Enfield Old Pioneer Cemetery
Photographed July 2009
This cemetery has been cleared, however a plaque is present listing those buried there - scroll down for further details
The Mail Saturday 07 July 1945 page 5
Cemetery That No One Controls
EARLY ENFIELD
By H. G.
BIGGS
CLOSELY linked with the early history of Enfield — it was known as "Poor Man's Sec tion" during a financial depression more than 100 years ago —are
two landmarks still facing each other on opposite sides of the Main North road, nearly half a mile north of the Enfield tram terminus.
THROUGH the years, drivers and passengers in thousands of passing vehicles — from the labor ing bullock drays to the stream lined creations of the motor age — have noted St. Clement's, that mellow old church on the hill. Some of them, too, have seen the old cemetery on the other side of the roadway, and imagined it had some connection with St. Clement's. But they were wrong in this surmise.
Apart from the interest centered in it as the last resting place of some of Enfield's earliest settlers in the State's infancy, it is an unusual relic of
the past for another reason. It has never been officially controlled by any church, council, or other organisation. The exact date of its origin is uncertain, but its establishment had some novel features. For instance, early residents received free space for their grave there when they made purchases from a large landholder in the district. Some bought sufficient blocks from him to qualify for nearly a dozen free graves for their family! The history of the district goes back a few years before that. In 1839 Messrs. John Ragless, sen., and Edmund Bowman took up land, and in 1842, Charles French Folland, sen., moved into this profusion of pine forests. A small band of men, too proud to accept Government relief in this early depression, settled in "Poor Man's
Section." They lived in one-roomed dugouts, displaying their spirit of independence. Steps led down into these "homes," which were covered with a gable roof of thatched reed. These pioneers received casual employment from Messrs. Ragless, Bowman, and Folland, and eventually improved their land to sell out for sums sufficient to buy other holdings. "Poor Man's Section" became Enfield when it was named after the birthplace near London of Mr M. Hecox, one of the proprietors of the section. Now Girls' Home Mr. Edmund Bowman's old property is now the Salvation Army Barton Vale Girls'
Home. Mr. A. C. Crapp. of Alpha road, Prospect, discussing the origin of the settlers' "free" cemetery, said this week that Mr. John Collins, one of
Enfield's earliest residents, bought many acres for subdividing purposes, and then gave to the buyer of every block the allotted ground in the area he chose for the cemetery. Nothing was done to put the cemetery on a legal basis, and with the passing of those most interested in it, the grounds gradually became neglected. Mr. T. R. Bowman, a member of a pioneer family well known in the district, keenly watched over its maintenance until he died. The Bowmans' family vault was situated in one part of the cemetery. However, no official records had been kept of burials, and in some instances there were no headstones to identify graves. Some Illegible Mr. Crapp said it was a pity there had never been any form of legal control over the cemetery. Something should have been done for this historic burial ground in the interests of the settlers who founded Enfield, even if only by the formation of a
committee. Inspection of the cemetery this week showed that figures and wording on some of the headstones have become illegible. Many of those buried there were more than 80 years of age. The names of Bowman, Folland, Collins, Cole, Lewis — all reminiscent of the district's growth — are among
those with a place in the cemetery. Some graves have been transferred to the North Road Cemetery at Nailsworth. There have been few burials there in recent years, but Mrs. C. N. Alexander, who lives next door to the cemetery, voluntarily tends the graves to keep them as tidy as possible. Mr. H. H. Ragless, 80, still lives in George street, Enfield, not far from the Bowmans' old home. He is a great grandson of Mr. John Ragless, sen., who settled there in 1839. Although the foundation stone of St. Clement's Church was not laid until 1858, services were held for a few years before that by a group of
lay readers.
Cemetery That No One Controls
EARLY ENFIELD
By H. G.
BIGGS
CLOSELY linked with the early history of Enfield — it was known as "Poor Man's Sec tion" during a financial depression more than 100 years ago —are
two landmarks still facing each other on opposite sides of the Main North road, nearly half a mile north of the Enfield tram terminus.
THROUGH the years, drivers and passengers in thousands of passing vehicles — from the labor ing bullock drays to the stream lined creations of the motor age — have noted St. Clement's, that mellow old church on the hill. Some of them, too, have seen the old cemetery on the other side of the roadway, and imagined it had some connection with St. Clement's. But they were wrong in this surmise.
Apart from the interest centered in it as the last resting place of some of Enfield's earliest settlers in the State's infancy, it is an unusual relic of
the past for another reason. It has never been officially controlled by any church, council, or other organisation. The exact date of its origin is uncertain, but its establishment had some novel features. For instance, early residents received free space for their grave there when they made purchases from a large landholder in the district. Some bought sufficient blocks from him to qualify for nearly a dozen free graves for their family! The history of the district goes back a few years before that. In 1839 Messrs. John Ragless, sen., and Edmund Bowman took up land, and in 1842, Charles French Folland, sen., moved into this profusion of pine forests. A small band of men, too proud to accept Government relief in this early depression, settled in "Poor Man's
Section." They lived in one-roomed dugouts, displaying their spirit of independence. Steps led down into these "homes," which were covered with a gable roof of thatched reed. These pioneers received casual employment from Messrs. Ragless, Bowman, and Folland, and eventually improved their land to sell out for sums sufficient to buy other holdings. "Poor Man's Section" became Enfield when it was named after the birthplace near London of Mr M. Hecox, one of the proprietors of the section. Now Girls' Home Mr. Edmund Bowman's old property is now the Salvation Army Barton Vale Girls'
Home. Mr. A. C. Crapp. of Alpha road, Prospect, discussing the origin of the settlers' "free" cemetery, said this week that Mr. John Collins, one of
Enfield's earliest residents, bought many acres for subdividing purposes, and then gave to the buyer of every block the allotted ground in the area he chose for the cemetery. Nothing was done to put the cemetery on a legal basis, and with the passing of those most interested in it, the grounds gradually became neglected. Mr. T. R. Bowman, a member of a pioneer family well known in the district, keenly watched over its maintenance until he died. The Bowmans' family vault was situated in one part of the cemetery. However, no official records had been kept of burials, and in some instances there were no headstones to identify graves. Some Illegible Mr. Crapp said it was a pity there had never been any form of legal control over the cemetery. Something should have been done for this historic burial ground in the interests of the settlers who founded Enfield, even if only by the formation of a
committee. Inspection of the cemetery this week showed that figures and wording on some of the headstones have become illegible. Many of those buried there were more than 80 years of age. The names of Bowman, Folland, Collins, Cole, Lewis — all reminiscent of the district's growth — are among
those with a place in the cemetery. Some graves have been transferred to the North Road Cemetery at Nailsworth. There have been few burials there in recent years, but Mrs. C. N. Alexander, who lives next door to the cemetery, voluntarily tends the graves to keep them as tidy as possible. Mr. H. H. Ragless, 80, still lives in George street, Enfield, not far from the Bowmans' old home. He is a great grandson of Mr. John Ragless, sen., who settled there in 1839. Although the foundation stone of St. Clement's Church was not laid until 1858, services were held for a few years before that by a group of
lay readers.
ALEXANDER, Charles Norman
Born 1880
Died 08 March 1940 at Enfield, SA
Aged 60 years
Resided Enfield, SA
BLUFF, Charles
Died 13 August 1899 at Enfield, SA
Aged 66 years
Resided Enfield, SA
The Express and Telegraph Tuesday 15 August 1899 page 2
THE FRIENDS of the. late Mr- CHARLES BLUFF are respectfully informed that his Remains Will be removed from his late residence, Collins Street, Enfield, TUESDAY, at 3 p.m.,for the Enfield Cemetery. D. HUDDLESTONE, Undertaker, Enfield.
