Spouse: John EDWARDS. Eliza EDWARDS and John EDWARDS were married. Children were: Jane EDWARDS, Emma EDWARDS, William EDWARDS, Isaac EDWARDS.

Spouse: Joseph HUNT. Eliza EDWARDS and Joseph HUNT were married on 3 April 1848 in East Brent Som..⁴³ Witnesses were: Thoma and Ann Edwards They⁴³ lived in Wick Lane E Brent. in 1861.⁴³ They⁴³ were married. Children were: Mary HUNT, Ann Edwards HUNT, William Edward HUNT, John HUNT, Elizabeth Edwards HUNT, George "Thomas" "Thomas" HUNT, Henry HUNT, Harry HUNT, Walter HUNT.

Spouse: James EDWARDS. Children were: Robert EDWARDS.

In the census of 1851, Fanny was a servant living in the household of Maurice BOARD of Lympsham.

Fanny married John ADAMS on 26th April 1855 at Lympsham. The marriage witnesses were Thomas and Jane EDWARDS. John was a Laborer of Aberdare.
Parents: Isaac EDWARDS and Elizabeth MARTIN.

Spouse: John ADAMS. Fanny EDWARDS and John ADAMS were married on 26 April 1855 in Lympsham Som..

Spouse: William HILLMAN. Flora "Flower" EDWARDS and William HILLMAN lived in Banwell Som. between 1755 and 1772.⁷⁴ They⁷⁴ lived in Worle. SOM from 1772.⁷⁴ They⁷⁴ were married.⁷⁴ Children were: William HILLMAN.

Spouse: . Children were: Henry Herbert EDWARDS.

Spouse: Arthur Charles WELLS. Children were: Elizabeth May WELLS, Sharon WELLS.

As far as known Henry did not attend school.He was well educated however probably due to tutoring at home from his mother.

On 29th September 1891 Henry married Marie Agnes "Mary" SCHULTZ at Summertown, the ceremony being performed by Rev. John DINGLE, president of the Bible Christian Conference. The marriage was unusual in that there were three witnesses, Henry's brother Ike, his wife's sister Tena as well as John LAUBMANN, a Schultz family relative. A son of this John LAUBMANN became a founder of the well known opticians "Laubman and Pank". Mary was the eldest child of the late Julius Wilhelm Eugene "William" and Mrs Charlotte SCHULTZ nee MATTE (refer Spouse Notes) and had been born at Summertown on 1st November 1866.

When Henry and Mary first met is unknown, however it may have been via Henry's sister in law, Annie PHILBEY in view of her connections with the Summertown area. She was related to the Cobbledick family who were gardeners at Summertown quite close to the Schultz family property. So it was probably during an Edwards family holiday and visit to the Cobbledick's that Henry was first introduced to his future wife.

After their marriage they made their home on Henry's Wards Hill property which they named "Homelea". In 1892 Henry enlarged the size of the farm to 1203 acres by purchasing the adjoining Section No. 91 from his brother Joe who was leaving the district for the West Coast. It was on this enlarged property on 19th July 1892 that their first child, Francis Henry was born. There being no hospitals, Mary was attended by Mrs ANDREWS, a midwife who came from Port Broughton for this and her later children.

Henry was very successful as a farmer and besides growing wheat, in later years sheep and a few cattle were raised. We can perhaps gain some insight into early farm life at "Homelea" from the following account by Henry and Mary's third child, Annie May who was born in 1897.

Letter by Annie May FLETCHER nee ROUTLEY nee EDWARDS pre 1962 "Extract".

"My Dad first walked and broadcasted his seed, and people thought him crazy when he bought the first 5 furrowed plow with a seat on it, they had strippers and put all the grain in heaps, and then had to winnow it by hand, the husks were called Cockychaf. This was put in a shed, and then during the year mixed with molasses to feed the stock, the land was all cleared by hand, using an axe, the timber put in heaps and burnt, some people took this timber to the mines at Kadina, Moonta and Wallaroo, some was used as fuel, the taller white mallee was used to timber up the mines. Most of the timber in our district was Mallee, some much heavier than the majority, the stumps were picked up, some put in heaps & some to make fences and some for the walls of the horseyards etc, the timber taken to the mines was carted on the old waggons, drawn by horses, and was a very big trip taking several days for the return trip, there was plenty of hard work, heartache and worry, the method of travel in those days would break the heart of the modern people, there were no buggies or light horses, mostly those old heavy tip drays, we were somewhat luckier as my Dad had what was called a spring cart, almost the same to look at as the heavy dray, only much lighter. The worry that the mothers had for cooking, and the where with all to cook must have been great, for there were no stoves nor ovens only camp ovens for many years. The butcher used to come once a week, and he came from Mundora, can you imagine the meat, Mother said often fly blown, and bad, and mostly had to be cooked almost as soon as you got it, the farmers didn't have sheep in those days for water, as well as feeding them was the blow, you may remember the old dams, that was the only supply for years, and every year there was water carting, and the supply would only last a few days, and back the poor men had to go for more water."

