilhelm Schneider, was born 14 Jun 1852 in Stettin, Prussia

(Germany) to Friederick Schneider and unknown mother.

Shirley Walsh writes:-"Hospital Records for William Snider showing he arrived in South Australia on the “Floral

Star” and Maritime record for him signing on 30 April 1877 in Auckland, N.Z. Before that he was discharged from the

barque “Brigitte” in Auckland on 20 April 1877.

From the Adelaide Hospital records you can see he was born in Germany and was a Lutheran."

Noted events in his life were:-

Resided in Stargard Castle near Stettin (Prussia, now Poland).

Immigrated from Lyttleton Christchurch NZ 30yo 1877.

Was a seaman on Floral Star 19 Jul 1877 (Marine Safety Board records)

Was married to Herriet at some time, widowered 1878.

Was Lutheran in 19 Jul 1877, Then became Presbyterian

Abcess of leg & thigh, Sub acute rheumatism, 20 Aug 1877 Adelaide Hospital

Resided in Kingston 1878-1884, Naturalized Australian 4 Oct 1882

Worked as labourer, 9 Sep 1879 Reedy Creek

Resided in Bordertown 1885-1887 (Children’s Birth certs)

Worked as a Packer/Ganger in SA Railways-Northern Line

1887 wages:- Packer 6/6p per day, Ganger 7/6p per day

Resided in North Olary 1889 (child’s birth cert)

Worked as a linesman and ganger, 7 Jan 1893 on Cockburn line.

Resided at 262 mile cottages Aug 1894 nr McDonald Hill SA

Committed suicide 23 Aug 1894, Olary Hills


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19a. William Henry Pascoe 1856-1907

William Henry Pascoe, a storekeeper in Kingston had a relationship with Ellen Smith, and as a

result Annie Adelaide was born June 1878. Ellen and William Henry did not marry. It looks like

William moved to Millicent as a storekeeper and in 1883 married a Port Macdonnell girl, who had

moved to Millicent. In 1885 they moved to Port Macdonnell to again run a store in Meylin St

(opposite the Victoria Hotel?), this time with a wine and spirit licence. William was also elected as

a councillor. There is a road named after the family eg Pascoe Road.

In 1890 the Pascoes moved their store and licence to Sea Parade and became shipping agents as

well.

He became a JP and was on the Regatta (Yachtclub) Committee, and all in all a very well know

popular resident and businessman.

After William’s death in 1907, the wine and spirit licence was transferred to his wife Sarah who

carried on running the store probably with son Harry’s help, but Harry (also named William

Henry) became a prominent businessman and even ran the Port Macdonnell Bay hotel in 1915.

1. Francis Pascoe m Elizabeth Whalley b 1800

2. Benjamin Pascoe m Alice b1820 d1885Kingston SE

3. Ann Raglan b1854 (born on the ship “Raglan”).

3. William Henry Pascoe b1856 d 1907 met Ellen Smith 1878,

m Sarah Ann Brown b1857 m1883 Millicent

4. Annie Adelaide (Pascoe) Smith b1878 met John Penna 1894 m Sydney Bennett

5. Maude Alice (Penna) Snider b1894 m Clement Arnold Humphrys

4. William Henry (=Harry) Pascoe b1884 d1948 m Clara Beatrice

5.Jack Pascoe

3. Clarence Pascoe b1887 d1888 age 1yr

3. Benjamin Pascoe b1890 d1920 age 32yr

3. ??Pascoe m J.H. Brougham, Pt Lincoln.

3. ??Pascoe m A.E.Southam, Dulwich

3. Pearl Pascoe, Dulwich

2. Henry Pascoe b1822 m Amelia …Henry was a miner.

2. Elizabeth Pascoe b1826

2. Francis Pascoe b1830

2. Thomas Pascoe b1830

2. Matilda Pascoe b 1835

2. Joseph Willey Pascoe b1838

2. William Henry Pascoe b1840

2.??lenda Pascoe b1843

2. John Willey Pascoe b1846

The following extracts from the Border Watch newspaper, show how much the family was

involved in the area.

1800 Francis Pascoe b1800 Crowan Cornwall m Elizabeth Willey 1818

1883 William Henry married Sarah Anne Brown PASCOE-BROWN.-On the 31st inst., at the residence

of the bride's father, by Mr. Chas. Clark, William Henry Pascoe, storekeeper, Millicent, to Sarah Ann Brown, eldest

daughter of Mr. W. Brown, Millicent.

1885 An application to have the storekeeper's wine and spirit licence held by James Badenoch, Port MacDonnell,

transferred to William Henry Pascoe, 1886 W.H. Pascoe councillor for Port MacDonnell Ward also in 1889 & 1896

1887, 1888 Border Watch Licensing Bench : W.H.Pascoe of Meylin St, Store Keepers and Colonial Wine Licences renewed

1899 Port MacDonnell Court April 7 1899 William Henry Pascoe v Charles DeLongville , then W.H.Pascoe v Thomas Sawkins

£13 9s 3d owed, but unable to repay – order to pay 2s6d a week.

