Alfred Lawrence HUGHES [247]

  General Notes:

SA Births 1867 59/597 HUGHES Alfred Lawrence John HUGHES Elizabeth HILLMAN, Nairne
SA Deaths 1959 888/1562 HUGHES Alfred Lawrence Clare

Willowie Cemetery: Burial Register HUGHES Alfred Lawrence 91y; Row 1, Plot 9

Occupation: farmer - Willowie, Tintinara, Wilmington, Clare, SA

The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 - 1954) Thu 11 Mar 1937
Father And Son Fined For Assault
WILMINGTON, March 10. In the Magistrates Court, before Mr. Coventry. S.M. Frank Starkey, grazier, of Wilmington and his son, Bertram Clarence Starkey, were each charged with having assaulted Alfred Lawrence Hughes, farmer and district ranger, of Wilmington. Mr. W. C. Beerworth, of Port Augusta, appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. F. Adams, of Peterborough, for the defendants. Evidence was given by Hughes and his son. and Dr. R. J. Last, of Booleroo. Both defendants gave evidence on oath and denied the charges. They were found guilty, and Frank Starkey was ordered to pay £5 7/ in a fine and costs. Bertram Clarence Starkey was fined £3, and ordered to pay costs £4 3/. medical expenses £4 7/, and compensation £5, in default imprisonment for a month.

Chronicle (Adelaide, SA : 1895 - 1954) Thu 18 Mar 1937
Father And Son Fined
At Wilmington last week Frank Starkey, grazier, of Wilmington, and his son, Bertram Clarence Starkey, were each charged with having as saulted Alfred Lawrence Hughes, farmer and district ranger, of Wilmington. Frank Starkey was ordered to pay £5 7/ in a fine and costs. Bertram Clarence Starkey was fined £3, and ordered to pay costs £4 3/, medical expenses £4 7/, and compensation £5, in default imprisonment for a month.

  Other Records

• Boothbys South Australian Directory: asst station manager, 1900, Kadina, South Australia.

• Boothbys South Australian Directory: Farmer, 1905, Booleroo, South Australia.

• Australian Electoral Roll 1903-1980: farmer, 1939, Wilmington, South Australia.

• Australian Electoral Roll 1903-1980: farmer, 1941, Wilmington, South Australia.

• Australian Electoral Roll 1903-1980: farmer, 1943, Wilmington, South Australia.

• Alfred Lawrence & Catherine Sabina Hughes: Headstone, 1959, Willowie Cemetery, South Australia.
(Image courtesy Australian Cemeteries)

• Alf Hughes: Ruins, 1996, Willowie Homestead. (Image Courtesy of Marion Buckley)

• Alf Hughes: Ruins, as at 1996, Willowie Homestead photograph inscription. (Image Courtesy of Marion Buckley)

Alfred married Catherine Sabina PROSSER [161] [MRIN: 60], daughter of William James PROSSER [1771] and Mary Ann JONES [5212], on 2 Jun 1892 in Res of brides father, Booleroo, South Australia. (Catherine Sabina PROSSER [161] was born on 24 Mar 1868 in Scott's Creek, South Australia, died on 28 May 1904 in Booleroo, South Australia and was buried on 29 May 1904 in Willowie Cemetery, South Australia.). The cause of her death was puerperal septicaemia, pneumonia.

  Marriage Notes:

1892 SA Marriages 171/874 HUGHES Alfred Lawrence PROSSER Catherine Sabina, Frome

Alfred next married Ethel Blanche Watts HERON [388] [MRIN: 137], daughter of John HERON [1113] and Sarah Anne SAUNDERS [1114], on 28 Feb 1905 in Methodist Parsonage Melrose South Australia. (Ethel Blanche Watts HERON [388] was born on 2 Jun 1887 in Wilmington, South Australia, died on 14 Aug 1936 in Booleroo Centre, South Australia and was buried in Wilmington Cemetery, South Australia.). The cause of her death was carcinoma of the breast 2 yrs, secondry deposits in vertebrae & lungs 6 mths.

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Alf & Blanche Hughes (nee Heron): Wedding, 1905, Studio. (Images Courtesy of Marion Buckley)

• Alf & Blanche Hughes (nee Heron): Wedding, 1905, Dorse Inscription. (Images Courtesy of Marion Buckley)

  Marriage Notes:

1905 SA Marr 222/858 HUGHES Alfred Lawrence HERON Ethel Blanche Watts Frome