data provided by Peter Dewhirst of N.S.W. Australia - contact him thru Jana McPherson Black
Family of Edward Nicolle Dewhirst and wife [1] Emily Musgrove
NAME | BIRTH | LOCATION | DEATH | LOCATION | MARRIAGE | LOCATION | SPOUSE |
Edward Nicolle Dewhirst [1] | 7 December 1850 | St. Heliers, Jersey, Channel Islands, England | 12 September 1935 | Adelaide, South Australia (buried Mitcham Cemetery) | 1) 16 May 1878 2) ? |
1) ? 2) ? |
1) Emily Musgrove |
Robert Nicolle Dewhirst | 15 March 1879 | North Adelaide, South Australia | |||||
Charles Edmund Dewhirst | 13 March 1882 | 25 May 1907 | Broken Hill, NSW, Australia | Elsie Baynes | |||
Margaret Helen Dewhirst | 26 December1883 | North Adelaide, South Australia, bur. Mitcham Cemetery | 21 August 1924 | Raymond Hiller Walsh |
[1] Edward was President of Port Adelaide Insititute in 1905, Bank Manager (NAB)Edithburg, Point Augusta and Port Adelaide. He was a prominent yachtsman and Secretary of the Royal SA Yacht Squadron. Educated by Mr. J.I. Young and at St. Peters College, he tried farming then government service at Palmerstonm NT in 1874, but returned in 1875 due to the climate. He first arrived with his parents on the SS Libertas 1 October 1857, then again in 1871 on the SS Dragon. Emily Musgrove was b. 1855, daughter of Thomas Musgrove and Ellen Ward. Annie Rosina Rumball was b. 1861 and d. 3 June 1941, b. Mitcham Cemetery.
Family of Edward Nicolle Dewhirst and wife [2] Annie Rosina Rumball
NAME | BIRTH | LOCATION | DEATH | LOCATION | MARRIAGE | LOCATION | SPOUSE |
Edward Nicolle Dewhirst | 7 December 1850 | St. Heliers, Jersey, Channel Islands, England | 12 September 1935 | Adelaide, South Australia (buried Mitcham Cemetery) | 2) ? | 2) ? | 2) Annie Rosina Rumball |
George Gordon Dewhirst [1] | 20 April 1885 | Pt. Augusta, South Australia | 2 June 1960 | Adelaide, South Australia | Mabel Lobley | ||
James Hay Dewhirst | 21 March 1887 | 4 June 1965 | Adelaide, South Australia, bur. Mitcham Cemetery | ||||
Edward Bertram Dewhirst | 26 March 1889 | in Active Service | |||||
Geoffrey Bury Dewhirst | 2 August 1896 | in Active Service |
[1] Mabel Lobley was b. 2 June 1895 in Swan Hill, Victoria and d. 25 January 1969 in Adelaide. Children of this couple are Gordon George Dewhirst b. 26 May 1914 Adelaide, S. Australia; Philip Edward Dewhirst b. 26 May 1914, Adelaide, S Australia (twins) and d. 4 January 1982 in Adelaide; Masrgaret Mavis Dewhirst b. 17 April 1915 in Adelaide and Douglas Ian Dewhirst b. 15 January 1929.
Family of Charles Edmund Dewhirst and Elsie Baynes
NAME | BIRTH | LOCATION | DEATH | LOCATION | MARRIAGE | LOCATION | SPOUSE |
Charles Edmund Dewhirst [1] | 13 March 1882 | 14 August 1950 | Bur. Centennial Park Cemetery | 25 May 1907 | Broken Hill, NSW, Australia | Elsie Baynes | |
Ronald Edward Dewhirst [2] | 9 May 1908 | Broken Hill, NSW, Australia | 1 May 1933 | Adelaide, South Australia | Elsie May McMillan | ||
Kenneth Dewhirst [3] | 23 May 1909 | Broken Hill, NSW, Australia | 19 July 1996 | bur. Centennial Park Cemetery | Olive Elsie Howse |
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Harfield Dewhirst [4] | 28 December 1912 | Broken Hill, NSW, Australia | 26 October 1986 | bur. Centennial Park Cemetery | 10 Marian Hawes 2) Id Marie Perry nee Gough |
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Helen Nicolle Dewhirst | 6 August 1910 | Broken Hill, NSW, Australia | 19 August 1967 | buried at sea | 9 April 1949 | Adelaide, South Australia | Justas van Heuven |
Zelma Dewhirst [5] | 22 March 1913 | Broken Hill, NSW, Australia | 22 March 1939 | Broken Hill, NSW, Australia | Andrew Thomas Hulbert |
[1] Charles lives at Broken Hill where he was a Solisiter's aide then as a clerk on Block 10 and North Mine where he was the store and time keeper. He died of poverty in Adelaide. Elsie Baynes was b. 16 16 Sugust 1884 in Baldina, South Australia and d. 30 November ???
[2] Ronald Edward Dewhirst was awarded the British Empire Medal in 1969 for service to the community. He was an honorary auditor for over 20 district and local committees for 34 years and a life member of NE Combined School Sports, NE Football League, Bowborowie Football Club and Mokota Cricket Club. He was also a Swimming Instructor at Fisherman's Bay near Pt. Broughton where there is a park named in his honor. He opened R.E. Dewhirst and Son in 1951 at Booborowie, trading as taxation consultants and accountantsw. Ultimately he moved to Adelaide and in 1997 had an office in the Epworth Building. Elsie May McMillan was b. 4 September 1907 in Adelaide, South Australia, and d. 2 June 1995, bir. Centennial Park Cemetery.
[3] Kenneth was a well known league footballer in Broken HIll from 1932-1938. Olive Elsie Howse was b. 14 June 1911 and d. 26 June 1996.
[4] Harfield (*fat*) was a well known league footballer in Broken HIll from 1932-1938. Olive Elsie Howse was b. 14 June 1911 and d. 26 June 1996 and also played South Australia National Football League with Glenelg from 1939-1941.