Cheek Philip and Olivia

Fast Facts

Type of person	Individual
Date of birth	1837
Place of birth	Halse, Somerset, England
Date of arrival	7 Apr 1849
Principal occupation	Carpenter, Council Officer
Date of death	26 Sep 1922
Place of death	Joslin, South Australia, Australia

Philip Cheek was born on 28 Jan 1837 in Somerset, England; he arrived in Australia in 1849 and travelled to Gawler in 1854.

Extract from the Gawler "Bunyip", Friday, September 29, 1922, under the heading "ACROSS THE BOURNE"--Death of Mr Philip Cheek. States the following information; Mr Cheek: • arrived in Australia in 1849 and came to Gawler in 1854.

• Assisted at the then Post office

• Learnt the Trade of Carpenter through several firms

• ‘During his connection with these firms, most of the principal buildings of the town were erected’

• ‘proved a highly esteemed and popular citizen’

• in 1860, he was the originator of Riggs' Viceregal Band, fulfilling the post of conductor

• In 1869 he was chairman of the building trades association, fighting for the 8-hour workweek. This was adopted in 1873

• In 1870 – 1877 and again 1879-1918, Mr Cheek was appointed Inspector to the Gawler Corporation

• He, therefore, had an almost continuous association with the Corporation for 48 years.

• For more than 60 years Mr Cheek was the choirmaster at the Tod Street Methodist Church

• He was the oldest Forester in Gawler, joining in 1857

• a member of the Oddfellows Order, Manchester Unity, and was the auditor for both bodies for many years

We thank Jacinta Weiss for this contribution.

In 1878, in the time between the two periods he worked for Gawler Council, Philip Cheek ran a grocery store in Murray Street [location not yet determined].

Additional information provided by Allen Tiller:

Philip Cheek was the Conductor of the Gawler Methodist choir for 50+ years.

Mr Cheek worked as Inspector of Weights and Measures - Town of Gawler - <click here> to read a newspaper article about Mr Cheek weighing bread in Gawler.

Philip Cheek married Olivia Penaluna on 13 August 1863 at the Wesleyan Chapel, Gawler.

To read Philip Cheek's obituary <click here>

Together they had 9 children:

Arthur Thomas Cheek (1864–1866)

Robert Cheek (1866–1922)

Leonard Mankey Cheek (1867–1875)[Mankey was maternal grandmother's maiden name - 'Avis Mankey']

Emily Aves Cheek / Emily Avis Cheek (1869–1944)(COOMBE)

Arthur Forgie Cheek (1872–1943)

Olive Jane Cheek (1874–1906)

Herbert Philip Cheek (1876–1876)

Albert James Cheek (1879–1911)

Muriel Elizabeth Cheek (1887–1947)(MILLHOUSE)

Please <click here> to view photos of Philip and Olivia Cheek.

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Philip Cheek's Properties & Residences

• 42 Finnis Street [part Allotment 60, which extends all the way down to Jacob Street] was owned by Philip Cheek, Gawler Corporation Inspector, from May 1886 (or earlier) until September 1920 when it was transferred to Ada Mary Llewelyn, of Gawler South, married woman.

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Cheek Family Birth, Death & Marriage Information

CHEEK Philip

b. 28 Jan 1837, Halse, Somerset, England, son of Robert Cheek & nee Jane Fry

Baptised 26 Feb 1837, Halse, Somerset, England

Departed 5 Jan1849 from Plymouth, Devon, England

Arrived 7 Apr 1849 in South Australia and 1854 in Gawler

m. 13 August 1863, Olivia PENALUNA, Wesleyan Chapel, Gawler

d. 26 Sep 1922, Joslin, South Australia, at residence of his daughter Mrs Joseph Coombe

Buried Willaston Cemetery, Willaston (Plot 61 P 1 - with wife & other Cheek family members)

PENALUNA Olivia

b. 1845, Cornwall, England, daughter of Thomas Penaluna and nee Avis Mankey

m. 13 August 1863, Philip CHEEK, Wesleyan Chapel, Gawler

d. 10 Aug 1908, Gawler, South Australia

Buried Willaston Cemetery, Willaston ('Olivia Cheek', Plot 61 P 1 - with husband & other Cheek family members)

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References

Phillip and Olivia Cheek

The Critic Souvenir Sep 1906 p2 Gawler Council

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