BLUFF, Eliza
Died 30 July 1915 at Enfield, SA
Aged 87 years
Wife of Charles BLUFF
Resided Enfield, SA
The Journal Saturday 31 July 1915 page 12
The Friends of the late Mrs. ELIZA BLUFF are respectfully informed that her REMAINS will be Removed from Mr. T. Scott's Residence, Collins Street, Enfield, on SUNDAY at 3.30 for interment in the Enfield Cemetery. GEO J McLEOD, Undertaker
BOWDEN, William Charles
Died 08 August 1915 at North Adelaide, SA
Aged 2 years
Son of William James BOWDEN
Resided Enfield, SA
The Advertiser Monday 09 August 1915 page 2
THE FRIENDS of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. BOWDEN are respectfully informed that the Remains of their late SON (William Charles) will be removed from their residence, Main North-road, Enfield, THIS DAY, 1.45 p.m., for interment in the Enfield Cemetery. P. LeCORNU, Undertaker, 68, O'Conncll-street, North Adelaide, 'phone 313;
BOWMAN, Edmund
Died 14 Augut 1866 at Port Wakefield, SA
Aged 48 years
Resided Crystal Brook, SA
South Australian Register Wednesday 29 August 1866 page 4
Death by Drowning of Mr. Edmund Bowman, J.P.— Early on Wednesday, August 15, we received a telegram from our Auburn correspondent, informing us that Mr. Edmund Bowman J.P. (one of the Directors of the Union Bank, and a member of the Central Road Board), had been drowned on Tuesday, August 14, in a creek near his Port Wakefield Station. A later telegram from the same source adds that Mr. Bowman was seen to fall from a log bridge, and that he is supposed in doing so to have injured his head, so as to have been unable to rise from the water, which is only four feet deep. It was a woman who saw him fall, and no assistance reached him in time to save his life. There are, perhaps, few men whose loss would have been more deeply regretted ; for during a long residence in the colony he had preserved a very high character, and was much esteemed for his sterling qualities and his simple unostentatious charity. He was extensively engaged in pastoral pursuits, and his name will long be remembered in connection with the Crystal Brook, Wakefield, and Mintaro runs. He was a married man, and leaves a young family. Our correspondent sends us also by post the following particulars:— 'At an early hour this morning (10th). we were startled by the sad news that Mr. Edmund Bowman, J.P., had been drowned in the creek close to his station, near Port Wakefield. It appears that about 5 o'clock last evening the deceased gentleman was going from the woolshed to the station. To enable him to do
so the creek had to be crossed by means of two rough logs without any handrail on either side The height of the crossing is about six feet from the water, and at the present time there is about four feet of water flowing in the creek. A woman saw the accident, but by the time she gave information and the body could be found life was extinct. It is supposed that Mr. Bowman's foot slipped, and no doubt his head struck on something in falling, which must have rendered him insensible at the moment he fell into the water. The body was recovered about 60 yards from the crossing. Nothing that has happened in our district for many years has caused such profound sorrow as the above sad affair. The colony, and this district in particular, has lost one of its earliest and best friends.' The mortal remains of the deceased were interred in a vault in the Enfield Cemetery on Sunday, Aug. 19. The funeral procession left the home at 2 o'clock, the hearse being followed to the grave by more than 200 gentlemen on foot, and a large number of persons had congregated in the Cemetery around the place of interment. The burial service was conducted by the Rev. Canon Russell the principal mourners were the three brothers of
the deceased— Messrs. John, William, and Thomas Bowman, his two sons, and his three cousins— Messrs. William and Thomas Bowman, the managers of the station at Crystal Brook; and Mr. Edmund Parnell, of Kadina. Amongst the many friends of the deceased who had assembled to pay the last sad token of respect to his memory was the Commissioner of Public Works (Hon. T. English). Hons. Thos. Magarey. Mr. C. Goode, M.P., Mr. W. Everard. M.P Mr. H. E. Bright, M.P., Mr. A. B. Murray, M.P.. Mr. P. B. Coglin, M.P., Mr. H. E. Downer, S.M., and Messra. J. G. Daly, G. Tinline, W. J. Crawford (Manager of the Union Bank). John Brewer. E. M. Bagot, L. Barnard, P. D. Prankerd, K. Chapman, E W. Wright. E. K. Horn, Chas. Bleechmore. J. M. Lianklater, G. James. A. Macaulay, J. P. Stow, Wadham, T. Graves, C. Smedley, J. Harvey, Dr. Fisher, and Dr. Gosse
South Australian Register Monday 20 August 1866 page 2
The Late Mr. Edmund Bowman.— The mortal remains of the late Mr. Edmund Bowman were interred in a vault in the Enfield Cemetery, near the deceased gentleman's residence, on Sunday afternoon. The funeral procession left the house at 2 o'clock, the hearse being followed to the grave by more than 200 gentlemen on foot, and a large number of persons had congregated in the Cemetery around the place of interment. The burial service was conducted by the Rev. Canon Russell.
The principal mourners were the three brothers of the deceased— Messrs. John, William, and Thomas Bowman, his two sons, and his three cousins
Messrs. William and Thomas Bowman, the managers of the station at Crystal Brook; and Mr. Edmund Parnell, of Kadina. Amongst the many friends of the deceased who had assembled to pay the last sad token of respect to his memory was the Commissioner of Public Works (Hon. T English), Hon. Thos. Magarey, Mr. C Goode M.P., Mr. W. Everard, M.P., Mr. H. E. Bright M.P., Mr. A. B. Murray, M.P, Mr. P. B. Coglin M.P., Mr. H. E. Downer, S.M., and Messrs. J. G. Daly, G. Tinline, W. J. Crawford (Manager of the Union Bank), John Brewer, E. M. Bagot, L. Barnard, P. D. Prankerd. E. Chapman, E. W.Wright, E. K. Horn, Chas. Bleechmore, J. M. Linklater, G. James, A. Macaulay, J. P. Stow — Wadham, T. Graves, C. Smedley, J. Harvey, Dr. Fisher, and Dr. Gosse. The funeral arrangements were under the control of Mr. S. Mayfield The deepest sympathy is displayed for the bereaved widow and the deceased's children, of whom there are six.
BOWMAN, Mary
Died 15 April 1865 at Enfield, SA
Aged 70 years
Resided Enfield, SA
The Adelaide Express Saturday 15 April 1865 page 2
THE friends of the late Mrs.BOWMAN Sen., Enfield, are respectfully informed that her REMAINS will leave her late residence for the Enfield Cemetery, at 4 p.m. TO-MORROW
Born 1880
Died 08 March 1940 at Enfield, SA
Aged 60 years
Resided Enfield, SA
BLUFF, Charles
Died 13 August 1899 at Enfield, SA
Aged 66 years
Resided Enfield, SA
The Express and Telegraph Tuesday 15 August 1899 page 2
THE FRIENDS of the. late Mr- CHARLES BLUFF are respectfully informed that his Remains Will be removed from his late residence, Collins Street, Enfield, TUESDAY, at 3 p.m.,for the Enfield Cemetery. D. HUDDLESTONE, Undertaker, Enfield.
