APPENDIX D

The Second and Succeeding Generations

Brief mention has been made in the text of the elder sons in the period prior to and shortly after David's death. It is proposed here to summarise in turn the lives of the eight children, all sons, who survived to adulthood. The remaining six children, five boys and one girl, died as infants or adolescents. These were:-

It should be noted that, in several cases, names of deceased infants were used again for succeeding children.

William Clarence (23/9/1851 -8/2/1914)

William's early life and marriage to Mary Jane Hocart are described in the text. As recorded there the family moved to Victoria in the early 1880s.
William presumably remained in the saddlery business for some years but later became an orchardist at Montrose on the road to Lilydale. It is not known what prompted him to make this move but his health could have been a factor as he is known to have suffered badly from asthma. It is clear, though, that an interest in horses remained in the family as three of his grandsons became jockeys.
While at Montrose William played an active part in the Masonic Lodge at Lilydale and used to travel by horse and jinker to the meetings. He is also reputed to have had a wonderful sense of humour .
William and Mary had eight children, four boys and four girls, all of whom married except the eldest, Elsie Rose, who died of poisoning at the age of twelve, when the doctor is said to have prescribed the wrong medicine. Details of the family are shown in the accompanying chart.

William Badger's Family
William Clarence BADGER b. 1851 d. 1914
m. 1876
Mary Jane HOCART b. 1856 d. 1942

Gibson (24/10/1853 -13/12/1889)

As already recorded, Gibson and Annie had seven children, four boys and three girls, all of whom survived to an advanced age, except the youngest, Gibson, who was born after his father's death and lived only three days. Details are shown in the accompanying chart.

Following Gibson's death in December 1889 Annie continued to conduct the store at Renmark with the assistance of Gibson's stepbrother, Henry. The family remained at Renmark unti 1897 and then moved to Adelaide. By this time the elder sons had begun work and Annie was able to concentrate on her household responsibilities with the assistance of her eldest daughter, Annie Gibson (Nance).

Nance remained unmarried although engaged for some thirty years to Richard Kitson, a talented musician who played the clarinet and saxophone. They planned to marry on a number of occasions but family emergencies, to which Nance generously responded, prevented the marriage from taking place. The family lived at Prospect for many years until after the death of Gibson's widow, Annie, in May 1946.

Gibson Badger's Family
Gibson BADGER b. 1853 d. 1889
m.1878
Annie McDOUGALL b. 1857 d. 1946

    1. Annie Gibson BADGER b. 1879 d. 1963

    2. John McDougall BADGER b. 1880 d. 1949
    m. 1913
    Laura Mary BROOKER b. 1884 d. 1979
      1. Kathleen Woodford BADGER b. 1914
      2. Geoffrey Malcolm BADGER b. 1916
      3. Hugh Gibson BADGER b. 1921

    3. Archie Maxwell BADGER b. 1882 d. 1952
    m. 1913
    Helen WOODROFFE b. 1882 d.1917
      1. Nancy Maxwell BADGER b.1914
      2. Helen Maxwell BADGER b. 1915

    4. Jessie Emmeline BADGER b. 1884 d. 1972
    m.1924
    Charles Murray Stephen BURNSIDE b. 1886 d. 1970

    5. David Magnus BADGER b. 1886 d. 1970
    m. 1914
    Maggie Knox THOMSON b. 1883 d. 1919
      1. Donald Gibson BADGER b. 1915
      2. Neil Thomson BADGER b. 1916 d. 1944 (Killed in action)
      3. David Lloyd BADGER b. 1916

    6. Effie Stewart BADGER b. 1887 d. 1978
    m. 1924
    Charles Edmund Hamilton BROWN b. 1883 d. 1964
      1. Dougal Hamilton BROWN b. 1925

    7. Gibson BADGER b. 1890 d. 1890

Alfred Westcott (25/2/1860 -21/1/1945)

