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Hugo Theodor Eime standing under verandah of his business premises [B 72294] • Photograph

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Summary

Hugo Theodor Eime, General Commission Agent, standing under the verandah of his office building in Loxton, South Australia.

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Physical description

1 photograph : sepia ; 10.5 x 15.2 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1908

Collection

Part of General Collection

Subject

Eime, Hugo Theodor, 1884-1961
Loxton (S.A.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.

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Historical information

Hugo Theodor Eime was born on 1 June 1884 to Gotthold Siegismund Eime (1838-1896) and Wilhelmine Marie Sofie Diekmann (1840-). He worked as a teacher and headmaster of Loxton's Hut School in Loxton from 1905 to 1907, then was a General Commission Agent with an office in Loxton from 1908. He was heavily involved in the Loxton community, serving as a clerk of the Loxton Disctrict Council, secretary of the Loxton Railway League, a vermin inspector, vice president of the Loxton's Hut Bicycle and Athletic Club, as well as teacher and headmaster of the local school. He married Ellen Elizabeth Hollard (1882-1930) in Adelaide on 24 October 1911, and they had three children: Lawrence Theodor born 1912, Evelyn Joyce born 1914, and Lois Marie born 1924. After Ellen's death in 1930, he married Mollie Isabel Ellis in 1931. He died in Millicent, South Australia in 30 September 1961, aged 77.

Digitisation information

Date

23/01/2012

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

5,527 x 3,796 pixels (21.0 MP)

Size

62.97 MB

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