George Hucks

Verified across 3 independent compiled family trees (RootsWeb moadfamily, cornwalldiaspora, WikiTree). A primary (Find A Grave / SA BDM) is the recommended next confirmation step — see Notes.

Lifespan

Born: 15 May 1875 — Eudunda, South Australia
Married: 6 July 1914 — Agnes Letitia May Rose Paynter, at her parents' house, Quorn, SA
Died: 28 September 1947 (aged 72) — Terowie, South Australia
Buried: Oodla Wirra Cemetery, District Council of Peterborough, SA

Family

• Father: John Ring Hucks (1854–1928)
• Mother: Charlotte Bromley (1853–1931)
• Spouse: Emma Turner (1888–1910) — m. 21 Aug 1905, Oodla Wirra (first wife, d. 18 Sep 1910)
• Spouse: Agnes Letitia May Rose Paynter (1895–1952) — m. 6 Jul 1914, Quorn
• Children (1st marriage): Charlotte Emma Rubie Irene Hucks (m. Frederick Beven, 1906–1996), Gwinfred Gorden Herbert John Hucks (1908–2002)
• Children (2nd marriage): Linda Georgenia Elizabeth Hucks (b. 22 Apr 1920, Cockburn SA), George Leslie Roy Hucks (b. 1926 SA)

Life Summary

George Herbert Hucks was born at Eudunda, South Australia in 1875, son of John Ring Hucks and Charlotte Bromley. A railway worker, he lived in the upper-North SA rail towns of Quorn, Cockburn and Oodla Wirra (per From the Borders to the Bush, ch.5, as husband of Agnes Paynter). He married Agnes Letitia May Rose Paynter on 6 July 1914 at her parents' house in Quorn. He died on 28 September 1947 at Terowie and was buried at Oodla Wirra. (Dates per RootsWeb moadfamily, cornwalldiaspora F1452 and WikiTree; book corroborates his role as Agnes's husband.)

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