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Maria Catherine REYNOLDS
Born 1880 in Greenough, Western Australia [176]
Daughter of James REYNOLDS and Catherine DESMOND [15]
Resided with her parents in Greenough where her father was a farmer [50]
Married James McCAGH in Greenough in 1905 [15]
Resided with her husband and children in Arrino 1906-1923 [6] [19]
They left Arrino and shifted to Mingenew in the mid 1920s [P2]
Resided in Mingenew until her death in 1956 [176]
Mother of James, Mary, Dominic and Paddy [P2]
Died 30 November 1956 in Mingenew; buried Mingenew Cemetery, Mingenew (Roman Catholic, Plot 24C) [176]
From The Irwin Index newspaper, Friday 7 December 1956:
"Mingenew Lady's Death - Another old and highly respected resident of Mingenew in the person of Mrs. Maria Catherine McCagh passed away suddenly at her home on Friday evening last, the deceased lady having attained the ag eof seventy-six years. The late Mrs. McCagh was born at Greenough, in which district she lived with her family until married, and with her husband she then went to Arrino and reared a family of six children, her husband having predeceased her over twenty years ago. For the past thirty-one years, however, the deceased lady had resided at Mingenew. In addition to her family of four boys and two girls, she is survived by twenty-three grandchildren, three great grandchildren, two families being Mr. and Mrs. D. McCagh and Mr. and Mrs. D. Forbes, who reside at Mingenew. The funeral took place in the Mingenew Catholic Cemetery on Saturday last in the presence of a large gathering of relatives and friends, included in the former being five members of her family. The service was conducted by the Rev. Father Eugene, O.S.B., of New Norcia, and amongst the floral tributes laid upon the grave were those from the following:- Children and grandchildren; Edna and Jim and grandchildren; Mrs. C. Wilton and Vern, Three Springs; Mr. and Mrs. E. Pearce and family, Geraldton; V. and I. Looke and family and Mrs. Spokes; M. McDermott and family; Pompey, Mavis and Mother; Anges, Peter, Jenny and Con; Jim and Myrtle McAuliffe and family; Mr. and Mrs. Pascoe and Phillip; Jack and Jane Ettridge; Olga and Fergie and family; Mr. and Mrs. Tom Rouse and family; Mr. and Mrs. Bridges and family, Yandanooka; F. and K. Pollard; Mrs. N. Stephen and family; Mr. and Mrs. A. Wantling and staff of Commercial Hotel, Mingenew; Mary and Wally Wilton and family and Frank Pettit; Mrs. E. Lewis and family; Mrs. Ritch, Robinson, Korich, Cooper, Lithorne, Stemp and K. Newton; Mr. and Mrs. A. Dobson and Doug; members of Mingenew Road Board."
Martha REYNOLDS
Waitress at the Commercial Hotel in Three Springs in 1914 [19]
Stella Mary Agnes REYNOLDS
Born 1912 in Dongara, Western Australia [P307]
Attended the Ball after the Three Springs Races on Thursday 11 April 1929 in a dress of beaded black satin [4: 20-Apr-1929]
Attended the Fancy Dress Ball held in Mingenew on Thursday 10 October 1929 dressed as "Orange & Black Pierette" [4: 19-Oct-1929]
During mid December 1930 she was absent from Mingenew and holidaying in the Perth metropolis [4: 13-Dec-1930]
Married Patrick Joseph BRENNAN in 1932 [66]
Resided with her husband in Mingenew in 1932 and then in Yandanooka 1933-1942 [19] [P307]
Attended the Annual Catholic Ball at the Yandanooka Hall in Yandanooka on Thursday evening 24 June 1937 [5: 9-Jul-1937]
In 1942 they left Yandanooka and shifted to Three Springs [P307]
Resided in Three Springs 1942-1958 [19] [P307]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Bedford [2]
Died 4 October 1975; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Roman Catholic, Lawn 4, 198) [2]
Gordon RHODES
Labourer in Three Springs 1927-1929 [19]
Mrs Mary Danberger RICH
Wife of Mervyn RICH; see Mary Danberger CLARK
Mervyn RICH
Born 5 March 1908 in West Midland, Western Australia [16]
Married Mary Danberger CLARK in 1935 [66]
Railway Employee in Arrino in 1937 and 1938 [5] [19]
Member of the Arrino Football Club in 1937 [5: 14-May-1937]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of West Midland [2]
Died 3 July 1965; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Crematorium Rose Gardens, 9P, 53) [2]
Henry RICHARDS
Born C.1870 [5: 7-May-1937]
Labourer in Three Springs in 1937 [5: 7-May-1937]
In Three Springs on Friday 30 April 1937 he was sentenced to six months hard labour in Fremantle [5: 7-May-1937]
He pleaded not guilty but was sentenced for having wilfully exposed himself to schoolchildren two days earlier [5: 7-May-1937]
Judith Sarah RICHARDS
Teacher in Three Springs in 1961 and 1962 [19]
Sarah Elizabeth RICHARDS
Born C.1883 [138]
Married "Martin" August Christian Martin OPPERMANN in 1915 [66]
Resided with her husband on farmland in Jaloran northeast of Wagin in 1916 [50]
Housekeeper in Three Springs 1917-1919 [50]
Resided with her husband on farmland in Jaloran northeast of Wagin 1921-1943 [50]
Died 27 July 1961; buried Wagin Cemetery in Wagin, Western Australia (Methodist, Plot 237) [138]
RICHARDSON & BROWNING
In March 1911 did contract ploughing and fencing in Three Springs for the Upper Irwin Road Board for 23/- per chain [9: 24-Mar-1911]
"Harry" Henry Howard RICHARDSON
Born 15 September 1878 in Pekina, South Australia [30] [55]
Son of farmer Thomas RICHARDSON and Eliza MESSENGER [55]
Farmer in Three Springs, Western Australia 1907-1917 [6]
Electoral rolls reveal that prior to farming in Three Springs he had briefly farmed in Coorow [19]
In May 1910 the Upper Irwin Road Board paid him £10 for contract work he did for them in the Three Springs district [9: 10-Jun-1910]
Did formation work on roads in Kadathinni for the Upper Irwin Road Board for £2/2/6 per chain in June 1911 [9: 2-Jun-1911]
Member of the Kadathinni Farmers and Progress Association in 1911 [9: 21-Jul-1911]
Member of the Three Springs Farmers and Settlers Association in 1916 [10: 19-Sep-1916]
Attended the funeral of Three Springs farmer George R. WATSON at the Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth on 6 Sept. 1916 [10: 19-Sep-1916]
In 1917 seeded 350 acres of wheat crop on his Three Springs property [10: 19-Jun-1917]
Successfully applied to enlist in the Australian Imperial Force in Perth on 22 March 1917 [30: item 8029642]
Before entering camp he made arrangements to lease his farm in Three Springs to local police constable Richard J. HONNER [30]
Resided in Three Springs until entering into camp with the Australian Imperial Force on 21 June 1917 [10: 22-Jun-1917] [30]
On arrival at the Blackboy Hill military camp he was appointed to the 26th Reinforcements of the 16th Battalion [30]
He was recorded as 5 feet 11½ inches tall, weighing 180 lbs., with brown eyes, dark brown hair and a dark complexion [30]
Arrived in Three Springs on Friday morning 6 July 1917 on pre-embarkation leave from camp [10: 13-Jul-1917]
He was tendered a well attended Social at the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs on Friday evening 7 July 1917 [10]
At the Social was presented with a wristlet watch from the people of Three Springs, and wished the best of luck and a safe return [10]
Embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, Australia for active service abroad on the H.M.A.T. A7 Medic on 1 August 1917 [18]
Disembarked in England and after further training in Codford, Wiltshire, England proceeded to France on 16 January 1918 [30]
Private 7811 in the Australian Imperial Force's 16th Battalion in France during the First World War [30]
He was promoted to Lance Corporal in France on 14 July 1918, and around the same time was also awarded the Military Medal [30]
Wounded in Action in France on 8 August 1918, and was admitted to hospital for treatment for a gunshot wound to his head [30]
Died 11 August 1918 from wounds received in action; buried Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille, Pas de Calais, France [18] [30]
