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SAMUEL KITTO
The first Kitto of my family to
arrive in
His origins are from Breage in
OTHER MIGRATING KITTO FAMILIES
Migrating into
James
KITTO (1817‑1876), a Methodist from Breage in
"
Joseph William KITTO (1841‑1930), arrival unknown, but quite
likely through
1865, as he is a brother of my Samuel.[5]
William KITTO (1839‑), from
The
children of John Middleton KITTO of Redruth who were
·
Richard KITTO to (1843‑1868) from Redruth
and his brothers and sister
·
Robert Kent KITTO (1844‑1925), Methodists
from Redruth in
SA. 1865 on the "
·
Thomas Collingwood KITTO (1835‑1909) from
Redruth who arrived via Victoria and sister
·
Mary Ann KITTO (1837‑1902) from Redruth
who arrived in SA married to J.O. Tiddy[6]
Edward KITTO (1837‑1894) a miner from Redruth not related to those
four above, who arrived about 1870
and moved to Moonta Mines.[7]
The James KITTO from Breage and Jenifer (nee SINCOCK) eventually had eleven
children and there were 37 grandchildren in the next generation, of which
twelve were males, so the largest proportion of Protestant Kittos
in South Australia are their descendants, but not all. In Western Australia, my grandfather pointed
out a Kitto family with a "Deli" in the Subiaco/Daglish area opposite
the Railway Station, as being second or third cousins to himself. These Subiaco
Kittos were possibly the children of Benjamin Kitto
of Gumeracha, one of Samuel’s sons or from this other
Breage family. Another WA farming family in Cunderdin are descended through John Bevan KITTO and James
Adams KITTO, sons of James and Jenifer of Breage.
Both Thomas Collingwood and
Robert Kent KITTO, sons of John Middleton KITTO, were miners from Redruth in
Another Moonta
family is that of Edward KITTO and Grace (nee THOMAS). He was also a miner, with his father being
Edward a miner from Tuckingmill / Redriver
in
Joseph Williams KITTO was the
brother of my Samuel, born on
SAMUEL AND MARY (nee WILLIAMS) OF BREAGE
The earliest of my own Kitto
family so far confirmed back in Breage is another
Samuel KITTO of Breage,
·
Samuel born about 1795
·
William baptised on
·
James baptised on
·
Mary baptised on
WILLIAM AND ELIZABETH (nee TREMBATH) OF BREAGE
This son William continues my
Kitto ancestry. He was a mason of Ashton
in Breage when he was married to Elizabeth TREMBATH
on
On
“Part of the field allotted to lessee where he has erected dwelling house and enclosed garden, extending about 190 feet from the turnpike road into the field, being part of Calebnas tenement near Breage Vicarage, late occ William LIMBRAY.”
The lease was for 15 shillings
annual rent for 99 years or the duration of the lives of William, wife
Elizabeth and son Samuel. This is an
early mention of the land development in the location near the Breage Vicarage and the suburban settlement later called
Vicarage Row or Calebna Row grew from this field
development.[14]
From 1839 to 1841 the next two
children are quoted as born in Vicarage Row, and after that the development is
called
They raised a large family of 12
children[16]
·
William was baptised
on
·
Samuel was baptised on
·
William John
ORCHARD bp.
Samuel
Philip ORCHARD bp.
This
family arrived in
·
Jane was baptised on
·
John Trembath was baptised
on
·
James was baptised on
·
Mary was baptised on
·
Benedict was baptised
on
·
Joseph William was born and registered as Joseph
Williams KITO but wrongly recorded when baptised as
John Williams KITTO of Vicarage Row, Breage, on the
17thJuly 1842.[18] He was always named as Joseph, and was an 18
year old mason living at home in 1861.
He left for
·
Mary Thomasina was baptised
on
·
Emily (twin) was baptised
on
·
Edward (twin) was baptised
on
At his death on the 30th May
1878, William’s residence was
SOUTH AUSTRALIAN FAMILIES
Following his arrival into
Samuel KITTO, aged about 25,
married in the Catholic Church in West Terrace,
THE McNAMARA FAMILY
The McNamaras
were a big Irish Family from
On the "William Stevenson" ex Liverpool, arriving from County
Clare on the 1st February 1855 was Anne McNAMARA, a
dressmaker (aged 38), Mary (aged 24) and Bridgette (aged 22), both domestic
servants and Stephen (aged 17), a labourer.[22] This was the second wave which contained
Ellen's mother Anne, two sisters and a brother. Mrs. Anne McNAMARA
at that time would have been aged close to 55, however, to meet the emigration
requirements of being under 40 gave her age as 38 for the shipping register.
