THE MOYLE FAMILY

Ref: N.Robinson’s notes: Dictated by Les.

William Moyle @ 1858 and his wife Frances (1797-1881)arrived in SA
as Government Migrants from Cornwall aboard the “British Sovereign”
1847 with their 4 sons -— Cuthbert, Peter, James and Walter. They first
went to Virginia, then Kapunda, and then to Hill River- Mintaro..

This early part of. their lives in SA is obscure. I could not locate
any Burra records and the early Stanley (Mintaro-Hill River) records
are lost.

WILLIAM MOYLE was buried at Spring Farm cemetery (Clare records) and
South Australian Directories of 1872 shows James Moyle and Walter Moyle
as farmers at Hill River & Belalie. This I think gives some idea of
their time of residence in the Hill River-Mintaro area.

FRANCES MOYLE 1797-1881 is buried at Jamestown.

Of the 4 sons, CUTHBERT took up land at Yanyarrie when that area was
opened for selection. No further connection with Jamestown.

PETER 1825-1898 went to the Victorian gold diggings. I dont think he
could have found any gold but while there he married Mary Caddy (died 1871).
They returned to Jamestown lived at Moyleton and were both buried at Jamestown.
No issue.

Belalie records show him as owner of Lot 6 around 1882.

JAMES MOYLE 1835-1923 married Helen Oakford 1851-1918 of Penwortham
and had 1 daughter Mary Ada.

MARY ADA 1878-1927-or Ada as she was known to us married Arthur
Trengrove. He came to Jamestown I believe as Station-Master, later
resigned from the railways, and for some years conducted a carrying
business in Jamestown. No issue. Ada was educated at Hornsdale Public
School and at Miss’Hervey’s Private School. Lived practically all
her life in Jamestown,

WALTER MOYLE 1835-1878 married Eliza Jane Lindo and had family of
Robert John who diéd as a child during the typhoid fever outbreak at
Silverton during the 1880s. Francis Jane married Fred Hockey and bore
him 3 children then deserted him and went to New Zeeland with a man
named Howie who had been operating some sort of cab service in
Jamestown. Lived rest of her life in N.Z.

WALTER LINDO MOYLE 1878-1940 married Lucy Ann Moreton 1880-1918 and had a family of 2 sons & 6 daughters. (son of Walter Lindo writing this story to N.Robinson 1971. My eldest sister and I (Mrs E.H.Giles) were born at Jamestown (Mrs Rowe’s Cottage) then my father sold out and also with his family went to NZ. He remained there until 1917 then came back with his family to live at Clare and bought in at Watervale in 1923.

This I think about wraps up the Moyle history as far as Jamestown is
concerned except ‘perhaps that Eliza Jane Moyle after the death of
her husband in 1878 married Harry Day and had by or from him 5 children
Effie died in infancy 1883, Albert died aged 12 yrs 1897 (again
congestion of the lungs), Edgar, Alice & Rose who all were taken by
my father to NZ. I think,they would all have been pupils of Jstns
School.

The LINDO side of. the family had some connection with Jamestown.
ROBERT CHRISTMAS LINDO (Dec 25 1812-1904) wtth his wife Jane (1815-
1895) arrived in SA with 2 children on the “Stebonhealth” in 1849. I
know they went first to Hay Valley near Yankalilla but I know nothing
of their movements until I read in cemetery records of the burial
of 2 infant children in the C of E cemetery at Mintaro in 1866. I
know they came from Devon but why?

I can only presume that while living at Mintaro the connection between
Moyles and Lindos must have started to flower and that they either
went with or followed the Moyles to Belalie.

Incidentally one daughter, Sarah, married John Bowles who about the
90s conducted some sort of business in Yongala. He, John Bowles,
was a saddler. Wilson Lindo 1844-1905 was the only son and I think
this branch was rather interesting.

He, WILSON LINDO seems to have been a rather wild colonial boy . He
followed the mineral strikes of that era and my father (WALTER LINDO)
had specimens of opal fron. White Cliffs and Lighntning Ridge, gold
from Mr Brown and silver lead from Broken Hill. He was working on
Mt Gipps when Broken Hill was discovered and was original shareholder.
One of the sort who apparently frequented the Barrier Hotel first in
his mullock covered moleskins and graduated to frock coats and diamond
studded waistcoats. WILSON LINDO frittered his fortunes away and
exchanged his last part share in Broken Hill for the “Black Hill
Dairy” at Silverton. Left there and bought land at Parachilna with his
only son Jack. who had been in the saddlery business in Broken Hill .
While at Parachilna Wilson became ill, came down to Jamestown for
medical treatment and lived with my father until he died (1905).
Buried at Jamestown. JACK LINDO sold Parachilna and bought Old Mootoor
(Mootooroo) Station. Jack married a remarkable woman Bertha Ersenberg
and I wonder how many people who travel miles to see the wild flowers
in season know thet Bertha Lindo took the so-called “hops” to the
Flinders Ranges. I seem to be getting away from Jamestown.

I think the first record I, with the assistance of my nephew Colin
Giles, have been able to find concerning the Moyles land occupancy at
Belalie, came from S.A. Archives. Purchase of Allotment 49 in newly
surveyed township of Jamestown by WALTER MOYLE on 21.12.1871 for
8pnds 5/-. Further to that I am enclosing copy of the original Land
Grant to Walter Moyle Of Allotments 518 & 520 which covers faily well
the transaction until myfather sold out. Longmire & Shaw were
brothers—in-law, Henry Day was my father’s stepfather. I know nothing
of Carter.

From L.T.O. Sections 65 & 68, 441 acres were purchased by Walter Moyle
1876 for 441pnds. Section 53 was bought by Richard Williams at the
same time. This must have been bought from Williams by Walter Moyle
before his death in 1878 and sold back to Williams by the Trustees
about 1882 or 1882. The leasing of this land would have been the same
as 518 & 520.until my father became of age. JAMES MOYLE bought
sections 497, 498, 499, 505, 506 & 518 from James Angas Johnson in

1877. I believe these sectidns or some of them were subsequently
      resurveyed into township:blocks and called Moyleton.

ROBERT CHRISTMAS LINDO apparently lived on one of these blocks, Lot 29,
later transferred to Wilson Lindo. Peter Moyle Lot 6, Harry Day Lot 25.

JAMS & WALTER MOYLE apparently worked together as partners until
Walter’s death in 1878. James purchased section 203W 149 acres Hd of
Tarcowie in 1880 and I can only suggest that the Moyleton subdivision
gave him money to purchase adjoining sections 198 & 199, 491 acres in
1884.

I do not know when James Moyle retired and came to Jamestown but
Jamestown Corporation records show him as owner of Block 20 in 1898.

When we came back from NZ in 1917 he and his wife were living with
Ada & Arthur Trengrove in the first house on the right of the road which
runs down to the Show Grounds. I always presumed this was James Moyle’s
home but it may have been registered in Ada’s name. I believe they
also had house property opposite to this place.