1890 LICENSING BENCH. June 2. Application to remove storekeeper's licence to other premises. - Pascoe, William

Henry, from store, Meylin Street, to store, Sea Parade, Port MacDonnell


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20. Annie Adelaide (Pascoe Smith Snider) Bennett , John Penna and Sidney Bennett.

1878 Annie Adelaide was born to Ellen Smith 16 Jun, at Kingston SE, her father being William

Henry Pascoe, a storekeeper in Kingston with whom Ellen Smith (mother) had a relationship but did

not marry. Annie died 20 May 1956, residence at 18 Jervois Av Magill, died at Beulah Park, 78yo.

William Snider, a recent widower and ex Seaman from Prussia,( via New Zealand) married Ellen

mother in Oct 1878 (hence was her step father). Annie was to be a step sister to 9 more children of

Ellen and William.

She would have been brought up in Kingston, Reedy Creek, Binnum, and Bordertown (the towns on

the various children’s birth certificates) where her father William Snider was working on various

projects.

When the family moved for William Snider’s new job on the SA Railways – Northern Line, they

lived at Olary until William Snider’s suicide death at 42years of age in 1894.

The suicide was due to the pregnancy of Annie to a John Penna of Yunta but John Penna refused to

marry or compensate Annie, (as it turned out, the Petersburg (Peterborough) court did get John

Penna to compensate £225 to the family.- too late for William).

1894 The court ruling on Oct 5th was “John Penna of Yunta Teamster (wool carting) did at Olary

in the province aforesaid leave his illegitimate child named Maude Alice Penna, without adequate

means of support". (See the appendices for a full transcription of the court case).

Recent articles about Tom Kruse and his legendary outback mail delivery, indicate that John Penna

had later become a well respected businessman in Yunta.

"In 1932, John Penna, local shopkeeper and postmaster of Yunta, South Australia, was impressed

with Tom's (Kruse) ability as a hard worker and offered him full time employment when he was just

eighteen. This was the start of Tom's career as a truck driver because John Penna also owned a

carting business and three mail deliveries out of town.

Annie’s child was named Maude Alice (Penna Snider) Bennett, b 8-6-1894.

A fellow railway colleague of William Snider, a 29yo Sidney Bennett married the 16yo Annie in

1895.

Sidney John Bennet b 6 Apr 1866 (Union workhouse Wardour – Tisbury, Wiltshire).

Son of John Bennett and Ann (Foot nee Morgan).

Noted events in Sidneys’ life

Immigrated on “Alumbagh” on 16 Mar 1877 to

Pt Adelaide from Plymouth.

Railway employee from 11 Aug 1890 to 18

Apr 1931 Northern railways.

Staff and stations 1879 (aged 13)-1910??

Packer Northern 1891 @ 6/6pd, Packer Olary

1896 @ 6/6pd,

Lived at Mannahill in 1895 (marriage cert).

Married in St Peters Church Petersburg 2

Mar 1895 (28yo) to Annie (16yo)

Sidney’s brother Albert Bennett married

Annie’s sister Mary Ellen Jane Snider 1898.

Packer Eurelia 1896 @ 6/6pd, Packer

Kingswood 1902 6/6pd

Packer Petersburg 1903 6/6pd, Cockburn line

1905 6/6pd

Ganger GN extension (Gawler North?) 1906 9/-

pd

Retired at 68 yo on £104 pa 1931

Resided at 2 Sixteenth st Gawler South 1923 –

1938,

died 25 Jan 1938 of Broncho Pneumonia in

Gawler South Hospital

Annie and Sidney’s children were:-

Dorothy Bennett b1896, d 24 days later Buried

Peterborough

Gladys Hazel Bennett b 1898 Pt Pirie, resided

Gawler d 1930 Adelaide (heart disease)

Olive Victoria Bennett b1901 d1905 buried

Peterborough

Leslie Sydney Bennett b1905 m Marg and

adopted 2 children, Malcolm and Maureen. Cecil John Bennett b1909 near Hanson

1909 – 1915 Sidney John Bennett – Railway worker, Hanson (not Farrell Flat). – Electoral Roll.

1909 Hanson. Nov 2. Burra Record:-on the evening of Oct26 a concert and social was given in aid of the public school

library. The overture was played by Mrs E T Humphrys. The programme was exceptionally long and good. Much credit

is due to Miss Caher for the perfection to which she trained the children in their singing and reciting.


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21. Annie Adelaide Snider and John Penna.

Maude Alice Penna Snider Bennett (1894-1967) was the daughter of Annie Adelaide Snider and

John Penna of Yunta. John Penna refused to marry Annie who was only 16yo.

