Name (FAMILY NAME, Other Names) |
BRADFORD, John |
Date of Birth |
c1794 |
Place of Birth |
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Date of Death |
30.01.1868 |
Place of Death |
Sturt Grove, Sturt |
Place of Burial |
St Jude’s, |
Arrived in |
02.05.1838 on the |
Lived in Prospect (dates) |
Never resided in Prospect |
Addresses/Dates in Prospect Council Area |
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Addresses/Dates outside Prospect Council Area |
Donabate, Co., |
Names of houses (if any) |
Sturt Grove (Section 110, Preliminary Survey B) |
Parents |
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Spouse(s) |
(1) unknown). Some secondary
sources give her name as Ann, She appears (unnamed) on the application for
free passage, but does not appear on a passenger arrivals list, so may have
died on the voyage! (2) Ann nee SCOTT (died 19.10.1883) |
Date(s) of Marriage(s) |
(1) c1820? (2) 06.04.1939 |
Place(s) of Marriage(s) |
(1) Possibly (2) |
Children |
Hester (c1821), John (c1823), William (c1827), David (c1831), Arthur
(c1832) |
Education |
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Occupation(s) |
Farmer. Came to SA as a tenant farmer of the South Australian Company. |
Interests/Activities |
First Chairman of the Adelaide Mechanics Land Company .In July 1838 he
purchased a number of 80 acre sections in what is now Prospect as Chairman of
the Adelaide Mechanics Land Company. These were subdivided into 8 acre blocks
which shareholders could purchase for £10. Some blocks were the further
subdivided into allotments. One of these was block 39, subdivided as |
Religion/Churches |
Church of England |
Sources of information |
Register
of Emigrant Labourers Applying for a Free Passage to |
Principal researcher |
David Johnston, Prospect Local History Group A short biography and research notes have been filed in the Prospect
Local History Collection. |