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Alice was named after her mothers cousin Alice Steinfeldt and her second name Jane after her Grandmother, twins were born on her birthday in 1908 and she attended the Presbyterian Church. Alice & Sam's wedding reception was held at Hillcott Farm, Alice's mother had missed the wedding to prepare the feast as family,friends and neighbors gathered to celebrate the occasion. After the reception the bride and groom left by horse and buggy to Woodbine their home on the Gawler River. Alice went home to her parents for the birth of her first child, Reta, but all the children who followed were born in their own parents bedroom. Samuel was killed in a road accident but luckily Wilbur who was also on the wagon escaped injury. Alice and her younger family members carried on the farm, the older boys had moved to Yorke Peninsula farming.Ian and Robert stayed on,then Ian going on to Tintinara and Robert to Naracoorte. Mary and Alice with their families also went farming on the Peninsula.

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