87:. He married Grace Amy Wills (28 March 1860 â 6 March 1884) on 3 September 1876. Ran Crystal Brook Hotel c. 1878. He married again to Elizabeth Agnes Rieken (c. 1860 â 12 January 1950) on 21 October 1885. Lived Napier Street, Exeter. "Children William, Percy, Amy, Stanley, Bertie" In 1875, he took over management of the Crystal Brook Hotel from Benjamin Wills (his wife's brother), just a few months after building was completed, which he relinquished in 1879 to take control of his father's brewery. He died in 1900 of a bowel disease. His family included:
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55:'s "White Horse Cellars" hotel and theatre at the corner of Commercial Road and St. Vincent Street, Port Adelaide. After seven years he was in a position to purchase the property, and converted the theatre to a brewery (in 1883 he moved the brewery to Cannon Street, dubbed it the "Cannon Brewery", and converted the property into a block of shops).
19:(4 December 1830 â 24 June 1908) was a hotel owner, brewer and businessman in the young colony of South Australia. He founded the hotel owning firm of Knapman and Son which survived past the mid-20th century. His descendants included four of South Australia's most famous sportsmen, a well-known pianist and numerous publicans.
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Knapman (4 December 1830 â 24 June 1908) married Charlotte Bowden (c. 1835 â 30 May 1892). He married again, in 1895 to Mary (c. 1851 â 29 October 1939), the widow of Thomas Barret Brown; their residence was "Canonteign", corner of Cannon Street and The Minories, Port Adelaide. Their children
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Knapman (c. 1843 â 14 August 1899), sister of William Knapman sen. of Port Adelaide, married James Smith (c. 1847 â 21 April 1908) of Prospect Farm near Port Pirie around January 1885. His previous wife Mary died 6 December 1882 aged 39, leaving five children. His third wife, Monte Kate Smith
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In 1873, he built the Port Pirie Hotel in Port Pirie, managed by his son-in-law Samuel Wills. In 1876 Knapman and his family moved to Port Pirie, where his wife managed the Port Pirie Hotel. In 1880, Maria
Knapman, presumably William's sister, took over the Pilot Boat Hotel, Port Pirie. In 1895,
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Elizabeth "Polly" Knapman (28 August 1854 â 20 June 1928) married Samuel Wills (2 December 1845 â 1922) on 24 February 1871. Their children were Fred Wills of Unley Park, Sydney Wills of Norton Summit, Percy Wills of Underdale, Amy Wills of
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Arnold Wills
Knapman (22 September 1896 â ) married Dorothy Oldham, (23 November 1896 â 1982) on 6 September 1920. Dorothy was a noted pianist, known as Dorothy Knapman from 1920 to 1947, when she resumed the name Oldham for professional
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Knapman (c. 1884 â 5 May 1905) married Arthur Burley Jones (c. 1873 â 9 November 1949) Jones married again on 8 June 1912, to Ada Muriel Ottaway. He was prominent businessman of Jones Brothers, Semaphore and Port
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Alfred Ernest Albert "Alf" Knapman (24 December 1867 â 26 October 1918) married Ellen "Nell" Jellett (c. 1866 â 27 August 1916) on 29 May 1895, ran Port Pirie Hotel from 1893, Producers Club Hotel
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Roy Thomas
Knapman ( â October 1989) married Thelma Grace Hamilton ( â May 1989). Roy was proprietor of a motor vehicle garage on Coburg Road, Alberton. Their children were Lolita, Bill and Necia.
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Australian Brewing Company to supply beer to its hotels, and the Cannon Brewery was closed down and became the Commercial Chemical Company.
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on 29 January 1919. They had one son and three daughters. Their eldest daughter Jeanne Ellen Richardson married Flying Officer Arthur Martin Chappell on 26 September 1942; their sons
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William Henry "Harry" Knapman (c. 1864 â 7 March 1932) of Prince Street Alberton, later Coburg Road, Alberton; with S.A. Railways, married Clara Alice Gubbins ( â 28 April 1932) of
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Frank Henry Knapman (27 February 1892 â May 1978) of Glebe Street Alberton married Florence Alberta Zeitz on 4 April 1917. Their children included Dulcie, Ross and Ronda.
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William Knapman leased then owned White Horse Cellars, Port Adelaide 1860â1876. It was later named Black Diamond Hotel by Duncan Reid, previously captain of one of
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Albert "Bertie" Knapman (30 December 1893 â 1981) married Frieda Eleonore Herrmann (8 April 1889 â February 1974) on 19 April 1919, lived Parr Street Largs Bay.
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Charlotte Waycotte "Lottie" Knapman (31 August 1898 â ) married Henry Glenholme "Glen" Allnutt (2 March 1897 â ) on 20 February 1923, lived at North Adelaide.
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Lorna Mavis Knapman (14 March 1908 â 9 August 1989) married Herbert John Edwards ( â ), licensee of the Caledonian Hotel, Broken Hill, then the Grange Hotel.
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Stanley Knapman (11 April 1892 â 20 August 1959) married Lillian Florence Grace "Flo" Austwick ( â 3 August 1975), lived on Woolnough Road Exeter, then Largs
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Colin Knapman Ritchie (14 July 1902 â ) married Alexandra Mary May on 12 March 1927, residence "Montillie" (frequently spelled "Montpillie"),
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Wesley Bowden Knapman (23 June 1903 â December 1941) married Ena Fell McArthur (16 August 1908 â ) on 10 December 1935 and lived at
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Florrie Knapman (4 November 1889 â 18 April 1954) married Clifton W. Remphrey on 2 April 1914, born at Petersburg (modern
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Samuel James Knapman (20 August 1876 â 2 April 1917) married Alice Louise McKenzie ( â 21 April 1941) on 24 November 1897.
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