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Alan John ABERCROMBIE
Born 24 November 1911 in Fremantle, Western Australia [16]
School Teacher at the Yandanooka State School in Yandanooka in 1935 [5: 29-Nov-1935]
Transferred from the Yandanooka State School to the Billeroo State School in November 1935 [5: 29-Nov-1935]
School Teacher of the Billeroo State School in Billeroo, East Winchester in November and December 1935 [5: 29-Nov-1935] [19]
Married Janet Sim HOWATSON in 1936 [66]
Enlisted in the Royal Australian Navy on 2 September 1939 and served as a Lieutenant-Commander during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Royal Australian Navy on 12 December 1945 [16]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Palmyra [2]
Died 6 September 1990; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (EC Section, Garden of Remembrance, 17, 181) [2]
Ada Florence ADAMS
Born C.1900 [2]
Married Harold OWEN in 1919 in London, England [21]
Departed London with her husband and son on the steamship Euripides for Albany, Western Australia on 11 March 1921 [203]
They resided on Group Settlement 27 at Kalgup near Busselton 1924-1926 [6] [50]
Resided in Carnamah with her husband and children 1927-1929 [19]
They were living in Broomehill in 1931 and at Bowelling in 1935 and 1936 [50] [84]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Midland Junction [2]
Mother of Harold, Joyce, Keith, Doris, Iris, Nellie, Shirley, Francis and Lilian [84] [98]
Died 8 July 1941; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, OA, 516) [2]
"Jim" James Leslie ADAMS
Born 25 April 1902 in Kyneton, Victoria, Australia [16]
Son of Robert ADAMS and Elizabeth CLARK [54]
Married Edith Bronwyn PRITCHARD in September 1928 in Victoria, Australia [P212]
Farmer in Katunga, Victoria, Australia from as early as 1924 until 1928 [4: 10-Nov-1928] [50]
Around October 1928 purchased from GREEN Bros 820 acres of farmland at Billeroo, East Winchester for £4 an acre [4: 10-Nov-1928]
Along with his wife Edith shifted to his farm in Winchester, Western Australia in 1928 [P212]
The 820 acres of the farm was Lot M1220 of Victoria Location 1937 on the north side of Billeroo Road [3] [27] [62]
Farmer in Winchester 1928-1947 [P212]
Purchased a Holt tractor from Carnamah agent Rupert LAFFAN in March 1929 [4: 30-Mar-1929]
In 1930 began leasing Ivan JOHNSON's 1500 acre Avalon Farm in Winchester [P28]
Farmed both his own property and Avalon Farm in Winchester 1930-1947 [P212]
Resided on his own farm in 1928 and 1929 and then resided on Avalon Farm in Winchester 1930-1947 [P212]
Attended the Plain and Fancy Dress Ball held at the Carnamah Town Hall on Thursday 8 August 1929 [4: 17-Aug-1929]
Attended the Euchre Party and Dance held in Winchester on Saturday 10 August 1929 [4: 17-Aug-1929]
Member of the Carnamah Presbyterian Church's Board of Management in 1929 [4: 26-Oct-1929]
On 12 November 1930 delivered the first load of wheat to the Railway Siding in Winchester for the 1930 harvest [4: 15-Nov-1930]
Joint Foundation Secretary of the committee that built the Billeroo School Hall in 1930 [4: 12-May-1952]
Member of the Carnamah Ratepayers & Citizens Association 1930-1936 - was a Committee Member in 1930 [4: 22-Mar-1930] [5: 12-Jun-1936]
Member of Winchester's branch of the Primary Producers Association - was Secretary in 1930 [4: 11-Oct-1930]
In 1932 was the owner of a Chevrolet truck containing license plate CA-279 [4: 12-Nov-1932]
Member of the Billeroo Parents & Citizens Association in 1932 [4: 9-Jul-1932]
Himself and his wife attended the Euchre Party held at Billeroo on Saturday 2 July 1932 [5: 15-Jul-1932]
Among those who made a donation to the Carnamah Country Women's Association in 1932 to help them buy premises [5: 29-Jul-1932]
Won 1st and 2nd prizes for Merino Fleece of Medium Wool at the Carnamah Agricultural Show in 1932 [5: 23-Sep-1932]
Also won two 2nd prizes for a Border Leicester Ram and Three Shorn Fat Wethers in the Sheep section of the 1932 show [5]
Member and later Life Member of the Carnamah District Agricultural Society - was a Financial Member 1932-1958 [5: 17-Nov-1933] [13]
Vice President in 1934 and 1937, Committee Member in 1935 and 1936, President 1940-1946 and Vice Patron 1947-1963 [58]
Donated a trophy for the Vegetable section of the Carnamah District Agricultural Society's Annual Show in 1938 [13]
Also donated £1.1.0 in 1938, £1.1.0 in 1939 and £1.11.6 in 1940 to the Carnamah District Agricultural Society [13]
Donated a trophy for the Cookery section of the Carnamah District Agricultural Society's Annual Show in 1939 [13]
Captain 1932-33 to 1936-37 and President 1934-35 to 1936-37 of the Winchester Tennis Club [5: 17-Mar-1933, 31-Aug-1934] [4: 29-Aug-1936]
Among those who donated a trophy for the Winchester Tennis Club's Annual Tournaments held over Easter in 1936 [5: 17-Apr-1936]
Attended and made a presentation at the social evening tendered to Nell NORTHEY in Winchester on 29 June 1933 [5: 7-Jul-1933]
Sold some of his sheep to Carnamah butcher W. F. LEE in 1933 [5: 21-Jul-1933]
Successfully exhibited in the Sheep and Wool section of the Carnamah Agricultural Show on 14 September 1933 [5: 22-Sep-1933]
Won 1st prizes for Three Fat Merino Wethers, Two Ewes bred in the North Midlands and Three Fat Lambs Down Breed [5]
His pen of Three Fat Merino Wethers were proclaimed the Most Outstanding Exhibit in the Sheep section [5]
Received 1st prizes for Strong Wool Merino Fleeces and Medium Wool Merino Fleeces and 2nd for Fine Wool Merino Fleeces [5]
Came 3rd in the Carnamah District Agricultural Society's Inaugural Fallow Competition in 1933 [5: 9-Feb-1934, 13-Jul-1934]
On Friday afternoon 10 November 1933 delivered the first load of wheat to the Winchester Siding for the 1933 harvest [5: 17-Nov-1933]
The wheat was Felix, was going about seven bags an acre, and had been grown from seed purchased from S. L. FOLLAND [5]
Underwent an operation for appendicitis at the Carnamah Private Hospital on Sunday 3 December 1933 [5: 8-Dec-1933]
President of the Carnamah-Winchester-Coorow Tennis Association in 1933-34 and 1934-35 [4: 8-Sep-1934] [5: 29-Sep-1933, 6-Sep-1935]
Winchester Delegate at meetings of the Carnamah-Winchester-Coorow Tennis Association in 1935-36 and 1936-37 [5: 21-Aug-1936]
Attended the Carnamah Church of England's New Year Ball held at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 30 December 1933 [5: 5-Jan-1934]
On the evening of Thursday 15 March 1934 attended the Carnamah Race Club's Annual Dance at the Carnamah Hall [5: 16-Mar-1934]
Attended the Carnamah Golf Club's Opening Season Dance at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 21 April 1934 [5: 27-Apr-1934]
On Saturday 12 May 1934 attended the Carnamah Football Club's Grand Opening Ball at the Carnamah Hall [5: 18-May-1934]
His father travelled from Victoria to Western Australia on the Karoola to stay with him in Winchester in July 1934 [5: 6-Jul-1934]
Travelled to Perth in October 1934 to attend the Royal Show and to see his father embark for Victoria on the Westralia [5: 5-Oct-1934]
In July 1934 advertised in The North Midland Times his 10 disc Galston plough for sale for £12 [5: 20-Jul-1934]
Received 2nd prize for a Southdown Ram in the Sheep section of the Coorow Agricultural Show on 30 August 1934 [5: 7-Sep-1934]
Attended the funeral of Mrs Christina B. D. FORRESTER of Carnamah at the Winchester Cemetery on 31 August 1934 [4: 8-Sep-1934]
Steward of the Wool section at the Carnamah District Agricultural Society's Annual Show on 6 September 1934 [5: 20-Jul-1934]
At the Show won Dalgety's Trophy for the best exhibit of Three Fat Lambs of Down Breed Suitable for Export [5: 14-Sep-1934]
Won 1st for 3 Fat Merino Wethers, Southdown Ram, Commercial Value Merino Fleece; and 2nd for Fine Wool Merino Fleeces [5]
Put a notice in the local newspaper on 7 December 1934 that a black ewe and well grown lamb had stayed onto his farm [5: 7-Dec-1934]
Advertised in The North Midland Times on Friday 10 May 1935 that he had two calving cows for sale [5: 10-May-1935]
They were a Red Poll cross in milk two weeks with a heifer calf for £4, and an excellent milker cow due to calf in June for £5 [5]
Became a member of the Carnamah Masonic Lodge No.150 WAC on 9 August 1935, and was Worshipful Master in 1943 [96] [153]
In August 1935 sold 43 suckers at 20/4, 23 suckers 17/4, 9 ewes at 18/4 and 1 ewe at 21/10 through Westralian Farmers [5: 16-Aug-1935]
In September sold 104 suckers (48 at 19/7, 22 at 15/10, 34 at 15/4), 2 shorn wethers at 14/- and 1 wether for 18/1 [5: 6 & 13-Sep-1935]
In October sold 43 suckers (25 at 19/10 and 18 at 18/10 per head) through Westralian Farmers at the Midland Market [5: 11-Oct-1935]
Exhibited in the Sheep and Wool sections of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show held on Thursday 5 September 1935 [5: 13-Sep-1935]
Won prizes for Three Lambs Suitable for Export (1st), Three Fat First Cross Lambs (1st), and for Pen of Three Sheep (1st), [5]
Border Leicester Ram (2nd), Three Fat Sheep (2nd), Strong Wool Merino Fleece (1st), Medium Wool Merino Fleece (1st), [5]
Comeback Fleece (1st), and Border Leicester-Merino Cross Fleece (2nd); and as a result received Dalgety's Trophy [5]
A week later on 12 September 1935 exhibited in the Sheep and Wool sections of the Carnamah Agricultural Show [5: 20-Sep-1935]
Won 1st prizes for Three Fat Merino Wethers and Border Leicester Ram; both 1st and 2nd for Crossbred Fleece; [5]
and received two 2nd prizes for Three Fat Lambs of Down Breed and Two Strong Wool Merino Fleeces [5]
Yet another week later, on Thursday 19 September 1935, exhibited in the Sheep section of the Three Springs Agricultural Show [5]
Awarded both 1st and 2nd prizes for two exhibits of "Pen of five fat lambs suitable for export" [5: 27-Sep-1935]
For his exhibits received the President's Trophy for Fat Stock and Dalgety's Trophy for Fat Lambs [5]
Gave a recitation at the Winchester Parents & Citizens Association's Social & Dance in Winchester on 26 September 1935 [5: 4-Oct-1935]
Purchased Lot 27 of the Winchester townsite from the Midland Railway Company for £7 on 28 September 1935 [27]
During the 1938-39 financial year transferred his Lot 27 in the Winchester townsite to the Carnamah District Road Board [3]
Travelled from Winchester to Perth by train on Monday 7 October 1935, and attended the Royal Show in Perth [5: 11-Oct-1935]
Purchased two Southdown rams at the sheep sales of the Royal Show in Perth in October 1935 [5: 1-Nov-1935]
Sold nine bales of wool at the Perth Wool Sale on 7 October 1935 - 4 bales at 15¼d., 4 at 14¼d. and 1 at 12d. per pound [5: 11-Oct-1935]
One of twelve who attended at the Annual Meeting of the Carnamah District Agricultural Society on 15 November 1935 [5: 22-Nov-1935]
Attended the funeral of Miss "May" Mary L. LANG of Carnamah at the Winchester Cemetery on 26 November 1935 [5: 29-Nov-1935]
Member of the Winchester Cricket Club in 1935-36 [5: 3-Jan-1936]
Competed in the Parkinson Tennis Club's New Year Tennis Tournament in Carnamah on Wednesday 1 January 1936 [5: 3-Jan-1936]
Nominated and elected Manager for the Carnamah District Cricket Association's Country Week team in 1936 [5: 24 & 31-Jan-1936]
Attended the funeral of Carnamah agent William B. SHERIDAN at the Winchester Cemetery on 27 January 1936 [5: 31-Jan-1936]
Advertised in March 1936 that he had a four-burner Perfection oil stove with oven in good order for sale for £4/10/- [5: 13-Mar-1936]
