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John
Pilmore was born c.1831 at Market Everton,
Rutland
,
England
. His parents were William and Anne (nee Bailey).
In
1852 John Pilmore married Mary Cooke, from Eaton in
Leicestershire
,
England
On the 7th ,14th
and the 21st of
December wedding banns were read in the
Holy
Trinity
Church
(Church of England) in Teigh for both John
Pilmore and Mary Cooke. They were married a week later
In
1853 John and Mary applied to come to
South Australia
as Government Emigrants
They
departed
England
on the 4th of May
1853 from
Southampton
on the Calabar', a
754-ton ship, captained by Captain David Moodie
and arrived a Port
Adelaide, South Australia on the 15th of August 1853. On the
passenge list for the `Calabar',
John was listed as a 22-year-old agricultural labourer from
Rutland
with a wife Mary who was 25 years old and a son William, who
was 1year old
When
John and Mary arrived in South Australia they walked directly to Modbury,
with Mary carrying William on her shoulders and John carrying what
possessions they had, a journey of some 10 miles N.E. of Adelaide.
The
family had lived in a dugout on the banks of Upper Dry Creek,
until their residence
was erected on what is now the corner of
Milne Rd.
and
Penny St.
, Ridgehaven.
In
the assessment records for the District of Highercombe 1853 it
stated that John rented a house from Mr. Howard Blyth on section
1575.
In
1854 John and Mary's second son George was born on the 7th
of August.
In1855
John and Mary moved from the
house on sec. 1575 onto a 40-acre section,
Pt Sec 1579 on Dry Creek, which he leased from Howard Blyth and
Morphett. Their first home was a dug-out in a bank of Dry Creek
with the stump of a tree as a table. It was at this time
that they were joined by John's elder sister, Eliza and brother-in-law, Thomas
Goodman Rawlings and family. John as an
agricultural labourer worked for Mr.Giles, carting chaff to
Adelaide
.
As the years passed the
Pilmores built their own home and had three more children, John, Richard and Rosanna. By 1865 they were
leasing and farming the other 40 acres, the balance of Sec
1579.
In
that same year his oldest son Williain who was the only child born
in England died, and was buried along with two of his Rawling's cousins under a stand of gum trees on the banks of Dry Creek
In
1866 a daughter Susan was born to John and Mary followed by 2 more
sons, Voll in 1868, and Edgar in 1871
.
The Pilmores continued farming and by 1868 the assessment records
stated that John was
leasing 140 acres of land from
Blyth
and Cudmore on
part
Sec. 1579 and 1576. By 1873 records showed that he was both
occupier and owner of that same land.
When the Pilmores left the District in 1886 they had
acquired 240 acres.
In that 10 years George,
John, Richard and Rosanna had all married and were having
children of their own.
In 1886 John and Mary Pilmore left their farm and with
some of their children, John, Rosanna,
Susan, Voll and Edgar went to live at Gerang -
Gerang in Victoria and
pioneered farming in that district.
Family legend states that
Mary drove the wagon while John and their sons herded cattle through to Gerang-Gerang on foot, staying
at Mt Monster siding (now Keith - SA) where John's son Richard livedd and worked as a ganger for the
South Australian Railways. Over the years the family used Keith as
a rest stop on their
travels between
South Australia
and
Victoria
.
In
1908 John and Mary Pilmore returned to
South Australia
and retired to Nailsworth, leaving
John, Edgar, Rosanna and their families to continue farming in
Victoria
where many of their descendants still live today. Susan and Voll
also returned to
South Australia
.Through many years of hardship
they managed to build up their farm at Modbury and to make a
better life for themselves and their 8 children. Although he left
S.A.
he returned home and retired here. His children all prospered and
some went on to farm both here and in
Victoria
.
John
and Mary Pilmore had Eight Children.
1st child
William, born-c. -1852,
England
, died c.1865 Dry Creek Modbury.
2nd child
George, born -7-8-1854, Ladywood, Dist. Hig. -Died,
20-1-1941.
Married Mary Ann Cook
on 9-9-1878, Wesleyan Parsonage, Nth.
Adelaide
, Dist.
Adelaide
.
George and Mary Ann had 4 children
3rd child
John, born - 29-12-1857,
Dry Creek, Dist. Hig. -Died 5-1-1948,
aged 90yrs
Married Mary Fertch on
13-10-1881,
Archer St
, Nth. Adelaide. Dist Adelaide.
Mary, died 27-8-1935,
aged 77yrs, Dimboola
Victoria
.
John and Mary had 9 children
:�
4th
child
Richard,
born 22-11-1860, Upper Dry Creek, Dist. Hig- died 26-10-1944.
Married Louisa Anderson, (Widow
formally Dickson). at the residence of S. Waylord,
Adelaide
, Dist. Adelaide on 30-8-1881.
John and Louisa had 6
children:�
5th
child
Rosanna, born- 22-4-1863, Upper Dry Creek,
Dist Hig. Died -1950.
Married Frederick Lokan, 8-5-1880,
Lutheran
Church
,
Adelaide
, Dist.
Adelaide
.
Rosanna and Frederick had three children
6th child
Susan,
born -4-1-1866, Upper Dry Creek, Dist Highbury. Died - 8-9-1943.
Married George Edward
Keen on 9-11-1892, at the residence of William Keen,
Charleston
, Dist. Nairne.
7th child
Volt, born - 24-7-1868,
Modbury, Dist Highercombe. Died -3-6-1947,
Murray
Bridge
.
Married Agnes Jane Storer in
Victoria
in 1897.
Agnes Jane Pilmore Died -
16-8-1966,
Murray
Bridge
, aged 92yrs. Volt and Agnes had 8 children
Agnes Storer was
the daughter of Jacob Storer. Jacob Storer was the stepson of
James Cronk of
Modbury
,
South Australia
8th child
Edgar, born
-15-5-1871, Modbury Dist Highercombe. Died -9-7-1965, buried
Nhill
Cemetery
aged 94yrs.
Married Catherine Jane Scott in 1898. Catherine Jane Pilmore -
Died -24-8-1955 aged
76yrs and is buried at
Nhill
Cemetery
. Edgar and Catherine had 3
children
When Mary Pilmore died on the 17t" of September 1918, her obituary sstated that George Pilmore was farming att Bow Hill, SA., John was farming in Gerang-Gerang
-
Vic,
Richard was working for the railways at Port Elliott�SA,
Rosanna was farming at Dimboola -
Vic,
Susan was living at Wood�side - SA, Voll was farming at Murray Bridge -
SA
and Edgar was farming at
Nhill in Victoria. At the time of her death there were 39 grand
children and 26
great grand children
John
Pilmore died on the l8th March 1923 and was buried at the Dudley
Park Cemetery,
South Australia.
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