Sheriff (Cr) George

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George Sheriff was Councillor for North Ward in 1888 - 1891.

Sheriff Family Birth, Death & Marriage Information

SHERIFF, George

b. Abt. 1832, England

m. 24 May 1854, Olivia HUMPHREYS, Oxfordshire, England (d. 27 May 1877, aged 43, Reg. Barossa 81/175)

Arrived 1856 aboard ship ‘Fitzjames’

m. 25 Jan 1880, Mary Ann KNIGHT (Reg. Barossa 122/279)(d. 1910, Barossa 353/63)

d. 5 Nov 1891, aged 60, after a long illness (Reg. Barossa 196/108)

Buried Willaston Cemetery

Children of George Sheriff

George had about 10 children with first wife Olivia (nee Humphrey) and about 4 with second wife Mary Ann nee Knight, they included:


SHERIFF, Maria Elizabeth

b. 1855, England

d. 19 Jan 1856, Gawler, age 10 months (Reg. Barossa West 4/118)


SHERIFF, Ann Maria Elizabeth (EVERETT)

b. 10 Dec 1856, Gawler (Reg. Barossa, 10/212, father ‘George Sheriff’ & mother ‘Olivia Humphrey’)


SHERIFF, John Joseph

b. 29 Mar 1859, Gawler (Reg. Barossa 16/487, father ‘George Sheriff’ & mother ‘Olivea Humphreys’[sic])


SHERIFF, Sarah Jane May (HEIDENREICH)

b. 6 May 1877, Gawler (Reg. Barossa 182/478, father ‘George Sheriff’ & mother ‘Olivia Humphreys’)


SHERIFF, Henry Septimus

b. 7 Mar 1885, Gawler (Reg. Barossa 347/353, father ‘George Sheriff’ & mother ‘Mary Ann Knight’)

d. 2 Feb 1917, killed in action, WWI, France

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