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Featured biography
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In the 1860s, the decline of mining in Cornwall left many miners unemployed. Many Cornishmen migrated to Moonta in South Australia where newly-opened copper mines were booming and work was plentiful. Amongst these were 17 years old Joseph Towan Nancarrow his parents, six siblings, aunty and two young cousins. They migrated to South Australia on the City of Adelaide in 1873. Once in South Australia, Joseph and his father and brothers found reasonably continuous work at the Yelta Copper Mine and resumed work as miners.
In 1879, Joseph built his own house and married Elizabeth Nicholls. Joseph and Elizabeth had seven children between 1880 and 1892, losing one at a few weeks of age. On 3rd May 1894, 39 years old Elizabeth died at her home while giving birth to her eighth child, a daughter who only survived for three more weeks. The following year Joseph Towan, 39, a widower with six children, remarried a widow with five young children of her own - Mrs Esther Potter, 30. Joseph and Esther had five more children of their own, but three died before their first birthday, and only two sons lived to adulthood.
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Did you know
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100 Years - The Great War: Remembering our WW1 Veterans
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- William John Brown (21 Oct 1884 - 30 Mar 1918), L/Cpl. 4th ANZAC Bn, Imperial Camel Corps;
 KIA Jordan.
- Thomas Percival Hagan (c1896 - 19 Jul 1916), Lieutenant, 32nd Battalion AIF; MIA/KIA Fromelles, France.
- Herbert Louis Lambert (25 May 1898 - 5 Feb 1969), Pte. 2/10th Middlesex Regiment, EEF.
- Albert Lionel Paterson (24 Mar 1896 - 2 Sept 1918), Sgt. 27th Battalion AIF; KIA France.
- Percy William Paterson (13 Jun 1888 - 23 Jan 1950), Pte. 48th Battalion AIF; WIA France.
- Robert Baker Reid (b. c1883), Lieutenant AIF; Military Cross.
- Frank Roberts (28 Jan 1892 - 17 Sep 1970), L/Cpl. 35th & 2/43rd Battalions AIF; WIA France.
- Frederick Josiah E Roberts (17 Nov 1889 - 5 Nov 1916), Cpl. 27th Battalion AIF; MIA/KIA France.
- John James Roberts (4 Dec 1897 - 1 Mar 1918), Pte. 10th Battalion AIF; KIA Belgium.
- Alfred Raymond Sando (19 Jun 1899 - 17 Jan 1959), Pte. 10th Battalion AIF.
- Arnold Ernest Sando (8 Sep 1891 - 17 Mar 1950), L/Cpl. 27th Battalion AIF; 2 x WIA France.
- Leslie Cyril Sando (13 Mar 1888 - Y), Lieut-Col., DSO, Light Horse Brigade.
- Horace Oswald Sando (8 Feb 1884 - 19 Dec 1935), Pte. 10th Battalion AIF.
- Leslie Hurtle Sando (6 Jun 1894 - 29 Sep 1918), Sgt. 32nd Battalion AIF; KIA France.
- Sydney Joseph Sando (20 Oct 1896 - 12 Aug 1916), Pte. 48th Battalion AIF; KIA France.
- Francis Oliver Warren (d. 21 Sep 1917), Pte. 10th Battalion AIF; KIA Belgium.
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