David Ernst Appelt 1810 to 1891

Ernst David Appelt born in 1810 in Province of Posen, Germany and trained as a Weaver for 4 years and worked as a tradesman weaver until 1837 then became a Police Clerk, on 6th May 1839 entered the Lutheran seminary in Dresden Germany to train as a missionary.    On completion of this training he was sent in 1845 to Madras in India.
Ernst David's fiancée Emilie Freiderike Zibell travelled to Madras and in February 1849 they were married there. They returned to Germany in February 1859 and in 1861 he received a call to come to Adelaide in South Australia.

Victor Hermann Appelt 1892 to

Victor Hermann Appelt was born in Eudunda in South Australia

Louise Emilie Appelt - 1918 to 1999

Born in Eudunda in South Australia in October 1918.

John William (Jack) Cottle

Born in Crystal Brook in South Australia

Gertrude Emilie Eckermann

Born in Saddleworth South Australia

Anthony Etheridge (the 1st) - to

Anthony Etheridge the 1st was born - son of

Anthony Etheridge (the 2nd) - to

Anthony Etheridge the 2nd was born - son of

Anthony Etheridge (the 3rd) - to

Anthony Etheridge the 3rd was born - son of

Anthony Etheridge (the 4th) - to

Anthony Etheridge the 4th was born - son of

Anthony Etheridge (the 5th) - 1821 to 1886

Anthony Etheridge the 5th was born 21st October 1821 only son of Anthony Etheridge the 4th, and Susanne Sanders in Stoke Ferry Norfolk England

At the age of 27 years he emigrated to South Australia and arrived here on Saturday 20th May 1848, aboard the schooner "The Sadnahuck", the 24th ship to arrive for the year, 129 tons from New Bradford. The Captain Master Barker sailed via St Helena and the Cape of Good Hope.

On the 1st of September 1848 Anthony enlisted in the South Australian Police Dept, as reported in the Adelaide Register Newspaper: Government Gazette Notices - Colonial Secretaries Office Oct 9th 1848, His Excellency the L. Governor has been pleased to approve of the under mentioned appointments to the Police Forces of the Providence, the same to take effect from the date set opposite the names of the persons appointed respectively; to be constables of the Metropolitan Force:

A Etheridge 1st Sept 1848 Vice Dept.

By his Excellency's command, signed AM Mundy Secretary.

In the Book " Colonial Blue - A History of the South Australian Police Force, 1836 - 1916" by Robert Clyne, is the following item re Anthony Etheridge:

"In October of 1861, Police Commissioner Peter Egerton Warburton (1853 -67), appointed Sergeant Etheridge to Acting Inspector of the Foot Police, while the actual Inspector James Hall took a leave of absence.
Unknown as it was at the time James Hall, had been admitted to the Lunatic Asylum for treatment of a mental anxiety problem.
When Hall's condition was discovered, Commissioner Warburton received a rush of applications for the now vacant position, from men eager for promotion.
The strongest candidates were Etheridge and *Richard Pettinger, Warburton's chief clerk. As a trusted adviser Pettinger was awarded the position, the unlucky Etheridge would a decade later feature in an judicial enquiry and be forced to resign from the force."

* Richard Pettinger was shot and killed while on duty at Government House Adelaide in 1862 by a disgruntled ex police officer with whom Pettinger had had dealings.

Police Service Record

Year	Date	Description
1853	November 1st	Promoted to rank of Sergeant.
1856	May 1st	Demoted from rank of Sergeant to Corporal.
1857	April 1st	Promoted back to rank of Sergeant.
1863	April 8th	Took 8 months unpaid leave
1864	May 1st	Transferred to Port Adelaide Police Station for 1 year.
1865	June 1st	Returned to Adelaide Police Station.
1872	December 14th	Anthony retired from the SA Police Force after 24 years   service.

Within his lifetime Anthony Etheridge was married twice. His first wife was Mary Gibbons from Port Adelaide they were married in January 1849. After the death of his 1st wife Mary in 1864 Anthony married widow from Galway in Ireland - Anne Torpey in January 1865. Between his two marriages he fathered 12 children, 5 daughters and 7 sons.

In 1886 Anthony Etheridge the 5th died. Death Notice in Adelaide Register May 1886 reads:

"At his residence at 44 Elizabeth Street, Norwood, of heart disease. Anthony Etheridge formerly of Norfolk England, aged 65 years."

