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Alice Agnes BUIRCHELL
Born 1902 in Kojonup, Western Australia [15]
Daughter of Thomas BUIRCHELL and Alice Agnes RODGERS [15]
Married Alexander Melville BALLOCH in Perth in 1920 [66]
Resided in Coorow in 1932 and 1933 [4: 12-Nov-1932] [19]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of South Perth [2]
Died 24 January 1981; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, ZI, 563) [2]
Walter Harry BULLEN
Farmhand in Coorow 1929-1935 [19]
John BURDEN
Farmhand for F. W. Gustav LIEBE on Waddi Farm in Waddy Forest in 1935 [88]
George BURDON
Farmhand for Samuel B. RUDDUCK on Koobabbie Farm in Coorow 1914-1917 [19]
Miss M. BURRELL
She was the Postal Vote Officer for Coorow for the Legislative Council elections held on 13 May 1910 [9: 22-Apr-1910]
Richard BURRELL
Railway Employee in the Perth suburb of Midland Junction 1903-1906 [50]
Railway Porter in Coorow in 1909 and 1910 [19]
Alfred Ernest BUTLER
Labourer in Coorow in 1931 [50]
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Lydia CAHILL
Born 1878 in Geraldton, Western Australia [15]
Daughter of Edward CAHILL and Hannah FRIEND [15]
Her father had arrived in Western Australia as a convict by his real name of Charles EASTWOOD on the ship Vimiera in 1865 [107]
Married railway stationmaster John THOMAS in Perth in 1902 [15]
Resided with her husband and children in Mingenew 1902-1913 [6] [19] [50] [84]
They resided in the Perth suburb of Midland Junction 1914-1920 and then once more in Mingenew 1921-1923 [6] [19]
Resided in Coorow 1923-1925 [6] [19]
Assisted the Coorow Hall Committee with the Official Opening of the Coorow Agricultural Hall on 1 February 1923 [9: 23-Feb-1923]
Resided in Dongara 1925-1933 [6] [19] [50]
Resided at 32 Elvire Street in the Perth suburb of Midland Junction in 1936 and 1937 [6] [50]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Subiaco [2]
Mother of Jack, Horace, Harold, Donald and Jean [P376]
Died 3 September 1964; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Wesleyan, FC, 677) [2]
William James CAISLEY
Shop Assistant in Coorow 1928-1932 [19]
Member of the Coorow Cricket Club in 1929-30 [4: 19-Oct-1929]
He could be the William J. CAISLEY who married Florence E. WALSH in 1939 [66]
John Felix CALDER
Farmer in Nugadong, East Gunyidi 1915-1919 [50]
David Kirk CALDWELL
Born C.1868 [2]
Resided of late in Coorow [2]
Died 13 September 1918; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Presbyterian, DA, 509) [2]
William CAMERON
Labourer for Samuel B. RUDDUCK on Koobabbie Farm in Coorow 1911-1920 [19]
Came 3rd in Pole Vaulting at the Coorow Farmers' Progress Association's Picnic & Sports Meeting on 7 October 1911 [39: 12-Oct-1911]
William Dudawa CAMPBELL
Labourer in Coorow in 1916 and 1917 [50]
Bella Bendigo CANDY
Born 2 October 1922 in Fremantle, Western Australia [215]
Daughter of Arthur William CANDY and Mary Grace Louise CASTLE [P361]
She was born on board the steamship Bendigo just out from Fremantle at the end of her parents' voyage to Western Australia [P361]
Resided with her parents and siblings on Group Settlement 79 in Manjimup in 1924 [6] [50]
Resided with her eldest sister Mrs Dorothy A. G. JOHNS in Coorow in 1931 [215]
Began her schooling at the Coorow State School in Coorow on 17 June 1931 [215]
Married Dodd RICKET in Perth in 1949 [66]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Applecross [2]
Died 30 November 2002; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Lance Howard Memorial Gardens, Memorial Wall, C, 52) [2]
"Dorrie" Dorothy Alice Grace CANDY
Born 17 June 1908 in Lambourn, Berkshire, England [P361]
Daughter of Arthur William CANDY and Mary Grace Louise CASTLE [P361]
Resided with her parents and six younger siblings in Lambourn, Berkshire, England 1908-1923 [P361]
They departed London, England on the steamship Bendigo and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 2 October 1923 [70]
When just out from Fremantle her mother gave birth to a daughter, who was named Bella Bendigo CANDY after the ship [P361]
She was the eldest of nine children, with siblings Arthur, Christopher, Leslie, Gerald, Marjorie, Barbara, Bella and Reginald [P361]
Resided with her parents and siblings on Group Settlement 79 in Manjimup in 1924 [6] [50] and later in Narembeen [P361]
While working as a Housemaid for a family in Narembeen she met Bill JOHNS [P361]
Married "Bill" William Henry JOHNS in Perth on 22 March 1927 [P361]
Following their wedding they proceeded straight to Coorow where her husband had secured a job as a farmhand [P361]
They resided on Reginald CROMMELIN's Mornington Farm in Coorow 1927-1932 and then in the Coorow townsite [P361]
After shifting into town they lived in a tent near the Coorow Oval while a small house was built on land bounding Main Street [P361]
They resided in this house until 1953 when a new house was built on the same block but facing onto Main Street [P361]
She worked long hours caring for her family, establishing a local milk round and selling eggs [P361]
Early each morning her children had to go out and get in her cows [P361]
Having been a Girl Guide in England she was instrumental in getting Girl Guides established in Coorow [P361]
After her children had grown up she was a member of the Coorow Bowling Club and its Champion one year [P361]
Herself and her husband almost reached their 70th Wedding Anniversary, had 34 grandchildren and 53 great grandchildren [P361]
During their lifetime they also saw their fifth generation of descendants [P361]
Resided in Coorow until her death in 1997 [2]
Passed away at the age of 89 years at the Glengarry Private Hospital in the Perth suburb of Duncraig [P361]
Mother of Marion, Shirley, Frances, William, Darren, Valerie, Robin, Marjorie, Neil, Carol, Kenneth, Glenise [P361]
Died 2 November 1997; cremated at the Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA [2]
Herself and her husband are memorialised where their ashes are interred at Lot 7 Main Street in the Coorow townsite [P361]
Sarah CARLISLE
Cook on Samuel B. RUDDUCK's Koobabbie Farm in Coorow in 1916 [50]
Thomas CARMICHAEL
Farmhand on Winchie Farm in Marchagee 1925-1927 [19]
Thomas George CARROLL
Born 18 May 1891 in Dongara, Western Australia [30]
Son of Michael Joseph CARROLL and Hannah Eliza BOOTH [15]
Farmhand in Coorow in 1914 [19]
Enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in Perth on 7 September 1914 [30: item 3210388]
Upon enlistment he was 5 feet 11½ inches tall, weighed 164 pounds and had grey eyes, black hair and a dark complexion [30]
Gave his next of kin as his brother Joseph J. CARROLL but the following year too enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force [30]
Following his brother's enlistment they both gave their next of kin as their brother Michael J. CARROLL of Arrino [30]
After training at Blackboy Hill in the Perth Hills was appointed to the Australian Imperial Force's E Company on 6 October 1914 [30]
David Nicol CARSTAIRS
Farmhand in Nugadong, East Gunyidi 1911-1914 [19] [50]
John CARSTAIRS
Labourer in Nugadong, East Gunyidi 1911-1914 [19] [50]
Station-hand on Tootra Station in Walebing in 1915 and 1916 [50]
"Pat" Aeneas CASEY
Born 8 February 1897 in County Limerick, Ireland [16]
Married Eva Victoria LAMBERT in 1931 in Perth, Western Australia [66]
Farmer in Coorow, Western Australia [19]
Farmed and jointly owned 2,067 acres of farmland in Coorow in partnership with William Gordon LAMBERT [3] [19]
The 2,067 acres consisted of Victoria Location 995 and Lots M963, M1232 and M1357 of Victoria Location 2023 [3]
Won 1st prizes for Swedes and Potatoes in the Vegetable section of the first Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1932 [5: 16-Sep-1932]
In the Poultry section of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1933 received 1st prize for a male Bronzewing Turkey [5: 15-Sep-1933]
In 1932 "Lambert & Casey" had a Ford truck licensed with the Carnamah District Road Board with license plate CA-148 [4: 12-Nov-1932]
"Lambert & Casey" sold through Westralian Farmers Ltd two bales of wool at 15¼d. per pound in October 1933 [5: 13-Oct-1933]
Himself and his partner did the Midland Railway Company's rabbit poisoning in Coorow in 1935 [34]
Committee Member of the Coorow-Waddy Forest Districts Agricultural Society 1934-1936 [5: 10-Nov-1933, 31-May-1935, 13-Mar-1936]
Member of the Coorow Waddy Forest Progress Association in 1934 [5: 8-Jun-1934]
Received 1st prize for male Bronzewing Turkey and 2nd for female Bronzewing Turkey at the Coorow Show in 1934 [5: 7-Sep-1934]
Won two coat-hangers in a raffle at the Coorow Football Club's Annual Ball at the Coorow Hall on Saturday 1 June 1935 [5: 7-Jun-1935]
Attended the Official Opening of the Coorow Golf Club's golf course in Coorow on Sunday 23 June 1935 [5: 28-Jun-1935]
Member of the Coorow Golf Club in 1935 and 1937 [5: 12-Jul-1935, 18-Jun-1937]
Himself and his wife enjoyed a holiday in Perth during the first half of February 1936 [5: 14-Feb-1936]
Joint Secretary-Treasurer with William J. GAUNT of the Coorow Golf Club in 1936 [5: 27-Mar-1936]
Won 1st prize for Merino Ram in the Sheep section of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on 3 September 1936 [5: 11-Sep-1936]
Appears to have dissolved his partnership around 1942, when the farm was transferred solely into the name of W. G. LAMBERT [3]
After spending ten days in Perth returned to Coorow on Monday 24 February 1936 [5: 28-Feb-1936]
Attended the Coorow Golf Club's Opening Day for the 1936 season in Coorow on Sunday 17 May 1936 [5: 22-May-1936]
In 1936 he was the Coorow agent for Barnett Glass pneumatic tyres [5: 29-May-1936]
Along with his wife and children spent a holiday in Perth during February 1937 [5: 19-Feb-1937]
Attended and competed at the Carnamah Golf Club's Season Opening at Centenary Park in Carnamah on 2 May 1937 [5: 7-May-1937]
Private W83499A in Coorow's local Volunteer Defence Corps during the Second World War [16]
Pallbearer at the funeral of Coorow farmer George HUTCHCRAFT at the Winchester Cemetery on 28 January 1949 [5: 3-Feb-1949]
Resided in Coorow until his death in 1950 [2]
Died 9 October 1950; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Roman Catholic, ZA, 316) [2]
From The North Midland Times newspaper, Friday 12 October 1950:
"Our deepest sympathy is extended to Mrs. E. V. Casey and family in their very sad bereavement. Mr. Casey who had been ill for some time, passed away last Monday morning at Royal Perth Intermediate Hospital. Mr. Casey's demise came as a great shock to all who knew him, and his loss to the district will be keenly felt."
Mrs Eva Victoria CASEY
Wife of "Pat" Aeneas CASEY; see Eva Victoria LAMBERT
Roy James CASEY
Farmer of Anster Farm in Marchagee [19] and later a Shearer and Labourer in Coorow [P8]
Buried 27 May 2005 at the Winchester Cemetery in Carnamah [45]
Eileen CASSERLY
Born 22 September 1904 in Fremantle, Western Australia [P391]
Daughter of Peter CASSERLY and Alice Maud Mary BLACKLOCK [15]
She was the eldest daughter of twelve children [P391] and attended a convent in or near Fremantle [P392]
The sisters at her convent recommended her to Samuel B. RUDDUCK who had contacted them looking for a domestic worker [P391]
She caught the train to Coorow and began working domestically for Mrs Alice M. RUDDUCK on Koobabbie Farm in Coorow [P391]
While working on Koobabbie Farm in Coorow she met local farmhand Tom DOWNES [P393]
Tom was working on Inglewood Farm in Coorow and travelled the 20 miles to see her and 20 miles back a few times a week [P393]
Married "Tom" Thomas Clement DOWNES on 11 November 1925 at Saint Patrick's Catholic Church in Fremantle [P393]
They resided in Kununoppin 1925-1931 [P391]
Gave birth to a stillborn son named Charles in 1928 who was buried at the Kununoppin Cemetery [P391]
In 1931 left Kununoppin and shifted to Coorow with her husband and their daughters Eileen and Verna [P391]
Resided in Coorow 1931-1962 [P391]
Through her husband their children were great-grandchildren of Coorow pioneers William LONG and Sarah GREEN [P391]
They briefly resided on Baxter D. BOTHE's Inglewood Farm in Coorow and then in the Coorow townsite [P391]
In the Coorow townsite they resided in bough shed with gravel floor and tarpaulin roof while their house was being built [P391]
Their house in Coorow, at Lot 18 Long Street, was a two room cottage that was later extended [P391]
The two rooms were a kitchen and their bedroom while an end of the back verandah was enclosed for their children's room [P393]
Often a piece of timber three feet long was fed into the kitchen stove with the other end resting on a chair [P393]
Snakes were often a problem and when was killed in was kept all day under the belief that they didn't die until sundown [P393]
Sometimes a mate of the snake killed would show up as well which would then also be killed [P393]
She kept fowls for eggs and meat, and took in washing and ironing to supplement her husband's wages [P393]
Washing was done in boiling water in a copper in their backyard with velvet soap cut up to provide the suds [P393]
Her children milked cows which they churned with a hand beater into butter and then sold it around town [P393]
Before and after school her children also delivered milk for 3d. (three pence) a pint [P393]
During hard times she had only two dresses - one on and one in the wash, until a cow ruined one on the clothesline [P393]
Despite hard times they always provided gifts for their children at Christmas [P393]
Whenever she could she tried to attend Church and give her children some knowledge of the Catholic faith [P393]
Her children were baptised in their kitchen when the priest would call for a snack or cuppa after mass at the Coorow Hall [P393]
Her children won 1st prize in 1936 and 2nd in 1937 for Wildflowers at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show [5: 11-Sep-1936, 10-Sep-1937]
Contributed to the war effort during the Second World War by providing food for sick and injured troops on Red Cross trains [P393]
With her elder children she met the trains passing through Coorow with milk, butter, cream and cakes for the sick troops [P393]
Received a citation from Major H. M. OWEN, Commanding Officer of 10 Ambulance Train, in appreciation of her kindness [P393]
They kept their food cool with a Coolgardie safe until 1946 they purchased their first refrigerator [P393]
Water was a problem during their entire time in Coorow and was carted from a nearby soak as they had no running water [P393]
They carted their water with a stick over the shoulders and a bucket each side until 1947 when her husband purchased a truck [P393]
She worked very hard looking after her family in Coorow and had almost no leisure time [P8]
Along with her husband left Coorow in May 1962 and retired to the Perth suburb of East Victoria Park [P393]
They purchased a house on Balmoral Street in East Victoria Park for $6,500 with house and contents insurance costing $8.90 [P393]
Following her husband's death from lung cancer at the age of 78 in 1966 she continued to reside in their Balmoral Street home [P393]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Hilton [2]
Mother of Eileen, Charles, Verna, Thomas, Loris, Irwin, Jetta, Kathleen and Ursula [P391]
Died 18 October 1980; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Roman Catholic, Lawn 4, 163) [2]
Her brother Peter, the last surviving Australian who served on the Western Front in the First World War, died in 2005 aged 107 [P391]
Thomas Edward CAVE
Tractor Driver in Marchagee 1928-1933 [50]
C. SCOBLE
Member of the Gunyidi-Marchagee Cricket Club in 1930-31 [4: 13-Dec-1930]
"Ernie" George Ernest Herbert Albert Dungan CHAPMAN
Born 31 May 1903 in County Wexford, Ireland [16]
Purchased with his brother R. Aubrey A. K. CHAPMAN 1,221 acres of virgin land in Waddy Forest on 27 March 1923 [27]
The 1,221 acres was Lot M1275 of Victoria Location 2023 and was purchased from the Midland Railway Company [27]
The cost of their Lot M1275 was £1038/-/2 (17/- per acre), which they paid for by instalments over 17 years [27]
Farmer of Fernside Farm in Waddy Forest [19]
On 31 May 1926 himself and his brother acquired another 960 acres in Waddy Forest from John C. R. CHAPMAN [27]
The 960 acres was Lot M1273 of Victoria Location 2023 and still had instalments owing to the Midland Railway Company [27]
In 1928 himself and his brother purchased a McCormick-Deering tractor from Carnamah agent Charles ROBERTSON [4: 20-Oct-1928]
The next month, in November 1928, they purchased a new cab Chev truck from Carnamah dealer L. Scott WYLIE [4: 1-Dec-1928]
Married Mora WILLIAMS on 1 March 1930 at Waddy Waddy [4: 8-Mar-1930]
In April 1930 at the Carnamah Police Court he and his brother were fined £2 plus costs of £4.7.6 [4: 12-Apr-1930]
The fine was for them not undertaking poisoning on their property at the time prescribed by the Carnamah Vermin Board [4: 12-Apr-1930]
Won 2nd prize for a male Rhode Island Red in the Poultry section of Coorow-Waddy's First Agricultural Show in 1932 [5: 16-Sep-1932]
Became a member of the Carnamah Masonic Lodge No.150 WAC on 12 May 1933 [96]
Won 1st prize for a female Black Orpington and 1st and 2nd for male Rhode Island Red at the Coorow Show in 1933 [5: 15-Sep-1933]
Member of the Coorow Waddy Forest Progress Association in 1934 [5: 8-Jun-1934]
In June 1934 purchased through stock agents Dalgety & Co a young Red Poll bull [5: 8-Jun-1934]
The next month, in July 1934, purchased two Merino rams from South Australia through Elder Smith & Co [5: 13-Jul-1934]
Exhibited in the Poultry and Horse sections of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show at Maley Park, Coorow on 30 August 1934 [5]
Won 1st for male White Leghorn and Muscovy drake; and 2nd for Muscovy duck and male and female Rhode Island Reds [5]
In the Horse section received 2nd prize for a Team of Four Farm Horses [5: 7-Sep-1934]
Purchased a new Stromberg-Carlson wireless set (radio) in August 1934 [5: 24-Aug-1934]
Attended the funeral of Mrs Christina B. D. FORRESTER of Carnamah at the Winchester Cemetery on 31 August 1934 [4: 8-Sep-1934]
Committee Member of the Coorow-Waddy Forest Districts Agricultural Society 1934-1946 [5: 13-Apr-1934, 13-Mar-1936] [150]
In December 1934 purchased a "Selfreezer" automatic refrigerator [5: 14-Dec-1934]
Exhibited in the Sheep, Sheep Dog and Poultry sections of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on 5 September 1935 [5: 13-Sep-1935]
In the Sheep section was awarded 1st prize for Merino Ram under 2½ years, and 2nd for Merino Ram over 2½ years [5]
Won 2nd for Kelpie Sheep Dog or Bitch, and 1st prizes for male Rhode Island Red, male White Leghorn and Muscovy duck [5]
Awarded 1st prize for Kelpie Sheep Dog or Bitch at the Carnamah Agricultural Show on Thursday 12 September 1935 [5: 20-Sep-1935]
Attended the funeral of Miss "May" Mary L. LANG of Carnamah 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]
Played in the Carnamah Masonic Lodge's Inaugural Annual Golf Meeting in Carnamah on Saturday 1 August 1936 [5: 7-Aug-1936]
In 1936 donated £1/1/- prize money for Breeding Blood Mare to the Coorow-Waddy Forest Districts Agricultural Society [5: 17-Jul-1936]
Sold four pig porkers at 28/6 per head through Elder Smith & Co Ltd at the Midland Market on 14 October 1936 [5: 16-Oct-1936]
Exhibited in the Sheep, Sheep Dog, Pig, Poultry and Cattle sections of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1937 [5: 10-Sep-1937]
Won 1st prizes for Three Fat First-Cross Lambs in the wool, Kelpie dog or bitch, Two Porkers, and 2nd for Best Grown Call [5]
Won both 1st and 2nd prizes for both male and female Rhode Island Red; and 2nd for both male and female Black Orpington [5]
Also won 1st prize for Kelpie and prizes for poultry at the 1937 Carnamah Agricultural Show held a week later [5: 17-Sep-1937]
Awarded both 1st and 2nd prizes for Rhode Island Red cock and White Leghorn cock, [5]
1st prizes for Rhode Island Red hen and Black Orpington cock, and 2nd prize for Black Orpington hen [5]
Financial Member of the Carnamah District Agricultural Society in 1938, 1939 and 1952 [13]
He and his brother had an account with Carnamah blacksmith, wheelwright and motor mechanics Henry Parkin & Son [53]
Member of the No. 2 Troop of the "C" Squadron of the 25th Light Horse Machine Gun Militia Regiment in 1939 [P15]
The No. 2 Troop was made of people from the North Midlands and trained in Carnamah once a fortnight [P15]
Later served full time with the 25th Light Horse regiment at Canning Weir, Western Australia [P15]
Enlisted in the Australian Army at Canning Weir on 17 December 1940 [16]
Private W1227 in the Australian Army's 16th Battalion during the Second World War [16]
Attended the funeral of Waddy Forest farmer Stanley L. FOLLAND at the Moora Cemetery on Monday 25 August 1941 [4: 30-Aug-1941]
Pallbearer at the funeral of Coorow farmer Price Willis HUNT on 11 September 1946 at the Winchester Cemetery [5]
Steward of the Poultry section at the Coorow-Waddy Forest Districts Agricultural Society's Tenth Annual Show in 1947 [150]
Casket carrier at the funeral of Coorow farmer Frederick John KAU at the Winchester Cemetery on 27 March 1950 [4]
Vice President in 1950 and President in 1951 of the Coorow-Waddy Forest Districts Agricultural Society [4: 7-Apr-1951]
Employed the services of local builder E. Clive HUNTER to build him a new house on his farm [P320]
Along with his wife and two children spent seven months touring the British Isles in 1952 [0: image 04687]
Pallbearer at the funeral of Waddy Forest farmer Angus Archibald Nicol MCGILP on 28 July 1956 at the Winchester Cemetery [4]
Farmer of Fernside Farm in Waddy Forest until at least 1973, and later the farmer of Glandoran Farm in Latham [19]
In 1984 was living at Sullivan Lodge in Myer Street, Dalwallinu; and passed away at the Dalwallinu District Hospital [1] [90]
Father of Enid and Graham [14]
Died 6 December 1984 in Dalwallinu; buried Winchester Cemetery, Carnamah (Row G, Plot 11) [1]
Mrs Mora CHAPMAN
Wife of "Ernest" George Ernest Herbert Albert Dungan CHAPMAN; see Mora WILLIAMS
"Aubrey" Robert Aubrey Alexander Kingston CHAPMAN
Born 11 February 1905 in Ireland [16]
Farmer of Ferndale Farm in Waddy Forest / Latham [19] [50]
Purchased with his brother G. Ernest H. A. D. CHAPPMAN 1,221 acres of virgin land in Waddy Forest on 27 March 1923 [27]
The 1,221 acres was Lot M1275 of Victoria Location 2023 and was purchased from the Midland Railway Company [27]
The cost of their Lot M1275 was £1038/-/2 (17/- per acre), which they paid for by instalments over 17 years [27]
On 31 May 1926 himself and his brother acquired another 960 acres in Waddy Forest from John C. R. CHAPMAN [27]
The 960 acres was Lot M1273 of Victoria Location 2023 and still had instalments owing to the Midland Railway Company [27]
In 1928 himself and his brother purchased a McCormick-Deering tractor from Carnamah agent Charles ROBERTSON [4: 20-Oct-1928]
The next month, in November 1928, they purchased a new cab Chev truck from Carnamah dealer L. Scott WYLIE [4: 1-Dec-1928]
Married Thelma Enid JUST in Perth in 1931 [66]
Became a member of the Carnamah Masonic Lodge No.150 WAC on 12 June 1931 [96]
He and his brother had an account with Carnamah blacksmith, wheelwright and motor mechanics Henry Parkin & Son [53]
"Chapman Bros" sold 104 sheep through Elder Smith & Co Ltd at three Midland Markets in 1935 [5: 14-Sep-1935, 11-Oct-1935, 15-Nov-1935]
The 104 sheep were 74 suckers (6 at 18/7, 38 suckers at 18/1, 30 suckers at 16/1), 12 lambs at 15/7 and 18 shorn ewes at 8/- [5]
They sold 17 bales of wool at 14¾d. per pound through Westralian Farmers at the Wool Sale in Perth on 28 October 1935 [5: 1-Nov-1935]
They sold 22 ewes at 11/10 and 21 ewes at 7/10 through Elder Smith & Co Ltd at the Midland Market in October 1936 [5: 16-Oct-1936]
In November 1936 they sold five bales of wool at 16½d. per pound through Elder Smith & Co Ltd [5: 27-Nov-1936]
His wife Thelma passed away at the age of 55 years on 5 March 1962 and was buried at the Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth [2]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Woodlands [2]
Died 5 February 1989; buried Pinnaroo Valley Memorial Park, Perth WA (Acacia Court, 3176) [2]
W. CHENEY
Hosted a Social at his home in Coorow in 1919, which raised £2/4/6 for the Moora District Hospital [10: 30-May-1919]
David CHISHOLM
Tractor Driver in Waddy Forest in 1931 [50]
Antonio CHRISFUT
Born C.1880 in Italy [4: 13-Sep-1930]
Land Clearer for F. W. G. LIEBE's at his No. 1 Camp of Waddi Farm in Waddy Forest in 1930 [4]
While chopping down trees on Waddi on Friday 12 September 1930 a tree came down prematurely and broke both of his legs [4]
Dr. Cecil P. ROSENTHAL of Carnamah travelled to the Camp and after attending to him ordered his removal to hospital [4]
He was conveyed over 18 miles to the Carnamah Private Hospital on a truck by the Camp's foreman [4]
The next day he was reported "to be doing fairly well in view of the serious injuries" [4]
At the time of his accident he was married, however his family were living in Italy [4]
Edward John Arthur CLAIRS
Born 1877 in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England [20] [21]
Son of Edward Spittlehouse CLAIRS and Maria Elizabeth STOKES [20] [21]
In 1881 he was living with his parents and younger siblings James and Elizabeth at 18 Prospect Street in Huddersfield, Yorkshire [20]
Departed London, England on the barque ship Helena Mena with his parents and siblings James, Elizabeth, George and Edith [69]
They arrived on the Helena Mena in Fremantle, Western Australia on 16 September 1887 [69]
Married (1) Rose Isabel DAWSON in Busselton in 1901 [15]
Manager in Coorow in 1911 [19]
Member of the Coorow Farmers' Progress Association - was Secretary in 1911 [215]
Along with George BATTERSBY and James MCGILL requested the establishment of a tent school in Coorow in September 1911 [215]
Guaranteed to contribute to the teacher's salary if the attendance fell below ten at the proposed Coorow State School in 1911 [215]
In late 1911 the Education Department railed furniture for the school to Coorow, and requested he arrange to get it to the school [215]
They'd hoped to hold the school in a storage building owned by Edward M. BLYTHE but shortly thereafter the building was sold [215]
He wrote enlisting the help of Samuel F. MOORE, M.L.A. to secure an official school building for the Coorow State School [215]
Samuel F. MOORE succeeded in getting a building for Coorow approved, but it failed to eventuate due to low student numbers [215]
He may have resided in Coorow until 1913 [50]
Married (2) Eva Agnes RIELLY in 1949 [66]
Later resided in South Perth [2]
Father of Dorothy Kathleen, John James and twins Mavis and Nancy [15]
Died 30 July 1951; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, AA, 157) [2]
Richard CLARE
Born C.1924 in England [1] [90]
Pensioner of Carranya Farm in Coorow in 1979 [90]
Died 19 September 1979 in Coorow; buried Winchester Cemetery, Carnamah (Row U, Plot 8) [1]
Helen Mary CLARKE
Born 22 June 1940 [14] in Pinjarra, Western Australia [90]
Daughter of Milton Ian Hamilton and Millie CLARKE [14]
Married LOVERIDGE [14]
Resided of late at Lot 81 Bristol Street in Coorow [1]
Passed away at the age of 44 years at the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs [1]
Died 17 January 1985 in Three Springs; buried Winchester Cemetery, Carnamah (Row U, Plot 11) [1]
Mrs Mary Ann CLARKE
Resided on Porthkerry Farm in Latham 1917-1922 [50]
Miss Victoria Evelyn May CLARK
Resided on Porthkerry Farm in Latham 1919-1922 [50]
