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Spouses/Children:
1. Elizabeth Blight
- James Blight
- William Blight
- Richard Blight
- Jane Blight
- Francis Blight
- Mary Blight
- Elizabeth Blight
2. Maria Burgess (née Chapman)
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James Blight of Mount Barker
- Christened: 22 Nov 1807, Illogan, Cornwall 1
- Married (1): 14 Dec 1830, Illogan, Cornwall 1
- Married (2): 13 Oct 1856, Strathalbyn, S.A., Australia 2
- Died: 22 Aug 1901, Mount Barker, S.A., Australia 3 4
- Buried: St. James Anglican Church Cemetery, Littlehampton, Mt. Barker, S.A., Australia 4
 Research Notes:
In 1841 James Blight, aged about 35, born in the county, copper miner, and wife Elizabeth Blight, aged about 30, born in the county, were in Illogan Downs, Illogan, Cornwall. With them were children James (10), William (9), Jane (7), Richard (5) and Mary (1).
On 23 Sep 1847, Mr. James Blight, aged 40, wife Elizabeth and six children including James, aged 16, Richard , aged 11, and William, arrived in Port Adelaide, South Australia, aboard the ship Rajah. 5
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BLIGHT.—On the 22nd August, at his residence, near Tobas-street, Mount Barker, James Blight, sen., the beloved husband of Maria Blight, in his 93rd year.
"Home with the safe and blessed."
The Mount Barker Courier and Onkaparinga and Gumeracha Advertiser, Friday, 23 Aug 1901, p. 2
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An old and highly respected resident of the Mount Barker district, Mr. James Blight, sen., passed away on Thursday morning. The deceased gentleman was a native of Cornwall, and came to South Australia in 1847. Two years later he removed to Mount Barker Springs, and continued to live there until a few months ago, when he went to Mount Barker. Mr. Blight was in the 93rd year of his age at the time of his death, which was hastened by an unfortunate accident not quite a year ago. The deceased gentleman, who had been thrice [sic] married, leaves a widow, a daughter, six sons, and 61 grandchildren.
The Advertiser (Adelaide), Saturday, 24 Aug 1901, p. 7
Marriage Information:
James married Elizabeth Blight on 14 Dec 1830 in Illogan, Cornwall. (Elizabeth Blight was born about 1809 and died on 26 May 1856 in Mount Barker, S.A., Australia, aged 47 years.)
Marriage Notes:
James Blight of this parish, bachelor, and Elizabeth Blight of this parish, spinster
Married by Banns
Witnesses: Jane Willoughby, John Willoughby
Marriage Information:
James also married widow Maria Burgess, daughter of James Chapman, on 13 Oct 1856 in Strathalbyn, S.A., Australia.
Marriage Notes:
James Blight son of Francis Blight and Maria Burgess daughter of James Chapman
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