1894 John Penna b1870, a 24 year old who was courting Annie Adelaide, turned out to be a

fascinating and well known character of Yunta, and so I will include this summary, even though

there is no scientific proof John was the father, as he denies he was in a Peterborough Magistrates

Court Case published on Saturday October 6, 1894. A summary of it is:-

John Penna of Yunta, Teamster was charged on the information of A. A. Smith with having

on June 8 left his illegitimate female child without adequate means of support.

Mr. Limbert, (for J.Penna) raised a number of preliminary legal objections, which were

overruled.

The defendant absolutely denied that he had ever had any undue intimacy with the informant,

and stated that at the time the informant said he was intimate with her he was absent woolcarting.

The court made an order for payment of 5s per week from birth of child with £6 13s. costs.

Ellen Snider was living with William Snider linesman and ganger on Coburn line at Yunta in

January 7 1893.

Ellen had no objections in John Penna keeping company with Annie as she thought his

intentions were honourable.

John Penna was 24yo and earning 30/- per week.

The Court Ruling was:-5/- per week, paid monthly and to commence from the birth of the child 8th

June 1894 and to be continued until the child is 14 years of age.

From Wikipedia :- Yunta is a village on the Barrier Highway in South Australia that services both

the local area and travellers passing through. It lies south west of Broken Hill and north east of

Peterborough.

Yanta was an early spelling. In 1866 the district was known as part of the Tattawappa and Yanta

Run. Yunta township was established in 1887 after the discovery of gold at the nearby diggings at

Teetulpa and Waukaringa, when more than 5,000 miners made their way through here. In the

early 1890s the village was a busy railway town on the Adelaide to Broken Hill line. From 1934

Yunta was the base for the famed outback trucking and mail contractor Harry Ding.

1895 The Snider family, after the father’s suicide, moved to Peterborough. Sidney Bennett, a 29yo railway worker (a colleague of Annie’s decd father) proposed to Annie and

they married, making Sidney the step father of Maude Alice Penna Snider Bennett.

John Penna however, made Yunta his home for the next 30 years and his life can be overviewed

from articles in the Chronicle and other newspapers available on TROVE.


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22. Clement Arnold (1891-1969) and Maude Alice Humphrys (1894-1967).

1891 Clement Arnold Humphrys was born in Kooringa to Elijah Thorn Humphrys (1865 –1919)

and Mary (May) (Teddy) Humphrys (1869-1955).

1893-1895 Clement’s siblings were Clarence Melvin Humphrys (1893-1917) and Minetta Pauline

May Humphrys (Ford)(1895-1988). They were brought up on their grandfather’s farm (Jesse1) at

Hanson, and the three would have gone to the Hanson Public School, at Farrell Flat. There is a

photograph of Clarence and Minetta at the school in 1907. (see Minetta’s section).

1909 On Jesse1’s death, the southern half of the property went to Elijah Thorn Humphrys, the

northern half to Flower Humphrys. Clement would have been a 18 yo and Clarence a 16 yo, and

both would have worked their father’s (Elijah Thorn) farm.

Thorn and his wife May, built a very impressive house they named “Maythorn”, on section 49,

adjoining section 844, leaving Flower Humphrys with Jesse1’s Hassage Farm on section 848.

“Maythorn” still stands today, but the property’s new owners call it “Glenowie”.

Humphrys – Bennett March 20 1916

St. John’s Church, Terowie, was the scene of a pretty

wedding on March 20, the contracting parties being Mr

Clement Arnold Humphrys, of “Maythorn”, Hanson,

and Miss Maude Alice Bennett, eldest daughter of Mr.

And Mrs. S.J. Bennett, Terowie. The church was prettily

decorated by lady friends of the bride, and the officiating

minister was the Rev. J. Stringer, of Petersburg. The

bride, who entered the church on the arm of her father,

to the strains of the “Wedding March”, played by Mr. A.

Rady, of Hamley Bridge, looked charming in a beautiful

gown of white silk.

The bodice was made in a pinafore effect, with overlace

of silk net trimmed with pearls, silk braid, and orange

blossom, and the skirt in tunic fashion with silk braid.

The bridal veil was arranged in mob cap style with

orange blossom, a long scalloped train, decorated with

true lovers’ knots, was worn, and she carried a

beautiful horseshoe bouquet of roses, everlastings,

snowdrops and fern tied with white satin streamers.

The bridesmaid, Miss Minetta Humphrys (sister of the

bridegroom) looked dainty in a white silk coat and

skirt, with silk hat trimmed with spray of pink roses,

and carried a bouquet of pink flowers, with streamers

of pink satin ribbon. Two small cousins of the bride, the

Misses Ivy and Thelma Poulton, of Adelaide, acted as

flower girls and looked very pretty in white silk dresses

and mob caps of pink. They carried respectively a

flower basket and a shepherd’s crook decorated with

pink carnations, roses and streamers of pink satin

ribbon. Following them came the trainbearer, Miss

Gladys Bennett (sister of the bride), frocked in white

silk and wearing a dainty mob cap of pink. The

bridegroom’s present to the bride was a handsome

handbag, and to the bridesmaid, trainbearer, and

flower girls gold brooches engraved with their initials.