The tragic end to Alfred's first marriage has already been described. Alfred did not remain a widower for long, being remarried in July 1898 to Alice Cust, daughter of William Cust and Alice Glasgow. There were two children of this marriage, a boy and a girl. Details are shown in the accompanying chart.
Alfred's career in the Post Office took him as postmaster to a number of places, mainly in the country - Terowie (1897- 907), Georgetown (1907-12), St. Peters (1912-15), Balaklava (1915), Pinnaroo (1915-18), Laura (1918-21). In each of these places, except Balaklava, where he refused to stay, he was a staunch worker for the Baptist cause, serving variously as secretary, choir leader, deacon and lay preacher .
Like his father, Alfred took an active interest in the affairs of the SA Baptist Union and was its President in 1921.
On completing his term at Laura, he retired and lived briefly at Mt. Lofty and then Myrtle Bank, but after the sudden death of his son, Howard, in 1925 he returned to St. Peters and remained there until his wife's death in December 1940. A few months before his death he was married for a third time to Priscilla, the widow of his brother Henry.

Alfred Badger's Family

Henry Arthur (25/8/1862 -1/8/1943)

Henry's early life and marriage to Mathilde Koehncke are described in the text. He was with his step-brother, Gibson, when the latter was drowned at Renmark and remained there to assist Gibson's widow, Annie, in carrying on the store- keeping business. On leaving Renmark he established himself as a haberdasher and draper at Goodwood and seems to have built up a reasonably successful business. He was the only one of David's sons to return to Scotland, which he and his wife visited just before the outbreak of war in 1914. There were no children of the marriage.
After retiring from business, Henry built a house at Brighton and a caravan in which he and his wife proposed to tour Australia. The original caravan was so solidly constructed the car had difficulty in towing it. Undeterred by this setback Henry purchased a truck chassis and built a motorised van on it. It is not known how long the trip took or what route they followed. They certainly got as far as Geelong, where they visited Gibson's eldest son, J ohn, and his family, and it is believed that they eventually achieved their objective.
Following the death of his first wife, Henry married Priscilla Emma Lambert.
Like his brothers, Henry was a loyal Baptist and was a deacon of the Brighton Church, to which he left a substantial legacy on his death.

Herbert James (21/11/1867- 15/2/1947)

Herbert and Angelina had a larger family than any of his brothers - ten children, five boys and five girls. The two eldest girls died as infants and the eldest son, David, was killed in action in 1916 at the age of twenty. but all the others attained adulthood and married. Details are given in the accompanying chart.
The drapery business at Peterborough seems to have been successful for more than 20 years but it eventually failed in the severe drought of 1914-15, which ruined many of the pioneers of the area. Herbert left Peterborough in 1916 and thereafter worked as a salesman in a retail shop in Adelaide, living briefly at Prospect and then until his death at Mitcham. In 1930 he took part with his brother, Alfred, in the jubilee celebrations of the Peterborough Baptist Church, where they unveiled and presented to the church a framed photograph of their father. The account of the proceedings describes Herbert as a 'most active and much loved member of the church and Sunday school for many years'.
Herbert's son, Colin, has described his parents in these words:-
'Herbert was an imaginative, lively, good humoured man with a very odd turn of humour and fancy. He had little practical sense and the many schemes he evolved to make money all failed. He was fortunate to marry a woman of remarkable commonsense, an excellent manager and altogether one who was his prop and stay throughout his life. He was a lay preacher, a loyal Baptist and a deacon of the Baptist Church at Mitcham.'

Herbert Badger's Family

Herbert James BADGER b. 1867 d.1947
m. 1888
Angelina NICHOLS b. 1868 d. 1961

Irvine Magnus (3/1/1874 -29/8/1934)

lrvine became the most successful of the brothers in a material sense. He built up a good business as a land and estate agent. He was evidently gifted and shrewd in his dealings as he became a reasonably wealthy man with a large house at Cross Road, Unley. He married Amy Thomas when he was middle-aged and had two children, a son and a daughter. Details are given in the accompanying chart.
lrvine's niece, Leila, has described him as she knew him:- 'We saw Uncle lrvine very often. He was a frequent visitor to meals; living as he did at a guest house, he greatly enjoyed mother's cooking (she was a superb cook). He was wonderfully kind to me and generous. I well remember the excitement when he told us of his engagement, and then later the big wedding and the reception at the Grand Central Hotel, where the menu was in French. A line of cabs waited outside the Church to take the guests to the reception. There were hardly any cars in those days - apart from the doctor, Uncle lrvine was the only man I knew who owned one. Just after Malcolm was born Irvine became ill and he had a wretched and weary time from then on till his death.'
His nephew, Colin, has commented as follows:-
'lrvine was very much a Hamlyn in appearance and unlike the Badgers. He had a great deal of his mother's fastidiousness in dress. appearance and habit. He, too, was a Baptist and supported the Church, though apparently not as actively as his brothers.'

