Presented as wider Schild surname history connected to the Barossa Valley wine story, not a confirmed direct ancestor.
- Years
- Settled the Barossa in 1952; died 1956
- Role
- Vigneron
- Family
- Husband of Alma Schild; father of Ed Schild
Ben Schild, with his wife Alma, purchased and settled a property along historic Narrow Road near Rowland Flat in the Barossa Valley in 1952. This is the earliest documented moment in the family’s Barossa vineyard story.
Ben died unexpectedly in 1956. His son Ed, then sixteen and the youngest of eight children, took over the property and went on to lead its expansion over the following decades. No confirmed photograph of Ben Schild has been located for this archive, so this page uses a plain initials portrait rather than an invented image.
Timeline
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1952
Settles Narrow Road
With his wife Alma, purchases and settles a property along historic Narrow Road near Rowland Flat.
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1956
Dies; Ed Takes Over
Dies unexpectedly. His son Ed takes over the family property at sixteen years old.