A third wave of McNamaras is known to have followed with Patrick and
Michael, because, where the family settled in the Adelaide Hills, Patrick
appears often to sponsor the christening of children. There are several families of Patrick McNamaras and Michael McNamaras
in the local area but these haven't been confirmed yet as Ellen's
brothers. The most likely are the ones
who arrived on the “Utopia” ex
Liverpool, with Michael aged 16 and Patrick aged 14 arriving in
Of the McNamara Clan, Hanna's,
Bridget's and Michael’s marriages have yet to be found but the others all had
very large families.[23]
·
Hanna McNAMARA (1829-)
- family not yet traced
·
Mary McNAMARA (1831 ‑
·
Bridget McNAMARA
(1833-) - family not yet traced
·
James McNAMARA (1835‑1902)
married Catherine STANLEY (1832‑9 Aug 1919) at Mt Barker on
·
Ellen McNAMARA
(1837-1929) married Samuel KITTO
·
Stephen McNAMARA (1838‑27
Aug 1877) married Honora FLEMING (c1840-7Aug 1897) at Cudlee Creek on
·
Michael McNAMARA
(c1842)
·
Patrick McNAMARA
(1844-26 Sep 1887) didn’t marry. He was
a 32-year-old labourer of Saddleworth in 1873, and was a 43 year old single
coachman of Wright Street, when he died in Adelaide Hospital on
Add to these the suspected
families of Hanna, Bridget and Michael, this makes a very large clan around the
Gumeracha,
THE KITTO FAMILY
Samuel began his marriage to
Ellen McNamara as a mason in the
Here in
William
John born
Samuel (jnr) born
James born
Elizabeth
Ann born
Mary
Jane born
Ellen born 4 Feb 1866 (?)
Joseph born 4 Aug1866 died
Stephen
Edward born
Ellen born
Benjamin born
Emily
Hannah born
GUMERACHA
The Kitto family, because they
were so numerous and vigorous, had quite an effect on the growing farmland
district of Gumeracha.[31]
Sam took up the trade of
wheelwright, running his own business in Gumeracha
from 1885 and was much respected in the town for his ability, until he moved to
Port Germein in 1896, to join his eldest brother
William John. He had returned and was a wheelwright of Gumeracha
when he died in 1926, aged 77 years.
Jim took over the family farm,
farming in
In the commerce side Gumeracha was a growing fruit district. In about 1881 a venture to ship 200 cases of
fruit from half a dozen growers ‑ including Jim Kitto ‑ resulted in
a loss of 3 shillings and sixpence for every case shipped. This early setback was soon overcome, so now Gumeracha is prominent among the districts shipping
thousands of cases annually.[33]
Steve Kitto for sixteen years was
the Elder, Smith and Co. representative in Gumeracha,
and for some time also served on the Gumeracha School
Board. Ben Kitto was the Gumeracha butcher at the age of 19, until he later moved,
it is said, to
In the late 1890's the No.2
Company of the Mounted Rifles in
Jim was also in the first Gumeracha Football team that formed in the 1890's, with
also his younger brother Steve, aged about 25, and his cousin Tom HOLDEN. When the Gumeracha
Tennis Club was formed in about 1893, Sam and Steve Kitto, and their sister
Emily, were among the foundation members. When the Gumeracha
Institute outgrew its original 1864 premises the building committee to build
the new hall in 1907 included both Samuel Kitto (jnr)
and Stephen Kitto.
After their father died in Kenton
Valley on the 3rd of September 1883, aged 52 years, and was buried in the Gumeracha North Cemetery on the 5th September 1883,[36] the eldest child ‑ William John Kitto ‑
(so the story goes) argued with the rest of the family over the land, so a rift
developed, and the family divided up.[37] Samuel’s will dated
Samuel KITTO’s Children
WILLIAM JOHN KITTO
With the trade of Mason taught to
him by his father, William John Kitto left Gumeracha
around 1886 to live and work in Port Germein, a
thriving farmland and port to the north of Port Pirie.
These two towns ‑ Port
Pirie and Port Germein ‑ were competing to
become the major outlet of the "Mid North Region", so skilled
employment was needed. Each town set
about constructing both port facilities and a township. The Port Germein Jetty was at one stage the longest in
As a mason William John Kitto
built the "Port Germein Hotel", the Church
and had a hand in the construction of several other buildings about town.[40] He also took up land at Baroota,
about 12 kilometres north of Port Germein,
and like his father Samuel Kitto of Gumeracha later
eased out of his occupation of mason and into that of farmer.
William John Kitto married at the
age of 31 to Susan Elizabeth Orchard on
William and Susan's family were[42]
·
Joseph Frederick William Kitto born on
·
Eugene Samuel Kitto born on
·
Charles Albert Kitto born on
·
Ernest Orchard Kitto born on
·
Ellen Ethel Eleanor Kitto born on the 12th March
1899 and died on the 17th Jun 2005 at Glenrose Court in Adelaide
aged 106 years
·
Susan Elizabeth Kitto born on the 28th April
1904, and died on the 29th Oct 2006 at the St Martens Nursing Home
in Adelaide. (obit) aged 102 years.