He is buried in the new Catholic Section of West Terrace Cemetery Adelaide, also buried with him is his son Charles Etheridge and daughter-in-law.

Mary Etheridge

Born in Stokes Ferry Norfolk

Susan Etheridge (Sister Elizabeth) - 1850 to

In 1850 Susanne Etheridge 1st daughter of Anthony Etheridge was born in Adelaide South Australia. Susanne was named after her father's mother (Susanne Saunders). Susanne later became Sister Elizabeth, a Catholic Nun of the Josephite Society in 1868 and lived at St Joseph's Convent in Kensington Gardens Adelaide. She is buried in the St Joseph's Convent's site in the old Catholic Section of West Terrace Cemetery Adelaide.

William Frederick Falkiner - 18 to 1931

William Frederick Falkiner was born in Tipperary Ireland. He married Jane Robinson in Abbey Leix Ireland in 1884. Early in 1885 they emigrated to New York City where William a trained chemist/druggist ran a family business called "Falkiner's Pharmacy" in Manhattan at 868 8th Avenue New York City.

Mary Gibbons 1829 to 1864

Mary Gibbons, born in 1828, married Anthony Etheridge at St Paul's Church Port Adelaide 22nd January 1848.

Faithful Henry (John) Goodwin 1846 to 1935

Named Faithful Henry Goodwin by his parents - James and Sarah Goodwin, John was born at 99 Workhouse Yard on the Isle of Foulness just of the Essex coastline in August 1846.
He always called himself John Goodwin and stated on his marriage certificate that his fathers name was *John Adcock, he was an Agricultural Labourer and worked as a hedger/ditcher. In the 1881 Census is residing at a cottage, Little Wakering Essex, with wife Maryann and 5 children (Eliza, John, Kate, Frederick & George) plus visiting James ADCOCK. In later life he lived with Maryann in a tied cottage at Barling Essex and worked for Murrel Farm. After Maryann's death he lived in Southchurch in Southend and sold bootlaces and matches from a tray. He is buried with his wife Maryann in the Little Wakering Churchyard.
* A John Adcock aged 24 lived next door to the Goodwin family at 98 Workhouse Yard on the Isle of Foulness during 1846.

Sidney Frederick Goodwin - 1877 - 1956

Sidney Frederick Goodwin was born in Hawkwell Essex in 1877. He worked as a Bargeman in Chelmsford before joining the Royal Fleet Reserve on the 15th Sept 1915 No A.2921 of the Royal Navy as a Stoker aged 21. During his service he served in the North Sea and up into Russian waters during WW2, he was demobilised on Christmas Day 1919.
Sidney served on the following vessels:

Name of Vessel	Dates of Service
HMAS Wildfire
HMAS Anson
HMAS Thetis
HMAS Cyclops
HMAS Chatham	3rd Dec 1912 to 22nd Jan 1915
HMAS Pembroke II	23rd Jan 1915 to 19th July 1915
HMAS Duncan	20th July 1915 to 10th April 1917
HMAS Pembroke II	11th April 1917 to 27th July 1917
HMAS Heythorp	28th July 1917 to 22nd Oct 1917
HMAS Pembroke II	23rd Oct 1917 to 1st Dec 1917
HMAS Bodicea	2nd Dec 1917 to 25th Dec 1919

After leaving the Royal Navy, Sidney moved his family to Lincolnshire and worked as Head Stoker at RAF Cranwell in Lincolnshire. Sidney bought a house at 7 Leasingham Lane  in Ruskington where they lived until his death in 1956.

