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Godfrey Rumbelow 2nd
1869 - 1942
Descendant of Malen Rumbelow 2nd
Godfrey Rumbelow 2nd (3rd child) was born at Encounter Bay on 2nd January 1869 and married Ada Louise Heading at the home of her father at Campbelltown on 12th August 1890. According to his children, Godfrey was the first Rumbelow male to avoid the fishing industry due to persistent seasickness.
There is a story recalled by Lawrie Rumbelow in which Henry and Godfrey, as youths, were fishing when they sighted a school of mullet. Godfrey jumped overboard and held the end of the net while Henry rowed around the school. Suddenly, a 10’ 6” long carpet shark appeared, and was about to attack Godfrey who shouted to Henry. Henry gave his boat a quick shove to bring it alongside Godfrey who quickly clambered aboard. The shark then tried to attack the boat but was killed with a lance carried for just that purpose.
As carpet sharks were feared by the fishermen for their ferocity and daring, perhaps this was why Godfrey chose not to follow the family passion for fishing.
Godfrey had a number of occupations in his lifetime. He sold the fish for the family business for a time, had a farm in the Waitpinga area which fronted onto the beach at Encounter Bay and moved away from Yilki and lived at Payneham near his wife’s family for a number of years before returning to Victor Harbor.
He was a very good runner and the story is told that he was once involved in a foot race with a horse. I cannot guarantee that the result was accurate but we were always told that Godfrey won.
Godfrey and Ada had six children;
PERSONAL
PERSONAL
Mr. and Mrs. Godfrey Rumbelow and family of Encounter Bay, will leave to take up their new residence in Adelaide on Tuesday next. Mr. Rumbelow has resided in this district practically all of his life, and for a good many years has had a dairy farm at Encounter Bay, from which he supplied his big milk round.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Rumbelow have been valuable residents in the district taking an active interest in all affairs that tended in any way to benefit the town or district, and they will carry away with them the best wishes from a large circle of friends.
Mr. Rumbelow was a keen sportsman, and was well to the front in all athletic affairs, his pet recreations being running, cricket, and football.
LATE MR. G. RUMBELOW
LATE MR. G. RUMBELOW
The late Mr. Godfrey Rumbelow, who died in Adelaide on Wednesday last, was the third son of the late Mr. Malin Rumbelow, of Encounter Bay, where he was born 73 years ago. For several years he was identified with the Rumbelow family in the fishing industry, a calling which that family has carried on in these waters for the past 80 years. Later he was engaged in dairying, and was a large supplier of milk to the people of Victor Harbour.
In latter years he lived in retirement in this town. In his early days the deceased was a runner of repute and excelled in distant events, He married Miss Hedding, of Campbelltown, and the following children:
Frank, was killed in the Great War
Samuel, lost his life in saving a girl from drowning at Port Elliot.
Mrs, H. S. Reid, of Campbelltown ;
Mrs. L. Miller, of Adelaide ;
Mrs. V. J. Swain, of Victor Harbour
Mr. K. S. Rumbelow, of Victor Harbour.
80th BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY
80th BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY
Mrs. Godfrey Rumbelow, of Victor Harbour, was the recipient of many congratulatory messages and gifts on the occasion of her 80th birthday anniversary on Sunday last.
Mrs. Rumbelow, who is the widow of Mr. Godfrey Rumbelow, is very highly respected throughout the district, where she has resided most of the time since her marriage sixty years ago.
Members of the family are Mrs. H. S. Reid, of Payneham, Mrs. L. A. Miller, of Queenstown, and Mrs. V. J. Swain and K. S. Rumbelow, both of Victor Harbour. Two sons, Messrs. Samuel and Frank Rumbelow, are deceased.
There are twenty-one grandchildren, twenty three great-grandchildren.
100 YEARS OF AGE
100 YEARS OF AGE
Mrs. Godfrey Rumbelow, of 12 Victor Street, Victor Harbour, will celebrate her 100th birthday anniversary on Thursday next, 24th September.
Mrs. Rumbelow was born at Campbelltown, S.A., in 1870, and was the eldest of 13 children of Mr. and Mrs. John Heading.
She was married eighty years ago and, with the exception of 12 years in Adelaide, has resided in Victor Harbour since her marriage. Her husband, the late Mr. Godfrey Rumbelow, died 28 years ago at the age of 73 years.
Surviving members of the family are Mrs. Bert Reid, Mrs. Len Miller, and Mr. Ken Rumbelow. Two sons, Sam and Frank, and one daughter, Gwen, are deceased.
Relatives and friends are invited to afternoon tea at the Newland Memorial Church Hall on Thursday to help Mrs. Rumbelow celebrate this most important occasion.
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