When
SAMUEL KITTO (jnr)
As the drift in the family
continued, William John was joined in 1896 in Port Germein
by his younger brother Samuel. Samuel
had for several years practised the trade of
wheelwright in Gumeracha from 1885 to 1891 then as a
carpenter until 1895. He began in Port Germein as a
wheelwright and took up as a mason with (I presume) his brother's
guidance. He returned to Gumeracha to continue as a wheelwright and died on the 17th
March 1926, and was buried in
JAMES KITTO
Jim took over as the farmer in
the family, with the farm in
·
Mavis Gertrude KITTO born
·
Winifred Ellen KITTO born
·
Bessie Edith KITTO born
James died on 1st May
1933 aged 72 years and was buried in
JOSEPH KITTO
Young Joseph died on
STEVEN EDWARD KITTO
Steven stayed in Gumeracha as the representative of Elder, Smith and Co. and
raised a family of 5 girls and 7 boys.
He married in 1903 to Hedwig Marta (Hetti) KLOSTERMAN and there were 13
children.[49]
BENJAMIN KITTO
He was the butcher in Gumeracha between 1891 to 1896
EMILY HANNAH KITTO
Emily remained active in the
district for many years. She never
married and lived to the ripe old age of 89 years. She died in 1967 in the Home for the
Incurables in
Samuel KITTO’s Brothers
JAMES KITTO
James was the next eldest
surviving brother to Samuel, baptised on
BENEDICT KITTO
Benedict, brother to Samuel, was
born on
Benedict senior was the school
master at Germoe school from 1858 to 1862, and with
an interest more in metallurgy than teaching, turned to analytical
chemistry. He wrote “On Mineral Veins” a
paper in the Journal of the Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society in 1869[51], and
after some years as an analytical chemist he became the Chief Chemist and
Analyst for Rio Tinto Mining Company from 1882 to 1887. He took up private practice as a Consulting
Chemist in 1887, and by 1892 he was appointed the Public Analyst for
His two sons continued his
metallurgy business. William died in
JOSEPH WILLIAMS KITTO
Another brother to
Samuel was born in Breage,
He married on
Joseph was a builder and
contractor at Glenelg, Conwaytown and Port Augusta,
SA. In Port Augusta he was in charge of building the Public School, Town Hall,
Court House, National Bank, and the old Royal Hotel, and also built many other
public buildings around the State. He was a member of the Independent Order of
the Oddfellows and was also keenly interested in racing. He was a teetotaller, but very fond of his pipe, and was well liked
for his happy disposition. He was quoted as being hale and hearty on the Saturday
May 31st, his 89th birthday and expected to live for many
more years.
He died suddenly in his sleep on
EDWARD KITTO
Edward, a twin of Emily, was baptised on
Edward married in 1877 in Breage to Angeline ANDREWS, a 29 year old born around 1851
in
Some reports on
Edward’s activities from the Journals of the Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society
In
1900 "At the Annual Meeting a loyal address giving expression to the
sorrow felt at the death of their royal patroness, Her Majesty Queen Victoria,
and offering congratulations to His Majesty King Edward VII on his accession to
the throne, was adopted for presentation by the president, Dr. Gott, Bishop of
Truro. Mr Edward Kitto, the secretary, who attended the funeral on Saturday,
February 2nd, referred to the memorable occasion in the annual report as 'being
his sad privilege to witness that mournful yet imposing spectacle, and to join
with the teeming thousands who thronged the line of route, to show their
unspoken sorrow at the loss of their dearly beloved Queen, who had left amongst
her subjects an undying memory of a great life's task nobly accomplished.'"
1905 "At he Annual Meeting, held on the 5th of
February 1906, Mr. Edward Kitto was presented with an illuminated address, an
engrossed list of the contributors, and a cheque for Ł200. on his resignation
of the office of secretary. The testimonial (signed by the president) expressed
the grateful appreciation of the zeal and ability displayed, and of the
continuous devotion he had shown to the interests of the Society throughout the
thirty-six years he had been in office. He was appointed assistant secretary in
1869, sole secretary in 1873, and superintendent of the Observatory in
1883."
1914 "In order to make the Observatory suitable for the residence of an
Observer, the Committee purchased the bulk of Mr. Kitto's furniture, at a
valuation. They also presented him with a substantial sum and gave Mrs. Kitto
and Mr. Joshua Bath Phillips honoraria on the termination of their services on
Their daughter Caroline later
married in 1909 in
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WILLIAM JOHN KITTO'S CHILDREN
My grandfather was Joseph
Frederick William KITTO, or "Fred" as we all knew him, even down to
his youngest grandchild. Fred was born
on the 17th January 1891 [57] at Baroota in the Mid North of South Australia, and grew up in
Port Germein and Kensington,
He married a Victorian, whom he
met at a ball. Ethel Margaret MERRICK
was born on the 12th February 1894 [58] in Footscray, the daughter of James Bond Merrick, a potter of
Richmond, Victoria, and Margaret Mahony (or O'Mahoney as she called herself),
the daughter of an early convict. At the time of their marriage Fred was an
iron fitter residing in Park Road in Kensington Park, and Ethel was a machinist
residing at 10 East Parade in Kensington. Fred worked at a war reserved
industry so was not allowed to enlist.
