Albert Edward Campbell (1861 - 1952)

Born 8 Jul 1861 in Kingstown, County Dublin, Ireland [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Rosina Robertson (Burnet) Campbell — married 13 Mar 1887 in Streaky Bay, South Australia, Australia

Descendants

Died 27 May 1952 at age 90 in McLaren Vale, South Australia, Australia

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Biography

Albert was born on 8 July 1861in Ireland and baptised at the Mariners' Church in Kingstown (now Dun Laoghaire), Ireland, on 4 Aug 1861. He migrated with his mother and other siblings to Australia on the Great Britain steamship in February 1865 whereas his father and elder brothers travelled on their own ship, the Lucy, arriving on 28/8/1864. The family settled in Streaky Bay on the West Coast.

Albert Campbell married Rosina Robertson BURNET in 1887 at St Augustine's Church, Streaky Bay. They lived in Wirrulla where Alby ran the mail coach, and had 5 children.

With the children grown, Alby and Rosina moved to Adelaide around 1921 however Rosina died after a short illness two years later in 1923, and Albie moved back from Adelaide to the Eyre Peninsula (Pimbaacla) to cook for the two boys (Gilbert and Clarrie who had returned from the war) and their workmen. - "Wirrula - the town with a secret".

Alby built a small hut which he named Sandalwood cottage next to the family-built Lone Oak Homestead at Pimbaacla near Wirrulla - he joined the family for meals but preferred his small hut and outdoor hammock made of mattress metal wire strung between two trees. As of 2012, the hut still stood as it was when Alby left for medical treatment in Adelaide in the late 1940s, with his glasses on the tiny small table and a wall calendar showing a cutter/sailing ship - his grandson, Warren Campbell, remembered the hut as smelling strongly of sandalwood and Albie's cutter calendars. Alby died in Adelaide in 1952. ^[1]

Birth

Birth:

Date: JUL 08 1861

Place: Kingstown, Ireland ^[2]

Death

Death:

Date: MAY 27 1952

Place: McLaren Vale, SA, Australia^[3]

Burial

Burial:

Date: MAY 28 1952

Place: Scotch Cemetery, Morphett Vale, SA, Australia^[4]

Residence

Residence:

Date: 1937

Place: Pimbaacla, SA, Australia

Immigration

Immigration:

Date: FEB 17 1865

Place: Liverpool to Melbourne, SS Great Britain^[5]

Note

Note: 3rd son. After Rosina died, he moved back from Adelaide to the Eyre Peninsula (Pimbaacla) to cook for the two boys (Gilbert and Clarrie who had returned from the war) and their workmen. - "Wirrula - the town with a secret".

Sources

1. ↑ First-hand information as told by his grand-sons Bevan Campbell and Warren Campbell to Denis De Poerck, August 29, 2014. Replace this citation if there is another source.
2. ↑ West Coast Sentinel (Streaky Bay, SA : 1912-1954), Sat 20 October 1917 page 2
3. ↑ Source: #S3 Page: Wil 783 2597 Data: Text: See also The Advertiser, 28 May 1952 CAMPBELL X On May 27,1952, at hospital, Albert Edward, the dearly beloved husband of the late Rosina Robertson Campbell, and loving father of Roy (deceased), Clarence, Gilbert, Mary (Mrs. H. D. Hunt), and Doris (Mrs. J Quality or Certainty of Data: 2
4. ↑ Source: #S6 Data: Text: CAMPBELL X THE FRIENDS of the late Mr. ALBERT EDWARD CAMPBELL, late of Streaky Bay, are respectfully informed that his Funeral will leave the residence of his daughter, Mrs. H. D. Hunt, `Pine Pride.` Morphett Vale, on WEDNESDAY 28 May, 1952, at 1.30 p.m. Quality or Certainty of Data: 2
5. ↑ Source: #S13 Data: Text: Full date Gordon Curtis 9/8/2011 Quality or Certainty of Data: 0

• Source: S13 Author: Ball, Adrian Title: Is Yours an SS Great Britain Family? Abbreviation: GB Publication: Emsworth, Hampshire Mason, 1988 Italicized: Y Paranthetical: Y
• Source: S3 Title: SA, Australia BDM - Digger - SA, Australia Deaths Registrations 1916-1972 Abbreviation: SA, Australia BDM - Digger - SA, Australia Deaths Registrations 1916-1972 Italicized: Y
• Source: S6 Title: The Advertiser Abbreviation: The Advertiser Publication: Adelaide, SA, Australia Italicized: Y Paranthetical: Y

• Source: Author: Miriam Barnes Title: The Descendants of Alfred & Sarah Barns 1853-1986 Publication: Cleve Printery 1986 Text: Data is unreliable - many errors compared to official records. Currently being corrected and revised by Barb Saltnes.