Attended the public meeting on the question of Saturday Afternoon Closing in Carnamah on Thursday 19 March 1936 [5: 27-Mar-1936]
The proposition was to replace the half-day holiday on Thursday afternoons with a half-day holiday on Saturday afternoons [5]
The driving force was some of the local sporting bodies, who wished to play their organised sport on Saturday instead of Sunday [5]
He was for sport on Saturday afternoons, as employees sometimes weren't fit for work on Monday after playing on Sunday [5]
Played for the combined Winchester-Waddy-Coorow tennis team against Carnamah-Parkinson on Sunday 5 April 1936 [5: 3-Apr-1936]
Wrote to the Three Springs Agricultural Society in 1936 with suggestions about the allotment of trophies for their sheep section [5]
In his letter also tendered his appreciation for the assistance the stewards of the Society's sheep section had provided [5: 1-May-1936]
Attended the Farewell Social for George & Ester MULLIGAN at Marathon Farm in Winchester on Thursday 25 June 1936 [5: 3-Jul-1936]
Sold 266 sheep through Westralian Farmers Ltd with seven consignments to the Midland Market between June and December 1936 [5]
The sheep comprised 125 lambs (17 at 21/4, 12 at 20/7, 3 at 17/4, 11 at 17/-, 37 shorn at 16/4, 32 at 16/4, 6 at 12/1, 7 at 12/-), [5]
92 suckers (44 at 20/10, 15 at 20/1, 33 at 15/10), 24 hoggets (20 at 20/1, 4 at 18/4), 21 ewes (1 at 22/10, 20 at 14/4), [5]
and 4 wethers at 33/7 per head [5: 19-Jun-1936, 28-Aug-1936, 4 & 18-Sep-1936, 2 & 23-Oct-1936, 24-Dec-1936]
Attended the Sheep Demonstration held at the sheep yards on Dunester Farm in Carnamah on 12 August 1936 [5: 14-Aug-1936]
Financial Member of the Coorow-Waddy Forest Districts Agricultural Society in 1936 [150]
Successfully exhibited in the Sheep and Wool sections of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on Thursday 3 September 1936 [5]
In the Wool section received 1st prize for Border Leicester Merino Cross Fleece and 2nd prize for Medium Wool Merino Fleece [5]
Awarded both 1st and 2nd prizes for Three First-Cross Fat Lambs in the Sheep section [5: 4 & 11-Sep-1936]
Exhibited in the Wool and Sheep sections of the Carnamah Agricultural Show on Thursday 10 September 1936 [5: 11 & 18-Sep-1936]
Won 1st prize for Three Fat Lambs, Down Breed, Suitable for Export - for which he received the Dalgety Trophy [5]
Awarded both 1st and 2nd prizes for Two Merino Fleeces and for Crossbred Fleece, both judged for their commercial value [5]
Won 2nd prize for Three Fat Merino Wethers - skins valued at 14/6, dressed weight of their carcasses estimated at 62 pounds [5]
Won 2nd for Two Strong Wool Merino Fleeces, Border Leicester Ram, and Three Fat Long-Wool Lambs Suitable for Export [5]
At the Show Ball received the Dalgety Trophy and the Patrick Trophy as the most successful exhibitor of the Wool section [5]
Sold four bales of wool at 13½d. per pound through Westralian Farmers Ltd at the Perth Wool Sale on 5 October 1936 [5: 16-Oct-1936]
Competitor in the Parkinson Tennis Club's Tennis Tournament held in Carnamah on New Year's Day 1 January 1937 [5: 8-Jan-1937]
Member of the Winchester and Billeroo grasshopper eradication committee in 1937 [0: image 02876]
On 3 November 1937 delivered the first load of wheat to the Winchester railway siding for the 1937 harvest [0: image 03704]
Vice President of the Billeroo Cricket Club in 1938 and 1939 [0: images 03778 & 03853]
Member of the Billeroo Bush Fire Brigade in 1939 [0: image 03024]
Obtained the telephone in 1939 - was telephone number Carnamah-9K from 1939 to 1947 [60]
Foundation Committee Member of the Carnamah District War and Patriotic Fund in 1940 [0: image 03074]
Committee Member of the Carnamah District War and Patriotic Fund in 1941 and 1942 [0: images 04014 & 04174]
Private in the local Volunteer Defence Corps during the Second World War [16]
Served on the Board of the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs from 1943 to 1947 [109]
Member of the Carnamah Bush Fire Brigade in 1944 [0: image 04590]
By 1944 had been made a Justice of the Peace for the Victoria Magisterial District of Western Australia [22]
As a local Justice of the Peace presided as Magistrate over cases that went before the local Carnamah Police Court [22]
Between 1944 and 1953 presided as Magistrate at four cases that went before the Carnamah Police Court [22]
The Carnamah Police Court dealt with cases involving Carnamah, Winchester, Waddy Forest, Coorow, Marchagee and Gunyidi [22]
Said the prayer at the thanksgiving peace celebrations at the Carnamah Hall on Thursday 23 August 1945 [0: image 04356]
During the 1940s was a pallbearer at the funerals of Gordon PERRY, William John PETHICK, [0] [4]
John MCINTOSH, John Maurice HAIG and Thomas LAWSON at the Winchester Cemetery in Carnamah [0] [4]
Member of the Carnamah Presbyterian Church's management board in 1947 [0: image 04468]
In 1947 ceased leasing Avalon farm [P212] and sold his 820 acre farm at Billeroo to Jack and Charlie LAWSON [3]
Also in 1947 [P212] purchased 1282 acres of farmland in Waddy Forest being Lot M1282 of Victoria Location 2023 [3]
His new property in Waddy Forest was previously owned by the late Price Willis HUNT, who had died in 1946 [3]
Farmer in Waddy Forest 1947 onwards [P212]
Committee Member in 1947 and Secretary in 1948 of the Coorow-Waddy Forest Districts Agricultural Society [150]
Head Steward of the Sheep section at the Coorow-Waddy Forest Districts Agricultural Society's Tenth Annual Show in 1947 [150]
Secretary and Treasurer of the Coorow-Waddy Forest Districts Agricultural Society in 1949 and 1950 [4: 5-Feb-1949, 7-Apr-1951]
Member of the Coorow-Waddy Forest branch of the Farmers' Union of WA in 1950 and 1951 [4: 18-Mar-1950, 7-Apr-1951]
Committee Member in 1951 and President in 1956 of the Coorow-Waddy Forest District Agricultural Society [4: 7-Apr-1951, 21-Sep-1956]
Member of the Waddy Forest Tennis Club in 1950-51 [4: 7-Apr-1951]
Member of the Coorow Golf Club - was Vice President and Auditor in 1951, and President in 1952 [4: 7-Apr-1951 & 2-Aug-1952]
Founding Committee Member of the Coorow Pasture Improvement Group in 1954 [4: 18-Dec-1954]
One of the directors of the North Midlands Farmers' Co-Operative Company Limited in 1956 [4: 19-Apr-1957]
Judged the sheep section at the Carnamah District Agricultural Society's Annual Show in September 1956 [4: 14-Sep-1956]
Pallbearer at the funeral of Mrs Mora CHAPMAN on 13 March 1957 at the Winchester Cemetery, Carnamah [0: 15-Mar-1957]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Doubleview [2]
Father of Bob and Ron [P212]
Died 15 February 1977; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Rose Memorial) [2]
Mrs Edith Bronwyn ADAMS
Wife of "Jim" James Leslie ADAMS; see Edith Bronwyn PRITCHARD
Frederick James ADAMS
Born 1903 in London, England [21] [88]
In 1923 he worked as a Handyman and lived at 157 Blackshaw Road in Tooting, London, England [203]
Departed London, England on the steamship Euripides for Albany, Western Australia on 28 March 1923 [203]
Married Marjorie Ivy SEAWARD in 1929 in Perth, Western Australia [66]
Resided at 6 Rosebery Street in the Perth suburb of Jolimont 1933-1938 [6] [88]
In mid 1937 obtained a job with the Main Road Board working in Winchester on sustenance work [88]
Caught the train in Perth on 29 July 1937 to make his way up to Winchester [88]
He was reported to have fallen out of the carriage of the train he was travelling on just before it reached Marchagee [88]
The train was stopped and he was picked up, and at Carnamah he was removed and taken to the Carnamah Private Hospital [88]
He was admitted to the hospital at about midnight where he was treated by Dr Cecil P. ROSENTHAL for abrasions and shock [88]
During the afternoon on 30 July 1937 he was being driven to Three Springs for an X-Ray when he leapt from the moving car [88]
It seems he was caught before he actually left the car, and without any injury being caused to himself [88]
He admitted that he had in fact jumped out of the train and leapt from the car deliberately, as he was sick of his wife [88]
On his discharge from the Carnamah Private Hospital at 5 p.m. on 31 July 1937 he was taken to the Carnamah Police Station [88]
He was placed under arrest on the charge of unsound mind and was detained temporarily in the Police Station's lock-up [88]
Dr ROSENTHAL issued a certificate under the Mental Treatment Act which was also signed by a local Justice of the Peace [88]
He boarded a train in Carnamah at 11:55 p.m. on 1 August 1937 under the supervision of Constable LEE of Geraldton [88]
The Central Police met the train in Perth and escorted him to the Heathcote Mental Hospital for treatment [88]
Resided in the Perth suburb of Jolimont in 1938 [2]
Died 9 February 1938; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Church of Christ, CA, 83A) [2]
His wife was married for the second time to Frank CHAPMAN in Perth in 1939 [66]
Francis William ADDICOAT
Born 1905 in Northam, Western Australia [15]
Son of James Henry ADDICOAT and Louisa NOBLE [15]
Farmer in Carnamah 1926-1930 [19] [27]
Member of the Gimlets Cricket Club in 1930-31 [4: 22-Nov-1930]
"Addicoat Bros" made a donation to the Carnamah Country Women's Association in 1932 to aid them in buying premises [5: 29-Jul-1932]
Married Dulcie J. HOCKING in Perth in 1941 [66]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Cloverdale [2]
Died 22 April 1986; cremated at the Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA [2]
James Henry ADDICOAT Snr
Born 6 March 1870 in Wallaroo, South Australia [55]
Son of William ADDICOAT and Phillis PENROSE [55]
Married Louisa NOBLE in 1897 in Perth, Western Australia [15]
Engineer in Northam in partnership with James H. MATTHEWS, trading as "Addicoat & Matthews" in 1905 and 1906 [6]
Engineer in Northam in partnership with a Mr CLIFTON, trading as "Addicoat & Clifton" 1907-1918 [6]
For a time they were Engineers and Coach Builders in Wellington Street, Northam and Motor Agents in Peel Terrace, Northam [6]
In 1917 and 1918 they were the proprietors of a Motor Garage in Fitzgerald Street, Northam [6]
Resided at 49 Guildford Road in the Perth suburb of Mount Lawley 1919-1923 [6]
Motor Mechanic at 493 Murray Street, Perth in 1921; and a Motor Mechanic at 397 Murray Street, Perth in 1922 [6]
Resided at 43 Guildford Road in the Perth suburb of Mount Lawley 1924-1927 [6]
His sons trading as "Addicoat Bros" were Motor Engineers at 43 Guildford Road in the Perth suburb of Mount Lawley 1925-1927 [6]
His son James H. ADDICOAT Jnr and Alfred J. MORT purchased 2,568 acres of virgin land in Carnamah on 18 January 1926 [27]
On 30 October 1926 the contract to purchase the land was transferred into his name, and those of his sons James and Francis [27]
The 2,568 acres was Lot M1613 of Victoria Location 2023, situated on both the north and south sides of the Caron Road [27] [62]
The land was purchased from the Midland Railway Company for £1,220/3/2 (9/6 per acre), payable by instalments [27]
On 10 June 1926 purchased 1,500 acres of adjoining virgin land in partnership with his sons James, Leo and Francis [27]
The 1,500 acres was Lot M1644 of Victoria Location 2023, situated on the north side of the Caron Road [27] [62]
The land was purchased from the Midland Railway Company for £750 (10/- per acre), payable by instalments over 15 years [27]
Farmer in Carnamah in partnership with his sons as "Addicoat & Sons" 1926-1932 [3] [6] [27]