During his time abroad himself and Miss Winifred M. THOMAS of Three Springs had kept in contact through letters [30]
When he wrote his will in Belgium on 7 February 1918 he had bequeathed Winifred farmland, livestock and machinery [30]
He added a testimony statement to his will five days before his death that Winifred's recent marriage in no way changed his will [30]
Winifred had no idea he his fate until reading of his death in The West Australian newspaper on 31 August 1918 [30]
As directed in his will Winifred inherited his Three Springs farmland within leases 5003/56, 5251/56, 2255/55 and 9449/68 [30]
Winifred also inherited all horses, stock, implements, goods and chattels situated or entitled to situated on the farm [30]
His land in Three Springs comprised within leases 4872/68 and 4873/68 was inherited by his brother John Arthur RICHARDSON [30]
The residue of his estate was inherited by his sister Mrs Alice May EDWARDS of Penong, South Australia [30]
His sister also received the personal effects he had on him when he died, which were sent to her in South Australia in 1919 [30]
The said personal effects consisted of a YMCA Wallet, letter, photo, card, compass, gold ring, knife, testament, stone and ribbon [30]
His name appears on the Three Springs Honour Board, which was unveiled on Tuesday 3 June 1919 [9: 6-Jun-1919] [10: 13-Jun-1919]
Vera Elizabeth RICHARDSON
Nurse at the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs in 1952 [19]
Mrs Annie Jane RICHMOND
Wife of Joseph RICHMOND; see Annie Jane LITTLE
Robert Andrew RICHMOND
Born 1894 in Canning Mills, Western Australia [15]
Son of Joseph RICHMOND and Annie Jane MORGAN nee LITTLE [15]
Enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in Perth on 13 June 1916 [30: item 8032329]
Stated his occupation to be Labourer and his address to be 6 Gladstone Street in East Perth [30]
On enlistment was recorded as 5 feet 2½ inches tall, weighing 120 lbs., with blue eyes, brown hair and a fresh complexion [30]
Initially gave his father as his next of kin, however following his father's death he changed his next of kin to his mother [30]
After training at the Blackboy Hill camp was appointed on 3 October 1916 to the 21st Reinforcements of the 11th Battalion [30]
Embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia for active service abroad on the H.M.A.T. A23 Suffolk on 10 October 1916 [18]
Disembarked in Plymouth, England on 2 December 1916 and after further training proceeded to France on 3 May 1917 [30]
Private 6573 in the Australian Imperial Force's 11th Battalion in France during the First World War [30]
Died of wounds received in action in France on 10 August 1917; buried Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Somme, France [17] [30]
His mother received his Memorial Scroll, Memorial Plaque, British War Medal and Victory Medal [30]
His name appears on the Three Springs Honour Board, which was unveiled on Tuesday 3 June 1919 [9: 6-Jun-1919] [10: 13-Jun-1919]
Among his service record was the following description of how he came by his death:
No. 6573 Pte. RICHMOND R.A. 11th Bn. A.I.F. Died of Wounds 10.8.18.
"The above named soldier was killed on the morning of the 10th August during an attack carried out by this Battalion. It would appear that he was first wounded and while attempting to get back was killed by machine-gun fire. He was shot through the heart and death was instantaneous (two miles south of Herleville, and about two miles east of Vauviliers, France)."
Annie RIDDELL
Resided at the Commercial Hotel in Three Springs in 1916 [50]
Mary Elizabeth RIGNALL
Cook at the Commercial Hotel in Three Springs 1921-1925 [19] [50]
"Jimmy" J. RILEY
Contractor in Three Springs in 1911 [6]
Won the Log Chopping Competition at the local Hall Committee's Sports Day in Three Springs on 18 February 1916 [10: 25-Feb-1916]
William RILEY
Farmhand in Three Springs in 1910 [50]
Henry RINGTON
Labourer in Three Springs 1915-1927 [19] [50]
In 1916 he worked for Edmund K. BYRNE on Eastbourne Farm in Three Springs [19]
Emily RISBEY
Born 1914 [15]
Married Wilbur Wellesley BURGESS in Perth in 1937 [66]
Resided with her husband in Arrino 1937-1941 [6] [19]
Wilfred ROACH
Barman at the Commercial Hotel in Three Springs 1941-1943 [19]
Annie ROBBIE
Cook at the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs in 1931 [50]
Alfred ROBERTS
Wheelwright in Three Springs in 1910 and 1911 [6] [50]
Marjorie ROBERTS
Born 1904 in Preston, Lancashire, England [21] [24]
Assistant School Teacher at the Three Springs State School in Three Springs 1925-1927 [73]
Received a weekly salary of £2/17/- in 1925, a weekly salary of £3/11/- in 1926, and an annual salary of £200 in 1927 [73]
Married Henry John William SWEETMAN in 1928 [66]
Resided with her husband on farmland in Arrino 1928-1958 [19]
She was among the 400 people who attended the Matrons and Benedicts Ball held in Three Springs on 31 August 1928 [4: 8-Sep-1928]
Herself and her husband spent a holiday in Dongara and Geraldton over Christmas in 1929 [4: 4-Jan-1930]
In a dress of cream lace over geoorgette attended the Arrino Race Club's Annual Ball at the Arrino Hall on 3 April 1930 [4: 26-Apr-1930]
Foundation Vice President of Arrino's branch of the Country Women's Association in 1932 [5: 29-Jul-1932]
Donated one of the prizes for the Children's Fancy Dress Ball held in Arrino on Tuesday 12 September 1933 [5: 15-Sep-1933]
Herself and her husband, along with a few others from Arrino, spent the Easter holiday in 1934 at Cliff Head [5: 13-Apr-1934]
During April 1934 a Miss G. ROBERTS spent a holiday staying with her in Arrino [5: 20-Apr-1934]
Her father Mr J. ROBERTS spent a short holiday with her in Arrino in later October 1934 [5: 2-Nov-1934]
On Monday 15 April 1935 her sister Mrs W. POLLARD returned to Perth after spending a holiday with her in Arrino [5: 19-Apr-1935]
Her sister Mrs MCNAMARA of Moora spent a holiday staying with her in Arrino in January 1936 [5: 10-Jan-1936]
Attended the funeral of Arrino resident Mrs Ellen DEE at the Three Springs Cemetery on 16 August 1939 [4: 19-Aug-1939]
Herself and her husband resided in Arrino until 1958 and then resided in Port Denison for at least the years 1959-1965 [19]
Resided of late at the Concorde Nursing Home in South Perth, where she passed away at the age of 95 years [24]
Died 2 August 2000; buried Three Springs General Cemetery, Three Springs (Anglican, Plot 136) [24]
Phillip Thomas ROBERTS
Labourer in Arrino in 1930 [19]
Thomas ROBERTS
Labourer in Arrino 1921-1929 [19]
W. H. ROBERTS
Building Contractor who built the new Commercial Hotel in Three Springs in 1928 [4: 2-Jun-1928]
During his sojourn in Three Springs he received the news that his 24 year old daughter died on Friday 26 May 1928 [4: 2-Jun-1928]
Barbara Anne ROBERTSON
Resided in Three Springs for at least the years 1964 and 1965 [19]
Ernest Guy ROBERTSON
Civil Servant in Three Springs for at least the years 1964 and 1965 [19]
Marjorie Margaret ROBERTSON
Married Andrew George BENNETT [66]
Resided at Lot 111 Williamson Street, Three Springs in 1943 [19]
Ada Sarah ROBINSON
Married Geoffrey CHAMBERS at Peak Hill in 1904 [15]
Resided in Three Springs 1913-1917 [9] [50]
Came 8th with 1,419 votes of the Ugly Woman Competition conducted in Three Springs for the Y.M.C.A. in May 1917 [9: 25-May-1917]
Her candidiature in the competition contributed to the raising of £208/17/6 for the war efforts being carried out by the Y.M.C.A. [9]
Resided in Yandanooka 1919-1921 [50]
George ROBINSON
Labourer in Three Springs in 1913 and 1914 [50]
George ROBINSON
Foreman in Three Springs in 1929 [19]
Joseph ROBINSON
Farmhand in Arrino in 1914 [19]
Albert Thomas RODGERS
Labourer in Three Springs 1911-1914 [19]
Resided at the Government Dam in Three Springs [19]
Fred RODGERS
Resided in Arrino in 1907 [6]
