Elijah BROADBENT [1978]

  General Notes:

Arrived Colony 24 Dec 1836 in Buffalo

1896 SA Death 233/208 BROADBENT Elijah undefined Morphett Vale

Cherry Gardens General Cemetery: BROADBENT Elijah undefined 1896 (Headstone hard to read)


The South Australian Advertiser Monday 22 August 1859
CLARENDON.
Monday, August 15.
Present-The Chairman, and Messrs. Thorpe, Hart, and Broadbent
Report of Mr. Woodgate read, respecting road from Chandler's Hill through Clarendon. The clerk to write to Mr. Woodgate.
List of Constables:- George Usher, Kangarilla; William Cox, Clarendon ; Hugh Sinclar, O'Halloran Hill; and Elijah Broadbent, Cherry Gardens.
Resolved, that by next meeting of Council each Councillor make out a list of the most urgent works in his own locality.
Orders mode for opening roads through Sections 26 and 27; also, through Sections 130, known as Ward's; also, through section at foot of Flagstaff-hill.
Dr. Motherall appointed Medical Practitioner for the poor for the year ending June I860.
Sums were passed for payment amounting to 24/. 4s.


South Australian Register (Adelaide) Wednesday 4 July 1860
CLARENDON, JULY 2.
Meeting for election of Councillors and Auditors-
Wm. H. Hamilton, Chairman of the District, in the chair. During the hour ten candidates were duly proposed and seconded. A poll having been demanded, resulted as follows, viz.:-Elijah Broadbent, 58 votes; Thomas Wright, 59 do.; J. P. Chapman, 49 do.; A. F. Lloyd, 34 do.; Thomas Matthews, 23 do.; Dr. Montgomery, 22 do.; Seth Hart, 13 do.; John White, 6 do.; John Spencer, 1 do.; Joseph Hardy, 0.
The Chairman, after the scrutiny of the voting-papers, declared Messrs. Broadbent, Wright, and Chapman duly elected District Councillors, and F. Hood and E. M. Kernott Auditors for the ensuing year.
This was the most exciting contest for the election of Councillors since the district has been formed.


South Australian Chronicle and Weekly Mail Saturday 14 December 1878
COROMANDEL VALLEY, Dec. 10.
On Sunday and Monday, December 8th and 9th, anniversary services were held in connection with the Wesleyan Church, in this place. On Sunday sermons were preached by the Rev. George Lee, minister of the circuit, to large congregations. On Monday tea and public meetings were held. Mr. Elijah Broadbent presided at the latter. Addresses were given by Mr. John Broadbent, Mr. Turner, Sen., Mr. E. Shepley, and the Rev, George Lee. Several capital selections of music were rendered by the choir, Miss Bartleet presiding at the harmonium. The proceeds of the anniversary were £20, thus reducing a debt of £80 to £60. - The hay crop has been gathered, and the yield is considerably less than last year. Early potatoes are turning out pretty well. Peas have been light. The fruit crop is not at all large, although cherries and gooseberries are goad. Large quantities of fruit are taken in daily at Messrs. Murray's jam and biscuit factory, and converted into jam. The proprietors have added two large copper jam boilers this season. Something over 300 tons of excellent, jam were made last season, and then it was found difficult to supply all the orders.


Southern Argus (Port Elliot) Thursday 2 December 1880
Country Intelligence
(From our own Correspondents.)
Meadows, November 24
The Wesleyans of Prospect Hill celebrated their chapel anniversary on the 21st and 22nd inst. Mr. P. C. Thomas conducted the Sunday services. On Monday the usual tea was followed by a public meeting (Mr. W. Hubble, of Dashwood's Gully, in the chair). The meeting was also addressed by Messrs. G. Griggs (the Treasurer), John and Elijah Broadbent, and the Rev, P. C. Thomas. The Treasurer's report showed a debt on the chapel of about £30, which, considering that a nice shed has been erected during the year and paid for, is considered very good. All the services were greatly enlivened by some nice pieces sung by the choir, led by Miss Neil with the organ. The total proceeds of the anniversary was about £8. After the usual votes of thanks, the meeting broke up at an early hour. Nice showers have fallen.


The South Register Friday 25 November 1881
AGRICULTURAL LAND SELECTIONS.
The following selections were made at the Land Office during the week ended Thursday, November 24, inclusive , with 10 per cent deposit:-
At £1 per acre.
Hundred of Kulpara, County Daly - Section 74, 203 acres, John Anderson, of South Hummocks, farmer.
Hundred of Winninonie, County Frome- Section 54b, 01 Francis Hannon.
Hundred of Eurilpa, County Granville-Section 125, 432 acres, Henry Wedge Jago; Section 163, 44 acres, William Lewis.
Hundred of Hawker, County Jervois -Section 235, 311 acres, Joseph Kilaway, of Franklin Harbor, Farmer.
Hundred of Parnaroo, County Kimberley- Section 139 and 142, 872 acres, William Neil of Hallett, Farmer.
Hundred of Carribie, County Fergusson- Section 111, 271 acres, William Walter Butt Glover, of Para Wurlie, Farmer.
Hundred of Coglin, County Herbert-Section 162s, 201 acres, Earnest Resaler, of Morgan, farmer.
Hundred of Colton, County Musgrave-Section 97, 380 acres, Anne Field Broadbent, of Cherry Gardens, Spinster.
Hundreds of Colton and Talia, County Musgrave Section 98 and 176, 905 acres, Elijah Broadbent, of Cherry Gardens, Grazier.
Hundred of Napperby, County Victoria- Section 307, 630 acres, John Young, of Port Pirie, farmer.