His sons James H. ADDICOAT Jnr and Francis W. ADDICOAT resided on and farmed the property [19]
Addicoat & Sons had an account with Carnamah blacksmith, wheelwright and motor mechanics Henry Parkin & Son in 1929 [53]
Himself and his wife resided at 43 Guildford Road in the Perth suburb of Mount Lawley until 1927 [6]
They then resided at 48 Venn Street in North Perth 1928-1930, and then on the farm in Carnamah in 1931 and 1932 [6] [19]
All of the farmland, both Lots M1613 and M1644, had been transferred into just his and his son James' name on 31 October 1930 [27]
Himself and his son James sold their 4,068 acres of farmland in Carnamah to Maurice S. B. AUNGER on 26 July 1932 [3] [27]
Resided at 347 Fitzgerald Street, North Perth in 1933 [6]
Resided at 62 First Avenue in the Perth suburb of Mount Lawley in 1934 and 1935 [6]
In 1936 himself and his wife were living on Eleventh Avenue in the Perth suburb of Maylands [50]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Maylands [2]
Father of Dolphin Ruby, Doris Louise, James Henry, Leo and Francis William [15] [54] [55]
Died 22 October 1944; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, ZB, 101) [2]
James Henry ADDICOAT Jnr
Born 1901 in Long Gully, Victoria, Australia [15]
Son of James Henry ADDICOAT and Louisa NOBLE [15]
Resided with his parents in Northam, Western Australia 1905-1918 and then in the Perth suburb of Mount Lawley 1919-1926 [6]
Motor Engineer with his brother Leo as "Addicoat Bros" at 43 Guildford Road in the Perth suburb of Mount Lawley 1925-1927 [6] [50]
Farmer in Carnamah 1926-1932 [3] [19] [27]
On 18 January 1926 himself and Alfred John MORT purchased 2,568 acres of virgin land in Carnamah [27]
The 2,568 acres was Lot M1613 of Victoria Location 2023, situated on both the north and south sides of the Caron Road [27] [62]
The land was purchased from the Midland Railway Company for £1,220/3/2 (9/6 per acre), payable by instalments [27]
A few weeks later, on 6 February 1926, himself and Alfred John MORT purchased two vacant blocks in the Carnamah townsite [27]
The two blocks were the adjacent 24 and 26 Caron Street, Carnamah (Lots 56 and 57 of Victoria Location 1936) [27]
The townsite blocks were purchased from the Midland Railway Company for £12 each, for which they paid cash [27]
Himself and Alfred John MORT appear to have farmed together in Carnamah for nine months of 1926 [19] [27]
On 30 October 1926 himself, his father, and his brother Francis took over the entire contract to purchase the farm [27]
His brother Francis W. ADDICOAT appears to have also purchased MORT's share in 24 and 26 Caron Street [3] [61]
In partnership with his father and brothers Francis and Leo purchased an adjoining 1,500 acres of virgin land on 10 June 1926 [27]
The 1,500 acres was Lot M1644 of Victoria Location 2023, situated on the north side of the Caron Road [27] [62]
The land was purchased from the Midland Railway Company for £750 (10/- per acre), payable by instalments over 15 years [27]
Farmed in Carnamah partnership with his father and brother Francis as "Addicoat & Sons" 1926-1932 [3] [6] [27]
Initially only himself and his brother Francis resided on the farm in Carnamah, however their parents later joined them [6] [19]
"Addicoat & Sons" had an account with Carnamah blacksmith, wheelwright and motor mechanics Henry Parkin & Son in 1929 [53]
On 31 October 1930 all of their farmland, Lots M1613 and M1644, were transferred into just his and his father's names [27]
Founding Member of the Carnamah Masonic Lodge No.150 WAC on 21 March 1930 [96]
Member of the Gimlets Cricket Club in 1930-31 [4: 22-Nov-1930]
Himself and his father sold their partially paid off 4,078 acre farm in Carnamah to Maurice S. AUNGER on 26 July 1932 [3] [27]
Himself and his brother Francis sold their two blocks in Caron Street in the Carnamah townsite to the Carnamah Masonic Lodge [3]
Himself, his parents and his brother Francis appears to have all left Carnamah after the sale of the farm in mid 1932 [19]
Married Clara Amelia DYSON in Perth in 1934 [66]
Worked as a Motor Mechanic and lived at 20 Holland Street in the Perth suburb of Wembley 1934-1937 [2] [6] [50]
Died 26 July 1937; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, WB, 206) [2]
Jean Eva ADDICOAT
Born 1912 in Perth, Western Australia [15]
Daughter of James Henry ADDICOAT and Louisa NOBLE [15]
Appears to have resided in or visited Carnamah in 1930 [4]
Attended the Ball following the Carnamah Agricultural Show on 18 September 1930 in a black frock with dainty rose finish [4: 4-Oct-1930]
Attended the evening Ball after the Carnamah Races on Thursday 2 October 1930 in black lace draped frock [4: 18-Oct-1930]
Married Jack CROSSLEY in Perth in 1935 [66]
Resided with her husband, who worked as a labourer, at 89 First Avenue in the Perth suburb of Mount Lawley 1936-1940 [6] [50]
Later resided in Albany and in the Perth suburb of Bentley [2] [16]
Died 20 November 1995; cremated at the Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA [2]
Mrs Louisa ADDICOAT
Wife of James Henry ADDICOAT; see Louisa NOBLE
Andrew AGNEW
Born 12 July 1913 in Lochore, Fife, Scotland [16]
Son of miner Robert AGNEW [203]
Resided with his parents at 146 Waverley Cottage in Lochore, Fife, Scotland [203]
Departed Liverpool, England on the Vedic and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 27 November 1929 [63]
Married Alice Elizabeth MCDONALD in Perth in 1934 [66]
In 1936 he was working as a Labourer and living with his wife at 17 Byers Road in the Perth suburb of Midland Junction [50]
Private W69094 in Midland Junction's Volunteer Defence Corps during the Second World War [16]
Railway Fettler / Railway Repairer in Carnamah in 1962 [19] [22]
He resided in one of the railway cottages in Carnamah [19]
Later resided in Upper Swan [2]
Died 17 August 1973; buried Guildford Cemetery, Perth suburb of Guildford (General, C, 33) [22]
Rev. Frederick AGNEW
Presbyterian Home Missionary in Carnamah in 1925 and 1926 [6] [19]
He appears to have been the first minister or missionary of any faith to be stationed in Carnamah [--]
Held his first service in Carnamah on the night of Sunday 19 July 1925 [9: 24-Jul-1925]
Conducted services in Carnamah every Sunday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday School weekly at 10 a.m. [9: 24-Jul-1925]
His wife was one the costume judges at the Grand Plain & Fancy Dress Ball held in the Carnamah Hall on 6 August 1925 [9: 21-Aug-1925]
Officiated at the marriage of Lionel O. FERGUSON and Beatrice M. PARKIN in Carnamah on 25 August 1925 [9: 11-Sep-1925]
Carnamah Notes in a local newspaper of August 1925: "Rev Agnew is very popular and a large congregation is the result" [9: 7-Aug-1925]
Member of the Carnamah Tennis Club - was Secretary in 1925-26 [9: 25-Sep-1925]
Officiated at the marriage of Colin C. CUMMING and Eva M. GREEN at the Carnamah Hall on 9 March 1926 [9: 19-Mar-1926]
Presbyterian Home Missionary in Kulin in 1927 [6]
Patrick AHERN
Labourer in Winchester 1911-1914 [19]
John Anthony AIREY
Born 1896 in Manchester, Lancashire, England [20] [21]
Son of brass finisher William Henry AIREY and Ellen KILGOUR [20] [21]
In 1901 was living with his parents and siblings Maria, William and Nelly at 3 Ashcroft Street in North Manchester, Lancashire [20]
Departed London, England on the Hobsons Bay on 27 February 1922 destined for Fremantle, Western Australia [203]
In 1925 he was working as a Motor Mechanic and living at 15 Fairfield Street in the Perth suburb of Mount Hawthorn [50]
Married "Netta" Marie Antoinette STOCKS nee DE BEER in Perth in 1927 [66]
He had worked in England as a Fitter and in 1930 was a Motor Mechanic in Carnamah [19] [203]
From 1927 until 1930 his wife resided in Winchester, where her mother and stepfather were the farmer of Heppleholme Farm [19]
In 1936 he was working as an Engine Driver and living with his wife at 6 Turner Street in Kalgoorlie [50]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Yokine [2]
Died 18 December 1971; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, Lawn 6, Q13) [2]
K. AIREY
Member of the Inering Tennis Club in 1932 [5: 30-Sep-1932]
On Sunday 11 September 1932 he was presented with the trophy for having won the Inering Tennis Tournament [5: 16-Sep-1932]
Member of the East Carnamah Cricket Club in 1932-33 [5: 28-Oct-1932]
Mrs "Netta" Marie Antoinette AIREY
Wife of John Anthony AIREY; see "Netta" Marie Antoinette DE BEER
Quentin AIREY
Born 12 June 1904 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia [16]
Son of Peter AIREY and Martha Watts LINTERN [74]
Farmhand for Frank LUCAS on Floradale Farm on the Inering Estate in Carnamah in 1932 [19]
Married Violet Grant WALTON in 1935 [66]
Resided in the Perth hills suburb of Kalamunda prior to enlisting in the Australian Army on 6 August 1940 [16]
Signalman WX7561 in the Signals Section of the Australian Army's 25 Australian Infantry Brigade during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 17 October 1944 [16]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of North Perth [2]
Died 15 July 1989; ashes scattered to the wind at the Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA [2]
Christopher Alexander AITKEN
Shop Assistant in Carnamah, Western Australia in 1930 [19]
Foundation Member of the Carnamah Golf Club in 1930 [4: 10-May-1930]
Initiated as a member of Carnamah Lodge of the Manchester Unity of Oddfellows Friendly Society on 1 September 1930 [4: 6-Sep-1930]
In 1936 he was a working as a Labourer and living at 457 Chapple Street in Broken Hill, New South Wales Australia [50]
Mrs Marie Jeanette AITKEN
Wife of Christopher AITKEN [19]
Resided in Carnamah in 1930 [19]
She gave birth to a son at the Carnamah Private Hospital in mid December 1930 [4: 20-Dec-1930]
By 1936 they were living at 457 Chapple Street in Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia [50]
F. ALBRECHT
Accidentally hit James H. ROWLAND at the football grounds at Centenary Park, Carnamah on 23 September 1934 [5: 28-Sep-1934]
The car he was driving belonged to Mrs Florence E. BREWER, licensee of the Carnamah Hotel, so he may have worked there [5]
Visiting Member of the Carnamah Rifle Club in 1934 [5: 12-Oct-1934]
Himself and Billee BREWER travelled from Carnamah to Geraldton by car on Thursday 21 February 1935 [5: 22-Feb-1935]
Beatrice Elaine ALEXANDER
Born C.1928 [2]
Resided of late in Carnamah [2]
Died 13 September 1984; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (RC Section, Garden of Remembrance, 2, 75) [2]
Ernest Geoffrey ALEXANDER
Born 28 February 1923 in Bradford, Yorkshire, England [16]
Son of Louis ALEXANDER and Hilda HOYLE [16] [63]
Departed Tilbury, England with his parents on the Baradine and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 10 October 1927 [63]
Resided with his parents in Carnamah 1928-1932 [19]
Resided in the Perth suburb of Nedlands prior to enlisting in the Australian Army on 12 December 1942 [16]
Corporal WX35954 in the Australian Army's 17 Ordnance Depot during the Second World War [16]
Married Joyce Winifred SMITH in Perth in 1944 [66]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 17 January 1946 [16]
In 1950, when his daughter Margaret was baptised, he was living at 70 Hamersley Road in the Perth suburb of Subiaco [84]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Hamersley [2]
Died 25 January 1974; ashes interred Pinnaroo Valley Memorial Park, Perth WA (Cassia Court, Ground Niche, 70) [2]