Harold Ernest ROE
Orderly at the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs in 1950 [19]
Ivy May ROE
Domestic at the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs in 1950 [19]
John Christopher ROE
Contractor in Three Springs for at least the years 1964 and 1965 [19]
Resided at 114 Williamson Street, Three Springs [19]
Marlene Joy ROE
Resided at 114 Williamson Street, Three Springs for at least the years 1964 and 1965 [19]
Florence Agnes ROGERS
Housekeeper in Three Springs in 1928 [19]
Mary ROGERS
Teacher in Three Springs in 1929 [19]
Mrs Mary Elizabeth ROGERS
Wife of William Alexander ROGERS; see Mary Elizabeth PROCTER
William Alexander ROGERS
Married Mary Elizabeth PROCTER in 1910 [66]
Electrician and Proprietor of the Electric Light Station in Three Springs 1933-1936 [5] [6] [19]
In connection with his power station he received a lighting concession from the Three Springs Road Board [5: 12-Jun-1936]
In May 1933 successfully gained permission to stop his plant for one night to change a belt over to a chain [5: 26-May-1933]
Received approval for additions to his premises from the Three Springs Road Board in June 1933 [5: 23-Jun-1933]
Consolation Winner of the Card Party held at the home of Mrs Clare BLACK in Three Springs in November 1933 [5: 17-Nov-1933]
Pallbearer at the funeral of Mrs Ruth Henrietta FOGARTY at the Three Springs General Cemetery on 19 April 1934 [5: 27-Apr-1934]
In 1934 he received a concession from the Three Springs Road Board for supplying electricity to the town [5: 26-Oct-1934]
Member of the Three Springs Cricket Club in 1934-35 [5: 4-Jan-1935]
Played for "The Rest" who lost at cricket to a team of local R.S.L. men in Three Springs on Sunday 2 December 1934 [5: 7-Dec-1934]
Attended the Annual Ratepayers' Meeting of the Three Springs Road Board at 3 p.m. on Saturday 13 April 1935 [5: 19-Apr-1935]
Returned to Three Springs on Saturday evening 10 August 1935 after spending a week in Perth [5: 16-Aug-1935]
During September 1935 he spent a three week vacation in Perth, and then returned to Three Springs [5: 27-Sep-1935]
In April 1936 sold his Electric Supply Station in Three Springs to Leslie J. CARTER [5: 10-Apr-1936]
"Joe" Albert Ernest ROJO
Born 22 July 1913 in Marvel Loch, Western Australia [16]
Son of Charles William ROJO and Catherine TIESTE [4: 22-Mar-1941]
Grocer in Three Springs 1938-1942 and 1946-1962 [19]
Storekeeper of the Thrift Stores in Three Springs in partnership with Alan H. FRANKLIN as "Franklin & Rojo" in 1941 and 1942 [6]
In March 1941 his engagement to Miss Ivy M. HOWARD of Three Springs was announced in the local newspaper [4: 22-Mar-1941]
At the time of his engagement his mother a widow and was living in Box Hill, Victoria [4: 22-Mar-1941]
Prior to entering military training in the Eastern States he was farewelled in Three Springs on Saturday 18 January 1942 [4: 24-Jan-1942]
The evening consisted of dancing, supper and speeches, and during the latter he was presented with a wallet of bank notes [4]
He had become "quite a popular figure in the community" and he was wished all the best for his military career and a safe return [4]
Responded to the speeches in thanks, adding he would be leaving many good friends and hoped to later return to Three Springs [4]
Resided in Three Springs until enlisting in the Australian Army on 19 January 1942 [16]
Married Ivy May HOWARD on 16 March 1943 at Saint James Anglican Church in Three Springs [4: 3-Apr-1943]
His best man was Norman V. FOGARTY, who was married to Ivy's sister Mary [4: 3-Apr-1943]
Corporal WX19162 in the Australian Army's 2/23 Australian Field Park Company during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 6 February 1946 [16] and returned to Three Springs [19]
Storekeeper in Three Springs for at least the years 1947-1949 as part of the firm "Franklin & Rojo" [6]
Casket-bearer at the funeral of Mrs Fanny Jane BRIMSON of TS at the Three Springs Cemetery on 29 April 1946 [4: 4-May-1946]
Speaker at the Valedictory Social for stationmaster Herbert E. REYNOLDS in Three Springs during November 1949 [4: 19-Nov-1949]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Dianella [2]
Died 4 March 1972; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Crematorium Rose Gardens, 27, 12) [2]
Mrs Ivy May ROJO
Wife of Albert Ernest ROJO; see Ivy May HOWARD
Esther May ROSS
Born 20 June 1898 in Adelaide, South Australia [55]
Daughter of Thomas ROSS and Sarah Jane SINKERSON [55]
She grew up in Norwood in South Australia, and after leaving school milked cows on her father's dairy farm [P196]
Married Clem Hunter Porter GRANT on 6 November 1920 in Mount Torrens, South Australia [55]
By 1922 herself, her husband and his parents were living in Coorow, Western Australia [50]
Her husband farmed with his father and also worked in Coorow building houses for farmers [P196]
She purchased 400 acres of virgin land in Coorow, Western Australia from the Midland Railway Company on 7 April 1925 [27]
The 400 acres was Lot M1548 of Victoria Location 2023 and cost £300 (15/- per acre), payable by instalments [27]
Sold her 400 acres in Coorow to Eliza M. JACKS on 23 January 1929 [27]
By 1927, when their daughter Dawn was born, herself and her husband had left Coorow and shifted to Perth [P196]
They resided at 27 Congdon Street in the Perth suburb of Swanbourne and her husband worked as an Artificial Limb Maker [P196]
By 1928 they had left Perth and shifted to Three Springs where her husband was a Farmer and Builder [4] [6] [19]
Attended the Three Springs Agricultural Society's First Annual Show and Show Ball on Thursday 20 September 1928 [4: 29-Sep-1928]
Attended the Three Springs Agricultural Society's Annual Ball on 25 September 1930 wearing fawn crepe de chine [4: 11-Oct-1930]
Attended the evening dance at the Three Springs Hall after the R.S.L. Sports Day at Arrino on 5 November 1932 [5: 18-Nov-1932]
Herself, her husband and their daughters spent a two week holiday on the Murchison River in January 1937 [5: 22-Jan-1937, 5-Jan-1937]
Ran a boarding house in the Three Springs townsite situated between the old hall and Road Board offices [P196]
For years she kept house for "Fred" Fergus CONNAUGHTON in Three Springs, and looked after his six children [P2]
After her mother-in-law's death in 1938 herself, her husband and their children shifted back to Coorow to assist her father-in-law [P196]
They later returned to Three Springs and after leaving her husband during the 1940s she left Three Springs and moved to Perth [P196]
One of her jobs while living in Perth was at the Beaufort Arms Hotel [P196]
Later shifted to Wiluna, where she died at the age of 54 years [P196]
Mother of Joyce and Dawn [P2]
Thomas Merrick ROSS
Farmhand on Cintra Farm in Arrino 1914-1916 [19] [50]
Farmhand for John STUART on Ranfurly Park in Barberton between Moora and Koojan 1919-1921 [50]
William David ROSS
Farmhand in Three Springs in 1925 [19]
Alice May ROSSITER
Waitress in Three Springs in 1929 [19]
Married "Hugh" Hughie William John PETTIT in 1930 [66]
Resided in Williamson Street, Three Springs 1932-1935 [19]
Attended the Ball after the Three Springs Races on 11 April 1929 in blue beaded black georgette and black satin ribbon [4: 20-Apr-1929]
Attended the Farewell Evening tendered to local pioneer Mrs Blanche M. KOCH in Three Springs on 3 December 1932 [4: 10-Dec-1932]
Mother of Barbara, Neville, Alan and Marjorie [84]
Leslie ROSSITER
Butcher in Three Springs 1950-1959 [19]
Mrs Lillian Joyce ROSSITER
Resided in Three Springs for at least the years 1950-1965 [19]
"Terry" Terence James ROULSTON
Born 25 June 1929 in Perth, Western Australia [P215]
Son of Alfred James ROULSTON and Daisy Ethel DOVE [P215]
Grew up in Rivervale and was educated at Saint Patrick's Boys School in Perth [P215]
Employee of the Midland Railway Company [P215]
