John Daniel

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KADINA & WALLAROO TIMES, 20TH JANUARY 1937. «b»«i»EARLY DAYS OF KULPARA. «/b»Reminiscences by "Black Grass." Part 4 «/i» The year 1874 marked the changing over of the farm held by the Douglas Bros to the late Jas Daniel. Mr Daniel came from Templers. The family consisted of Mr and Mrs Daniel, Misses Elizabeth and Patience, and Masters John and George. Mr Daniel soon made a marked improvement on the farm, and gradually added to it from the surrounding Crown lands. He successfully carried on on this farm until the year 1887, when his son, better known as J.A. Daniel, married and took over the place. Mr J.A. Daniel lived there for 41 years. During that time he and his good wife put up a good fight against odds which the man on the land had to contend with. But, by hard work and consistent living, they won through and much to their credit, be it said, raised a family of seven stalwart sons and three bonnie daughters. Mr and Mrs Daniel retired from active farm life during 1928. Their youngest son, Ellis, taking over the holding. Perhaps these folk could not be actually classed as early pioneers - but surely they have left a record worthy of admiration. There are standing in this district today, almost in sight of each other, five fine, well-equipped homes with outbuildings and gardens, which are a credit to the owners, as also there is, at Yararoo, the home of the late G.S. Daniel, now occupied by Mrs G.S. Daniel and her three sons. About seven miles west, on the Maitland road, is situated the home of Mr Fred Daniel, and last, but not least are the three girls and their adopted daughter, who is now Mrs C. Nankervis. All these are settled on the land, and are doing their part in building up the State and are citizens to be proud of. In giving details of this family, we have had, to an extent to leave the former years and come down to the present. This is a record which we felt was in honor due to our old friends and neighbors - Mr and Mrs J.A. Daniel. Going back to our previous contribution, in which we were all assembled around the table to partake of that delicious wild turkey. Let us now turn back the years and have a peep at the old Yararoo station. There lives, in the memory of the writer, a very clear vision of a stalwart figure in the person of the late W. Fowler - a man of splendid physique, standing six feet with wonderfully broad shoulders, whose weight was 18 stone. The long flowing almost white beard is very clear in memory today. Here surely we had a pioneer indeed. He was a man equally as large in courage, determination and will power as in body. We are not sure of the time of his advent into this district, but in imagination we can see him viewing the landscape running by the shore of St Vincent's Gulf. Rugged and rough, the country must have been in those days. But finally, a beauty spot was decided upon on which to build. Picking a spot that opened so beautifully between the hills and the cooling waters of the Gulf here the foundation was laid, and though not a mansion, a beautiful home was erected. What a transformation this brought about. The writer does not know how many years had elapsed before he had the pleasure of seeing the Yararoo homestead - probably 12 to 15 years. The home was built on an eminence, and falling away from the front view of the home was a beautiful fertile valley. This was transformed into a wonderful fruit and flower garden. And let me say the grand old man was as large in his liberality regarding the garden produce as he was in body. His generosity will be touched upon in our next, not only with reference to the fruits of his garden, but "kind deeds that can never die." [to be continued]

«b»KADINA & WALLAROO TIMES, 19 February 1941. «i»KULPARA, THE HOME OF THE DANIELS. «/b»«/i» If you were to stop a resident in the tiny township of Kulpara, about 20 miles south of Kadina, and ask him to direct you to Mr Daniel, says an exchange, it is an even money chance that he would reply, "Why, that's me." For, although the surname Daniel, without the "s", is not regarded as a common one, 17 of the 35 telephones connected with the Kulpara exchange belong to people of that name. Mr John A. Daniel, who is now 80, has lived in the district for 68 years. He and his wife have seven sons and three daughters. Earlier settlers in Kulpara were the late Mr John Daniel and the late Mr George Daniel, and they are still represented by a number of descendants. These two families are distantly related to that of Mr John A. Daniel. Confusion often arises in the delivery of letters, particularly when full initials are not given. "It has been suggested that all residents named Daniel should be called by their house names," said one of them this week. "It would certainly help, particularly as the name of E. Daniel appears four times in the telephone list for Kulpara." Here is a list that can be seen in the telephone directory, all with different 'phone numbers:- A.G. Daniel, B.W. Daniel, C.W. Daniel, Edgar J. Daniel, Edmund J. Daniel, E.G. Daniel, Ellis G. Daniel, Mrs G.L. Daniel, H.J. Daniel, John A. Daniel, N.L. Daniel, O.W. Daniel, R.M. Daniel, Roy T. Daniel, S. Daniel, V. Daniel and W.H. Daniel.

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(Research):1892 - Farmer Father: James DANIEL Mother: Mary CHAPELL