George Maynard CLARKE
Farmer of Porthkerry Farm in Latham in 1921 and 1922 [50]
William Edwin CLARKE
Fettler in Latham in 1916 and 1917 [50]
Farmer of Porthkerry Farm in Latham 1919-1921 [50]
"Bill" William John CLARKE
Born 7 March 1913 in Perth, Western Australia [16]
Son of Matthew Patrick CLARKE [16] [187]
Resided with his parents in Goomalling [187]
Boarding Student at Saint Ildephonsus College in New Norcia from 9 February 1927 until December 1929 [187]
Farmer in Marchagee 1937-1971 [3] [19] [187]
On settling in Marchagee he worked hard "to establish a progressive farm and a good flock of sheep" [187]
His farm in Marchagee was 4,482 acres in size and consisted of Victoria Locations 5800, 5852 and 8576 [3]
The 4,482 acres in Marchagee initially belonged to his father, who also paid its rates, but it was later transferred into his name [3]
Member of the Coorow Football Club in 1939 [187]
Corporal W72072 in Coorow's local Volunteer Defence Corps during the Second World War [16]
Farmer in Marchagee until his death in 1971 [2] [19]
Died 29 October 1971; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Roman Catholic, Lawn 6, 380) [2]
Fleta May CLARKSON
Born 4 August 1911 [84]
Daughter of Joseph William CLARKSON and Myra May DOWNES [84]
Resided with her parents in Dongara [84]
Baptised at the Methodist Church in Dongara on 10 September 1911 by William R. LANG of Dongara [84]
Married (1) Keith Clements RUSS in 1933 [66]
Resided in Dongara 1936-1947, where her husband worked as a Shop Assistant [19]
Assistant at the Coorow Hotel in Coorow 1948-1950 [19]
Albyn DOWNES and Thomas C. DOWNES of Coorow were her first cousins once removed [15]
Married (2) Coorow farmer "Ed" David Idwal DAVIES [P84]
Resided with her husband on farmland in Coorow 1952-1970 [19]
Following her husband's death in 1970 resided in a house in Main Street in the Coorow townsite [P84]
Resided in Coorow until 1977, and later resided in the Perth suburb of Myaree [2] [19]
Died 12 April 1995; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Crematorium Rose Gardens, 17, 88) [2]
Arthur F. CLATWORTHY
Farmhand in Koobabbie Farm in Coorow in 1922 [50]
Alfred Henry CLEGG
Railway Fettler in Coorow 1908-1910 [19]
Percival James CLEGG
Railway Fettler in Coorow 1908-1910 [19]
Dorothy Mabel CLEGGETT
Born 1903 in Perth, Western Australia [15]
Daughter of Gordon Harvey CLEGGETT and Ada Lillian Isabel HALL [15]
Married "Bert" Albert Joseph BONSER in 1922 [66]
Resided with her husband and children in Waddy Forest from 1929 until leaving in April 1934 [5: 13-Apr-1934] [19]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Rossmoyne [2]
Died 9 March 1985; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Roman Catholic, ZD, 228) [2]
Eliza Martha CLIMIE
Born C.1880 [2]
Married William Thomas JACKS in Perth in 1913 [66]
Farmer in Coorow 1929-1933 [6]
On 21 September 1927 she had purchased 1117 acres of virgin land in Coorow from the Midland Railway Company [27]
The 1117 acres was Lot M1745 of Victoria Location 2023 and cost 12/- per acre (a total of £669.18.10, payable by instalments) [27]
Extended her farm to a total of 1517 acres with the purchase of 400 acres from Mrs Esther M. GRANT on 23 January 1929 [27]
The 400 acres was Lot M1548 of Victoria Location 2023 and was situated on the north side of the South Waddy Road [27] [62]
The Midland Railway Company rescinded the sale on Lot M1745 on 19 June 1935, and later re-sold it to J. T. C. HAWORTH [27]
Around the same time she appears to have sold Lot M1548 of her farm to Charles C. BOTHE of Coorow [3]
Resided of late in West Perth [2]
Died 1 May 1942; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, LB, 458) [2]
"Clinchy" David Vernon CLINCH
Born C.1950 [2]
Son of "Len" Lennard CLINCH "Marge" Margery Ethel GREEN [19] [45] [66]
Resided in Main Street in the Coorow townsite [45]
Truck Driver for Sovereign Petroleum working from their petrol depot in Carnamah 1997-2007 [194: 26-Jan-2007]
Described as a "larger than life, happy go lucky bloke" who was a "great mate" and was "respected by everybody" [45] [194: 26-Jan-2007]
Member of the Coorow Football Club and later a member of the Coorow-Latham Football Club - played 105 league games [45]
Member of the Coorow Golf Club, and was their Barman [45]
Killed instantly when he lost control of his tanker carrying 34,000 litres of diesel and petrol on Evans Road in Walkaway [194: 26-Jan-2007]
Father of Sharyn, Kelly and Tracy [45]
Died 24 January 2007; buried Pinnaroo Valley Memorial Park, Perth WA (Melaleuca Court, Plot 1463) [2]
Janet May CLINCH
Born C.1879 [2]
Married "Hamlet" Alexander Hamlet JONES in Perth in 1902 [15]
Resided with her husband and children on Turipa Farm in Coorow [19]
Provided a room and a supply of water for the half-time Turipa State School on their farm, which opened on 8 December 1913 [215]
The room was 17 by 14 feet in size, contained one window and two doors and had satisfactory sanitary arrangements [215]
She also provided boarding for the teacher who taught half-time at Turipa and half-time at the Coorow State School [215]
The school on their farm closed and reopened a number of times, but operated sporadically until 1919 [215]
With her husband wrote to the Education Department on 20 May 1921 about the location of the Coorow State School building [215]
They encouraged the block supplied by the Midland Railway Company be used rather than the Government allotted block [215]
The block supplied by the Company was nearer to those like themselves living further out and nearer water for horses [215]
Other settlers and an Inspector also recommended the Company's block, and the school was erected there in May 1922 [215]
Assisted the Coorow Hall Committee with the Official Opening of the Coorow Agricultural Hall on 1 February 1923 [9: 23-Feb-1923]
Attended the Ball at the East Marchagee Hall after the Marchagee-Gunyidi Picnic & Sports Day on 14 September 1935 [5: 27-Sep-1935]
Attended the funeral of Carnamah agent William B. SHERIDAN at the Winchester Cemetery on 27 January 1936 [5: 31-Jan-1936]
Wrote to the Carnamah District Road Board during July 1936 in connection with her outstanding rates [5: 10-Jul-1936]
Washed the Coorow Football Club's uniforms in 1936 and 1937 [5: 16-Apr-1937]
Won 1st prizes for Pie Melon and Dressed Fowl at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on 3 September 1936 [5: 11-Sep-1936]
Attended Roy M. PATTON's birthday at the dam on Longforest Farm in Waddy Forest on Sunday 8 November 1936 [5: 13-Nov-1936]
Advertised in November 1936 that she had four sheep dog pups for sale - males at £3/3/- each and females at £2/2/- each [5: 27-Nov-1936]
The mother of the pups was a pedigree Border Collie bred by Messrs GRONOW & Sons of Waddy Forest [5: 27-Nov-1936]
The father of the pups was "a wonderful sheep dog" bred by Francis C. B. LEFROY of Boolardy Station near Yalgoo [5] [50]
Herself, her husband, their daughter Madge, son Edward and Alfred J. YORK holidayed in Perth in March 1937 [5: 5-Mar-1937]
Thanks for her past support and for the donation of a trophy was made at the Coorow Football Club's AGM in 1937 [5: 23-Apr-1937]
Employed the services of local builder E. Clive HUNTER to build a new house on her Turipa Farm in Coorow [P320]
Mother of Trix, Una, Madge, Neta, Emma and Ted [5: 13-Jan-1939] [P17]
Died 1 June 1962; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Crematorium Rose Gardens, Garden of Remembrance, 3, 44) [2]
Lydia CLINCH
Born 1910 in Perth, Western Australia [15]
Daughter of William Reginald CLINCH and Clara Grace MORTIMER [5: 30-Mar-1934] [15]
Her grandfather's brother James CLINCH had taken up land in 1842 and pioneered what became Berkshire Valley [5: 30-Mar-1934]
Educated at the Moora State School and at the Convent School in Moora [P310]
Trained as a Nurse at the Children's Hospital and King Edward Memorial Hospital in Perth [P310]
Prior to her marriage resided with her parents on West End Farm in Moora, and worked as a Nurse in Moora [5: 23-Feb-1934] [P310]
The property West End had originally been an out-station of James CLINCH's called Moira, after which Moora was named [5]
Married Charles Hyde GRONOW on Tuesday 13 March 1934 at Saint James Church in Moora [5: 30-Mar-1934]
Her bridesmaid was her sister Miss Muriel CLINCH, while the best man was Charles' brother Lionel R. GRONOW [5]
They held their wedding reception at West End and afterwards proceeded to Perth to sail on the Katoomba to the Eastern States [5]
Following their honeymoon herself and her husband arrived to their home in Waddy Forest on Saturday 7 April 1934 [5: 13-Apr-1934]
Resided with her husband on Ingleneuk / Grovalley Farm in Waddy Forest 1934-1956 [19] [P310]
Her nursing skills were often called upon in medical emergencies in Coorow and Waddy Forest [P310]
Member of the Coorow branch of the Country Women's Association [P310]
Member of the Coorow Golf Club [P310]
Attended the Coorow Golf Club's Opening Day for the 1936 season in Coorow on Sunday 17 May 1936 [5: 22-May-1936]
Entertained a number of friends at their home in Waddy on 15 August 1936 to celebrate their daughter's first birthday [5: 21-Aug-1936]
Attended the Surprise 21st Birthday Party for Nance FOLLAND at Enfield Park in Waddy Forest on 17 August 1936 [5: 21-Aug-1936]
Won 1st for Sweet Peas exhibited in the Flower section of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on 3 September 1936 [5: 11-Sep-1936]
Attended Roy M. PATTON's birthday at the dam on Longforest Farm in Waddy Forest on Sunday 8 November 1936 [5: 13-Nov-1936]
Attended the Coronation Ball at the Carnamah Hall on Wednesday evening 12 May 1937 dressed in floral taffeta [5: 14-May-1937]
Her sister Miss M. CLINCH of Moora holidayed with her in Waddy Forest in July 1937 [5: 16-Jul-1937]
Member of Coorow's branch of the Red Cross Society [P310]
Member of the Coorow Parents & Citizens Association [P310]
In 1942 her sister Muriel, who had been his bridesmaid, married her brother-in-law Lionel R. GRONOW [66]
Left Waddy Forest in 1956 and shifted to 17 Viking Road in the Perth suburb of Dalkeith [P310]
Shifted to Perth as her daughters were working, in nursing training, starting high school and disliking boarding school [P310]
Resided in the Perth suburb of Dalkeith until her death in 1998 [2]
Mother of Eleanor, Margaret, Rosalie and Wendy [P310]
Died 1 April 1998; ashes scatted in the sea in the Perth suburb of Cottesloe [P310]
William CLIVES
Farmhand in Marchagee 1911-1914 [19] [50]
"Dave" David Vivian COCKS
Born 21 March 1922 in Bedfordshire, England [16]
Resided in the Perth suburb of Welshpool prior to enlisting in the Royal Australian Air Force on 15 May 1941 [16]
Spent twelve months as Navigator Bombardier of Course 46 at Port Pirie in South Australia [P294]
Corporal 38680 in the Royal Australian Air Force's 3 School of Technical Training during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Royal Australian Air Force on 20 February 1945 [16]
Projectionist for Ray DEAN's North Midlands Pictures circuit from early 1946 until 1949 [P294]
In 1949 purchased Ray DEAN's southern picture circuit, which involved running picture shows in thirteen towns [P294]
Worked his picture circuit seven days a week - half the towns once a week and the other half once a fortnight [P294]
The thirteen towns were through and beyond the North Midlands and included Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs [P294]
Member of the Three Springs Golf Club - defeated Douglas THOMSON to become Men's Champion in 1948 [P294]
When running the pictures in Carnamah he stayed at the Carnamah Hotel and had his meals at Wells & Wells Cafe [P294]
Following the visit of an inspector the Carnamah District Road Board had a Bio Box installed in the Carnamah Hall in 1952 [283]
Prior to the installation of the Bio Box he had to mount his machines in the Hall's foyer, completely blocking the main entrance [283]
Member of the Carnamah Golf Club in 1952 [5: 10-Jul-1952]
Purchased two vacant blocks in the Three Springs townsite from Arthur W. G. A. POTTS for £100 [P294]
Married Wendy VINCENT, daughter of Dr Fred VINCENT of Perth, in September 1953 [P294]
Had a house built on one of his townsite blocks opposite the hospital in Three Springs, and resided there for six months [P294]
Sold his house in the Three Springs townsite to Charles F. THOMAS, left Three Springs and shifted to Perth in 1954 [P294]
Resided in the Perth suburb of Peppermint Grove until 1959 when he shifted to Coorow [P294]
In 1961 built a house in the Coorow townsite and also built a drive-in movie theatre in Three Springs [P294]
Resided in his house next to the Masonic Lodge in Main Street, Coorow (owned Lots 13 & 14 Main Street, Coorow) [3] [P294]
Represented Coorow on the Carnamah District Road Board 1961 [7: page 112]
Instrumental in the formation of the Coorow Shire Council in 1962 - was a Foundation Member and Inaugural Vice President [P294]
Served on the Coorow Shire Council representing the Town/Rural Ward in 1962 and 1963 [284]
Member of the Coorow Bowling Club - played for the Club's Pennant team, was Captain and Sole Selector [P294]
Secretary of the Coorow Golf Club and the local Liberal Party [P294]
Chairman of the Coorow Parents & Citizens Association and of the local Volunteer Bush Fire Brigade [P294]
In 1964 sold his picture circuit business and the drive-in movie theatre in Three Springs to Maurie GATES [P294]
After selling his business left Coorow and shifted to Perth where he attended university and became an Accountant [P294]
He was appointed a Commissioner for Declarations by the Honourable Minister for Justice on 25 January 1971 [P294]
Later retired to Busselton with his eldest daughter and her two sons [P294]
John COFFY
Farmhand for William A. MCALPINE on Glenview Farm in Latham 1911-1921 [50]
Isabel May COLE
Born 1913 [15]
Married Eric Arthur BROWN in Perth in 1937 [66]
Resided in Coorow in 1938 [84]
Later resided in Morawa [2]
Died 29 June 1989; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (EC Section, Garden of Remembrance, 26, 218) [2]
Adria Catherine Emily COLES
Born C.1867 in the East Indies [20]
In 1871 was living with her mother Jane and brother William in Hurley Road in Penge, Surrey, England [20]
Ten years later herself, her brother and their widowed mother were living at 7 Westerhall Villa in Radipole, Dorset, England [20]
In 1891 they were living at 27 Thurlowe Place in Brompton, Kensington, London, England [20]
Married Cowper Sutton TODD in 1897 in Middlesex, England [20]
In 1901 was living with her husband and daughter on Huntingrove Farm in Slinfold, Sussex, England [20]
They departed London, England on the steamship Waratah on 6 November 1908 bound for Adelaide, South Australia [203]
Resided with her husband and children on Ditcham Farm in Latham, Western Australia 1910-1918 [6] [19] [152]
Came 3rd in the Married Ladies' Race at the Coorow Farmers' Progress Association's Picnic & Sports on 7 October 1911 [39: 12-Oct-1911]
Departed Fremantle, Western Australia on the steamship Otway and arrived in London, England on 23 December 1911 [204]
Purchased the quarter acre Lots 1 and 2 of the Coorow townsite from the Midland Railway Company on 20 February 1914 [27]
The two lots cost £20 each, or a total of £40, which she completed paying for by instalments over 18 months [27]
Sold the two quarter acre townsite lots to Heinrich W. BOTHE of Coorow during the 1926-27 financial year [34]
Resided at 34 Hill Street in the Perth suburb of East Perth 1920-1922 [6] [50]
They departed Wellington, New Zealand on the steamship Ruahine and arrived in Southampton, England on 4 August 1922 [204]
Mother of Constance and Richard [203]
Alfred William COLLINS
Labourer in Coorow 1930-1933 [19]
Lisa Marie COMLEY
Born 1985 in Three Springs, Western Australia [1] [90]
Resided at the Caravan Park in Coorow [90]
Died May 1985 in Coorow; buried Winchester Cemetery, Carnamah (Row U, Plot 12) [1]
Also known as Lisa Marie WATSON [1]
"Tom" Walter Thomas COMLEY
Born C.1900 in England [7: page 167, 169] [26]
Labourer of 7 Queen Street off White Hart Lane in Tottenham, London, England in 1923 [203]
Departed London, England on the steamship Bendigo and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 2 October 1923 [70]
Travelled from Fremantle to Latham by train where he had secured a job with farmer "Old Joe" Joseph J. AGUILAR [7: page 167]
On arrival in Latham he was met by Eric F. JUST who also worked for Old Joe [7: page 167]
Worked on Joe's farm in Latham where he among other tasks checked on horses, drew water from the well and did fencing [7: page 167]
His wages were 25/- per week with food however he hadn't been paid and was owed £70 so left Joe's employment [7: page 167]
Farmhand for "Ted" Edward MONK in Latham for about six weeks, during which time Joe paid him £75 [7: page 168]
Farmhand for "Bert" Herbert T. FOX in Latham for six years [7: page 168]
Married Elizabeth GALBRAITH in 1929 [66]
Shifted to Coorow around 1934, after working in Latham for eleven years [7: page 168]
Farmhand in Coorow - for George HUTCHCRAFT for three years and then for James UNDERWOOD for six years [7: page 168]
Around 1943 began working for Co-operative Bulk Handing as a Bin Attendant at the wheat bins in Coorow [7: page 168]
Later relocated to Winchester where he worked on the wheat bins for 17 years [7: page 168]
When he shifted to Winchester his wife remained living in Coorow [P8]
On retirement as a bin attendant purchased a house in the Winchester townsite from Charles CHAPMAN [7: page 169]
Resided at 1 Penang Street in the Winchester townsite [19]
Caretaker for the Midland Railway Company of the railway yards in Winchester [7: page 169]
Later resided at 1 Railway Avenue in the Carnamah townsite [19]
Resided in Carnamah until 23 July 1973 when he moved to the Lady Brand Lodge in Three Springs [7: page 169] [147]
He was one of the first twelve residents to move into the then brand new Lady Brand Lodge [7: page 169]
Resided at the Lady Brand Lodge in Three Springs from 23 July 1973 until 21 February 1983 [147]
Father of Ivy, Walter, Richard, James and Phyllis [P246]
Died 6 June 1990; buried Utakarra Cemetery, Geraldton WA [26]
Mrs CONNELL
Came 2nd in the Married Ladies Race at the Coorow Farmers' Progress Association's Picnic & Sports on 7 October 1911 [39: 12-Oct-1911]
Oswald CONNETT
Contractor in Coorow 1911-1917 [19]
Alfred COOPER
Born 8 May 1911 in Lancashire, England [16]
Farmer in Waddy Forest 1938-1962 [19] [50]
Married Mabel Violet BRYANT in 1942 [66]
Enlisted in the Australian Army on 22 July 1942 [16]
Private WX25390 in the Australian Army's 3rd Field Regiment during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 8 March 1946 [16]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Upper Swan [2]
Died 19 October 1989; cremated at the Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA [2]
Samuel COOPER
Farmer in Waddy Forest 1929-1949 [19]
His farm consisted of or included Victoria Locations 8936 and 8988 [61]
William CORCORAN
Miner in Coorow 1911-1913 [19] [50]
Thomas James CORTEEN
Married Ethel Grace BOURNE in 1908 [66]
Absentee owner of farmland in Gunyidi / Marchagee [3] [61]
In 1932 owned a Pontiac car which he had licensed with the Carnamah District Road Board with license plate CA-102 [4: 12-Nov-1932]
A partnership of "Corteen and Cheney" of Gunyidi were the owners of a Ford truck registered with license plate CA-127 in 1932 [4]
Stephen COSH
Farmer of Long View Farm in Gunyidi 1931-1939 [19] [50]
James COWAN
Labourer in Nugadong, East Gunyidi 1911-1913 [50]
Minnie Lane COWAN
Born C.1876 [2]
Married "Harry" William Harry JEFFERIS in Perth in 1899 [15]
Resided on Warrah Farm in Latham 1910-1924 [6] [152] [215]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Cottesloe [2]
Mother of Kathleen Marian, Vernon Eddington, Mamie Florence, James Cowan and Kenneth Pank [15] [215]
Died 18 September 1963; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Crematorium Rose Gardens, Rose Memorial, 4A, 3) [2]
Mrs Florence May COX
Wife of William Charles COX; see Florence May STRAHAN
Jeannie Ann COX
Born C.1894 [5]
Married Reginald James BEAMENT in 1933 in Perth, Western Australia [66]
Resided with her husband in Gunyidi, where she died at the age of 40 years, following childbirth in March 1934 [5: 16-Mar-1934]
From The North Midland Times newspaper, Friday 16 March 1934:
Sad Birth Fatality - Mother and Child Dead When Doctor Arrived
"From Dalwallinu during the week came tidings of the death under extremely sad circumstances of Mrs. Jeanne Ann Beaumont, aged 40, at her home at Gunyidi on the Midland line on Tuesday afternoon last. Mrs. Beaumont was to have entered the maternity ward of the Dalwallinu hospital but gave birth to her child at home, unattended by either doctor or nurse. Dr. Anderson of Dalwallinu was summoned and rushed to the homestead but on arrival found both the mother and child dead."
William Charles COX
Born 1883 in Charlwood, Surrey, England [20] [21]
Son of carpenter Charles COX and Matilda Alice HURLOCK [20] [21]
In 1891 he was living with his parents, sisters Dora and Violet and brother Ernest at Page Wood Cottage in Charlwood, Surrey [20]
Later resided his parents and siblings Dora, Violet, Ernest, Walter, Reginald and Frederick at 26 Garabald Road in Reigate, Surrey [20]
On leaving England he gave his occupation as "Railwayman" [203]
Departed London, England on the steamship Pakeha on 13 April 1911 bound for Fremantle, Western Australia [203]
Railway Fireman in Walkaway, during which time he lived at the Locomotive Sheds in Walkaway [50]
Enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force at Blackboy Hill on 7 July 1915 [30: item 3437535]
He had been passed as fit for active service in Geraldton four days earlier on 3 July 1915 [30]
Upon enlistment he was 5 feet 10 inches tall, weighed 152 pounds and had dark hazel eyes, brown hair and a fair complexion [30]
He was also noted as having the distinctive marks of scars on his right shin and the first finger of his left hand [30]
Gave his mother Mrs Matilda COX as his next of kin, her address being 28 Alsbrook Road in Red Hill, Surrey, England [30]
After training at North Essendon in Melbourne he was appointed to the 16th Battery of the 6th Field Artillery Brigade [30]
Embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia for active service abroad on the H.M.A.T. A34 Persic on 22 November 1915 [30]
Gunner 7986 in the Australian Imperial Force's 6th Field Artillery Brigade in France during the First World War [30]
Hospitalised in France with acute nephritis on 4 October 1916 and was invalided to England and then back to Australia [30]
Departed London, England on the steamship Ayrshire and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 9 July 1917 [70]
Due to being medically unfit he was discharged from the Australian Imperial Force in Western Australia on 2 August 1917 [30]
Received the 1914-15 Star, the British War Medal and the Victory Medal [30]
Married Florence May STRAHAN in 1918 [66]
Railwayman in Mingenew 1923-1925 [19]
Stationmaster of the Railway Station in Coorow 1925-1937 [5: 5-Nov-1937]
Purchased the vacant Lots 91 and 92 of Victoria Location 2023 in the Coorow townsite on 15 May 1926 [27]
The two vacant blocks were purchased from the Midland Railway Company for £34 and were payable over 12 months [27]
By mid 1932 he had sold Lots 91 and 92, which were still vacant, to Mrs Lilian S. BINGHAM of Coorow [3]
Attended the Valedictory Dinner tendered to Alexander B. GLOSTER at the Coorow Hotel on Monday 3 July 1933 [5: 7-Jul-1933]
Member of the Coorow Tennis Club from 1932-33 to 1936-37 - was Treasurer in 1932-33 [5: 14-Oct-1932, 25-Oct-1935, 18-Dec-1936]
Attended the Official Opening of the Carnamah Golf Course at Centenary Park in Carnamah on Sunday 23 July 1933 [5: 28-Jul-1933]
Foundation Secretary of the Coorow Rifle Club 1934-1937 [5: 5-Jan-1934, 31-Jul-1936, 25-Jun-1937, 30-Jul-1937]
In July 1937 the Rifle Club presented him with a rose bowl in recognition of his three years of service as secretary [5: 16-Jul-1937]
First Aid Officer for the Coorow Football Club in 1934 [5: 20-Apr-1934]
Attended the Official Opening of the Coorow Golf Club's golf course in Coorow on Sunday 23 June 1935 [5: 28-Jun-1935]
Member of the Coorow Golf Club in 1935, 1936 and 1937 [5: 17-May-1935, 19-Jun-1936, 11-Jun-1937]
Attended the entertainment for the Commonwealth Grants Commission at the Coorow Hotel on 21 November 1935 [5: 29-Nov-1935]
Played for the combined Winchester-Waddy-Coorow tennis team against Carnamah-Parkinson on Sunday 5 April 1936 [5: 3-Apr-1936]
Himself and his wife were among those from Coorow who visited Perth during the Easter holidays in April 1936 [5: 17-Apr-1936]
During their stay in Perth he met with his sister who was passing via Fremantle by steamer, and who he hadn't seen in 20 years [5]
Attended the Coorow Golf Club's Opening Day for the 1936 season in Coorow on Sunday 17 May 1936 [5: 22-May-1936]
Himself and his wife spent some his annual leave in Perth in September 1936 [5: 25-Sep-1936]
Member of the Carnamah Sub-Branch of the Returned Soldiers League in 1937 [5: 30-Jul-1937]
Attended and competed at the Carnamah Golf Club's Season Opening at Centenary Park in Carnamah on 2 May 1937 [5: 7-May-1937]
Himself and Mrs FARRELL won the Monte Carlo dance at the Coorow Rifle Club's Presentation Dance on 10 July 1937 [5: 16-Jul-1937]
Attended the R.S.L. Valedictory for Charles A. METTAM at the lounge of the Carnamah Hotel on 28 July 1937 [5: 30-Jul-1937]
Father of Stanley [5: 5-Nov-1937]
Died 2 November 1937; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, ZC, 80) [2]
From The North Midland Times newspaper, Friday 5 November 1937:
"Obituary - The Late Mr. William Charles Cox - The death occurred at St. John of God Hospital, Subiaco, on Monday, November 1, when William Charles Cox, Stationmaster, of Coorow, passed away after several weeks illness. The deceased, who was 54 years of age, suffered indifferent health for some time and was also a victim of war injuries. The late Mr. Cox, who leaves a widow and a son, Stanley, to mourn their sad loss, had resided at Coorow as Stationmaster for approximately 12½ years, where he was held in the highest esteem. He took a keen interest in both tennis and rifle shooting and was secretary of the Coorow Rifle Club from its inception several years ago. The deceased was on active service in the Great War as a member of the 16th Battery, A.I.F., and was also a member of the Masonic Fraternity for many years."
From The North Midland Times newspaper, Friday 12 November 1937:
Funeral - The Late Mr. W. C. Cox
"The funeral of the late Mr. William Charles Cox, of Coorow, took place in the Church of England Cemetery, Karrakatta, on Thursday morning, November 4, in the presence of a large and representative gathering, the Rev. F. W. Gunning officiating at the graveside. Born in England 54 years ago, the late Mr. Cox had been a resident of this State for the long past 27 years and had for a long time been an employee of the Midland Railway Company, rising to the position of stationmaster at Coorow. The chief mourners were the widow (Mrs. F. W. Cox), Stanley (son), Mrs W. Beattie (sister), Miss W. Beattie (niece), Messrs W. Beattie, L. J. Strahan and W. L. Cousins (brothers-in-law), and Mrs Ryan (sister-in-law). The pall-bearers were Messrs W. H. Hackfarth (representing the Staff Officer for Rifle Clubs), E. Watts, S. L. Folland (Coorow Rifle Club), A. Cooper (Lodge Friendship, W.A.C.), F. Horner (Midland Railway Co.), and J. Stephenson.
