James and Sarah Lydeamore (nee Berry) who were married at Gumeracha in 1866 lived for a while at South Rhine. They had six sons, Samuel (born 1868), James (1871), David (1873), George (1875), Daniel (1877), and Amos (1879). The first two boys, Samuel and James, were born while they lived at South Rhine. The other four children were born after they had moved to the Sedan/Towitta area in the early 1870s. 

Their eldest son Samuel lived for only a few days and is buried here at South Rhine Cemetery. Their fifth son, Daniel who was born in 1877 after they had moved to Towitta died in 1879 at 16 months of age. It was initially thought that he may have been buried in the same grave as Samuel. However, his place of death is recorded as Towitta and he is listed on the Towitta Burial Register. 

James Snr who had been farming at Black Hill near Sedan died in 1889 at the age of 71. While there has been some suggestion he may have been buried at South Rhine, this  seems unlikely  as they had moved from the district over 15 years before. His widow Sarah moved to Mannum in the 1890s to be near children and grandchildren and was there for the rest of her life. She died in 2013 aged 76 and is buried in West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide.  

Research Note: The age of 35 recorded on James’ marriage record is incorrect. He was born in 1818, and would have been 48 when he married. 

Children of James and Sarah Lydeamore

1. Samuel was born at South Rhine in 1868, but lived only five days and is buried in the South Rhine Cemetery.
2. James was born at South Rhine in 1871and moved with his family to the Towitta/Sedan area  while still a baby. He worked on his father’s farm after leaving  school. He married Harriett Henschke in 1893 and they continued to lived at Sedan for the first few years then moved to Mannum in the mid 1890s . Between 1894 and 1914, they had 11 children, 6 girls and 5 boys. The first two were born at Sedan and the others at Mannum where James worked for the engineering and farm machinery manufacturer, J. & D. Shearer. Unfortunately in 1900 he was injured in an accident which crushed his hands although he recovered enough to be still able to work. In 1916 he moved to Port Pirie where he found work at the Smelter. Tragically in 1918 he died in a shooting accident aged 47. Harriett lived on at Port Pirie until her death in 1934 aged 62
3. David was born in 1873 near Sedan. He  grew up and worked on the family farm with his brothers. In 1911 he married Rose Crocker from One Tree Hill where he had been working. They lived there for some years where their two sons were born, then subsequently moved to Swan Reach. David died in 1957 at the age of 84.
4. George was born in 1875 near Sedan. He  grew up and worked on the family farm  and other nearby farms. He married Paulina Wenske in 1895 and they lived at Rhine Villa (Cambrai) and had three children. They divorced in 1901. George then spent some years working on a sheep-run near Eden Valley. In 1910 he married Nellie Bracey and they had eight children. They lived for a few years in Adelaide then Mount Pleasant before moving to Port Pirie in 1917 where George found work in the Smelters. He retired from work in 1941 and died at Port Pirie in 1957 age 81.
5. Daniel was born in 1877 at Towitta and died in 1879 aged 16 months and is buried in the Towitta Cemetery.
6. Amos was born in 1879 at Towitta and grew up on the family farm. He would have been only 10 when his father died. Amos married Louisa Blenkiron in 1901 at Angaston. They lived at Truro where their son Roy was born in 1906. Louisa died two weeks later.  Amos then married Clara Bertha Steicke in 1907 and they had nine children. Amos died  in 1924, aged only 45 leaving a family of nine his youngest child only 2 years old. His widow, Clara lived on at Truro and died  in 1960 aged 76.

James and Sarah Lydeamore only spent a short time  at South Rhine in the early years of their marriage but the number of their children and grand-children makes for a large number of descendants.