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The Advertiser,
Saturday 28 October 1933 Mr. R. Alford, who died at his home at East Auburn on October 5 at the age of 83 years 11 months, was born at Linkinhorne, Cornwall, on November 5, 1849. Early in life he worked in the mines there, and later as a farm laborer. In March, 1875, he married Miss Elizabeth Chapman, who predeceased him on January 2, 1915. On September 23, 1882, he, with his family and sister, Mrs. J. Chapman, of Wallaroo, and her two children, sailed from Plymouth for Australia, arriving at Adelaide in November of the same year. He went direct to Hoyleton, and worked for the late Mr. William Chapman, farmer of “Kabowie.” He contracted serious eye trouble and, under doctor’s orders, left the plains and went to Skilly, near Leasingham, being employed there for three years by the late Mr. Rd. Williams, sen., of “Greenwood Park.” He was next employed by Mr. D. A. Lyall, of “St. Andrews,” Auburn, where he remained a number of years, till he purchased a small block of land and home at East Auburn, where he resided till his death. Mr. Alford was greatly esteemed by a large number of friends. A daughter, Mary, of East Auburn, who had been in constant attendance on her father, and a son, Thomas, at Broken Hill, three grandchildren, and one great-grandchild survive. The Advertiser,
Monday 9 October 1933 DEATHS Contributed by Bob Bolitho |