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 1889
In the year 1889 when the SA Directory was produced there were 1000 people living in the town and there were 260 houses. In comparing the statistics for the years 1885 and 1889, the population had only grown by 48 in 4 years, and only 10 more houses had been erected in that time.
Town Officials
Post Master | William Rossi |
Stipendiary Magistrate | H.C. Swan |
Clerk of Courts | O. Skipper |
Court Bailiff | J. Chapman |
Resident Justices of the Peace | Thomas Paltridge, Octavius Weld, F.C. Smith, A.W. Richardson, T.H. Shepherdson, L.Von Doussa |
Church Ministers | Rev. J.L. Lumsdon (Christ Church); Rev. P. Landy & Rev. J. Martin (St Francis de Sales Catholic); Rev. T.M. Rowe (Dunn Memorial Wesleyan); Rev. J. Price (Baptist); Rev. H. Hartely (Primitive Methodist); Rev. Alexander M. Lawson (Presbyterian) |
Bank Managers | William Bray (National); H.P. Moore (Australasia) |
Hotel Keepers | W. Weidemann (Hotel Barker); W.Ritson (Gray's Inn) |
Institute Secretary | F.R. Smith |
Local Residents & their Occupations & Addresses
Addison, L. - bank clerk Alexander, Thomas - farmer Allen, Thomas - laborer, Walker Street Anderson Bros. - sawyers, Exhibition Road Anderson, M - carter, Exhibition Road Andrews, Richard - no occupation, Tobias Street Atkinson, William - butcher, Gawler Street
Baker, H. - blacksmith, no address Balls, Miss Ellen - farmer, Echunga Road Barker, L.L. - laborer, no address Barker, Sophia - draper, Gawler Street Barnes, N. - no occupation, Dutton Place Beavis, T snr - blacksmith, Adelaide Road Bell, Allan - farmer Bickle, L.W. - surgeon, Commercial Road Blight, F - laborer, no address Blight, Richard - laborer, no address Bollen, W.H. - overseer at Teakletown Bowman, William - no occupation, no address Buermann, Carl jnr - cabinet maker, Gawler Street Buermann, Carl - no occupation, Gawler Street Bugg, G.H. - blacksmith, The Flat Bugg, H. - laborer, no address
Cameron, D. - blacksmith, Wistow Road Cameron, D. - carter, Walker Street Cameron, D. jnr - no occupation or address Cameron, George - blacksmith, Hamden Road Cameron, Miss J - no occupation, Gawler Street Cameron, Mrs snr - no occupation, The Flat Cameron, Simon - agent, Teakletown Cameron, Peter - painter, Teakletown Carr, L.W. - store keeper, Gawler Street Carr, William - carpenter and undertaker, no address Carey, Mrs - no occupation, no address Carey, Peter - butcher, no address Carey, Timothy - baker, no address Champion, A. - no occupation, Champion Terrace Chapman, Alexander - laborer, Dutton Place Chapman, F.H. - store keeper's assistant, Gawler Street Chapman, William - corn dealer and seedsman, Cameron Street (now Cameron Road) Chapman, John R. - no occupation, Teakletown Charlton, Charles - laborer, no address Cleggett, James - farmer, Echunga Road Clode, T. - sergeant of police, Gawler Street Clough, C.F. - resident engineer, address is Richmond Cockburn, Dr. J.A. - medical practitioner, Teakletown Coleman, Edward A. - apiarist, Fairfield apiary Coleman, Mrs. L. - sheep farmer, no address Cook, John - printer, Exhibition Road Cook, Arthur - boot maker, Exhibition Road Cope, Mrs L. - no occupation, Dutton Place Cope, Sydney - tailor, Cameron Street (now Cameron Road) Cornelius, Ada - store keeper, Gawler Street Cornelius & Williams - auctioneers, Gawler Street Cornelius, F.T. - auctioneer, Stephen Street Cornelius, W. - wheelwright, Wistow Road Craig, George - farmer, Wistow Road Crick, James - laborer, no address Crompton, John - dairyman, Adelaide Road
Daniels, Richard "Dickie" - blacksmith & Wesleyan Church elder, Adelaide Road Davis, Daniel - carter, no address Davis, J.E. - carter, no address Davies, W. - farmer, no address Davies, W.C. - mason, Teakletown Daw, Alfred C. - butcher, Gawler Street Dishon, J.L. - miller with Dunn & Co, Cameron Street Doorne, F. - laborer, Dutton Place Doyle, Mrs Mary - no occupation, Walker Street Dumas, Charles M.R. - proprietor "Mt Barker Courier" newspaper, Mann Street Duncan, David - currier, no address Dunn, John - Justice of the Peace, miller at Jno. Dunn & Co., Cameron Street & "The Laurels" Dunn, Jno. & Co - flour millers, Cameron Street Dutch, Charles - machinist, Adelaide Road Dutch, J. - machinist, Adelaide Road Dutch, William - machinist, Adelaide Road
