Peter Telford was born in 1844 in Port Gawler (today merely the mouth of the Gawler River about 25km west of Gawler and administered by the District Council of Malalla) to Jane Sinton and James Telfer.
Married Sarah Jane Baker on 29 July 1869 in Glenburnie (today an eastern suburb of Mt Gambier), South Australia.[1]
Died on 5 July 1916 in Mount Gambier, South Australia.[2]
Buried 6 July Lake Terrace Cem. Section E plot 790
Sources
↑Marriage 29 Jul 1869 Peter (24) s/o James TELFORD, & Sarah Jane (19) d/o John BAKER, Dist Gre, Book 80 Pg 285, from Digger Records SA Marriages 1842-1916, extract rcvd in EMails re SINTON/TELFER ex Verity H (Australia), Recipient: Lorna Henderson (NZ)
↑Death 1916- 1925 Peter TELFORD, reg. SA, from Australia Death Index, 1787-1985, vol 403 pg 147, from Ancestry.com
Maternal relationship is confirmed by a triangulated group on 23andMe who share a 11 cM segment on chromosome 9, consisting of LF and both NE and Lorna Henderson, his 4th cousins 2x removed. (Lorna and NE are 4th cousins.) Their most-recent common ancestors are Peter Sinton and Jane Wight, the 5x great grandparents of LF, 3x great grandparents of Lorna Henderson and of NE.
Acknowledgments
Thank you to L Henderson for creating WikiTree profile Telford-118 through the import of SintonTelfer4WikiTreeJun2013PlaceUpdated.ged on Jun 14, 2013. (Reference: 54479)
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