The Advertiser Tuesday 25 February 1896
DEATH
BROADBENT. -On the 23rd February, at Cherry Gardens, Elijah , beloved husband of Mary Broadbent, aged 65 year. Asleep in Christ.


Newspaper Reports of South Australia Early Pioneers:

Chronicle(Adelaide) Saturday 21 August 1909
COROMANDEL VALLEY METHODIST JUBILEE.
BLACKWOOD, August 10.-The jubilee of the Coromandel Valley Methodist Church was celebrated on Sunday, that being the exact date upon which the church was opened for divine service. The Rev. P. C. Thomas preached morning and evening to crowded congregations, and in the afternoon Mr. J. W. Dall took the service. Mr. Thomas being the oldest minister who had officiated at the church, and Mr. Dall the oldest local preacher. Special music was rendered by the choir, under the direction of Mr. W. H. Wickens, while Miss C. Nicolle officiated at the organ. On Monday there was a large attendance at the tea, find in the evening a crowded public meeting was held. The Rev. W. T. Wiltshire (circuit minister), in introducing Mr. Scriven, of Orroroo as chairman, remarked that Mr. Scriven had been one of the earliest Sunday-school scholars of the Coromandel Church, Mr. M. H. Wickens read the resume of the church's history, which is closely inter Woven with that of the district. Addresses were delivered by the Rev. R. McCullugh (Baptist), Rev. P. 0, Thomas, and the President of the Methodist Conference (Rev. W. G. Clarke), who said he had discovered that his birthday was the exact date of the laying of the foundation-stone of the church on March 17, 1859. The church treasurer (Mr. G. P. Dall) stated that in celebration of the jubilee over £50 had been expended in a new fence, alterations to stables, &c, and towards that sum self-denial boxes had yielded £13, which added to Sunday's collections and proceeds of tea left a debit balance of £20.
Coromandel Valley obtained its name from two sailors, who had run away from the ship Coromandel, which touched these shores somewhere in the early forties. These two sailors swung their hammocks at (what is now called Dall's Run. For some years there were no church services. In 1850 Mr. T. Matthews gave the land now used as a cemetery, and money was raised by subscription for a schoolhouse, the building to be used on Sundays for divine worship by any Protestant denomination. Mr. (Watt, a school teacher, who had been a Congregational minister, used to hold one service in the school each Sunday, and the Wesleyans another, but for some reason the Wesleyans again took to holding their services in private buildings, and Mr. Shepley's store-room was next chosen. This was situated in the paddock now held by Mr. O. Winn, a few hundred yards from this building. The first ministers came from the Willunga circuit, but on April 3, 1855, the first quarterly meeting of the new Clarendon circuit was held. At the fifteenth quarterly, meeting, held at Mr. H. Field's house, Cherry Gardens, in October, 1858, the following re solution was passed: - Moved by Mr. E. Burgess, and seconded by Mr. E. Broadbent - ''That the friends at Coromandel Valley have the consent of this meeting to (build a neat chapel free from debt.
The foundation-stone of this 'neat chapel' was laid on March 17, 1859, by Mrs. Wilson, wife of the Rev. M. Wilson, the minister of the circuit, and the building was opened on August 8 of the same year.
A circuit plan is in the hands of Mr. Wickens, dated November, 1856, to January, 1857, which shows that a Sunday evening service was held at 6 o'clock, and a week-night service at 7 o'clock, on Tuesdays. On it the name of the Rev. Nathaniel Bennett appears, as well as those of Messrs. John and Elijah Broadbent, Chapman, Thorpe, and Hardy.
Among the ministers who have officiated in the church are the following: -Revs. M. Wilson, W. M. Bennett, P. R. C. Ussher, J. Dunn, James Allen, W. S. Worth, J. Spence, J. Nicholson, G. Lee, J. W. Mouland, A. Stubbs, W. A. Potts, W. B. Mather, A. J. Bogle, James Read, W. J. Mortimer, Jas. Haslam. T. E. Thomas, M.A., Isaac Rooney, George Hall, John Blackett, H. T. Burgess, and J. J. Nicholls, in addition to the three representatives on the platform that night, Revs. W. G. Clarke (President of the Conference), P. C. Thomas, and W. T. Wiltshire. In the early days the best-known local preachers were Messrs. Jeremiah Morphett, Charles and John Thorpe, John and Elijah Broadbent, T. Hart, J. P. Chapman, John Carr, John Dall, and Richard Fox.
There is no record as to who was the first superintendent of the Sunday school, but in about 1862 Messrs. Robinson and Robert Dall used to act alternately, and prior to this Mr. Turner had acted. The music in the earliest days was entirely vocal, and the tunes were raised with the aid of a tuning-fork by Mr. Wm. Hill, who also was the first instrumentalist, as a little later an accordeon played by him started and led the singing. One of his decendants still helps in the choir.