BLUFF, Eliza
Died 30 July 1915 at Enfield, SA
Aged 87 years
Wife of Charles BLUFF
Resided Enfield, SA
The Journal Saturday 31 July 1915 page 12
The Friends of the late Mrs. ELIZA BLUFF are respectfully informed that her REMAINS will be Removed from Mr. T. Scott's Residence, Collins Street, Enfield, on SUNDAY at 3.30 for interment in the Enfield Cemetery. GEO J McLEOD, Undertaker
BOWDEN, William Charles
Died 08 August 1915 at North Adelaide, SA
Aged 2 years
Son of William James BOWDEN
Resided Enfield, SA
The Advertiser Monday 09 August 1915 page 2
THE FRIENDS of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. BOWDEN are respectfully informed that the Remains of their late SON (William Charles) will be removed from their residence, Main North-road, Enfield, THIS DAY, 1.45 p.m., for interment in the Enfield Cemetery. P. LeCORNU, Undertaker, 68, O'Conncll-street, North Adelaide, 'phone 313;
BOWMAN, Edmund
Died 14 Augut 1866 at Port Wakefield, SA
Aged 48 years
Resided Crystal Brook, SA
South Australian Register Wednesday 29 August 1866 page 4
Death by Drowning of Mr. Edmund Bowman, J.P.— Early on Wednesday, August 15, we received a telegram from our Auburn correspondent, informing us that Mr. Edmund Bowman J.P. (one of the Directors of the Union Bank, and a member of the Central Road Board), had been drowned on Tuesday, August 14, in a creek near his Port Wakefield Station. A later telegram from the same source adds that Mr. Bowman was seen to fall from a log bridge, and that he is supposed in doing so to have injured his head, so as to have been unable to rise from the water, which is only four feet deep. It was a woman who saw him fall, and no assistance reached him in time to save his life. There are, perhaps, few men whose loss would have been more deeply regretted ; for during a long residence in the colony he had preserved a very high character, and was much esteemed for his sterling qualities and his simple unostentatious charity. He was extensively engaged in pastoral pursuits, and his name will long be remembered in connection with the Crystal Brook, Wakefield, and Mintaro runs. He was a married man, and leaves a young family. Our correspondent sends us also by post the following particulars:— 'At an early hour this morning (10th). we were startled by the sad news that Mr. Edmund Bowman, J.P., had been drowned in the creek close to his station, near Port Wakefield. It appears that about 5 o'clock last evening the deceased gentleman was going from the woolshed to the station. To enable him to do
so the creek had to be crossed by means of two rough logs without any handrail on either side The height of the crossing is about six feet from the water, and at the present time there is about four feet of water flowing in the creek. A woman saw the accident, but by the time she gave information and the body could be found life was extinct. It is supposed that Mr. Bowman's foot slipped, and no doubt his head struck on something in falling, which must have rendered him insensible at the moment he fell into the water. The body was recovered about 60 yards from the crossing. Nothing that has happened in our district for many years has caused such profound sorrow as the above sad affair. The colony, and this district in particular, has lost one of its earliest and best friends.' The mortal remains of the deceased were interred in a vault in the Enfield Cemetery on Sunday, Aug. 19. The funeral procession left the home at 2 o'clock, the hearse being followed to the grave by more than 200 gentlemen on foot, and a large number of persons had congregated in the Cemetery around the place of interment. The burial service was conducted by the Rev. Canon Russell the principal mourners were the three brothers of
the deceased— Messrs. John, William, and Thomas Bowman, his two sons, and his three cousins— Messrs. William and Thomas Bowman, the managers of the station at Crystal Brook; and Mr. Edmund Parnell, of Kadina. Amongst the many friends of the deceased who had assembled to pay the last sad token of respect to his memory was the Commissioner of Public Works (Hon. T. English). Hons. Thos. Magarey. Mr. C. Goode, M.P., Mr. W. Everard. M.P Mr. H. E. Bright, M.P., Mr. A. B. Murray, M.P.. Mr. P. B. Coglin, M.P., Mr. H. E. Downer, S.M., and Messra. J. G. Daly, G. Tinline, W. J. Crawford (Manager of the Union Bank). John Brewer. E. M. Bagot, L. Barnard, P. D. Prankerd, K. Chapman, E W. Wright. E. K. Horn, Chas. Bleechmore. J. M. Lianklater, G. James. A. Macaulay, J. P. Stow, Wadham, T. Graves, C. Smedley, J. Harvey, Dr. Fisher, and Dr. Gosse
South Australian Register Monday 20 August 1866 page 2
The Late Mr. Edmund Bowman.— The mortal remains of the late Mr. Edmund Bowman were interred in a vault in the Enfield Cemetery, near the deceased gentleman's residence, on Sunday afternoon. The funeral procession left the house at 2 o'clock, the hearse being followed to the grave by more than 200 gentlemen on foot, and a large number of persons had congregated in the Cemetery around the place of interment. The burial service was conducted by the Rev. Canon Russell.
The principal mourners were the three brothers of the deceased— Messrs. John, William, and Thomas Bowman, his two sons, and his three cousins
Messrs. William and Thomas Bowman, the managers of the station at Crystal Brook; and Mr. Edmund Parnell, of Kadina. Amongst the many friends of the deceased who had assembled to pay the last sad token of respect to his memory was the Commissioner of Public Works (Hon. T English), Hon. Thos. Magarey, Mr. C Goode M.P., Mr. W. Everard, M.P., Mr. H. E. Bright M.P., Mr. A. B. Murray, M.P, Mr. P. B. Coglin M.P., Mr. H. E. Downer, S.M., and Messrs. J. G. Daly, G. Tinline, W. J. Crawford (Manager of the Union Bank), John Brewer, E. M. Bagot, L. Barnard, P. D. Prankerd. E. Chapman, E. W.Wright, E. K. Horn, Chas. Bleechmore, J. M. Linklater, G. James, A. Macaulay, J. P. Stow — Wadham, T. Graves, C. Smedley, J. Harvey, Dr. Fisher, and Dr. Gosse. The funeral arrangements were under the control of Mr. S. Mayfield The deepest sympathy is displayed for the bereaved widow and the deceased's children, of whom there are six.
BOWMAN, Mary
Died 15 April 1865 at Enfield, SA
Aged 70 years
Resided Enfield, SA
The Adelaide Express Saturday 15 April 1865 page 2
THE friends of the late Mrs.BOWMAN Sen., Enfield, are respectfully informed that her REMAINS will leave her late residence for the Enfield Cemetery, at 4 p.m. TO-MORROW
BOWMAN, Thomas Richard
Died 17 February 1911 at Adelaide, SA
Aged 75 years
Resided Adelaide, SA
The Express and Telegraph Saturday 18 February 1911 page 1
The FRIENDS of the late THOMAS R BOWMAN, Esq., are informed that his FUNERAL will Leave his late Residence, "Waverley," South-terrace, THIS AFTERNOON, at 2.30, for interment in the Family Vault at Enfield Cemetery. GEO. DOWNS & SON, Undertakers, Telephone 73S. Jeffcott-street, North Adelaide.
The Advertiser Saturday 18 February 1911 page 13
MR. T. R. BOWMAN DEAD.
A GENEROUS CITIZEN.
PIONEER PASTORALST.
The death of Mr. T. R. Bowman which occurred at his residence. "Waverley," South-terrace yesterday, removes one of the most successful as well as one of the most highly respected of the citizens of South Australia. Mr. Bowman, while descending the stairs of his house, fell and expired about 10 minutes afterwards. The cause of death was thought to be the bursting of a blood vessel on the brain. Immediately before his sudden collapse he was apparently in good health; he was better, in fact, than he had seemed for some time.
Only a little more than a year ago it was announced that Mr. Bowman had handed over to trustees for the benefit of
23 Adelaide philanthropic institutions, which had been selected with characteristic care, a sum of £26,400, represented by City of Brisbane municipal debentures having a currency for from 9 to 13 years.
The breadth of Mr. Bowman's sympathies and the generosity of his heart were manifested by the wide scope covered by this splendid benefaction. The institutions which, participate in his gift are:- The District Trained Nursing Society; the Home for Incurables, Fullarton; Port Adelaide Seamens Mission and Sailors' Rest; Our Boys' Institute; the Boys' Brigade; Adelaide City Mission; Adelaide Benevolent and Strangers' Friend Society; South Australian Institution for the Blind and Deaf
and Dumb: Royal Institution for the Blind; Minda Home; the Cottage Homes for Aged and Infirm Poor and Widows; Hindmarsh Town Mission; South Australian Deaf and Dumb Mission and Angas Home for Aged and Infirm Deaf Mutes, The late Mr. T. R. Bowman. The late Mr. T. R. Bowman. Parafield; St. Mary's Mission of Hope; Prisoners' Aid Association; St. Margaret's Convalescent Home, Semaphore; South Australian Female Refuge; the Salvation
Army; Children's Home, Walkerville; Adelaide Rescue Society; the Adelaide Orphan Home; and South Adelaide Creche. Each of these will receive £45/3/7 annually until January 1, 1919, when the first parcel of debentures will be sold, and each will receive £635 /7/3. Thence forward their income will be
£19 /14/6 each, until January 1, 1922, when the final dividend of £509 will be received. Each institution by that time will have derived £563/ 12/8 in interest, besides its share of the principal. In addition to this act of signal munificence Mr. Bowman has shown his public spirit in very many ways, and he has always been ready to help every deserving cause which was brought under his notice.
A Well-known Family.
