Jamestown, S.A.
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This blog is no more than my random perceptions of Jamestown and those who live, work and play there, and every now and then, a bit of town “gossip”. It is intended to fill in the gap until we get our previous “JamestownEvents” site up and running again when will transfer most of it to that site.
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Dear Spike,
I was chasing up the connection between my great great grandfather John Coles and Henry Cummings, as much in an attempt to find the migration pathways into South Australia, which are not well posted online yet. I caught your story by googling. Thank you for confirming what I had imagined. I had worked out that they were together at Farrell Flat. This is where My Great Grandmother was born.
They probably moved to Belalie when it was opened up in 1872 or 1873 when she was 5. Her sister Florence was born (and soon died) in Belalie in early 1873. I have found that all of my forebears in the 19th Century did what they could for the education of their kids. Thank you for your story. May there be many more.
Charlie Bradley, Sydney
DEATH OF AN OLD IDENTITY.
This is a story I picked up on Trove today. The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889-1931)Friday 15 August 1913 p10.
Petersburg, August 14. Few men were better known in the north than Mr. William H. Cummings, a very old resident of Petersburg, who dropped dead at the gate of his residence in Cochranetown, on Monday. The doctor who was attending him for heart disease, gave a certificate of death. The deceased was born near London in 1833, and came to Adelaide at an early age. He was married, when 25 years of age, in Adelaide to Miss Chauney, who died ten years ago. In 1873 Mr. Cummings came to the north, and worked for Messrs. Coles and Cummins, at Belalie, Later on he took up land at Mannanarie. He was successful at farming, and took a trip to England, returning about 19 years ago, when he made his home at Petersburg. Two sons, Messrs. William and Richard, survive. The deceased went to Adelaide early last week for the purpose of making his will, and returned to Petersburg on Friday morning. During the return journey he got into the company of three men, and just before reaching Burra he had a drink. He remembered nothing more until he was at Petersburg, when be discovered that his bag of clothes, hat, watch and chain, bank-book, and his will were missing. The matter is in the hands of the police. The affair is supposed to have preyed on his mind, and probably hastened his death.