Henry had a kindly personality which won him many friends and on 5th July 1897 he was elected to the local council. As a Councillor Henry generally interested himself in all movements relating to the welfare and advancement of the district. He was a very forward thinking man and was a great worker for compulsory education.

Mary was also much respected, being honest and truthful and would help anyone, she was an active worker for her church and district. An accomplished seamstress, she made all her own and her children's clothes. She was a good cook and homemaker, making jams, preserves and pickles etc.

For relaxation Henry owned a small boat, believed to have been called the "Iona" in which he would go fishing. Mary not liking being on the water never accompanied him, however their children would go or sometimes a neighbour. Henry also probably would have played with the local Wards Hill cricket team "The Coastal Warriors".

In February 1902 Henry and his family left Wards Hill and moved into Port Broughton because of his health. The running of their farm was handed to Mary's brother Carl who moved there with his family from Summertown. It is not clear what Henry's problem was, but maybe some sort of respiratory infection or allergic reaction. In Port Broughton Henry purchased a large comfortable stone house in Harvey Street. He became the local agent for the South Australian Farmers Union and quickly built a reputation as a good businessman.

On 17th April 1904 Henry died suddenly after a short illness from gastro enteritis. He was buried in the Port Broughton Cemetery, the services being read by Mr Bainger, Methodist Minister, and Mr Eley, on behalf of the I.O.R. Henry's headstone is unmarked except for the following inscription, no doubt considered appropriate by Mary and her family, the youngest of whom had been born only three months previously.

DADDY

"Around his grave we silent stood, With heart all crushed and sore, Which through the gloom the sweet words stole, Not Lost but gone before."

In 1990 a further headstone was placed on the site by Henry's grandchildren.

Although now alone with a young family to raise, Mary remained an ardent worker for the Port Broughton Methodist Church. She taught the Sunday School and was a member of the choir. Mary enjoyed gardening and also found time to cultivate her keen interest in growing flowers. Early in 1913 Mary left Port Broughton and took over the Wards Hill farm from her brother.She became an extremely good and astute businesswoman. She converted the farm to freehold and enlarged it to 1565 acres by the purchase of an adjoining section from Ike EDWARDS. By 1916 with her son Clem in the AIF, the farm was being run by her eldest son Frank, as she and her daughters had moved to Adelaide.

On 25 th March 1916 Mary remarried to Alexander John MILLER at the residence of her cousin, Miss LAUBMAN, 28 Stepney Street St Peters. Alex was well known to Mary's family as he had been a storekeeper at Port Broughton for many years. The family made their home at "Fortis Green" Smith Street Walkerville but Mary's happiness would have been shattered later in the year with the news that her son Clem had been killed in France.

Mary and Alex lived at Walkerville until 1920 when they moved to38 Clifton Street Goodwood. In 1931 they moved again when Mary purchased land at Acacia Road Hawthorndene. The property was in a quiet bushland setting and here a large house was built and a well cared for garden established.

After suffering declining health for several years Mary died on 22nd April 1945 in the Wellingford Private Hospital. She was buried in the Centennial Park Cemetery. Alex died on 17th February 1951 at his daughters residence (Mrs E. Behenna), Leslie Street Kilkenny at 85 years of age. He was buried in the Payneham Cemetery.

Parents: Thomas EDWARDS and Anne MILLARD. Parents: Thomas EDWARDS and Anne MILLARD.

Spouse: Marie Agnes "Mary" SCHULTZ. Marie Agnes "Mary" SCHULTZ and Henry EDWARDS were married on 29 September 1891 in Summertown S Australia. Children were: Francis Henry EDWARDS, Clem Charles EDWARDS, Lottie Eugenie EDWARDS, Annie May EDWARDS, Marie Agnes EDWARDS, Jean EDWARDS.

marriage cert mar 1877 portsea 2b 629

1891 census living at 75 Boulton Road, Portsea with wife Ada children Herbert, Alfred, Ada, Alice, William, Arthur, Frederick

Naval Record says born 17 june 1856, stoke on trent? Parents: George EDWARDS.