Mr. Bowman at the time of his death was in his 76th year, and his family had been well known in Australia for an even longer period than that covered by his own life. His father, Mr. John Bowman, came out to Tasmania in 1828 with a family of two sons and four daughters in a small ship chartered by himself and his fellow passengers. They intended to settle in Western Australia, but the vessel after a voyage of six months put in at Hobart
instead. Mr. John Bowman rented a small farm between Bridgewater and Risdon Ferry, near the Tasmanian capital, and later purchased 1,200 acres on the bank of Lake Tiberias, a reedy swamp, where Mr. T. R. Bowman was born on St. Patrick's Day, 1835. Sheepfarming and agriculture were carried on here for some years, and then Woodlands Farm, on the Coal River, was purchased. In 1838, when Adelaide was two years old, the eldest son, Mr. Edmund Bowman, then about 20 years old, came to South Australia in the Parsee, which was wrecked on Troubridge Shoal, and he lost all his possessions. He remained with a survey party in the neighborhood of Encounter Bay, and then returned to Tasmania, but came back to Adelaide in 1839 with a few sheep and horses, one of the latter being sold to the Government for £105. He fixed his camp on what is now the site of the Islington workshops. His report on this State was so favorable that Mr. John Bowman decided to sell his Tasmanian property and come to South Australia. The eldest son again made the trip to Adelaide with stock, and all the rest of the family but two daughters followed him. A frame house was brought over and erected near Islington, and Mr. Edmund Bowman bought a section at Enfield. Two other brothers - Messrs. John and William Bowman - one of whom was 13 and the other 14 years old, came over with a consignment of sheep in the Lady Emma, 136 tons. They had to crawl among the sheep to feed them with hay and to give them drink out of bottles, but they landed them safely. However, wild dogs killed several of the animals after they were landed, near where Largs Bay now stands. Dingoes were then plentiful in the plains about Islington. Two of the daughters married and went to live at Willunga, and a great portion of the sheep were removed to the same place, but many were run alone the hills at Dry Creek, being watered one day at the Torrens near Beefacres, and the next perhaps at Dry Creek.
The Flocks Growing.
Mr. Kelsh came from Tasmania with sheep in 1846, and started pastoral work on a special survey at the head of the River Light, but he grew so discouraged by reason of the losses caused by wild dogs, scab, and low prices - he sold his wool one year at 5d. and in another at 5 1/2 d. per lb. - that he sold his flocks to the Bowman's. Mr. T. R. Bowman was shepherding for his father on Dry Creek Plains when Captain Sturt started on one of his earliest exploration trips. They herded the sheep by day, and slept in a little "watchbox" by night. This box was removed from place to place as required. Good wheat was grown on land rented by the Bowmans' from Captain Bagot, and they were among the first to use the reaping machine invented by Mr.
John Ridley, which at the outset had to be steered by a pole. Afterwards land was taken up between the head of the Wakefield and Tothill's Belt, and thence by the Black Springs to the Flagstaff. A brother bought Martindale from Dr. W. J. Browne, while the family owned the land extending for his father on Dry Creek Plains mocks, and thence down the west of the gulf with a station at the Gilbert. The brothers did their own cooking and washed the sheep, while three of them - when the shearers had nearly all gone to the Victorian diggings - shore 7.000 sheep in one year. They built their huts and woolsheds and sank their own wells. Scab troubled the sheep considerably. and although they got rid of it, in 1847 a stray sheep infected the flocks again in 1853.
They dipped 35,000 sheep on the Werocata and Crystal Brook runs in six weeks. Mr. H. T. Morris, and the late Messrs. John Watson and Allan Mcfarlane, were then inspectors under the Scab Act. Messrs. T. R. Bowman, John Bowman and W. Bowman spent 30 years on the Crystal Brook run, which they
bought from Messrs. Younghusband & Co. It comprised 500 square miles, and carried 25,000 sheep, 3,400 cattle, and 200 horses. In 1859, in 1886-9, and in 1874 they suffered terribly from drought, losing 15,000 sheep one year and 10,000 in another, while dogs also did an immense amount of damage,
Removal to the South. When the Government resumed the northern pastoral areas for farming settlement the brothers had to look elsewhere for a
location for their flock and herds, and in 1876 they purchased the Poltalloch estate from the late Mr. John Malcolm, who had named it after his native place in Scotland. It is in connection with this property and Campbell Park, on Lake Albert, that Mr. T. R. Bowman has been best known during recent years, although he was always ready to give interesting reminiscences of the pioneering times when he and his brother had to work hard from daylight to dark
among the sheep under all conditions of climate. He met his discomforts with a cheerful heart at the time, and he spoke of them with pride afterwards. He
amassed great wealth from his pastoral properties, but he worked hard for everything he had, and he richly deserved all the success attained. For very many years Mr. Bowman had lived at Waverley House, South-terrace, having relinquished the active supervision of his properties to the younger members of the Bowman family. Mr. K. D. Bowman is at present living at Poltalloch, but he contemplates visiting England shortly. There is no name better known in the pastoral annals of South Australia than that of Bowman, and it has always been associated with a reputation for honor and uprightness. The
family have done an immense service to the State in opening up its pastoral and agricultural lands in the immediate vicinity of Adelaide, in the lower north, in the south, and on the lakes, and although much money was made by themselves in the process the indebtedness of the community remains. Mr. T. R. Bowman did not inherit a ready-made fortune, but carved his way for himself, and he will always be remembered as a high-minded, kind
hearted, and enterprising man, whose work was of public benefit. His father and his brothers are all dead, but there is a younger generation remaining to maintain the best traditions of the Bowman family. Mr. Bowman leaves a widow, two daughters (Mrs. H. C. Cave, of Second Valley. and Mrs. Cecil Bray, of Adelaide), and two grandchildren. The funeral will leave Waverley, South terrace. at 2.30 this afternoon for the Enfield Cemetery, where the body will be
interred in the family vault.
The FRIENDS of the late THOMAS R BOWMAN, Esq., are informed that his FUNERAL will Leave his late Residence, "Waverley," South-terrace, THIS AFTERNOON, at 2.30, for interment in the Family Vault at Enfield Cemetery. GEO. DOWNS & SON, Undertakers, Telephone 73S. Jeffcott-street, North Adelaide.
The Advertiser Saturday 18 February 1911 page 13
MR. T. R. BOWMAN DEAD.
A GENEROUS CITIZEN.
PIONEER PASTORALST.
The death of Mr. T. R. Bowman which occurred at his residence. "Waverley," South-terrace yesterday, removes one of the most successful as well as one of the most highly respected of the citizens of South Australia. Mr. Bowman, while descending the stairs of his house, fell and expired about 10 minutes afterwards. The cause of death was thought to be the bursting of a blood vessel on the brain. Immediately before his sudden collapse he was apparently in good health; he was better, in fact, than he had seemed for some time.
Only a little more than a year ago it was announced that Mr. Bowman had handed over to trustees for the benefit of
23 Adelaide philanthropic institutions, which had been selected with characteristic care, a sum of £26,400, represented by City of Brisbane municipal debentures having a currency for from 9 to 13 years.
The breadth of Mr. Bowman's sympathies and the generosity of his heart were manifested by the wide scope covered by this splendid benefaction. The institutions which, participate in his gift are:- The District Trained Nursing Society; the Home for Incurables, Fullarton; Port Adelaide Seamens Mission and Sailors' Rest; Our Boys' Institute; the Boys' Brigade; Adelaide City Mission; Adelaide Benevolent and Strangers' Friend Society; South Australian Institution for the Blind and Deaf
and Dumb: Royal Institution for the Blind; Minda Home; the Cottage Homes for Aged and Infirm Poor and Widows; Hindmarsh Town Mission; South Australian Deaf and Dumb Mission and Angas Home for Aged and Infirm Deaf Mutes, The late Mr. T. R. Bowman. The late Mr. T. R. Bowman. Parafield; St. Mary's Mission of Hope; Prisoners' Aid Association; St. Margaret's Convalescent Home, Semaphore; South Australian Female Refuge; the Salvation
Army; Children's Home, Walkerville; Adelaide Rescue Society; the Adelaide Orphan Home; and South Adelaide Creche. Each of these will receive £45/3/7 annually until January 1, 1919, when the first parcel of debentures will be sold, and each will receive £635 /7/3. Thence forward their income will be
£19 /14/6 each, until January 1, 1922, when the final dividend of £509 will be received. Each institution by that time will have derived £563/ 12/8 in interest, besides its share of the principal. In addition to this act of signal munificence Mr. Bowman has shown his public spirit in very many ways, and he has always been ready to help every deserving cause which was brought under his notice.
