Elijah BRANFORD [852]

  General Notes:

1905 SA Death 311/200 BRANFORD Elijah S BRANFORD (S) Adelaide
Cemetery Clarendon Kangarilla BRANFORD Elijah undefined 1905; Born 5 Feb 1834

The South Australian Advertiser Friday 26 Apr 1878
The Middleton correspondent of the Southern- Argus, writing on April 24, says:-
. . . Mr. Elijah Branford, of Glengrove, near Kangarilla, informs us that he has a trellised vine of the Shiraz variety from which he has gathered during the present season 2,274 bunches of grapes. These have been converted into 44 gallons of wine, by no means an insignificant yield from a Shiraz vine, as this description is known to be a shy bearer. . . .

Observer Saturday 15 July 1905
Death Notice:
BRANFORD.-On the 10th July, at the Adelaide Hospital, Elijah Branford, aged 78 years. A colonist of over 55 years.

The Advertiser Tuesday 11 July 1905
Funeral Notice:
THE FRIENDS of the late Mr. ELIJAH BRANFORD, late of Kangarilla, are respectfully informed that his Funeral will leave his son's residence, Darlington (Sturt), on WEDNESDAY, at 11 a.m., for the Clarendon Cemetery, arriving at 2 p.m. Spencer & Branford, Undertakers, Darlington.

Elijah married Susanah LEWIS [826] [MRIN: 280], daughter of Joseph LEWIS [581] and Elizabeth NEWMAN [582], on 20 Apr 1852 in Wesleyan Church, Cherry Gardens, South Australia. (Susanah LEWIS [826] was born on 5 Feb 1834 in Burton Latimer, Nhants, England, baptised in 1834 in Burton Latimer Baptist Church, Nhants, England, died on 6 Feb 1885 in Kangarilla, South Australia and was buried in Clarendon, Kangarilla, South Australia.)

  Marriage Notes:

1852 SA Marriage 10/206 BRANFORD Elijah LEWIS Susannah Adelaide