Comments on: Can You Help Me

By: Mark Roberts

Mark Roberts — Thu, 12 Nov 2020 06:21:23 +0000

Thanks Michael. I’ll make a note on the cemetery list against his name and if anything more concrete turns up we can update in future

Thanks,
Mark.

By: Michael Beerworth

Michael Beerworth — Thu, 12 Nov 2020 02:29:36 +0000

In reply to Mark Roberts.

Hello Mark

William Joseph Martin died in 1913 on Murnpeowie Station, he was living in Farina at the time

Some of our research said that he was buried on the station (Graham Jaunay)

So we don’t know much mores that that.

By: Mark Roberts

Mark Roberts — Wed, 23 Sep 2020 02:12:32 +0000

In reply to Michael Beerworth.

Michael,

Is this the William Joseph Martin who dies in March 1913 and was buried in the Farina Cemetery?

I’ve looked at the Land Title records and can’t find any land at Farina the William owned. Apart from that we don’t really have any other specific information about William. We’re still in the process of compiling information about people at Farina and will post it all on the website when we have it.

Regards,
Mark.

By: Michael Beerworth

Michael Beerworth — Wed, 23 Sep 2020 00:51:09 +0000

In reply to Shellie Cummings. I am interested in William Joseph Martin. His brother John Martin was my grandfather. John Martin married Mary Catherine Cummings of Eurelia. My mother Iren Mary Martin was born in Port Augusta in 1914. Her parents were living in Iron Knob at the time. John Martin died in 1923 and is buried in Port Augusta.

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 31 Jul 2020 04:13:11 +0000

In reply to Shellie Cummings. Shellie, I'm a grandson of John Martin who died in Port Augusta on 1 January 1923. I have recently found more about his sisters Alice and Caroline but had no information about his brothers. Would love to know more about the family.

By: Margaret Crowhurst

Margaret Crowhurst — Sat, 01 Feb 2020 23:59:52 +0000

I am looking for information on my great grandfather Robert Rowe. He was a horse breaker at Mt. Lyndhurst in 1885, married Elizabeth Miekle Todd in 1885 at Quorn and their 1st child Charlotte Florence was born in Farina on 14th November, 1887. In the directories their is a listing of a Robert Rowe who was a mail contractor from 1888-1890. I know that the family moved to Port Augusta around 1889 as that is where my grandfather Robert Henry Rowe was born.
Anything I can obtain about the family in Farina and his work in Mt. Lyndhurst was be valuable.

By: Mark Roberts

Mark Roberts — Thu, 30 Jan 2020 21:05:39 +0000

In reply to Michele Brown.

Hi Michelle,

I’ve just checked our database of land owners and noticed that John Bannigan owned two blocks of land (Lot’s 249 and 332). You can access the actual land title documents from this page: https://farinarestoration.com/history/farina-land-titles/

It would be great if you could visit during the work program this year and bring along your photo album for member of our history team to look at.

Thanks,
Mark.

By: Michele Brown

Michele Brown — Thu, 30 Jan 2020 06:08:24 +0000

My Grandmothers maternal grandparents were John Bannigan and Annie Emma Braddock . He bring a local policeman/trooper. Annie’s father died in Farina as well, Edward Thompson Braddock.
We are also in possession of a photograph album if the family / townspeople and aboriginal troopers . We are interested in visiting Farina Town this year.

By: Ian William Laver

Ian William Laver — Sun, 03 Feb 2019 03:14:14 +0000

At present I am in the process of trying to piece together information about Farina during the period 1890 to 1900. If anyone can fill me in about the Brown’s, Harvey’s, or Hogan’s I’d be appreciative.
My Sunday School teacher at St Phillips, Broadview was a Tilmouth who went to school at Farina, but I lost contact with her. Also, if anyone can give me a name or a contact in the SA Railways who could help me find out details of the employment history of John Thomas Carpmail, who worked at Irrapatana, William Creek, Terowie and Farina in the period about 1880 to approximately 1910 and then Islington Railway Workshops in the trade of his youth, as a Brass Fitter and Turner, after that.
Emma Carpmail, his wife, acted as a midwife and certainly would have been involved in a wide range of other activities in the small community.

By: Shellie Cummings

Shellie Cummings — Fri, 21 Dec 2018 06:24:16 +0000

Re: Query one
I have considerable research on the Martin family. Geof B Martin was the son of Thomas Martin who was the son of William Joseph Martin. After W J Martin was killed his wife and family stayed in Farina and his mother Ellen J E Martin Nee Callary became the greengrocer in Farina. Thomas and his wife Evelyn Reid married in Paterson’s Hall in Farina in 1929.

Happy for you to pass on my details to author of query one.