The bridegroom was supported by his brother, Private

Clarence M. Humphrys, and the bride’s uncle, Mr

George Snider. After the ceremony an adjournment was

made to the residence of the bride’s parents where a

sumptuous breakfast was partaken of by a large number

of friends and relatives. The usual toasts were

honoured. The tables were arranged and beautifully

decorated by a friend of the bride, Mrs J. Chamberlain,

of Adelaide.

The bride and bridegroom departed by the afternoon

train en route for Adelaide and Melbourne, where the

honeymoon was spent. The presents were numerous

and costly.

The bride travelled in a mauve crepe de chine coat and

skirt, and a black beaver hat with small spray of pink

roses.

After the train left, the guests returned to the residence,

where a pleasant evening was spent.


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5 generations :- Annie Adelaide, Maude Alice, Joy Estelle, Viva Hazel, Ellen Smith Snider c1940.


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Clement and Maude Humphrys c1965

A2. The Voyage To South Australia on the “William Money.”

(An extract from Reuben Thomas’ book.)

A note about the arrival of the William Money from an unknown source reads

“This long expected arrival with an increase of 387 souls to our population took place on

Wednesday 3 January 1849. The William Money left Plymouth on 19 September. Some of the

passengers were attacked with fever and dysentery on the voyage, but happily deaths were few,

every care and the humane attention being exercised by the Captain or Surgeon-superintendent,

who were spoken of in the highest terms by the emigrants. There were 5 births and 7 deaths on the

voyage”

At the point of sailing, the Captain of the ship was required to furnish a certificate listing the

names of all the emigrants on board. This was to be countersigned by the Surgeon Superintendent.

After the ship had sailed, half of the amount due as passage fees was to be paid to the owners. The

balance was to be calculated and paid following receipt of a similar document showing the names

and number of ''adult'' passengers having landed in the Colony. This was to be signed by the

Immigration Agent representing the Governor of the Colony. The Surgeon was also to furnish a

certificate stating that the passengers were well treated on the voyage and detailing the names and

ages of those who died or left the ship during the journey.

The Commissioners appointed the Surgeon Superintendent who was responsible for - the

passengers in every respect. The Master and Surgeon were to forbid contact with the officers and

crew on the one hand, and the female passengers on the a other. This latter aspect was the source

of many arguments and much strife a during the voyage.

A list of stores was specified for the voyage and a specific daily ration for I each ''adult'' passenger.

Nursing mothers were allowed 1 pint (600 mts) of stout , per day if ordered by the Surgeon. The

Surgeon was to make liberal use of a preserved milk for preserving the health of the younger

children.

The owners were to provide a properly qualified man to do cooking exclusively for the passengers.

Meals were served in containers sufficient for a mess of 6' people and meals were eaten in the

crammed alleyways of the passenger deck. A mess kit comprised the following :

One mess kit with handle.

One tin oval dish, about 14 inches long and 4 inches deep

One mess bread basket, about 14 inches long, 6 1/2 inches deep and 10 inches wide with handles

Two three pint tin pots with covers and bar hooks, f or boiling water

Two water beakers of two gallons each, properly slung for use

One potato net

One pudding bag

With an addition of one-, fifth to provide against loss or breakage

The ship was not to call at any intermediate port on the way unless of urgent at necessity.

Sufficient food was provided for 22 weeks at sea. Filtered sweet water was placed on board in

substantial charred casks.

When one stops to consider the quantity of provisions needed to cater for the needs of at least 268

adults besides the crew of about 50, it is staggering to consider where they carried it all. Just

consider the amount of filtered water: 3 quarts per adult per day for 268 people for 22 weeks

equals in excess of 30,000 gallons - all stored in barrels. As we will see later, there was also some

stock on board, (on deck no doubt), and food for them too for 3 months!


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A3 Jesse Humphrys’ 1909 Will.


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A7. Notable Humphrys Weddings - 1916 - 1941

1916 Clement Arnold Humphrys - Maude Alice Bennett 20 March.

St. John’s Church, Terowie, was the scene of a pretty wedding on March 20, the contracting parties being Mr Clement

Arnold Humphrys, of “Maythorn”, Hanson, and Miss Maude Alice Bennett, eldest daughter of Mr. And Mrs. S.J.

Bennett, Terowie. The church was prettily decorated by lady friends of the bride, and the officiating minister was the

Rev. J. Stringer, of Petersburg. The bride, who entered the church on the arm of her father, to the strains of the

“Wedding March”, played by Mr. A. Rady, of Hamley Bridge, looked charming in a beautiful gown of white silk.