Among those present were Messrs W. Patrick, M.L.A., J. J. Poynton (Midland Railway Co.), W. H. Melvin, W. S. Mitchell, F. Bingham, W. J. Lauder (Midland railway officers), J. Brady (Midland Railway Union), R. G. Drake, D. M. Bain, W. E. Pickering (general secretary Y.M.C.A.), C. G. Ferguson (representing Carnamah sub-branch of the R.S.L.), C. Clementson, J. F. Gundill, A. H. Hunt, A. A. Cook, H. Evett, W. Jacks, G. H. Taylor, A. Burdett, A. Cope, H. Laurissen, H. Davies, K. Sykes, J. Pereria, C. A. Mettam, H. B. Saunders (Bankers and Traders), P. T. Morcombe, T. C. Bogue, H. Walker, B. R. Chandler, F. J. Darling, J. L. Bruce, A. J. Hollingsworth, H. J. Foreman and W. Sutton (Elder Smith & Co. Ltd), G. Ryan and A. Ramsay; Mesdames A. Ramsay, H. Laurissen, H. Davies, H. Davies, D. Gray, A. Walker, A. J. Hollingsworth, Misses A. L. Kidd, M. Bogue, G. Cosgrove, and H. Walker.
Floral tributes were received from the following:- his loving wife and son, Stanley, his sister Violet and brother-in-law William, Winnie and June, The Midland Railway Employees' Union, Guy, Maude and Millie Greenwood, Mr. And Mrs. H. T. Melvin, The staff of the Y.M.C.A., the Bingham family, Mr. and Mrs. P. Morcombe and family, Mr. and Mrs. D. McDonald and family, Mr. and Mrs. J. Lampard and family, Preseton and Vi, Mr. and Mrs. A. Rudduck, Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Rudduck and family, Blanche and Baxter [Bothe], the Sporting Bodies and Residents of Coorow, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Melvin and family, the Captain and Members of the Coorow Rifle Club, the Management and Staff of Elder Smith & Co., the Carnamah Sub-Branch R.S.L., Mr. and Mrs. S. Ferguson, Committee and Members Y.M.C.A. Athletic Club, Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Patton and family, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Bierman and family, Olive and Don [Walker], Chairman, Secretary and Members of the Carnamah Road Board, Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Clark and family, The Attorney and Executive Officers of the Midland Railway Company, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. J. Long, Mrs. Kidd, Annie and Doroth, and many other floral tributes."
Alfred CREAIS
Land Clearer in Latham in 1921 and 1922 [50]
Beulah Emily CRIPPIN
Born 1855 in Birmingham, Warwick, England [20] [21]
Daughter of sawyer Joseph CRIPPIN and Eliza BRYANT [20] [21]
Prior to her parents marrying her father had been sentenced to twelve months imprisonment for bigamy in 1847 [174]
In 1859 her father was convicted under the alias of James OSBORNE for "uttering forged notes" and sentenced to 15 years [107]
Her father departed England on the convict ship Palmerston and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 11 February 1861 [69]
Following his departure herself, her siblings and their mother resided in Birmingham where her mother worked as a Boot Binder [20]
After her father received his Ticket of Leave in 1863 they sailed for Western Australia to join him the following year [69] [107]
They had gone under the CRIPPIN surname in England but arrived in and used the name of OSBORNE in Western Australia [15] [20]
Departed London, England on the ship Hastings with her mother and siblings Robert, Herbert, Lola and Martha in 1864 [69]
They arrived on the ship Hastings in Fremantle, Western Australia on 17 December 1864 [69]
Resided with her parents around Geraldton and Bootenal, where her siblings Clara and Celia were born [15]
In Western Australia her father went by the name of James OSBORNE [15]
Married (1) Robert STARLING in Geraldton in 1871 [15]
Her first husband passed away at the age of 58 years on 28 June 1882 [29]
Married (2) "Frank" Francis Henry Reeves THOMAS in Greenough in 1885 [15]
In 1896 her daughter Eliza Elizabeth STARLING married her husband's brother John Fitzgerald THOMAS [15]
Resided on Coorow Station in Coorow 1903-1911 [19] [44] [50]
Resided on Jun Jun Farm in Coorow 1912-1925 [6] [19] [44]
Mother of five STARLING children - Robert, Walter, Eliza Elizabeth, James Joseph and Charles Frederick [15]
Mother of five THOMAS children - Mary Agnes, Celia Blanche, Beulah Emily, John Fitzgerald and Francis Henry William [15]
Died 12 May 1925 [29]
Clifford Clyde CROCKER
Born 20 April 1897 in Unley, South Australia [55]
Son of William George CROCKER and Elizabeth Jessie SMITH [55]
Farmer with his father in Pingelly, Western Australia in 1916 [94]
Enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force at Blackboy Hill on 16 March 1916 [94]
Embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia for active service abroad on the H.M.A.T. Shropshire on 31 March 1916 [94]
Private 4397 in the Australian Imperial Force's 28th Battalion on the Western Front during the First World War [94]
Following the end of hostilities returned to Australia on 1 June 1919; received the British War Medal and the Victory Medal [94]
Married Vera Kathleen Craig RUTLAND in Perth in 1922 [66]
Farmer of Glenhurst Farm in Coorow, Western Australia [19]
Won 1st prize for a Draught Stallion in the Horse section of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on 8 September 1932 [5: 16-Sep-1932]
In the Poultry section of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1933 received 2nd prize for a male Bronzewing Turkey [5: 15-Sep-1933]
Attended the Annual Meeting of the Coorow-Waddy Forest Football Club on Saturday 14 April 1934 [5: 20-Apr-1934]
He was charged £8/9/6 in fines and court costs at the Carnamah Police Court on Wednesday 30 December 1936 [5: 8-Jan-1937]
The dual offence was driving an unlicensed Fisher truck without a driver's license in Poynton Parade, Coorow on 23 December [5]
Died 29 October 1998; buried Midland Cemetery, Midland WA (General, B, 73) [2]
Mrs Vera Kethleen Craig CROCKER
Wife of Clifford Clyde CROCKER; see Vera Kathleen Craig RUTLAND
Vernon George CROCKER
Born 9 April 1893 in Parkside, South Austria [55]
Son of William George CROCKER and Elizabeth Jessie SMITH [55]
Farmer of Glenhurst Farm in Coorow, Western Australia [19]
Attended the Annual Meeting of the Coorow-Waddy Forest Football Club on Saturday 14 April 1934 [5: 20-Apr-1934]
Committee Member of the Coorow Football Club in 1935 [5: 3-May-1935]
Himself and Fred CROFT were travelling to the Coorow townsite in a truck late Tuesday evening 21 May 1935 [5: 24-May-1935]
Near their destination smoke began billowing from the truck's engine and it was remembered a bag was sitting over the engine [5]
While driving along he attempted to remove the burning bag from the engine, however lost his balance and fell onto the road [5]
He was knocked unconscious, received several head injuries and was taken to the Carnamah Private Hospital for treatment [5]
Sold 41 suckers at 17/1 per head and 18 suckers at 10/4 per head through Elder Smith & Co Ltd on 16 September 1936 [5: 18-Sep-1936]
Member of the Coorow Cricket Club in 1936-37 [5: 16-Oct-1936]
Later resided in the outer Perth suburb of Midland [2]
Died 27 October 1978; ashes buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Wesleyan, B, 3) [2]
Mrs Alma Caroline CROFT
Partner of Augustus Frederick Leopold CROFT; see Alma Caroline HOLDEN
"Augie" Augustus Frederick Leopold CROFT
Born 9 November 1892 in Tyabb, Victoria, Australia [P328]
Son of Frederick CROFT and Anne Linday KING [P328]
His father was from East Prussia and his mother from England, and they had married in 1889 when his mother was just 16 [P328]
Believed to have shifted to Western Australia with his father and possibly also his mother in about 1893 or 1894 [6]
His father had two small farms at West End and Dalaroo in Moora, and worked in and around Moora doing building work [P328]
Following his mother's departure he was raised and cared for by a foster family associated with the Salvation Army [P328]
After he left school he worked with his father in Moora, during which time he learnt almost all of his building skills [P328]
Labourer of Osnabruck Farm in Moora in 1916 [50]
Enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in Perth on 14 April 1916 [30: item 3466100]
Upon enlistment he was 5 feet 8 inches tall, weighed 157 pounds, and had brown eyes, dark brown hair and a dark complexion [30]
After brief training he was appointed on 4 May 1916 to the 16th Reinforcements of the 28th Battalion [30]
Discharged from the Australian Imperial Force "in consequence of nationality" on 23 May 1916 [30]
Met his partner Alma Caroline THOMAS (nee HOLDEN) in the Perth suburb of Subiaco in 1916 [P328]
Labourer of Osnabruck Farm in Moora 1919-1922 [50]
Resided with Alma and later their children on Wattle Dell Farm in Moora while doing building work throughout the Midlands [P328]
Worked as a Building Contractor, including large amounts of work for the Midland Railway Company [P328]
In 1930 they left Moora and shifted to Coorow, where he continued to work as a Builder [P328]
They initially resided in a makeshift house called The Haven on land in Coorow belonging to the Midland Railway Company [P328]
On 20 September 1935 Alma purchased the vacant quarter acre Lot 12 Poynton Parade in the Coorow townsite [27]
The Carnamah District Road Board approved plans for the construction of a residence on the block in December 1936 [5: 24-Dec-1936]
He built a house of cement rendered mud brick with a corrugated iron roof at Lot 12, which they named Mornington [P328]
Resided at Mornington, Lot 12 Poynton Parade in the Coorow townsite 1936-1941 [P328]
Attended the Valedictory Dinner tendered to Alexander B. GLOSTER at the Coorow Hotel on Monday 3 July 1933 [5: 7-Jul-1933]
Member of the Coorow Football Club - was their First Aid Man in 1935 and Chairman in 1936 [5: 3-May-1935, 10-Apr-1936]
Attended the Bucks Party for George A. RAFFAN and Eric J. BRADLEY of Winchester in Coorow on 7 October 1936 [5: 16-Oct-1936]
Member of the Coorow Cricket Club in 1936-37 [5: 16-Oct-1936, 29-Jan-1937]
Played for the defeated Married Men in a cricket match against Single Men in Coorow on Sunday 11 April 1937 [5: 16-Apr-1937]
Donated a trophy to the Coorow Football Club in 1937 [5: 16-Apr-1937]
One of the buildings he built was change rooms at a large dam on Malcolm L. PATTON's Longforest Farm in Waddy Forest [P328]
The dam was used solely for swimming, and the change rooms he built were on the edge of the dam with a landing to the water [5]
It isn't known when he built the change room and landing however it was during or prior to 1936 [5: 13-Nov-1936]
Employed George LATHAM to help him make concrete tanks in Coorow during the 1930s [265]
He is known to have done some building work for large scale farmer F. W. Gustav LIEBE in Waddy Forest [P328]
Played for the Married Men who almost defeated the Single Men in a cricket match in Coorow on 6 December 1936 [5: 11-Dec-1936]
Steward of the Vegetable section at the Coorow-Waddy Forest Districts Agricultural Society's Annual Show in 1937 [5: 18-Jun-1937]
Farmer at Lake Eganu in Coorow 1941-1945 [3] [P328]
In 1941 himself and his son Leo took up 4,920 acres of Conditional Purchase land at Lake Eganu, west of Coorow [3] [P328]
The 4,920 acres consisted of Victoria Locations 9516, 9693 and 9694 [3]
Along with his wife and children left their home in Coorow and shifted to the farm at Lake Eganu [P328]
On the farm they resided in a humpy made out of bush timber and bark from melaleuca trees that abounded Lake Eganu [P328]
Forfeited their 4,020 acre Victoria Location 9517 in November 1941, and later also gave up the 400 acre Victoria Location 9693 [3]
During his time on the farm he also worked maintaining good sheds and other buildings for the Midland Railway Company [P328]
The farm proved unsuccessful and they returned to their home Mornington in the Coorow townsite [P328]
Among the houses he built locally was one for Kenneth J. LYNCH in the Coorow townsite [P328]
In the mid 1950s they left Coorow and shifted to Latham, where he continued working as a Builder [P328]
Towards the later 1950s they left Latham and shifted to Mingenew, where he did small amounts of work before retiring [P328]
Resided in the Mingenew townsite for at least the years 1958-1970 [P328]
Himself and his partner later resided with their daughter Dolly at 77 Carson Terrace in Geraldton [P328]
Father of Frederick, Leo, Lloyd, Dolly, Joyce, Olga, Rodney, Max, Benjamin and April [P328]
Died 22 June 1974; buried Utakarra Cemetery, Geraldton [26]
"Ben" Benjamin Edward CROFT
Born 6 April 1931 in Carnamah, Western Australia [166]
Son of Augustus Frederick Leopold CROFT and Alma Caroline THOMAS nee HOLDEN [P328]
Resided with his parents in Coorow, where his father worked as a Builder [19]
The "Croft Children" won 2nd prize for Collection of Wildflowers at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1935 [5: 13-Sep-1935]
Student at the Coorow State School [166]
Won a 2nd prize for Writing in the Educational section of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on 2 September 1937 [5: 10-Sep-1937]
Student at the Watheroo State School in Watheroo for the brief period from 27 September 1943 to 8 November 1943 [166]
Married Margaret Jeanette HUNTER [P328]
Builder's Labourer in Coorow 1953-1964 and a Plumber in Coorow 1965-1970 [19]
Employed the services of local builder E. Clive HUNTER to build him a house in Coorow [P320]
Served as a member on the Coorow Shire Council 1987-1990 [45]
On leaving Coorow shifted to the coastal town of Green Head [45]
Member of the Leeman Country Club [45]
Foundation Member of the Green Head Golf Club [45]
Member of the Leeman Bowling Club [45]
Father of Larry and Audi [45]
Died 3 November 2006; cremated at Pinnaroo Valley Memorial Park, Perth WA [2]
Dolly CROFT
Born 30 June 1921 [P328]
Daughter of Augustus Frederick Leopold CROFT and Alma Caroline THOMAS nee HOLDEN [P328]
Resided with her parents in Moora 1921-1930 and then in Coorow 1930 onwards [P328]
Won a 1st prize for a Pencil Drawing and a 2nd for Needlework at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on 8 September 1932 [5]
Also received a 2nd prize for the Best Dressed 12-inch Doll for a girl under 14 years of age at the Coorow-Waddy Show [5: 16-Sep-1932]
Married George Alfred GREEN in 1941 [66]
Mother of Janice and Laurel [P328]
Died 1 March 2003 [P328]
"Fred" Frederick Charles Holden CROFT
Born 22 July 1917 in Subiaco, Western Australia [16]
Son of Augustus Frederick Leopold CROFT and Alma Caroline THOMAS nee HOLDEN [P328]
Resided with his parents in Moora and then in Coorow [P328]
Student at the Moora State School approximately 1923-1929 [P328]
He was listed by his father as a prospective student in applications to reopen the closed Coorow State School in early January 1930 [215]
Student at the Coorow State School in Coorow from its reopening on 10 February 1930 until leaving aged 14 on 24 July 1931 [215]
After leaving school worked in and around Coorow with his father before working as a farmhand in Coorow [P328]
Farmhand in Coorow for Clinton A. BROUN, "Bill" William H. JOHNS Snr and "Ted" Edward P. TYLER and others [P328]
For a period he also worked up north kangaroo shooting with the LATHAM brothers of Coorow [P328]
Member of the Coorow Football Club in 1935 and 1936 [5: 24-May-1935, 22-May-1936]
Member of the Coorow Cricket Club in 1936-37 [5: 16-Oct-1936]
Enlisted in the Australian Army in Coorow on 24 June 1941 [16]
Married Jean RIGOLL on 27 September 1941 at Saint George's Cathedral in Perth [P328]
Private W20299 in the Australian Army's 4th Australian Infantry Battalion during the Second World War [16]
Drove a water tanker and was stationed within WA wherever Army personnel were camped, including Dandaragan and Perenjori [P328]
Posted to Rottnest Island and then to the Atherton area of Queensland where he underwent jungle warfare training [P328]
He was on active service for 1412 days and served in New Guinea for most of his 643 days spent abroad [P328]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 23 January 1946 [16]
Following his discharge returned to Coorow where he worked as a School Bus Driver for "Jim" James H. DONEY [P328]
A short time later left himself and his wife Coorow and shifted to Mundijong where they ran a poultry farm with her parents [P328]
Returned to Coorow in about 1950 and worked as a farmhand for Richard B. BOTHE and Lloyd D. BOTHE [P328]
Worked for the North Midlands Farmers' Co-operative Company's store in Coorow until about 1954 [P328]
Worked for his brother Leo A. CROFT, who was a local builder and contractor, from about 1954 until 1959 [P328]
In 1959 began working for the Carnamah District Road Board as part of their Coorow Gang [P328]
Following the formation of the Coorow Shire Council he worked as part of their gang from 1962 until his retirement in 1982 [P328]
Foreman of the Coorow Shire Council from about 1964 to 1979, and for his last few years was the Town Gardener in Coorow [P328]
From 1950 until his death in 1999 resided at Lot 35 Station Street in the Coorow townsite [P328]
Resided in the original house at Lot 35 until late 1978 or early 1979 when it was demolished and replaced with a transportable [P328]
Hairdresser for a number of men in Coorow from the back verandah of his home in Coorow [P328]
On Sunday mornings there was sometimes up to 12 to 14 men on the back verandah to have their hair cut [P328]
Never asked payment for his hair-cutting services, however some gave him a few bottles of beer or dropped him some shillings [P328]
Member of the Coorow Tennis Club [P328]
Member of the Coorow Sub-Branch of the Returned Soldiers League [P328]
Never applied for his war service medals and didn't march on Anzac Day as he preferred to leave that part of his life in the past [P328]
Life Member of the Coorow Football Club - served as Property Man and First Aid Attendant [P328]
League Delegate for the Coorow-Latham Football Club on the North Midlands Football League [P328]
Member of the Coorow Bowling Club - manned the Club's bar whenever Members or Associates played [P328]
Along with William R. GLOVER and Frank E. BRADLEY he looked after and mowed the greens of the Coorow Bowling Club [P328]
Resided in Coorow until his death in 1999 [2]
Father of Ross [P328]
Died 10 September 1999; cremated at the Fremantle Cemetery, Perth suburb of Palmyra [2]
Mrs "Gwen" Gwenneth CROFT
Wife of Leo Augustus CROFT; see "Gwen" Gwenneth GEORGE
Mrs Jean CROFT
Wife of "Fred" Frederick Charles Holden CROFT; see Jean RIGOLL
Leo Augustus CROFT
Born 19 September 1918 in Subiaco, Western Australia [16]
Son of Augustus Frederick Leopold CROFT and Alma Caroline THOMAS nee HOLDEN [P328]
Resided with his parents in Moora 1926-1930 and in Coorow 1930-1941 [P328]
Builder in Coorow in 1941 [19]
Resided in Coorow until enlisting in the Royal Australian Air Force on 7 May 1941 [16]
Married "Gwen" Gwenneth GEORGE in Perth in 1942 [66]
Leading Aircraftman 38593 in the Royal Australian Air Force's 6th Communications Unit during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Royal Australian Air Force on 13 December 1945 [16]
Builder in Coorow 1945-1981 [P328]
Initially operated his business from a shed built by his father next to his parents' home Mornington in Coorow [P328]
Purchased from the Midland Railway Company the ten acre Lot M1958 of Victoria Location 2023 in Coorow on 10 February 1947 [27]
Lot M1958 was the balance of the Midland Railway Company's land in the Coorow townsite and was purchased for £42 cash [27]
He built a house and workshop on part of his Lot M1958, and the remainder was later subdivided and sold for housing blocks [P328]
Following a visit to Queensland with his son Gregory he decided to the surprise of all to move there permanently [P328]
Along with wife left Coorow in 1981 and shifted to the Australian state of Queensland [P328]
Father of Estelle, Gregory, Milton, Rex, Jacey and Tonia [P328]
Died 7 July 1989 [P328]
Lloyd Noel CROFT
Born 14 December 1919 in Perth, Western Australia [16]
Son of Augustus Frederick Leopold CROFT and Alma Caroline THOMAS nee HOLDEN [P328]
Resided with his parents in Moora 1926-1930 and then in Coorow 1930 onwards [P328]
He was listed by his father as a prospective student in applications to reopen the closed Coorow State School in early January 1930 [215]
Student at the Coorow State School in Coorow from its reopening on 10 February 1930 [215]
Enlisted in the Australian Army in Coorow on 24 July 1941 [16]
Married Margaret Joan MANNING in Perth in 1942 [66]
Private W20292 in the Australian Army's 4th Australian Infantry Battalion during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 19 February 1946 [16]
Labourer in Coorow 1947-1962 [19]
After H. Aubrey HACKETT he managed the general store in Coorow belonging to Mrs Eva V. CASEY during the 1950s [P361]
Serviceman in Mingenew for at least the years 1964-1970 [19]
Casket carrier at the funeral of retired Mingenew butcher Norman SAGGERS at the Mingenew Cemetery on 22 April 1963 [4: 26-Apr-1963]
Died 10 March 1989; buried Utakarra Cemetery, Geraldton [26]
Max CROFT
Born 9 March 1930 [P328]
Son of Augustus Frederick Leopold CROFT and Alma Caroline THOMAS nee HOLDEN [P328]
Resided with his parents in Moora 1926-1930 and then in Coorow 1930 onwards [P328]
Competed at the Coorow-Waddy Progress Association's Annual Children's Sports in Coorow on 12 August 1937 [5: 20-Aug-1937]
Won the Up to 8 Years Boys Running Race, the 5-9 Years Boys Tyre Race and came 2nd in the Up to 9 Years Boys Sack Race [5]
Married Faith CARTER [P328]
Father of Larraine, Maxine, Errol, Kerry, Desmond, Clinton and Clayton [P328]
Died 13 June 1981 [P328
"Rod" Rodney George CROFT
Born 4 August 1926 in Moora, Western Australia [16]
Son of Augustus Frederick Leopold CROFT and Alma Caroline THOMAS nee HOLDEN [P328]
Resided with his parents in Moora 1926-1930 and then in Coorow 1930 onwards [P328]
Student at the Coorow State School in Coorow [5: 12-Jul-1935]
Received 2nd prizes for a Crayon Drawing and Writing at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1933 [5: 15-Sep-1933]
Attended the Children's Fancy Dress Ball held in Coorow on Saturday 6 July 1935 dressed as a "Red Indian" [5: 12-Jul-1935]
Attended Coorow-Waddy Progress Association's Annual Children's Sports in Coorow on Thursday 12 August 1937 [5: 20-Aug-1937]
Won the Boys to 12 Years Running Race and the 9 to 12 Years Boys Tyre Race [5]
Came 3rd in the Boys Over 9 Years Sack Race, and with Vincent S. HEALES came 2nd in the Boys Siamese Race [5]
Won the W. J. Gaunt Trophy for fretwork at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1937 [5: 10-Sep-1937]
Also received a 1st prize for a Pencil Drawing and a 2nd prize for Handwork in the Educational section [5]
Enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force on 1 September 1944 [16]
Leading Aircraftman 85309 of the Royal Australian Air Force's Pearce Station Headquarters during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Royal Australian Air Force on 20 October 1947 [16]
Married Betty Esther MCDOWELL [P328]
School Bus Driver in Coorow 1949-1961 [19]
Service Manager in Mingenew from 1962 until at least 1970 [P328]
Father of Susan, Leonie and Rodney [P328]
Died 21 May 1989; buried Utakarra Cemetery, Geraldton [26]
Mrs Isobel Mary Austin CROMMELIN
Wife of "Reg" Reginald CROMMELIN Jnr; see Isobel Mary Austin JAMES
"Reg" Reginald CROMMELIN Jnr
Born 1904 in Perth, Western Australia [15]
Son of Reginald CROMMELIN and Florence Annie LOTON [15]
On 3 February 1926 purchased for 8/6 per acre 3,575 acres of virgin land in Coorow from the Midland Railway Company [27]
The 3,575 acres was Lot M1617 of Victoria Location 2023 and cost £1519/7/6, payable by instalments over 15 years [27]
Resided at 14 Ord Street in West Perth prior to shifting to his farm in Coorow [34]
Farmer of Morningdale Farm in Coorow [19]
His farm was situated four miles north of Coorow on the east side of Touche Road and on the west side of the Midlands Road [5] [62]
The Midland Railway Company's Touche Siding, which was used to fill the trains with water, was situated on his property [5] [P8]
Later the farm was very slightly extended by 1 rood and 14 perches at a charge of 5/- following the closure of an adjoining road [27]
The farm's land was described as good second class country and after developing the property for about nine years: [5]
2,400 of its 3,575 acres were cleared, 1,000 acres were subdivided into ten paddocks, 650 acres were on fallow, [5]
it was fenced with a four wire ring fence, a lined six roomed jarrah weatherboard house with water laid on, workman's cottage, [5]
machinery shed, ten stall stable, chaff shed, and two wells (one of which was equipped with a windmill) [5: 29-Mar-1935]
Member of the Carnamah Rifle Club in 1929 [4: 25-May-1929]
Attended the Carnamah Football Club's Opening Season Ball held at the Carnamah Town Hall on 18 May 1929 [4: 25-May-1929]
Married Isobel Mary Austin JAMES in Perth on 19 June 1931 [4: 27-Jun-1931]
Isobel's stepfather and mother Alexander and Grace GLOSTER ran the Coorow Hotel in Main Street, Coorow [--]
In 1932 owned a Chevrolet truck and Dodge car with license plates CA-170 and CA-398 [4: 12-Nov-1932]
He was bitten by a poisonous red back spider on Thursday 19 January 1933 and suffered considerable pain [5: 27-Jan-1933]
Received treatment for the spider bite from Dr M. A. MAYRHOFER at the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs [5]
In 1933 he grew plots of experimental barley for the Perth Malt House in addition to 170 acres of barley crop [5: 20-Oct-1933]
Received 3/1 a bushel for their barley crop in 1933; in 1934 grew 400 acres of barley on the lightest land of the farm [5: 19-Jan-1934]
On the instruction of his attorney a clearing sale was held on his farm in Coorow at 2 p.m. on Thursday 4 April 1935 [5]
The farm was to initially be auctioned as a going concern, and if not sold the land and machinery were to be sold separately [5]
If the land didn't sell his plant and machinery were to still be sold to the highest bidder "practically without reserve" [5]
The clearing sale was conducted by Coorow's local Dalgety & Company agent W. George MULLIGAN [5: 29-Mar-1935]
His plant and machinery included a Holt tractor, Chevrolet truck, 10 foot Horwood header, brand new 6 foot Sunshine binder, [5]
20 disc Horwood drill, 12 disc Gaston plough with tractor lift, 10 disc Gaston plough for horses, two other ploughs, scrub roller, [5]
12 foot Sunshine cultivator, hay rake, poison cart, fumigator, new 10 inch chaffcutter with elevator, harrows, forge and blower, [5]
drilling machine, 6 foot harvester, Vacuum oil stove, incubator, tools, harness, a table top wagon and household furniture [5]
Sundries sold at included 150 bags of graded seed wheat, 60 bags of malting barley 1600 new cornsacks and 20 tons of hay [5]
During the 1939-40 financial year sold his farm in Coorow to Milton J. TILLY [3]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Cottesloe [2]
Died 26 June 1984; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (RC Section, Garden of Remembrance, 4, 81) [2]
Ann Marie CULLINAN
Resided in Nugadong, East Gunyidi 1913-1922 [19] [50]
Michael CULLINANE
Farmer in Nugadong, East Gunyidi 1916-1922 [50]
Walter Edmond CUMMING
Farmhand in Marchagee 1919-1922 [50]
Charles CUMMINS
Millwright in Marchagee in 1931 [50]
Rev. "Bill" Albert William CURTIS
Born 20 January 1905 in England [P171]
Son of William CURTIS and Florence HEXT [P171]
Married Dr. Muriel Alice LESTER in England [P171]
Anglican Rector of a Parish in Bristol, England in 1930 [4: 6-Sep-1930]
Departed Southampton, England with his wife on the Jervis Bay and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 21 August 1930 [63]
Arrived in Coorow in early September 1930 to fill the position of Rector in the newly formed Coorow-Carnamah Parish [4: 19-Jul-1930]
Church of England / Anglican rector who resided in Coorow and conducted services throughout Coorow and Carnamah [4: 19-Jul-1930]
Embraced the regions of Carnamah, Inering, Winchester, Billeroo, Waddy Forest, Coorow, Marchagee and Gunyidi [4: 19-Jul-1930]
In addition to the regions he embraced he also conducted Anglican services in Latham [5: 15-Jul-1932]
Arrived and was welcomed to the district at the Church Hall in Carnamah on Monday 8 September 1930 [4: 6-Sep-1930, 13-Sep-1930]
The Coorow-Carnamah Parish had been formed out of the southern portion of the Three Springs Parish [4]
Rev. Ernest G. JAQUET of Three Springs attended and handed over control of the new Parish [4]
Among those present at his welcome in Carnamah were Charlie and Maggie KROSCHEL, Frank and Mary BADRICK, [4]
Mick and Vi BAKER, James SAUNDERS, Mrs Norma CLARK, Mrs Jessie THOMPSON, Mrs Hetty GETHING, [4]
Percy TEEDE, D. E. REW, Mrs Emily GREEN, Rev. Charles HEADEN Rev. Ernest JAQUET and Rev. H. V. BRAY [4]
He was welcomed to the district by Coorow-Waddy residents at a function in Waddy Forest on 12 September 1930 [4: 27-Sep-1930]
The first known service he held was in the Town Hall in Carnamah at 8 p.m. on Sunday 14 September 1930 [4: 13-Sep-1930]
During the third week of November 1930 the Ven. Archdeacon C. L. RILEY stayed with himself and his wife in Coorow [4: 22-Nov-1930]
On 12 August 1931 officiated at the burial of Carnamah pioneer Donald MACPHERSON at the Winchester Cemetery [1]
Also officiated at a number of other burials at the Winchester Cemetery in Carnamah in 1931, 1932 and 1933 [1]
The Coorow-Carnamah Parish gave him a new Ford car to assist him in travelling throughout his parish [P171]
Baptised Frank and Mary BADRICK's daughter Kelva in Carnamah on Sunday 28 September 1930 [4: 4-Oct-1930, 11-Oct-1930]
In 1932 his Ford car was registered with the Carnamah District Road Board with license plate CA-181 [4: 12-Nov-1932]
Scoutmaster of the Coorow Scout Troop [P171] [5: 29-Sep-1933]
Led the Coorow and Waddy scouts at the first District Rally held at Centenary Park in Carnamah on Saturday 2 July 1932 [5: 8-Jul-1932]
Made a speech of eulogy at the farewell to Frank and Mary BADRICK at the Carnamah Hall on 1 November 1932 [5: 4-Nov-1932]
Presented the book prizes of the Coorow Sunday School at the Coorow Christmas Tree on Saturday 17 December 1932 [5: 23-Dec-1932]
On 20 April 1933 he accidentally cut his foot with an axe however with difficulty still attended his Church services [5: 5-May-1933]
Presided over the AGM of the Carnamah-Coorow Anglican Church at the Church Hall in Carnamah on 26 May 1933 [5: 2-Jun-1933]
In 1933 he conducted services in Carnamah, Winchester, Billeroo, Waddy Forest, Latham, Coorow and East Marchagee [5: 2-Jun-1933]
On Sunday 25 June 1933 baptised Geoffrey N. POOLE at Billeroo and Patricia BAKER at Carnamah [5: 30-Jun-1933]
During his time in Coorow he was very good friends with Heinie and Mrs Eliza BOTHE [P138]
His son David Myles CURTIS died under the age of one year on 14 July 1933 and was buried at the Karrakatta Cemetery [2]
Attended the Carnamah Anglican Church's Bazaar held in Carnamah on Saturday 12 August 1933 [5: 18-Aug-1933]
Himself and his wife travelled to Perth in August 1933 to attend the Annual Clergy Retreat and Anglican Synod in Perth [5: 1-Sep-1933]
Won 1st prize for Peas in the Vegetable section of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on 7 September 1933 [5: 15-Sep-1933]
Attended and spoke at the send-off to Tom MORCOMBE at the Waddy Forest Hall on Saturday 13 January 1934 [5: 19-Jan-1934]
In January 1934 himself and his wife spent a fortnights holiday with Archdeacon and Mrs RILEY in Waterman's Bay [5: 19-Jan-1934]
Member and Padre of the Waddy Forest Provisional Group of Toc H in 1934 [5: 16-Feb-1934, 4-May-1934]
As a visitor attended a meeting of the Carnamah Provisional Group of Toc H on Tuesday 13 February 1934 [5: 16-Feb-1934]
Accompanied Frank R. BRYANT on a road trip from Marchagee to the coast at Sandy Cape in February 1934 [5: 16-Feb-1934]
Participated in the debate between the Carnamah and Waddy Forest groups of Toc H on Tuesday 27 March 1934 [5: 30-Mar-1934]
On Good Friday during Easter of 1934 he conducted services in Three Springs and Arrino [5: 30-Mar-1934]
Conducted services in Carnamah, Winchester, Coorow, Waddy Forest and Marchagee on Easter Sunday in 1934 [5: 30-Mar-1934]
Gave the address at the Anzac Commemoration Service at the Carnamah War Memorial on Wednesday 25 April 1934 [5: 27-Apr-1934]
He gave another Anzac address to his fellow members of the Waddy Forest Toc H on Wednesday evening 25 April 1934 [5: 4-May-1934]
Attended his last fortnightly meeting of the Waddy Forest Toc H on 10 May 1934, at which he received a presentation [5: 18-May-1934]
Himself and his wife were the recipients of a Farewell Evening at the Coorow Hall on Saturday 19 May 1934 [5: 18-May-1934]
About 250 people from Marchagee, Latham, Waddy Forest, Carnamah and Coorow attended their send-off [5: 25-May-1934]
At their farewell they received three presentations, including a silver mounted oak tray from the people of Coorow [5]
Held his last Anglican Church service/s in the Carnamah-Coorow Parish on Sunday 20 May 1934 [5: 4-May-1934]
Himself and his wife left Coorow by train on Monday 21 May 1934 to take up the position of Rector at York [5: 13-Apr-1934, 25-May-1934]
Rector in York, Western Australia from 1934 until about 1938 [P171]
Around 1938 shifted with his wife and two children to the metropolitan area where he was Rector of Andrew's in East Claremont [P138]
During a portion of the Second World War he served as Chaplain to the 11th Battalion who were in camp at Dandaragan WA [P138]
In 1943 or 1944 he took up the position of Rector of Saint Peter's in East Fremantle and remained there until 1946 [P138]
In 1946 returned to England with his wife and their children, eventually settling in Ealing, London where he Vicar [P171]
In the 1970s retired with his wife to Nottingham, England and in the 1980s shifted to Salisbury, England [P171]
Father of David, Rosemary and Christopher [P171]
Died 9 April 1989 in Salisbury, England [P171]
From The North Midland Times newspaper, Friday 21 July 1933:
"During the week the infant son of the Rev. A. W. and Mrs. Curtis, of Coorow, passed away."