Railway Officer in Three Springs 1953-1956 [19]
Railway Stationmaster in Mingenew for at least the years 1958-1965 [19]
By 1970 he was living in Coorow, where he was the local Railway Stationmaster [19]
Died 3 November 1995 in Coorow [P215]
"Harold" Clement Harold ROWE
Shifted from Fremantle to Arrino in the early 1920s and took up a sandplain block to the west of the Arrino townsite [P2]
Farmer in Arrino [6]
Married "Edie" Edith Emily PEARCE in 1926 [66]
From 1927 to 1933 farmed his property in Arrino in partnership with his brother-in-law E. J. PEARCE as "Pearce & Rowe" [6]
Struggled to make a living from the farm as it was in years before clover and other soil improving pastures were introduced [P2]
Worked as a rabbit inspector and share-farmed at Woopenatty in Arrino and then on Sydney C. GOOCH's farm in Three Springs [P2]
Did contract clearing on Nebre Road for the Three Springs Road Board at 4/3 per chain in July 1933 [5: 21-Jul-1933]
Vermin, Dog and Noxious Weed Inspector for the Three Springs Road Board in 1935 and 1936 [5: 1-Feb-1935, 17-May-1935]
Attended the Annual Ratepayers' Meeting of the Three Springs Road Board at 3 p.m. on Saturday 13 April 1935 [5: 19-Apr-1935]
Among those who protested in 1935 against the Three Springs Road Board spending their rates on tennis courts in Arrino [5: 27-Sep-1935]
In September 1935 his position as Vermin Inspector for the TS Road Board was made permanent at £3/10/- per week [5: 27-Sep-1935]
Signed a petition in support of the Three Springs Road Board constructing new tennis courts in Arrino in October 1935 [5: 1-Nov-1935]
Successfully requested holidays from his employer, the Three Springs Road Board, in December 1935 [5: 13-Dec-1935]
Himself and his wife and their children spent a holiday in Fremantle in January 1936 [5: 3-Jan-1936]
In July 1936 the Three Springs Road Board terminated his position, as they no longer needed a Vermin Inspector [5: 10-Jul-1936]
The Three Springs Road Board offered him employment on their Road Board gang until such time as they needed Vermin Inspector [5]
In the event of a potential grasshopper plague the Three Springs Road Board had him visit infected areas in October 1936 [5: 23-Oct-1936]
In January 1937 the Three Springs Road Board had no Vermin Inspector and hadn't received any applications for the position [5]
As a result the Road Board decided to interview him and was he interested they would immediately employ him [5: 22-Jan-1937]
A dust storm in February 1937 blew sand from a fallowed paddock onto Rowe Road in Arrino to a depth of six to eight inches [5]
He reported the obstruction to the road to the Three Springs Road Board who had the sand removed [5: 5-Mar-1937]
Resided in Arrino until 1950 [19]
Purchased a farm in Kojonup and farmed there until retiring to Pinjarra [P2]
Father of Clement, Reginald and Ivan [84]
Clement Ronald ROWE
Born 24 March 1928 [84]
Son of "Harold" Clement Horold ROWE and "Edie" Edith Emily PEARCE [84]
Resided with his parents on farmland in Arrino [84]
Baptised by R. B. HILL of the North Midlands Methodist Mission on 20 May 1928 [84]
Married Sylvia Dawn BRIMSON in 1950 [66]
Farmer in Arrino 1953-1956 [19]
Farmer of Victoria Location 10560 in Eneabba via Three Springs 1958-1965 [19]
Mrs "Edie" Edith Emily ROWE
Wife of "Harold" Clement Harold ROWE; see "Edie" Edith Emily PEARCE
"Elsie" Edith Elsie ROWE
Born C.1899 [2]
Shop Assistant at Harris Scarfe Sandover & Co in Perth until shifting to Arrino in November 1929 [4: 23-Nov-1929]
Shop Assistant at Henry G. TOWNSEND's General Store in Arrino 1928-1932 [4: 23-Nov-1929] [P2]
Accompanied Henry and Ethel TOWNSEND whenever they went out, and before long she met Harold STACEY [P2]
Harold often talked to her over the counter at the shop and began taking her for walks when the shop closed in the evening [P2]
After spending her Christmas holiday in Perth she returned to Arrino in early January 1930 [4: 4-Jan-1930]
Married Harold James STACEY in Perth in 1932 [66]
Resided with her husband on farmland in Dudawa, East Arrino 1932-1962 [19]
Attended the Arrino Race Club's Annual Ball on 3 April 1930 in a powder blue georgette dress trimmed with rhinestones [4: 26-Apr-1930]
Attended the Hospital Appeal Grand Ball in Three Springs on Thursday 8 June 1933 in a dress of ivory crepe satin [5: 16-Jun-1933]
Attended the R.S.L. Ball held at the Three Springs Hall on Friday 1 September 1933 in a dress of black georgette [5: 8-Sep-1933]
In early September 1933 her parents, Mr and Mrs ROWE of Bayswater, spent a holiday staying with her at Dudawa [5: 15-Sep-1933]
Donated one of the prizes for the Children's Fancy Dress Ball held in Arrino on Tuesday 12 September 1933 [5: 15-Sep-1933]
Supplier of music at the C.W.A. Euchre Party and Dance held at the Arrino Hall on Tuesday 15 May 1934 [5: 18-May-1934]
Performed a violin solo at the afternoon tea given to the C.W.A. State President in Three Springs on 5 February 1935 [5: 8-Feb-1935]
Won 1st prize for Cushion in the Fancywork section of the Carnamah Agricultural Show on 12 September 1935 [5: 20-Sep-1935]
Awarded 1st prize for Worked Cushion Cover at the Three Springs Agricultural Show on Thursday 19 September 1935 [5: 27-Sep-1935]
Won 2nd prize for Fruit Cake at the Three Springs Agricultural Society's Annual Show on Thursday 17 September 1936 [5: 25-Sep-1936]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Bentley [2]
Died 8 October 1977; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Crematorium Rose Gardens, 14, 177) [2]
Ivan Francis ROWE
Born 16 May 1931 [84]
Son of "Harold" Clement Horold ROWE and "Edie" Edith Emily PEARCE [84]
Resided with his parents on farmland in Arrino [84]
Baptised by Rev. A. W. BRAY of the North Midlands Methodist Mission [84]
Reginald Vernon ROWE
Born 13 December 1929 [84]
Son of "Harold" Clement Horold ROWE and "Edie" Edith Emily PEARCE [84]
Resided with his parents on farmland in Arrino [84]
Baptised by Rev. A. W. BRAY of the North Midlands Methodist Mission on 24 August 1930 [84]
Robert Stainton ROWE
Baker in Three Springs in 1914 and 1915 [6] [19]
Mrs Sylvia Dawn ROWE
Wife of Clement Ronald ROWE; see Sylvia Dawn BRIMSON
Mrs Alice Adeline ROWLAND
Wife of "Johnson" Reuben Johnson ROWLAND; see Alice Adeline EDWARDS
"Johnson" Reuben Johnson ROWLAND
Born 1884 in Dongara, Western Australia [15]
Son of Richard ROWLAND and Elizabeth RHODES [15]
Married Alice Adeline EDWARDS in 1908 [66]
Labourer in Irwin 1913-1925 [6] [19] [50]
Railway Fettler in Three Springs 1925-1929 [19]
Railway Fettler in Irwin in 1947 [19]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Wembley [2]
Died 3 January 1966; ashes scattered over the rose garden at the Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA [2]
Frances Lavinia H. RUCK
Born 1871 in Whitstable, Kent, England [20] [21]
Daughter of Frederick R. RUCK and Frances HODGE [20] [24]
In 1881 was living with her parents and siblings Charles, William, Amelia, Frederick and George at 1 Oxford Street in Whitstable [20]
Married Claude BATTY [24]
In 1901 was living with her husband and two children at 54 Victoria Street in Whitstable, Kent, England [20]
Departed England with her husband and children on the Orvieto and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 21 March 1911 [70]
Resided with her husband and children in Three Springs 1917-1921, and on farmland in Arrino in 1921 and 1922 [6] [19] [44] [50]
Mother of Minnie and Richard [24]
Died 28 April 1922 when thrown from a trap at the Railway Crossing in Arrino; buried Arrino Cemetery, Arrino [24]
From The Moora Herald and Midland Districts Advocate newspaper, Friday 5 May 1922:
"Mrs. Fances Lavinia Batty, a resident of Arrino, was picked up dead on a road near by, the result of a trap accident. The Coroner has dispensed with an inquest, as the circumstances pointed to the fact that death was purely accidental."