The bodice was made in a pinafore effect, with overlace of silk net trimmed with pearls, silk braid, and orange

blossom, and the skirt in tunic fashion with silk braid.

The bridal veil was arranged in mob cap style with orange blossom, a long scalloped train, decorated with true lovers’

knots, was worn, and she carried a beautiful horseshoe bouquet of roses, everlastings, snowdrops and fern tied with

white satin streamers.

The bridesmaid, Miss Minetta Humphrys (sister of the bridegroom) looked dainty in a white silk coat and skirt, with

silk hat trimmed with spray of pink roses, and carried a bouquet of pink flowers, with streamers of pink satin ribbon.

Two small cousins of the bride, the Misses Ivy and Thelma Poulton, of Adelaide, acted as flower girls and looked

very pretty in white silk dresses and mob caps of pink. They carried respectively a flower basket and a shepherd’s

crook decorated with pink carnations, roses and streamers of pink satin ribbon. Following them came the trainbearer,

Miss Gladys Bennett (sister of the bride), frocked in white silk and wearing a dainty mob cap of pink. The

bridegroom’s present to the bride was a handsome handbag, and to the bridesmaid, trainbearer, and flower girls gold

brooches engraved with their initials. The bridegroom was supported by his brother, Private Clarence M. Humphrys,

and the bride’s uncle, Mr George Snider. After the ceremony an adjournment was made to the residence of the

bride’s parents where a sumptuous breakfast was partaken of by a large number of friends and relatives. The usual

toasts were honoured. The tables were arranged and beautifully decorated by a friend of the bride, Mrs J.

Chamberlain, of Adelaide.

The bride and bridegroom departed by the afternoon train en route for Adelaide and Melbourne, where the honeymoon

was spent. The presents were numerous and costly.

The bride travelled in a mauve crepe de chine coat and skirt, and a black beaver hat with small spray of pink roses.

After the train left, the guests returned to the residence, where a pleasant evening was spent.

1919 Burra Record 23 July :- On Saturday, the 12th July 1919, at the residence of the bride's parents, 'Maythorn,'

Hanson, Miss Minetta P. M. Humphrys, only daughter of Mr and Mrs E. Thorn Humphrys, was united in marriage,

with Mr Wilfred F. Ford, ex Sergt.-Major of the Camel Transport Corps. Mr Ford, was invalided home, again

returned to the front, where he was badly wounded.

The bride was beautifully attired in white crepe de chene, orange blossom and veil, and carried a horse-shoe shower

bouquet of everlastings and ferns, with streamers of green and gold, colours of the bride groom, and wore a gold

necklet and pendant.

The bridesmaid. Miss Myrtle Motherall, was dressed in cream fugi silk and white felt hat, with bouquet of sale pink

and white flowers, and wore a ruby Southern Cross with gold Australia centre, the gift of the bridegroom.

The bridegroom and groomsman, Pte Robert Allan Ford, 50th Batt. late 10th, brother of the bridegroom, were in

uniform. The Wedding March was played on the conclusion of the ceremony, and the company, adjourned to a

sumptuous breakfast.

The bridegroom's gift to the bride was a set of fox fore, the bride's present to the bridegroom being a pair of gold

sleevelinks. The bride was the recipient of many useful and beautiful presents.

1930 Jesse Humphrys - Phyllis Kelly 24 Sept

To the strains of a bridal hymn composed by the bride, a wedding party entered the Manoora Methodist Church on

Thursday. September 11.

Charming decorations had been arranged by friends of the bride. Large bowls of pink and white flowers were around

the pulpit and a wedding bell, suspended by white ribbon streamers hung with tiny blue and white bells, was the centre

of the decorative scheme.

The bride, who was given away by her father, was Phyllis, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Kelly,

'Glenholmes,' Manoora, the bride groom being Mr. Jesse Humphrys, of Leighton, youngest son of Mr. F.

Humphrys and the late Mrs. Mary Humphrys of Manoora and Kooringa. Charming was the bride in a frock of

ivory satin, made with tight fitting bodice and long flared skirt which hung in uneven length to the ground. The tulle

veil was arranged in cap fashion with sprays of orange blossom and pearls. A sheaf of white camelias and carnations

was carried. The bridesmaids, Misses Ethel Newman (Hoyleton), and Joyce Kelly (bride's sister), were in ankle

length frocks of rose pink satin, beige lace, straw picture hats and carried sheaves of pink flowers. The train-bearers,

Joan Crawford (bridegroom's niece) and Ronda Kelly (bride's sister) wore Empire frocks of powder blue satin,

smocked yokes trimmed with tiny rose buds. Hats in champagne shade. Mr. H. O. Davis was best man, and Mr.

Lance Bagshaw groomsman. Mrs. R. F. Kelly was in a black morocain suit with blouse of' pink crepe satin, and

carried a bouqnet of pink sweet peas and pansies.


