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Children born to James Bentley and Margaret Mary Corbin
Colour code: Yellow - Percy Thomas line Orange - information and/or pictures on this site Blue - little or no information on this site When his children Herbert Wilson (probably
1878)
and Harriet Mary (21.03.1880) were born, As
a child Father Eric Corbin remembers his father, Percy Thomas Corbin,
used to point to some sandstone cottages at By
1884 James Bentley Corbin was living at
Their youngest child Ernest
Upton (04.01.1885) was baptized at Saint James’ Forest Lodge (Glebe),
when the family address was “Alresford”
Glebe Pt Road. Bidura is on right.
(The number 278 is not
important. The street was renumbered at least once. Margaret Mary Corbin
died here – in 1899. In
1907, however, his residence was recorded in Sands Directory as
Glebe Pt Road, other view.
The partnership with Nicolle
came to an end by 1903. The
following year it was simply J. B. Corbin, Builder.
By 1910, ill health and financial trouble, that seems to have
some connection with 009 “the
departure” of Nicolle from the partnership, forced James Bentley
Corbin to retire. He lived
at Coogee around this time, but it is recalled that he still “went to
the Springwood area, camping.” He died at
Randwick Cemetery (The cemetery is now a
general cemetery and religious denominations can use any portion. Noted
by Alf Corbin: Plain
rectangular headstone facing seawards, about 10 or 12 rows back from
tallest fir tree and white flats (on opposite side of road from said
fir)).
James Bentley Corbin's gravesite |