From The Moora Herald and Midland Districts Advocate newspaper, Friday 12 May 1922:
"Three Springs Notes - Mrs. Batty, wife of Mr. Batty, of Arrino, was killed last Saturday through bring thrown from a spring cart. How the accident happened is not known, as she was not found for some hours."
Cyril John RUMBLE
Born 1903 in Greenough, Western Australia [15]
Son of Thomas RUMBLE and Margaret McCARLEY [15]
Farm Labourer in South Greenough for at least the years 1930-1965 [19]
Attended the Three Springs Agricultural Show held in Three Springs on Thursday 19 September 1935 [5: 27-Sep-1935]
Competed in the Ring Events at the show, coming 2nd in the 14 stone Gent's Hack, Maiden Hunter and High Jump [5]
Came 2nd in the High Jump in the Ring Events at the Three Springs Agricultural Show on Thursday 17 September 1936 [5: 25-Sep-1936]
Christopher RUSSELL
Contractor in Three Springs in 1910 and 1911 [6] [50]
Jack Gordon RUSSELL
Farmer in Yandanooka [50]
Committee Member of the Yandanooka branch of the Primary Producers' Association in 1930 [4: 3-May-1930]
Member of the Mingenew Golf Club in 1932 [4: 28-May-1932]
Member of the Mingenew Tennis Club in 1935-36 [5: 6-Dec-1935]
Attended the funeral of Carnamah agent William B. SHERIDAN at the Winchester Cemetery on 27 January 1936 [5: 31-Jan-1936]
Men's Champion in the North Midlands Easter Tennis Tournament in Mingenew on 11th, 12th and 13th of April 1936 [5: 17-Apr-1936]
Charles Ulrich RUST
Yardman at the Commercial Hotel in Three Springs in 1925 [19]
Gladys Anne M. RUTLAND
Nurse at the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs 1948-1950 [19]
Annie Margaret RYAN
Teacher at the Dominican Convent School in Three Springs in 1964 and 1965 [19]
Mrs Bridget Josephone RYAN
Wife of Michael John RYAN; see Bridget Josephine MILLER
"Ellie" Ellen Martha Bridget RYAN
Born 1894 in Northampton, Western Australia [15]
Daughter of Michael John RYAN and Bridget Josephine MILLER [15]
Resided with her parents in Three Springs 1909-1915 [6] [19]
Played a piano solo at the Social held at the Three Springs State School after a local football match in mid July 1910 [9: 22-Jul-1910]
Performed the overture "Village Bells" at the Concert & Dance at the schoolroom in Three Springs on 1 September 1910 [9: 9-Sep-1910]
Played the piano overture "The Dance of the Shadows" at the Concert & Dance held in Three Springs on 6 June 1914 [10: 12-Jun-1914]
Played the piano to accompany the singing at the concert in Three Springs in aid of Red Cross funds on 15 January 1915 [10: 22-Jan-1915]
Gladys Mary RYAN
Born 1892 in Northampton, Western Australia [15]
Daughter of Michael John RYAN and Bridget Josephine MILLER [15]
Resided with her parents in Three Springs 1909-1915 [6] [19]
Kathleen Helena May RYAN
Born 1900 in Geraldton, Western Australia [15]
Daughter of Michael John RYAN and Bridget Josephine MILLER [15]
Resided with her patents in Three Springs 1909-1915 [6] [19]
Sang a song at the Social hosted by Charlie and Winifred THOMAS at the schoolroom in Three Springs on 30 July 1910 [9: 12-Aug-1910]
Along with three others sang "On the Mississippi" and "Mary" at the Concert & Dance in Three Springs on 6 June 1914 [10: 12-Jun-1914]
Miss Leah RYAN
Played the piano solo at the Social held at the Three Springs State School after a local football match in mid July 1910 [9: 22-Jul-1910]
Sang a song at the Social hosted by Charlie and Winifred THOMAS at the schoolroom in Three Springs on 30 July 1910 [9: 12-Aug-1910]
Sang "Ireland, I Love You" at the Concert & Dance held at the schoolroom in Three Springs on 1 September 1910 [9: 9-Sep-1910]
"Mike" Michael John RYAN
Married Bridget Josephine MILLER in 1884 in Northampton [15]
Storekeeper with a Gallon License in Walkaway in 1908 [6] [9: 11-Dec-1908]
Storekeeper in Three Springs 1909-1915 [6]
Grocer and Butcher in Three Springs in 1910 and 1911, and just Grocer 1912-1915 [6]
In 1910 and 1911 his general store in Three Springs ran under the trading name of "Ryan Bros" [9: 14-Jan-1910] [31: 30-Jun-1911]
During 1910 he extended his business premise, by adding on an office storeroom and extending his shop [9: 17-Jun-1910]
Once extended he stocked large amounts of groceries, ironmongery and drapery [9: 17-Jun-1910]
In mid 1911 his emporium store in Three Springs was said to have been stocked from "floor to ceiling" [31: 30-Jun-1911]
Foundation Committee Member and Treasurer of the Three Springs Race Club in 1910 and 1911 [9: 23-Dec-1910]
Clerk of Scales at the Three Springs Race Club's Inaugural Race Meeting in Three Springs on Thursday 9 March 1911 [9: 10-Feb-1911]
Himself, his wife and their children were bid goodbye at a function held in Three Springs on Monday 9 August 1915 [10]
"All the town and his wife and best girl" attended their farewell, which consisted of speeches, dancing and singing [10: 13-Aug-1915]
Along with his husband and children left Three Springs in August 1915 and shifted to Northampton [10: 23-Jul-1915]
Father of Gladys Mary, Ellen Martha Bridget, Iris Mary, Gerald Forest and Kathleen Helena May [15]
Patricia Marie RYAN
Teacher at the Dominican Convent School in Three Springs for at least the years 1958-1975 [19]
John RYDER
Labourer in Three Springs 1950-1952 [19]
Richard James RYDER
Farmhand in Arrino 1953-1962 [19]
Georgina RYLANDS
Married William Charles ASHBY in 1910 [66]
Resided with her husband in Three Springs 1910-192 [6] [19] [50]
James RYLANDS
Fireman in Arrino in 1941 [19]
Mrs Madge Dorothy RYLANDS
Resided in Arrino in 1931 [19]
SSS
Mr SADDLER
Member of the Three Springs Football Club in 1923 [10: 19-Jul-1923]
Harry SADLIER
Plumber in Three Springs in 1928 [4: 19-May-1928]
Did the plumbing for the new Hotel in Three Springs in 1928, and afterwards remained in Three Springs [4: 19-May-1928]
"Arnie" Arnold Ernest SAGGERS
Born 31 January 1905 in Yalgoo, Western Australia [P376]
Son of Norman SAGGERS and Edith Jane POWELL [66]
Resided in Mingenew until shifting to Three Springs in mid 1927 [4: 11-Jun-1927, 13-Aug-1927]
In late June 1927 he took over his brother Norman W. SAGGERS' butchers business in Three Springs [4: 11-Jun-1927]
Butcher in Three Springs 1927-1948 [4] [6] [19]
Wholesale and Retail Butcher specialising in corned beef and sausages [120: 15-Oct-1936]
Purchased local prime stock for cash, and despatched orders for meat to nearby districts by train [120: 15-Oct-1936]
His business premises in Three Springs were telephone number Three Springs-11 [4: 19-Oct-1929] [60]
Himself and his father, who was a butcher in Mingenew, advertised their businesses together in The Irwin Index newspaper [4]
Damage to his butchering premises caused by floods cost him £60 in repairs in 1932 and another £40 in 1933 [5: 27-Oct-1933]
Ran his butchering business until October 1948 when he sold it to Christopher J. NORRISH [4: 6-Nov-1948]
Converted to Catholicism and was baptised and confirmed by Michael LYNCH at Saint Paul's in Three Springs on 10 August 1927 [91]
Married Elsie Mary FENTON in Fremantle on Saturday 13 August 1927 [4: 13-Aug-1927] [66]
Member of the Three Springs Saint Patrick's Day Committee in 1928, and donated £2/2/- to the Committee in 1928 [124]
He was among the 400 people who attended the Matrons and Benedicts Ball held in Three Springs on 31 August 1928 [4: 8-Sep-1928]
Won 1st prize for Baconer in the Swine section of the Three Springs Agricultural Society's First Annual Show in 1928 [4: 29-Sep-1928]
Attended the Three Springs Race Club's Race Meeting & Evening Ball held in Three Springs on Thursday 11 April 1929 [4: 20-Apr-1929]
Donated a case of fruit for the patients of the north Midlands District Hospital, Three Springs over Christmas in 1929 [4: 8-Feb-1930]
Attended the Commemoration Dinner held at the Commercial Hotel in Three Springs on Friday 26 August 1932 [5: 9-Sep-1932]
The dinner was to commemorate Three Springs having the highest average yield for wheat in the State for the 1931-32 season [5]
