Location 244
Dwelling #244.
Map 11
- Address
- Lower Pigroot Gully
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Area -
Shepherds Creek -
Description -
Dwelling #244. Lower Pigroot Gully, Shepherds Creek.
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Still Standing -
Yes -
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Construction Details -
Pug with timber and corrugated iron roof. -
Location Type -
Dwelling
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Interested Parties
The table below shows the groups of people that had an interest in this property, either as owners, residents, tenants or shareholders. Clicking on the 'Details' link will display a list of the individuals in the group along with any known historical information about them.
| Group | Date | Description | |
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| 1 | 1875 - 1885 | James Smith | Details |
| 2 | 1885 - 1906 | William Richard Parcell | Details |
| 3 | 1906 - 1914 | John Hodson (1) | Details |
| 4 | 1914 - 1920 | Miss Alice Mary Murray | Details |
| 5 | 1920 - 1924 | Philip May Parcell | Details |
| 6 | 1923 - 1934 | Mrs E Parcell | Details |
| 7 | c1934 - c1936 | Empty - woolshed | Details |
| 8 | c1936 - 1941 | Frederick Pryde Sutherland | Details |
| 9 | 1941 - 1944 | Brian Cuthbert Parcell | Details |
| 10 | 1940 - 1949 | John Hodson (2) | Details |
| 11 | 1949 - 1950 | Mrs Daisy Hodson | Details |
| 12 | 1950 - 1951 | James Lewis Hodson | Details |
| 13 | 1944 - 1983 | Edwin Marquis (Ted) Turner | Details |
| 14 | 1945 - 1987 | Mrs Rachael Turner | Details |
| 15 | 1987 - 1990 | Terrence Henning | Details |
| 16 | 1990 - 2005 | Alister Sherrif | Details |
| 17 | 2005 - | Mrs Glenda Sherrif | Details |
Notes
The table below shows any historical notes about the location.
| Note | Date | Short Description | Note Text |
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| 2752 | 1875 | James purchased a share in a coal pit. | About this time it appears that James Smith purchased a third share in the 'Bannockburn Coal Pit' (location #386) in Adams Gully. The shareholders of the coal pit were William Bell, John Kane and John Short. It appears that James Smith may have purchased John Shorts share. About this time Mr Smith either built, or had built, dwelling #244. |
| 2757 | c1885 | William Parcell purchased dwelling #244 from James Smith (1) | It appears that about this time Mr William Richard Parcell (1) purchased dwelling #244 from James Smith (1). (J P Parcell mentions1884 for dwelling #244 and #386, while Heart of the Desert mentions 1886 for #386. River Punts & Ferries mentions J Smith at Luggate Ferry 1885 - 1915) |
| 2762 | 1885 | William Parcell (1) purchased dwelling #244 from Mr James Smith. | William Parcell (1) purchased dwelling #244 and the coal mine (location #386) from Mr James Smith. He sold his previous house in Happy Valley (dwelling #294) to Mr Thomas Smith. |
| 2774 | 1906 | John Hodson moved to Bannockburn and dwelling #244. | In June of 1906, it appears that Mr John Hodson and his family may have moved from Gibbston to Bannockburn, possibly to dwelling #244. |
| 2781 | 1914 | John Hodson (1) may have moved to dwelling #182 full time. | John Hodson (1) may have moved from dwelling #244 to dwelling #182 full time. Miss Alice Mary Murray rented dwelling #244 when she returned to Bannockburn after training as a teacher. |
| 2785 | 1914 | Miss Murray was appointed as school mistress at the Bannockburn school. | Miss Murray was appointed as school mistress at the Bannockburn school, where Mr R L Blair was the head teacher. On her return to Bannockburn it appears that she rented dwelling #244. |
| 2790 | 1921 | About this time, Philip Parcell rented dwelling #244. | About this time, Philip Parcell rented dwelling #244. |
| 2792 | 1924 | Birth of Letty Parcell, and Philip moved from dwelling #244. | On 16 Feb 1924, Mary Letitia Ann (Letty) Parcell was born. A few months later, Philip Parcell moved from dwelling #244 to dwelling #252. However Mrs Parcell and her daughters remained in dwelling #244. Mr Parcell would have his meals with his family in dwelling #244. |