Dr. Muriel Alice CURTIS
Wife of Rev. "Bill" Albert William CURTIS; see Dr. Muriel Alice LESTER
DDD
Annie Elizabeth DAVIDSON
Cook in Coorow 1914-1917 [50]
DAVIES Bros
Farmers in Coorow [5: 6-Sep-1935]
Won 2nd prize for Swedes in the Vegetable section of the first Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on 8 September 1932 [5: 16-Sep-1932]
In January 1935 sold one bale of wool through Westralian Farmers Ltd for 10¾d. per pound [5: 1-Feb-1935]
Sold 44 suckers at 14/4 per head through Westralian Farmers Ltd at the Midland Market on 4 September 1935 [5: 6 & 13-Sep-1935]
On 11 September 1935 sold 12 suckers at 15/10, 30 suckers at 16/10, 1 stained sucker for 14/4 and 1 stained sucker for 14/- [5]
Sold 44 suckers at 15/4 per head through Westralian Farmers Ltd at the Midland Market on 18 September 1935 [5: 20-Sep-1935]
Sold two bales of wool at 14d. per pound through Westralian Farmers Ltd at the Wool Sale in Perth on 28 October 1935 [5: 1-Nov-1935]
Requested in December 1935 for the Carnamah District Road Board to close part of a road adjoining their farm [5: 20-Dec-1935]
Their request was successful and the Road Board closed part of the road on the northern boundary of their Lot M1533 [5: 20-Dec-1935]
During April 1936 purchased a new 16.33 rigid tyne combine from Westralian Farmers Ltd [5: 10-Apr-1936]
Sold 47 wethers (16 at 29/10, 4 at 23/10, and 27 at 20/10) and 23 lambs at 23 lambs 16/- per head on 8 July 1936 [5: 10-Jul-1936]
Also sold five pigs at 39/6 per head, with the pigs and sheep being sold at the Midland Market through Elder Smith & Co Ltd [5]
Sold 24 lambs at 12/10 per head and 16 suckers at 17/10 per head through Westralian Farmers Ltd on 19 August 1936 [5: 21-Aug-1936]
Won 2nd prize for Brown Hen Eggs exhibited at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in Coorow on 3 September 1936 [5: 11-Sep-1936]
Sold 65 sheep at 13/10, 10 shorn lambs at 9/7 and 12 ewes at 7/1 per head at the Midland Market on 14 October 1936 [5: 16-Oct-1936]
Sold four bales of wool through Westralian Farmers Ltd in 1936 - two bales at 14d. and two bales at 13¾d. per pound [5: 16-Oct-1936]
Sold seven pigs at Midland Market in May 1937 - 1 baconer at 64/-, 5 choppers (1 at 66/6, 4 at 52/6) and 1 porker at 48/6 [5: 7-May-1937]
Sold 167 sheep through Westralian Farmers Ltd with four consignments to Midland Market in 1937 [5: 9 & 16-Jul-1937, 13-Aug-1937, 17-Sep-1937]
The sheep consisted of 87 lambs (44 at 26/4, 43 at 23/3), 43 suckers (33 at 23/10, 10 at 23/4) and 37 ewes (13 at 22/1, 24 at 18/7) [5]
"Car" Caradoc DAVIES
Born C.1904 [2]
Farmer in Coorow 1929-1934 [5] [19]
Member of the Coorow Cricket Club in 1929-30 and 1930-31 [4: 19-Oct-1929, 13-Dec-1930]
Member of the Waddy Forest Tennis Club in 1933-34 and 1934-35 [5: 17-Nov-1933, 28-Sep-1934]
Member of the Coorow Football Club in 1934 [5: 29-Jun-1934]
Married Elsie Maud Agnes MCDOWALL in Perth in 1935 [66]
In 1936 he was working as a Newsagent and living at 40 Tenth Avenue in the Perth suburb of Maylands [50]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Maylands [2]
Died 7 October 1995; ashes interred Pinnaroo Valley Memorial Park, Perth WA (Banksia Court, L1A, 187) [2]
"Ed" David Idwal DAVIES
Born 22 April 1908 in Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales [16] [21]
Farmer in Coorow, Western Australia 1931-1970 [19] [50]
Member of the Coorow Cricket Club from 1929-30 to 1934-35 [4: 19-Oct-1929, 13-Dec-1930, 5: 22-Feb-1935]
Member of the Waddy Forest Tennis Club from 1933-34 to 1936-37 [5: 20-Apr-1934, 8-Nov-1935, 23-Oct-1936]
Member of the Coorow Football Club in 1934, 1935 and 1937 [5: 25-May-1934, 21-Jun-1935, 14-May-1937]
Member of the Coorow Golf Club in 1935 and 1936 [5: 13-Sep-1935, 3-Jul-1936]
Member of the Coorow Rifle Club 1935-1937 [5: 1-Nov-1935, 31-Jul-1936, 20-Aug-1937]
Represented the Coorow Rifle Club at the annual shoot for the Shearn Cup in Mingenew on Sunday 20 October 1935 [5: 25-Oct-1935]
Attended the Coorow Rifle Club's Grand Ball held at the Coorow Hall on Saturday 26 October 1935 [5: 1-Nov-1935]
Won the Sheffield Handicap race at the Coorow-Waddy Sports & Dance in Coorow on Saturday 9 November 1935 [5: 15-Nov-1935]
Won the 75 Yards Sprint and came 2nd in the Sheffield Handicap at the Sports Meeting in Coorow on 1 January 1936 [5: 3-Jan-1936]
Played for the combined Winchester-Waddy-Coorow tennis team against Carnamah-Parkinson on Sunday 5 April 1936 [5: 3-Apr-1936]
Won the 9-hole Handicap Singles at the Opening Day of the Coorow Golf Club for the 1936 season on 17 May 1936 [5: 22-May-1936]
Attended the Surprise 21st Birthday Party for Nance FOLLAND at Enfield Park in Waddy Forest on 17 August 1936 [5: 21-Aug-1936]
Attended Roy M. PATTON's birthday at the dam on Longforest Farm in Waddy Forest on Sunday 8 November 1936 [5: 13-Nov-1936]
Competed at the Sports Meeting at Maley Park in Coorow on Boxing Day 26 December 1936 [5: 8-Jan-1937]
He came 1st in the Broad Jump, 2nd in the 75 Yards Sprint and 3rd in both the Hurdle Race and the Sheffield Handicap [5]
Played for the victorious Single Men in a cricket match against Married Men in Coorow on Sunday 11 April 1937 [5: 16-Apr-1937]
Attended and competed at the Carnamah Golf Club's Season Opening at Centenary Park in Carnamah on 2 May 1937 [5: 7-May-1937]
Steward of the Grain & Fodder section of the Coorow-Waddy Forest Districts Agricultural Society's Annual Show in 1937 [5: 18-Jun-1937]
Resided in Coorow until enlisting in the Australian Army in Carnamah on 30 March 1941 [16]
Trooper W2044 in the Australian Army's Australian Training Centre during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 3 May 1945 [16] and resumed farming in Coorow [19]
Married Fleta May RUSS nee CLARKSON [P84]
Local builder E. Clive HUNTER built him a boat which he used for fishing at Green Head [P320]
Later employed the services of local builder E. Clive HUNTER to build him a house in the Coorow townsite [P320]
Resided in Coorow until his death in 1970 [2]
Died 13 September 1970; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Crematorium Rose Gardens, 17, 88) [2]
Mrs Fleta May DAVIES
Wife of "Ed" David Idwal DAVIES; see Fleta May CLARKSON
George Henry DAVIES
Born C.1911 in Liverpool, England [5: 21-Dec-1934]
Departed London, England on the Esperance Bay and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 10 August 1928 [63]
Farmhand in Coorow, Western Australia in 1934 [5: 21-Dec-1934]
Member of the Waddy Forest Tennis Club in 1934 [5: 2-Nov-1934]
Tragically killed on GRONOW's Ingleneuk Farm in Waddy Forest when a team of eight horses he was driving bolted [5]
Died 18 December 1934 in Waddy Forest near Coorow; buried Winchester Cemetery, Carnamah (Row B, Plot 15) [1] [5]
Rev. Alfred J. TOOMEY of Three Springs officiated at his funeral, which was undertaken by Henry Parkin & Son of Carnamah [1]
From The North Midland Times newspaper, Friday 21 December 1934:
Waddy Fatality - Harvester Team Bolts - Young Man Killed
"The noise made by a man stepping through a wire fence at Waddy Forest on Tuesday caused an accident which had fatal results. Two eight horse teams, each arranged in sets of four, had just been yoked up by two 10ft. harvesters on Messrs. Gronow and Sons farm and oiling operations were being performed when one of the drivers, George Henry Davies, stepped through a nearby fence and startled his team which immediately bolted across the paddock with the machine. Walsh, the driver of the other team, had a narrow escape when his horses also took fright while he was oiling from a position in front of the comb. With some difficulty Walsh got to the reins of his team and, being unable to stop them by other means, drove them into a stack of wheat. He did not see Davies and presumed that he had gone to the house for assistance. Hitching the reins of his team into the stack of wheat, he ran after Davies' team and brought them under control. Letting his own horses go in the paddock Walsh drove Davies' eight to the stables. He then asked Mr. G. Gronow where Davies was and was informed that his workmate had not returned to the homestead. On returning to the paddock Walsh found Davies lying dead in the stubble. Constable Kay, of Three Springs, was notified of the happening and later brought the body to Carnamah. Dr. Rosenthal conducted a post mortem examination and reported a fracture of the neck and broken ribs penetrating the left lung. Mr. J. Bowman, j.p., has been appointed acting coroner and an inquest will be held. The funeral took place at 3.30 p.m. on Wednesday. The late Mr. Davies was 23 years of age and had no relatives in this country. He was a native of Liverpool, England, where, it is believed, his mother and brother still live. Great credit is due to Walsh in the part he played in the occurrence, considering the swiftness of events, his presence of mind was remarkable. No damage was done to either horses or machinery."
"Will" Gwilym Hugh DAVIES
Born 16 June 1898 in Derwen, Denbigshire, Wales [16]
Son of farmer Hugh DAVIES and his wife Jane [20]
In 1901 was living with his parents and siblings Janet, John, Margaret and Thomas at Brymalion in Derwin, Denbigshire, Wales [20]
Himself, his parents and his four siblings were all noted in the 1901 census as being speakers of both Welsh and English [20]
Farmer in Coorow, Western Australia [19]
Won 2nd prize for Potatoes in the Vegetable section of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on 7 September 1933 [5: 15-Sep-1933]
In the Vegetable section of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1934 won 1st prize for Radishes and 2nd for Swedes [5: 7-Sep-1934]
Committee Member of the Coorow-Waddy Forest Districts Agricultural Society 1935-1937 [5: 3-May-1935, 13-Mar-1936, 20-Nov-1936]
Exhibited in the Farm Produce, Grain & Fodder and Vegetables sections of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1935 [5]
Awarded 1st prizes for Green Wheat for Hay and for Ham, and received 2nd prizes for White Hen Eggs and Radishes [5: 13-Sep-1935]
Member of the Coorow Rifle Club 1935-1937 - won their Club's Tyro Cup in 1935 [5: 1-Nov-1935, 31-Jul-1936, 2-Jul-1937]
In 1936 won one of the Club's Spoon Shoots, which he received at the Club's Annual Ball on 28 November 1936 [5: 4-Dec-1936]
Member of the Coorow Golf Club in 1935 and 1936 [5: 13-Sep-1935, 24-Jul-1936]
Member of the Waddy Forest Tennis Club in 1935-36 and 1936-37 [5: 20-Dec-1935, 23-Oct-1936]
Attended the Coorow Golf Club's Opening Day for the 1936 season in Coorow on Sunday 17 May 1936 [5: 22-May-1936]
Attended Roy M. PATTON's birthday at the dam on Longforest Farm in Waddy Forest on Sunday 8 November 1936 [5: 13-Nov-1936]
Attended and competed at the Carnamah Golf Club's Season Opening at Centenary Park in Carnamah on 2 May 1937 [5: 7-May-1937]
Exhibited in the Grain & Fodder section of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show at Maley Park in Coorow on 2 September 1937 [5]
Won 1st prize for early season Medium Strong White Wheat and 2nd for Oaten Hay and for Green Wheat for Hay [5: 10-Sep-1937]
Attended the funeral of Waddy Forest farmer Stanley L. FOLLAND at the Moora Cemetery on Monday 25 August 1941 [4: 30-Aug-1941]
Private W83523 in Coorow's local Volunteer Defence Corps during the Second World War [16]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Mosman Park [2]
Died 19 March 1981; ashes buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Welsh Free, AA, 100) [2]
Helen/a DAVIES
Resided in Coorow in 1931 and 1932 [19] [50]
Archibald Harold Douglas DAVIS
Fettler in Latham in 1921 and 1922 [50]
Frank Decimus DAVIS
Born 1860 in Guildford, Western Australia [15]
Son of John DAVIS and Eleanor Frances THOMSON [15]
Married Mary HILL in the Perth suburb of Guildford in 1898 [15]
Railway Ganger in Coorow 1903-1906 [50]
Railway Ganger in Wannamal 1910-1913 [50]
Railway Employee in Watheroo later in 1913 and 1914 [50]
Railway Fettler in Mingenew 1915-1917 [50]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Midland [2]
Died 27 June 1916; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, GA, 603) [2]
David Elwin DAWSON
Born C.1884 [2]
Married "Rene" Florence Irene HEARN in 1912 [66]
Manager of the Coorow Hotel in Coorow from September 1935 to February 1936 [5: 28-Feb-1936] [19]
Member of the Coorow Cricket Club in 1935-36 [5: 24-Jan-1936]
Himself and his wife left Coorow and shifted to Perth on Monday 24 February 1936 [5: 28-Feb-1936]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Gosnells [2]
Died 15 June 1971; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, ZU, 533) [2]
Mrs "Rene" Florence Irene DAWSON
Wife of David Elwin DAWSON; see "Rene" Florence Irene HEARN
Mrs Dorothy May DAY
Wife of Henry DAY; see Dorothy May PRINGLE
Henry DAY
Married Dorothy May PRINGLE in 1923 [66]
Clearing Contractor for Malcolm L. PATTON on Longforest Farm in Waddy Forest in 1923 and 1924 [151: page 99]
While clearing himself and his wife resided in a tent on Longforest Farm in Waddy Forest [151]
In late 1923 his wife gave birth to a daughter named Jessie on Donald MCDONALD's Waddy Waddy Farm in Waddy Forest [151]
Their daughter died at the age of 17 days on 12 January 1924 and was buried on Lot M1293 of Donald MCDONALD's farm [151]
She was buried in the north east corner of Lot M1293 and her grave originally contained a fence of bush timber with netting [151]
Stockman in Waddy Forest / Coorow 1925-1927 [19]
Jessie DAY
Born 26 December 1923 in Waddy Forest, Western Australia [151]
Daughter of Henry DAY and Dorothy May PRINGLE [151]
Born and died at the age of 17 days on Donald MCDONALD's Waddy Waddy Farm in Waddy Forest [151]
Died 12 January 1924; buried north east corner of Lot M1293 of Waddy Waddy Farm in Waddy Forest [151]
Joseph Deebrow DAY
Labourer in Coorow in 1911 [19]
Labourer on Mamboobie Estate in Marchagee 1912-1914 [19] [50]
Mary DEAN
Born C.1880 [2]
Married Donald MACQUEEN in Perth in 1911 [66]
In 1916 her husband was working as a Saddler and they were living on the Railway Estate in Geraldton [50]
In 1925 she was working as a domestic and living at 78 Railway Parade in the Perth suburb of Midland Junction [50]
Resided of late in Bunjil [2]
Died 26 December 1941; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Roman Catholic, MC, 95) [2]
William David DE BOER
Proprietor of the Service Station in Waddy Forest in 1933 [5: 7-Jul-1933] [19]
Unless he satisfied a warrant beforehand all property at his service station was to be sold on Tuesday 11 July 1933 [5: 7-Jul-1933]
Dora May DEE
Born 1901 in Mingenew, Western Australia [15]
Daughter of Thomas DEE and Louisa Jane LONG [15]
Grand-daughter of William LONG and Sarah GREEN who were the first non-indigenous settlers in Coorow in 1862 [P17]
Resided in Coorow for at least the years 1922-1950 [19]
For a number of years taught Sunday School in Coorow in the 1930s [P85] [5: 23-Dec-1932]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Belmont [2]
Died 23 September 1978; cremated at the Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA [2]
Her ashes were buried by Vera LONG on 25 January 1980 at the Winchester Cemetery, Carnamah (Row E, Plot 13) [14]
Irene Ellen DEE
Born 7 August 1898 in Mingenew, Western Australia [P17]
Daughter of Thomas DEE and Louisa Jane LONG [15]
Grand-daughter of William LONG and Sarah GREEN who were the first non-indigenous settlers in Coorow in 1862 [P17]
Prior to her marriage she had worked for Samuel B. RUDDUCK on Koobabbie Farm in Coorow [P17]
Married "Ernie" Ernest Alfred LONG in Perth on 11 July 1917 [168]
Resided with husband on Jun Jun Farm and later Lonsdale Farm in Coorow 1918-1967 [P17]
She worked for many years helping on the farm, even shearing sheep with hand clippers [79: 23-Aug-1973]
Supplied the music at the Dance in aid of the local Christmas Tree at the school house in Coorow on 29 November 1919 [9: 5-Dec-1919]
Exhibited in every one of the Coorow-Waddy District Agricultural Society's Annual Shows which ran from 1932 to 1967 [79: 23-Aug-1973]
She enjoyed the activity around preparing exhibits and won prizes for almost every item she exhibited one year or another [79]
Exhibited items from homemade soap to preserved lemon peel and also later exhibited in the Carnamah Agricultural Show [79]
Won 2nd prize for Carnations in the Flower section of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on Thursday 30 August 1934 [5: 7-Sep-1934]
At the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1936 she was awarded 2nd prize for Crochet Edged Supper Cloth [5: 11-Sep-1936]
Resided at 31 Station Street in the Coorow townsite 1967-1992 [P17]
Mother of Vera and Doris [14]
Passed away at the age of 93 years at the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs [1]
Died 28 July 1992 in Three Springs; buried Winchester Cemetery, Carnamah (Row S, Plot 4) [1]
Mrs Louisa Jane DEE
Widow of Thomas DEE: see Louisa Jane LONG
"Bill" William Joseph DEE
Born 15 October 1906 in Strawberry, Western Australia [16]
Son of Thomas DEE and Louisa Jane LONG [15]
Grandson of William LONG and Sarah GREEN who were the first non-indigenous settlers in Coorow in 1862 [P17]
Initially resided with his parents at Strawberry in the Mingenew district [84]
He was baptised by Methodist Minister J. E. STONE of Dongara on 26 November 1906 [84]
Farmhand in Coorow 1928-1950 [19]
For several years worked for George N. GREENWOOD on Maryland Farm in Waddy Forest [P141]
Resided in the old house on Maryland Farm and had his meals with the GREENWOOD family at their home [P141]
Gave a cup and saucer marked with 1929 (Centenary of WA) to his employer's youngest daughter, Dorothy M. GREENWOOD [P141]
Member of the Waddy Forest Cricket Club in 1930-31 [4: 15-Nov-1930]
Member of the Coorow Cricket Club in 1935-36 and 1936-37 [5: 13-Dec-1935, 16-Oct-1936]
Member of the Coorow Rifle Club in 1936 and 1937 [5: 4-Sep-1936, 2-Jul-1937]
Played for the victorious Single Men in a cricket match against Married Men in Coorow on Sunday 6 December 1936 [5: 11-Dec-1936]
Resided in Coorow until enlisting in the Australian Army on 4 December 1940 [16]
Private WX9638 in the Australian Army's 2/28 Battalion during the Second World War [16]
In 1942 word was received that he was Prisoner of War [0: image 04163]
In June 1945 it was recorded that he was safe and well in England having been a Prisoner of War in Germany [0: image 04336]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 27 August 1945 and returned to Coorow [4] [16]
Resided in Coorow until at least 1950 [4: 2-Dec-1950]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Belmont [2]
Died 3 September 1979; cremated at the Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA [2]
His ashes were buried by his niece Vera P. LONG on 25 January 1980 at the Winchester Cemetery, Carnamah (Row E, Plot 13) [14]
Margaret Victoria DEED
Born 30 June 1887 in Strathalbyn, South Australia [55]
Daughter of James DEED and Sarah Jane WOODFIT [55]
Married George Alfred MANNING on 27 April 1907 in South Australia [55]
In 1928 left South Australia and settled with her husband and children on farmland at Waddy Forest in the Coorow district [P84]
Resided with her husband and children on Hill View Farm in Waddy Forest [P84]
Employed the services of Coorow builder E. Clive HUNTER to build her a house [P320]
Resided in the Coorow district until her death in 1982 [1]
Passed away at the age of 95 years at the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs [1]
Mother of Mavis, Alfred, Joan, Lorna and Guildford [14]
Died 3 July 1982 in Three Springs WA; buried Winchester Cemetery, Carnamah (Row F, Plot 1) [1]
Francis Gerald DELBRIDGE
Farmer in Gunyidi [19]
Farmed in Gunyidi partnership with Arthur D. HOLT as "Delbridge & Holt" [3]
Together they owned 1,566 acres of land in Gunyidi, which consisted of Victoria Locations 3482, 3483, 3484 and 3949 [3]
Member of the Gunyidi-Marchagee Cricket Club in 1930-31 [4: 13-Dec-1930]
William George DEVEREUX
Railway Fettler in Gunyidi and then Yandanooka in 1913 [50]
Railway Fettler in Irwin 1914-1916 [50]
Born 1902 in Kojonup, Western Australia [15]
Daughter of Thomas BUIRCHELL and Alice Agnes RODGERS [15]
Married Alexander Melville BALLOCH in Perth in 1920 [66]
Resided in Coorow in 1932 and 1933 [4: 12-Nov-1932] [19]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of South Perth [2]
Died 24 January 1981; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, ZI, 563) [2]
Walter Harry BULLEN
Farmhand in Coorow 1929-1935 [19]
John BURDEN
Farmhand for F. W. Gustav LIEBE on Waddi Farm in Waddy Forest in 1935 [88]
George BURDON
Farmhand for Samuel B. RUDDUCK on Koobabbie Farm in Coorow 1914-1917 [19]
Miss M. BURRELL
She was the Postal Vote Officer for Coorow for the Legislative Council elections held on 13 May 1910 [9: 22-Apr-1910]
Richard BURRELL
Railway Employee in the Perth suburb of Midland Junction 1903-1906 [50]
Railway Porter in Coorow in 1909 and 1910 [19]
Alfred Ernest BUTLER
Labourer in Coorow in 1931 [50]
CCC
Lydia CAHILL
Born 1878 in Geraldton, Western Australia [15]
Daughter of Edward CAHILL and Hannah FRIEND [15]
Her father had arrived in Western Australia as a convict by his real name of Charles EASTWOOD on the ship Vimiera in 1865 [107]
Married railway stationmaster John THOMAS in Perth in 1902 [15]
Resided with her husband and children in Mingenew 1902-1913 [6] [19] [50] [84]
They resided in the Perth suburb of Midland Junction 1914-1920 and then once more in Mingenew 1921-1923 [6] [19]
Resided in Coorow 1923-1925 [6] [19]
Assisted the Coorow Hall Committee with the Official Opening of the Coorow Agricultural Hall on 1 February 1923 [9: 23-Feb-1923]
Resided in Dongara 1925-1933 [6] [19] [50]
Resided at 32 Elvire Street in the Perth suburb of Midland Junction in 1936 and 1937 [6] [50]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Subiaco [2]
Mother of Jack, Horace, Harold, Donald and Jean [P376]
Died 3 September 1964; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Wesleyan, FC, 677) [2]
William James CAISLEY
Shop Assistant in Coorow 1928-1932 [19]
Member of the Coorow Cricket Club in 1929-30 [4: 19-Oct-1929]
He could be the William J. CAISLEY who married Florence E. WALSH in 1939 [66]
John Felix CALDER
Farmer in Nugadong, East Gunyidi 1915-1919 [50]
David Kirk CALDWELL
Born C.1868 [2]
Resided of late in Coorow [2]
Died 13 September 1918; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Presbyterian, DA, 509) [2]
William CAMERON
Labourer for Samuel B. RUDDUCK on Koobabbie Farm in Coorow 1911-1920 [19]
Came 3rd in Pole Vaulting at the Coorow Farmers' Progress Association's Picnic & Sports Meeting on 7 October 1911 [39: 12-Oct-1911]
William Dudawa CAMPBELL
Labourer in Coorow in 1916 and 1917 [50]
Bella Bendigo CANDY
Born 2 October 1922 in Fremantle, Western Australia [215]
Daughter of Arthur William CANDY and Mary Grace Louise CASTLE [P361]
She was born on board the steamship Bendigo just out from Fremantle at the end of her parents' voyage to Western Australia [P361]
Resided with her parents and siblings on Group Settlement 79 in Manjimup in 1924 [6] [50]
Resided with her eldest sister Mrs Dorothy A. G. JOHNS in Coorow in 1931 [215]
Began her schooling at the Coorow State School in Coorow on 17 June 1931 [215]
Married Dodd RICKET in Perth in 1949 [66]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Applecross [2]
Died 30 November 2002; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Lance Howard Memorial Gardens, Memorial Wall, C, 52) [2]
"Dorrie" Dorothy Alice Grace CANDY
Born 17 June 1908 in Lambourn, Berkshire, England [P361]
Daughter of Arthur William CANDY and Mary Grace Louise CASTLE [P361]
Resided with her parents and six younger siblings in Lambourn, Berkshire, England 1908-1923 [P361]
They departed London, England on the steamship Bendigo and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 2 October 1923 [70]
When just out from Fremantle her mother gave birth to a daughter, who was named Bella Bendigo CANDY after the ship [P361]
She was the eldest of nine children, with siblings Arthur, Christopher, Leslie, Gerald, Marjorie, Barbara, Bella and Reginald [P361]
Resided with her parents and siblings on Group Settlement 79 in Manjimup in 1924 [6] [50] and later in Narembeen [P361]
While working as a Housemaid for a family in Narembeen she met Bill JOHNS [P361]
Married "Bill" William Henry JOHNS in Perth on 22 March 1927 [P361]
Following their wedding they proceeded straight to Coorow where her husband had secured a job as a farmhand [P361]
They resided on Reginald CROMMELIN's Mornington Farm in Coorow 1927-1932 and then in the Coorow townsite [P361]
After shifting into town they lived in a tent near the Coorow Oval while a small house was built on land bounding Main Street [P361]
They resided in this house until 1953 when a new house was built on the same block but facing onto Main Street [P361]
She worked long hours caring for her family, establishing a local milk round and selling eggs [P361]
Early each morning her children had to go out and get in her cows [P361]
