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Biographical Dictionary - Coorow, Carnamah, Three Springs


Surname

"Victor" William Victor King LINTHORNE

Born 27 February 1881 in Dongara, Western Australia [15] [84]
Son of William Henry LINTHORNE and Mary Ann KING [15]
Resided with his parents in Dongara where his father was the hotelkeeper of the Irwin Hotel [84]
Baptised by Methodist minister Horace FAULL of Dongara at his parents' home in Dongara on 27 March 1881 [84]
Miner in Arrino in 1903 [6]
Labourer in Mingenew in later 1903 [50]
Resided in Mingenew from 1903 until 1916 [19] [50]
Hotel Assistant at the Midland Hotel on Railway Street in Mingenew and also worked in Mingenew as a Contractor [19] [50]
Resided with his parents at Kia-Ora on Irwin Street in the Mingenew townsite [19]
Married Ellen May BECKETT in 1910 [66]
Contract cleared and removed stones for the Upper Irwin Road Board on the Mullewa Road for £6 in September 1910 [9: 30-Sep-1910]
Did road forming and repairs Mingenew and Yandanooka for the Upper Irwin Road Board fro £19 in November 1910 [9: 4-Nov-1910]
Contracted by the Upper Irwin Road Board to construct drains in William Street, Three Springs for £25 in March 1911 [9: 24-Mar-1911]
In mid 1911 did contract gravelling on roads in Strawberry for the Upper Irwin Road Board for £2/9/6 per chain [9: 2-Jun-1911]
The Upper Irwin Road Board accepted his tender in late 1912 to undertake clearing on Arrino Reserve for 2/- per chain [9: 20-Dec-1912]
After leaving Mingenew he worked as a Labourer and lived in the Perth suburbs of Claremont and Subiaco [2] [50]
He was living on Claremont Crescent in Claremont in 1916 and at 12 Dalgety Street in Claremont in 1925 [50]
In 1936 he was working as a Labourer and living at 298 Bagot Road in Subiaco[50]
Resided in the Perth suburb of Subiaco until his death in 1950 [2]
Died 12 September 1950; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Roman Catholic, ZA, 292) [2]


Reference:  Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'William Victor King Linthorne' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 29 March 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/william-victor-king-linthorne [reference list]




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