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A8. Hassage Park Farm and barn ruins as at May 2015.


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A9. Stony Gap Wind Farm approved Nov 2014.

Would Jesse Humphrys and James Flower turn in their graves if they knew their grazing lands

were to be a wind farm, or would they have embraced the concept?

for full details https://www.wind-watch.org/documents/stony-gap-consent-with-conditions/ The following project description was provided by Tru Energy:

The permanent components of the proposed wind farm forming part of this Development Application are:

1. Thirty five wind turbine generators installed on towers up to 85m high with a blade length of up to 56m and a

maximum height of approximately 145m.

2. Crane pads located at the base of each turbine; each pad will be approximately 50m × 50m and be designed to suit

on-site constraints.

3. Two permanent wind monitoring masts up to 100m high.

4. An on-site electrical substation (approximately 80m × 50m) and control room will be located in the southern part of

the site.

5. A network of internal tracks (5-6m wide) linking turbines, and new or upgraded tracks to provide access to the

ridgeline from Springbank Road and Old Adelaide Road. The total length of track will be approximately 30km of

which approximately 8km will be upgrades of existing farm tracks.

6. A series of 33kV electrical cables linking turbines to the on-site substation. The total length of cabling is

approximately 50km, of which 6.5km is potentially overhead cable. Final lengths and arrangements will be determined

during detailed design.

7. Approximately 25km of single circuit 132kV or 275kV overhead transmission line on compact poles (typically 26m

high) connecting the Stony Gap Wind Farm to the Robertstown substation.

8. Expansion of the existing Robertstown Substation to incorporate new infrastructure for connection of the incoming

transmission line as required by the Transmission Network Service Provider (ElectraNet).


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Index Acacia - John Peake's farm near Hanson, 78

Advertisement

Auction of Land at Stony Gap 1855, 32

Auction of Thomas Glasson's Farm at

Hanson, 1879., 58

Burra Record 1920's., 121

Maurice Humphrys' Hd Hanson, Acacia

farm., 78

Apoinga

District Council., 45

Smelting Works., 65

Bennett

Maude Alice Penna Snider., 113, 122

Sidney & Annie Adelaide (Pascoe)

(Snider)., 112

Sidney John of Wiltshire., 112

Black Springs

Article 1851., 65

in 2014., 64

Robert Zincraft Jones., 72

Blesing

Albert Percy M.P. 1949., 51

David & Margaret's Winery near

Wirrabara., 51

Elizabeth (Flower) & Ernst Gotthilf., 51

Glenholme property and winery., 51

Bloomfield Farm., 54

Brooks

Allen & Laurel (Humphrys)., 140

John Humphry., 140

Neil Douglas., 140

Brookton Western Australia., 71

Buckland Park, 33

Burra

Mine 1860., 34

Town map, 17

Canowie Station., 46

Chickerloo Station, near Bramfield/Elliston

1924., 117

Cornwall

Carnkye, 19

Crowan., 109

Polgear, 12

Ponsanooth, 12

Redruth, 12

Wadebridge., 99

Devils Hole Creek., 41

Diary

Voyage on the William Money 1849., 148

Duffield, Walter., 36

Duke

Sarah & John Allen ., 73

Dustholes., 41

Elvey

Caroline Elizabeth., 129

Caroline Grace., 129

Richard Christian., 129

Farrell Flat

railway station., 89

Flowchart

Desmond John Humphrys., 146

Flower, Humphrys, Thomas, Smith, 7

Jabez & Elizabeth (Carter) Flower family.,

52

James & Hannah Flower family, 31

James & Hannah Flower Somerset, 23

Jesse Humphrys Somerset, 27

Thomas Smith., 100

William Thorn & Elizabeth Ann (Martin)

