James Solomon Bramble (1859-1944)

Obituary
MR. JAMES BRAMBLE. A very well known and much respected resident of the Myall Lakes and Cape Hawke district, in the person of James Solomon Bramble, died on Friday afternoon, 25th ult., at the Forster residence of his son, Percy. Deceased all through his life had been associated with the timber industry, and had played a prominent part in its many ramifications towards bringing it to the high plane that it holds to-day in the midst of many handicaps and vicissitudes at which the timber worker of to-day would just shudder at the thought. In the heart of the bush, far removed from the present day comforts and conventionalities, he revelled in the hardest of work, and was always able to show the best of results, despite hard forms of living that prevailed in those days when the hours of toil were long and arduous. He was born at Bungwahl on 25th September, 1858, and had reached the ripe old age of 85 years. Up to a short time before his demise he had been fairly active and was ever ready to enter into discourse about the "good old days" of Bungwahl, his home town that he cherished to such an extent that he asked in his closing hours that it should be his last resting place. He was buried there on Saturday afternoon in the presence of a very large attendance of people, many of whom had come long distances. The service was conducted by the Rev. S. C. Blakemore, Church of England Rector of Bullahdelah. Mr. W. T. Howard carried out the funeral arrangements. Deceased's wife predeceased him about ten years. He had twelve children. One son, Stanley, was killed in the war of 1914-18, and one daughter (Mrs. H. Bramble) predeceased him. Surviving children are: Mrs. Mills (Elizabeth), Newcastle; Mrs. Lyons (Alice), Sydney; Mrs. Nippress (Olive), Quirindi; Mrs Hayward (Harriet), Newcastle; Mrs. Stokes (Doris), Sawtell; James, Bungwahl; Clarence, Bungwahl; Percy, Forster; Raymond, Charlotte Bay; and Glen, of Port Macquarie. Deceased is also survived by 56 grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren, and 2 great-great-grandchildren.— Taree "Champion."

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