A Well-known Family.
Mr. Bowman at the time of his death was in his 76th year, and his family had been well known in Australia for an even longer period than that covered by his own life. His father, Mr. John Bowman, came out to Tasmania in 1828 with a family of two sons and four daughters in a small ship chartered by himself and his fellow passengers. They intended to settle in Western Australia, but the vessel after a voyage of six months put in at Hobart
instead. Mr. John Bowman rented a small farm between Bridgewater and Risdon Ferry, near the Tasmanian capital, and later purchased 1,200 acres on the bank of Lake Tiberias, a reedy swamp, where Mr. T. R. Bowman was born on St. Patrick's Day, 1835. Sheepfarming and agriculture were carried on here for some years, and then Woodlands Farm, on the Coal River, was purchased. In 1838, when Adelaide was two years old, the eldest son, Mr. Edmund Bowman, then about 20 years old, came to South Australia in the Parsee, which was wrecked on Troubridge Shoal, and he lost all his possessions. He remained with a survey party in the neighborhood of Encounter Bay, and then returned to Tasmania, but came back to Adelaide in 1839 with a few sheep and horses, one of the latter being sold to the Government for £105. He fixed his camp on what is now the site of the Islington workshops. His report on this State was so favorable that Mr. John Bowman decided to sell his Tasmanian property and come to South Australia. The eldest son again made the trip to Adelaide with stock, and all the rest of the family but two daughters followed him. A frame house was brought over and erected near Islington, and Mr. Edmund Bowman bought a section at Enfield. Two other brothers - Messrs. John and William Bowman - one of whom was 13 and the other 14 years old, came over with a consignment of sheep in the Lady Emma, 136 tons. They had to crawl among the sheep to feed them with hay and to give them drink out of bottles, but they landed them safely. However, wild dogs killed several of the animals after they were landed, near where Largs Bay now stands. Dingoes were then plentiful in the plains about Islington. Two of the daughters married and went to live at Willunga, and a great portion of the sheep were removed to the same place, but many were run alone the hills at Dry Creek, being watered one day at the Torrens near Beefacres, and the next perhaps at Dry Creek.
The Flocks Growing.
Mr. Kelsh came from Tasmania with sheep in 1846, and started pastoral work on a special survey at the head of the River Light, but he grew so discouraged by reason of the losses caused by wild dogs, scab, and low prices - he sold his wool one year at 5d. and in another at 5 1/2 d. per lb. - that he sold his flocks to the Bowman's. Mr. T. R. Bowman was shepherding for his father on Dry Creek Plains when Captain Sturt started on one of his earliest exploration trips. They herded the sheep by day, and slept in a little "watchbox" by night. This box was removed from place to place as required. Good wheat was grown on land rented by the Bowmans' from Captain Bagot, and they were among the first to use the reaping machine invented by Mr.
John Ridley, which at the outset had to be steered by a pole. Afterwards land was taken up between the head of the Wakefield and Tothill's Belt, and thence by the Black Springs to the Flagstaff. A brother bought Martindale from Dr. W. J. Browne, while the family owned the land extending for his father on Dry Creek Plains mocks, and thence down the west of the gulf with a station at the Gilbert. The brothers did their own cooking and washed the sheep, while three of them - when the shearers had nearly all gone to the Victorian diggings - shore 7.000 sheep in one year. They built their huts and woolsheds and sank their own wells. Scab troubled the sheep considerably. and although they got rid of it, in 1847 a stray sheep infected the flocks again in 1853.
They dipped 35,000 sheep on the Werocata and Crystal Brook runs in six weeks. Mr. H. T. Morris, and the late Messrs. John Watson and Allan Mcfarlane, were then inspectors under the Scab Act. Messrs. T. R. Bowman, John Bowman and W. Bowman spent 30 years on the Crystal Brook run, which they
bought from Messrs. Younghusband & Co. It comprised 500 square miles, and carried 25,000 sheep, 3,400 cattle, and 200 horses. In 1859, in 1886-9, and in 1874 they suffered terribly from drought, losing 15,000 sheep one year and 10,000 in another, while dogs also did an immense amount of damage,
Removal to the South. When the Government resumed the northern pastoral areas for farming settlement the brothers had to look elsewhere for a
location for their flock and herds, and in 1876 they purchased the Poltalloch estate from the late Mr. John Malcolm, who had named it after his native place in Scotland. It is in connection with this property and Campbell Park, on Lake Albert, that Mr. T. R. Bowman has been best known during recent years, although he was always ready to give interesting reminiscences of the pioneering times when he and his brother had to work hard from daylight to dark
among the sheep under all conditions of climate. He met his discomforts with a cheerful heart at the time, and he spoke of them with pride afterwards. He
amassed great wealth from his pastoral properties, but he worked hard for everything he had, and he richly deserved all the success attained. For very many years Mr. Bowman had lived at Waverley House, South-terrace, having relinquished the active supervision of his properties to the younger members of the Bowman family. Mr. K. D. Bowman is at present living at Poltalloch, but he contemplates visiting England shortly. There is no name better known in the pastoral annals of South Australia than that of Bowman, and it has always been associated with a reputation for honor and uprightness. The
family have done an immense service to the State in opening up its pastoral and agricultural lands in the immediate vicinity of Adelaide, in the lower north, in the south, and on the lakes, and although much money was made by themselves in the process the indebtedness of the community remains. Mr. T. R. Bowman did not inherit a ready-made fortune, but carved his way for himself, and he will always be remembered as a high-minded, kind
hearted, and enterprising man, whose work was of public benefit. His father and his brothers are all dead, but there is a younger generation remaining to maintain the best traditions of the Bowman family. Mr. Bowman leaves a widow, two daughters (Mrs. H. C. Cave, of Second Valley. and Mrs. Cecil Bray, of Adelaide), and two grandchildren. The funeral will leave Waverley, South terrace. at 2.30 this afternoon for the Enfield Cemetery, where the body will be
interred in the family vault.
BOWMAN, Victoria Jane
Died 27 October 1891 at Adelaide, SA
Aged 50 years
Wife of Thomas Richard BOWMAN
Resided Adelaide, SA
The Express and Telegraph Wednesday 28 October 1891 page 4
THE FRIENDS of T. R. BOWMAN, Esq. are respectfully informed that the Remains of his late WIFE will be removed from his residence, South terrace, at 2.30 p.m. to St. John's Church, thence for interment in the Enfield Cemetery at 3.45 p.m., TOMORROW (Thursday). P. GAY, Undertaker.
South Australian Register Friday 30 October 1891 page 5
The Late Mrs. T. R. Bowman.— One of the largest gatherings ever known to attend the burial of a lady was assembled on Thursday at the little cemetery at Enfield at the I funeral of the remains of the late Mrs. Bowman. Leaving her late residence, South terrace, the cortege proceeded to St. John's Church, where part of the burial service with full choral accompaniment was celebrated, the officiating clergyman being Canon Poole. Amongst those who attended at the Church and cemetery were noticed as chief mourners : — Messrs. T. R. Bowman; C. W., Herbert, and Albert E. Bowman, and J. C. W. Chapman
(nephews), Brookes, and Rainsford; and of others Messrs. K. J. Green, Peter Peterson (Campbell Park), P. McAnaney, W. Searle, A. H. Landseer, M.P., A. D. Handyside, M.P., Henry Downer, M.P., Commissioner Peterswald, Dr. Jay (deceased's medical attendant), W. H. Philipps, M. Ashwin, W. C. Cox, A. M. Cudmore, W. Hamilton, W. and G. H. Dean, and W. L. Ware (Mayor of Glenelg), Councillor A. L. Ware, Messrs. Laugh ton, Goyder, Downer, Braund, Barker, G. L. Reed, J. M. Wendt H. Bickford, C. T. Cowle, J. Proctor, J. Hill (Commissioner of Railways). G. P. Doolette, C. A. Hornabrook, T. Dodd, G. Willcox, Crawford, R. Smith, J. Raglass, Tod. Wood, Hill, E. H. Hallack, and many others.
