Elizabeth BEARE
In Memory of
ELIZABETH BEARE
Born London 1834, died Netley 9 Jan 1848
FIRST EUROPEAN SETTLER TO LAND IN
SOUTH AUSTRALIA - ARRIVED 27 JULY 1836
CHARLOTTE HUDSON BEARE
wife of Samuel Stephens
Born March 1788, died 16 December 1875
and
FRANCIS DUVAL
Born 30 June 1857, died 5 December 1863
were also interred here
With a memorial to Samuel Stephens
West Terrace Cemetery, Road 1 South, on the east side of Path 31, in Grave 46
See also memorial in Kingscote Pioneers Cemetery for Elizabeth Beare
Dene Cordes comments 8 April 2016:
One of the first major projects that the KIPA took up was, at the suggestion of President, Bill Holmesby, to restore the badly crumbled Stephens Vault at West Terrace Cemetery. It really was in a bad condition, although one could see that it had been a prominent site.
In order to raise the hefty sums of money, the KIPA decided to approach several of the connected organisations/businesses.
I undertook to contact the Public Service Association of which I was a member at the time. I asked them to contribute because Samuel Stephens would have been an early employee of he community. They readily agreed and gave, I think, $1000.
The ANZ was approached because one of he Stephens brothers was Manager of that Bank. They, too donated.The Dept. of Environment donated because it was also Dept of Heritage. And the KIPA made up the rest. It was all paid for, and was remarkable because Stephens had no descendants, and neither did Elizabeth Beare. Members of the Beare family contributed. The handsome, restored vault was the result. There was a ceremony to unveil the vault.
I am sure that there would be ample information in KIPA newsletters, and also The Advertiser. But I am writing this because, these days, we are privileged to have a website. This verbal anecdote by me might be very important one day.
It all started because the KIPA wanted to find Elizabeth Beare’s grave and mark it permanently. The rest all followed.
It was a big achievement by the rather young KIPA.
Dene Cordes