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Gill, Reuben (1827-1884) coal miner, trade union official, insurance agent, preacher and Rechabite
Birth: December 1827 and baptised on 6 January 1828 at St Gluvias, Cornwall, England, son of Reuben Welch Gill (1803-1852), copper miner, and Mary, née Andrew (b.1802), laundress. Marriages: (1) January 1852 at Redruth, Cornwall, to Caroline Morcom (1830-1855). (2) 24 February 1856 at Kooringa, South Australia, to Nanny Tozer (1832-1896), born at St Stithians, Cornwall, who had worked as a copper miner there as an 18-year-old. They had three sons and four daughters. Death: 11 January 1884 at New Thebarton, Adelaide, SA.
Sources
Jim Moss, Sound of trumpets: history of the labour movement in South Australia (Cowandilla, 1985); James Jupp (ed.), The Australian people: an encyclopedia of the nation, its people and their origins (North Ryde, NSW, 1988); Biographical Index of South Australians, 1836-1885.
'Gill, Reuben (1827–1884)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/gill-reuben-33808/text42335, accessed 30 May 2025.
December,
1827
Cornwall,
England
11 January,
1884
(aged 56)
New Thebarton, Adelaide,
South Australia,
Australia
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