Irvine Badger's Family

lrvine Magnus BADGER b. 1874 d. 1934
m. 1915
Amy THOMAS b. 1879 d. 1974

    1. Margaret Amy BADGER b.1916

    2. Malcolm lrvine BADGER b. 1920
    m. 1942
    Ruth CARL TON b. 1923
      1. Jillian Ruth BADGER b. 1944
      2. John Malcolm BADGER b. 1946
      3. David Michael BADGER b. 1948
      4. Douglas James BADGER b. 1951
      5. Anne Margaret BADGER b. 1955

Cecil Samuel (14/10/1875 -11/4/1955)
The available information about Cecil is quite limited. He married Rosalind Wilson and had one daughter. Details are given in the accompanying chart.
His nephew Colin has commented as follows:-
'Cecil is something of a mystery. He married in Western Australia, though what took him there is not known. He was secretary of the Prisoners Aid Society in Adelaide for many years and was highly thought of for his organising ability and his dedication to the welfare of prisoners. He was a somewhat reserved, even secretive man, with nothing at all of the good humour and high spirits of Herbert or of his younger brother Allan.'
He was a Baptist but did not take an active part in any church work except local preaching. He was often called 'The Reverend Cecil Badger' although he was never ordained. His niece Leila has described how this came about:
'The title "Rev" was given to him by the prisoners at Yatala. When he was with the Prisoners' Aid Society he was also chaplain at the Yatala prison and took a service there every Sunday morning. I went with him a few times and it was quite an experience. The chapel was packed and there was quite a good pipe organ, played very well by one of the inmates. I could not understand why there was always such a crowd, until I learned that every man attending church received an extra issue of cigarettes! Cecil let them choose the hymns and, my, did they sing! The volume was terrific. He was tremendously keen on the work; it was his main interest in life. Apart from Sunday he visited the jail during the week.
He also went to see the wives and families of the prisoners and was always trying to raise money to help them financially. The men used to say "Here comes the Rev" and the title stuck.
'Why he gave up this work I do not know, but afterwards he was a changed person. His chief interest in life was gone, he had no job, took no interest in sport and shunned the society of his fellow melt. Then he developed heart trouble which eventually caused his death. When the Prisoners' Aid Society moved to new premises they erected a brass tablet to his memory and spoke in glowing terms of his efforts for the Society at the unveiling ceremony, to which I was invited.'

Cecil Badger's Family
Cecil Samuel BADGER b. 1875 d. 1955
m. ?
Rosalind WILSON b. 1875 d. 1954

Allan Monteith (28/4/1880 -11/7/1954)

Allan, the youngest of the surviving brothers, had the best time of all when at home. Financially things were easier and most of the children had left home. He was married twice, first to Gertrude Eleanor Livington and, after her death, to Emma Pearce. There were four children of the first marriage, two sons and two daughters. Details are given in the accompanying chart.
His nephew Colin has provided the following comment:-
' Allan was never very successful. He became a traveller for a number of manufacturing firms and was probably paid by results or commission rather than by salary. At times he was unemployed but somehow always managed to find another job. He was a cheerful, outgoing, friendly man, always full of jokes and fun.'
His niece Leila has added a comment on his love of music: 'He was very fond of music and played the trombone. We had many a happy evening at his home - Richard Kitson (the fiance of Gibson's eldest daughter Nance ) with his clarionet, Uncle with his trombone, me at the piano and everyone singing at the top of their voices.'

Allan Badger's Family
Allan Monteith BADGER b. 1880 d. 1954
m.1 1906
Gertrude Eleanor LININGTON b. 1878 d. 1923

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