Henry Warburton Hodgetts (c1856-1944)

Obituary
Mr. H. W. Hodgetts, Sen. Mr. Henry Warburton Hodgetts, who died in his 89th year at his residence, Toorak Gardens on Saturday, was born at Toronto, Canada. When he was five his father died, and he went to live with his grandfather, Col. Thomas Hodgetts. On the latter's retirement from the army a few years later, he accompanied him to Drogheda, Ireland, and became a student at the local grammar school. Subsequently the family proceeded to Dublin, where he studied medicine at the University, but four years afterwards relinquished the course to enter the service of the Dublin Post and Telegraph Office as a telegraphist. In 1881 Mr. H. W. Hodgetts was married to Miss Emily Lees in Dublin, and the same year came with his wife to Adelaide, bearing a letter of introduction to Sir Charles Todd, who was Postmaster-General in South Australia. The latter appointed him to the post offlce at Peterborough, where he remained for six years, and was then transferred to the Adelaide office. Ten years late Mr. Hodgetts was afflicted with blindness, but, with the aid of his wife, he was able, in succession, to take charge of the post offices at Blanchetown, Teatree Gully, and Burnside, until his retirement from the service in 1916 since when he had lived at Toorak Gardens. Mr. Hodgetts is survived by his widow, three sons, Messrs. H. W., R. J. W., and C. W. L. Hodgetts, of Adelaide, and two daughters, Mrs D. J. Gilbert (Melbourne), and Miss Ethel Hodgetts, of Toorak Gardens.

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