Ernest Leslie Goodwin - 1912 to 1965

Ernest Leslie Goodwin was born on the 16th of March 1912 at 1 Theodore Place, Elizabeth Cottages, Green Street, Gillingham Kent. He was called Ernie by his family but preferred the name Leslie and was called Les by his friends and workmates.
Little is known of Leslie's childhood, with his father Sidney away at sea for often up to 3 years at a time Leslie's family lived a tough life. His mother Susan did cleaning for people and with very little money to go around, the boys often stole fruit & vegetables from street markets. They rarely attended school and spent much of their time down by the dockyards of Chatham Naval Base.
In 1921 when Sidney moved his family to Ruskington in Lincolnshire Leslie was 9, he went to the local school and is said to have spent the majority of his schooling outside the classroom weeding the schools garden.
Leslie worked the next couple of years as a farm labourer, first on Mr. Bailey's farm and then at Whitehouse Farm for Mr. Wright along with his brothers Albert & Jack.
As soon as Les turned 18 he joined the Regular Army, signing up on the 19th of July 1930, at the Recruiting Office in New Banks Lincoln for training in the Royal Tank Corps.
Leslie loved the Army, the mate-ship, he felt the future was changing and like all other young men of that era he wanted to be a part of it. For him the Army would provide the education that he had missed out on earlier in his life. After his initial training period, Leslie continued studying and went on to do several instructors courses and train as a Diesel Mechanic.
On the 7th of April 1937 he transferred to the Army Reserve, after 6 and a half years in the Regular Army. As a member of the Army Reserve he applied for work in the civilian workforce, using his mechanical skills. It was while Leslie was in the Army he met Edwin (Pat) Barber and became firm friends. When they both transferred to the Army Reserve and managed to get a position working on the Government Contract building the Staines Reservoir near London earning a huge amount of £6 per week. On the 19th of December 1937, Leslie met Doris Jeater, and they married a month later on the 16th of April 1938 at Ashford Registrary Office in London. On the 19th of June 1939, Leslie received notice of his transfer from the Army Reserve back to the Regular Army and into the 4/7th Royal Dragoon Guards, he was ordered to report to Willems Barracks at Aldershot. Back in the regular army Leslie was assigned as a Gunnery Instructor, training troops in the Tank Corps who would see action mainly in North Africa.

Jonathon Bird Hill

Owned a Private Boys School in Stoke Ferry Norfolk

Eric Jeater

Francis Thomas Jeater -

Distinguished WW2 war record.

George Joseph Jeater

Master Baker and Publican of "The Pig and the Whistle" in Kensington North London. The 1881 Census for Lambeth Surrey shows George and Mary Ann Jeater as Beerhouse keepers of "The Castle" at 21 High Street.

Henry Jeater

John Jeater

Died in WW2 and is buried in North Africa.

Israel Jeater -

Known as Edwin Jeater.

Winston Jeater

Served in WW2 in North Africa.

Jane Elizabeth Jones - 18- to

Born in Pottery Lane London one of 4 daughters of Thomas and Elizabeth Jones

Thomas Jones - 18- to

Lived in Pottery Lane in Kensington North London and worked as a potter

Elizabeth Jane Knapp - 18- to

Known as Lil.

Charles Henry Knapp - 1858 to 1901

Boxer died at the age of 43 in 1899 from cancer of the throat leaving a wife and 6 children.

Henri Knapp - 18- to

Of Austrian descent, married Maryann Broad in London, had several children, one of their daughters married an American Wall of Death Rider

Millicent Mancini - 18- to

Born in London, of Italian descent - her father was an ice-cream seller with a cart in the parks of North London.

Jane Robinson - 1861 to 1934

Jane Robinson born in Dublin Ireland in 1861.

Luke George Mansfield Robinson - 1863 to 1938

 Luke George Mansfield Robinson born 22nd January 1863 possibly in Bromley Kent to James and Margaret Robinson of Abbey Leix and Mountrath Ireland.

Henry Milton Robinson - 1905 to 1953

Born in Adelaide in 1905.

Milfred Gertrude Milton Robinson

Born in Adelaide in 1903

William Robinson - 1864 to

Born in Abbey Leix Ireland in 1864

Charles Sanders - to

Born in Stokes Ferry Norfolk in 1777

Susanne Sanders

Born in Norfolk, she married Anthony Etheridge the 4th, she died in 1861 and is buried in Binfield Norfolk

Ann(e)Catherine Torpey - 1874 to

Born in Galway Ireland. Was married twice - her first husband Michael O'Halloran died in Manchester England, Anne emigrated to Adelaide South Australia and in January 1865 she married Anthony Etheridge.

Maryann Twycross - 18- to

Born abt 1838 in Wonersh Essex. Daughter of Edward Twycross a Tanner of Goldaming Essex, she married George Joseph Jeater at St Clements Church Kensington London in 1864.

Emilie Freiderike Zibell - 18- to

Emilie Freiderike Zibell was born 4th October 1818, Samotschin, Germany. In 1848 she left Germany traveling to Madras in India to marry Ernst David Appelt, she sailed from Hamburg on the "Victoria" via Rio de Janerio to Adelaide (she stayed in Adelaide for 4 weeks) then boarded the "Roman Emperor" leaving Adelaide (the only passenger aboard ship) then on to Madras India.

Return to Main Index Page

If you would like to contact me please email Helen