Mrs Hilda ALEXANDER
Wife of Louis ALEXANDER; see Hilda HOYLE
"Ken" Kenneth Lionel ALEXANDER
Born 3 June 1926 in Bradford, Yorkshire, England [16]
Son of Louis ALEXANDER and Hilda HOYLE [16] [63]
Departed Tilbury, England with his parents on the Baradine and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 10 October 1927 [63]
Resided with his parents in Carnamah 1928-1932 [19]
Attended the Inering Picnic on BATTY's Farm on Sunday 7 September 1930 - won the 4 to 6 year Boys Running Race [4: 20-Sep-1930]
Came 3rd in the Under 5 years Boys Running Race at the Centenary Celebrations in Carnamah on 13 September 1929 [4: 21-Sep-1929]
Known to have later resided in Midland Junction and Albany [2] [16]
Died 17 July 1984; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (RC Section, Garden of Remembrance, 2, 75) [2]
Louis ALEXANDER
Born 10 June 1894 in Bradford, Yorkshire, England [16]
Son of grocers porter Robert Edward ALEXANDER and Hannah Maria ACKROYD [20] [21]
In 1901 was living with his parents and brothers Harold and Edgar at 109 Belgrave Place, Lumb Lane in Bradford, Yorkshire [20]
Married Hilda HOYLE in 1921 in Yorkshire, England [21]
On 12 August 1927 purchased 1000 acres of virgin land in Carnamah, Western Australia from the Midland Railway Company [27]
The 1000 acres was Lot M1739 of Victoria Location 2022 and came at a cost of £400, payable by instalments over 15 years [27]
Departed Tilbury, England with wife and sons on the Baradine and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 10 October 1927 [63]
Farmer in Carnamah 1928-1932 [19]
His 1000 acre farm was situated on the east side of the Carnamah-Perenjori Road [62]
He appears to have resided in Carnamah with his wife Hilda and their children from 1928 to 1932 [19]
Their address in Carnamah was initially care of his wife's brother-in-law Smith Ewart JACKSON [34]
In 1929 had an account with Carnamah blacksmith, wheelwright and motor mechanics Henry Parkin & Son [53]
The Midland Railway Company rescinded the sale on his farm on 20 July 1936, and days later sold it to Mrs Lola MILLARD [27] [34]
Known to have later resided in the Perth suburbs of Nedlands and Safety Bay [2] [16]
Father of Ernest and Kenneth [16] [63]
Died 17 August 1959; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Crematorium Rose Gardens, N, 122) [2]
"Alf" Arthur ALFIERI
Born January 1874 in Stoke Upon Trent, Stafford, England [30: item 3026339]
Baptised on 21 January 1874 at the Parish Church in Norwood near Stoke Upon Trent in Stafford, England [33]
Son of Charles ALFIERI and Elizabeth Julia MARRINER [33]
In 1881 was living with his father at the Norwood Academy, Stoke Upon Trent where his father was a private school headmaster [20]
By 1891 was an Apprentice Jeweller with George O. NEAL in Saint Marylebone, London, England [20]
During the 1890s left England and migrated to South Australia [20] [69]
Departed South Australia on the Helen Nicoll and arrived in Esperance, Western Australia on 1 August 1895 [69]
Prospector in Ravensthorpe in 1903 [50]
Resided in Ravensthorpe until 1911, and then in the Perth hills locality of Kelmscott in 1912 [6]
Married Kathleen Maud Lilly FALKNER in 1906 in Western Australia [66]
In 1915 was working as a Carpenter and living in Victoria Street in the Perth suburb of Cottesloe Beach [94]
Enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 7 January 1916 in Blackboy Hill WA; regimental number 4750 [30: item 3026339]
On enlistment was noted as being 5 feet 9½ inches tall, weighing 10 stone with brown hair, medium eyes and a dark complexion [30]
Embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia for active service abroad on the H.M.A.T. Ulysses on 1 April 1916 [94]
Served as a Private in various units of the Australian Imperial Force's 16th Battalion during the First World War [30]
Most of his service was spent as a Private in the 15th Reinforcements and later the 4th Division Cycling Company [30]
Served honourably in France where he was once wounded and twice injured resulting in three hospitalisations [30]
Received the British War Medal and the Victory Medal [30]
After the war returned to Australia on the ship Main and was discharged from the Australian Imperial Force on 20 November 1919 [30]
By May 1920 was living at Glen Iris near Bunbury [30]
Orchardist in Glen Iris near Bunbury 1920-1926 [6] [30]
On 9 January 1926 purchased 838 acres of virgin land in Carnamah from the Midland Railway Company [27]
Purchased the farm after inspecting the property with the Midland Railway Company's ranger Frederick C. WOODS [34]
The 838 acres was Lot M1083 of Victoria Location 1935 on the Bunjil Road and cost £586, payable by instalments over 15 years [27]
Farmer in Carnamah 1928-1934 [6] [19]
In 1932 built a house out of bush timber and whitewashed hessian bags on Lindum Farm near Carnamah [P37]
The house he built on Lindum Farm was for his recently married daughter Doris and son-in-law Bill DRING [P37]
The local newspaper revealed on 15 June 1934 that a parcel had arrived for him at the Carnamah Railway Station [5: 15-Jun-1934]
Appears to have sold his farm to Thomas H. PERRY during the 1934-35 financial year [3]
He may have remained in Carnamah as he sold two pigs at 46/6 per head through Dalgety & Co Ltd on 8 April 1936 [5: 10-Apr-1936]
Arthur Mariner ALFIERI
Born 3 August 1908 in Esperance, Western Australia [16]
Son of "Alf" Arthur ALFIERI and Kathleen Maud Lilly FAULKNER [P37]
Contractor in Carnamah in 1930-1932 [19]
Married Patricia Estella THOMASON in 1933 [66]
Resided in Harvey prior to enlisting in the Australian Army on 27 July 1940 [16]
Private WX5375 in the Australia Army's AIF Base Area Signals during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 26 July 1944 [16]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Nollamara [2]
Died 2 July 1990; ashes scattered over the rose garden at the Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA [2]
"Dorrie" Doris Jessie ALFIERI
Born 1910 [15]
Daughter of "Alf" Arthur ALFIERI and Kathleen Maud Lilly FAULKNER [P37]
Attended the Fancy Dress Ball held in Carnamah dressed as "Springtime" on Thursday 28 August 1930 [4: 6-Sep-1930]
Attended the Show Ball following the annual Carnamah Show on 18 September 1930 in a frock of orange flowered voile [4: 4-Oct-1930]
Married "Bill" Charles William DRING in 1932 [66]
Her father built them a house on Bill's farm out of bush timber and whitewashed hessian bags [P37]
Resided with her husband on Lindum Farm on the Carnamah-Bunjil Road near Carnamah [P37]
Cooked meals for her family and workmen on the farm with no electricity or running water [P37]
Attended in a dress of pink crepe de chine the local Roman Catholic Church's building fund Ball on 24 May 1930 [4: 31-May-1930]
Attended the Carnamah Grand Ball at the Carnamah Town Hall on Thursday 28 July 1932 in a gown of white crepe satin [5: 5-Aug-1932]
Attended the Carnamah Roman Catholic Church's Annual Ball on 6 August 1932 in a gown of navy crepe satin ensemble [5: 19-Aug-1932]
Attended the Show Ball following the Carnamah Show on 15 September 1932 in a gown of floral crepe-de-chine [5: 23-Sep-1932]
Attended the Carnamah Church of England's New Year Ball held at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 30 December 1933 [5: 5-Jan-1934]
Drove her, her sister's and some of the neighbours children to the Caron State School in an old bus 1942-1947 [P37]
Resided on Lindum Farm near Carnamah until about 1988 [P37]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Applecross [P37]
Mother of Wendy, Peter, Beryl and Beverley [P37]
Died 17 June 2001; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, ZS, 405) [2]
"Vi" Violet Hazel ALFIERI
Born 1915 [15]
Daughter of "Alf" Arthur ALFIERI and Kathleen Maud Lilly FAULKNER [P37]
Attended the Fancy Dress Ball held in Carnamah dressed as "Shell Motor Spirit" on Thursday 28 August 1930 [4: 6-Sep-1930]
Attended the Show Ball following the annual Carnamah Show on 18 September 1930 in a frock of pink georgette [4: 4-Oct-1930]
On Thursday 28 July 1932 attended the Carnamah Grand Ball at the Carnamah Town Hall [5: 5-Aug-1932]
Attended the Carnamah Roman Catholic Church's Annual Ball on 6 August 1932 in a gown of blue crepe-de-chine [5: 19-Aug-1932]
Attended the Show Ball following the Carnamah Agricultural Show on Thursday 15 September 1932 [5: 23-Sep-1932]
Married George DRING in 1933 [66]
Resided with her husband on Lindum Farm on the Carnamah-Bunjil Road near Carnamah [P37]
Cooked meals for her family and workmen on the farm with no electricity of running water [P37]
Attended the Carnamah Church of England's New Year Ball held at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 30 December 1933 [5: 5-Jan-1934]
On 12 May 1934 attended the Carnamah Football Club's Opening Ball in a dress of floral silk velvet with red flowers [5: 18-May-1934]
On occasion relieved her sister Dorrie in diving an old bus which took their and some nearby children to the Caron State School [P37]
Resided in Perth with her children from 1942 to 1944 while her husband served in the Royal Australian Air Force [P37]
After her husband's discharge in November 1944 they returned to the farm near Carnamah [P37]
At this time or shortly afterwards they shifted from Lindum Farm to Kelstern Farm in Caron [P37]
Resided with her husband and children on Kelstern Farm in Caron [P37]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Cottesloe [2]
Mother of John, Barbara, Julie and Nola [P37]
Died 31 March 1978; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (EC Section, Garden of Remembrance, 17, 73) [2]
Leslie George ALLAN
Born C.1893 [2]
Farmhand in Carnamah 1939-1941 [19] [50]
In 1939 was working for George CATTO and residing on Piyowola Farm on the Inering Estate in Carnamah [19] [50]
Resided of late in South Perth [2]
Died 6 August 1958; ashes scattered over the rose garden at the Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA [2]
Clarice ALLEN
Born 1880 in Pateley Bridge, Yorkshire, England [20] [21]
Daughter of printer compositor George ALLEN and Hannah BUSFIELD [20] [21]
In 1881 was living with her parents and brother George on Tanners Row in High & Low Bishopside, Yorkshire, England [20]
Later resided with her parents for a number of years in Loughborough, Leicestershire, England [20]
In 1891 was with her parents and siblings George, Percy, Nellie, Arthur and Gerald at 1 Albert Place in Loughborough [20]
Ten years later in 1901 was living with her parents, brother Arthur and sister Nellie at 11 Queens Road in Loughborough [20]
In 1901 she was working as a Clerk at an elastic factory, and possibly the same factory as factory overseer Fred TUNGATE [20]
Married "Fred" Frederick TUNGATE in 1903 in Leicestershire, England [21]
Her husband departed London, England on the Orsova and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 7 July 1914 [70]
Twenty four days later herself and their daughter Vera departed London, England on the Otway for Fremantle, Western Australia [203]
Resided with her husband and daughter on Auchindoir Farm in Winchester, Western Australia in 1916 [19]
Her husband worked as a farmhand on Auchindoir for George W. J. REID, who he'd met during his voyage to Western Australia [34]
Resided on Cardonia Farm in Woolundra 1916-1925 [50]
"Doug" Edward Victor Douglas ALLEN
Went into partnership with Bill and George DRING who had settled on 2201 acres of virgin land near Carnamah in 1926 [P37]