They were married on the 31st
March 1915 [59]
at St Matthews Church, a little old bluestone church in Kensington, by the
reverend Robert W.G. Dempster, with witnesses Sam KITTO, carpenter of
Kensington Park, and Ruby WATTS, house duties of Sturt Street, Adelaide. While
they lived in The Parade in Norwood, Fred bought an old T-model Ford. Sometime
later he sold it to his cousin Clem, who re-bored the motor, cut the back from
it and made it into a buckboard vehicle.
Fred and Ethel had three
daughters, all born in Kensington.
·
Sylvia Maud KITTO born 18th October 1916 [60]
Kensington Gardens, SA.
·
Gwenneth Margaret KITTO born 16 April 1919 [61]
Kensington Park, SA
·
Josephine Ruth KITTO born 10 July 1925 [62] Shipsters Road, Kensington Park, SA
The two eldest, Sylvia and Gwen,
went to school in
Fred worked successfully as a
fitter and turner, and eventually retired as the works foreman for Joyce
Brothers, then a growing bedstead manufacturer, and who are now a major
furniture construction company.
The family residence was at 2
Florence Street, Cottesloe over the site that had previously supplied quarried
limestone to some of the constructions between Perth and Fremantle in the early
days of Western Australia.
When my parents were just married
they occupied the two back rooms of the house, one of which was partitioned and
set up with a stove and sink, and kitchen furniture in one half with beds in
the other. Another room was used later
when the family grew. The fridge was
shared by all.
I can remember being just five
years old when there was the excitement with the arrival of the new electric
fridge, an “English Electric”, which replaced the Coolgardie Safe. This meant that the iceman in his cold watery
green truck would no longer be one of the deliverers that us kids used to
welcome by getting in the road underfoot as great lumps of frozen water was
dumped into the top of the safe. This
new fridge was to be used by me later as a beer fridge in
We moved out to our own home when
I was six, leaving Fred and Grandma to their own house. But we were only a kilometre away, and every
Friday night went round there for a family roast dinner. Another excitement at the grandparent’s place
was the arrival of a brand-new TV in 1959, a beautiful 21 inch “Pye”, that Fred
bought for himself as a retirement present.
But it could only show us the test pattern for three or four weeks
because even the TV station had not begun full broadcasting then. We watched with eyes glued through the
teething troubles as TVW7 honed up their signals with several practice programs
before the official opening in 1959.
Fred and Ethel separated in their
later years through health reasons.
Ethel’s faculties deteriorated as senility set in, so was admitted to a
nursing home in
Fred died on 6th
September 1968 [63]
in Cottesloe, aged 77 years, four years before his wife Ethel who died on 22nd
March 1972 [64]
aged 80 years in the South Perth hostel. Their final resting place is together
in the Catholic section of
SAM:
Eugene Samuel KITTO, born at Port
Germein on the 6th October 1892 [65], was a
carpenter of Shipster's Road, Kensington Park when he
married on 16th June 1915 [66] in St
Matthew's Church, Kensington. He married Ruby Myrtle Watts. the 21-year-old
daughter of Herbert Hayden Watts and Elizabeth Trott of Stuart Street,
Adelaide. She was born on the 18th
July 1893 [67]
at Port Pirie and was in Domestic Service at the time of her marriage. One of the witnesses to the marriage was C.E.
Walter, a master tailor, of Rose Park,
Sam was a married carpenter of Eastry Street in Norwood when he enlisted as Private #650
in Adelaide on the 26th August 1916 into the 2nd Flying Corps
of the AIF, passing a test to become an air mechanic. He was then transferred
for training to Melbourne on “Ulysses” on the 25th October 1916. He
was sent overseas to France on 19th August 1917 to serve in the 69th
Squadron of the Australian Flying Corps as a corporal. He was promoted to
Sergeant /Mechanic in the 3rd Squadron AFC on 1st July
1918 until he returned to Australia in June 1919 and was discharged on the 22nd
July 1919.
Sam died in Adelaide on 6th
October 1949 and is buried in West Terrace Cemetery. Ruby died 8 Mar 1938 at
Knightsbridge in Adelaide and is buried in North Road Cemetery.
Of Sam and Ruby's two sons,
Clement Albert Kitto was born 23rd May 1916 [68] in
Norwood, SA and was surrounded in Adelaide, South Australia by children and
grandchildren, and William Jack (John) Kitto was born 12th April
1921 [69] also in
Norwood and had his own family ties in Melbourne, Victoria.
Clem was put through his studies
by his father and used the International Correspondence School to train as an
architectural draftsman. He enlisted in the army and became a Warrant Officer
in the permanent army. He was promoted to Captain as an architect and served at
Woomera. He was undertaking courses during his early career and in the army
from the age of 20 into his mid 30’s, until his early retirement. He was self employed making wooden toys until being sent into the
Occupational Forces in Japan. After this he was employed in the Department of
Works as housing field inspector rising to the position of a senior Office
Inspector.
