Capt. Johan George ARNOLD

Descendants of :

Capt. Johan George (George) ARNOLD

Generation 1

1. Johan George (George) ARNOLD was born 24 Jan 1863 in Gottenburg, Sweden and died 25 May 1949 in Mannum, SA. He married Alwine Pauline (Alvena) (Polly) RIEDEL 16 May 1892 in Teal Flat, SA. She was born ABT 1866 and died 02 May 1934 in Mannum, SA.

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Burial: Mannum Cemetery 

Children of Johan George (George) ARNOLD and Alwine Pauline (Alvena) (Polly) RIEDEL:
  i.   2.   Stella Louise Georgina ARNOLD was born 12 Nov 1893 in Mannum, SA and died 13 Jan 1984 in Glen Osmond, SA
  ii.   3.   Bertha Dorothy ARNOLD was born 30 Nov 1895 in Mannum, SA and died 08 Jan 1989
  iii.   4.   Edna Alice Alex ARNOLD was born 06 Dec 1897 in Mannum, SA
  iv.   5.   George Murray ARNOLD was born 27 May 1902 in Mannum, SA and died 04 Nov 1994
  v.   6.   Max William ARNOLD was born 08 Aug 1904 in Nildottie, SA and died 25 May 1967 in Crafers, SA
  vi.   7.   Frank Stanley ARNOLD was born 28 Sep 1906 in nr Swan Reach, SA and died 08 Apr 1975 in Barmera, SA
  vii.     Joyce Constance ARNOLD was born 24 Nov 1908 in Mannum, SA and died 29 Jun 1911 in Mannum, SA
  viii.   Laurence Milo (Lawrence) ARNOLD was born 26 Oct 1910 in Mannum, SA and died 14 Mar 1964 in Vermont, SA

Generation 2

2. Stella Louise Georgina ARNOLD was born 12 Nov 1893 in Mannum, SA and died 13 Jan 1984 in Glen Osmond, SA. She married Vernon Charles TODD 14 May 1921 in Mannum, SA. He was born 02 Feb 1895 in Norwood, SA and died 20 May 1969 in Eastwood, SA.

3. Bertha Dorothy ARNOLD was born 30 Nov 1895 in Mannum, SA and died 08 Jan 1989. She married George Leonard EKINS 07 Oct 1922 in Mannum, SA. He was born 12 Mar 1888 in College Park, SA and died 10 Mar 1978.

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Baptism: 07 Jan 1896, PS Etona

4. Edna Alice Alex ARNOLD was born 06 Dec 1897 in Mannum, SA. She married Edgar Richard TINK 29 Apr 1922 in Mannum, SA. He was born 1894 in Warracknabeal, Victoria and died 1974 in NSW, son of William Henry TINK.

Children of Edna Alice Alex ARNOLD and Edgar Richard TINK:
  i.     Arnold Richard TINK was born 17 Feb 1924 in Gilberton, SA

5. George Murray ARNOLD was born 27 May 1902 in Mannum, SA and died 04 Nov 1994. He married Gweneth Alison REED 14 Apr 1928 in Rose Park, SA.

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Baptism: 12 Jun 1902, PS Etona

6. Max William ARNOLD was born 08 Aug 1904 in Nildottie, SA and died 25 May 1967 in Crafers, SA. He married Joyce Mary NOLTENIUS Sep 1940. She was born 08 Apr 1915 in Pinnaroo, SA, daughter of Arthur Roy NOLTENIUS.

7. Frank Stanley ARNOLD was born 28 Sep 1906 in nr Swan Reach, SA and died 08 Apr 1975 in Barmera, SA. He married Claire Marjorie JUDELL 27 May 1946 in Adelaide, SA. She was born 24 Mar 1913 in Jamestown, SA and died 15 Apr 1996.

Last updated: 7 March 2025

[1910]   Man of Mannum.  Capt J. G. Arnold; now the biggest buyer of wheat operating on the river, was not always thus. This big-bodied, big-hearted Swede narrates, with quiet pride, that he was lumping wheat, and carrying his thousand bags a day 15 years ago. Eleven years ago, he remarks, he came to Loxton and took away all the wheat from the district in one barge. To-day it takes a fleet six months to do as much. 

A year ago, when the writer visited Mannum, he was much impressed with the stamp of men there met with. There was something big about them. You couldn't talk with Mr Walker, of the Mannum mills, for example, without feeling that he was a notable personality; and in Messrs Shearer and Scott, Mannum possessed citizens whose inventive genius was bringing laurels to the State.

I met Capt Arnold for the first time, at Loxton, last week, and found him also of the giant breed. From him I learned that Mannum is in no danger of dying of inanition. Shearers have just finished a new workshop capable of housing 600 men (at a cost of about £10,000). This firm has already turned out 600 strippers and 17,000 dozen ploughshares, this year. A new club house and institute are in course of erection, as well as 30 houses (Capt Arnold himself is building six.) An estimate of the cost of the buildings now being erected places it at about £35,000. One of the institutions of the place is a rowing club, which possesses three 4-oared and one 8-oared boats.

[1912]  Captain J. G. Arnold, the popular President of the Mannum rowing and athletic club (which held its second annual regatta last week) and one of the best known men connected with the river trade in South Australia is a native of Gothenburg, Sweden. He may well be said to belong to a nautical family, as seven of his uncles were in charge of vessels trading in different parts of the world. Captain Arnold secured his deepsea masters' certificate when 21 years of age. During his 15 years life on the ocean, he visited nearly every country in the continents in sailing craft or steamers, and about 22 years ago he decided to turn his attention to river navigation in South Australia. He took up residence at Mannum. 

Captain Arnold owns the steamboats Wilcannia, Rothbury, and Mundoo among other craft, and also the biggest barges on the river, the Corowie, which was built according to his design at Goolwa recently. Her holding capacity is 8,000bags of wheat, whereas the previous record was 4,500 bags. For four years he was Chairman of the Blanchetown District Council, and he has taken a prominent part in the affairs of the institute, the Agricultural and Horticultural Society and other local activities. His hospitality to the rowing men from Adelaide who attended this year's regatta was unbounded.