Farmer near Carnamah in partnership with Bill and George DRING from 1928 to 1933 [P37]
On 21 August 1928 purchased 4696 acres of virgin land near Carnamah in partnership with Bill and George DRING [27]
The 4696 acres was Lot M1776 of Victoria Location 2023 and cost £2231 which was payable by instalments over 15 years [27]
Traded with Bill and George DRING as "Dring Bros & Allen" [27]
In 1933 decided farming was not his vocation so sold his share in the farm to Bill and George DRING and returned to Ireland [P37]
DRING Bros were without the capital to pay the full amount so paid him a deposit and yearly instalments [P37]
Eileen Marie ALLEN
Born C.1900 [2]
Married George Herbert HAIG in Perth in 1935 [66]
Herself and her husband resided in Carnamah 1943-1947 [19]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Lesmurdie [2]
Mother of Joan [0: image 04251]
Died 30 December 1983; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Roman Catholic, BA, 190) [2]
Mrs "Gert" Ivy Gertrude ALLAN
Wife of "Will" William ALLEN; see "Gert" Ivy Gertrude WESTLAKE
Jeanette Valmai ALLEN
Born 23 April 1941 [14]
Daughter of "Will" William ALLEN and "Gert" Ivy Gertrude WESTLAKE [P273]
Resided with her parents on Mi Blu Aven Farm in Winchester from 1941 until C.1973 [P8]
She was one of the prize winners at the 1945 Coorow Children's Fancy Dress Ball [0: image 04331]
Educated at the Winchester State School, the Carnamah State School and at Methodist Ladies College in Claremont [P273]
On the completion of her schooling resided with her parents at Mi Blu Aven Farm in Winchester [P8]
Member of the Winchester and Coorow Tennis Clubs [P163]
Leader of Brownies/Guides in Coorow until 1973 [P273]; also Leader of Cubs in Coorow [64]
C.1973 shifted from the house at Mi Blu Aven Farm in Winchester to 17 Caron Street in Carnamah [P8]
School Bus Driver in Carnamah from 1973 until the 1990s [P273]
Member of Carnamah's branch of the Red Cross Society [141]
Member of the Winchester Tennis Club in 1957 [4: 15-Mar-1957]
Financial Member of the Carnamah District Agricultural Society -1971 [13]
Member of the Carnamah Tennis Club [P163]
Ran the Carnamah Tennis Club's Junior Tennis from 1971 to 1982 [P163]
Member of the Carnamah Hockey Club - was made a Life Member in 1978 [7: page 204]
Along with Jessie DOYLE and Gloria RAWLINGS printed and delivered Carnamah's local paper "On the Mat" in 1981 [7: page 174]
Member of the Carnamah Badminton Club - was made a Life Member in 1988 [P273]
Member of the Carnamah District Agricultural Society and the North Midlands Agricultural Society [P273]
Member of the Carnamah Uniting Church Guild [P163]
Member of Carnamah's branch of the Country Women's Association [P163]
Cleaning Employee at the Carnamah District High School in 1987 [7: page 92]
Member of the Carnamah Lions Club [P163]
Member of the Carnamah Historical Society 1987-1999 [P163]
Home and Community Care (H.A.C.C.) volunteer in Carnamah [64]
Organised the "Back to Winchester" reunion held in 1998 [P8]
Resided at 17 Caron Street, Carnamah until her death in 1999 [P8]
Godmother of David John McLean BOWMAN [64]
Died 2 May 1999; ashes interred Winchester Cemetery, Carnamah (Row D, Plot 10) [14]
"Jim" James Edward ALLEN
Born 3 March 1899 in Strathalbyn, South Australia [55]
Son of Jacob ALLEN and "Nellie" Eleanor Edith STEVENS [P273] [55]
Married Myra Gertrude HARRIS on 26 June 1926 in Unley, South Australia [55]
Farmer in Andrews, South Australia in 1928 [4: 10-Nov-1928]
In partnership with his brother Will purchased Isaac W. KNIGHT's Homesdale Farm in Winchester in October 1928 [4: 10-Nov-1928]
The farm, situated at the southerly end of the Winchester district, was 1025 acres in size and cost £4.17.6 per acre [3] [4: 10-Nov-1928] [62]
The farm's 1025 acres consisted of Lots M910 and M1438, both portions of Victoria Location 2023 [3]
Left South Australia and moved to the farm in Winchester, Western Australia in 1929 [P273]
Farmer of Homesdale / Mi Blu Aven Farm in Winchester in partnership with his brother William ALLEN 1929 to 1932 [P273]
They were telephone number Winchester-2 [60]
Attended the Euchre Party and Dances held in Winchester on 10 August 1929 and 14 September 1929 [4: 17-Aug-1929, 21-Sep-1929]
Committee Member of Winchester's branch of the Primary Producers' Association in 1930 [4: 11-Oct-1930]
Served on the Carnamah District Road Board representing the Winchester Ward in 1931-32 [P273] [7: page 111]
Returned to South Australia in later 1932 and soon after dissolved his partnership with his brother [P273]
Father of Margaret [55]
Leo ALLEN
Farmer in Carnamah 1945-1947 [6]
Financial Member of the Carnamah District Agricultural Society in 1941 and 1946 [13]
Treasurer in 1945 and Vice President in 1947 of the Carnamah Football Club [0: image 04342 & 04466]
Could be the Mr ALLEN who managed the Inering Homestead Farm for Bedwell, Ludeman & McIntosh [P61]
Mrs Myra Gertrude ALLEN
Wife of "Jim" James Edward ALLEN; see Myra Gertrude HARRIS
Westley James ALLEN
Born 13 March 1946 in Three Springs, Western Australia [1] [14]
Son of "Will" William ALLEN and "Gert" Ivy Gertrude WESTLAKE of Winchester [14]
Died 13 March 1946 in Three Springs; buried Winchester Cemetery, Carnamah (Row D, Plot 10) [1]
His burial, which was undertaken by Henry Parkin & Son of Carnamah, cost £10.6.6 [53]
A plaque on his grave at the Winchester Cemetery includes "Died at Birth Accidentally" [14]
"Will" William ALLEN
Born 9 December 1901 in Strathalbyn, South Australia [16]
Son of Jacob ALLEN and "Nellie" Eleanor Edith STEVENS [P255]
Farmer in Andrews, South Australia [P255]
In partnership with his brother Jim purchased Isaac W. KNIGHT's Homesdale Farm in Winchester in October 1928 [4: 10-Nov-1928]
The farm, situated at the southerly end of the Winchester district, was 1025 acres in size and cost £4.17.6 per acre [3] [4: 10-Nov-1928] [62]
The farm's 1025 acres consisted of Lots M910 and M1438, both portions of Victoria Location 2023 [3]
Left South Australia and moved to the farm in Winchester in 1929 [P273]
Married "Gert" Ivy Gertrude WESTLAKE on 22 February 1930 in Wallaroo, South Australia [P255]
Farmed the farm in Winchester (later known as Mi Blu Aven) in partnership with his brother Jim 1929-1932 [P273]
In 1932 they also share-farmed John W. COLPITTS's Heppleholme farm in Winchester [P273]
Jim returned to South Australia later in 1932 and their partnership was soon after dissolved [P273]
Farmer of Mi Blu Aven Farm in Winchester 1929-1961 [14] [P273]
Telephone number Winchester-2 from 1929 to 1934 and again from 1951 to 1961 [60]
Foundation Member of the Carnamah Scout Group [P255]
Member of the Winchester Hall Committee - served as President [P255]
Member of the Winchester Tennis Club in 1932-33 [5: 17-Mar-1933]
Attended the social evening tendered to Nell NORTHEY at the Winchester School on Saturday 29 June 1933 [5: 7-Jul-1933]
Attended the funeral of Mrs Christina B. D. FORRESTER of Carnamah at the Winchester Cemetery on 31 August 1934 [4: 8-Sep-1934]
Foundation Committee Member of the Winchester Cricket Club in 1934-35 [5: 24-Aug-1934, 30-Oct-1936]
Member of the Coorow Golf Club in 1935 and 1936 [5: 16-Aug-1935, 3-Jul-1936]
"J. E. & W. Allen" sold six bales of wool at 14¾d. per pound through Westralian Farmers Ltd on 28 October 1935 [5: 1-Nov-1935]
He was among the heaviest losers of sheep killed by dogs or dingoes in Winchester during May 1936 [5: 22-May-1936]
"Allen Bros" sold 38 lambs at 13/4, 35 lambs at 14/4 and 11 hoggets at 9/4 per head through Westralian Farmers on 1 July 1936 [5]
In the same consignment as that of Allen Bros of 1 July 1936 he sold one hogget for 26/- and one lamb for 20/4 [5: 3-Jul-1936]
Attended the Inaugural Sale of the North Midlands Stud Stockbreeders Association in Carnamah on 18 September 1936 [5: 2-Oct-1936]
At the sale "Allen Bros" bought three Merino rams, two at 4½ guineas and one at 4 guineas from the Wongyarra Stud in Carnamah [5]
Attended the Reunion of South Australians in the North Midlands at Centenary Park in Carnamah on 26 September 1936 [5: 2-Oct-1936]
Allen Bros sold 44 (41 at 16/1, 3 suckers at 13/-) through Westralian Farmers Ltd at the Midland Market in October 1936 [5: 23-Oct-1936]
"Allen Bros" advertised reaping to let for approximately 70 acres of wheat and 20 acres of barley in November 1936 [5: 13-Nov-1936]
Financial Member of the Carnamah District Agricultural Society in 1941 [13]
Private in the local Volunteer Defence Corps during the Second World War [16]
Member of the Winchester Tennis Club in the 1940s and 1950s [0: images 04316 & 04687]
Member of the Winchester Cricket Club in 1950 [4: 25-Mar-1950]
Committee Member of the Winchester Progress Association in 1955 [0: image 04786]
Father of Graham, Jeanette and Westley [14]
Passed away at the age of 59 years at the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs [1]
Died 28 April 1961 in Three Springs WA; buried Winchester Cemetery, Carnamah (Row R, Plot 15) [1]
Mi Blu Aven Farm was inherited by his wife Gert, son Graham and daughter Jeanette [P8]
The farm was run by his son Graham until 1995 and was sold to Derek and Peter FOWLER in early 1999 [P8]
Cynthia Rose ALONE
Born 1962 in Three Springs, Western Australia [24]
Resided with her parents in Carnamah, where she passed away at the age of four months [24]
Died 5 December 1962 in Carnamah; buried Three Springs General Cemetery, Three Springs (Roman Catholic, Row 3, Plot 93) [24]
Maurice Henry ANCLIFFE
Born 1901 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England [21]
Son of Joseph ANCLIFF and Elizabeth HASTINGS [21]
His mother died in 1908 at the age of 33 years, and his father died in early 1909 at the age of 34 years [21]
At the age of seven years he was an orphan with younger brothers Wilfred, aged five years, and George, who was an infant [21]
Their uncle William John HASTINGS, who was a farmer in Western Australia, travelled to England to collect them [50] [203]
Himself and his brothers departed London, England with their uncle on the steamship Orama on 10 October 1913 [203]
They arrived on the Orama in Fremantle, Western Australia on 11 November 1913 [70]
Resided with his uncle William, aunt Elizabeth and cousin W. G. Clayton HASTINGS on farmland in Mawson [15] [50]
Farmhand in Mawson in 1925 [50]
In partnership himself and Robert J. V. CAVE purchased 3,001 acres of virgin land in Caron on 17 September 1928 [27]
The 3,001 acres was Lot M1779 of Victoria Location 2023 situated on the north side of the Caron Road [27] [62]
They purchased the land from the Midland Railway Company at a cost of £1500/10/- (10/- an acre), payable by instalments [27]
Farmer in Caron 1929-1939 [19]
Farmed in partnership with Robert J. V. CAVE as "Ancliffe & Cave" from 1929 to 1937 [6]
Although the farm was located at Caron in the Perenjori district, they were both known to be "of Carnamah" [6] [19]
He received his mail from Carnamah and was also enrolled to vote at Carnamah [6] [19]
They wrote to the Carnamah District Road Board in November 1928 requesting a road be made to their property [4: 1-Dec-1928]
In 1929 they had P.O. Box 60 at the Carnamah Post Office [53]
They had an account with Carnamah blacksmith, wheelwright and motor mechanics Henry Parkin & Son in 1929 [53]
In November 1929 they purchased a new Chevrolet 6 truck from Carnamah dealer L. Scott WYLIE [4: 9-Nov-1929]