Having been a Girl Guide in England she was instrumental in getting Girl Guides established in Coorow [P361]
After her children had grown up she was a member of the Coorow Bowling Club and its Champion one year [P361]
Herself and her husband almost reached their 70th Wedding Anniversary, had 34 grandchildren and 53 great grandchildren [P361]
During their lifetime they also saw their fifth generation of descendants [P361]
Resided in Coorow until her death in 1997 [2]
Passed away at the age of 89 years at the Glengarry Private Hospital in the Perth suburb of Duncraig [P361]
Mother of Marion, Shirley, Frances, William, Darren, Valerie, Robin, Marjorie, Neil, Carol, Kenneth, Glenise [P361]
Died 2 November 1997; cremated at the Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA [2]
Herself and her husband are memorialised where their ashes are interred at Lot 7 Main Street in the Coorow townsite [P361]
Sarah CARLISLE
Cook on Samuel B. RUDDUCK's Koobabbie Farm in Coorow in 1916 [50]
Thomas CARMICHAEL
Farmhand on Winchie Farm in Marchagee 1925-1927 [19]
Thomas George CARROLL
Born 18 May 1891 in Dongara, Western Australia [30]
Son of Michael Joseph CARROLL and Hannah Eliza BOOTH [15]
Farmhand in Coorow in 1914 [19]
Enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in Perth on 7 September 1914 [30: item 3210388]
Upon enlistment he was 5 feet 11½ inches tall, weighed 164 pounds and had grey eyes, black hair and a dark complexion [30]
Gave his next of kin as his brother Joseph J. CARROLL but the following year too enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force [30]
Following his brother's enlistment they both gave their next of kin as their brother Michael J. CARROLL of Arrino [30]
After training at Blackboy Hill in the Perth Hills was appointed to the Australian Imperial Force's E Company on 6 October 1914 [30]
David Nicol CARSTAIRS
Farmhand in Nugadong, East Gunyidi 1911-1914 [19] [50]
John CARSTAIRS
Labourer in Nugadong, East Gunyidi 1911-1914 [19] [50]
Station-hand on Tootra Station in Walebing in 1915 and 1916 [50]
"Pat" Aeneas CASEY
Born 8 February 1897 in County Limerick, Ireland [16]
Married Eva Victoria LAMBERT in 1931 in Perth, Western Australia [66]
Farmer in Coorow, Western Australia [19]
Farmed and jointly owned 2,067 acres of farmland in Coorow in partnership with William Gordon LAMBERT [3] [19]
The 2,067 acres consisted of Victoria Location 995 and Lots M963, M1232 and M1357 of Victoria Location 2023 [3]
Won 1st prizes for Swedes and Potatoes in the Vegetable section of the first Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1932 [5: 16-Sep-1932]
In the Poultry section of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1933 received 1st prize for a male Bronzewing Turkey [5: 15-Sep-1933]
In 1932 "Lambert & Casey" had a Ford truck licensed with the Carnamah District Road Board with license plate CA-148 [4: 12-Nov-1932]
"Lambert & Casey" sold through Westralian Farmers Ltd two bales of wool at 15¼d. per pound in October 1933 [5: 13-Oct-1933]
Himself and his partner did the Midland Railway Company's rabbit poisoning in Coorow in 1935 [34]
Committee Member of the Coorow-Waddy Forest Districts Agricultural Society 1934-1936 [5: 10-Nov-1933, 31-May-1935, 13-Mar-1936]
Member of the Coorow Waddy Forest Progress Association in 1934 [5: 8-Jun-1934]
Received 1st prize for male Bronzewing Turkey and 2nd for female Bronzewing Turkey at the Coorow Show in 1934 [5: 7-Sep-1934]
Won two coat-hangers in a raffle at the Coorow Football Club's Annual Ball at the Coorow Hall on Saturday 1 June 1935 [5: 7-Jun-1935]
Attended the Official Opening of the Coorow Golf Club's golf course in Coorow on Sunday 23 June 1935 [5: 28-Jun-1935]
Member of the Coorow Golf Club in 1935 and 1937 [5: 12-Jul-1935, 18-Jun-1937]
Himself and his wife enjoyed a holiday in Perth during the first half of February 1936 [5: 14-Feb-1936]
Joint Secretary-Treasurer with William J. GAUNT of the Coorow Golf Club in 1936 [5: 27-Mar-1936]
Won 1st prize for Merino Ram in the Sheep section of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on 3 September 1936 [5: 11-Sep-1936]
Appears to have dissolved his partnership around 1942, when the farm was transferred solely into the name of W. G. LAMBERT [3]
After spending ten days in Perth returned to Coorow on Monday 24 February 1936 [5: 28-Feb-1936]
Attended the Coorow Golf Club's Opening Day for the 1936 season in Coorow on Sunday 17 May 1936 [5: 22-May-1936]
In 1936 he was the Coorow agent for Barnett Glass pneumatic tyres [5: 29-May-1936]
Along with his wife and children spent a holiday in Perth during February 1937 [5: 19-Feb-1937]
Attended and competed at the Carnamah Golf Club's Season Opening at Centenary Park in Carnamah on 2 May 1937 [5: 7-May-1937]
Private W83499A in Coorow's local Volunteer Defence Corps during the Second World War [16]
Pallbearer at the funeral of Coorow farmer George HUTCHCRAFT at the Winchester Cemetery on 28 January 1949 [5: 3-Feb-1949]
Resided in Coorow until his death in 1950 [2]
Died 9 October 1950; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Roman Catholic, ZA, 316) [2]
From The North Midland Times newspaper, Friday 12 October 1950:
"Our deepest sympathy is extended to Mrs. E. V. Casey and family in their very sad bereavement. Mr. Casey who had been ill for some time, passed away last Monday morning at Royal Perth Intermediate Hospital. Mr. Casey's demise came as a great shock to all who knew him, and his loss to the district will be keenly felt."
Mrs Eva Victoria CASEY
Wife of "Pat" Aeneas CASEY; see Eva Victoria LAMBERT
Roy James CASEY
Farmer of Anster Farm in Marchagee [19] and later a Shearer and Labourer in Coorow [P8]
Buried 27 May 2005 at the Winchester Cemetery in Carnamah [45]
Eileen CASSERLY
Born 22 September 1904 in Fremantle, Western Australia [P391]
Daughter of Peter CASSERLY and Alice Maud Mary BLACKLOCK [15]
She was the eldest daughter of twelve children [P391] and attended a convent in or near Fremantle [P392]
The sisters at her convent recommended her to Samuel B. RUDDUCK who had contacted them looking for a domestic worker [P391]
She caught the train to Coorow and began working domestically for Mrs Alice M. RUDDUCK on Koobabbie Farm in Coorow [P391]
While working on Koobabbie Farm in Coorow she met local farmhand Tom DOWNES [P393]
Tom was working on Inglewood Farm in Coorow and travelled the 20 miles to see her and 20 miles back a few times a week [P393]
Married "Tom" Thomas Clement DOWNES on 11 November 1925 at Saint Patrick's Catholic Church in Fremantle [P393]
They resided in Kununoppin 1925-1931 [P391]
Gave birth to a stillborn son named Charles in 1928 who was buried at the Kununoppin Cemetery [P391]
In 1931 left Kununoppin and shifted to Coorow with her husband and their daughters Eileen and Verna [P391]
Resided in Coorow 1931-1962 [P391]
Through her husband their children were great-grandchildren of Coorow pioneers William LONG and Sarah GREEN [P391]
They briefly resided on Baxter D. BOTHE's Inglewood Farm in Coorow and then in the Coorow townsite [P391]
In the Coorow townsite they resided in bough shed with gravel floor and tarpaulin roof while their house was being built [P391]
Their house in Coorow, at Lot 18 Long Street, was a two room cottage that was later extended [P391]
The two rooms were a kitchen and their bedroom while an end of the back verandah was enclosed for their children's room [P393]
Often a piece of timber three feet long was fed into the kitchen stove with the other end resting on a chair [P393]
Snakes were often a problem and when was killed in was kept all day under the belief that they didn't die until sundown [P393]
Sometimes a mate of the snake killed would show up as well which would then also be killed [P393]
She kept fowls for eggs and meat, and took in washing and ironing to supplement her husband's wages [P393]
Washing was done in boiling water in a copper in their backyard with velvet soap cut up to provide the suds [P393]
Her children milked cows which they churned with a hand beater into butter and then sold it around town [P393]
Before and after school her children also delivered milk for 3d. (three pence) a pint [P393]
During hard times she had only two dresses - one on and one in the wash, until a cow ruined one on the clothesline [P393]
Despite hard times they always provided gifts for their children at Christmas [P393]
Whenever she could she tried to attend Church and give her children some knowledge of the Catholic faith [P393]
Her children were baptised in their kitchen when the priest would call for a snack or cuppa after mass at the Coorow Hall [P393]
Her children won 1st prize in 1936 and 2nd in 1937 for Wildflowers at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show [5: 11-Sep-1936, 10-Sep-1937]
Contributed to the war effort during the Second World War by providing food for sick and injured troops on Red Cross trains [P393]
With her elder children she met the trains passing through Coorow with milk, butter, cream and cakes for the sick troops [P393]
Received a citation from Major H. M. OWEN, Commanding Officer of 10 Ambulance Train, in appreciation of her kindness [P393]
They kept their food cool with a Coolgardie safe until 1946 they purchased their first refrigerator [P393]
Water was a problem during their entire time in Coorow and was carted from a nearby soak as they had no running water [P393]
They carted their water with a stick over the shoulders and a bucket each side until 1947 when her husband purchased a truck [P393]
She worked very hard looking after her family in Coorow and had almost no leisure time [P8]
Along with her husband left Coorow in May 1962 and retired to the Perth suburb of East Victoria Park [P393]
They purchased a house on Balmoral Street in East Victoria Park for $6,500 with house and contents insurance costing $8.90 [P393]
Following her husband's death from lung cancer at the age of 78 in 1966 she continued to reside in their Balmoral Street home [P393]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Hilton [2]
Mother of Eileen, Charles, Verna, Thomas, Loris, Irwin, Jetta, Kathleen and Ursula [P391]
Died 18 October 1980; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Roman Catholic, Lawn 4, 163) [2]
Her brother Peter, the last surviving Australian who served on the Western Front in the First World War, died in 2005 aged 107 [P391]
Thomas Edward CAVE
Tractor Driver in Marchagee 1928-1933 [50]
C. SCOBLE
Member of the Gunyidi-Marchagee Cricket Club in 1930-31 [4: 13-Dec-1930]
"Ernie" George Ernest Herbert Albert Dungan CHAPMAN
Born 31 May 1903 in County Wexford, Ireland [16]
Purchased with his brother R. Aubrey A. K. CHAPMAN 1,221 acres of virgin land in Waddy Forest on 27 March 1923 [27]
The 1,221 acres was Lot M1275 of Victoria Location 2023 and was purchased from the Midland Railway Company [27]
The cost of their Lot M1275 was £1038/-/2 (17/- per acre), which they paid for by instalments over 17 years [27]
Farmer of Fernside Farm in Waddy Forest [19]
On 31 May 1926 himself and his brother acquired another 960 acres in Waddy Forest from John C. R. CHAPMAN [27]
The 960 acres was Lot M1273 of Victoria Location 2023 and still had instalments owing to the Midland Railway Company [27]
In 1928 himself and his brother purchased a McCormick-Deering tractor from Carnamah agent Charles ROBERTSON [4: 20-Oct-1928]
The next month, in November 1928, they purchased a new cab Chev truck from Carnamah dealer L. Scott WYLIE [4: 1-Dec-1928]
Married Mora WILLIAMS on 1 March 1930 at Waddy Waddy [4: 8-Mar-1930]
In April 1930 at the Carnamah Police Court he and his brother were fined £2 plus costs of £4.7.6 [4: 12-Apr-1930]
The fine was for them not undertaking poisoning on their property at the time prescribed by the Carnamah Vermin Board [4: 12-Apr-1930]
Won 2nd prize for a male Rhode Island Red in the Poultry section of Coorow-Waddy's First Agricultural Show in 1932 [5: 16-Sep-1932]
Became a member of the Carnamah Masonic Lodge No.150 WAC on 12 May 1933 [96]
Won 1st prize for a female Black Orpington and 1st and 2nd for male Rhode Island Red at the Coorow Show in 1933 [5: 15-Sep-1933]
Member of the Coorow Waddy Forest Progress Association in 1934 [5: 8-Jun-1934]
In June 1934 purchased through stock agents Dalgety & Co a young Red Poll bull [5: 8-Jun-1934]
The next month, in July 1934, purchased two Merino rams from South Australia through Elder Smith & Co [5: 13-Jul-1934]
Exhibited in the Poultry and Horse sections of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show at Maley Park, Coorow on 30 August 1934 [5]
Won 1st for male White Leghorn and Muscovy drake; and 2nd for Muscovy duck and male and female Rhode Island Reds [5]
In the Horse section received 2nd prize for a Team of Four Farm Horses [5: 7-Sep-1934]
Purchased a new Stromberg-Carlson wireless set (radio) in August 1934 [5: 24-Aug-1934]
Attended the funeral of Mrs Christina B. D. FORRESTER of Carnamah at the Winchester Cemetery on 31 August 1934 [4: 8-Sep-1934]
Committee Member of the Coorow-Waddy Forest Districts Agricultural Society 1934-1946 [5: 13-Apr-1934, 13-Mar-1936] [150]
In December 1934 purchased a "Selfreezer" automatic refrigerator [5: 14-Dec-1934]
Exhibited in the Sheep, Sheep Dog and Poultry sections of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on 5 September 1935 [5: 13-Sep-1935]
In the Sheep section was awarded 1st prize for Merino Ram under 2½ years, and 2nd for Merino Ram over 2½ years [5]
Won 2nd for Kelpie Sheep Dog or Bitch, and 1st prizes for male Rhode Island Red, male White Leghorn and Muscovy duck [5]
Awarded 1st prize for Kelpie Sheep Dog or Bitch at the Carnamah Agricultural Show on Thursday 12 September 1935 [5: 20-Sep-1935]
Attended the funeral of Miss "May" Mary L. LANG of Carnamah 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]
Played in the Carnamah Masonic Lodge's Inaugural Annual Golf Meeting in Carnamah on Saturday 1 August 1936 [5: 7-Aug-1936]
In 1936 donated £1/1/- prize money for Breeding Blood Mare to the Coorow-Waddy Forest Districts Agricultural Society [5: 17-Jul-1936]
Sold four pig porkers at 28/6 per head through Elder Smith & Co Ltd at the Midland Market on 14 October 1936 [5: 16-Oct-1936]
Exhibited in the Sheep, Sheep Dog, Pig, Poultry and Cattle sections of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1937 [5: 10-Sep-1937]
Won 1st prizes for Three Fat First-Cross Lambs in the wool, Kelpie dog or bitch, Two Porkers, and 2nd for Best Grown Call [5]
Won both 1st and 2nd prizes for both male and female Rhode Island Red; and 2nd for both male and female Black Orpington [5]
Also won 1st prize for Kelpie and prizes for poultry at the 1937 Carnamah Agricultural Show held a week later [5: 17-Sep-1937]
Awarded both 1st and 2nd prizes for Rhode Island Red cock and White Leghorn cock, [5]
1st prizes for Rhode Island Red hen and Black Orpington cock, and 2nd prize for Black Orpington hen [5]
Financial Member of the Carnamah District Agricultural Society in 1938, 1939 and 1952 [13]
He and his brother had an account with Carnamah blacksmith, wheelwright and motor mechanics Henry Parkin & Son [53]
Member of the No. 2 Troop of the "C" Squadron of the 25th Light Horse Machine Gun Militia Regiment in 1939 [P15]
The No. 2 Troop was made of people from the North Midlands and trained in Carnamah once a fortnight [P15]
Later served full time with the 25th Light Horse regiment at Canning Weir, Western Australia [P15]
Enlisted in the Australian Army at Canning Weir on 17 December 1940 [16]
Private W1227 in the Australian Army's 16th Battalion during the Second World War [16]
Attended the funeral of Waddy Forest farmer Stanley L. FOLLAND at the Moora Cemetery on Monday 25 August 1941 [4: 30-Aug-1941]
Pallbearer at the funeral of Coorow farmer Price Willis HUNT on 11 September 1946 at the Winchester Cemetery [5]
Steward of the Poultry section at the Coorow-Waddy Forest Districts Agricultural Society's Tenth Annual Show in 1947 [150]
Casket carrier at the funeral of Coorow farmer Frederick John KAU at the Winchester Cemetery on 27 March 1950 [4]
Vice President in 1950 and President in 1951 of the Coorow-Waddy Forest Districts Agricultural Society [4: 7-Apr-1951]
Employed the services of local builder E. Clive HUNTER to build him a new house on his farm [P320]
Along with his wife and two children spent seven months touring the British Isles in 1952 [0: image 04687]
Pallbearer at the funeral of Waddy Forest farmer Angus Archibald Nicol MCGILP on 28 July 1956 at the Winchester Cemetery [4]
Farmer of Fernside Farm in Waddy Forest until at least 1973, and later the farmer of Glandoran Farm in Latham [19]
In 1984 was living at Sullivan Lodge in Myer Street, Dalwallinu; and passed away at the Dalwallinu District Hospital [1] [90]
Father of Enid and Graham [14]
Died 6 December 1984 in Dalwallinu; buried Winchester Cemetery, Carnamah (Row G, Plot 11) [1]
Mrs Mora CHAPMAN
Wife of "Ernest" George Ernest Herbert Albert Dungan CHAPMAN; see Mora WILLIAMS
"Aubrey" Robert Aubrey Alexander Kingston CHAPMAN
Born 11 February 1905 in Ireland [16]
Farmer of Ferndale Farm in Waddy Forest / Latham [19] [50]
Purchased with his brother G. Ernest H. A. D. CHAPPMAN 1,221 acres of virgin land in Waddy Forest on 27 March 1923 [27]
The 1,221 acres was Lot M1275 of Victoria Location 2023 and was purchased from the Midland Railway Company [27]
The cost of their Lot M1275 was £1038/-/2 (17/- per acre), which they paid for by instalments over 17 years [27]
On 31 May 1926 himself and his brother acquired another 960 acres in Waddy Forest from John C. R. CHAPMAN [27]
The 960 acres was Lot M1273 of Victoria Location 2023 and still had instalments owing to the Midland Railway Company [27]
In 1928 himself and his brother purchased a McCormick-Deering tractor from Carnamah agent Charles ROBERTSON [4: 20-Oct-1928]
The next month, in November 1928, they purchased a new cab Chev truck from Carnamah dealer L. Scott WYLIE [4: 1-Dec-1928]
Married Thelma Enid JUST in Perth in 1931 [66]
Became a member of the Carnamah Masonic Lodge No.150 WAC on 12 June 1931 [96]
He and his brother had an account with Carnamah blacksmith, wheelwright and motor mechanics Henry Parkin & Son [53]
"Chapman Bros" sold 104 sheep through Elder Smith & Co Ltd at three Midland Markets in 1935 [5: 14-Sep-1935, 11-Oct-1935, 15-Nov-1935]
The 104 sheep were 74 suckers (6 at 18/7, 38 suckers at 18/1, 30 suckers at 16/1), 12 lambs at 15/7 and 18 shorn ewes at 8/- [5]
They sold 17 bales of wool at 14¾d. per pound through Westralian Farmers at the Wool Sale in Perth on 28 October 1935 [5: 1-Nov-1935]
They sold 22 ewes at 11/10 and 21 ewes at 7/10 through Elder Smith & Co Ltd at the Midland Market in October 1936 [5: 16-Oct-1936]
In November 1936 they sold five bales of wool at 16½d. per pound through Elder Smith & Co Ltd [5: 27-Nov-1936]
His wife Thelma passed away at the age of 55 years on 5 March 1962 and was buried at the Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth [2]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Woodlands [2]
Died 5 February 1989; buried Pinnaroo Valley Memorial Park, Perth WA (Acacia Court, 3176) [2]
W. CHENEY
Hosted a Social at his home in Coorow in 1919, which raised £2/4/6 for the Moora District Hospital [10: 30-May-1919]
David CHISHOLM
Tractor Driver in Waddy Forest in 1931 [50]
Antonio CHRISFUT
Born C.1880 in Italy [4: 13-Sep-1930]
Land Clearer for F. W. G. LIEBE's at his No. 1 Camp of Waddi Farm in Waddy Forest in 1930 [4]
While chopping down trees on Waddi on Friday 12 September 1930 a tree came down prematurely and broke both of his legs [4]
Dr. Cecil P. ROSENTHAL of Carnamah travelled to the Camp and after attending to him ordered his removal to hospital [4]
He was conveyed over 18 miles to the Carnamah Private Hospital on a truck by the Camp's foreman [4]
The next day he was reported "to be doing fairly well in view of the serious injuries" [4]
At the time of his accident he was married, however his family were living in Italy [4]
Edward John Arthur CLAIRS
Born 1877 in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England [20] [21]
Son of Edward Spittlehouse CLAIRS and Maria Elizabeth STOKES [20] [21]
In 1881 he was living with his parents and younger siblings James and Elizabeth at 18 Prospect Street in Huddersfield, Yorkshire [20]
Departed London, England on the barque ship Helena Mena with his parents and siblings James, Elizabeth, George and Edith [69]
They arrived on the Helena Mena in Fremantle, Western Australia on 16 September 1887 [69]
Married (1) Rose Isabel DAWSON in Busselton in 1901 [15]
Manager in Coorow in 1911 [19]
Member of the Coorow Farmers' Progress Association - was Secretary in 1911 [215]
Along with George BATTERSBY and James MCGILL requested the establishment of a tent school in Coorow in September 1911 [215]
Guaranteed to contribute to the teacher's salary if the attendance fell below ten at the proposed Coorow State School in 1911 [215]
In late 1911 the Education Department railed furniture for the school to Coorow, and requested he arrange to get it to the school [215]
They'd hoped to hold the school in a storage building owned by Edward M. BLYTHE but shortly thereafter the building was sold [215]
He wrote enlisting the help of Samuel F. MOORE, M.L.A. to secure an official school building for the Coorow State School [215]
Samuel F. MOORE succeeded in getting a building for Coorow approved, but it failed to eventuate due to low student numbers [215]
He may have resided in Coorow until 1913 [50]
Married (2) Eva Agnes RIELLY in 1949 [66]
Later resided in South Perth [2]
Father of Dorothy Kathleen, John James and twins Mavis and Nancy [15]
Died 30 July 1951; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, AA, 157) [2]
Richard CLARE
Born C.1924 in England [1] [90]
Pensioner of Carranya Farm in Coorow in 1979 [90]
Died 19 September 1979 in Coorow; buried Winchester Cemetery, Carnamah (Row U, Plot 8) [1]
Helen Mary CLARKE
Born 22 June 1940 [14] in Pinjarra, Western Australia [90]
Daughter of Milton Ian Hamilton and Millie CLARKE [14]
Married LOVERIDGE [14]
Resided of late at Lot 81 Bristol Street in Coorow [1]
Passed away at the age of 44 years at the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs [1]
Died 17 January 1985 in Three Springs; buried Winchester Cemetery, Carnamah (Row U, Plot 11) [1]
Mrs Mary Ann CLARKE
Resided on Porthkerry Farm in Latham 1917-1922 [50]
Miss Victoria Evelyn May CLARK
Resided on Porthkerry Farm in Latham 1919-1922 [50]
George Maynard CLARKE
Farmer of Porthkerry Farm in Latham in 1921 and 1922 [50]
William Edwin CLARKE
Fettler in Latham in 1916 and 1917 [50]
Farmer of Porthkerry Farm in Latham 1919-1921 [50]
"Bill" William John CLARKE
Born 7 March 1913 in Perth, Western Australia [16]
Son of Matthew Patrick CLARKE [16] [187]
Resided with his parents in Goomalling [187]
Boarding Student at Saint Ildephonsus College in New Norcia from 9 February 1927 until December 1929 [187]
Farmer in Marchagee 1937-1971 [3] [19] [187]
On settling in Marchagee he worked hard "to establish a progressive farm and a good flock of sheep" [187]
His farm in Marchagee was 4,482 acres in size and consisted of Victoria Locations 5800, 5852 and 8576 [3]
The 4,482 acres in Marchagee initially belonged to his father, who also paid its rates, but it was later transferred into his name [3]
Member of the Coorow Football Club in 1939 [187]
Corporal W72072 in Coorow's local Volunteer Defence Corps during the Second World War [16]
Farmer in Marchagee until his death in 1971 [2] [19]
Died 29 October 1971; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Roman Catholic, Lawn 6, 380) [2]
Fleta May CLARKSON
Born 4 August 1911 [84]
Daughter of Joseph William CLARKSON and Myra May DOWNES [84]
Resided with her parents in Dongara [84]
Baptised at the Methodist Church in Dongara on 10 September 1911 by William R. LANG of Dongara [84]
Married (1) Keith Clements RUSS in 1933 [66]
Resided in Dongara 1936-1947, where her husband worked as a Shop Assistant [19]
Assistant at the Coorow Hotel in Coorow 1948-1950 [19]
Albyn DOWNES and Thomas C. DOWNES of Coorow were her first cousins once removed [15]
Married (2) Coorow farmer "Ed" David Idwal DAVIES [P84]
Resided with her husband on farmland in Coorow 1952-1970 [19]
Following her husband's death in 1970 resided in a house in Main Street in the Coorow townsite [P84]
Resided in Coorow until 1977, and later resided in the Perth suburb of Myaree [2] [19]
Died 12 April 1995; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Crematorium Rose Gardens, 17, 88) [2]
Arthur F. CLATWORTHY
Farmhand in Koobabbie Farm in Coorow in 1922 [50]
Alfred Henry CLEGG
Railway Fettler in Coorow 1908-1910 [19]
Percival James CLEGG
Railway Fettler in Coorow 1908-1910 [19]
Dorothy Mabel CLEGGETT
Born 1903 in Perth, Western Australia [15]
Daughter of Gordon Harvey CLEGGETT and Ada Lillian Isabel HALL [15]
Married "Bert" Albert Joseph BONSER in 1922 [66]
Resided with her husband and children in Waddy Forest from 1929 until leaving in April 1934 [5: 13-Apr-1934] [19]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Rossmoyne [2]
