The following information is a copy of JK Stokes data on Mount Barker as contained in her Rootsweb (Ancestory.com) Genealogy Website and has been included here with permission. No alterations or additions may be made to her information without further permission, although relevant comments and/or additions are welcome to be added at the bottom of each page. (copied July 2014) |
Mt Barker People in 1885
In the year 1885 when the SA Directory was produced there were 952 people living in the town and there were 250 houses.
Town Officials
Post Master | William Rossi |
Stipendiary Magistrate | T.J.S. O'Halloran |
Clerk of Courts | O. Skipper |
Court Bailiff | J. Chapman |
Resident Justices of the Peace | F. May, Thomas Paltridge, Octavius Weld, Hon. J.G. Ramsay (MLC), A.W. Richardson, T.H. Shepherdson, J.T. Williams |
Church Ministers | Rev. J.W. Gower (Christ Church); Rev. W. O'Neill & Rev. S. Harrigan (St Francis de Sales Catholic); Rev. P.C. Thomas (Dunn Memorial Wesleyan); Rev. J. Price (Baptist); Rev. W. Cook (Primitive Methodist) |
Bank Managers | William Bray (National); M. Pasco (Australasia); H.A. Howison (Commercial Bank of SA) |
Hotel Keepers | W. Weidemann (Hotel Barker); W.Ritson (Gray's Inn); W. Gregory (Temperance Hotel) |
Institute Secretary | W.F. Cook |
Local Residents & their Occupations
Acraman, M.A. - solicitor Alexander, Thomas - farmer Anderson Bros. - lawyers Andrews, Richard - landholder Atkinson, William - butcher
Bailey, Sydney F. - farmer Balls, Ellen - farmer Barker, William - draper Battle, John - boot maker Bell, Allan - farmer Besley, Annie - storekeeper Blight, James jnr - sheep farmer Blunden, M. - storekeeper Buermann, Carl - cabinet maker
Calaby, Thomas - butcher Cameron, Donald - blacksmith Champion, Alfred - carrier Chapman, William - corn dealer and seedsman Chapman, John - bailiff of the Local Court Charlton, Charles - farmer Cleggett, John - farmer Cook, Walter Fuller - accountant Cook, A. F. - boot maker Cooke, Rev. W. - Methodist Minister Cope, Henry - tailor Cope, Sydney - tailor Cornelius & Williams - auctioneers Cornelius, Frank - of Cornelius & Williams auctioneers Craig, George - farmer Craig, J.G. - assistant engineer
Daniels, Richard "Dickie" - shoeingsmith & Wesleyan Church elder Daw, Alfred C. - butcher Deane, Charles M. - medical practitioner Dumas, Charles M.R. - proprietor "Mt Barker Courier" newspaper Dunn, John - Justice of the Peace, miller at Jno. Dunn & Co. Dunn, Jno. & Co - flour millers Dutch, Charles - mechanical engineer
Easler, George F. - district ranger
Fergusson, Andrew - teacher Fergusson, J.C. - chemist Follett, John - farmer Freeman, Henry - shoeingsmith Frome, John - farmer [I believe this should be Frame rather that Frome]
Gibbes, G.E. - watch maker Gray, William - manager National Bank Gregory, W. - sergeant of police
Hargreaves, W. - painter Harrison, R. - teacher Hedges, W.N. - contractor Hender, Edward snr. - farmer Henry, Mrs. - boardinghouse keeper Hill, John - farmer Hill, W.J. - accountant at the National Bank Hourigan, Rev. F. - priest at Catholic Church [this probably should be Harrigan] Hines, J. - mason Howel, Mary - hat cleaner Howison, H.A. - manager of Commercial Bank of SA
Jennings, Rev. James jnr - minister at Presbyterian Church Jones, T. - farmer
Knight, James - cooper
Lang, Samuel - farmer Leibelt, Gottlieb jnr - farmer Leibling, Frederick - saddler Little, Archibald - farmer Love, James - brick maker
Macarty, William jnr - store keeper MacFarlane, Lachlan - farmer Martin, G.A. - wheelwright May, Frederick - Justice of the Peace McEwen, John - dairyman McGregor, John - stone dresser McKenzie, Roderick - saddler and grocer Milling, James - bank clerk Milne, James - of Milne & Sons - builders Milne, James jnr - of Milne & Sons - builders Milne, John - of Milne & Sons Minard, John - farmer - builders
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Oborn, Samuel - lime burner O'Halloran, S.J. - law clerk O'Neill, Rev. W. - Catholic priest at St Francis de Sales
Page, Robert - mason Palch, John William - farmer [I believe this should be PAECH] Paltridge, H. - surveyor Paltridge, John - auctioneer Paltridge, Thomas - Justice of the Peace and farmer Paltridge, R.C. - tanner Paltridge, Samuel - tanner Pasco, M. - manager of Bank of Australasia Pascoe, (name unknown) - police trooper Peake, William - carrier Pellew, John - unspecified occupation Pitt, David - saddler Pope, Charles - carrier Pope, Reuben - landholder Potter, Caleb - tinsmith Power, W.J. - station master Price, Miss - dress maker Price, Rev. John - Baptist minister Pritchard, James - draper and grocer Pryne, John - mounted constable
Ramsay, Hon. James G - Member of Legislative Council Ramsay, J.G. & Co - machinists Ramsay, John - machinist Reddie, Francis - stone dresser Richardson, Adam W. - Justice of the Peace and chemist Ritson, William - hotelier - Gray's Inn Robson, Mrs B. - store keeper Rogers, George V. - telegraph operator Rossi, William - post and telegraph master Rowe, John - blacksmith Rowe, William - landholder Ruge, William - farmer Rundle, James - farmer
Sexton, Alfred - boot maker Shaw, John - assistant engineer Skipper, M.J. - law clerk Skipper, Ovtavius - clerk of the local court Slee, Walter - boot maker Smith, Frederick Charles - machinist Smith, Francis Isaac - clerk of the District Council Stanford, James - farmer Stephenson, Thomas H. - ironmonger & Justice of the Peace Stephens, Alfred - store keeper's assistant Stone, F.H. - auctioneer
Teakle, David - farmer Teakle, Edward - farmer Teakle, George Henry - farmer Tear, Edward - store keeper [I believe this name should be TEARE] Thomas, Rev. P.C. - Wesleyan minister Thompson, Theodore Horatio - farmer near Wistow Thybell, Charles - gardener Tilbrook, Charles - farmer Turner, John - store keeper's assistant
Von Doussa, Louis - solicitor
Wallace, Miss - dress maker Walker, Thomas - railway contractor Walkom, William - carpenter (and occasionally undertaker) Walters, Thomas - teacher at the Government school Weld, Octavius - Justice of the Peace and medical practitioner Weidemann, William - hotelier - Hotel Barker Williams, James T. - Justice of the Peace and commercial agent Welch, Johanna - store keeper Williams, James W. - store keeper Wilson, W. - farmer Wilton, C.R. - editor at "Mt Barker Courier" newspaper Wood, John - carpenter
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