Humphrys family., 69

Flower

Ann (Warner)., 44

Elizabeth (Blesing)., 51

Jabez & & Elizabeth (Carter)., 52

James' Will, 156

James' Will 1882., 38

Joseph & Catherine (Calliss)., 45

Joseph's Will 1919., 158

Rachel (Warnes)., 40

Ray James Calliss., 49

Ford

Wilfred & Minetta (Humphrys)., 90

Forward

Donald & Dorothy (Humphrys)., 137

Frogmore, Joseph Johnson, Reedbeds., 53

Glenholme

Blesing's property at Bangor., 51

Hansen

Charles & Mary Ann (Humphrys)., 81

Haslam

Albert Llewellyn., 104

William, 104

Hassage

Manor Somerset UK, 30

near Wellow Somerset., 66

Park/Farm, 57, 80, 81, 82

Park/Farm ruins photographs 2015., 168

Headstones

Isaaac & Grace Turner., 64

Jesse, Alfred & Isabella Humphrys., 62

John & May Penna., 118

William & Elizabeth Humphrys., 67

Hilldrop, 16

Humphrys


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Alfred Humphrey., 73

Alfred, death of, 36

Arnold Clarence John., 143

Clarence Melvin., 91

Clarence's Will., 92

Clement Arnold & Maude Alice

(Bennett)., 119

Clement, Maude & Caroline Grace., 126

Clement's portfolio of properties in

Adelaide., 123

Court case Clement v M.J. Marchant, 162

Desmond John (BBC)., 146

Dorothy Merle (Forward)., 137

Elijah Thorn & May (Teddy)., 82

Elizabeth (Betty) Thorn, 27

Elizabeth., 81

Emily (Jones)., 80

Flower & Alice (Finch)., 76

Flower & Mary (Rogers)., 76

Flower & Mary's descendants., 79

Grace (Kent) (Turner)., 57

Isabella (Scutton))., 80

Isabella, death of, 36

Jesse & Emily (Duke)., 74

Jesse & Isabella (Flower)., 53

Jesse's Will 1909., 154

John Arnold., 129

Laurel May (Brooks)., 140

Mary Ann (Hansen)., 81

Maude Alice (Penna Snider Bennett)., 113

May (Teddy) & family c1953., 88

May (Teddy) 25th Anniv as organist., 86

Minetta Pauline (Ford)., 90

Newspaper farewell 1926., 87

Roy Wilfred., 129

Sarah (Duke)., 73

Thelma Maude (Schubert)., 136

Thorn & May's 25th Anniversary party.,

86

Viva Hazel (Pollard)., 133

William Mark & Frances (Zincraft Jones).,

70

William Thorn in Australia., 66

William Thorn in Somerset., 66

Johnson, Joseph., 32

Jones

Robert Zincraft, Stony Gap School

teacher., 71

Thomas & Emily (Humphrys)., 80

Kingston S.E.

Biscuit Flat., 102

Overview History., 102

Railway History., 100

Reedy Creek., 102

Koomooloo., 41

Koonoona Estate., 36

Kraehenbuehl, Janine, 99

Kruse

Tom - outback mailman., 112

Lands Titles Office Historical Names., 54

Logan

James., 34

Logans Farm, Logans Hut, Logans Gap,

Logans Flat, Logans Creek., 35

Logans Farm., 54

Logans Gap - Koomooloo., 41

Map

Bloomfield, Timsbury, 24

Bullock Trails from Burra 1850-1860., 55

Cornwall, 11

Hamley Bridge., 68

Hd Apoinga, Jesse Humphrys property at

Stony Gap., 74

Hd Apoinga, Jesse's at Black Springs, Emu

Downs., 56

Hd Clare, Sections 70, 71, 423, 425., 58

Hd Hanson, 1886, 83

Hd Hanson, Flower Humphrys'

inheritence., 76

Hd Hanson, Secs 843-848 etc., 58

Hd Mannanarie, William Thorn

Humphrys., 68

Hd of Kooringa, 15

Hd Stanley, town of Black Springs., 63

Kingston S.E.