Attended the evening dance at the Three Springs Hall after the R.S.L. Sports Day at Arrino on 5 November 1932 [5: 18-Nov-1932]
Entrant in the Popular Husband's Competition held in Three Springs in 1933 to raise funds for the Convent Building Fund [5: 8-Sep-1933]
Inaugural Vice Captain of the Three Springs Road Board District Bush Fire Brigade in 1933-34 and 1934-35 [5: 27-Oct-1933, 9-Nov-1934]
Spent a few days holiday over the Christmas break of 1933 at Dongara Beach [5: 5-Jan-1934]
Member of the Three Springs Saint Patrick's Day Committee in 1934 [5: 9-Mar-1934]
Attended the Carnamah Golf Club's Opening Season Dance at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 21 April 1934 [5: 27-Apr-1934]
Made a speech at Hugh MCHARG and Gladys BASTIAN's wedding reception in Three Springs on Tuesday 5 June 1934 [5: 8-Jun-1934]
Awarded 2nd prize for a Vase of Flowers exhibited in the Flower section of the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1934 [5: 21-Sep-1934]
Won the Handicap 120 Yard running race at the Saint Patrick's Day Picnic & Sports in Three Springs on 18 March 1935 [5: 22-Mar-1935]
Attended the Annual Ratepayers' Meeting of the Three Springs Road Board at 3 p.m. on Saturday 13 April 1935 [5: 19-Apr-1935]
Travelled to Perth during Easter and won an £80 double at the Trots in Perth on Saturday 27 April 1935 [5: 3-May-1935]
Judged the Pig section at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show held in Coorow on Thursday 5 September 1935 [5: 13-Sep-1935]
He was among those from Three Springs who travelled to Perth in October 1935 to attend the Royal Show [5: 11-Oct-1935]
After spending the weekend in Perth he returned to Three Springs early on Tuesday 11 February 1936 [5: 14-Feb-1936]
Competitor in the Billiard Tournament held in Three Springs in May 1936 to raise funds for the Hospital in Three Springs [5: 8-May-1936]
Member of the Three Springs Rifle Club in 1936-37, and a Committee Member in 1937-38 [5: 19-Jun-1936, 2-Jul-1937]
Attended and competed at the Official Opening of the Three Springs Rifle Club's rifle range on Thursday 23 July 1936 [5: 31-Jul-1936]
A field demonstration of four McCormick Deering tractors was held on his farm on Wednesday 5 August 1936 [5: 31-Jul-1936]
Visitor at the Fifth Annual North Midlands R.S.L. Reunion Dinner held in Dongara on Saturday evening 24 October 1936 [5: 30-Oct-1936]
In early December 1936 he was a patient at the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs [5: 11-Dec-1936]
Attended the Valedictory Social for Miss Rachel M. A. WALLACE in Three Springs on Tuesday 15 December 1936 [5: 24-Dec-1936]
Attended the farewell to Josephine M. FITZGERALD at the Carnamah Hotel on Saturday evening 27 March 1937 [5: 2-Apr-1937]
Travelled to Perth on Thursday 1 April 1937 to attend the King's Cup Race Meeting at Ascot Park on the weekend [5: 2-Apr-1937]
Helped cart 80 trucks loads of sand, gravel and stones for the nursing quarters in Three Springs on 14 and 24 April 1937 [5: 30-Apr-1937]
Vice President of the Three Springs Football Club in 1937 [5: 16-Apr-1937]
Member of the committee that organised the very successful Annual Catholic Ball in Three Springs on 3 June 1937 [5: 11-Jun-1937]
Part of the male ballet in pink skirts who performed at the Novelty Dance Evening in Three Springs on 15 July 1937 [5: 23-Jul-1937]
Performed again with the ballet to the crowd of over 300 at the Community Concert in Carnamah on 11 August 1937 [5: 13-Aug-1937]
Helped organise the Farewell for Barney & Frances BARNHART, which was held in Three Springs on 3 February 1938 [4: 12-Feb-1938]
Attended the funeral of Arrino resident Mrs Ellen DEE at the Three Springs Cemetery on 16 August 1939 [4: 19-Aug-1939]
Attended the Farewell Social & Dance held for Vincent & May TIPPETT in Three Springs on Monday 28 July 1941 [4: 2-Aug-1941]
After selling his butchering business in October 1948 he appears to have continued to reside in Three Springs until 1962 [4: 6-Nov-1948] [19]
Speaker at the Valedictory Social for stationmaster Herbert E. REYNOLDS in Three Springs during November 1949 [4: 19-Nov-1949]
Resided in the Perth suburb of Applecross from 1963 until his death in 1994 [2] [4: 26-Apr-1963]
Died 21 December 1994; buried Fremantle Cemetery, Fremantle WA (Roman Catholic, Lawn D, 380) [2]
From The Irwin Index newspaper, Saturday 6 November 1948:
"Change of Business at Three Springs - Public Notice - Mr A. E. Saggers, who has conducted a butchering establishment at Three Springs for the past twenty years, desires to advise customers and the public of the district generally that he has disposed of his business to Mr Chris Norris, who is a very capable tradesman. In making this announcement, Mr Saggers also desires to express thanks to all customers for the generous measure of patronage accorded him during his long business association with Three Springs, and he hopes that the same patronage will be accorded Mr Norris as his successor. All outstanding accounts due to Mr Saggers may be paid to him at Three Springs."
Mrs Christina Annie SAGGERS
Wife of Joseph John SAFGGERS; see Christina Annie MCGREGOR
Mrs Edith Jane SAGGERS
Wife of Norman SAGGERS; see Edith Jane POWELL
"Edie" Edith Jane SAGGERS
Born 13 March 1913 in Tambellup, Western Australia [P376]
Daughter of Norman SAGGERS and Edith Jane POWELL [P376]
Resided with her parents in Mingenew 1925-1939 [19] [50]
She was among the 400 people who attended the Matrons and Benedicts Ball held in Three Springs on 31 August 1928 [4: 8-Sep-1928]
Attended the Three Springs Agricultural Society's First Annual Show and Show Ball on Thursday 20 September 1928 [4: 29-Sep-1928]
Attended the Ball after the Three Springs Races on Thursday 11 April 1929 in a dress of green crepe de chine and net [4: 20-Apr-1929]
Attended the Fancy Dress Ball held in Mingenew on Thursday 10 October 1929 dressed as "Tintx" [4: 19-Oct-1929]
Attended the Annual Ball after the Three Springs Show on 25 September 1930 wearing pink taffeta with spray to match [4: 11-Oct-1930]
Attended the Grand Ball following the Three Spring Agricultural Show on 22 September 1932 in a gown of green satin [5: 7-Oct-1932]
Married William Power GILBERTSON in Perth in 1940 [66]
In 1963 herself and her husband were living in the Perth suburb of Maylands [4: 26-Apr-1963]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Bayswater [2]
Died 2 April 2007; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Wesleyan, HC, 10) [2]
Mrs Elsie Mary SAGGERS
Wife of Arnold Ernest SAGGERS; see Elsie Mary FENTON
"Evelyn" Iris Evelyn SAGGERS
Born 10 June 1908 in Peringilup, Western Australia [P376]
Daughter of Norman SAGGERS and Edith Jane POWELL [P376]
Resided with her parents in Broomehill 1908-1911, Peringillup 1912-1913, Tambellup 1915-1924 and Katanning in 1925 [6]
Resided in Mingenew with her parents in 1925 and 1926 [4: 20-Aug-1938] [19] [50]
Married "Max" Wilfred Max THOMPSON in Perth in 1926 [66]
Resided with her husband on farmland on the Wongoondy Estate in Wongoondy between Mingenew and Mullewa [4: 20-Aug-1938]
They resided in Toodyay in 1936 and in Norseman in 1937 and 1938, at both of which her husband worked as a Butcher [6] [50]
Died 15 August 1938 in Perth; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Wesleyan, GA, 164) [2]
From The Irwin Index newspaper, Saturday 20 August 1938:
Former Mingenew Resident's Death - On Saturday last the death occurred at Perth of a former resident of Mingenew in the person of Mrs. Evelyn Thompson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Saggers, of Mingenew. The deceased lady had lived with her husband (Mr. Max. Thompson) on a property at Woongoody soon after that estate was thrown open for selection, but later the farm was sold and Mr. and Mrs. Thompson transferred to Toodyay. The funeral took place in the Methodist portion of the Karrakatta Cemetery on Wednesday last following a short service in the Wesley Church."