Clem first married to Doreen May
Ayles on 16th September 1944 in Marryatville,
SA and they had two children, Phillip and Ann and 4 grandchildren. After Doreen
died of decline aged 43 years at Hazelwood Park, Northfield SA on the 10th
September 1965 [70],
Clem remarried on the 22nd October 1965 to Betty Dawn Thompson born
26th August 1926. Clem died in Bucklands Park, Adelaide on the 15th
November 2007 (obit) aged 91 years and Betty died on 14th March 2011
(obit) aged 84 years. Both are buried together in Enfield Memorial Park in
Adelaide, SA.
John was taken out of school at
the age of 12 to work in his father’s cricket bat factory. He ran away from
this to work at an iron foundry. He returned home and worked in a tailor’s
shop. At the age of 18, John enlisted in the RAAF at Adelaide around 1939 and
served as #27290 for 6 years in the Airforce. His record papers have not yet
been released. Studies during his service time enabled him to pass the board
exam at a university standard to enroll at Royal Melbourne Institute of
Technology after the war. John married on 20th January 1945 in
Kensington to Dorothy Estelle Althea Brown, born 5th January 1923
and they had three children, Lynn and twins Raeline and Maxine and 5
grandchildren. After his studies were completed there was no employment so he
went back to carpentry, self-employed. He then worked in construction contracts
for 13 years building high-rise flats which included drawing the plans. Later
he was a foreman for the South Australian Gas Company. William Jack (John) died
on the 18th March 2008 in Melbourne and Dorothy died at the Woodend
Community Aged Care in Victoria on 16th June 2012 (obit) aged 89
years.
CHARLES:
Charles Albert KITTO, born on the
27th January 1894 [71], was
usually known as Albert. He married in 1950 to Jean Orr Gordon and they lived
in Edwardstown, Adelaide.
Charles, a motor driver, enlisted
in the AIF at Keswick, SA as Private #19919 on 14th June 1915, after
being passed fit on the 9th June. He was a private for 6 months,
then designated as a gunner and then as a driver was sent to France on 30th
December 1916 into the 8th Field Artillery Brigade. For the next two
years he went through all the activities of a forward line soldier, in and out
of hospital with fevers and ills, a week’s leave in Paris in February 1918, a
fortnight in England in June 1918. Within 6 days from the signing of Armistice,
on the 5th November 1918, he was shot in the face in action in
France. By 10th November he was at Rouen, en-route
to Beaufort War Hospital in Bristol, England. After convalescing in England for
4 months he returned to Australia on the “Port Denison” on 25th
March 1919 for discharge.
Charles remained a bachelor for
about 50 years, working as a motor mechanic. He owned a Hudson Terraplane car and had lived in the closed-in verandah at
his sister Nells place until an argument with Nell caused him to move away.
With only one eye from his war injury and an illness of pleuracy,
he married late in life to Jean Orr Gordon, the nursing sister who nursed him.
Charles died on the 7th October 1964 in Edwardstown,
SA and was buried in Centennial Park in Adelaide. Jean was born 24th
May 1913 [72]
in Parkside, Adelaide, SA, the daughter of Alexander Gordon
and Margaret Barr Dreghorn. She died on the 27th May
1977 [73] in
North Plympton, SA and is also buried in Centennial Park.
An only daughter,
ERNEST:
Ernest Orchard KITTO, born at
Port Germein, SA on the 6th July 1896 [74], was
nicknamed Rocky by the family because he loved rock buns. On the 6th
September 1920 [75]
in the "St Matthews Church", Marryatville,
SA. he married Fanny Brooks HOW who was born in 1898 at Aldinga.
Ernest, a boot maker of almost 20
years old, was passed medically fit at Keswick, SA on 14th June
1915, and enlisted as #19920, being allocated the next service number to his
brother Charles. His date of enlistment, the 18th June 1915, was
delayed until four days later. Identically to his brother, he was a private for
6 months, then designated as a gunner and then as a driver was sent to France
with his brother on 30th December 1916 into the 8th Field
Artillery Brigade. He returned to Australia on the “Zealandia” on 11th
May 1919 to be discharged in Adelaide on 16th Oct 1919.
As a returned serviceman from the
First World War in 1919 Ernest began his first occupation as a carpenter at
Dunstan Quarries. The first of their two children, Keith Ernest, was born
They then moved back to
At that time the family living at
High Street Marryatville, found too much travelling
was involved, so that house was leased out and another was bought at George
Street, Strepney, to be close to both businesses at
North Adelaide. Another
At the outbreak of the Second
World War, Ernest Orchard Kitto, then aged 42, tried to enlist but was too old,
so he joined the Allied Works Council, building a road between
On returning home, Ernest went
into semi‑retirement, doing boot making as Keith and Allen took over the
business. Just before TV came to
Ernest Orchard KITTO died at the
Of their two sons Keith Ernest
Kitto was born on the 5th Aug 1922 [77] in
Kensington Park, SA. He married on the 6th September 1943 in
Norwood, SA to Marjorie Joyce Randall, born 18th April 1923 in England, and
they had two children Malcolm and Elaine with 5 grandchildren.