The local newspaper reported on 8 December 1933 that goods had arrived for them at the Carnamah Railway Station [5: 8-Dec-1933]
Both himself and Robert J. V. CAVE were on the farm until 1933, however from 1933 to 1939 it was just himself on the farm [19]
Member of the Carnamah Cricket Club in 1929-30 [4: 2-Feb-1929, 14-Dec-1929]
Member of the Gimlets Cricket Club in 1930-31 [4: 22-Nov-1930]
Married Eleanor Jane BAMFORD in Perth in 1935 [66]
An unnamed child of theirs died on 8 December 1935 and was buried at the Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth [2]
The sale on their farm was rescinded by the Midland Railway Company on 17 March 1939 [27]
The Midland Railway Company subsequently resold their former farm to Rupert J. CAMAC on 9 May 1940 [27]
His former wife Mrs Eleanor Jane ANCLIFFE married Herbert James DOYLE in Perth in 1946 [2] [66]
His uncle William John HASTINGS passed away on 29 September 1953 and was buried at the Anglican Cemetery in Beverley [138]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Gosnells [2]
Died 26 August 1974; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, PE, 50) [2]
Also known as Morris Henry ANCLIFF [2] [21]
Mrs ANDERSON
Arrived in Winchester on Tuesday 2 June 1936 [5: 5-Jun-1936]
School Teacher of the Winchester State School in Winchester for all or some of the second half of 1936 [5: 5-Jun-1936]
Hugh ANDERSON
Mechanic in Carnamah in 1930 [19]
Frank ANDONS
Departed Adelaide, South Australia on the Coolgardie and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 18 December 1899 [70]
Resided in Dowerin, Western Australia before shifting to Carnamah in 1930 [4: 5-Apr-1930]
Proprietor of "The Strand Cafes" in Carnamah and Three Springs in 1930 [4: 5-Apr-1930, 4-Oct-1930]
Both cafes provided three course meals, fruit, vegetables, confectionary, seafood, fish suppers, ice creams and soda drinks [4]
His Strand Cafe in Carnamah was situated in Mackie's Buildings at 19 Macpherson Street, opposite the Carnamah Hotel [4]
His Strand Cafe in Three Springs was a dinning room situated at Jordan's Soda Fountain [4: 23-Aug-1930]
Himself and his business in Carnamah were telephone number Carnamah-41 in 1930 [60]
In August 1931 sold his Strand Cafe in Three Springs to John SIOTIS [4: 22-Mar-1931]
In May 1931 opened a Cash and Carry Grocery Store within the same premises at 19 Macpherson Street, Carnamah [3] [4: 16-May-1931]
Proprietor of the "Cash and Carry Store" in Carnamah 1931-1933 [4: 1-Aug-1931] [5: 8-Jul-1932, 12-May-1933]
The "Cash and Carry Store" sold groceries and all household requirements including clothing [5: 28-Apr-1933]
Leased his shop in Mackie's Buildings at 19 Macpherson Street from its owner Robert MACKIE [3]
Advertised his business in The Irwin Index, The Carnamah-Three Springs Times and The North Midland Times newspapers [4] [5]
Some of his advertisements of May and June 1933 listed his store as "The Summons Store" [5: 26-May-1933, 2-June-1933]
"To Meet Existing Conditions - Great Reductions in All Our Lines - Money Badly Needed to Pay our Summonses" [5]
Also advertised his business in the Schedule of the Carnamah District Agricultural Society's Annual Show in 1933 [13]
"Cash and Carry Store, To Save Money shop at ANDONS where every line of Grocery, Drapery, Hardware, [13]
Patent Medicines, Produce and Confectionary are Always Cheap - Remember This! Out Stocks are Always New. No inferior [13]
brands stocked. I buy direct from the manufacturer - you get the benefit. You are welcome to inspect our stocks and prices. [13]
And You're to Save Money, Time and Transport. Frank Andons, Telephone 41 - Carnamah." [13]
Vice President of the Carnamah Football Club in 1930 [4: 15-Mar-1930]
Among those who made a donation to the Carnamah Country Women's Association in 1932 to help them buy premises [5: 29-Jul-1932]
By 1934 he had sold his Cash and Carry Store in Carnamah to William D. COLE of Moora [5: 14-Dec-1934]
Ruby ANDREW
Born 15 December 1894 in Moonta, South Australia [55]
Daughter of Abraham ANDREW and Ellen BURTON [55]
Married "Tom" Thomas Henry PERRY on 3 January 1915 in Moonta, South Australia [55]
Along with Tom and their then five children left Paskeville, South Australia in an Overland Whippet car on 26 March 1930 [P20]
The journey was made on a two wheeled track across the Nullarbor with all petrol and supplies on the running board of the car [P45]
Once they got as far as Merredin they left the main track and began following the rabbit proof fence towards Carnamah [P45]
Arrived in Carnamah at 8 p.m. on Thursday 3 April 1930 [P20]
Initially resided with her husband and five children on FRANCIS Bros' East End Farm on the Caron Road in Carnamah [P19]
For a short time taught her three children of school going age by correspondence before they attended the Billeroo State School [P20]
Provided afternoon tea for the tennis match between Gimlet Hill and Inering clubs at their home on 25 September 1932 [5: 30-Sep-1932]
Attended the Surprise 21st Birthday for George AUNGER in Carnamah on Sunday 2 October 1932 [5: 7-Oct-1932]
During the 1934-35 financial year she purchased Arthur ALFIERI's 838 acre farm in Carnamah [3]
The 838 acres was Lot M1083 of Victoria Location 1935 situated on the south side of the Carnamah-Bunjil Road [3] [62]
Resided with her family at 45 Macpherson Street in the Carnamah townsite and her children attended the Carnamah State School [P19]
Then shifted to a house on HOLLINGSWORTH's farm and her children once more attended the Billeroo State School [P19]
Resided for a period with her family in a house on HOLLINGSWORTH's farm prior to a house being built on their own property [P19]
Her husband named their 838 acre farm Karkarilla a mine of the same name in Moonta, South Australia [P45]
Resided on Karkarilla Farm on the Carnamah-Bunjil Road in Carnamah [P19]
In the later 1930s and early 1940s ran a piggery on the farm [0: images 02915, 03033 & 03051]
Financial Member of the Carnamah District Agricultural Society in 1932 [13]
Won both 1st and 2nd prizes for a Sheaf of Green Oats for Hay at the Carnamah Agricultural Show in 1932 [5: 23-Sep-1932]
Along with her husband and Moray and Eliza AUNGER travelled to South Australia for a holiday in January 1934 [5: 26-Jan-1934]
They returned to Western Australia by the ship Katoomba, arriving in Fremantle on Monday 12 March 1934 [5: 16-Mar-1934]
Herself and her husband attended the Parkinson Tennis Club's Dance at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 14 April 1934 [5: 20-Apr-1934]
Attended the Inering School Dance at the Carnamah Hall on the evening of Saturday 21 July 1934 [5: 27-Jul-1934]
Member of the Winchester Methodist Church Ladies Guild and later a member of the Carnamah Presbyterian Ladies Guild [P80]
Helped run the Afternoon Tea Stall at the Presbyterian Church Fair at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 18 May 1935 [5: 24-May-1935]
Won 1st prize for 1934 grown Oaten Hay at the Carnamah Agricultural Show on Thursday 12 September 1935 [5: 20-Sep-1935]
Purchased a new Sunshine harvester from local agent Oswald S. STIMSON in November 1935 [5: 15-Nov-1935]
Along with her husband and children travelled from Carnamah to Perth by car on Monday 10 January 1936 [5: 14-Feb-1936]
Sold four pigs at 16/6 per head through Dalgety & Co Ltd at the Midland Market on Wednesday 11 March 1936 [5: 13-Mar-1936]
Sold 22 sheep suckers at 17/7 and two pigs at £2/3/6 per head through Dalgety & Co Ltd on 9 September 1936 [5: 11-Sep-1936]
Attended the Reunion of South Australians in the North Midlands at Centenary Park in Carnamah on 26 September 1936 [5: 2-Oct-1936]
Member of Carnamah's branch of the Country Women's Association [P45]
Member of Carnamah's branch of the Red Cross Society - was Vice President in 1943-44 [0: image 04247]
Member of the Carnamah Presbyterian Church's management board in 1947 [0: image 04468]
Member of the Carnamah Presbyterian Church Ladies Guild - was President in 1951 [0: image 04622]
Retired with husband to 13 Yarra Street in Carnamah town, leaving the farm to be run by their elder children [P45]
Remained the freehold owner of Karkarilla Farm (Lot M1083) until selling it to her son Allan in 1956 [3] [61]
Along with her husband left Carnamah in 1960 [P45] and shifted to Liverpool Street in Safety Bay WA [3]
Later returned with her husband to Carnamah and once more resided at their house at 13 Yarra Street [P45]
On 23 July 1973 shifted with her husband Tom to the newly constructed Lady Brand Lodge in Three Springs [147]
Resided at the Lady Brand Lodge in Three Springs until her death at the age of 83 years [147]
Mother of Eileen, Mervyn, Gordon, Kita, Allan, Maurice, Von and Shirley [P45]
Died 17 August 1980 in Three Springs; buried Winchester Cemetery, Carnamah (Row C, Plot 13) [1]
Dorothea Maude Cudmore ANDREWS
Born 1896 in Perth, Western Australia [15]
Daughter of Walter Frederick ANDREWS and Violet Mary CUDMORE [15]
Married Charles Alfred METTAM in 1923 [66]
Arrived in Carnamah with her husband and children during the last week of August 1932 [5: 2-Sep-1932]
Resided in Carnamah, where her husband was the Manager of the local Bank of Australasia 1932-1937 [5] [6]
Became a member of Carnamah's branch of the Country Women's Association shortly after arrival in Carnamah in 1932 [5: 23-Sep-1932]
Attended the "Gimlets" Annual Picnic on Sunday 18 September 1932 on Richard BATTY's farm in Carnamah [5: 23-Sep-1932]
Vice President of Carnamah's branch of the Country Women's Association in 1933 [5: 9-Jun-1933]
Helped run the Sweets stall at the Carnamah Anglican Church Bazaar held in Carnamah on Saturday 12 August 1933 [5: 18-Aug-1933]
Member in 1934, Captain in 1935 and Committee Member in 1936 of the Carnamah Golf Club 1935 [5: 11-May-1934, 5-Apr-1935, 26-Jun-1936]
Hosted a meeting of associate members of the Carnamah Golf Club at her home on Tuesday evening 16 April 1935 [5: 19-Apr-1935]
Her parents travelled from Narrogin to visit herself and her family in Carnamah in early June 1935 [5: 7-Jun-1935]
Won the hidden number prize at the Bridge Evening held at the Carnamah Hostel on Friday evening 21 June 1935 [5: 28-Jun-1935]
Sent a floral tribute for the grave of Miss "May" Mary L. LANG at the Winchester Cemetery on 26 November 1935 [5: 29-Nov-1935]
Attended the Wedding Social & Dance for Stuart and May FORD at Koolabba Farm in Carnamah on 25 January 1936 [5: 31-Jan-1936]
Sent a floral tribute for the grave of William B. SHERIDAN of Carnamah at the Winchester Cemetery on 27 January 1936 [5: 31-Jan-1936]
Returned to Carnamah with her husband and children on Sunday 5 April 1936 after a holiday at Waterman's Bay [5: 10-Apr-1936]
Attended the Carnamah Golf Club's 1936 season Opening Day at Centenary Park in Carnamah on Sunday 26 April 1936 [5: 1-May-1936]
Herself and T. Reginald SIZER, agency manager of Carnamah, won the mixed foursomes competition held on the Opening Day [5]
Miss Mary ROBERTS of Waddy Forest spent a few days staying with herself and her husband in May 1936 [5: 15-May-1936]
Attended the Carnamah Repertory Club's Social Evening & Play Presentation at the Carnamah Hall on 17 June 1936 [5: 19-Jun-1936]
Attended the Carnamah Anglican Church's Mid-Winter Ball on Saturday 11 July 1936 dressed in forget-me-not blue colleti [5: 17-Jul-1936]
Sent a floral tribute for the grave of Mrs Florence PRICE of Carnamah at the Winchester Cemetery on 1 September 1936 [5: 4-Sep-1936]
