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i Mr. James Buabridge, who died at Claw-. ler at the age of 83, was on# of th« pioneers of the district. He wm born *8 Gi'Jinfhrjn, Kent, on December 3. IBM. » Mid arrived in Sooth Australia by ths• Tarrouth CMtle in 1836, with hi# wtf« and i child. Ihe family contracted amal pox i and wire quarantined at Torrena Is and.I This wan ths first occasion that, a V.«o% f had been quarantined in .South Austro. ia., Mr. uuabri'bce went to flawler and com- menee-1 work m a briekmaker, in the cm* ! ploy of Mr. Baker. Realising that thor*• wm good prospects in the trade, he por-, suaded Mr. James Bright, of Adelaide, to• become hi* partner, aid they opened lit# i in Gawler. Tim partnersh p lasted foe• Boma time, and after ward* Mr. Busbri'gs 1 continued in bi»in ms until 1910, when h% f handed over the reinj to hia sons. Th«• undertaking in now over 54 year* o d, and . he was the senior business mm in ths f town in wlich he resided for over W• year#. Mr. Buabruije made two trip# to i the homeland—one in 1876 and the oJvc » about twelve months ago, when lie arrived■ in Kngland noon nfUir his brother’* d'm’h. I He served a term os oouncillor in flawler. . In his younger days he wis prominent in - cricket, aa a left-hand under-arm bow er. : Single wicket matchep were then the vo;ue.• Aftorivards lie officiated #» umoire, liea recognised authority on fwicket, and hit daemons were never questioned. He took up howls and was known in the game a« “Daddy.* Mr. BusbrijB w-s a pro-; minent member of the Baptist Church, ant■ for '25 years was superintendent of th«, Sunday school. He was a ao n life e det , of the church. He was a member of the i Foresters’ Lodge for over 50 year*. He i never smoked or drunk intox’csnts. Mr.■ Buabridge wuutwice married, lie had 14 i children by hia,first wife, of whom nine , survive. They are: —Mrs..\V. Corey (Wil-i laatonl, Mrs. K. Smith (BalaVava), Mm.P. Cal akhau (Now Zealand . Mrs. T. Mir-I riot t (rtalalclava), Mr. WilMam Bunbridgt . (Bmmpton), and Messrs. James, George,, Frank, and Walter Busbridre (CSawVr). Tlie dcsrviulonta number 11, and they
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Adelaide Chronicle
Adelaide, South Australia, AU
Sat, Feb 11, 1922
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