James Kent

JAMES KENT lived in East Doncaster. He bought land in Burnleys Estate at the corner of Doncaster and Blackburn Roads. The Methodist Church is built on part of this land donated by James Kent. He selected land in Old Warrandyte Road at Deep Creek, where his son, Sam Kent, was well known for his bullock team. James Kent was an active member of the Methodist Church and initiated the Sunday School. When the Shire was subdivided into ridings the next year, James Kent was not re-elected.

1975 05 DTHS Newsletter

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Probably sam person as:

James KENT (Baptised 28Jan1838 Died: 1911 Doncaster, Victoria, Married (1859)  Jane Trevenen NICHOLAS, Born: 1838, Penzance Registration District, Cornwall, England Died: 1906, Doncaster, Victoria, Australia

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Death of Mr. James Kent. Mr. James Kent, a highly respected resident of the Doncaster district for nearly half a century, passed away after a short illness at his residence, East Doncaster, on Tuesday. The deceased had engaged for many years in the fruit growing industry and at one time he was a prominent contractor. In the early days he was a member of the local road board and later on he was a member of the Doncaster shire council. The late Mr. Kent was a man of up-right character and unquestioned integrity, and a live interest in church and total abstinence matters was only a natural bent for a nature such as his. Consequently he was a prominent worker in the Methodist church and Sunday school, and he was also one of the first, if not the first, of the members of the local tent of the I.O.R0., which was established 10 years ago. He leaves a grown up family of three sons and three daughters to mourn their irreparable loss, his wife having predeceased him by several years. - At the meeting of the Doncaster shire council on Tuesday night sympathetic reference was made by Cr. Tully and the president (Cr. Zerbe) to Ex-Cr. Kent's demise, and the secretary was instructed to forward a letter of condolence to the bereaved relatives.

1911 'Death of Mr. James Kent.', Reporter (Box Hill, Vic. : 1889 - 1918), 26 May, p. 7. , viewed 29 Jul 2017, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article89696667