George Robert II HUGHES [240]

  General Notes:

1837 UK Birth Registration: Tadcaster in the District of Brabham, nr Boston Spa. (see Certificate in photo gallery)

Arrived in South Australia 16 Nov 1840 with parents on Diadem


SAGHS Death Registrations database
Surname:HUGHES
First Names:George Robert
Death Date:11-Nov-1921
Age:82
Gender:M
Marital Status:M
Place of Death:Eastwood
Residence:Eastwood
District:Norwood
Book/Page:450/305


The Register Monday 14 November 1921
DEATH NOTICE
HUGHES.- On the 11th November, as his Residence, Eastwood terrace, Eastwood, George Robert, beloved husband of Mary Hughes, in his 83rd year. Arrived in ship Diadem, 1840.


SAGHS Cemetery database
Surname:HUGHES
First Names:George Robert
Death Date:11-Nov-1921
Burial Date:Not Recorded
Age:83
Cemetery:Walkerville Wesleyan
Relations:Husband of Mary
Source:Memorial Inscription

Buried: Walkerville Cemetery, Block 416, Page 325.
Inscription: Walkerville Wesleyan HUGHES George Robert 83y 1921; husband of Mary


The Advertiser Wednesday 28 November 1906
THE COLONEL LIGHT STATUE.
UNVEILING CEREMONY, AN IMMENSE GATHERING.
In the presence of a huge crowd, which overflowed into Flinders-street on the one side and into Franklin street on the other, the statue of Colonel Light, situated near the Post office corner, King William-street, was unveiled by his Excellency the Governor on Tuesday morning. The occasion was one of singular interest, and led to the foregathering of a large number of pioneers, who assembled to do honor to the memory of the distinguished founder of the city. There were nonagenarians, and octogenarians, whose presence lent to the gathering a flavoring of the past. Several of them remembered Colonel Light in the flesh, and brought with them memories rich with the spoils of the last three generations. . . . Mr George R. Hughes, North Unley, arrived in 1840. . .

The Advertiser Wednesday 29 December 1909
THE ROLL CALL
The roll call was as usual signed by a large number of pioneers. Those who arrived in the years from 1836 to 1840 inclusive are given below:-
. . . G.R. Hughes, Diadem. . . .

The Register, Thursday 29 December 1910
THE ROLL CALL.
A large number of old colonists signed the roll call. We give the names recorded on Wednesday at the celebration of the pioneers of the years 1836 to 1840, both inclusive:-
. . . G.R. Hughes, Diadem . . .

The Register, Friday 29 December 1911
THE ROLL-CALL.
Many pioneers signed the roll. The following list of names includes those of veterans of the years 1836 to 1840 inclusive, who were present at the celebrations on Thursday and recorded their names:
. . . G.R. Hughes, Diadem . . .

The Register, Saturday 29 December 1917
RECEPTION AND ROLL-CALL.
At noon the old colonists were received by the Major, of Glenelg (Mr. John Mack) and His Excellency the Governor) in the Mayor's parlour. Thence they proceeded, the men to the luncheon upstairs, and the women to a less formal meal on the ground floor. The names of the following pioneers, who arrived, or were born, an the State up to and including 1840, were entered on the record of attendances-
. . . Mr G.R. Hughes, Diadem . . .

  Other Records

• Boothbys South Australian Directory, 1876, Childer Street, North Adelaide, South Australia.

• Boothbys South Australian Directory, 1877, Childer Street, North Adelaide, South Australia.

• Boothbys South Australian Directory, 1878, Childer Street, North Adelaide, South Australia.

• Boothbys South Australian Directory, 1879, Childer Street, North Adelaide, South Australia.

• Boothbys South Australian Directory: sawyer, 1884, Margaret st, North Adelaide.

• Boothbys South Australian Directory: sawyer, 1885, Margaret st, North Adelaide.

• Boothbys South Australian Directory: sawyer, 1886, Margaret st, North Adelaide.

• Boothbys South Australian Directory: forman, timberyard, 1890, Tynte st, North Adelaide.

• Boothbys South Australian Directory: forman, timberyard, 1896, Tynte st, North Adelaide.

• Boothbys South Australian Directory: Forman timberyard, 1890, 24 Kermode st, North Adelaide.

• Boothbys South Australian Directory: Forman timberyard, 1905, 24 Kermode st, North Adelaide.

• Resided: at death, 1921, Eastwood, Adelaide, South Australia.

George married Mary FISHER [284] [MRIN: 92], daughter of George FISHER [1099] and Eleanor TUCKER [7072], on 28 Feb 1874 in Res of Joseph Hughes, Prospect, Adelaide, S.A. (Mary FISHER [284] was born on 1 Nov 1851 in Norwood, Adelaide, South Australia, died on 16 May 1940 in Westbourne Park, South Australia and was buried on 17 May 1940 in Walkerville Cemetery, South Australia.)

  Marriage Notes:

1874 SA Marriage 98/559 HUGHES George R FISHER Mary, Adelaide

South Australian Register Tuesday 3 Mar 1874
Marriage Notice:
HUGHES-FISHER-On the 28th February, at the house of Mr. Joseph Hughes, Prospect, by the Rev. Thomas Lloyd, George Robert, son of the late Mr. Hughes, of North Adelaide, to Mary, daughter of Mr. George Fisher, of Bagot's Well.