Spouse: Ada Amelia GUY. Ada Amelia GUY and Henry Herbert EDWARDS were married on 21 January 1877 in St Bartholomew Southsea.¹ Children were: Jude EDWARDS, William (Bill) EDWARDS, Herbert H EDWARDS, Alfred Ernest EDWARDS, Alice Amelia EDWARDS, Arthur George EDWARDS, Frederick Edwin , Ada EDWARDS, Archibald EDWARDS, Sidney EDWARDS, Leonard Walter EDWARDS.

Spouse: Selina Eliza BLACKMAN. Selina Eliza BLACKMAN and Herbert H EDWARDS were married in 1902 in Portsmouth.¹

Spouse: Elizabeth MARTIN. Elizabeth MARTIN and Isaac EDWARDS were married on 1 April 1824 in East Brent Som.. Witnesses: Joseph Bennet & George Lewis Children were: Anne EDWARDS, Eliza EDWARDS, Thomas EDWARDS, Fanny EDWARDS, Norden EDWARDS, William EDWARDS, Martha Jane EDWARDS, Jane EDWARDS, Maria EDWARDS, Jane EDWARDS, Pheobe EDWARDS, William Martin EDWARDS.

On 18th March 1896 Ike married Caroline Sophie "Tena" SCHULTZ in the Bible Christian Church at Summertown. The ceremony was performed by Rev W.H. CANN and witnessed by Tena's brother Carl and sister Anna. The fifth child of Julius Wilhelm Eugene "William" and Mrs Charlotte SCHULTZ nee MATTE, Tena had been born at Summertown on 20th June 1872.It is believed that the young couple had first met 4 years earlier when they were both witnesses to the marriage of Henry EDWARDS and Marie Agnes SCHULTZ.

Ike and Tena made their home in the hundred of Wokurna on Ike's Wards Hill farm "Glenhope".

Ike was the first person in the district to purchase a motor car, possibly a steamer. In February 1910 Ike's new White motor car caught fire and was completely burnt out.

Ike was an original member of the "Coastal Warriors" Cricket Club and was an ardent supporter and an efficient player during the whole period of its existence. Ike also had a tennis court on his Wards Hill property, he was a keen and popular tennis player.

Ike was a member for many years of the Pine Forest branch of the Agricultural Bureau and also Chairman for a time.

In 1914 Ike's farmhouse was rebuilt, replacing the previous modest construction.

In 1916 Ike was elected auditor of the newly formed Pine Forest Rifle Club.

Both Ike and Tena showed a keen interest in all matters concerning the district's welfare. Ike was a member if the Repratriation Committee. He conducted the Wards Hill School children through exercises at Arbor Day in 1916 and in 1918 was Chairman of the School Committee. In July 1919 Ike was elected councillor on the Port Broughton Council.

Tena was president of the Wards Hill Red Cross in 1918, she helped with jumble sales and concerts etc to raise funds. She also rendered valuable service to the Wards Hill Methodist Church and School.

In 1920 Ike sold "Glenhope' to Frederick and Edgar YOUNG and moved with his family to Adelaide where he purchased a house at Queen Street Norwood. "Glenhope" is now part of "Glenrae" stud owned by Ross C. YOUNG of Port Broughton. It is believed that Ike sold because of the high land prices on offer which he believed had reached their peak. HIs decision was also influenced by concern for his eldest daughter Maggie who had moved to Adelaide as well as his son Will's health problems. Ike was also no longer a young man and at the time his eldest son Jim was not keen on becoming a farmer.

Ike played cricket at St Morris while living in Adelaide.

Ike's children evidently didn't like the city and the family took a vote. Subsequently in 1923 Ike purchased a 2.5 square mile Property at Noora from a W.H. MULLER. Noora is in the Murray Mallee between Loxton and the Victorian border. Their new farm was called "Glenhope' after the old.

In 1926 Ike was a trustee of the Noora Tennis Club.
Ike retired from farming in 1930 handing the running of the farm to his son Harry.
On 3rd June 1935 Ike died from pneumonia in the Loxton Hospital. His body was laid to rest 2 days later in the Loxton Cemetery.
Tena subsequently lived with her daughter Maggie at Ashton. She had her own small cabin on the property where she was happy for many years.
Tena had a good sense of humour and particularly enjoyed playing cards. She was an avid reader and liked knitting and gardening, loved old world flowers and especially white roses. She enjoyed cooking and was well known for her scones and buns.
Tena moved to Aldersgate at Felixtow and in later years her memory was very poor and had trouble recognising her own family. She died in the Northfield Hospital on 19th July 1959 at the age of 87 years. Her remains were laid to rest in the Summertown Cemetery.
Parents: Thomas EDWARDS and Anne MILLARD.

