William Loftes of One Tree Hill

William Loftes was born in 1820 in Cornwall, England. When he was 29 years old his first son John Henry was born on the 1 January 1859 to Elizabeth Athey/Wareing in Cornwall.  They came to Adelaide before 1852 and married on the 6 October 1859 in Adelaide.  Elizabeth was born on the 28 March 1811 in Northumberland, England.  

William became a farmer at One Tree Hill.  He was granted a licence in March 1852 for the One Tree Hill Inn.  William died in 1861 aged 41 years old.  

John Henry Loftes was a farmer and dealer at One Tree Hill.  At the age of 24 years he married Mary Ann Cocker on the 1 Jan 1873 in North Adelaide.  Mary was born on the 26 March 1848 in Adelaide. Her parents were John Collard Cocker and Harriet Forster.  John Henry was before the insolvency court at Adelaide in October 1884.

John and Mary Ann had the following children:-

Florence Stella 1867-1946 married Tomas Henry Judd in 1884

Walter Cleveland 1868-1943 married Edith Alice Young and Edith May Nicholls.

Alice Amelia 1870-1941 married Frederick Paul Rudolph Fiebg in 1918.

Selby John          1872-1896.

Robert                1874-1898.

Edith 1875-1946 married Edmund James Harvey in 1901.

Albert                  1878-1913.

Alexander          1879-1931.

Edward Collard 1881-1960.

Arthur William 1882-1963.

Ethel May           1884-1945.

Lily Blanche        1886-1960.

Robert (1874 – 1898) was elected to the District Council of Munno Para East 1889.  He was a prominent member of the Oddfellows Lodge at One Tree Hill.