BRANDIS, Annie
Died 13 August 1892 at Gepps Cross, SA
Aged 85 years
Wife of George BRANDIS
Resided Gepps Cross, SA
Evening Journal Tuesday 16 August 1892 page 2
THE Friends of the late Mrs. BRANDIS, relict of the late George Brandis, are respectfully informed that her REMAINS will be Removed from her late Residence, Gepps's Cross, Tuesday, August, 16 at 3 o'clock, for the Enfield Cemetery. D. HUDDLESTONE, Undertaker, Enfield.
BRANDIS, Christopher
Died 17 November 914 at Leabrook, SA
Aged 71 years
Resided Leabrook, SA
The Express and Telegraph Thursday 19 November 1914 page 2
THE FRIENDS of the late Mr. CHRISTOPHER BRANDIS are respectfully informed that his .Funeral will leave his late Residence, Godfrey-Terrace, Leabrook, on THURS DAY, at 10.30 a.m., for the Enfield Cemetery. A Service -will be held at the Residence at 10 a.m.
PENGELLEY & KNABE, Undertakers, 202, RUNDLE-STREET EAST. Central 496 (Day and Night). z323
BRANDIS, George
Died 28 January 1881 near Enfield, SA
Aged 74 years
Resided near Enfield, SA
Evening Journal Saturday 29 January 1881 page 2
THE Friends of the late GEORGE T BRANDIS are respectfully informed that bis REMAINS will be Removed from his late Residence, North-road, for the Enfield Cemetery, at 4 o'clock This Afternoon (Saturday).
BROWN, Robert
Died 21 March 1911 at Prospect, SA
Aged 90 years
Resided Prospect, SA
The Advertiser Wednesday 22 March 1911 page 2
THE FRIENDS of the late Mr. ROBERT BROWN - are respectfully informed that his Funeral will leave his late Residence, Percy-street, Prospect, on WEDNESDAY, at 2 p.m., for the Enfield Cemetery. GEO. BRADLEY & SON, Undertakers, Phone 1,254. 161, O'Connell street. N.A
COLE, James William
Died 23 June 1861 at Enfield, SA
Aged 53 years
Resided Enfield, SA
COLLINS, Fred Hubert
Born 1885
Died 24 January 1939 at Payneham, SA
Aged 52 years
Resided Evandale, SA (Bachelor)
COLLINS, Margaret
Born 1848
Died 22 April 1920 at Prospect, SA
Aged 72 years
Wife of John Thomas COLLINS
Resided Prospect, SA
The Express and Telegraph Thursday 22 April 1920 page 2
The FRIENDS of Mr. J. C. COLLINS are respectfully, informed that the Remains of his late WIFE (Margaret) Will be removed from his residence; 12 John's-road, Prospect, on FRIDAY, at 4 pm for interment in the Enfield Cemetery. P. LeCORNU, Undertaker, OConnell-street. North Adelaide, 'phone 3198
COLLINS, Sarah
Born 1801
Died 29 May 1876
Aged 73 years
Wife of John COLLINS
South Australian Register Tuesday 30 May 1876 page 2
The Friends of the late Mrs. COLLINS are respectfully informed that her REMAINS will be interred in the Enfield Cemetery on the 30th May at 2 o'clock.
DUTTON, Blanche Elizabeth
Born 1862
Died 03 August 1921 at Sefton Park, SA
Aged 59 years
Wife of William Henry DUTTON
Resided Sefton Park, SA
DUTTON, William Henry
Born 1862
Died 26 December 1928 at Prospect, SA
Aged 66 years
Resided Prospect, SA
FOLLAND, Jane Rouse
Born 1848
Died 15 April 1932 at St. Peters, SA
Aged 84 years
Wife of George FOLLAND
Resided St. Peters, SA
The Mail Saturday 16 April 1932 page 2
The Friends of Mr. JOHN GEORGE FOLLAND, of corner of Winchester street, and Seventh avenue, St. Peters, are respectfully informed that the Remains of his late WIFE (Jane Rouse) were Privately Laid to Rest in the Enfield Cemetery on SATURDAY AFTERNOON, the Rev. L. T. Menadue officiating.
ALFRED JAMES. Undertaker, Phone U 1060. 88 and 193 Unley rd. Unley
FOLLAND, John George
Born 1850
Died 19 February 1934 at St. Peters, SA
Aged 84 years
Resided St. Peters, SA
FORRESTER, Mary Deborah Bowman
Died 12 June 1908 at Enfield, SA
Aged 49 years
Resided Enfield, SA (Spinster)
The Advertiser Saturday 13 June 1908 page 12
THE FRIENDS of the late Mrs. MARY D. B FORRESTER are informed that her Funeral will leave her late residence, Avenue Cottage, Enfield, on SUNDAY AFTERNOON, at 3 o'clock, for the family vault, Enfield Cemetery. GEO DOWNS & SON, Undertakers, Telephone 735 Jeffcott-street, North Adelaide.
FORRESTER, Julia Frances
Born 1853
Died 11 May 1936 at Fullarton, SA
Aged 83 years
Resided Enfield, SA (Spinster)
The Advertiser Wednesday 13 May 1936 page 6
THE FRIENDS of the late Miss JULIA FRANCES FORRESTER, late of Enfield, are respectfully informed that her Remains were privately interred on TUESDAY AFTERNOON, in the family vault, Enfield Cemetery GEORGE E. DOWNS & SON, Undertakers, Ward st., N.A.
FORRISTER, Deborah J
Died 14 November 1887 at Enfield, SA
Aged 67 years
Wife of William FORRISTER
Resided Enfield, SA
Evening Journal Wednesday 16 November 1887 page 2
THE Friends of the late DEBORAH J. FORRESTER are informed that her REMAINS will Leave her late Residence at 3 o'clock This (Wednesday) Afternoon, for Interment in the Enfield Cemetery.
FROST, Eliza
Born 1861
Died 28 July 1931 at Prospect, SA
Aged 70 years
Wife of John FROST
Resided Prospect, SA
FROST, John
Born 1858
Died 1943
GRAY, Johanna Louise Bertha
Born 1850
Died 19 September 1899 at Enfield, SA
Aged 50 years
Wife of Thomas GRAY
Resided Enfield, SA
The Express and Telegraph Wednesday 20 September 1899 page 2
THE FRIENDS of Mr. THOMAS GRAY are respectfully informed that the Remains of his late WIFE (Bertha Louisa) will be removed from his residence, Nailsworth, TO-DAY (Wednesday), at 3.30 p.m., for interment in the Enfield Cemetery. D HUDDLESTONE, Undertaker
GRAY, Thomas
Born 1839
Died 21 June 1913 at Enfield, SA
Aged 75 years
Resided Enfield, SA
The Advertiser Monday 23 June 1913 page 2
GRAY.-The FRIENDS of the late Mr. THOMAS GRAY, of Main North-road, Nailsworth, are informed that his Remains were interred in the Enfield Cemetery on Sunday afternoon. Rev. Watts officiating. GEORGE E. DOWNS, Undertaker. Phone 126 Ward-street, North Adelaide.
GRINDELL, Meta Louisa
Died 27 June 1925 at Enfield, SA
Aged 73 years
Wife of John GRINDELL
Resided Enfield, SA
The Mail Saturday 27 June 1925 page 5
GRINDELL - On June 27, at her residence, Main North Road, Enfield, Meta Louisa, wife of John GRINDELL, Aged 73 years
The Friends of the late Mrs. GRINDELL are informed that her Funeral will leave her Residence, Main North road, Enfield, on MONDAY AFTERNOON at 2 o'clock, for the Enfield Cemetery. GEO. DOWNS & SON, Undertakers. Jeffcott street, North Adelaide. 'Phone 735
HENRY, Alexander David
Born 1859
Died 29 February 1928 at Sefton Park, SA
Aged 69 years
Resided Sefton Park
The Register Thursday 01 March 1928 page 2
The Friends of the late Mr. ALEXANDER DAVID HENRY (late Sub-collector of Customs) are respectfully informed that his Remains will be Removed from his late Residence, No. 1 May street, Sefton Park, on THURSDAY, at 4 p.m., for the Enfield Cemetery (motor funeral). Melbourne and Sydney
papers please copy.