Observer (Adelaide) Saturday 27 February 1926
Outstanding Pioneers.
Pioneer home missionaries who have done valuable work include the late Messrs. Elijah Broadbent and Longmore, and Mr. Samuel Campbell, who for 13 years has been in charge of the Great Northern Mission, stretching from Quorn onwards, and which necessitates travelling hundreds of miles. I have met this gentleman in the far north, where he is very greatly respected for "his work's sake." He is now supplied with a motor car. Mr. J. F. Millington is another home; missionary with an excellent record, who has now retired from active work. The young men of the home mission fields today are worthy successore of these grand pioneers.


Chronicle (Adelaide) Thursday 4 August 1932
Real Life Stories of South Australia
Encounter With Natives. -
Many years ago my father, Elijah Broadbent, and his brother, Luke Hosken (likely brother-in-law), went to the West Coast in search of land. They took rations enough to last a few weeks, packed in a dray. They made a camp near Chandida, and put up a tent where the scrub was not thick, as the natives were treacherous and wild. They would sooner kill, cook and eat a white man than kangaroo or any other marsupial. In fact, 'white man' was considered to be a great delicacy. After the men had finished making camp, Broadbent went for a walk. When he had gone about a mile he sighted a mob of natives, making and sharpening spears. They could not possibly have seen him, because the scrub was so dense. But he knew their wonderful sense of hearing and smell, so he stopped dead. Deeming it wise to make a hasty retreat, he said, 'Now, good legs, run.' But before he had gone half a mile, he could hear the cracking of sticks behind him and a very loud shout, like 'Whoop.' This whoop meant stop. He knew that they always carried spears, and if he did not stop they would spear him, and the spear might be poisoned. A moment later he felt their heavy breathing upon him. It felt like engines pouring steam on his back. This was the time to turn, so he stopped and faced round, to find himself gazing at the biggest giant he had ever seen, accompanied by another shorter one. Both were out of breath. Broadbent demanded, 'What you want?' After they had regained their breath, the giant exclaimed, 'Which way wheelbarrow sit down?' (Wheelbarrow meant dray or cart.) My father answered, 'You go ahead, I follow.' He knew one should never let a native get behind him. When they reached the camp about 18 more natives had arrived. They demanded tea, sugar and baccy, which they were given. But as they would have taken all the stores, my uncle and father had to show them their firearms.- 'Ethel Wynne,' Paskeville. (Ethelwin Meier, daughter of Elijah)


The Advertiser Thursday 31 December 1936
Pioneer's Descendants
An old pioneer, Elijah Broadbent, who came out in the ship Buffalo in 1836, and settled in Cherry Gardens, has left many descendants. There are living five daughters. Mrs. F. Jacobs, of Wandearah: Mrs. T. Jacobs, of Cherry Gardens; Mrs. R. Streeter, of Plympton; Mrs. J. Choat of Plympton; and Mrs. G. Meier of Paskeville. The only son and brother died on August 27, 1936. There are respectively 33 grandchildren, 103 great-grand children, and 13 great-great-grand children. Seven of the mentioned are greatgrand children to Mrs E. Jacob, and six are great grand children to Mrs T. Jacobs, and grandchildren to Mr. C. A Morgan, of Ironbank. All daughters and numerous other relatives were present at "A Back to Cherry Gardens Celebration" held recently. A descendent has donated a Bible, the original of which was brought out to Australia by her grandfather, Isaac Jacobs, who sailed in the ship John Renwick in 1837.

  Research Notes:

Image courtesy Donnell Family Album/Ancestry

Elijah married Caroline FIELD [408] [MRIN: 173], daughter of Henry FIELD [5199] and Ann DAWES [5200], in 1852. (Caroline FIELD [408] was born on 4 May 1834 in Kent, England and died on 3 Mar 1872 in Cherry Gardens, South Australia.)

Elijah next married Mary HOOPER [3188] [MRIN: 1032], daughter of James HOOPER [3190] and Unknown, on 19 Feb 1873 in Residence of W Hooper, Adelaide. (Mary HOOPER [3188] was born on 22 Dec 1833 in Clerkenwell, London, Middlesex, England, died on 9 Dec 1913 in "Cocoanut" Paskeville, South Australia and was buried in St Pauls Lutheran Cemetery, Tiparra, South Australia.)