Easlea, George F. - laborer, no address Easlea, Walter - laborer, Teakletown Ellis, M - laborer, no address Ellis, W - laborer, no address Ekers, W.L. - telegraph assistant, no address Eyles, John - no occupation, Adelaide Road
Fergusson, J.C. - chemist, Gawler Street Fitzgerald, T - overseer, Adelaide Road Fitzgerald, W - carter, Adelaide Road Follett, John - farmer, Adelaide Road Follett, M. - no occupation, Dutton Place Foster, F. - laborer, no address Foster, Jesse - laborer, no address Frampton, G. - ganger, no address but likely Railway Terrace Freeman, Henry - blacksmith, Tobias Street Freeman, S. - farmer, no address French, George - wheelwright, no address Fry, George - carrier, no address Fry, John - coachman, no address
Gasson, W. - currier, no address Gilbert, Thomas - blacksmith, Adelaide Road Gow, John C.E. - Crow's Nest (above the town behind Gilbert's garage) Gray, William - manager National Bank, Gawler Street Gray, William B. - no occupation, no address Gryst, E.F. - fitter, no address
Hall, Thomas - laborer, Adelaide Road Hallawell, Thomas - farmer, Echunga Road Harrington, Thomas B. - bank clerk, no address Harrison, G.F. - journalist, no address Harrison, Robert. - teacher, Gawler Street Hayman, F.E. - draughtsman, no address Hayman, H. - draughtsman, no address Hayman, H.W. - no occupation, no address Hedges, William N. - builder, address is given as Richmond Hill, Mrs William, no occupation, Crow's Nest Houlston, Thomas - butcher, no address Hudson, John - laborer, no address Hunt, H.C. - laborer, no address Hunt, Henry - mason, Adelaide Road Hurley, Lawrence - tanner, no address Hurley, W. - tanner, no address
Johnston, James - saddler, Tobias Street Jones, Mrs Sarah - no occupation, Champion Street Jones, Thomas - farmer
Kessner, A. - tailor, no address Kitson, H. - farmer, no address
Landy, Rev. P - Catholic priest Laver, J.R. - draper's assistant, Gawler Street Lawson, Alexander M.A. - Presbyterian Minister Leanery, A.E. - railway clerk, Teakletown Lee, Charles - teacher, no address Leibelt, C. - wood carter, no address Leibling, F. T. - saddler, Gawler Street Lumsden, Rev. J.L. - Christ Church minister Lyon, Alexander D. - blacksmith, Adelaide Road
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Macarty, William jnr - hawker, Teakletown MacFarlane, Lachlan - farmer, Adelaide Road McFarlane, Hugh - tanner, The Flat McFarlane, Mrs M. - no occupation, Victoria Crescent Marks, E.A. - hairdresser, Gawler Street Martin, Rev. James - Catholic priest May, Frederick - Justice of the Peace and apiarist, Uplands apiary on the Echunga Road (formerly Fairfield) McEwen, John - dairyman, Cameron Street McEwen, W. - auctioneer's clerk, Gawler Street McKenzie, Roderick - storekeeper, Gawler Street Meadows, Mrs M. - no occupation, no address Milne, George - carpenter, Mill Lane Milne, D. - carpenter, Mill Land Mitchell, J. - laborer, Exhibition Road Moore, H.P. - manager Bank of Australasia, Gawler Street Morris, Mrs - nurse, Victoria Crescent Muldoon, J. - baker's assistant, Tobias Street Murray, Mrs Jessie - no occupation, Commercial Road Murray, M. - laborer, Morphett Street
Neate, P. - plasterer, Dutton Place Neate, Ralph - plasterer, Gawler Street Neate, Mrs T. - no occupation, Cameron Road
Oborn, David - farmer, no address Oborn, Samuel - laborer, The Flat Oborn, William - laborer, The Flat O'Leary, James - laborer, Hamden Road O'Loughlin, T. - tanner, no address O'Toole, John - railway packer, no address (probably Railway Terrace)