Keith enlisted into the RAAF from
1939 to 1948 (WW2 Service Records) as #47002 with next of kin as Marjorie
Kitto. He appears in the Police Gazette in 1947 when he and his brother Leslie
and Dulcie were burgled at 2 George Street in Norwood. Like his father he
became a theatre and hotel owner and manager of Norwood, SA. Keith died on the
26th August 1994 and is buried in Centennial Park, Adelaide, SA.
The youngest son Allan Leslie
Kitto was born on the 10th October 1925 [78] in
Aldinga, SA. He married Dulcie Beryl Moir who was born 6th March
1926 [79]
Norwood, SA the daughter of Albert Roy Moir and Florence Lena Williams. They
had six children – Anthony, Terry, Leslie, Kaye, Mark and Brigitte and there
are 13 known grandchildren.
Allan enlisted into the Army in
the 2nd AIF as #SX33305 with next of kin as Ernest Kitto. He served
in the 37/52 Infantry Battalion. His occupation was given as “manager”. Allan
died on the 16th March 2005 at Moana in Onkaperinga
City, SA aged 79 years, and is buried in Centennial Park, Adelaide, SA.
NELL:
Ellen Ethel Eleanor KITTO, born
on the 12th March 1899 [80] at Port
Germein, SA, and as a spinster aged 21 years she
married on the 26th October 1920 [81] in St Matthews
Church, Kensington, SA. to Ernest Edgar (Herne or Shimmer) Lines a single man
aged 26 years. In 1989 Ellen was living at 25 Hazelwood Ave in Hazelwood Park,
Adelaide, aged 90 years. Ellen died on the 17th Jun 2005 at Glenrose
Court in Adelaide aged 106 years
Ernest (Shimmer) was born on the
26th February 1894 [82] in Port
Pirie, SA to Robert Thomas Lines and Mary Jane Battersby of Knightsbridge, SA.
He enlisted on 2nd
March 1916 into the Australian Army Medical Corps in the 11th Field
Ambulance and was dispatched to France on the 24th November 1916 as
a field ambulance driver L/Cpl #12735. He returned
with nursing staff on the “SS Boorara” to Australia
on the 6th July 1919, and was discharged on the 12th
October 1919. Shimmer passed away on the 5th July 1962. [83] at
Hazelwood Park, SA. (obit) aged 68 years.
They had no children.
SUSAN:
Susan Elizabeth KITTO born on the
28th April 1904 [84] in
Kensington Park, SA, and as a spinster aged 22 years married on 29th
Apr 1926 [85]
at St Matthews Church in Kensington, SA to Allan Donald McAllan, a 23 year old
market gardener, whose farm is now Findon, the suburb
of Adelaide where Susan was still living in 1989 aged 85 years. They made a
fortune from celery. The Bex APC powders manufacturer had a dump next to the
farm. By using that extract on the crops it grew prolific celery. Susan lost a
finger, when her ring finger was stripped off through loading celery trucks.
Allan Donald McAllan was born on
the 18th Apr 1903 [86] in
Brinkworth, SA, the son of William George McAllan and Edith Ashton Hancocks. he
died in 1983.
Susan died 29 Oct 2006 at the St
Martens Nursing Home in Adelaide. (obit) aged 102 years.
Jean McAllan was born cc1923 and
married in 1951 to Raymond Paterson
Raymond Clifford Harold Paterson
was born in 1923 and died on the 25th Apr 2017 (obit Adelaide
Advertiser) aged 94 years
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end of Kitto2 file
The KITTO - McNAMARA
baptisms
Extracted by me from the Catholic
Archives Centre,
(I may have been reading the
dates wrong but I don't usually make that many mistakes)
Mary McNAMARA
and William HOLDEN
1. (#MB 1066) to William and Mary HOLDEN of Cudlee Creek
Thomas HOLDEN b.
(sponsors
James and Hondra McNAMARA (nee Fleming)
(Registry = no Thomas HOLDEN
registered to this couple)
2. (#MB 1437) to William and Mary HOLDEN of Gumeracha
Henry HOLDEN b.
(sponsors
(Registry = Henry b. 16 Sep 1864 Gumeracha - #34/248 Talunga)
3. (#MB 1432) to William and Mary HOLDEN of Gumeracha
William HOLDEN b.
(sponsors
Stephen McNAMARA and Hanley ?)
(Registry
= William b. 16 Mar 1866 Gumeracha - #44/204 Talunga)
4. (#MB 1594) to William and Mary HOLDEN of Gumeracha
Mary Ellen HOLDEN b.
(sponsors
Peter McMAHON & Ellen McCARTHY)
(Registry = Mary Ellen b. 30 Sep
1867 Gumeracha - #59/161 Talunga)
5. (#MB 1827) to William and Mary HOLDEN
(sponsors
John MONOUPE & Johanna GUTHERY)
(Registry
= Lydia Ann b. 31 Oct 1869 Gumeracha - #78/453 Talunga)
6. Ellen Victoria
Adelaide HOLDEN b. not seen in Mt Barker Registers
(Registry
= Ellen Victoria Adelaide b. 31 Dec 1873 near Gumeracha
- #132/420 Talunga)
7. (#MB 2426) to William and Mary HOLDEN
Stephen HOLDEN b.
