216:'s visit in 1889. She held various positions on the executive, including President and Treasurer. She was also State Superintendent of the Mothers' Union, and was one of the original 25 members of the Flinders Street Baptist Church. She taught at Sunday School and served as deaconess of the church for nearly 50 years. They had nine children, including J. B. Whiting, secretary to South Australia's Agent General in London. She died at the Queen Mary Hospital, Westall Street, Hyde Park, and her remains were interred at the
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The firm of Megaw and Hogg was founded at Broken Hill in 1901 by Joseph Porter Megaw (c. 1867 – 24 May 1922) and (John) Walker Hogg (died 1 February 1926). In 1909 they opened an
Adelaide branch, with Megaw as manager, and Joseph Tracey Quigley was introduced as a partner in 1912. In 1921 the
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Jessie Melvin (c. 1821 – 21 August 1908) married George Duke in 1866. Duke was manager of the bookbinding department of the
Government Printing Office. She was a foundation member of the Flinders Street Baptist Church, but later joined the Parkside Baptist Church, otherwise led a quiet
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Isabella Melvin (12 November 1826 – 9 April 1915) married James
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Edinburgh City Mission. and Wilhelmina Melvin (c. 1800 – 8 July 1872). He was educated in Edinburgh, and emigrated to South Australia in 1852, two and a half years after his mother, brother and three sisters, who left
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