Leonard HILLMAN [17954]

  General Notes:

(Early details of Leonard Hillman noted on Ancestry - Foote Family Tree)


SAGHS Ship passenger arrivals in SA
Surname:HILLMAN
Given Names:Leonard
Source:Free Passage to Paradise?
Notes:ApplicationNo=3654.


SAGHS Death Registrations database
Surname:HILLMAN
First Names:Leonard
Death Date:30-Sep-1910
Age:73
Gender:M
Marital Status:M
Place of Death:Callington
Residence:Callington
Relative:Walter John HILLMAN (S)
District:Nairne
Book/Page:352/55

  Research Notes:

The Mount Barker Courier and Onkaparinga and Gumeracha Advertiser (SA : 1880 - 1954) Fri 7 Oct 1910
OBITUARY
An old resident of Callington in the person of Mr. Leonard Hillman passed away last Friday night at the age of 75 years. He leaves a widow and grown-up family.


https://localwiki.org/adelaide-hills/Hillman%2C_John_%26_his_descendants
. . . . .
Leonard, the sixth son of John & Johannah, was born at Holdfast Bay on 19th October 1837, the first truly Australian Hillman in this family. As a young lad, he grew up around his father's timber cutting concern at Hay Valley, and worked for a while in the saw pits that John had constructed on his land there. In 1866 he married Susan Cock, daughter of William Cock and Mary George, at St James' Church, Blakiston. Leonard & Susan lived in the Native Valley area for a few more years before moving to Moonta in the mid-1870's, and then to Karkarilla in the mid-1880's before returning to the Kanmantoo/Callington area in 1888, where they set up home in the old Police Station house. Leonard died at Callington in 1910, but Susan lived on for another 24 years - she died at Callington in October 1934, and she was buried in the cemetery there on the 98th anniversary of her husband's family arriving in Australia. There were 7 children in their family - Charlotte Victoria, Elizabeth Jane, Selina, Alice Maude, William Leonard, Walter John and a still born son. Their son Walter John grew up at Callington, and spent his time working in the copper mines there, and on the railways for a time. Eventually, Walter married Hannah Elizabeth Morley, the daughter of Charles Henry Stevens and Mary Ann Morley, of Mt Barker, and moved to Littlehampton to live. Walter and Elizabeth had a daughter named Kathleen Millicent Hillman, who would grow up to marry a man with same surname as her own - Albert Ernest Fuller Hillman. Leonard & Susan Hillman were my great-great-grandparents, and Walter & Elizabeth were my great-grandparents.
Bert and Kath Hillman were married in Adelaide at the Registry office in February 1932. They made their home at Mt Barker and had four daughters and a stillborn son. Their daughters were Lorraine, Jennifer, Margaret and Pauline. Bert joined the army in WWII, and served in the middle east at Tobruk and El Alamein. On his return, he worked in a number of jobs including milkman, night cart driver, bottle collector and saw miller. Later, he became the town gardener at Mt Barker. Kath died at Mt Barker in 1971 and Bert in 1994. These were my grandparent.

Leonard married Susan COCK [18034] [MRIN: 6654] on 6 Mar 1866 in St James Church, Blakiston, South Australia. (Susan COCK [18034] was born circa 1837 and was buried on 17 Oct 1934 in Callington Methodist Cemetery, South Australia.)

  Marriage Notes:

SAGHS Marriage Registrations database
Groom Surname:HILLMAN
Groom Given Names:Leonard
Bride Surname:COCK
Bride Given Names:Susan
Marriage Date:06-Mar-1866
Marriage Place:St James Church Blakiston
Groom Age:FL
Groom Marital Status:N
Groom Father:John HILLMAN
Bride Age:FL
Bride Marital Status:N
Bride Father:William COCK
District:Mount Barker
Book/Page:66/130