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The Pedler Family
Information
from Pedler Family History � City of TTG Library
&
Settlement to City � Ian Auhl
William
Pedler 111, arrived in Adelaide in
January 1838 on board the �Royal Admiral� with his wife and
four children, the fifth child Nicholas was born in Leigh Street
Adelaide on 21-5-1839.
William
who was a �Cordwainer�(shoemaker) by profession, sold
boots and shoes to teamsters who were carting ore from
Burra mines.
In 1845
he purchased � an acre of land at Magill.
On
the 17th January1853 William Pedler 111 -
received a land grant of 66 acres � 2109 � in the Hundreds
of Yatala valued at L168.
There he built
his family home �Trevalsa�. This farm was on the western end
of Cobbler
Creek nearer to Salisbury. He leased sold and
bequeathed the property to his sons.
Darius
worked on the farm with younger brother Nicholas while their
brother William 1V was gold seeking in Victoria. Darius and his
bullock team would rest between trips to and from the copper
mines and the Port Adelaide smelters. On the way he took orders
from and delivered boots to miners and people on local station
properties.
After
spending fifteen months on the N.Z. goldfields, Nicholas
returned to �Trevalsa� and married Eleanor Barnett in 1866.
The
Pedler family also owned a Little Para River. This property
consisted of thirteen acres, on which were planted 300 to 400
citrus trees. This was sold in 1950.
The
Pedler family home �Trevalsa�, was on the Western end of the
creek subsequently named Cobbler Creek.
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