| 2795 | c1934 - c1936 | It appears that dwelling #244 was not inhabited during this time. | It appears that dwelling #244 was not inhabited during this time. Fay Sutherland had been told by her parents that the house had been used as a woolshed for some time. Mr Philip Parcell may have used it for this purpose. |
| 2796 | c1936 | Fred Sutherland rented dwelling #244. | About this time, Mr Fred Sutherland and his wife moved from dwelling #127 to dwelling #244. It seems that Mr P M Parcell still owned the dwelling at this time, and Fred Sutherland and family rented the property. The property may have been used as a woolshed for some time prior to their moving in, and was very run down. The Sutherland family lined and papered the 'woolshed' and turned it back into a home. During this time, Mr Sutherland was sharing the cost of Mr P M Parcell's water share in the Bannockburn (Shepherds Creek) Water Race Company. |
| 2798 | 1941 | Brian Cuthbert Parcell moved into dwelling #244. | It appears that about this time, Mr Brian Cuthbert Parcell and his family returned from the Akaroa area and moved into dwelling #244. Brian was the son of Henry Clyde Parcel, and the grandson of William Richard Parcell (1) who was a previous resident in dwelling #244. |
| 2800 | 1940 | John Hodson (2) purchased dwelling #244 from the Parcell family. | It appears that about this time John Hodson (2) opened up the Shepherds Creek Coal Mine (location #247) and purchased dwelling #244 from the Parcell family. John Hodson did not live in the dwelling, but rented it to Mr E M Turner. ( Note - John Hodson (2) was the son John Hodson (1) who was an earlier resident of this property ) |
| 2802 | 1949 | General note. | Following the death of her husband, Mrs Hodson became the owner of dwelling #244, however her son James Lewis Hodson may have acted as her agent. |
| 2803 | 1950 | Death of Mrs Daisy Hodson. | On 9 March, following the death of his mother, Mrs Daisy Hodson, the ownership of dwelling #244 was transferred to James Lewis Hodson. |
| 2804 | 1951 | Ted Turner purchased the property from Jim Hodson. | On 16 April 1951, Mr Edwin Marquis Turner (Ted) purchased dwelling #244 from Mr Jim Hodson. Ted Turner had rented the property from Jim Hodsons father (John Hodson (2)) since 1944. |
| 2807 | 1951 | Ted Turner purchased dwelling #244 from Mr J L Hodson. | On 16 Apr 1951, Ted Turner purchased dwelling #244 from John Hodson (2). He had been renting the property for some years at this point. |
| 2809 | 1983 | Mrs Rachael Turner continued to live in dwelling #244 after her husband Ted's death. | Mrs Rachael Turner continued to live in dwelling #244 after her husband Ted's death. |
| 2810 | 1987 | Mrs Turner sold dwelling #244 to Mr Henning. | Mrs Turner sold dwelling #244 to Mr Terrence Henning of Arrowtown. Rachael Turner moved to Cromwell. |
| 2812 | 1987 | Terry Henning purchased dwelling #244 from Rachael Turner. | On 22 Sep 1987, Terry Henning purchased dwelling #244 from Rachael Turner. |
| 2814 | 1990 | Alister and Glenda Sherriff purchased dwelling #244 from Terry Henning. | On 21 Dec 1990, Alister and Gelnda Sherriff purchased dwelling #244 from Mr Terry Henning. |
| 2816 | 2005 | Glenda Sherriff continued to live in dwelling #244 after her husband Alister's death in 2005. | Glenda Sherriff continued to live in dwelling #244 after her husband Alister's death in 2005. |
Images
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| Image Id | Source | Date | Short Description | |
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| 324 | Paul Crump | 1998 | Dwelling #244 - looking south west. | View Image |
| 780 | Paul Crump - Bannockburn | 2002 | Shepherds Creek Coal Mine - location #184 - looking west at mine portal. | View Image |
| 782 | Paul Crump - Bannockburn | 2002 | Shepherds Creek Coal Mines - locations #243 and #510. | View Image |
| 799 | Paul Crump - Bannockburn | 2002 | Shepherds Creek Coal mines (locations #184 and 380) | View Image |
| 985 | Mrs G Sherrif - Bannockburn | c1976 | Dwelling #244 - Shepherds Creek - Pigroot Gully | View Image |
| 1069 | Paul Crump - Bannockburn | 2005 | Bannockburn-Nevis Road - looking south. | View Image |