Attended the Show Ball after the Carnamah Agricultural Show on 10 September 1936 dressed in ciel marquisette [5: 18-Sep-1936]
Attended the Carnamah Repertory Club's Social including three plays at the Carnamah Hall on Friday 2 October 1936 [5: 9-Oct-1936]
In 1967 she was living at 10 James Road in the Perth suburb of Swanbourne [30: item 8012536]
Applied for the Gallipoli Medallion in 1967, which was awardable to her late husband [30: item 8012536]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Subiaco [2]
Mother of sons Peter, Charles, Robin, William [P39] and Donald [0: image 04166]
Died 25 November 1978; cremated at the Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA [2]
Mrs Eileen Elizabeth ANDREWS
Wife of Ernest Charles ANDREWS; see Eileen Elizabeth WATERHOUSE
Ernest Charles ANDREWS
Born 29 March 1889 in Brecon, Monmouthshire, Wales [16]
Son of military instructor Henry Buckingham ANDREWS and Elizabeth Jane BARNARD [P198]
His father was born in England, his mother in the East Indies while some of his siblings were born in India and some in Wales [20]
He had eight siblings, namely Kate, Alfred, Lily, Millicent, Percival, Maud, Arthur and Mary [20]
From 1875 his father served with the British Armed Forces for 33 years and 114 days when he was discharged with a pension [P198]
In the 1890s and early 1900s resided with his parents, sisters and brothers at Drill Hall in Tredegar, Monmouthshire, Wales [20]
Later resided with his parents at their "Ye Olde Hostelrie" in Goodrich, Hertfordshire, England [P198]
Regimental Sergeant Major of the South Wales Borderers in France and then Salonika, Greece during the First World War [P198]
He was mentioned in despatches and like all British soldiers received the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal [P198]
Also awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal, the Meritorious Service Medal and The French Croix de Guerre and Etoile [P198]
His three brothers and their father all served in the war and one of his sisters was the sister-in-charge of a military hospital [P198]
His youngest brother Arthur was Killed in Action in Cambria at the age of 20 years on 23 November 1917 [P198]
After the war he wasn't discharged and remained a Reserve Soldier [P198]
Miner of 26 Tylacelyn Road in Penygraig, Glamorganshire, Wales prior to leaving for Western Australia [203]
Departed London, England on the steamship Hobsons Bay for Fremantle, Western Australia on 27 February 1922 [203]
He is believed to have left England and shifted to Western Australia to get away from memories of the war [P198]
His immigration to Western Australia was sponsored by his cousin's husband James CRUTHERS [P198]
Butcher in Pithara near Dalwallinu, Western Australia 1923-1925 [19]
Butcher at 14 Macpherson Street in Carnamah, Western Australia 1926-1937 [3] [4] [6]
In 1926 was a wholesale and retail butcher, sold fresh meat daily and specialised in corned beef and sausages [4: 14-Aug-1926]
Had the telephone connected to his premises in 1926 - was telephone number Carnamah-17 from 1926 until 1930 [60]
He owned the portion of 14 Macpherson Street that his butcher's shop stood on (Portion of Lot 67 of Victoria Location 1936) [3]
Advertised his business in The Midlands Advertiser and The Irwin Index newspapers [4: 14-Aug-1926] [9: 25-Jun-1926]
Also owned 48 acres on the west side of the Carnamah townsite - Gov Lots 80, 81, 82, 83, 84 and 85 [3]
He had slaughter yards on Gov Lot 81, on the south side of the Yarra Yarra Road (later the Carnamah-Eneabba Road) [3]
Employed the service of local builder Charles J. DALLIMORE to build him a seven room brick house in 1928 [4: 19-May-1928]
His new home was completed in October 1928, just in time for the visit of his parents, sister and brother-in-law [4: 20-Oct-1928
His house was located on a hill just west of the Carnamah townsite [51] [P4]
Around October 1928 he also purchased a new six cylinder model Buick car from local dealer L. S. WYLIE [4: 20-Oct-1928]
His parents, sister and brother-in-law travelled from London to Fremantle on the Largs Bay, arriving on 18 October 1928 [63]
He met them in Fremantle and shortly afterwards they travelled with him to his new home in Carnamah [4: 27-Oct-1928]
Married Eileen Elizabeth WATERHOUSE at the Methodist Church in the Perth suburb of South Fremantle on 14 August 1929 [P198]
Both himself and his wife enjoyed horse riding in Carnamah [P198]
In August 1929 purchased Thomas GARTH's farm in Carnamah through local property salesman Rupert LAFFAN [4: 31-Aug-1929]
The farm was 1297 acres in size and consisted of Victoria Locations 6924 and 6927 [4: 31-Aug-1929] [61]
The farm was part of the Yarra Yarra Estate [19] and was situated on the east side of the Yarra Yarra Lakes [62]
Farmer in Carnamah 1929-1937 [3] [4: 31-Aug-1929]
Employed married Aboriginal man Teddy EDWARDS, who'd previously worked locally as a shearer, to manage his farm [P198]
Made a donation to the Carnamah Football Club to aid them in raising funds to send a team to Geraldton in 1928 [4: 22-Sep-1928]
Won 2nd prize for Strong Wool in the Wool section of the Carnamah District Agricultural Society's Annual Show in 1929 [4: 28-Sep-1929]
Attended the Carnamah Anglican Church's Freak Ball at the Carnamah Hall on Thursday 3 October 1929 [4: 12-Oct-1929]
Local agent Rupert LAFFAN conducted a demonstration of the Fordson tractor on his farm on 7 October 1929 [4: 5 & 12-Oct-1929]
In 1930 the Carnamah Hospital Committee arranged for local doctor Cecil P. ROSENTHAL to rent rooms at his house [4: 29-Nov-1930]
The doctor had two rooms of the house and use of the kitchen, bathroom and dinning room, for which he received £2 per week [4]
Also leased a room of his butcher's shop at 14 Macpherson Street in the Carnamah townsite to the doctor for use as his surgery [4]
Both arrangements presumably came to an end later in 1930 when the doctor opened the Carnamah Private Hospital [4: 23-Aug-1930]
Recovered unpaid rent from Cecil P. ROSENTHAL through the Mingenew Local Court on 26 November 1930 [4: 29-Nov-1930]
He had hoped to sell his house to the Carnamah Hospital Committee for £950, however they did not accept his offer [4: 29-Nov-1930]
On 24 March 1931 while himself, his wife and their daughter were in Perth their house and its contents were destroyed by fire [4]
The fire was possibly started from a fire under the copper that had been lit by Arthur PARRY, who lived with them [4: 28-Mar-1931]
After the fire had quarters built behind his butchers shop at 14 Macpherson Street in the Carnamah townsite and resided there [P198]
Among those who made a donation to the Carnamah Country Women's Association in 1932 to help them buy premises [5: 29-Jul-1932]
Around April 1933 sold his butchering business and leased its premises in Carnamah to W. Frederick LEE [3] [5: 12-Jan-1934]
In early January 1934 he purchased the business back and re-commenced operating as a butcher in Carnamah [5: 12-Jan-1934]
Had the telephone reconnected in 1934, and was telephone number Carnamah-13 from 1934 to 1937 [60]
Purchased a new Fordson tractor from Carnamah Ford salesman Rupert LAFFAN in March 1930 [4: 22-Mar-1930]
Had two vehicles licensed with the Carnamah District Road Board in 1932 - a Buick car and a Chevrolet Runabout car [4]
In 1932 his two licensed cars had number plates CA-10 and CA-227 [4: 12-Nov-1932]
Admitted to the Carnamah Private Hospital during July 1934 for an appendicitis operation [5: 27-Jul-1934]
Attended the funeral of Mrs Christina B. D. FORRESTER of Carnamah at the Winchester Cemetery on 31 August 1934 [4: 8-Sep-1934]
In January 1935 he began advertising his butchers shop in the locally produced North Midland Times newspaper [5: 25-Jan-1935]
Attended a meeting about Wireless Interference in Carnamah on Wednesday 23 October 1935 [5: 1-Nov-1935]
The main purpose of the meeting was about offsetting the cost of engine suppressors installed to combat local radio interference [5]
Attended the Ratepayers Meeting of the Carnamah District Road Board in Carnamah on Wednesday 23 October 1935 [5: 25-Oct-1935]
Sold one bull for £9/2/6 through Westralian Farmers Ltd at the Midland Market on Wednesday 30 October 1935 [5: 1-Nov-1935]
Sent a floral tribute for the grave of Miss "May" Mary L. LANG at the Winchester Cemetery on 26 November 1935 [5: 29-Nov-1935]
Attended the funeral of Carnamah agent William B. SHERIDAN at the Winchester Cemetery on 27 January 1936 [5: 31-Jan-1936]
Advertised in March 1936 that he had a recently overhauled 12 cwt. Chevrolet truck in good order for sale for £50 cash [5: 13-Mar-1936]
Committee Member of the Carnamah Athletic Club in 1936 [5: 19-Jun-1936]
After a visit to Perth returned to Carnamah by car as a passenger with Herbert E. & Edith L. NINEHAM on 10 July 1936 [5: 17-Jul-1936]
He was among the 200 farmers who attended the meeting in Carnamah on 31 July 1936 about local Bulk Wheat Handling [5: 7-Aug-1936]
Pallbearer at the funeral of Mrs Florence PRICE of Carnamah at the Winchester Cemetery on Tuesday 1 September 1936 [5: 4-Sep-1936]
Attended the Carnamah Football Club's Premiership Dinner at the Carnamah Hotel on Sunday evening 6 September 1936 [5: 11-Sep-1936]
At the dinner he donated £3/3/- in addition to two special prizes, which were given to Clarrie WALLIE and Teddy EDWARDS [5]
Exhibited in the Horse section of the Carnamah Agricultural Show at Centenary Park in Carnamah on Thursday 10 September 1936 [5]
Won 1st prize for Four Horse Team, and both 1st and 2nd prizes for Pair of Farm Horses bred by exhibitor [5: 11, 18 & 25-Sep-1936]
Made a contribution for the Reunion of South Australians in the North Midlands held in Carnamah on 26 September 1936 [5: 2-Oct-1936]
He was among those from Carnamah who travelled to Perth in early October 1936 to attend the Royal Show [5: 9-Oct-1936]
As a patient he spent a number of months at the Thistle Bank Hospital in the Perth suburb of Nedlands in 1936 [5: 24-Dec-1936]
After leaving the Thistle Bank Hospital he arrived back in Carnamah on Wednesday evening 23 December 1936 [5: 24-Dec-1936]
He was admitted to the Carnamah Private Hospital at Christmas, where he remained for over two weeks [5: 15-Jan-1937]
Had an account with Carnamah blacksmith, wheelwright and motor mechanics Henry Parkin & Son in 1937 [53]
P.O. Box 19 at the Carnamah Post Office [5: 25-Jan-1935]
Sold his farm in Carnamah to Mrs Thomasina A. GALLEHAWK in 1937 [3]
In 1937 sold his butchering business, butchers shop, slaughter yards and adjoining vacant land to Michael J. CLUNE [3] [0: image 03703]
Left Carnamah on 6 November 1937 and briefly shifted to Bowgada before moving to the Perth suburb of Cottesloe [0: image 02882 & 02885]
Along with his wife and daughter travelled to England and Wales for an extended holiday [P198]
In his passport he was described as 5 feet 8 inches tall with grey eyes and fair hair [P198]
The purpose of the trip was to visit his parents in Brecon, Monmouthshire, Wales as his father was ill with heart problems [P198]
At the conclusion of their holiday they departed London, England on the steamship Stratheden on 1 September 1938 [203]
They arrived on the Stratheden in Fremantle, Western Australia on 4 October 1938 [63]
Resided at 41 Egina Street in the Perth suburb of Mount Hawthorn in 1939 and 1940 [6] [61]
While living in Mount Hawthorn he worked at butcher's shops until buying his own butcher's shop in Waroona [P198]
Butcher in Waroona in 1940 and 1941 [6]
Resided in Waroona until enlisting in the Australian Army on 7 July 1941 [16]