Spouse: Caroline Sophie SCHULTZ. Caroline Sophie SCHULTZ and Isaac EDWARDS were married on 18 March 1896. Children were: William Thomas EDWARDS, Margaret Dorothea EDWARDS, James Leslie EDWARDS, George Isaac EDWARDS, Bertha Elizabeth EDWARDS, Emily Gertrude EDWARDS, Caroline Wilhelmina EDWARDS, Tena Charlotte EDWARDS (twin), Henry George Isaac EDWARDS (twin).

Children were: Ann EDWARDS.

Spouse: Ann EDWARDS. Ann EDWARDS and James EDWARDS were married. Children were: James EDWARDS.

Spouse: Eliza EDWARDS. Children were: Robert EDWARDS.

Spouse: Mary ISGAR. Mary ISGAR and John EDWARDS were married on 21 March 1782 in East Brent Som..

Spouse: Mary ESGAR. Children were: Isaac EDWARDS, Pheobe EDWARDS.

Spouse: Eliza EDWARDS. Eliza EDWARDS and John EDWARDS were married. Children were: Jane EDWARDS, Emma EDWARDS, William EDWARDS, Isaac EDWARDS.

Spouse: Mary EDWARDS. Mary EDWARDS and Joseph EDWARDS were married. [Assumed marriage? entry in 1841 census unclear]. Children were: Joseph EDWARDS.

In 1877 Joe purchased a 364 acre scrub block, section 109E hundred of Kulpara under a Government Credit Agreement for 1 pound an acre. The property was about 3 kms north west of his parents homestead and Joe put in a lot of hard work clearing it for cultivation. It is probably this period to which the following story, passed on by Joe's son Thomas, relates. "Joe cleared land for 10 months once living on tea, sugar and flour and nothing else. He was a bit weak at the end of it all, but he cleared timber on that".

On 11th June 1879 Joe married Annie PHILBEY at the residence of their neighbour, George DANIEL, the ceremony being witnessed by Joe's brother William and Patience DANIEL. The eldest child of George PHILBEY and the former Mary Ann SYMONS of Kulpara (refer Spouse Notes), Annie was born near Gawler on 14th November 1854.

Joe erected a modest home on his Kulpara block (section 109E) and here he and Annie commenced their married life. Annie did not have any formal schooling and, unlike her husband, she could not read or write. As for many pioneer families, her education had been secondary to the development of a new land and the provision of food and clothing for the family. Annie had been well schooled in homemaking however, being a wonderful cook and a good housekeeper.

In 1887 Joe sold his Kulpara farm to his brother Thomas and moved with his family to Wards Hill, an area situated about 14 km south of Port Broughton. His brother Henry had already been at Wards Hill for several years farming section 94 hundred of Wokurna and Joe took up a Crown Lease of 480 acres adjoining this property. No doubt the 2 brothers ran their properties with a great deal of mutual co-operation. Joe must have become restless though, for in 1891 he was a member of a large party of farmers and government officials that sailed on the "S.S. Musgrave" on a tour of inspection of the West Coast of S.A. Subsequent to this he took up a Crown Lease on section 4 hundred of Cohen near Penong. At an anual rent of just under 18 pounds his holding amounted to 5647 acres but about 1000 was later sold to Blakiston & Arthur SHIPARD. The story of the move to Penong is told in the following account by Joe's daughter, Maud, who was 6 years of age at the time.

Written by Hilda Maud HELBERG nee EDWARDS

It was in January 1892 when my parents decided to leave their small section on Yorke Peninsula to go on to a large selection on Upper Eyre Peninsula. We were all happy and excited. Before leaving we had a sale. The notice read, "Clearing sale of Joseph Edwards". This was exciting to we children, we had never had a sale before. After the sale we were all up early to make a start. There were six of we children including our baby sister Myrtle who was only six weeks old. After two or three days with relations we boarded our chartered sailing ketch. We were tossed with all winds for three weeks. One of our horses died and had to be buried at sea. That left us only three of the four much needed horses. Finally we arrived at Fowlers Bay. The jetty was not then built so a sailor with a boat took a few of our goods ashore at a time. My father led a horse at a time behind the boat. It was a long swim for them. I came while father led Diamond. She pawed to get into the boat, my father had to slap her head to make her keep back, I could see the danger and was terrified. On landing we had our first meeting with the natives, there were several hundred on the beach. They were friendly and loved our little baby sister so we loved them.