Paltridge, Frederick - auctioneer's clerk, Gawler Street Paltridge, Harry - surveyor, Tobias Street Paltridge, John - auctioneer, Gawler Street Paltridge, Thomas C. - boot maker, Gawler Street Paltridge, T. - currier, no address Paltridge, Richard C. - tanner, Gawler Street Paltridge, Samuel - tanner, Richmond Peake, Robert - carrier, The Flat Peake, William - store keeper, The Flat Pellew, John - unspecified occupation, Dutton Place Pollard, J. - driver, Hamden Road Pollard, William - blacksmith, The Flat Pope, Charles - carter, no address Pope, J. - carter, no address Pope, John - carter, no address Pope, Reuben - no occupation, no address Potter, A. - tinsmith, Gawler Street Power, William J. - station master, Station house, Railway Terrace Price, Miss - dress maker, Tobias Street Price, Miss B. - teacher, no address Price, Rev. John - Baptist minister, Tobias Street Prisk, John - school master, no address Pritchard, James - draper and grocer, Gawler Street
Raison, C - carter, Victoria Crescent Raison, J. - laborer, Victoria Crescent Raison, Thomas - blacksmith, Victoria Crescent Ramsay, James S - Mt Barker Dairy Co Ramsay, J.G. & Co - machinists, no address Ramsay, R.G. - grazier, no address Rice, Robert - farmer, no address Richardson, Adam W. - Justice of the Peace and chemist, Gawler Street Riddle, C. - laborer, Morphett Street Ritson, William - hotelier, Gray's Inn, Gawler Street Robson, Mrs B. - store keeper, Tobias Street Rollison, W. - no occupation, "The Briars" Rose, James - banker, no address (probably Gawler Street) Ross, Mrs D. - no occupation, Gawler Street Rossi, William - post and telegraph master, Gawler Street Rowe, Rev. T.M. - Wesleyan Minister, no address Ryder, W.C - constable, Gawler Street
Salmon, W. - blacksmith, The Flat Sanders, B - no occupation, address is given as Netley Sexton, Alfred - boot maker, Gawler Street Simmonds, Miss M. - no occupation, Adelaide Road Simpson, Mrs W. - no occupation, Tobias Street Sisson, Thomas - no occupation, Mill Lane Skipper, M.J. - law clerk, Gawler Street Skipper, Ovtavius - clerk of the local court, Hamden Road Skully, M. - laborer, Victoria Crescent Skully, M - laborer, The Flat Smith, Frederick Charles - machinist, Adelaide Road Smith, Francis Isaac - clerk of the District Council, no address Smith, E.A. - machinist, Walker Street Smith, F.F. - Singer's agent, Gawler Street Smith, F.R. - ranger, no address Smith R. Barr - no occupation, "Auchendarroch", Adelaide Road Stephenson, Thomas H. - farmer, "Brookbank", Echunga Road Sullivan, M. - barman, no address
Taylor, C.E. - printer, The Flat Taylor, Henry - no occupation, Morphett Street Teakle, David - no occupation, Teakletown Tear, Edward - store keeper, Dutton Place [I believe this name should be TEARE] Thomas, John - printer, Gawler Street Thompson, Theodore Horatio - farmer, Wistow Road Thomson, J.R. - machinist, Commercial Road Thomson, W.R. - foreman builder, no address Thybell, Charles - gardener, no address Tonkin, A - no occupation, The Flat Trigg, E. - carpenter, no address Turner, W.A. - painter, no address Tyrie, A. - currier, address given as Richmond Tyrie, Miss F. - school teacher, Gawler Street Tyrell, Mrs - no occupation, Hamden Road
Von Doussa, Louis - solicitor, address is given as Thornton
Walker, Miss - teacher, no address Walker, Mrs M.C. - no occupation, Dutton Place Walkom, William - carpenter (and occasionally undertaker), Commercial Road Wallace, J. - laborer, Gawler Street Wallace, Miss - dress maker, Gawler Street Wallace, Mrs - no occupation, Gawler Street Wandke, William - farmer, no address Webber, John - mason, no address Webber, T. - mason, Exhibition Road Wedd, John - carrier, no address Welch, Johanna - no occupation, no address Weld, Octavius - Justice of the Peace and medical practitioner, Tobias Street Weidemann, William - hotelier - Hotel Barker, Gawler Street Whitby, G.C. - bank clerk, Gawler Street Whitley, A. - railway porter, no address (probably Railway Terrace) Williams, C. - railway porter, no address (probably Railway Terrace) Williams, James W. - road contractor, Hamden Road Wilson, W. - farmer, "Westbrook" Wishart, Mrs - no occupation, Gawler Street Wood, John - wheelwright, Adelaide Road Woodland, H. - laborer, RailwayPark Woodland, John - no occupation, no address Wren, Charles - carrier, no address Wright, Mrs - no occupation, Dutton Place Wylie, A.T. - coach painter, Adelaide Road Wylie, A. - blacksmith, no address
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