Cast of Characters
List of key characters only. Refer to the book’s Index for other names.
- SAMUEL CARVOSSO (1814–1874) — Coachbuilder, grandson of William-the-evangelist, son of William-the farmer. Born in Cornwall, immigrated and arrived in Adelaide in February 1849, and died in Adelaide on 30 November 1874.
- Alice Mitchell Carvosso (1815–1883) — Sister of Samuel
- Ann Carvosso (nee Pearce) (1766–1838) — Louisa’s mother
- Baker Banks Carvosso (1841–1919) — Samuel’s first son, clerk
- Baker Banks Carvosso (1826–1866) — Son of Benjamin Carvosso, teacher
- Baker Banks snr (1767–1840) — Deborah and Louisa’s father, Samuel’s father-in-law
- Baker Banks jnr (1795–1869) — Son of Baker Banks snr
- Benjamin Carvosso (Rev) (1789–1854) — Son of William-the-evangelist Carvosso
- Bessie Mabel Rischbieth (nee Earle) (1874–1967) — Daughter of Jane Anna and William
- Caroline Banks (1826–1891) — Louisa’s niece, daughter of deceased Kennett Banks
- Caroline Banks Carvosso (1854–1944) — Samuel’s daughter
- Deborah Carvosso (nee Banks) (1793–1848) — Rev Benjamin Carvosso’s wife
- David Banks Carvosso (1834–1903) — Son of Rev Benjamin Carvosso, master mariner
- Elizabeth Banks Carvosso (1851–1920) — Samuel’s daughter, married Rev John Leggoe
- Elizabeth Dunn (nee Williams) (1836–1928) — Mary Turner Carvosso’s elder sister
- Jabez Carvosso (1812–1862) — Brother of Samuel, Cornwall, then London
- Jane Anna Carvosso (1847–1921) — Samuel’s first daughter
- Jane Anna Carvosso (1821–1846) — Samuel’s sister, Cornwall
- Jane Anna Earle (nee Carvosso) — Samuel’s youngest sister
- Jane Cork Dunn (1833–1929) (nee Williams) — Mary Turner Carvosso’s eldest sister
- John Bennett — Coachbuilder of Budock, near Falmouth, Cornwall. Samuel’s indenture.
- John Dunn (Hon) (1802–1894) — Flour miller baron
- John Dunn jnr (1830–1892) — Son of John Dunn Hon, flour miller
- John Francis Carvosso (1825–1874) — Samuel’s youngest brother
- John Rounsevell (1836–1902) — Elder son of William Rounsevell
- John Williams (1810–1878) — Architect, father of Mary Turner Carvosso; the first wife of Baker Banks Carvosso
- Joseph Hobart Carvosso (Rev) (1828–1863) — Son of Rev Benjamin Carvosso, Wesleyan minister
- Louisa Ann Carvosso (nee Banks) — Samuel’s wife
- Louisa Ann Carvosso (1823—1894) — Rev Benjamin Carvosso’s daughter
- Mary Rounsevell (–1911) — Wife of William Rounsevell snr
- Mary Turner Williams (1842–1882) — First wife of Banker Banks Carvosso
- Mary Williams (nee Cork) (1810–1905)— Mother of Mary Turner Carvosso; first wife Baker Banks Carvosso
- Munduthoo Hardman Earle (1879–1966) — Son of Jane Anna and William Earle
- Robert Carvosso (1811–1871) — Farmer, brother of Samuel, Cornwall
- Robert Terrill Rundle (Rev) (1811–1896) — Missionary to Blackfoot and Cree, Canada
- Thomas Barlow (1799–1866) — Coachbuilder and early partner with Samuel Carvosso; president of the Temperance Association and a powerful speaker on teetotalism.286
- William Benjamin Rounsevell (1843–1923) — Younger son of John Rounsevell, parliamentarian, racehorse owner … breeder etc., m. Louisa Ann
- William Carvosso (1842–1884) — Samuel’s second son, accountant
- William Earle (1847–1903) — husband of Jane Anna Carvosso
- William Francis Carvosso (1852–1928) — Samuel’s nephew, John Francis Carvosso’s son
- William Frederick Carvosso (1820–1905) — Brother of Samuel, Cornwall
- William Hodge — Saddler and harness maker of Truro287
- William Rounsevell snr (1816–1874) — South Australia’s coach line baron
