Glen Birchby
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Glen L. Birchby
Born 1940s.
Ancestors 
Son of John Birchby
and Florence Jean (Duell) Birchby
Brother of
[private brother (1930s - 2010s)] and [private brother (1930s - unknown)]
Descendants 
Father of
[private son (1970s - unknown)]
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Biography
Glen Birchby has completed the England Project's Orphan Trail.
Glen Birchby Successfully completed the England Project's pre-1500 Prep.
Glen was born in 1941 at Allawah Private Hospital in Semaphore, South Australia. He is the youngest of the three sons of John (Jack) Birchby and Florence Jean Duell (Jean). [1]
The family lived at 15 Devon Street, Largs Bay, South Australia, close to the beach where the boys spent much leisure time summer and winter.
Glen was educated at Largs Bay Primary School and Woodville High School before going on to study Architecture at what is now the University of South Australia, graduating in 1968.
He was registerd as an Architect in 1970 and was employed first by the South Australian Government, then by a Glenelg property development company, then by a private architectural partnership practice in Parkside, before establishing his own architectural practice at Unley Park in 1975. The practice was known as Glen Birchby & Associates, eventually becoming an incorporated company named Birchby Consulting Pty Ltd.
In 1968 Glen married Margaret Charles at St Matthews Anglican Church, Marryatville, and they set up home, at first in a flat at Rose Park, then purchased an old farm-house on a large block at 18 Alison Street, Glenelg North, close to Glen's developer-employer. Within the year Glen was asked to join the Parkside architectural partnership, so the Glenelg house was sold and Glen and Margaret bought a blue-stone villa at 46 Westall Street, Unley Park, to be closer to work.
In 1973 their only son Mark was born.
In 1991 the family moved to Torrens Park, which was close to Mark's school at Scotch College, and was an ideal property and location from which to run a home office, which Glen now did.
In the latter part of Glen's professional life he confined his work to consulting on construction and design advice rather than preparation of building designs and documentation for construction, as previously.
With Mark (a licensed master builder) Glen carried out a number of residential developments and alterations, which allowed him to continue to exercise his interest in architectural design.
Glen closed the practice and retired from work in 2015.
Glen's interests, apart from architecture, have been classical music, reading, Family History research, and travel to Europe, particularly France and England, where Glen and Margaret enjoyed a number of vacations focused on visiting famous houses and their gardens.
Sources
- ↑ First hand information from Glen Birchby, and from discussions with his mother, Jean.
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