John Dewell 1831-1883

John Dewell was born in Kent England and arrived with his parents and sibling in 1855 to the region of Mount Pleasant. He married Jemima French in 1872 and they had 12 children, the youngest born the year that John died, in 1883.

South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900)Thursday 13 December 1883 - Page 4

DEWELL.— At Patients' Home, South-terrace, John Dewell, of Marley Farm, South Rhine, aged 52 years.

Jemima went on to marry William Henry Kemp and they had two children.