Joseph John SAGGERS
Born 1886 in Longwood, Victoria, Australia [15]
Son of Robert SAGGERS and Johanna CARLYON [15]
By 1912 he had shifted to Western Australia, as had his brothers Samson, Owen and Norman [6]
Butcher in Meekatharra in partnership with J. T. SMITH as "Smith & Saggers" 1912-1915 [6]
Married (1) Christina Annie MCGREGOR in 1915 [66]
Butcher in Meekatharra trading as "J. Saggers & Co" 1916-1919 [6]
Resided until 1921 and was then a Butcher in Geraldton 1922-1925 [6] [50]
Butcher in Mingenew 1925-1943 [19] [50]
In 1932 owned a Chevrolet utility, which was registered with the Mingenew Road Board with license plate MI-57 [4: 12-Nov-1932]
Member of the Mingenew Recreation Advisory Committee in 1934 [101: page 129]
His wife Christina passed away in 1936 [15]
Member of the Mingenew Cricket Club in 1936-37 [5: 13-Nov-1936]
Married (2) Gertrude Selina CREW in Perth in 1938 [66]
Committee Member of the Mingenew Hospital Association in 1939 [4: 19-Aug-1939]
Committee Member of the Mingenew District Agricultural Society in 1939 [4: 19-Aug-1939]
Later resided in South Perth [2]
Died 9 January 1977; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Lawn 5, Niche Wall, W6, 80) [2]
"Joe" Joseph Thomas SAGGERS
Born 10 October 1910 in Peringilup, Western Australia [16]
Son of Norman SAGGERS and Edith Jane POWELL [P376]
Butcher in Three Springs 1928-1933 [4] [19]
Believed to have worked for his brothers Norman and then Arnold who ran a Butcher's Shop in Three Springs [5] [19]
He was among the 400 people who attended the Matrons and Benedicts Ball held in Three Springs on 31 August 1928 [4: 8-Sep-1928]
Attended the Three Springs Agricultural Society's First Annual Show and Show Ball on Thursday 20 September 1928 [4: 29-Sep-1928]
Attended the Three Springs Race Club's Race Meeting & Evening Ball held in Three Springs on Thursday 11 April 1929 [4: 20-Apr-1929]
Attended the Fancy Dress Ball held in Mingenew on Thursday 10 October 1929 dressed as a "Persian Gentleman" [4: 19-Oct-1929]
Converted to Catholicism and was baptised by Rev. Father Michael LYNCH of Three Springs on 10 May 1932 [91]
Attended the Farewell Evening tendered to local pioneer Mrs Blanche M. KOCH in Three Springs on 3 December 1932 [4: 10-Dec-1932]
Married Mary Francis SPRING in Perth in 1936 [66]
Resided in the Perth suburb of South Perth prior to enlisting in the Australian Army on 5 January 1942 [16]
Private WX18565 in the Australian Army's 16 Australian Advanced Ordnance Depot during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 24 January 1946 [16]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Bentley [2]
Died 15 March 2002; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Lawn, J, 7D) [2]
Norman SAGGERS
Born 1875 in Jamieson, Victoria, Australia [15]
Son of Robert SAGGERS and Johanna CARLYON [15]
Along with one of his elder brothers he left Victoria and shifted to Western Australia in 1894 [4: 26-Apr-1963]
Married (1) Edith Jane POWELL in Cue in 1900 [15]
Blacksmith in Yalgoo in partnership with his brother Samson as "Saggers Bros" 1900-1902 [6]
Butcher in Yalgoo 1903-1908, Farmer in Broomehill 1908-1911 and Farmer in Peringillup in 1912 and 1913 [6]
Resided in Tambellup 1915-1924 - as a Butcher in 1915 and 1916, Farmer in 1917 and 1918 and Butcher 1919-1924 [6]
Butcher in Katanning in 1925 [50]
Butcher in Mingenew 1925-1939 [19] [50]
Himself and his son Arnold, who was a butcher in Three Springs, advertised in The Irwin Index newspaper in 1929 [4: 1-Jun-1929]
In 1929 and 1930 he conducted his butcher's shop in Mingenew in partnership with his son Bill [4: 8-Feb-1930, 19-Jul-1930]
After his son Bill left Mingenew in 1930 he ran the butcher's business in partnership with his son-in-law Horace E. THOMAS [4]
A butcher in his employ lost two of his fingers while chopping bones at his butcher's shop on Tuesday 31 March 1931 [4: 4-Apr-1931]
Purchased a new Chevrolet car in August 1927 - the first of the "new most beautiful Chevs" to arrive in Mingenew [4: 6-Aug-1927]
In January 1928 purchased another block in the Three Springs townsite from Edmund K. BYRNE [4: 14-Jan-1928]
Judged the Ring Events, Horse and Cattle sections at the Three Springs Agricultural Society's First Annual Show in 1928 [4: 29-Sep-1928]
In 1929 judged the Horse section and Rings Events of the Three Springs Agricultural Society's Second Annual Show [4: 5-Oct-1929]
Judged the Ring Events and Horse section of the Carnamah District Agricultural Society's Annual Show in 1930 [4: 27-Sep-1930]
Rendered valuable assistance with the Carnamah Athletic Club's Inaugural Boxing Tournament in Carnamah in early 1932 [4: 6-Feb-1932]
For his services to the Carnamah Athletic Club he was bestowed the gift of Honorary Membership [4: 6-Feb-1932]
In 1932 owned a Whippet Delivery car, which was registered with the Mingenew Road Board with license plate MI-197 [4: 12-Nov-1932]
Judge of the Pig section at the Three Springs Agricultural Society's Annual Shows in 1935 and 1936 [5: 27-Sep-1935, 25-Sep-1936]
Referee of a Boxing Tournament conducted by the Three Springs-Arrino R.S.L. in Three Springs on 18 April 1936 [5: 1-May-1936]
Resided in Three Springs in retirement 1945-1947 [6] [19]
Financial Member of the Three Springs Agricultural Society in 1946 and 1947 [262]
Married (2) Mrs Kathleen May PEARCE in Perth in 1947 [66]
Shifted back to Mingenew where he resided in retirement [176]
Passed away at the age of 88 years at the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs [176]
Father of Nita, Bill, Arn, Myrtle, Evelyn, Joe, Edie, Vera and Stan [P376]
Died 20 April 1963; buried Mingenew Cemetery, Mingenew (Seventh Day Adventist, Plot 51B) [4: 26-Apr-1963] [176]
His wife Kathleen continued to live in Mingenew until her death at the age of 73 years on 18 December 1971 [176]
From The Irwin Index newspaper, Friday 26 April 1963:
Old Resident Of District Is Deceased
"The late Mr. Norman Saggers, who died at the North Midlands District Hospital at Three Springs last Saturday, was one of the oldest and most respected residents of the Mingenew region. He was 88 years of age and had suffered ill-health for a long period.
He was born at Jamieson in Victoria, where his father was a school teacher. That town is one of the most beautiful mountain resorts in that State, with trout streams and rivers set in dense forest of giant gums and tree ferns. One of a family of 14, Mr. Saggers and an elder brother came to Western Australia in 1894, when he was 19. He lived in this State from then on. During that period of 69 years, he resided in Cue, Yalgoo, Katanning and Tambellup before coming to the North Midlands. He spent a number of years in Three Springs and then moved to Mingenew, where he lived for 41 years, being one of the oldest residents of that district.