Private W38310 in the Australian Army's W/C Gen Details Camp Staff during a portion of the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 24 September 1941 [16]
Himself, his wife and their daughter resided at 12 Marine Parade in the Perth suburb of Cottesloe for at least the years 1944-1949 [6]
Their home at 12 Marine Parade was a small beach cottage which they rented from its owner [P198]
Living at 8 Marine Parade were William and Alba JORDAN and their daughter Lynette, who were previously of Three Springs [6]
Later resided at Park Street in the Perth suburb of Subiaco [P198]
Resided of late and passed away at the Home of Peace in the Perth suburb of Subiaco [P198]
Father of Eunice [P198]
Died 6 March 1969; ashes scattered over the rose garden at the Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA [2]
Lily Helen ANDREWS
Born C.1886 in Brecon, Monmouthshire, Wales [2] [20]
Daughter of Henry Buckingham ANDREWS and Elizabeth Jane BARNARD [P198]
Her father was born in England, her mother in the East Indies while some of her siblings were born in India and some in Wales [20]
Had eight siblings: Kate, Alfred, Ernest, Millicent, Percival, Maud, Arthur and Mary; and her father worked as a Military Instructor [20]
In the 1890s and early 1900s resided with her parents, sisters and brothers at Drill Hall in Tredegar, Monmouthshire, Wales [20]
Later resided with her parents at "Ye Olde Hostelrie" in Goodrich, Hertfordshire, England [P198]
Married Stephen John MAURICE [P198]
Resided with her husband at Alton on Llanfair Road in Penyycraig, Glamorgan, Wales [203]
They were to depart London for Australia on the Hobsons Bay on 30 October 1928 but were crossed from the departure list [203]
Departed London, England with her husband and son Cyril on the Esperance Bay on 26 November 1928 [203]
Arrived with her husband and son Cyril in Fremantle, Western Australia on the Esperance Bay on 28 December 1928 [63]
Herself, her husband their son resided in Carnamah from as early as May 1929 until July 1929 [4: 18-May-1929, 13 & 20-Jul-1929]
The Irwin Index newspaper reported after her arrival in Carnamah that she was a trained nurse [4: 18-May-1929]
In mid July 1929 they left Carnamah and shifted to Bowgada where her husband opened a general store [4: 20-Jul-1929]
Her husband was the Storekeeper of the General Store & Post Office in Bowgada, West Perenjori [19]
Attended the Perenjori Golf Club's Annual Ball held in Perenjori on 31 July 1937 in a dress of wine georgette and lace [4: 7-Aug-1937]
Herself and her husband later left Bowgada and shifted to the Perenjori townsite [P198]
After a holiday in Wales departed Southampton, England on the Moreton Bay on 25 July 1952 for Fremantle, Western Australia [203]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Mount Lawley [2]
Mother of Cyril [P198]
Died 3 October 1964; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Crematorium Rose Gardens, 3F, 29) [2]
Annie Elizabeth ANGEL
Born 23 August 1911 in Dongara, Western Australia [166]
Daughter of "Jack" John James ANGEL and Mabel Constance LOOKE [84]
She was baptised by William R. LANG of the Wesley Manse in Dongara on 8 September 1911 [19] [84]
Resided with her parents in Gunyidi 1911-1914, Watheroo 1914-1923 and Coomberdale 1924-1935 [6] [19] [61] [166]
Began her schooling at the Watheroo State School in Watheroo on 29 January 1918 [166]
Following her father's retirement she shifted to Carnamah with her parents in 1935 [5: 31-Jul-1936] [19]
Resided in Carnamah 1935-1938 [19]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Mount Lawley [2]
Died 25 June 1972; buried Midland Cemetery, Perth suburb of Midland (Wesleyan, C, 35) [2]
"Evelyn" Ivy Evelyn ANGEL
Born 30 October 1903 in Yardarino, Western Australia [15] [84]
Daughter of "Jack" John James ANGEL and Mabel Contance LOOKE [15]
Baptised by Methodist Minister J. E. STONE of Dongara on 10 December 1903 [84]
Resided with her parents on farmland at York Gum Thicket in Yardarino, Irwin and at the Irwin Railway Siding 1903-1910 [6] [19] [84]
Resided with her parents in Gunyidi 1911-1914 and then in Watheroo 1914 onwards [6] [166]
Began her schooling at the Watheroo State School in Watheroo on 16 March 1914 [166]
Herself, her sisters Amy and Edith and brother Leslie were four of the first nine students enrolled at the Watheroo State School [166]
Married Alan Oscar FIEBIG in Perth in 1928 [66]
Their daughter Joan Iris, who was born on 30 June 1933 at the Wagin Hospital in Wagin, died during infancy [15] [84]
Her husband arrived in Carnamah to take up the position of first resident Police Constable on 13 August 1935 [5: 16-Aug-1935] [88]
Along with her two children arrived in Carnamah to join her husband on Wednesday evening 21 August 1935 [5: 23-Aug-1935]
Resided in Carnamah with her husband and children from August 1935 to April 1936 [19] [88]
Shortly after they moved to Carnamah her parents retired and shifted from Coomberdale to Carnamah [5: 30-Aug-1935, 31-Jul-1936] [6]
Along with her husband and children left Carnamah and shifted to Mullewa on Friday 17 April 1936 [5: 17-Apr-1936]
Resided of late at the Rowethorpe Retirement Village in the Perth suburb of Bentley [2]
Mother of Brian, Elsie and Joan [5] [84]
Died 20 November 1998; cremated at the Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA [2]
"Jack" John James ANGEL
Born 9 July 1867 in Pinkertons Plains, South Australia [55]
Son of William ANGEL and Sarah Jane MURRAY [55]
Sometime after the death of his mother in 1883 himself, his father and siblings left South Australia shifted to Western Australia [15] [55]
Married Mabel Constance LOOKE in 1901 in Dongara, Western Australia [15]
Farmer at York Gum Thicket in Yardarino, Irwin 1902-1906 [19] [84]
Then resided at the Railway Siding in Irwin, presumably while working for the Midland Railway Company [84]
Farmer and Fettler in Gunyidi 1911-1914 [19] [61]
His wife owned 400 acres of farmland in Gunyidi which consisted of Victoria Locations 4365 and 4375 [44]
Fettler, Length Runner, Farmhand and Farmer in Watheroo 1914-1923 [6] [166]
Donated 2/6 to the appeal for William B. HAMMOND and family of Wannamal who lost their house in a fire in 1919 [9: 23-May-1919]
Fettler in Coomberdale 1924-1935 [6]
Upon his retirement shifted with his wife, daughter Annie and son Walter to Carnamah in August 1935 [5: 30-Aug-1935, 31-Jul-1936]
Resided in Carnamah from August 1935 to June 1936 [5] [19]
Was an inmate of the Carnamah Private Hospital prior to being conveyed to Perth for further treatment on 22 June 1936 [5: 26-Jun-1936]
Father of Amy, Evelyn, Leslie, Edith, Annie, Irwin and Walter [5: 31-Jul-1936] [166]
Brother of Edward David ANGEL who farmed in Coorow in 1920 and in Three Springs 1921-1924 [6] [19] [44] [55] [98]
Uncle of Mrs Florence Helena May MALEY and brother-in-law of Mrs Isabella ANGEL of The Oaks Farm in Arrino [15] [19] [55]
Died 25 July 1936 in Perth; buried Moora Cemetery in Moora, Western Australia [5: 31-Jul-1936] [12: 31-Jul-1936]
From The North Midland Times newspaper, Friday 31 July 1936:
"Obituary - The Late Mr. J. J. Angel. The death occurred at Perth on Saturday, July 25, when Mr. John James Angel, of Carnamah, passed away. The deceased was a late employee of the Midland Railway Company. Following his retirement, Mr. Angel, accompanied by his family came to Carnamah about 12 months ago where he resided until recently when he went to Perth to receive medical attention. The late Mr. Angel leaves a widow and four daughters, Mrs. C. Dodd (Midland Junction), Mrs. A. O. Fiebig (Mullewa), Mrs. E. Brandis (Coomberdale), and Annie, and one son Walter (Carnamah) to mourn their sad loss."
From The Midlands Advocate newspaper, Friday 31 July 1936:
"The death occurred on Saturday night, July 25th, of Mr. John James Angel of Watheroo, who had been a resident of this district for many years. The funeral took place on Monday, when, after a service in the Methodist Church, the remains were interred in the Methodist Portion of the Moora Cemetery. The Rev G H Limb officiated at the graveside. Pall Bearers were:- Messrs. A. B. Gloster, F. Brand (Methodist Church), B. Reynolds and J. J. Wallace (Midland Railway Co), Brennand and Dodd (Watheroo). Wreaths and Floral tributes were received from the following:- Dome Wreath: Midland Railway Co; Mrs. Angel; Lang Family; Jackson Family; Mr. and Mrs. Mollor (Midland Junction), Mr. and Mrs. Clarkson; Mr. Dodd; Mr. and Mrs. Herley; Mrs. Hammond; Mr. and Mrs. Robertson and family; Mr. and Mrs. Devereaux; Mr. and Mrs. Strahan; Mr. and Mrs. Brady and family; Mrs. Lingwood; Mr. and Mrs. Evans; Mr. and Mrs. Sutherland; Mr. and Mrs. Sweet; Arthur and Ern; Mr. and Mrs. Kemp and family; Esther and Jack Brown; Eric, Ede and Albert [Brandis]; Methodist Church; Les, Nell [Angel] and family; Amy, Charles [Dodd] and grandchildren; Brennand Family (Watheroo); Annie, Irwin and Walter [Angel]; Mr. and Mrs. Kelly and family; Mr. and Mrs. F Brand and family."
Mrs Mabel Constance ANGEL
Wife of "Jack" John James ANGEL; see Mabel Contance LOOKE
"Wally" Walter James ANGEL
Born 22 July 1919 in Moora, Western Australia [16]
Son of "Jack" John James ANGEL and Mabel Constance LOOKE [5: 31-Jul-1936] [15]
Resided with his parents in Watheroo 1919-1923 and in Coomberdale 1924-1935 [6] [19] [61] [166]
Following his father's retirement he shifted to Carnamah with his parents in 1935 [5: 31-Jul-1936] [19]
Resided in Carnamah 1935-1939 [5]
Worked for Ernest C. ANDREWS at his butcher's shop at 14 Macpherson Street in Carnamah [P198]
Member of the Carnamah Badminton Club 1937-1939 - was Vice Captain in 1939 [0: images 03698, 03781, 03792, 03794]
Member of the Carnamah Cricket Club in 1938 - played for Carnamah Reds [0: image 03779]
Worked for Ernest C. ANDREWS at his butcher's shop in Waroona in 1940 and 1941 [P198]
Resided in Watheroo prior to enlisting in the Australian Army on 12 July 1942 [16]
Driver WX32131 in the Australian Army's 52 Australian Transport Platoon during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 25 March 1946 [16]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of South Guildford [2]
Died 14 February 2006; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (MC Section, Garden of Remembrance, 8, 11) [2]
"Bella" Isabella Jane Cruickshanks ANGUS
Born 14 March 1874 in Rayne, Aberdeen, Scotland [33]
Daughter of William ANGUS and Mary RAINY [33]
In 1891 was at 41 Henry Street in Westoe, Durham, England where she was employed by J. W. FOREMAN as a general servant [20]
Prior to her marriage resided at 97 Marlborough Street in South Shields, Durham, England [P48]
Married William Robert COLPITTS on 27 October 1895 in South Shields, Durham, England [P48]
In 1901 was living with her husband and children at Kitchen Terrace in Grimsargh with Brockholes, Lancashire, England [20]
They later resided at 5 Brook Avenue, Swinton in Manchester, Lancashire, England [203]
Departed London, England with her husband and four younger children on the steamship Largs Bay on 7 May 1927 [203]
After a month and two days they arrived in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on the Largs Bay on 9 June 1927 [63]
After residing in New South Wales for seven months shifted with her husband and four younger children to Western Australia [P48]
Arrived in Perth, Western Australia in February 1928, and arrived in Winchester, Western Australia in March 1928 [4: 16-Feb-1 |