(sponsors
Roger and Mary MONOGUE)
(Registry
= Stephen b. 19 Sep 1875 retreat Valley - #156/260 Talunga)
James McNAMARA
and Catherine STANLEY m.
1. Stephen McNAMARA Given as first child in BISA b. not seen in Mt
Barker Registers
(Registry
= not found in Registry)
2. (#MB 767) to James and Catherine McNAMARA
of Cudlee Creek
Mary Theresa McNAMARA b.
(sponsors
William WHEELAN & Anne
McNAMARA
(Registry = not found in
Registry)
3. (#MB 954) to James and Catherine McNAMARA
of Cudlee Creek
Anne McNAMARA b.
(sponsors
Stephen McNAMARA & Johanah HURLEY)
(Registry = Ann b. 9 Oct 1862 Gumeracha - #25/532 Talunga)
4. (#MB 1179) to James and Catherine McNAMARA
of
John McNAMARA b.
(sponsors
Edmund STANLEY & Mary CUSHEN)
(Registry = John b. 4 Jul 1864 Gumeracha - #32/355 Talunga)
5. Registered to James McNAMARA and
Catherine STANLEY
Lawrance McNAMARA b. 1866 from BISA not seen in Mt
Barker Registers
(Registry = Lawrance b. 12 Jun
1866 Gumeracha - #46/290 Talunga)
6. (#MB 1535) to James and Catherine McNAMARA
of
Michael McNAMARA b.
(sponsors
Rodger MONOUGE & Esther McMAHON)
(Registry = Michael b. 12 Sep
1867 Gumeracha - #59/163 Talunga)
7. (#MB 1775) to James and Catherine McNAMARA
of Blumberg
James McNAMARA b.
(sponsors
John KITTO &
Mary STANLEY)
(Registry = not found in
Registry)
8. (#MB 2006) to James and Catherine McNAMARA
of
Catherine McNAMARA b.
(sponsors
Tim QUINN & Margaret STANLEY of
(Registry = Catherine b. 8 Aug
1871 Kenton Valley - #99/468 Talunga)
9. (#MB 2362) to James and Catherine McNAMARA
of Mt Torrens
Thomas McNAMARA b.
(sponsors
Sam KITTO &
Mary A STANLEY)
(Registry = Thomas McNAMARA b. 9 Jan 1876 Mount Torrens - #161/107 Talunga)
10. (#MB 2439) to James and Catherine McNAMARA
of Mt Torrens
Hannah McNAMARA b.
(sponsor
Bridgit KAIN)
(Registry = Hannah b. 23 Jul 1877
Mount Torrens - #188/333 Talunga)
Stephen McNAMARA
and Honora FLEMING m.
1. (#MB 672) to Stephen and Honora McNAMARA
Mary Anne McNAMARA b.
(sponsors
Patrick McNAMARA & Ann HOLLAND)
(Registry = Mary Ann b. 11 May
1860 Black Creek - #19/187 Talunga)
2. (#MB 993) to Stephen and Honora McNAMARA
John McNAMARA b.
(sponsors
James and Catherine McNAMARA)
(Registry = John b. 2 Dec 1862 Gumeracha - #28/83 Talunga)
3. (#MB 1248) to Stephen and Honora McNAMARA
Ellen McNAMARA b.
(sponsors
James McNAMARA
& Bridget DOOLEY)
(Registry = not found in
Registry)
4. (#MB 1429) to Stephen and Honora McNAMARA
Mary Anne McNAMARA b.
(sponsors
Patrick CULLIGAN & Ellen
McNAMARA)
(Registry = not found in
Registry)
5. (#MB 1616) to Stephen and Honora McNAMARA
Hanora McNAMARA b.
(Registry = Honarah
b. 28 Apr 1868 Cudley Creek - #64/40 Talunga)
6. (#MB 1825) to Stephen and Honora McNAMARA
Hannah McNAMARA b.
(sponsors
Bernard and Catherine McMAHON)
(Registry = Hannah b. 4 Dec 1869
Cudlee Creek, Gumeracha - #80/589 Talunga)
7. (#MB 2009) to Stephen and Honora McNAMARA
Margaret McNAMARA b.
(sponsors
John FLEMMING & Ellen
KITTO)
(Registry = Margaret b. 16 Aug
1871 Cudlee Creek nr Gumeracha - #99/472 Talunga)
8. Registered to Stephen McNAMARA and
Honorah FLEMING
Agnes Jane McNAMARA b. 1872 as given in BISA, not
seen in MB Registers
(Registry = Jane Agnes b. 14 Sep
1872 Cudlee Reek - #116/130 Talunga)
9. (#MB 2371) to Stephen and Honora McNAMARA
Catherine McNAMARA b.
(sponsors
Peter McMAHON & Mary GUTHRIE)
(Registry = not found in
Registry)
10. (#MB 2460 to Stephen and Honora FLEMING
William Vincent McNAMARA b.
