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Biographical Dictionary - Coorow, Carnamah, Three Springs


Surname

Daisy Helena SIZER / WIGGIN / SPARGO

Born 1890 in Echuca, Victoria, Australia [54]
Daughter of John SIZER and Emma O'CONNELL [54]
Married (1) Henry Francis WIGGIN in 1911 in Victoria, Australia [54]
She was living with her husband, who was working as a Labourer, in Harcourt, Victoria, Australia in 1914 [50]
In 1919 she was living at the Royal Mail Hotel in Wycheproof, Victoria, Australia [50]
Resided in Kununoppin, Western Australia 1924-1927 [39: 4-Jun-1924] [50] [408: 21-Jan-1927]
Along with her sons she stayed at Hotel Australia in Perth during January 1927 [408: 21-Jan-1927]
     Also staying at the hotel at the time was Coorow farmer Charles A. NOLAN [408: 21-Jan-1927]
Resided in Arrino, Western Australia in 1927 [39: 8-Nov-1927, 31-Jan-1928]
With her brother T. Reginald SIZER purchased Daniel P. FARLEY's Dartmouth Farm in Coorow in late 1927 [39: 8-Nov-1927, 31-Jan-1928]
     The farm was 1,331 acres in size and consisted of Lots M947 and M961 and M1121 of Victoria Location 2023 [3] [27] [34]
     By 1929 they appear to have sold the farm in Coorow to Charles A. NOLAN as it was part of his estate after he died [39: 7-Mar-1930]
Resided in Coorow, Western Australia in 1929 [39: 22-Oct-1929]
Coorow farmer Charles A. NOLAN, who died on 30 June 1929 aged 54, bequeathed her £700 in his will [39: 22-Oct-1929]
Her brother "Reg" Thomas Reginald SIZER lived in nearby Three Springs 1930-1935 and in Carnamah 1936-1941 [5] [6] [19]
Housekeeper on Boolardy Station in Yalgoo, Western Australia in 1931 [50]
Travelled from Maylands aerodrome in Perth to Onslow on the North-West mail plane on Sunday 27 September 1936 [39: 26-Sep-1936]
In 1936 her son Ray married Eva M. SPARGO and in 1941 her son Frank married Eva's sister Edna J. SPARGO [66]
She was working as a Housekeeper and living with her sons Ray and Frank at 400 Lord Street in East Perth in 1937 [50]
In 1938 she was running Rosetta Lodge for boarders at 682 Beaufort Street in the Perth suburb of Mount Lawley [39: 27-Sep-1938]
Married (2) Mark Lewis SPARGO, who was the father of both of her daughters-in-law, in Perth in 1942 [66]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Osborne Park [2]
Mother of "Ray" Raymond and Frank [54]
Died 7 January 1975; ashes interred at Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth (EC Section, Garden of Remembrance, 3, 70) [2]


Reference:  Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Daisy Helena Sizer / Wiggin / Spargo' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 29 March 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/daisy-helena-sizer [reference list]




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