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James Dennis (abt. 1818 - 1910)

James Dennis
Born about in Cork, Irelandmap
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of — married 1863 in Burra, South Australia, Australiamap
Husband of — married 1875 in Clare, South Australia, Australiamap
Died at about age 92 in Port Adelaide, South Australia, Australiamap
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Biography

James Dennis was born about 1818 at Ireland.[1]

Flag of County Cork
James Dennis migrated from County Cork to South Australia in the 1860's.
Flag of South Australia in the 1860's

Arrived in South Australia in the early 1860's.[2]

James married Mary Anne Cronin in 1863 at Burra, South Australia.[3] They had two children:

  1. Maria Antoinette Dennis (1864-65 at ten months of age)
  2. Michael John Dennis (1866-67 at ten months of age)

After Mary died in 1874, James married fellow Irish emigrant, Kate Tobin in 1875 at Clare, South Australia.[4] They had four sons:

  1. Clarence Michael James 'C J' Dennis (1876-1938), one of Australia's most well-known and loved poets
  2. Francis Albert Dennis (1880-1905)
  3. Eugene John Dennis (1882-82)
  4. Claude Leo Dennis (1886-1959)

James took his family in 1883 to Gladstone, South Australia, where he ran the Gladstone Hotel. In 1890 they moved again, this time to Laura where James became the publican of the Beetaloo Reservoir Hotel.

Kate died in 1890 and James passed away, aged 92 years, in 1910 at Port Adelaide. He is buried in the West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide.[5]

Sources

  1. Profile created Veronica Williams 09:22, 30 April 2014 (EDT)
  2. Australian Dictionary of Biography, 2014
  3. South Australia Marriage Index #54/124 1863
  4. South Australia Marriage Index #105/713 1875
  5. South Australia Death Index #352/90 1910




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