(sponsors James and Bridgit FOOTE
(nee O'NEILL))
(Registry = William b. 6 Nov 1877
Cudlee Creek, Gumeracha - #192/442 Talunga)
[1] Marriage Certificate #728/1856 Adelaide.
[2]
[3] 1851 Census from
[4] Hazel Middleton and
[5] Claire Foorde, Loretta Grimster and Alison Moulder correspondence
[6] Dorothy Collingwood Kitto correspondence
[7] Leonie Arnold and Robyn A. Ellis correspondence
[8] Dorothy Collingwood Kitto correspondence
[9] Leonie Arnold and Robyn A Ellis correspondence
[10] Alison Moulder, Claire Foord, and Loretta Grimster correspondence
[11] Original Parish Registers - Breage,
[12]
[13] Parish registers from
[14] from catalogue for the Manor of the Duke of Leeds
[15] Census details 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891
from
[16] Parish registers from
[17]
Ships Indexes of
[18] Original parish Registers - Breage Cornwall
[19] Census details 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891
from
[20] Marriage certificate #728/1856
[21] Shipping List “
[22] Shipping List “William Stevenson”
[23] Mt Barker Catholic Registers,
[24] Monica Bullock (HOLDEN descendent) correspondence.
[25] Mt Barker Catholic Registers,
[26] Mt Barker Catholic Registers,
[27] Monica Bullock correspondence.
[28] My grandfather Fred Kitto’s reminiscences
[29] Dept of Land Administration
[30] Mt Barker Catholic Registers,
[31] J.E. Monfries editor, Gumeracha 1839 - 1939
[32] Will of Samuel Kitto proved
[33] J.E. Monfries editor, Gumeracha 1839 - 1939
[34] ibid
[35] ibid
[36] Monumental Inscription -
[37] Family folklore.
[38] Will of Samuel senior, proved
[39] personal visit 1985, and several potted histories
[40] Fred KITTO’s reminiscences, William John’s son, my grandfather.
[41] Marriage certificate #928/1890
[42] Correspondence with all the family
[43] Birth Certificate #487/1892 Frome, SA.
[44] Death Certificate # /1926
[45] Will of Samuel Kitto proved
[46] Birth Certificate #24/1912 District Register, Unley Library
[47] Birth Certificate #195/17 District Book,
[48] Monumental Inscriptions,
[49] Judith HANNA, descendent of Steve KITTO
[50] Death Certificate #1629/1967 District Book at Unley Library
[51]
Journal of the Royal
[52] Certificate GRO indexed 2nd Quarter #9/118 Helston
[53] Breage Register #452 of page 18
[54] Obituary in newspaper cutting just after
[55] Several newspaper cuttings sent by g/dau Joyce Stafford KITTO (23 Nov 01)
[56] 1881 census of Falmouth District
[57] b. 1891 #472/493 Frome SA to William John KITTO
[58] b. #3511/1894 Vic to James MERRICK & Margaret O’MAHONEY
[59] m. 1915 #262/761 Norwood Joseph & Ethel
[60] b. 1916 #980/220 Norwood to Joseph Frederick William KITTO
[61] b. 1919 #34A/288 Norwood to Joseph Frederick William KITTO
[62] b. 1925 #157A/81 Norwood to Joseph Frederick William KITTO
[63] d. 1968 #3130/68 Perth WA.
[64] d. 1972 #969/72 Perth WA.
[65] b. 1892 #509/487 Frome SA to William John KITTO
[66] m. 1915 #263/822 Norwood Eugene & Ruby
[67] b. 1893 #526/181 Clare SA to Herbert WATTS
[68] b. 1916 #980/59 Norwood SA to Eugene Samuel KITTO
[69] b. 1921 #73A/496 Norwood SA to Eugene Samuel KITTO
[70] d. 1965 #997/6201 Port Adelaide SA.
[71] b. 1894 #537/276 Frome SA to William John KITTO
[72] b.
1913 #911/65 Adelaide to Alexander Gordon
[73] d. 1977 Jean Orr KITTO
[74][74] b. 1896 #590/433 Frome SA to William John KITTO
[75][75] M. 1921 #288/834 Norwood Ernest & Fanny
[76] d. 1964 #972/2786 Adelaide
[77] b. 1922 #100A/83 Norwood SA to Ernest Orchard KITTO
[78] b. 1925 #162A/426 Willunga to Ernest Orchard KITTO
[79] b. 1926 #169A/267 Norwood to Albert Roy MOIR
[80] b. 1899 #637/246 Frome SA to William John KITTO & Susan Elizabeth Orchard
[81] m. 1920 #285/321 Norwood Ellen & Ernest
[82] b. 1894 #538/417 Clare SA to Robert Thomas LINES
[83] d. 1962 #942/4962 Adelaide
[84] b. 1904 #729/145 Norwood SA to William John KITTO
[85] m. 1926 #307/562 Norwood, SA Allan Donald & Susan Elizabeth
[86] b. 1903 #712/475 Clare SA to William George McAllan