Daly Street 26
| Place type: | Building |
|---|---|
| Address: | 26 Daly Street |
| Town or Locality: | Gawler East |
Gawler Bunyip
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL
Mr. Philip Guy, an old resident of Gawler, who died at his residence "Liskeard," Daly Street, on July 25 1922, was born in the parish of Liskeard, Cornwall on November 30, 1837. He sailed in the ship Utopia in 1863, arriving at Adelaide port on February 10, 1864.
A month later he came to Gawler and took up his craft as a bootmaker. Strikes even in those days had their influence on workers, and when matters were at their worst, Mr. Guy decided sooner than submit to the employer's demands, to open in business for himself.
This occurred in March, 1868 and for 30 years he conducted his trade, his shop being now the northern extension of Mr. A. Sheard's Emporium.
For many years past Mr. Guy lived a life of retirement.
As a young man he joined the ' Oddfellows' Order, M.U., and was a member of the Gawler branch at his death. In early years he was a capable worker in the Methodist cause, being with the Tod Street Church.
There is left a widow, one son, five daughters, twelve grand- children, and two great grandchildren. One son, the younger, Philip Gawler, made the supreme sacrifice in France in the Great War.
Gawler Bunyip Friday 17th January 1936. DEATH. GUY.—On the 11th January, at Gawler, Louisa, the widow of Philip Guy of 19 Daly Street, Gawler.
Kevin Fitzgerald remembers:
I realize that it is hard to find anything more boring than someone else's family history but to explain some of my previous letter I shall inflict a little on you.
Philip Kettewell. Guy married Martha Amelia Farrant at Gawler in 1865. A son Joseph was born in May 1866. Martha died in June 1866 and the son died in December of that same year.
I now know that another son also named Joseph was born to Philip and his second wife Louisa Pilgrim my great-great- grandmother. Hence the confusion on my part. This couple swelled the population of Gawler with seven children including their youngest Philip Gawler Guy K.I.A. 10th August 1918 in the battle of Lihons, France. I have visited his grave twice when in France where our son lives; also the small area of Crepey Wood where his Company came under machine gun fire with the loss of ten lives that morning.
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