Died 9 March 1985; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Roman Catholic, ZD, 228) [2]
Eliza Martha CLIMIE
Born C.1880 [2]
Married William Thomas JACKS in Perth in 1913 [66]
Farmer in Coorow 1929-1933 [6]
On 21 September 1927 she had purchased 1117 acres of virgin land in Coorow from the Midland Railway Company [27]
The 1117 acres was Lot M1745 of Victoria Location 2023 and cost 12/- per acre (a total of £669.18.10, payable by instalments) [27]
Extended her farm to a total of 1517 acres with the purchase of 400 acres from Mrs Esther M. GRANT on 23 January 1929 [27]
The 400 acres was Lot M1548 of Victoria Location 2023 and was situated on the north side of the South Waddy Road [27] [62]
The Midland Railway Company rescinded the sale on Lot M1745 on 19 June 1935, and later re-sold it to J. T. C. HAWORTH [27]
Around the same time she appears to have sold Lot M1548 of her farm to Charles C. BOTHE of Coorow [3]
Resided of late in West Perth [2]
Died 1 May 1942; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, LB, 458) [2]
"Clinchy" David Vernon CLINCH
Born C.1950 [2]
Son of "Len" Lennard CLINCH "Marge" Margery Ethel GREEN [19] [45] [66]
Resided in Main Street in the Coorow townsite [45]
Truck Driver for Sovereign Petroleum working from their petrol depot in Carnamah 1997-2007 [194: 26-Jan-2007]
Described as a "larger than life, happy go lucky bloke" who was a "great mate" and was "respected by everybody" [45] [194: 26-Jan-2007]
Member of the Coorow Football Club and later a member of the Coorow-Latham Football Club - played 105 league games [45]
Member of the Coorow Golf Club, and was their Barman [45]
Killed instantly when he lost control of his tanker carrying 34,000 litres of diesel and petrol on Evans Road in Walkaway [194: 26-Jan-2007]
Father of Sharyn, Kelly and Tracy [45]
Died 24 January 2007; buried Pinnaroo Valley Memorial Park, Perth WA (Melaleuca Court, Plot 1463) [2]
Janet May CLINCH
Born C.1879 [2]
Married "Hamlet" Alexander Hamlet JONES in Perth in 1902 [15]
Resided with her husband and children on Turipa Farm in Coorow [19]
Provided a room and a supply of water for the half-time Turipa State School on their farm, which opened on 8 December 1913 [215]
The room was 17 by 14 feet in size, contained one window and two doors and had satisfactory sanitary arrangements [215]
She also provided boarding for the teacher who taught half-time at Turipa and half-time at the Coorow State School [215]
The school on their farm closed and reopened a number of times, but operated sporadically until 1919 [215]
With her husband wrote to the Education Department on 20 May 1921 about the location of the Coorow State School building [215]
They encouraged the block supplied by the Midland Railway Company be used rather than the Government allotted block [215]
The block supplied by the Company was nearer to those like themselves living further out and nearer water for horses [215]
Other settlers and an Inspector also recommended the Company's block, and the school was erected there in May 1922 [215]
Assisted the Coorow Hall Committee with the Official Opening of the Coorow Agricultural Hall on 1 February 1923 [9: 23-Feb-1923]
Attended the Ball at the East Marchagee Hall after the Marchagee-Gunyidi Picnic & Sports Day on 14 September 1935 [5: 27-Sep-1935]
Attended the funeral of Carnamah agent William B. SHERIDAN at the Winchester Cemetery on 27 January 1936 [5: 31-Jan-1936]
Wrote to the Carnamah District Road Board during July 1936 in connection with her outstanding rates [5: 10-Jul-1936]
Washed the Coorow Football Club's uniforms in 1936 and 1937 [5: 16-Apr-1937]
Won 1st prizes for Pie Melon and Dressed Fowl at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on 3 September 1936 [5: 11-Sep-1936]
Attended Roy M. PATTON's birthday at the dam on Longforest Farm in Waddy Forest on Sunday 8 November 1936 [5: 13-Nov-1936]
Advertised in November 1936 that she had four sheep dog pups for sale - males at £3/3/- each and females at £2/2/- each [5: 27-Nov-1936]
The mother of the pups was a pedigree Border Collie bred by Messrs GRONOW & Sons of Waddy Forest [5: 27-Nov-1936]
The father of the pups was "a wonderful sheep dog" bred by Francis C. B. LEFROY of Boolardy Station near Yalgoo [5] [50]
Herself, her husband, their daughter Madge, son Edward and Alfred J. YORK holidayed in Perth in March 1937 [5: 5-Mar-1937]
Thanks for her past support and for the donation of a trophy was made at the Coorow Football Club's AGM in 1937 [5: 23-Apr-1937]
Employed the services of local builder E. Clive HUNTER to build a new house on her Turipa Farm in Coorow [P320]
Mother of Trix, Una, Madge, Neta, Emma and Ted [5: 13-Jan-1939] [P17]
Died 1 June 1962; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Crematorium Rose Gardens, Garden of Remembrance, 3, 44) [2]
Lydia CLINCH
Born 1910 in Perth, Western Australia [15]
Daughter of William Reginald CLINCH and Clara Grace MORTIMER [5: 30-Mar-1934] [15]
Her grandfather's brother James CLINCH had taken up land in 1842 and pioneered what became Berkshire Valley [5: 30-Mar-1934]
Educated at the Moora State School and at the Convent School in Moora [P310]
Trained as a Nurse at the Children's Hospital and King Edward Memorial Hospital in Perth [P310]
Prior to her marriage resided with her parents on West End Farm in Moora, and worked as a Nurse in Moora [5: 23-Feb-1934] [P310]
The property West End had originally been an out-station of James CLINCH's called Moira, after which Moora was named [5]
Married Charles Hyde GRONOW on Tuesday 13 March 1934 at Saint James Church in Moora [5: 30-Mar-1934]
Her bridesmaid was her sister Miss Muriel CLINCH, while the best man was Charles' brother Lionel R. GRONOW [5]
They held their wedding reception at West End and afterwards proceeded to Perth to sail on the Katoomba to the Eastern States [5]
Following their honeymoon herself and her husband arrived to their home in Waddy Forest on Saturday 7 April 1934 [5: 13-Apr-1934]
Resided with her husband on Ingleneuk / Grovalley Farm in Waddy Forest 1934-1956 [19] [P310]
Her nursing skills were often called upon in medical emergencies in Coorow and Waddy Forest [P310]
Member of the Coorow branch of the Country Women's Association [P310]
Member of the Coorow Golf Club [P310]
Attended the Coorow Golf Club's Opening Day for the 1936 season in Coorow on Sunday 17 May 1936 [5: 22-May-1936]
Entertained a number of friends at their home in Waddy on 15 August 1936 to celebrate their daughter's first birthday [5: 21-Aug-1936]
Attended the Surprise 21st Birthday Party for Nance FOLLAND at Enfield Park in Waddy Forest on 17 August 1936 [5: 21-Aug-1936]
Won 1st for Sweet Peas exhibited in the Flower section of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on 3 September 1936 [5: 11-Sep-1936]
Attended Roy M. PATTON's birthday at the dam on Longforest Farm in Waddy Forest on Sunday 8 November 1936 [5: 13-Nov-1936]
Attended the Coronation Ball at the Carnamah Hall on Wednesday evening 12 May 1937 dressed in floral taffeta [5: 14-May-1937]
Her sister Miss M. CLINCH of Moora holidayed with her in Waddy Forest in July 1937 [5: 16-Jul-1937]
Member of Coorow's branch of the Red Cross Society [P310]
Member of the Coorow Parents & Citizens Association [P310]
In 1942 her sister Muriel, who had been his bridesmaid, married her brother-in-law Lionel R. GRONOW [66]
Left Waddy Forest in 1956 and shifted to 17 Viking Road in the Perth suburb of Dalkeith [P310]
Shifted to Perth as her daughters were working, in nursing training, starting high school and disliking boarding school [P310]
Resided in the Perth suburb of Dalkeith until her death in 1998 [2]
Mother of Eleanor, Margaret, Rosalie and Wendy [P310]
Died 1 April 1998; ashes scatted in the sea in the Perth suburb of Cottesloe [P310]
William CLIVES
Farmhand in Marchagee 1911-1914 [19] [50]
"Dave" David Vivian COCKS
Born 21 March 1922 in Bedfordshire, England [16]
Resided in the Perth suburb of Welshpool prior to enlisting in the Royal Australian Air Force on 15 May 1941 [16]
Spent twelve months as Navigator Bombardier of Course 46 at Port Pirie in South Australia [P294]
Corporal 38680 in the Royal Australian Air Force's 3 School of Technical Training during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Royal Australian Air Force on 20 February 1945 [16]
Projectionist for Ray DEAN's North Midlands Pictures circuit from early 1946 until 1949 [P294]
In 1949 purchased Ray DEAN's southern picture circuit, which involved running picture shows in thirteen towns [P294]
Worked his picture circuit seven days a week - half the towns once a week and the other half once a fortnight [P294]
The thirteen towns were through and beyond the North Midlands and included Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs [P294]
Member of the Three Springs Golf Club - defeated Douglas THOMSON to become Men's Champion in 1948 [P294]
When running the pictures in Carnamah he stayed at the Carnamah Hotel and had his meals at Wells & Wells Cafe [P294]
Following the visit of an inspector the Carnamah District Road Board had a Bio Box installed in the Carnamah Hall in 1952 [283]
Prior to the installation of the Bio Box he had to mount his machines in the Hall's foyer, completely blocking the main entrance [283]
Member of the Carnamah Golf Club in 1952 [5: 10-Jul-1952]
Purchased two vacant blocks in the Three Springs townsite from Arthur W. G. A. POTTS for £100 [P294]
Married Wendy VINCENT, daughter of Dr Fred VINCENT of Perth, in September 1953 [P294]
Had a house built on one of his townsite blocks opposite the hospital in Three Springs, and resided there for six months [P294]
Sold his house in the Three Springs townsite to Charles F. THOMAS, left Three Springs and shifted to Perth in 1954 [P294]
Resided in the Perth suburb of Peppermint Grove until 1959 when he shifted to Coorow [P294]
In 1961 built a house in the Coorow townsite and also built a drive-in movie theatre in Three Springs [P294]
Resided in his house next to the Masonic Lodge in Main Street, Coorow (owned Lots 13 & 14 Main Street, Coorow) [3] [P294]
Represented Coorow on the Carnamah District Road Board 1961 [7: page 112]
Instrumental in the formation of the Coorow Shire Council in 1962 - was a Foundation Member and Inaugural Vice President [P294]
Served on the Coorow Shire Council representing the Town/Rural Ward in 1962 and 1963 [284]
Member of the Coorow Bowling Club - played for the Club's Pennant team, was Captain and Sole Selector [P294]
Secretary of the Coorow Golf Club and the local Liberal Party [P294]
Chairman of the Coorow Parents & Citizens Association and of the local Volunteer Bush Fire Brigade [P294]
In 1964 sold his picture circuit business and the drive-in movie theatre in Three Springs to Maurie GATES [P294]
After selling his business left Coorow and shifted to Perth where he attended university and became an Accountant [P294]
He was appointed a Commissioner for Declarations by the Honourable Minister for Justice on 25 January 1971 [P294]
Later retired to Busselton with his eldest daughter and her two sons [P294]
John COFFY
Farmhand for William A. MCALPINE on Glenview Farm in Latham 1911-1921 [50]
Isabel May COLE
Born 1913 [15]
Married Eric Arthur BROWN in Perth in 1937 [66]
Resided in Coorow in 1938 [84]
Later resided in Morawa [2]
Died 29 June 1989; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (EC Section, Garden of Remembrance, 26, 218) [2]
Adria Catherine Emily COLES
Born C.1867 in the East Indies [20]
In 1871 was living with her mother Jane and brother William in Hurley Road in Penge, Surrey, England [20]
Ten years later herself, her brother and their widowed mother were living at 7 Westerhall Villa in Radipole, Dorset, England [20]
In 1891 they were living at 27 Thurlowe Place in Brompton, Kensington, London, England [20]
Married Cowper Sutton TODD in 1897 in Middlesex, England [20]
In 1901 was living with her husband and daughter on Huntingrove Farm in Slinfold, Sussex, England [20]
They departed London, England on the steamship Waratah on 6 November 1908 bound for Adelaide, South Australia [203]
Resided with her husband and children on Ditcham Farm in Latham, Western Australia 1910-1918 [6] [19] [152]
Came 3rd in the Married Ladies' Race at the Coorow Farmers' Progress Association's Picnic & Sports on 7 October 1911 [39: 12-Oct-1911]
Departed Fremantle, Western Australia on the steamship Otway and arrived in London, England on 23 December 1911 [204]
Purchased the quarter acre Lots 1 and 2 of the Coorow townsite from the Midland Railway Company on 20 February 1914 [27]
The two lots cost £20 each, or a total of £40, which she completed paying for by instalments over 18 months [27]
Sold the two quarter acre townsite lots to Heinrich W. BOTHE of Coorow during the 1926-27 financial year [34]
Resided at 34 Hill Street in the Perth suburb of East Perth 1920-1922 [6] [50]
They departed Wellington, New Zealand on the steamship Ruahine and arrived in Southampton, England on 4 August 1922 [204]
Mother of Constance and Richard [203]
Alfred William COLLINS
Labourer in Coorow 1930-1933 [19]
Lisa Marie COMLEY
Born 1985 in Three Springs, Western Australia [1] [90]
Resided at the Caravan Park in Coorow [90]
Died May 1985 in Coorow; buried Winchester Cemetery, Carnamah (Row U, Plot 12) [1]
Also known as Lisa Marie WATSON [1]
"Tom" Walter Thomas COMLEY
Born C.1900 in England [7: page 167, 169] [26]
Labourer of 7 Queen Street off White Hart Lane in Tottenham, London, England in 1923 [203]
Departed London, England on the steamship Bendigo and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 2 October 1923 [70]
Travelled from Fremantle to Latham by train where he had secured a job with farmer "Old Joe" Joseph J. AGUILAR [7: page 167]
On arrival in Latham he was met by Eric F. JUST who also worked for Old Joe [7: page 167]
Worked on Joe's farm in Latham where he among other tasks checked on horses, drew water from the well and did fencing [7: page 167]
His wages were 25/- per week with food however he hadn't been paid and was owed £70 so left Joe's employment [7: page 167]
Farmhand for "Ted" Edward MONK in Latham for about six weeks, during which time Joe paid him £75 [7: page 168]
Farmhand for "Bert" Herbert T. FOX in Latham for six years [7: page 168]
Married Elizabeth GALBRAITH in 1929 [66]
Shifted to Coorow around 1934, after working in Latham for eleven years [7: page 168]
Farmhand in Coorow - for George HUTCHCRAFT for three years and then for James UNDERWOOD for six years [7: page 168]
Around 1943 began working for Co-operative Bulk Handing as a Bin Attendant at the wheat bins in Coorow [7: page 168]
Later relocated to Winchester where he worked on the wheat bins for 17 years [7: page 168]
When he shifted to Winchester his wife remained living in Coorow [P8]
On retirement as a bin attendant purchased a house in the Winchester townsite from Charles CHAPMAN [7: page 169]
Resided at 1 Penang Street in the Winchester townsite [19]
Caretaker for the Midland Railway Company of the railway yards in Winchester [7: page 169]
Later resided at 1 Railway Avenue in the Carnamah townsite [19]
Resided in Carnamah until 23 July 1973 when he moved to the Lady Brand Lodge in Three Springs [7: page 169] [147]
He was one of the first twelve residents to move into the then brand new Lady Brand Lodge [7: page 169]
Resided at the Lady Brand Lodge in Three Springs from 23 July 1973 until 21 February 1983 [147]
Father of Ivy, Walter, Richard, James and Phyllis [P246]
Died 6 June 1990; buried Utakarra Cemetery, Geraldton WA [26]
Mrs CONNELL
Came 2nd in the Married Ladies Race at the Coorow Farmers' Progress Association's Picnic & Sports on 7 October 1911 [39: 12-Oct-1911]
Oswald CONNETT
Contractor in Coorow 1911-1917 [19]
Alfred COOPER
Born 8 May 1911 in Lancashire, England [16]
Farmer in Waddy Forest 1938-1962 [19] [50]
Married Mabel Violet BRYANT in 1942 [66]
Enlisted in the Australian Army on 22 July 1942 [16]
Private WX25390 in the Australian Army's 3rd Field Regiment during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 8 March 1946 [16]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Upper Swan [2]
Died 19 October 1989; cremated at the Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA [2]
Samuel COOPER
Farmer in Waddy Forest 1929-1949 [19]
His farm consisted of or included Victoria Locations 8936 and 8988 [61]
William CORCORAN
Miner in Coorow 1911-1913 [19] [50]
Thomas James CORTEEN
Married Ethel Grace BOURNE in 1908 [66]
Absentee owner of farmland in Gunyidi / Marchagee [3] [61]
In 1932 owned a Pontiac car which he had licensed with the Carnamah District Road Board with license plate CA-102 [4: 12-Nov-1932]
A partnership of "Corteen and Cheney" of Gunyidi were the owners of a Ford truck registered with license plate CA-127 in 1932 [4]
Stephen COSH
Farmer of Long View Farm in Gunyidi 1931-1939 [19] [50]
James COWAN
Labourer in Nugadong, East Gunyidi 1911-1913 [50]
Minnie Lane COWAN
Born C.1876 [2]
Married "Harry" William Harry JEFFERIS in Perth in 1899 [15]
Resided on Warrah Farm in Latham 1910-1924 [6] [152] [215]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Cottesloe [2]
Mother of Kathleen Marian, Vernon Eddington, Mamie Florence, James Cowan and Kenneth Pank [15] [215]
Died 18 September 1963; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Crematorium Rose Gardens, Rose Memorial, 4A, 3) [2]
Mrs Florence May COX
Wife of William Charles COX; see Florence May STRAHAN
Jeannie Ann COX
Born C.1894 [5]
Married Reginald James BEAMENT in 1933 in Perth, Western Australia [66]
Resided with her husband in Gunyidi, where she died at the age of 40 years, following childbirth in March 1934 [5: 16-Mar-1934]
From The North Midland Times newspaper, Friday 16 March 1934:
Sad Birth Fatality - Mother and Child Dead When Doctor Arrived
"From Dalwallinu during the week came tidings of the death under extremely sad circumstances of Mrs. Jeanne Ann Beaumont, aged 40, at her home at Gunyidi on the Midland line on Tuesday afternoon last. Mrs. Beaumont was to have entered the maternity ward of the Dalwallinu hospital but gave birth to her child at home, unattended by either doctor or nurse. Dr. Anderson of Dalwallinu was summoned and rushed to the homestead but on arrival found both the mother and child dead."
William Charles COX
Born 1883 in Charlwood, Surrey, England [20] [21]
Son of carpenter Charles COX and Matilda Alice HURLOCK [20] [21]
In 1891 he was living with his parents, sisters Dora and Violet and brother Ernest at Page Wood Cottage in Charlwood, Surrey [20]
Later resided his parents and siblings Dora, Violet, Ernest, Walter, Reginald and Frederick at 26 Garabald Road in Reigate, Surrey [20]
On leaving England he gave his occupation as "Railwayman" [203]
Departed London, England on the steamship Pakeha on 13 April 1911 bound for Fremantle, Western Australia [203]
Railway Fireman in Walkaway, during which time he lived at the Locomotive Sheds in Walkaway [50]
Enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force at Blackboy Hill on 7 July 1915 [30: item 3437535]
He had been passed as fit for active service in Geraldton four days earlier on 3 July 1915 [30]
Upon enlistment he was 5 feet 10 inches tall, weighed 152 pounds and had dark hazel eyes, brown hair and a fair complexion [30]
He was also noted as having the distinctive marks of scars on his right shin and the first finger of his left hand [30]
Gave his mother Mrs Matilda COX as his next of kin, her address being 28 Alsbrook Road in Red Hill, Surrey, England [30]
After training at North Essendon in Melbourne he was appointed to the 16th Battery of the 6th Field Artillery Brigade [30]
Embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia for active service abroad on the H.M.A.T. A34 Persic on 22 November 1915 [30]
Gunner 7986 in the Australian Imperial Force's 6th Field Artillery Brigade in France during the First World War [30]
Hospitalised in France with acute nephritis on 4 October 1916 and was invalided to England and then back to Australia [30]
Departed London, England on the steamship Ayrshire and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 9 July 1917 [70]
Due to being medically unfit he was discharged from the Australian Imperial Force in Western Australia on 2 August 1917 [30]
Received the 1914-15 Star, the British War Medal and the Victory Medal [30]
Married Florence May STRAHAN in 1918 [66]
Railwayman in Mingenew 1923-1925 [19]
Stationmaster of the Railway Station in Coorow 1925-1937 [5: 5-Nov-1937]
Purchased the vacant Lots 91 and 92 of Victoria Location 2023 in the Coorow townsite on 15 May 1926 [27]
The two vacant blocks were purchased from the Midland Railway Company for £34 and were payable over 12 months [27]
By mid 1932 he had sold Lots 91 and 92, which were still vacant, to Mrs Lilian S. BINGHAM of Coorow [3]
Attended the Valedictory Dinner tendered to Alexander B. GLOSTER at the Coorow Hotel on Monday 3 July 1933 [5: 7-Jul-1933]
Member of the Coorow Tennis Club from 1932-33 to 1936-37 - was Treasurer in 1932-33 [5: 14-Oct-1932, 25-Oct-1935, 18-Dec-1936]
Attended the Official Opening of the Carnamah Golf Course at Centenary Park in Carnamah on Sunday 23 July 1933 [5: 28-Jul-1933]
Foundation Secretary of the Coorow Rifle Club 1934-1937 [5: 5-Jan-1934, 31-Jul-1936, 25-Jun-1937, 30-Jul-1937]
In July 1937 the Rifle Club presented him with a rose bowl in recognition of his three years of service as secretary [5: 16-Jul-1937]
First Aid Officer for the Coorow Football Club in 1934 [5: 20-Apr-1934]
Attended the Official Opening of the Coorow Golf Club's golf course in Coorow on Sunday 23 June 1935 [5: 28-Jun-1935]
Member of the Coorow Golf Club in 1935, 1936 and 1937 [5: 17-May-1935, 19-Jun-1936, 11-Jun-1937]
Attended the entertainment for the Commonwealth Grants Commission at the Coorow Hotel on 21 November 1935 [5: 29-Nov-1935]
Played for the combined Winchester-Waddy-Coorow tennis team against Carnamah-Parkinson on Sunday 5 April 1936 [5: 3-Apr-1936]
Himself and his wife were among those from Coorow who visited Perth during the Easter holidays in April 1936 [5: 17-Apr-1936]
During their stay in Perth he met with his sister who was passing via Fremantle by steamer, and who he hadn't seen in 20 years [5]
Attended the Coorow Golf Club's Opening Day for the 1936 season in Coorow on Sunday 17 May 1936 [5: 22-May-1936]
Himself and his wife spent some his annual leave in Perth in September 1936 [5: 25-Sep-1936]
Member of the Carnamah Sub-Branch of the Returned Soldiers League in 1937 [5: 30-Jul-1937]
Attended and competed at the Carnamah Golf Club's Season Opening at Centenary Park in Carnamah on 2 May 1937 [5: 7-May-1937]
Himself and Mrs FARRELL won the Monte Carlo dance at the Coorow Rifle Club's Presentation Dance on 10 July 1937 [5: 16-Jul-1937]
Attended the R.S.L. Valedictory for Charles A. METTAM at the lounge of the Carnamah Hotel on 28 July 1937 [5: 30-Jul-1937]
Father of Stanley [5: 5-Nov-1937]
Died 2 November 1937; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, ZC, 80) [2]
From The North Midland Times newspaper, Friday 5 November 1937:
"Obituary - The Late Mr. William Charles Cox - The death occurred at St. John of God Hospital, Subiaco, on Monday, November 1, when William Charles Cox, Stationmaster, of Coorow, passed away after several weeks illness. The deceased, who was 54 years of age, suffered indifferent health for some time and was also a victim of war injuries. The late Mr. Cox, who leaves a widow and a son, Stanley, to mourn their sad loss, had resided at Coorow as Stationmaster for approximately 12½ years, where he was held in the highest esteem. He took a keen interest in both tennis and rifle shooting and was secretary of the Coorow Rifle Club from its inception several years ago. The deceased was on active service in the Great War as a member of the 16th Battery, A.I.F., and was also a member of the Masonic Fraternity for many years."
From The North Midland Times newspaper, Friday 12 November 1937:
Funeral - The Late Mr. W. C. Cox
"The funeral of the late Mr. William Charles Cox, of Coorow, took place in the Church of England Cemetery, Karrakatta, on Thursday morning, November 4, in the presence of a large and representative gathering, the Rev. F. W. Gunning officiating at the graveside. Born in England 54 years ago, the late Mr. Cox had been a resident of this State for the long past 27 years and had for a long time been an employee of the Midland Railway Company, rising to the position of stationmaster at Coorow. The chief mourners were the widow (Mrs. F. W. Cox), Stanley (son), Mrs W. Beattie (sister), Miss W. Beattie (niece), Messrs W. Beattie, L. J. Strahan and W. L. Cousins (brothers-in-law), and Mrs Ryan (sister-in-law). The pall-bearers were Messrs W. H. Hackfarth (representing the Staff Officer for Rifle Clubs), E. Watts, S. L. Folland (Coorow Rifle Club), A. Cooper (Lodge Friendship, W.A.C.), F. Horner (Midland Railway Co.), and J. Stephenson.