P. LeCORNU, Undertaker, 68 O'Connel street, North Adelaide. Phone 313. Prospect road, Prospect. Phone M2368.
HENRY, Helen Margaret
Born 1872
Died 06 March 1928 at Sefton Park, SA
Aged 55 years
Wife of Alexander David HENRY
Resided Sefton Park
News Tuesday 06 March 1928 page 16
The Friends of the late Mrs. HELEN MARGARET HENRY are respectfully informed that her Remains will Leave her late Residence, 1 May street, Sefton Park, on WEDNESDAY, at 4 p.m., for the Enfield Cemetery. (Motor Funeral.)
P. LE CORNU, Undertaker, 68 O'Connell street, North Adelaide. Phone 813. Prospect road, Prospect. Phone M 2368
LAMBTON, Henry
Burra Record Wednesday 17 January 1894 page 3
The remains of the late well-known cyclist. Mr. Henry Lambton, who died in Chicago recently, arrived in the steamer Alameda on January 8, and were interred in the Enfield Cemetery.
LEWIS, Ann
Born 1803
Died 16 October 1893 at Dry Creek, SA
Aged 90 years
Wife of John LEWIS
Resided Dry Creek, SA
The Express and Telegraph Tuesday 17 October 1893 page 2
THE FRIENDS of the late Mrs. ANN LEWIS are A respectfully informed that her Remains will be removed from her late residence, Dry Creek, TODAY
(Tuesday), October 17, at half past 3, for interment in the Enfield Cemetery. D. HUDDLESTONE.
LEWIS, John
Born 1806
Died 16 March 1887
Aged 81 years
Resided Stockade, Dry Creek
The Express and Telegraph Friday 18 March 1887 page 2
THE FUNERAL of the late JOHN LEWIS will leave his late residence, near Stockade, Dry Creek, THIS DAY, at 3 p.m., for interment in the Enfield Cemetery.
DAVID HUDDLESTONE, Unertaker
STEVENS, Charles John
Born 1857
Died 10 February 1917 at Enfield, SA
Aged 60 years
Resided Enfield, SA
The Mail Saturday 10 February 1917 page 4
STEVENS,— The Friends of the late Mr. CHARLES JOHN STEVENS are respectfully informed that his remains will be removed from his late residence, Collins street, Enfield, on SUNDAY, at 2.30 for interment in the Enfield Cemetery. GEO. J. McLEOD, Undertaker, O'Connell street, North Adelaide, and Parkside. 'Phone 1264.
Bunyip Friday 16 February 1917 page 4
Amongst the many citizens gathered around the graveside of the late Mr. C. J. Stevens in the Enfield cemetery on Sunday were the following well-known to Gawlerites:- Mr. W. Hague, M.P., Mr. Burns (Associate-Editor of "The Register"), Mr. Fred Johns (Chief of Hansard Staff), Mr. Calder, Mr. J. B. Anderson, Mr. E. E. Robilliard, and Messrs. R. H. and F. L. Barnet.
Bunyip Friday 16 February 1917 page 2
DEATH OF MR. C. J. STEVENS.
It is with much regret that we chronicle the demise of Mr. Chas. John Stevens, which occurred on Saturday morning at his residence at Collins Street. Enfield. The late Mr. Stevens was recognized as one of Australia's foremost journalists. His regular contribution of our 'Town Tattle.' until some few months ago delighted thousands of the readers of 'The Bunyip' for upwards of 21 years, and His writings which we nave published in our leading and in other columns always gained the respect and admiration which so cultured a gentleman should command. About 15 months ago the deceased gentleman's lung-standing illness assumed a definite and painful form, and he spent 'sonic time in hospital. Early in December, 1916 he was operated upon, and the operation disclosed a malignant malady, which brought to its ending a life full of meritorious conduct and useful achievement.
— Biographical. --
The late Mr. C .J. Stevens was born at Clerkenwell, London, on August 16, 1857, and was educated at the 'Herald's School,' South-East London. His first
business experience was gained in a barrister's and accountant's office in the metropolis. He came to South Australia in the ship Glen Osmond, which arrived at Port Adelaide on September 4, 1875. A month later Mr. Stevens joined the staff of 'The Register.'' After a period of literary service he was appointed manager of the Port Adelaide branch in May. 1877. and during his nine years* stay there was actively connected with many of the public movements of the town. He left Port Adelaide in December, 1886, to take the position of sub-editor of the Journal and 'The Register.' Six years later he
became leader of 'The Register' reporting staff, a position in which he rendered invaluable service to his employers, while maintaining the highest traditions of the paper, in maintaining the happiest relations with the staff, and encouraging that esprit de corps which has always distinguished its members. In June, 1899, Mr. Stevens was appointed associate editor. In that capacity he manifested a ready grasp of the fundamentals of the various subjects with which he was called upon to deal ; and, although he was a deep reader and a profound student, he clothed his thoughts in a clear and easy diction. Among Mr. Stevens' literary efforts prior to his engagement on the editorial staff, was the production of the first published work upon the Broken Hill mining fields, the result of his observations during a visit to the district in 1888, before the coach and the candle had given way to the railway and the electric light. Early in 1910 Mr. Stevens found that his physical strength was no longer equal to the satisfactory performance of his duties, and in July of that year the office had regretfully to accept his resignation.
— Prominent Freemason. --
For 32 years Mr. Stevens was actively connected with Freemasonry in South Australia, during 20 of which he was a member of Commercial Lodge, No. 39,
S.A.C. In 1914 he was the Worshipful Master of that Lodge, and in the same year he was elected Grand Steward of the Grand Lodge of South Australia.
In 1915 he was appointed President of the Masters and Wardens' Association. He was noted for his profound addresses at the festive board at special
functions, and for the high ideals which he preached and faithfully practised. He was rightly regarded as a trustworthy authority on the history, aims, and
functions of Freemasonry, and his lectures on matters connected with the craft were always heard and read with great interest, and usually evoked much
discussion. In responding on the occasion of his retirement from the chair of the Commercial Lodge, in November, 1914, Mr. Stevens remarked, that he had had commercial experience, and consequently had some affinity with commercial men ; still, he loved journalism, which was a noble vocation for a man with a message.
— The Obsequies. --
The remains were interred in the little Enfield Cemetery on Sunday afternoon, and gathered around the graveside were many local residents and prominent
citizens of the district, who mourned the loss of such an able man. The Rev. Alfred Gifford, of the North Adelaide Congregational Church, officiated, and in
the course of an excellent panegyric, said : — In some moods I have thought of the Press as a great monster that sucks the brains and uses up the strength of men. So many noble men, caught by its fascination, give their lives to it, unknown. So many pressmen I have known to die prematurely, killed by exhausting labours. The average citizen knows, and perhaps cares little, what his regular budget of news costs. But it is sacrificial work. AH this and much more ran through my mind when the news that Charles James Stevens had passed on came to me. He was, first of all, a pressman. Not than any vocation or profession could exhaustively describe him. He was bigger than they, for he was a man. Of his work on 'The Register,' 'The Bunyip,' and
elsewhere it is for others to speak. But my thought of him is that of a writer of the old school. Not that he ever failed to be most sensitively in touch
with the age. Rather in the sense that he held to that feeling of the responsibility of the press not now so common as it was. He felt it his duty to the
public to put fairly before then the various subjects upon which he wrote. He aimed at unbiassed judgment. Of his inner life, those who stood nearest
will think most highly. His was 'The religion that will wear'. There was a mystical side to his nature that made him to apprehend, keenly, moral ideals
and principles, and enabled him to preserve, amid the clamour of things, a clear sense of the Larger Universe in which we all live. The religious experiences that marked' the' dose of his life were very beautiful, so that when his friends found him weeping, in his later hours of weakness, he smiled, and said 'they were tears of joy.' Few men did: so thoroughly, what Browning loved ; he 'faced the Unseen with a cheer.' Perhaps the outstanding quality of this man was' not his clear brain, but his genial spirit. He smiled easily, and there was a certain brightness of disposition that made it impossible to be at enmity with him. I've had many a clear, hard, unyielding debate with him, when we agreed to differ, but we agreed. His generous nature made that inevitable. But any mention of him would be in adequate, that overlooked his Masonic work. Among Freemasons he was a brother loved. He studied the history and sought to catch the spirit of that ancient institution, and in a rare degree he succeeded in revealing the duties of its ritual, and, in his own conduct, expressing the noble spirit of the craft. If we are to think rightly of him, we must not look down and think of him as lying here ; but we must look up, for he is there. We pay the last respects to his body, worn out and no longer of use to him, and he has cast it aside but those fine qualities developed by
long experience and study, and perfected by pain, are not lost. Under other conditions the Great Architect of the Universe has found for him higher duties.