Railways., 101

Kingston S.E.- (Google)., 101

Princess Royal Mine, Burra, Stony Gap, 22

Southern Counties of England, 11

Stettin Prussia., 108

Stony Gap 1860., 33, 70

Stony Gap Flower property 1891., 46

Stony Gap Flower property 1913., 38, 48

Stony Gap, Jesse Humphrys 1860's., 54

Timsbury (Google), 25

Wellow, Norton St Philip, Hemington, 28

Maythorn

in 2014., 120

sale of., 89

The Register's Article about party, 86

Menzies, James - Diary of the 1849 voyage

on the William Money., 149

Obituaries

Albert Percy Blesing M.P. 1949., 51

Catherine (Calliss) Flower 1910., 47

Clement Melvin Humphrys., 91


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Elijah Thorn Humphrys., 87

Flower Humphrys., 77

Grace (Kent) (Turner) Humphrys., 59

Isaac Turner., 63

James Flower (Junior) 1926., 50

Jesse Humphrys (1835-1909)., 59

Jesse Humphrys (1860-1934)., 75

John Thomas, 16

Joseph Flower., 45

Luke Teddy, 22

Mary (Rogers) Humphrys., 77

Pte Ray James Calliss Flower., 49

Robert Warner., 44

Robert Zincraft Jones., 72

Sarah (Humphrys) Duke., 73

Thomas Warnes., 42

W.J. Woollacott (husband of Mabella

Duke)., 73

William Haslam., 104

William Henry Pascoe., 110

William Pearce., 39

Pascoe

William Henry., 103, 109

Pastoral Pioneers of SA., 40, 53

Pearce, William, Grocer Kooringa., 38

Penna

John - Court prceedings., 115

John - Postmaster 1933., 117

John - Yunta teamster., 112

John., 112

Maude Alice., 112

Tom Kruse - outback mailman., 117

Penwortham

Dukes, 58

Elizabeth Ann Martin, 66

Emily (Humphrys) Duke, 74

Jesse Humphrys, butcher, 75

Sarah (Humphrys) Duke, 73

William Thorn Humphrys, 66

Plymouth

Emigration Depot, 26

Pollard

Clive & Viva (Humphrys)., 133

Port Gawler, 33

Port Macdonnell Bay., 110

Port Wakefield, 34

Prescott Farm., 124

Princes Royal Station

Tannery., 41

Property names

Acacia Hanson, 78

Barton Hill, 50

Beetaloo, 44

Blair Farm Smithfield, 52

Blair Norwood, 52

Blink Bonnie, 77

Bloomfield Farm, 35, 53, 54

Braefoot, 47

Brookton House WA, 71

Canowie Station, 46

Chickerloo Station, 117

Collinsville, 16

Cumba Farm, 76

Dustholes, 41, 43

Everslie Norwood, 52

Flowerville, 47, 48

Frogmore, 53

Glenholme Bangor, 51

Glenholme Manoora, 77

Glenowie, 119

Gum Creek Station, 47, 50

Hassage manor UK, 30

Hassage Park Farm, 57, 76, 82

Hilldrop, 16

Koomooloo, 41

Koonamore Station, 117

Maythorn Hanson, 82, 85, 114

Old Koomooloo, 41

Old Koonoona Station, 55

Panarametee Station, 116

Peake Farm Hanson, 78

Redruth Wood & Chaff, 20

Seven Mile Scrub, 20

Stoneleigh Farrell Flat, 76

Strathmore Leighton, 76

Sturt Vale, 41

Three Gums, 14

Three Sisters, 14

Three Trees, 14

Woolgangi, 41, 43

Railway

Bristol toExeter, 31

Burra (completed), 36

Clifton Suspension bridge UK, 97

Farrell Flat to Hanson, 5, 36

Gawler Station, 113

Gawler to Burra, 57, 68, 82

Gawler to Cockburn, 122

Great Southern Line W.A., 71

History S.E., 100

Kingston to Bordertown, 5

Manoora to Hanson, 76

Map Kingston S.E., 101

Northern Line, 112

Terowie, 114

TSRs made redundant, 58


41

Yunta, 116

Reedbeds, farm at, 32

Schneider's pumping engine, 18

Schubert

Max & Thelma (Humphrys)., 136

Max Edmund - Wikipedia., 136

Scrutton

Herbert &Isabella (Humphrys)., 80

Ship

Brigitte, 103

David Malcolm, 32, 38, 53

Epaminondas, 99

Floral Star, 103

Northumberland., 56

Raglan., 109

Rajah, 19

William Money, 13, 148

Smith

Annie Adelaide., 112

Court case Annie A v John Penna., 159

Ellen., 103

Thomas & Mary., 99

Snider

Alice May - letter from hospital., 106

Annie Adelaide., 112, 115

Ellen., 103

Family Bible., 107

William., 103

Sod Hut, 34, 42

Somerset

Bloomfield, 23

Hassage Manor, 30

St Julian's Church, 29

Timsbury, 23

Timsbury Coal Mines, 23

Wellow, 27

Stargard Castle - in 2014., 108

Stettin

Emperor & Empress Friedrick., 105

Wikipedia., 107

Stony Gap

Bloomfield Farm., 82

Church built., 38

ChurchTrustees., 35

Koonoona., 37

Pioneers., 36

School Built 1864., 35

School ruins May 2015, 35

School Teacher 1864., 35

Wind Farm approved 2014., 170

Summertown., 124

Teamster

John Penna, 112

Luke Teddy, 19

Robert Warner, 44

Stony Gap, 36

William M Humphrys, 58

Teddy

Descendants, 8

John Henry, 22

Luke & Julia (Thomas), 19

Luke Percival, 22

Mary (May) (Humphrys), 21

May(Humphrys)., 82

Wood & Chaff yard, 20

Teetulpa 1888., 116

Terowie 1910., 114

Thomas

Family in Cornwall, 12

John and July, 12

July (foundling) Cornwall, 12

Three Sisters, Three Gums, 14

Three Trees Flat, Three Trees, 14

Timsbury

Butchershop, 25

Town

Davies., 36

Farrell Flat., 36

Hanson., 36

TSR Travelling Stock Route, 1886, 83

Turner

Isaac & Grace (Kent)., 63

Warner

Robert & Ann., 44

Warnes

Thomas & Rachel., 40

Wedding

Emily Flower 1934., 166

Notable Humphrys 1916-1941., 165

Will

Clarence Humphrys., 92

James Flower 1882., 156

Jesse Humphrys 1909., 154

Joseph Flower 1919., 158

Woolgangi., 41

Yunta, 115

Zincraft Jones

Frances Anne, 57, 70

Robert., 36

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