Among those present were Messrs W. Patrick, M.L.A., J. J. Poynton (Midland Railway Co.), W. H. Melvin, W. S. Mitchell, F. Bingham, W. J. Lauder (Midland railway officers), J. Brady (Midland Railway Union), R. G. Drake, D. M. Bain, W. E. Pickering (general secretary Y.M.C.A.), C. G. Ferguson (representing Carnamah sub-branch of the R.S.L.), C. Clementson, J. F. Gundill, A. H. Hunt, A. A. Cook, H. Evett, W. Jacks, G. H. Taylor, A. Burdett, A. Cope, H. Laurissen, H. Davies, K. Sykes, J. Pereria, C. A. Mettam, H. B. Saunders (Bankers and Traders), P. T. Morcombe, T. C. Bogue, H. Walker, B. R. Chandler, F. J. Darling, J. L. Bruce, A. J. Hollingsworth, H. J. Foreman and W. Sutton (Elder Smith & Co. Ltd), G. Ryan and A. Ramsay; Mesdames A. Ramsay, H. Laurissen, H. Davies, H. Davies, D. Gray, A. Walker, A. J. Hollingsworth, Misses A. L. Kidd, M. Bogue, G. Cosgrove, and H. Walker.
Floral tributes were received from the following:- his loving wife and son, Stanley, his sister Violet and brother-in-law William, Winnie and June, The Midland Railway Employees' Union, Guy, Maude and Millie Greenwood, Mr. And Mrs. H. T. Melvin, The staff of the Y.M.C.A., the Bingham family, Mr. and Mrs. P. Morcombe and family, Mr. and Mrs. D. McDonald and family, Mr. and Mrs. J. Lampard and family, Preseton and Vi, Mr. and Mrs. A. Rudduck, Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Rudduck and family, Blanche and Baxter [Bothe], the Sporting Bodies and Residents of Coorow, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Melvin and family, the Captain and Members of the Coorow Rifle Club, the Management and Staff of Elder Smith & Co., the Carnamah Sub-Branch R.S.L., Mr. and Mrs. S. Ferguson, Committee and Members Y.M.C.A. Athletic Club, Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Patton and family, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Bierman and family, Olive and Don [Walker], Chairman, Secretary and Members of the Carnamah Road Board, Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Clark and family, The Attorney and Executive Officers of the Midland Railway Company, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. J. Long, Mrs. Kidd, Annie and Doroth, and many other floral tributes."
Alfred CREAIS
Land Clearer in Latham in 1921 and 1922 [50]
Beulah Emily CRIPPIN
Born 1855 in Birmingham, Warwick, England [20] [21]
Daughter of sawyer Joseph CRIPPIN and Eliza BRYANT [20] [21]
Prior to her parents marrying her father had been sentenced to twelve months imprisonment for bigamy in 1847 [174]
In 1859 her father was convicted under the alias of James OSBORNE for "uttering forged notes" and sentenced to 15 years [107]
Her father departed England on the convict ship Palmerston and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 11 February 1861 [69]
Following his departure herself, her siblings and their mother resided in Birmingham where her mother worked as a Boot Binder [20]
After her father received his Ticket of Leave in 1863 they sailed for Western Australia to join him the following year [69] [107]
They had gone under the CRIPPIN surname in England but arrived in and used the name of OSBORNE in Western Australia [15] [20]
Departed London, England on the ship Hastings with her mother and siblings Robert, Herbert, Lola and Martha in 1864 [69]
They arrived on the ship Hastings in Fremantle, Western Australia on 17 December 1864 [69]
Resided with her parents around Geraldton and Bootenal, where her siblings Clara and Celia were born [15]
In Western Australia her father went by the name of James OSBORNE [15]
Married (1) Robert STARLING in Geraldton in 1871 [15]
Her first husband passed away at the age of 58 years on 28 June 1882 [29]
Married (2) "Frank" Francis Henry Reeves THOMAS in Greenough in 1885 [15]
In 1896 her daughter Eliza Elizabeth STARLING married her husband's brother John Fitzgerald THOMAS [15]
Resided on Coorow Station in Coorow 1903-1911 [19] [44] [50]
Resided on Jun Jun Farm in Coorow 1912-1925 [6] [19] [44]
Mother of five STARLING children - Robert, Walter, Eliza Elizabeth, James Joseph and Charles Frederick [15]
Mother of five THOMAS children - Mary Agnes, Celia Blanche, Beulah Emily, John Fitzgerald and Francis Henry William [15]
Died 12 May 1925 [29]
Clifford Clyde CROCKER
Born 20 April 1897 in Unley, South Australia [55]
Son of William George CROCKER and Elizabeth Jessie SMITH [55]
Farmer with his father in Pingelly, Western Australia in 1916 [94]
Enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force at Blackboy Hill on 16 March 1916 [94]
Embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia for active service abroad on the H.M.A.T. Shropshire on 31 March 1916 [94]
Private 4397 in the Australian Imperial Force's 28th Battalion on the Western Front during the First World War [94]
Following the end of hostilities returned to Australia on 1 June 1919; received the British War Medal and the Victory Medal [94]
Married Vera Kathleen Craig RUTLAND in Perth in 1922 [66]
Farmer of Glenhurst Farm in Coorow, Western Australia [19]
Won 1st prize for a Draught Stallion in the Horse section of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on 8 September 1932 [5: 16-Sep-1932]
In the Poultry section of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1933 received 2nd prize for a male Bronzewing Turkey [5: 15-Sep-1933]
Attended the Annual Meeting of the Coorow-Waddy Forest Football Club on Saturday 14 April 1934 [5: 20-Apr-1934]
He was charged £8/9/6 in fines and court costs at the Carnamah Police Court on Wednesday 30 December 1936 [5: 8-Jan-1937]
The dual offence was driving an unlicensed Fisher truck without a driver's license in Poynton Parade, Coorow on 23 December [5]
Died 29 October 1998; buried Midland Cemetery, Midland WA (General, B, 73) [2]
Mrs Vera Kethleen Craig CROCKER
Wife of Clifford Clyde CROCKER; see Vera Kathleen Craig RUTLAND
Vernon George CROCKER
Born 9 April 1893 in Parkside, South Austria [55]
Son of William George CROCKER and Elizabeth Jessie SMITH [55]
Farmer of Glenhurst Farm in Coorow, Western Australia [19]
Attended the Annual Meeting of the Coorow-Waddy Forest Football Club on Saturday 14 April 1934 [5: 20-Apr-1934]
Committee Member of the Coorow Football Club in 1935 [5: 3-May-1935]
Himself and Fred CROFT were travelling to the Coorow townsite in a truck late Tuesday evening 21 May 1935 [5: 24-May-1935]
Near their destination smoke began billowing from the truck's engine and it was remembered a bag was sitting over the engine [5]
While driving along he attempted to remove the burning bag from the engine, however lost his balance and fell onto the road [5]
He was knocked unconscious, received several head injuries and was taken to the Carnamah Private Hospital for treatment [5]
Sold 41 suckers at 17/1 per head and 18 suckers at 10/4 per head through Elder Smith & Co Ltd on 16 September 1936 [5: 18-Sep-1936]
Member of the Coorow Cricket Club in 1936-37 [5: 16-Oct-1936]
Later resided in the outer Perth suburb of Midland [2]
Died 27 October 1978; ashes buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Wesleyan, B, 3) [2]
Mrs Alma Caroline CROFT
Partner of Augustus Frederick Leopold CROFT; see Alma Caroline HOLDEN
"Augie" Augustus Frederick Leopold CROFT
Born 9 November 1892 in Tyabb, Victoria, Australia [P328]
Son of Frederick CROFT and Anne Linday KING [P328]
His father was from East Prussia and his mother from England, and they had married in 1889 when his mother was just 16 [P328]
Believed to have shifted to Western Australia with his father and possibly also his mother in about 1893 or 1894 [6]
His father had two small farms at West End and Dalaroo in Moora, and worked in and around Moora doing building work [P328]
Following his mother's departure he was raised and cared for by a foster family associated with the Salvation Army [P328]
After he left school he worked with his father in Moora, during which time he learnt almost all of his building skills [P328]
Labourer of Osnabruck Farm in Moora in 1916 [50]
Enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in Perth on 14 April 1916 [30: item 3466100]
Upon enlistment he was 5 feet 8 inches tall, weighed 157 pounds, and had brown eyes, dark brown hair and a dark complexion [30]
After brief training he was appointed on 4 May 1916 to the 16th Reinforcements of the 28th Battalion [30]
Discharged from the Australian Imperial Force "in consequence of nationality" on 23 May 1916 [30]
Met his partner Alma Caroline THOMAS (nee HOLDEN) in the Perth suburb of Subiaco in 1916 [P328]
Labourer of Osnabruck Farm in Moora 1919-1922 [50]
Resided with Alma and later their children on Wattle Dell Farm in Moora while doing building work throughout the Midlands [P328]
Worked as a Building Contractor, including large amounts of work for the Midland Railway Company [P328]
In 1930 they left Moora and shifted to Coorow, where he continued to work as a Builder [P328]
They initially resided in a makeshift house called The Haven on land in Coorow belonging to the Midland Railway Company [P328]
On 20 September 1935 Alma purchased the vacant quarter acre Lot 12 Poynton Parade in the Coorow townsite [27]
The Carnamah District Road Board approved plans for the construction of a residence on the block in December 1936 [5: 24-Dec-1936]
He built a house of cement rendered mud brick with a corrugated iron roof at Lot 12, which they named Mornington [P328]
Resided at Mornington, Lot 12 Poynton Parade in the Coorow townsite 1936-1941 [P328]
Attended the Valedictory Dinner tendered to Alexander B. GLOSTER at the Coorow Hotel on Monday 3 July 1933 [5: 7-Jul-1933]
Member of the Coorow Football Club - was their First Aid Man in 1935 and Chairman in 1936 [5: 3-May-1935, 10-Apr-1936]
Attended the Bucks Party for George A. RAFFAN and Eric J. BRADLEY of Winchester in Coorow on 7 October 1936 [5: 16-Oct-1936]
Member of the Coorow Cricket Club in 1936-37 [5: 16-Oct-1936, 29-Jan-1937]
Played for the defeated Married Men in a cricket match against Single Men in Coorow on Sunday 11 April 1937 [5: 16-Apr-1937]
Donated a trophy to the Coorow Football Club in 1937 [5: 16-Apr-1937]
One of the buildings he built was change rooms at a large dam on Malcolm L. PATTON's Longforest Farm in Waddy Forest [P328]
The dam was used solely for swimming, and the change rooms he built were on the edge of the dam with a landing to the water [5]
It isn't known when he built the change room and landing however it was during or prior to 1936 [5: 13-Nov-1936]
Employed George LATHAM to help him make concrete tanks in Coorow during the 1930s [265]
He is known to have done some building work for large scale farmer F. W. Gustav LIEBE in Waddy Forest [P328]
Played for the Married Men who almost defeated the Single Men in a cricket match in Coorow on 6 December 1936 [5: 11-Dec-1936]
Steward of the Vegetable section at the Coorow-Waddy Forest Districts Agricultural Society's Annual Show in 1937 [5: 18-Jun-1937]
Farmer at Lake Eganu in Coorow 1941-1945 [3] [P328]
In 1941 himself and his son Leo took up 4,920 acres of Conditional Purchase land at Lake Eganu, west of Coorow [3] [P328]
The 4,920 acres consisted of Victoria Locations 9516, 9693 and 9694 [3]
Along with his wife and children left their home in Coorow and shifted to the farm at Lake Eganu [P328]
On the farm they resided in a humpy made out of bush timber and bark from melaleuca trees that abounded Lake Eganu [P328]
Forfeited their 4,020 acre Victoria Location 9517 in November 1941, and later also gave up the 400 acre Victoria Location 9693 [3]
During his time on the farm he also worked maintaining good sheds and other buildings for the Midland Railway Company [P328]
The farm proved unsuccessful and they returned to their home Mornington in the Coorow townsite [P328]
Among the houses he built locally was one for Kenneth J. LYNCH in the Coorow townsite [P328]
In the mid 1950s they left Coorow and shifted to Latham, where he continued working as a Builder [P328]
Towards the later 1950s they left Latham and shifted to Mingenew, where he did small amounts of work before retiring [P328]
Resided in the Mingenew townsite for at least the years 1958-1970 [P328]
Himself and his partner later resided with their daughter Dolly at 77 Carson Terrace in Geraldton [P328]
Father of Frederick, Leo, Lloyd, Dolly, Joyce, Olga, Rodney, Max, Benjamin and April [P328]
Died 22 June 1974; buried Utakarra Cemetery, Geraldton [26]
"Ben" Benjamin Edward CROFT
Born 6 April 1931 in Carnamah, Western Australia [166]
Son of Augustus Frederick Leopold CROFT and Alma Caroline THOMAS nee HOLDEN [P328]
Resided with his parents in Coorow, where his father worked as a Builder [19]
The "Croft Children" won 2nd prize for Collection of Wildflowers at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1935 [5: 13-Sep-1935]
Student at the Coorow State School [166]
Won a 2nd prize for Writing in the Educational section of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on 2 September 1937 [5: 10-Sep-1937]
Student at the Watheroo State School in Watheroo for the brief period from 27 September 1943 to 8 November 1943 [166]
Married Margaret Jeanette HUNTER [P328]
Builder's Labourer in Coorow 1953-1964 and a Plumber in Coorow 1965-1970 [19]
Employed the services of local builder E. Clive HUNTER to build him a house in Coorow [P320]
Served as a member on the Coorow Shire Council 1987-1990 [45]
On leaving Coorow shifted to the coastal town of Green Head [45]
Member of the Leeman Country Club [45]
Foundation Member of the Green Head Golf Club [45]
Member of the Leeman Bowling Club [45]
Father of Larry and Audi [45]
Died 3 November 2006; cremated at Pinnaroo Valley Memorial Park, Perth WA [2]
Dolly CROFT
Born 30 June 1921 [P328]
Daughter of Augustus Frederick Leopold CROFT and Alma Caroline THOMAS nee HOLDEN [P328]
Resided with her parents in Moora 1921-1930 and then in Coorow 1930 onwards [P328]
Won a 1st prize for a Pencil Drawing and a 2nd for Needlework at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on 8 September 1932 [5]
Also received a 2nd prize for the Best Dressed 12-inch Doll for a girl under 14 years of age at the Coorow-Waddy Show [5: 16-Sep-1932]
Married George Alfred GREEN in 1941 [66]
Mother of Janice and Laurel [P328]
Died 1 March 2003 [P328]
"Fred" Frederick Charles Holden CROFT
Born 22 July 1917 in Subiaco, Western Australia [16]
Son of Augustus Frederick Leopold CROFT and Alma Caroline THOMAS nee HOLDEN [P328]
Resided with his parents in Moora and then in Coorow [P328]
Student at the Moora State School approximately 1923-1929 [P328]
He was listed by his father as a prospective student in applications to reopen the closed Coorow State School in early January 1930 [215]
Student at the Coorow State School in Coorow from its reopening on 10 February 1930 until leaving aged 14 on 24 July 1931 [215]
After leaving school worked in and around Coorow with his father before working as a farmhand in Coorow [P328]
Farmhand in Coorow for Clinton A. BROUN, "Bill" William H. JOHNS Snr and "Ted" Edward P. TYLER and others [P328]
For a period he also worked up north kangaroo shooting with the LATHAM brothers of Coorow [P328]
Member of the Coorow Football Club in 1935 and 1936 [5: 24-May-1935, 22-May-1936]
Member of the Coorow Cricket Club in 1936-37 [5: 16-Oct-1936]
Enlisted in the Australian Army in Coorow on 24 June 1941 [16]
Married Jean RIGOLL on 27 September 1941 at Saint George's Cathedral in Perth [P328]
Private W20299 in the Australian Army's 4th Australian Infantry Battalion during the Second World War [16]
Drove a water tanker and was stationed within WA wherever Army personnel were camped, including Dandaragan and Perenjori [P328]
Posted to Rottnest Island and then to the Atherton area of Queensland where he underwent jungle warfare training [P328]
He was on active service for 1412 days and served in New Guinea for most of his 643 days spent abroad [P328]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 23 January 1946 [16]
Following his discharge returned to Coorow where he worked as a School Bus Driver for "Jim" James H. DONEY [P328]
A short time later left himself and his wife Coorow and shifted to Mundijong where they ran a poultry farm with her parents [P328]
Returned to Coorow in about 1950 and worked as a farmhand for Richard B. BOTHE and Lloyd D. BOTHE [P328]
Worked for the North Midlands Farmers' Co-operative Company's store in Coorow until about 1954 [P328]
Worked for his brother Leo A. CROFT, who was a local builder and contractor, from about 1954 until 1959 [P328]
In 1959 began working for the Carnamah District Road Board as part of their Coorow Gang [P328]
Following the formation of the Coorow Shire Council he worked as part of their gang from 1962 until his retirement in 1982 [P328]
Foreman of the Coorow Shire Council from about 1964 to 1979, and for his last few years was the Town Gardener in Coorow [P328]
From 1950 until his death in 1999 resided at Lot 35 Station Street in the Coorow townsite [P328]
Resided in the original house at Lot 35 until late 1978 or early 1979 when it was demolished and replaced with a transportable [P328]
Hairdresser for a number of men in Coorow from the back verandah of his home in Coorow [P328]
On Sunday mornings there was sometimes up to 12 to 14 men on the back verandah to have their hair cut [P328]
Never asked payment for his hair-cutting services, however some gave him a few bottles of beer or dropped him some shillings [P328]
Member of the Coorow Tennis Club [P328]
Member of the Coorow Sub-Branch of the Returned Soldiers League [P328]
Never applied for his war service medals and didn't march on Anzac Day as he preferred to leave that part of his life in the past [P328]
Life Member of the Coorow Football Club - served as Property Man and First Aid Attendant [P328]
League Delegate for the Coorow-Latham Football Club on the North Midlands Football League [P328]
Member of the Coorow Bowling Club - manned the Club's bar whenever Members or Associates played [P328]
Along with William R. GLOVER and Frank E. BRADLEY he looked after and mowed the greens of the Coorow Bowling Club [P328]
Resided in Coorow until his death in 1999 [2]
Father of Ross [P328]
Died 10 September 1999; cremated at the Fremantle Cemetery, Perth suburb of Palmyra [2]
Mrs "Gwen" Gwenneth CROFT
Wife of Leo Augustus CROFT; see "Gwen" Gwenneth GEORGE
Mrs Jean CROFT
Wife of "Fred" Frederick Charles Holden CROFT; see Jean RIGOLL
Leo Augustus CROFT
Born 19 September 1918 in Subiaco, Western Australia [16]
Son of Augustus Frederick Leopold CROFT and Alma Caroline THOMAS nee HOLDEN [P328]
Resided with his parents in Moora 1926-1930 and in Coorow 1930-1941 [P328]
Builder in Coorow in 1941 [19]
Resided in Coorow until enlisting in the Royal Australian Air Force on 7 May 1941 [16]
Married "Gwen" Gwenneth GEORGE in Perth in 1942 [66]
Leading Aircraftman 38593 in the Royal Australian Air Force's 6th Communications Unit during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Royal Australian Air Force on 13 December 1945 [16]
Builder in Coorow 1945-1981 [P328]
Initially operated his business from a shed built by his father next to his parents' home Mornington in Coorow [P328]
Purchased from the Midland Railway Company the ten acre Lot M1958 of Victoria Location 2023 in Coorow on 10 February 1947 [27]
Lot M1958 was the balance of the Midland Railway Company's land in the Coorow townsite and was purchased for £42 cash [27]
He built a house and workshop on part of his Lot M1958, and the remainder was later subdivided and sold for housing blocks [P328]
Following a visit to Queensland with his son Gregory he decided to the surprise of all to move there permanently [P328]
Along with wife left Coorow in 1981 and shifted to the Australian state of Queensland [P328]
Father of Estelle, Gregory, Milton, Rex, Jacey and Tonia [P328]
Died 7 July 1989 [P328]
Lloyd Noel CROFT
Born 14 December 1919 in Perth, Western Australia [16]
Son of Augustus Frederick Leopold CROFT and Alma Caroline THOMAS nee HOLDEN [P328]
Resided with his parents in Moora 1926-1930 and then in Coorow 1930 onwards [P328]
He was listed by his father as a prospective student in applications to reopen the closed Coorow State School in early January 1930 [215]
Student at the Coorow State School in Coorow from its reopening on 10 February 1930 [215]
Enlisted in the Australian Army in Coorow on 24 July 1941 [16]
Married Margaret Joan MANNING in Perth in 1942 [66]
Private W20292 in the Australian Army's 4th Australian Infantry Battalion during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 19 February 1946 [16]
Labourer in Coorow 1947-1962 [19]
After H. Aubrey HACKETT he managed the general store in Coorow belonging to Mrs Eva V. CASEY during the 1950s [P361]
Serviceman in Mingenew for at least the years 1964-1970 [19]
Casket carrier at the funeral of retired Mingenew butcher Norman SAGGERS at the Mingenew Cemetery on 22 April 1963 [4: 26-Apr-1963]
Died 10 March 1989; buried Utakarra Cemetery, Geraldton [26]
Max CROFT
Born 9 March 1930 [P328]
Son of Augustus Frederick Leopold CROFT and Alma Caroline THOMAS nee HOLDEN [P328]
Resided with his parents in Moora 1926-1930 and then in Coorow 1930 onwards [P328]
Competed at the Coorow-Waddy Progress Association's Annual Children's Sports in Coorow on 12 August 1937 [5: 20-Aug-1937]
Won the Up to 8 Years Boys Running Race, the 5-9 Years Boys Tyre Race and came 2nd in the Up to 9 Years Boys Sack Race [5]
Married Faith CARTER [P328]
Father of Larraine, Maxine, Errol, Kerry, Desmond, Clinton and Clayton [P328]
Died 13 June 1981 [P328
"Rod" Rodney George CROFT
Born 4 August 1926 in Moora, Western Australia [16]
Son of Augustus Frederick Leopold CROFT and Alma Caroline THOMAS nee HOLDEN [P328]
Resided with his parents in Moora 1926-1930 and then in Coorow 1930 onwards [P328]
Student at the Coorow State School in Coorow [5: 12-Jul-1935]
Received 2nd prizes for a Crayon Drawing and Writing at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1933 [5: 15-Sep-1933]
Attended the Children's Fancy Dress Ball held in Coorow on Saturday 6 July 1935 dressed as a "Red Indian" [5: 12-Jul-1935]
Attended Coorow-Waddy Progress Association's Annual Children's Sports in Coorow on Thursday 12 August 1937 [5: 20-Aug-1937]
Won the Boys to 12 Years Running Race and the 9 to 12 Years Boys Tyre Race [5]
Came 3rd in the Boys Over 9 Years Sack Race, and with Vincent S. HEALES came 2nd in the Boys Siamese Race [5]
Won the W. J. Gaunt Trophy for fretwork at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1937 [5: 10-Sep-1937]
Also received a 1st prize for a Pencil Drawing and a 2nd prize for Handwork in the Educational section [5]
Enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force on 1 September 1944 [16]
Leading Aircraftman 85309 of the Royal Australian Air Force's Pearce Station Headquarters during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Royal Australian Air Force on 20 October 1947 [16]
Married Betty Esther MCDOWELL [P328]
School Bus Driver in Coorow 1949-1961 [19]
Service Manager in Mingenew from 1962 until at least 1970 [P328]
Father of Susan, Leonie and Rodney [P328]
Died 21 May 1989; buried Utakarra Cemetery, Geraldton [26]
Mrs Isobel Mary Austin CROMMELIN
Wife of "Reg" Reginald CROMMELIN Jnr; see Isobel Mary Austin JAMES
"Reg" Reginald CROMMELIN Jnr
Born 1904 in Perth, Western Australia [15]
Son of Reginald CROMMELIN and Florence Annie LOTON [15]
On 3 February 1926 purchased for 8/6 per acre 3,575 acres of virgin land in Coorow from the Midland Railway Company [27]
The 3,575 acres was Lot M1617 of Victoria Location 2023 and cost £1519/7/6, payable by instalments over 15 years [27]
Resided at 14 Ord Street in West Perth prior to shifting to his farm in Coorow [34]
Farmer of Morningdale Farm in Coorow [19]
His farm was situated four miles north of Coorow on the east side of Touche Road and on the west side of the Midlands Road [5] [62]
The Midland Railway Company's Touche Siding, which was used to fill the trains with water, was situated on his property [5] [P8]
Later the farm was very slightly extended by 1 rood and 14 perches at a charge of 5/- following the closure of an adjoining road [27]
The farm's land was described as good second class country and after developing the property for about nine years: [5]
2,400 of its 3,575 acres were cleared, 1,000 acres were subdivided into ten paddocks, 650 acres were on fallow, [5]
it was fenced with a four wire ring fence, a lined six roomed jarrah weatherboard house with water laid on, workman's cottage, [5]
machinery shed, ten stall stable, chaff shed, and two wells (one of which was equipped with a windmill) [5: 29-Mar-1935]
Member of the Carnamah Rifle Club in 1929 [4: 25-May-1929]
Attended the Carnamah Football Club's Opening Season Ball held at the Carnamah Town Hall on 18 May 1929 [4: 25-May-1929]
Married Isobel Mary Austin JAMES in Perth on 19 June 1931 [4: 27-Jun-1931]
Isobel's stepfather and mother Alexander and Grace GLOSTER ran the Coorow Hotel in Main Street, Coorow [--]
In 1932 owned a Chevrolet truck and Dodge car with license plates CA-170 and CA-398 [4: 12-Nov-1932]
He was bitten by a poisonous red back spider on Thursday 19 January 1933 and suffered considerable pain [5: 27-Jan-1933]
Received treatment for the spider bite from Dr M. A. MAYRHOFER at the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs [5]
In 1933 he grew plots of experimental barley for the Perth Malt House in addition to 170 acres of barley crop [5: 20-Oct-1933]
Received 3/1 a bushel for their barley crop in 1933; in 1934 grew 400 acres of barley on the lightest land of the farm [5: 19-Jan-1934]
On the instruction of his attorney a clearing sale was held on his farm in Coorow at 2 p.m. on Thursday 4 April 1935 [5]
The farm was to initially be auctioned as a going concern, and if not sold the land and machinery were to be sold separately [5]
If the land didn't sell his plant and machinery were to still be sold to the highest bidder "practically without reserve" [5]
The clearing sale was conducted by Coorow's local Dalgety & Company agent W. George MULLIGAN [5: 29-Mar-1935]
His plant and machinery included a Holt tractor, Chevrolet truck, 10 foot Horwood header, brand new 6 foot Sunshine binder, [5]
20 disc Horwood drill, 12 disc Gaston plough with tractor lift, 10 disc Gaston plough for horses, two other ploughs, scrub roller, [5]
12 foot Sunshine cultivator, hay rake, poison cart, fumigator, new 10 inch chaffcutter with elevator, harrows, forge and blower, [5]
drilling machine, 6 foot harvester, Vacuum oil stove, incubator, tools, harness, a table top wagon and household furniture [5]
Sundries sold at included 150 bags of graded seed wheat, 60 bags of malting barley 1600 new cornsacks and 20 tons of hay [5]
During the 1939-40 financial year sold his farm in Coorow to Milton J. TILLY [3]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Cottesloe [2]
Died 26 June 1984; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (RC Section, Garden of Remembrance, 4, 81) [2]
Ann Marie CULLINAN
Resided in Nugadong, East Gunyidi 1913-1922 [19] [50]
Michael CULLINANE
Farmer in Nugadong, East Gunyidi 1916-1922 [50]
Walter Edmond CUMMING
Farmhand in Marchagee 1919-1922 [50]
Charles CUMMINS
Millwright in Marchagee in 1931 [50]
Rev. "Bill" Albert William CURTIS
Born 20 January 1905 in England [P171]
Son of William CURTIS and Florence HEXT [P171]
Married Dr. Muriel Alice LESTER in England [P171]
Anglican Rector of a Parish in Bristol, England in 1930 [4: 6-Sep-1930]
Departed Southampton, England with his wife on the Jervis Bay and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 21 August 1930 [63]
Arrived in Coorow in early September 1930 to fill the position of Rector in the newly formed Coorow-Carnamah Parish [4: 19-Jul-1930]
Church of England / Anglican rector who resided in Coorow and conducted services throughout Coorow and Carnamah [4: 19-Jul-1930]
Embraced the regions of Carnamah, Inering, Winchester, Billeroo, Waddy Forest, Coorow, Marchagee and Gunyidi [4: 19-Jul-1930]
In addition to the regions he embraced he also conducted Anglican services in Latham [5: 15-Jul-1932]
Arrived and was welcomed to the district at the Church Hall in Carnamah on Monday 8 September 1930 [4: 6-Sep-1930, 13-Sep-1930]
The Coorow-Carnamah Parish had been formed out of the southern portion of the Three Springs Parish [4]
Rev. Ernest G. JAQUET of Three Springs attended and handed over control of the new Parish [4]
Among those present at his welcome in Carnamah were Charlie and Maggie KROSCHEL, Frank and Mary BADRICK, [4]
Mick and Vi BAKER, James SAUNDERS, Mrs Norma CLARK, Mrs Jessie THOMPSON, Mrs Hetty GETHING, [4]
Percy TEEDE, D. E. REW, Mrs Emily GREEN, Rev. Charles HEADEN Rev. Ernest JAQUET and Rev. H. V. BRAY [4]
He was welcomed to the district by Coorow-Waddy residents at a function in Waddy Forest on 12 September 1930 [4: 27-Sep-1930]
The first known service he held was in the Town Hall in Carnamah at 8 p.m. on Sunday 14 September 1930 [4: 13-Sep-1930]
During the third week of November 1930 the Ven. Archdeacon C. L. RILEY stayed with himself and his wife in Coorow [4: 22-Nov-1930]
On 12 August 1931 officiated at the burial of Carnamah pioneer Donald MACPHERSON at the Winchester Cemetery [1]
Also officiated at a number of other burials at the Winchester Cemetery in Carnamah in 1931, 1932 and 1933 [1]
The Coorow-Carnamah Parish gave him a new Ford car to assist him in travelling throughout his parish [P171]
Baptised Frank and Mary BADRICK's daughter Kelva in Carnamah on Sunday 28 September 1930 [4: 4-Oct-1930, 11-Oct-1930]
In 1932 his Ford car was registered with the Carnamah District Road Board with license plate CA-181 [4: 12-Nov-1932]
Scoutmaster of the Coorow Scout Troop [P171] [5: 29-Sep-1933]
Led the Coorow and Waddy scouts at the first District Rally held at Centenary Park in Carnamah on Saturday 2 July 1932 [5: 8-Jul-1932]
Made a speech of eulogy at the farewell to Frank and Mary BADRICK at the Carnamah Hall on 1 November 1932 [5: 4-Nov-1932]
Presented the book prizes of the Coorow Sunday School at the Coorow Christmas Tree on Saturday 17 December 1932 [5: 23-Dec-1932]
On 20 April 1933 he accidentally cut his foot with an axe however with difficulty still attended his Church services [5: 5-May-1933]
Presided over the AGM of the Carnamah-Coorow Anglican Church at the Church Hall in Carnamah on 26 May 1933 [5: 2-Jun-1933]
In 1933 he conducted services in Carnamah, Winchester, Billeroo, Waddy Forest, Latham, Coorow and East Marchagee [5: 2-Jun-1933]
On Sunday 25 June 1933 baptised Geoffrey N. POOLE at Billeroo and Patricia BAKER at Carnamah [5: 30-Jun-1933]
During his time in Coorow he was very good friends with Heinie and Mrs Eliza BOTHE [P138]
His son David Myles CURTIS died under the age of one year on 14 July 1933 and was buried at the Karrakatta Cemetery [2]
Attended the Carnamah Anglican Church's Bazaar held in Carnamah on Saturday 12 August 1933 [5: 18-Aug-1933]
Himself and his wife travelled to Perth in August 1933 to attend the Annual Clergy Retreat and Anglican Synod in Perth [5: 1-Sep-1933]
Won 1st prize for Peas in the Vegetable section of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on 7 September 1933 [5: 15-Sep-1933]
Attended and spoke at the send-off to Tom MORCOMBE at the Waddy Forest Hall on Saturday 13 January 1934 [5: 19-Jan-1934]
In January 1934 himself and his wife spent a fortnights holiday with Archdeacon and Mrs RILEY in Waterman's Bay [5: 19-Jan-1934]
Member and Padre of the Waddy Forest Provisional Group of Toc H in 1934 [5: 16-Feb-1934, 4-May-1934]
As a visitor attended a meeting of the Carnamah Provisional Group of Toc H on Tuesday 13 February 1934 [5: 16-Feb-1934]
Accompanied Frank R. BRYANT on a road trip from Marchagee to the coast at Sandy Cape in February 1934 [5: 16-Feb-1934]
Participated in the debate between the Carnamah and Waddy Forest groups of Toc H on Tuesday 27 March 1934 [5: 30-Mar-1934]
On Good Friday during Easter of 1934 he conducted services in Three Springs and Arrino [5: 30-Mar-1934]
Conducted services in Carnamah, Winchester, Coorow, Waddy Forest and Marchagee on Easter Sunday in 1934 [5: 30-Mar-1934]
Gave the address at the Anzac Commemoration Service at the Carnamah War Memorial on Wednesday 25 April 1934 [5: 27-Apr-1934]
He gave another Anzac address to his fellow members of the Waddy Forest Toc H on Wednesday evening 25 April 1934 [5: 4-May-1934]
Attended his last fortnightly meeting of the Waddy Forest Toc H on 10 May 1934, at which he received a presentation [5: 18-May-1934]
Himself and his wife were the recipients of a Farewell Evening at the Coorow Hall on Saturday 19 May 1934 [5: 18-May-1934]
About 250 people from Marchagee, Latham, Waddy Forest, Carnamah and Coorow attended their send-off [5: 25-May-1934]
At their farewell they received three presentations, including a silver mounted oak tray from the people of Coorow [5]
Held his last Anglican Church service/s in the Carnamah-Coorow Parish on Sunday 20 May 1934 [5: 4-May-1934]
Himself and his wife left Coorow by train on Monday 21 May 1934 to take up the position of Rector at York [5: 13-Apr-1934, 25-May-1934]
Rector in York, Western Australia from 1934 until about 1938 [P171]
Around 1938 shifted with his wife and two children to the metropolitan area where he was Rector of Andrew's in East Claremont [P138]
During a portion of the Second World War he served as Chaplain to the 11th Battalion who were in camp at Dandaragan WA [P138]
In 1943 or 1944 he took up the position of Rector of Saint Peter's in East Fremantle and remained there until 1946 [P138]
In 1946 returned to England with his wife and their children, eventually settling in Ealing, London where he Vicar [P171]
In the 1970s retired with his wife to Nottingham, England and in the 1980s shifted to Salisbury, England [P171]
Father of David, Rosemary and Christopher [P171]
Died 9 April 1989 in Salisbury, England [P171]
From The North Midland Times newspaper, Friday 21 July 1933:
"During the week the infant son of the Rev. A. W. and Mrs. Curtis, of Coorow, passed away."