— The Family. --
Mr. Stevens has left a widow — his second wife — a daughter (Miss G. I. Stevens), six sons (Messrs. J. C. and B. E. Stevens, of Angle Vale ; the Rev.
A. C. Stevens, B.A., of Victor Harbour; Lieut. V. L. Stevens, of the A.I.F., a journalist; and E. L. and D. L. Stevens, of Enfield) ; and eight grandchildren. Mrs. Frank Sheriff, of Gawler South, is a sister of the deceased, and a brother is a resident of Brompton.
STEVENS, Julia
Born 1862
Died 16 May 1945 at Prospect, SA page
Aged 81 years
Wife of Charles John STEVENS
Resided Prospect, SA
News Wednesday 15 May 1945 page 5
The Friends of the late Mrs. JULIA STEVENS. late of Carter street. Thorngate. are respectfully informed that her Funeral will Leave the Residence of her son. Mr. D. L. Stevens. 31 Athol avenue. Blair Athol. THIS DAY (Wednesday) at 4 p.m. for the Enfield Cemetery.
GEORGE A. BEECHING. Funeral Director. 107 Prospect rd., Prospect, M 1321.
THREADGOLD, Mary Ann Eliza
Born 1848
Died 11 April 1911 at Enfield, SA
Aged 62 years
Wife of Thomas THEADGOLD
Resided Enfield, SA
The Advertiser Thursday 13 April 1911 page 2
The FRIENDS of Mr. THOMAS THREADGOLD are respectfully informed that the FUNERAL of his late WIFE )Mary Ann) will leave his residence, Eversley, Enfield, for the Enfield Cemetery of THURSDAY, at 2 o'clock. GEORGE E DOWNS, Undertaker, Ward Street North Adelaide.
THREADGOLD, Thomas
Born 1848
Died 01 March 1925 at Enfield, SA
Aged 76 years
Resided Enfield, SA
The Register Monday 02 March 1925 page 2
The Friends of the late Mr. THOMAS THREADGOLD, late of Yongala and Snowtown, are informed that his Funeral will leave his Residence, Collins Street, Enfield, THIS AFTERNOON (Monday) at 4.30, for the Enfield Cemetery. GEO. DOWNS & SON, Undertakers, Phone 735 Jeffcott Street, North Adelaide
TONKIN, Olive Margaret
Born 1882
Died 18 March 1937 at Blackwood, SA
Aged 54 years
Wife of Charles Arthur TONKIN
Resided Ceduna, SA
The Advertiser Saturday 20 March 1937 page 14
THE FRIENDS of Mr. CHARLES ARTHUR TONKIN, of Ceduna, are respectfully informed that the Funeral of his late beloved WIFE (Olive Margaret) will
leave the residence of her sister, Miss Grace Collins 12 John's road, Prospect, on SATURDAY, at 11 a.m., for the Enfield Cemetery.
GEORGE A. BEECHING, Undertaker. Phone M1321. 1 Willcox av., Prospect.
TURNER, Douglas
Born 1918
Died 24 May 1919 at Enfield, SA
Aged 1 year
Son of John TURNER
Resided Enfield, SA
The Journal Saturday 24 May 1919 page 12
The Friends of Mr. and Mrs. JOHN TURNER are informed that the Funeral of their late SON (Douglas} will Leave their Residence, North road, Enfield, on SUNDAY AFTERNOON. at 2.30 p.m.. for the Enfield Cemetery. GEO. DOWNS & SON, Undertakers, Telephone 735. Jeffcott Street. North Adelaide,
TURNER, Keith
Born 1912 at Enfield, Sa
Died 16 October 1912
Aged 2 months
Son of John TURNER
Resided Enfield, SA
WHARFF, Harriett
Born 1834
Died 21 March 1915 at Myrtle Bank, SA
Aged 80 years
Wife of Henry WHARFF
Resided Myrtle Bank, SA
WILSON, Thomas
Died 31 March 1863 at Norwood, SA
Aged 75 years
Resided Norwood, SA
The Register Monday 07 April 1913 page 8
FIFTY YEARS AGO.
FROM THE REGISTER.
—Monday, April 6, 1863.--
Mr. Thomas Wilson, who died last Tuesday, was an old colonist, who may well be ranked among the Pilgrim Fathers of South Australia. He arrived here in 1838, and was for many years partner in the firm of Smart & Wilson, solicitors. He was Mayor of Adelaide twice. Mr. Wilson traced his pedigree to the Protector Cromwell, and the original name "Major" is retained by members of the family. He was buried in the Enfield Cemetery.
WINGATE, Mary Ann
Died 18 February 1896 at Enfield, SA
Aged 85 years
Husband of William WINGATE
Resided Enfield, SA
Evening Journal Tuesday 18 February 1896 page 2
THE Friends of the late Mrs. M. A. WINGATE are respectfully informed that her REMAINS will be removed from her late Residence, Enfield, THIS (Tuesday) AFTERNOON, at 5 o'clock, for the Enfield Cemetery.
C. W. NEWBON. Undertaker,
WRIGHT, Charles Joseph Harvey
Born 1865
Died 19 June 1941 at North Adelaide SA
Aged 76 years
Resided North Adelaide SA
WRIGHT, Peter Harvey
Died 16 February 1916 at Adelaide, SA
Aged 76 years
Resided Enfield, SA
The Register Friday 18 February 1916 page 2
WRIGHT.— The Friends of the late Mr. PETER HARVEY WRIGHT, late of Port Adelaide, are respectfully informed that his REMAINS will be Removed from his late residence, Main North road, Enfield, on FRIDAY, the 18th February, at 3.30 p.m., for Interment in the Enfield Cemetery. J. C. HADDY & SON, Undertakers, 115 Flinders street, Adelaide, 'Phone 1077; St. Vincent street, Port Adelaide, 'Phone 110; Jetty road, Glenelg, 'Phone 78.
WRIGHT, Selina Elizabeth
Died 12 February 1920 at Enfield, SA
Aged 78 years
Wife of Peter Harvey WRIGHT
Resided Enfield, SA
The Journal Thursday 12 February 1920 page 1
WRIGHT.—On the 13th February, at his residence Main North road, Enfield, Selina Elizabeth, relict of tie late Peter Harvey Wright, J.P., late of Port Adelaide and Enfield, aged 78 years
WRIGHT—The Friends of the late Mrs. SELINA ELIZABETH WRIGHT are respectfully informed that her Remains will be Removed from her late Residence, Main North road, Enfield,on FRIDAY. at 2.30, for Interment in the Enfield Cemetery. GEO. J. McLEOD, Undertaker, O'Connell street. North Adelaide, and Parkside. Phone 1254.
YOUNG, Leah
Died 23 January 1893 at Enfield, SA
Aged 73 years
Wife of Emmanuel YOUNG
Resided Enfield, SA
The Express and Telegraph Tuesday 24 January 1893 page 2
THE FRIENDS of the late Mrs. EMANUEL YOUNG are respectfully informed that her Remains will be removed from her son-in-law's residence (Mr. John Grindell), Enfield, THIS DAY, at 3 p.m., for the Enfield Cemetery.
24 P. LE CORNU, Undertaker.