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William Steele, who died in August 1868. By this time other lawyers, T. Goddard and William Walker had opened offices in Mount Barker, and Bonnar allowed this side of his business to lapse.
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Anderson, age 22 (1 July 1826 â 4 September 1904) on 2 September 1848 at St.James Church, Blakiston S.A. She was a daughter of William Anderson and Catherine Lindsay Anderson nÊe Lintott (c. 1792 â 2 August 1874), who arrived in South Australia aboard
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In the early 1850s or perhaps earlier, Bonnar began practising as a solicitor in Mount Barker. When or how he was admitted to the bar is not known, but it is clear that he had a training in a lawyer's office. In 1865 he transferred his head office to
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Winnifred Trim (c. 1868 â 23 May 1907) in 1892. He was mayor of Armidale for part of 1907. He was licensee of Armidale's Central and Royal Exchange hotels, found insolvent, later a representative of Silk Bros., fruit merchants of
35:, arriving in South Australia (dep from London 17 November 1839, via Plymouth) on 17 April 1840. He married Lucy Anderson (1826â1904) on 2 September 1848 at St James Church, Blakiston, South Australia. She had arrived in the colony aboard
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Springs in 1855 He then had a school in
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Born 'James Bonnar' at Mount Barker, Page Number: 36 Volume Number:5. Research is required find when he acquired the second forename, Pillans.
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