"Ted" Edward Benjamin FRANKLIN

Born C.1876 ^[55]
Son of George FRANKLIN and Mary MCLEOD ^[55]
Departed Adelaide, South Australia on the steamship Grosser Kurfurst with his younger brother Evander ^[70]
They arrived on the Grosser Kurfurst in Fremantle, Western Australia on 21 January 1903 ^[70]
Gardener in Kojarena east-northeast of Geraldton 1903-1906 ^[50]
With his brothers Charles and Evander took up the 408 acre Lot 3 of the Kadathinni Agricultural Area in Three Springs in 1906 ^{[44] [152]}
The Kadathinni Agricultural Area was 10,000 acres in size and was initially intended to be a State Experimental Farm ^{[120: 5-Oct-1933]}
Absentee Farmer in Three Springs in partnership with his brothers Charles and Evander as "Franklin Bros" from 1906 ^{[44] [152]}
They started farming with £70 capital and borrowed additional money from the Agricultural Bank ^[152]
He and his brothers were among the first to commence farming in Three Springs^{[31: 11-Jun-1911] [120: 26-Dec-1929]}
The farm in Three Springs was conducted by Charles while he and Evander continued market gardening at Kojarena ^{[79: 23-Aug-1973]}
Evander later joined Charles in Three Springs and he returned to South Australia^{[4: 24-Nov-1966]}
Married Sarah Florence VENNING 22 December 1908 in Willochra, South Australia^[55]
His wife gave birth to their son Kenneth Edward FRANKLIN on 17 September 1909 near Cowell in South Australia ^[55]
Rates for the farm in Three Springs were in the names of him his brothers until 1909-10 ^[44]
From 1910-11 onwards rates for the farm in Three Springs were in the names of just his brothers Charles and Evander ^[44]
His brother Evander owed a brother £300 in 1916, which may have been to him for buying out his share of the farm ^[152]

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