As we left Fowlers Bay for our selection a man called out to my father "Look out for the camels tonight !". I was terrified thinking we might be eaten up by big camels. In later years I understood that it was a warning to watch the horses. Horses are terrified of camels and if they had broken their tether ropes with fright they culd have gone for miles into the bush. Our first night out was an anxious one for my parents but by the second night we were away from the camels (Camel teams carted goods to the goldfields at Tarcoola). By the third night we were sleeping on our very own selection. We were happy to be there and were happy together there for many years. The block was uncleared. I can still hear the ring of my father's axe as he chopped down the first tree. It seemed a big undertaking.

My father put up three iron rooms to which he added later.

The land had some grass plains. On these our horses grew fat. My father made a plough from a forked tree which he crossed with heavy logs. Into these he bolted spikes. We all helped clear the bushes and trees to make a plain into a square paddock. Father had a light iron basket hanging from a strap around his neck and shoulders and in this he had his seed wheat. From this he would throw a handful of wheat, first to the right, then to the left. He would do this for half a day then after a midday dinner he would plough it in. He planted nearly a thousand acres in this way and we had a really good crop. Water shortage was always the problem, of course.

We had wonderful neighbours. Mr Murray lent us a quiet school pony. School was held in his Woolshed.

Mrs Rickaby would send a free bottle of milk every day for our baby until we could get a house cow.

The little we had we all shared one with the other and thanked God that all the barrels of meal were not empty at the same time.

Joe and his family lived for about six weeks in the Woolshed of Mr A.B.C. MURRAY at Penong while their house was being built. George MURRAY of Yalata Station also loaned Joe two horses to help with his first seeding.

In 1898 Joe and his family had to leave the West Coast, journeying overland back to Kulpara. In September 1900 the family returned overland to the West Coast, the drought having broken. During this journey they came to a wayside dam one night, man and beast so thirsty that the decaying carcass of a beast on one side of the pool didn't deter them from boiling and drinking the water on the opposite side.

Joe was a member of the local Agricultural Bureau on the West Coast and was strongly in favour of rotation and fallowing. The Bureau had a meeting at his homestead in August 1908, inspecting the garden and crops and finding everything in a flourishing condition. In late 1910 Joe's original home was replaced by a large stone homestead built by Mr WEISE of Gawler which the family named "Somerset House".

Joe's wife Annie was a strict Methodist, on Sunday, newspapers were not allowed to be read, children only allowed to play with dolls and only necessary farm work allowed. She lived for the church and her garden. She always had a beautiful flower garden. Annie also had a gift and talent for crochet, she was most patient and taught her grandchildren the craft.

On 5th May 1912 Joe passed away at "Somerset House" at the age of 57 years. He had been ill for some time with T.B. which he is thought to have caught on a long ketch trip to Adelaide while tending a man who had it. Joe, like his wife, was also a hard worker for the Methodist Church. He was a trustee of the Methodist Parsonage built at Penong in 1902. However, he hadn't lived long enough to see the building of the church completed later in 1912.

Annie continued to live at "Somerset House" and died on 7th August 1936 at the age of 81.

Reminisces of my childhood, Phyllis A. HELBERG 1911-1978 Extract

"All the families would gather at grandmothers, Somerset House for Christmas. The huge range oven came into its own. The star item was a suckling pig roasted golden brown with an apple in its mouth. Fowls and geese, home cured hams, cakes and puddings. The Edwards girls certainly knew their culinary arts. The men carved the meat, the women served the veg from great bowls and piping hot gravy completed the serve. The family stood and sang their grace with sincerity. The meal continued through to the pudding dotted with silver coins and charms. After dinner, while the women cleared away, the men played quoits, darts or roller skating. After tea there would be a sing song around the organ".

Parents: Thomas EDWARDS and Anne MILLARD.

Spouse: Annie PHILBEY. Annie PHILBEY and Joseph Millard EDWARDS were married on 11 June 1879 in Kulpara. S Australia. Children were: Thomas George EDWARDS, Florence May EDWARDS, Hilda Maud EDWARDS, Bertram EDWARDS, Matilda EDWARDS, Olive Myrtle EDWARDS, Henry Francis EDWARDS, Gladys Rubina EDWARDS.

Spouse: Elsie Elizabeth BUTLER. Children were: Raymond EDWARDS, Joyce EDWARDS.

Spouse: Elsie Elizabeth BUTLER. Elsie Elizabeth BUTLER and Leonard Walter EDWARDS were married on 24 April 1926 in Portsmouth.¹