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

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