Dr. Muriel Alice CURTIS
Wife of Rev. "Bill" Albert William CURTIS; see Dr. Muriel Alice LESTER
DDD
Annie Elizabeth DAVIDSON
Cook in Coorow 1914-1917 [50]
DAVIES Bros
Farmers in Coorow [5: 6-Sep-1935]
Won 2nd prize for Swedes in the Vegetable section of the first Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on 8 September 1932 [5: 16-Sep-1932]
In January 1935 sold one bale of wool through Westralian Farmers Ltd for 10¾d. per pound [5: 1-Feb-1935]
Sold 44 suckers at 14/4 per head through Westralian Farmers Ltd at the Midland Market on 4 September 1935 [5: 6 & 13-Sep-1935]
On 11 September 1935 sold 12 suckers at 15/10, 30 suckers at 16/10, 1 stained sucker for 14/4 and 1 stained sucker for 14/- [5]
Sold 44 suckers at 15/4 per head through Westralian Farmers Ltd at the Midland Market on 18 September 1935 [5: 20-Sep-1935]
Sold two bales of wool at 14d. per pound through Westralian Farmers Ltd at the Wool Sale in Perth on 28 October 1935 [5: 1-Nov-1935]
Requested in December 1935 for the Carnamah District Road Board to close part of a road adjoining their farm [5: 20-Dec-1935]
Their request was successful and the Road Board closed part of the road on the northern boundary of their Lot M1533 [5: 20-Dec-1935]
During April 1936 purchased a new 16.33 rigid tyne combine from Westralian Farmers Ltd [5: 10-Apr-1936]
Sold 47 wethers (16 at 29/10, 4 at 23/10, and 27 at 20/10) and 23 lambs at 23 lambs 16/- per head on 8 July 1936 [5: 10-Jul-1936]
Also sold five pigs at 39/6 per head, with the pigs and sheep being sold at the Midland Market through Elder Smith & Co Ltd [5]
Sold 24 lambs at 12/10 per head and 16 suckers at 17/10 per head through Westralian Farmers Ltd on 19 August 1936 [5: 21-Aug-1936]
Won 2nd prize for Brown Hen Eggs exhibited at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in Coorow on 3 September 1936 [5: 11-Sep-1936]
Sold 65 sheep at 13/10, 10 shorn lambs at 9/7 and 12 ewes at 7/1 per head at the Midland Market on 14 October 1936 [5: 16-Oct-1936]
Sold four bales of wool through Westralian Farmers Ltd in 1936 - two bales at 14d. and two bales at 13¾d. per pound [5: 16-Oct-1936]
Sold seven pigs at Midland Market in May 1937 - 1 baconer at 64/-, 5 choppers (1 at 66/6, 4 at 52/6) and 1 porker at 48/6 [5: 7-May-1937]
Sold 167 sheep through Westralian Farmers Ltd with four consignments to Midland Market in 1937 [5: 9 & 16-Jul-1937, 13-Aug-1937, 17-Sep-1937]
The sheep consisted of 87 lambs (44 at 26/4, 43 at 23/3), 43 suckers (33 at 23/10, 10 at 23/4) and 37 ewes (13 at 22/1, 24 at 18/7) [5]
"Car" Caradoc DAVIES
Born C.1904 [2]
Farmer in Coorow 1929-1934 [5] [19]
Member of the Coorow Cricket Club in 1929-30 and 1930-31 [4: 19-Oct-1929, 13-Dec-1930]
Member of the Waddy Forest Tennis Club in 1933-34 and 1934-35 [5: 17-Nov-1933, 28-Sep-1934]
Member of the Coorow Football Club in 1934 [5: 29-Jun-1934]
Married Elsie Maud Agnes MCDOWALL in Perth in 1935 [66]
In 1936 he was working as a Newsagent and living at 40 Tenth Avenue in the Perth suburb of Maylands [50]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Maylands [2]
Died 7 October 1995; ashes interred Pinnaroo Valley Memorial Park, Perth WA (Banksia Court, L1A, 187) [2]
"Ed" David Idwal DAVIES
Born 22 April 1908 in Ruthin, Denbighshire, Wales [16] [21]
Farmer in Coorow, Western Australia 1931-1970 [19] [50]
Member of the Coorow Cricket Club from 1929-30 to 1934-35 [4: 19-Oct-1929, 13-Dec-1930, 5: 22-Feb-1935]
Member of the Waddy Forest Tennis Club from 1933-34 to 1936-37 [5: 20-Apr-1934, 8-Nov-1935, 23-Oct-1936]
Member of the Coorow Football Club in 1934, 1935 and 1937 [5: 25-May-1934, 21-Jun-1935, 14-May-1937]
Member of the Coorow Golf Club in 1935 and 1936 [5: 13-Sep-1935, 3-Jul-1936]
Member of the Coorow Rifle Club 1935-1937 [5: 1-Nov-1935, 31-Jul-1936, 20-Aug-1937]
Represented the Coorow Rifle Club at the annual shoot for the Shearn Cup in Mingenew on Sunday 20 October 1935 [5: 25-Oct-1935]
Attended the Coorow Rifle Club's Grand Ball held at the Coorow Hall on Saturday 26 October 1935 [5: 1-Nov-1935]
Won the Sheffield Handicap race at the Coorow-Waddy Sports & Dance in Coorow on Saturday 9 November 1935 [5: 15-Nov-1935]
Won the 75 Yards Sprint and came 2nd in the Sheffield Handicap at the Sports Meeting in Coorow on 1 January 1936 [5: 3-Jan-1936]
Played for the combined Winchester-Waddy-Coorow tennis team against Carnamah-Parkinson on Sunday 5 April 1936 [5: 3-Apr-1936]
Won the 9-hole Handicap Singles at the Opening Day of the Coorow Golf Club for the 1936 season on 17 May 1936 [5: 22-May-1936]
Attended the Surprise 21st Birthday Party for Nance FOLLAND at Enfield Park in Waddy Forest on 17 August 1936 [5: 21-Aug-1936]
Attended Roy M. PATTON's birthday at the dam on Longforest Farm in Waddy Forest on Sunday 8 November 1936 [5: 13-Nov-1936]
Competed at the Sports Meeting at Maley Park in Coorow on Boxing Day 26 December 1936 [5: 8-Jan-1937]
He came 1st in the Broad Jump, 2nd in the 75 Yards Sprint and 3rd in both the Hurdle Race and the Sheffield Handicap [5]
Played for the victorious Single Men in a cricket match against Married Men in Coorow on Sunday 11 April 1937 [5: 16-Apr-1937]
Attended and competed at the Carnamah Golf Club's Season Opening at Centenary Park in Carnamah on 2 May 1937 [5: 7-May-1937]
Steward of the Grain & Fodder section of the Coorow-Waddy Forest Districts Agricultural Society's Annual Show in 1937 [5: 18-Jun-1937]
Resided in Coorow until enlisting in the Australian Army in Carnamah on 30 March 1941 [16]
Trooper W2044 in the Australian Army's Australian Training Centre during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 3 May 1945 [16] and resumed farming in Coorow [19]
Married Fleta May RUSS nee CLARKSON [P84]
Local builder E. Clive HUNTER built him a boat which he used for fishing at Green Head [P320]
Later employed the services of local builder E. Clive HUNTER to build him a house in the Coorow townsite [P320]
Resided in Coorow until his death in 1970 [2]
Died 13 September 1970; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Crematorium Rose Gardens, 17, 88) [2]
Mrs Fleta May DAVIES
Wife of "Ed" David Idwal DAVIES; see Fleta May CLARKSON
George Henry DAVIES
Born C.1911 in Liverpool, England [5: 21-Dec-1934]
Departed London, England on the Esperance Bay and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 10 August 1928 [63]
Farmhand in Coorow, Western Australia in 1934 [5: 21-Dec-1934]
Member of the Waddy Forest Tennis Club in 1934 [5: 2-Nov-1934]
Tragically killed on GRONOW's Ingleneuk Farm in Waddy Forest when a team of eight horses he was driving bolted [5]
Died 18 December 1934 in Waddy Forest near Coorow; buried Winchester Cemetery, Carnamah (Row B, Plot 15) [1] [5]
Rev. Alfred J. TOOMEY of Three Springs officiated at his funeral, which was undertaken by Henry Parkin & Son of Carnamah [1]
From The North Midland Times newspaper, Friday 21 December 1934:
Waddy Fatality - Harvester Team Bolts - Young Man Killed
"The noise made by a man stepping through a wire fence at Waddy Forest on Tuesday caused an accident which had fatal results. Two eight horse teams, each arranged in sets of four, had just been yoked up by two 10ft. harvesters on Messrs. Gronow and Sons farm and oiling operations were being performed when one of the drivers, George Henry Davies, stepped through a nearby fence and startled his team which immediately bolted across the paddock with the machine. Walsh, the driver of the other team, had a narrow escape when his horses also took fright while he was oiling from a position in front of the comb. With some difficulty Walsh got to the reins of his team and, being unable to stop them by other means, drove them into a stack of wheat. He did not see Davies and presumed that he had gone to the house for assistance. Hitching the reins of his team into the stack of wheat, he ran after Davies' team and brought them under control. Letting his own horses go in the paddock Walsh drove Davies' eight to the stables. He then asked Mr. G. Gronow where Davies was and was informed that his workmate had not returned to the homestead. On returning to the paddock Walsh found Davies lying dead in the stubble. Constable Kay, of Three Springs, was notified of the happening and later brought the body to Carnamah. Dr. Rosenthal conducted a post mortem examination and reported a fracture of the neck and broken ribs penetrating the left lung. Mr. J. Bowman, j.p., has been appointed acting coroner and an inquest will be held. The funeral took place at 3.30 p.m. on Wednesday. The late Mr. Davies was 23 years of age and had no relatives in this country. He was a native of Liverpool, England, where, it is believed, his mother and brother still live. Great credit is due to Walsh in the part he played in the occurrence, considering the swiftness of events, his presence of mind was remarkable. No damage was done to either horses or machinery."
"Will" Gwilym Hugh DAVIES
Born 16 June 1898 in Derwen, Denbigshire, Wales [16]
Son of farmer Hugh DAVIES and his wife Jane [20]
In 1901 was living with his parents and siblings Janet, John, Margaret and Thomas at Brymalion in Derwin, Denbigshire, Wales [20]
Himself, his parents and his four siblings were all noted in the 1901 census as being speakers of both Welsh and English [20]
Farmer in Coorow, Western Australia [19]
Won 2nd prize for Potatoes in the Vegetable section of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on 7 September 1933 [5: 15-Sep-1933]
In the Vegetable section of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1934 won 1st prize for Radishes and 2nd for Swedes [5: 7-Sep-1934]
Committee Member of the Coorow-Waddy Forest Districts Agricultural Society 1935-1937 [5: 3-May-1935, 13-Mar-1936, 20-Nov-1936]
Exhibited in the Farm Produce, Grain & Fodder and Vegetables sections of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1935 [5]
Awarded 1st prizes for Green Wheat for Hay and for Ham, and received 2nd prizes for White Hen Eggs and Radishes [5: 13-Sep-1935]
Member of the Coorow Rifle Club 1935-1937 - won their Club's Tyro Cup in 1935 [5: 1-Nov-1935, 31-Jul-1936, 2-Jul-1937]
In 1936 won one of the Club's Spoon Shoots, which he received at the Club's Annual Ball on 28 November 1936 [5: 4-Dec-1936]
Member of the Coorow Golf Club in 1935 and 1936 [5: 13-Sep-1935, 24-Jul-1936]
Member of the Waddy Forest Tennis Club in 1935-36 and 1936-37 [5: 20-Dec-1935, 23-Oct-1936]
Attended the Coorow Golf Club's Opening Day for the 1936 season in Coorow on Sunday 17 May 1936 [5: 22-May-1936]
Attended Roy M. PATTON's birthday at the dam on Longforest Farm in Waddy Forest on Sunday 8 November 1936 [5: 13-Nov-1936]
Attended and competed at the Carnamah Golf Club's Season Opening at Centenary Park in Carnamah on 2 May 1937 [5: 7-May-1937]
Exhibited in the Grain & Fodder section of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show at Maley Park in Coorow on 2 September 1937 [5]
Won 1st prize for early season Medium Strong White Wheat and 2nd for Oaten Hay and for Green Wheat for Hay [5: 10-Sep-1937]
Attended the funeral of Waddy Forest farmer Stanley L. FOLLAND at the Moora Cemetery on Monday 25 August 1941 [4: 30-Aug-1941]
Private W83523 in Coorow's local Volunteer Defence Corps during the Second World War [16]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Mosman Park [2]
Died 19 March 1981; ashes buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Welsh Free, AA, 100) [2]
Helen/a DAVIES
Resided in Coorow in 1931 and 1932 [19] [50]
Archibald Harold Douglas DAVIS
Fettler in Latham in 1921 and 1922 [50]
Frank Decimus DAVIS
Born 1860 in Guildford, Western Australia [15]
Son of John DAVIS and Eleanor Frances THOMSON [15]
Married Mary HILL in the Perth suburb of Guildford in 1898 [15]
Railway Ganger in Coorow 1903-1906 [50]
Railway Ganger in Wannamal 1910-1913 [50]
Railway Employee in Watheroo later in 1913 and 1914 [50]
Railway Fettler in Mingenew 1915-1917 [50]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Midland [2]
Died 27 June 1916; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, GA, 603) [2]
David Elwin DAWSON
Born C.1884 [2]
Married "Rene" Florence Irene HEARN in 1912 [66]
Manager of the Coorow Hotel in Coorow from September 1935 to February 1936 [5: 28-Feb-1936] [19]
Member of the Coorow Cricket Club in 1935-36 [5: 24-Jan-1936]
Himself and his wife left Coorow and shifted to Perth on Monday 24 February 1936 [5: 28-Feb-1936]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Gosnells [2]
Died 15 June 1971; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, ZU, 533) [2]
Mrs "Rene" Florence Irene DAWSON
Wife of David Elwin DAWSON; see "Rene" Florence Irene HEARN
Mrs Dorothy May DAY
Wife of Henry DAY; see Dorothy May PRINGLE
Henry DAY
Married Dorothy May PRINGLE in 1923 [66]
Clearing Contractor for Malcolm L. PATTON on Longforest Farm in Waddy Forest in 1923 and 1924 [151: page 99]
While clearing himself and his wife resided in a tent on Longforest Farm in Waddy Forest [151]
In late 1923 his wife gave birth to a daughter named Jessie on Donald MCDONALD's Waddy Waddy Farm in Waddy Forest [151]
Their daughter died at the age of 17 days on 12 January 1924 and was buried on Lot M1293 of Donald MCDONALD's farm [151]
She was buried in the north east corner of Lot M1293 and her grave originally contained a fence of bush timber with netting [151]
Stockman in Waddy Forest / Coorow 1925-1927 [19]
Jessie DAY
Born 26 December 1923 in Waddy Forest, Western Australia [151]
Daughter of Henry DAY and Dorothy May PRINGLE [151]
Born and died at the age of 17 days on Donald MCDONALD's Waddy Waddy Farm in Waddy Forest [151]
Died 12 January 1924; buried north east corner of Lot M1293 of Waddy Waddy Farm in Waddy Forest [151]
Joseph Deebrow DAY
Labourer in Coorow in 1911 [19]
Labourer on Mamboobie Estate in Marchagee 1912-1914 [19] [50]
Mary DEAN
Born C.1880 [2]
Married Donald MACQUEEN in Perth in 1911 [66]
In 1916 her husband was working as a Saddler and they were living on the Railway Estate in Geraldton [50]
In 1925 she was working as a domestic and living at 78 Railway Parade in the Perth suburb of Midland Junction [50]
Resided of late in Bunjil [2]
Died 26 December 1941; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Roman Catholic, MC, 95) [2]
William David DE BOER
Proprietor of the Service Station in Waddy Forest in 1933 [5: 7-Jul-1933] [19]
Unless he satisfied a warrant beforehand all property at his service station was to be sold on Tuesday 11 July 1933 [5: 7-Jul-1933]
Dora May DEE
Born 1901 in Mingenew, Western Australia [15]
Daughter of Thomas DEE and Louisa Jane LONG [15]
Grand-daughter of William LONG and Sarah GREEN who were the first non-indigenous settlers in Coorow in 1862 [P17]
Resided in Coorow for at least the years 1922-1950 [19]
For a number of years taught Sunday School in Coorow in the 1930s [P85] [5: 23-Dec-1932]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Belmont [2]
Died 23 September 1978; cremated at the Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA [2]
Her ashes were buried by Vera LONG on 25 January 1980 at the Winchester Cemetery, Carnamah (Row E, Plot 13) [14]
Irene Ellen DEE
Born 7 August 1898 in Mingenew, Western Australia [P17]
Daughter of Thomas DEE and Louisa Jane LONG [15]
Grand-daughter of William LONG and Sarah GREEN who were the first non-indigenous settlers in Coorow in 1862 [P17]
Prior to her marriage she had worked for Samuel B. RUDDUCK on Koobabbie Farm in Coorow [P17]
Married "Ernie" Ernest Alfred LONG in Perth on 11 July 1917 [168]
Resided with husband on Jun Jun Farm and later Lonsdale Farm in Coorow 1918-1967 [P17]
She worked for many years helping on the farm, even shearing sheep with hand clippers [79: 23-Aug-1973]
Supplied the music at the Dance in aid of the local Christmas Tree at the school house in Coorow on 29 November 1919 [9: 5-Dec-1919]
Exhibited in every one of the Coorow-Waddy District Agricultural Society's Annual Shows which ran from 1932 to 1967 [79: 23-Aug-1973]
She enjoyed the activity around preparing exhibits and won prizes for almost every item she exhibited one year or another [79]
Exhibited items from homemade soap to preserved lemon peel and also later exhibited in the Carnamah Agricultural Show [79]
Won 2nd prize for Carnations in the Flower section of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on Thursday 30 August 1934 [5: 7-Sep-1934]
At the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1936 she was awarded 2nd prize for Crochet Edged Supper Cloth [5: 11-Sep-1936]
Resided at 31 Station Street in the Coorow townsite 1967-1992 [P17]
Mother of Vera and Doris [14]
Passed away at the age of 93 years at the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs [1]
Died 28 July 1992 in Three Springs; buried Winchester Cemetery, Carnamah (Row S, Plot 4) [1]
Mrs Louisa Jane DEE
Widow of Thomas DEE: see Louisa Jane LONG
"Bill" William Joseph DEE
Born 15 October 1906 in Strawberry, Western Australia [16]
Son of Thomas DEE and Louisa Jane LONG [15]
Grandson of William LONG and Sarah GREEN who were the first non-indigenous settlers in Coorow in 1862 [P17]
Initially resided with his parents at Strawberry in the Mingenew district [84]
He was baptised by Methodist Minister J. E. STONE of Dongara on 26 November 1906 [84]
Farmhand in Coorow 1928-1950 [19]
For several years worked for George N. GREENWOOD on Maryland Farm in Waddy Forest [P141]
Resided in the old house on Maryland Farm and had his meals with the GREENWOOD family at their home [P141]
Gave a cup and saucer marked with 1929 (Centenary of WA) to his employer's youngest daughter, Dorothy M. GREENWOOD [P141]
Member of the Waddy Forest Cricket Club in 1930-31 [4: 15-Nov-1930]
Member of the Coorow Cricket Club in 1935-36 and 1936-37 [5: 13-Dec-1935, 16-Oct-1936]
Member of the Coorow Rifle Club in 1936 and 1937 [5: 4-Sep-1936, 2-Jul-1937]
Played for the victorious Single Men in a cricket match against Married Men in Coorow on Sunday 6 December 1936 [5: 11-Dec-1936]
Resided in Coorow until enlisting in the Australian Army on 4 December 1940 [16]
Private WX9638 in the Australian Army's 2/28 Battalion during the Second World War [16]
In 1942 word was received that he was Prisoner of War [0: image 04163]
In June 1945 it was recorded that he was safe and well in England having been a Prisoner of War in Germany [0: image 04336]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 27 August 1945 and returned to Coorow [4] [16]
Resided in Coorow until at least 1950 [4: 2-Dec-1950]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Belmont [2]
Died 3 September 1979; cremated at the Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA [2]
His ashes were buried by his niece Vera P. LONG on 25 January 1980 at the Winchester Cemetery, Carnamah (Row E, Plot 13) [14]
Margaret Victoria DEED
Born 30 June 1887 in Strathalbyn, South Australia [55]
Daughter of James DEED and Sarah Jane WOODFIT [55]
Married George Alfred MANNING on 27 April 1907 in South Australia [55]
In 1928 left South Australia and settled with her husband and children on farmland at Waddy Forest in the Coorow district [P84]
Resided with her husband and children on Hill View Farm in Waddy Forest [P84]
Employed the services of Coorow builder E. Clive HUNTER to build her a house [P320]
Resided in the Coorow district until her death in 1982 [1]
Passed away at the age of 95 years at the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs [1]
Mother of Mavis, Alfred, Joan, Lorna and Guildford [14]
Died 3 July 1982 in Three Springs WA; buried Winchester Cemetery, Carnamah (Row F, Plot 1) [1]
Francis Gerald DELBRIDGE
Farmer in Gunyidi [19]
Farmed in Gunyidi partnership with Arthur D. HOLT as "Delbridge & Holt" [3]
Together they owned 1,566 acres of land in Gunyidi, which consisted of Victoria Locations 3482, 3483, 3484 and 3949 [3]
Member of the Gunyidi-Marchagee Cricket Club in 1930-31 [4: 13-Dec-1930]
William George DEVEREUX
Railway Fettler in Gunyidi and then Yandanooka in 1913 [50]
Railway Fettler in Irwin 1914-1916 [50]