One of his main interests was working sheep dogs. Mr. Saggers was an honorary life member of the W.A. Working Sheep Dogs Association and had worked dogs in the first field trials conducted by that organisation. He won the Sandover Cup at one of those early trials. He also was a successful breeder and skilful trainer. His dogs were eagerly sought throughout that State, some being purchased by station owners far to the north and from others as far south as Red Lake and Esperance. Mr. Saggers was a member of the Royal Agricultural Society of Western Australia for many years as well as the Mingenew Agricultural Society. He was patron of the Mingenew Bowling Club.
He is mourned by his widow, eight children and six step-children, 33 grandchildren and 27 great grandchildren. His children and stepchildren are:- Nita (Mrs. H. E. Thomas), Bill (Mr. N. W. Saggers, of Applecross), Arn (Mr. A. E. Saggers, Victoria Park), Myrtle (Mrs. R. Nettle, Kojonup), Vera (Mrs. H. Randall, Perth), Joe (Mr. J. Saggers, Victoria Park), Edie (Mrs. W. Gilbertson, Maylands), Gerald (Mr. G. H. Pearce, Brookton), Doreen (Mrs. R. Desmond, Tuart Hill), Linda (Mrs. H. J. Ralston, Claremont), Beryl (Mrs. D. Calaghan, Wembley), Shirley (Mrs. L. Looke, Mingenew) and Don (Mr. D. H. Pearce, Mt. Pleasant).
The funeral was at the Mingenew Cemetery last Monday afternoon and was attended by a large representation from throughout the district who gathered to pay their last tributes. The service at the graveside was conducted by the president of the Seventh-Day Adventist Perth Conference, Pastor F. Maberley. During the ceremony, Mr. H. J. Ralston and his elder daughter, Miss Janette Ralston, sang "Beyond the Sunset." The pallbearers were old friends and associates:- Messrs. B. Thomas, R. R. Colegate, P. F. Lynch, J. Connolly, F. Wick and E. C. Newton. The casket was carried by Messrs. M. J. Payne, L. Croft, L. Baugh and A. Wick. The many floral tributes covered the grave."
"Bill" Norman William SAGGERS
Born 13 March 1903 in Geraldton, Western Australia [P376]
Son of Norman SAGGERS and Edith Jane POWELL [15]
Butcher in Geraldton in 1923 [6]
Butcher in Katanning in 1925 [50]
Butcher in Three Springs in 1926 and 1927 [6] [4: 11-Jun-1927] [60]
During his time in Three Springs he was telephone number Three Springs-11 [60]
In late June 1927 his butchering business in Three Springs was taken over by his brother Arnold E. SAGGERS [4: 11-Jun-1927]
Butcher in Mingenew in partnership with his father in 1929 and 1930 [4: 8-Feb-1930]
He was among the 400 people who attended the Matrons and Benedicts Ball held in Three Springs on 31 August 1928 [4: 8-Sep-1928]
Attended the Three Springs Race Club's Race Meeting & Evening Ball held in Three Springs on Thursday 11 April 1929 [4: 20-Apr-1929]
Prize donor for the Mingenew Younger Set's Fancy Dress Ball held in Mingenew on Thursday 10 October 1929 [4: 19-Oct-1929]
In February 1930 sold his share of the butchering business in Mingenew to his brother-in-law Horace E. THOMAS [4: 8-Feb-1930]
Left the Mingenew district in February 1930 after purchasing a business in Toodyay [4: 8-Feb-1930]
Married Ethel May TURNER in Perth in 1933 [66]
They were living in Northam in 1934, and at 68 Manchester Street in the Perth suburb of Victoria Park in 1938 [84]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Bentley [2]
Father of Brian and Raymond [84]
Died 31 August 1997; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Lawn, R, 629) [2]
Rev. Sydney Harold Sampson SAGGERS
Born 1903 in Tambellup, Western Australia
Son of Owen SAGGERS and Vida Lydia Nichola TREVASKIS [15]
Methodist Minister of the North Midlands Methodist Mission for two years over 1926 to 1928 [4: 6-Dec-1930] [84]
Between August 1926 and March 1928 he baptised one child from Carnamah, six from Three Springs and one from Yandanooka [84]
Officiated at the funeral of three year old Sybil C. BYRNE at the Three Springs General Cemetery on 17 December 1926 [24]
Officiated at the marriage of Robert W. GRANT and Mildred M. PARKIN in Carnamah on 12 August 1927 [4: 20-Aug-1927]
He was a nephew of Norman SAGGERS of Mingenew and first cousin of N. William and Arnold E. SAGGERS of Three Springs [15]
Visited Three Springs to conduct the Three Springs Methodist Church Sunday School Anniversary on 7 December 1930 [4: 6-Dec-1930]
Married "Jessie" Margaret Jessie ROBERTSON in Perth in 1934 [66]
Minister in Merredin in 1936 [50]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Karrinyup [2]
Died 7 April 1999; memorialised at Pinnaroo Valley Memorial Park, Perth WA (Banksia Court, Reflection Wall, WD, 63) [2]
"Nita" Uneta SAGGERS
Born 9 February 1901 in Cue, Western Australia [P376]
Daughter of Norman SAGGERS and Edith Jane POWELL [15]
Married Horace Edward THOMAS in 1927 [66]
Resided with her husband in Mingenew 1927-1930 [19]
Her husband worked as a Wheelwright, however in 1930 was a partner in her father's Mingenew butcher's shop [4: 8-Feb-1930] [19]
During October 1929 she was receiving medical treatment in Geraldton for appendicitis [4: 19-Oct-1929]
Towards the end of October 1929 it was reported that she was "making good progress after a rather serious operation" [4: 26-Oct-1929]
In 1931 they were living in Miling, where her husband was a Butcher [50]
Resided with her husband in Three Springs 1933-1943, where he worked as a Blacksmith [19]
Attended the House Party at Edward & Ether SHEAHAN's home in Three Springs on Thursday 24 August 1933 [5: 25-Aug-1933]
Won 1st prize for Wholemeal Biscuits and 2nd for Rainbow Cake and Cream Puffs at the Three Springs Show in 1933 [5: 29-Sep-1933]
Attended the Show Ball after the Three Springs Agricultural Show on 21 September 1933 in a white crinkled marocain dress [5]
Awarded 1st prize for Biscuits exhibited in the Confectionary section of the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1934 [5: 21-Sep-1934]
Won 1st prize for Scones and 2nd for Biscuits at the Three Springs Agricultural Show held on 17 September 1936 [5: 25-Sep-1936]
Attended the hugely successful Annual Catholic Ball in Three Springs on 3 June 1937 dressed in red satin [5: 11-Jun-1937]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Dianella [2]
Mother of Juanita, Alma and twins John and Norman [P376]
Died 6 March 1987; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Lawn, H, 534) [2]
Vera Irene SAGGERS
Born 3 October 1915 in Tambellup, Western Australia [P376]
Daughter of Norman SAGGERS and Edith Jane POWELL [P376]
Resided with her parents in Mingenew [19]
Attended the Annual Ball after the Three Springs Show in 1930 wearing lemon silk net with flared handkerchief peaks [4: 11-Oct-1930]
Harold Hector SALMON
Labourer in Three Springs in 1927 [19]
Vincenzo SALPIETRO
Labourer in Three Springs in 1938 [19]
Awarded 1st prize for Exhibit by Gent in the Novelty Competition at the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1935 [5: 27-Sep-1935]
Lewis SALTER
Labourer in Arrino 1914-1916 [19] [50]
Miss Lillian May SALTER
Housekeeper at the Commercial Hotel in Three Springs 1928-1930 [4: 15-Mar-1930] [19]
Won 1st prize for Pickles and 2nd for Marmalade at the Three Springs Agricultural Society's First Annual Show in 1928 [4: 20-Sep-1928]
Attended the Arrino Race Club's Annual Ball on Thursday 4 April 1929 in a dress of rose georgette and guipure lace [4: 13-Apr-1929]
Left the Three Springs district in March 1930 [4: 15-Mar-1930]
Amy Louisa SAMPSON
Born 5 June 1881 in Goyder, South Australia [55]
Daughter of James SAMPSON and "Sophie" Louisa Sophia KLOSE [55]
Resided with her parents on her father's farm in Bowmans, South Australia [P331]
Her father was a farmer, expert stockman, farm butcher and unqualified but knowledgeable vet [P331]
Married (1) "Bill" William MUTTER on 27 September 1905 at the Methodist Church in Whitwarta, South Australia [55]
Their wedding was a double one with her sister Edith Mary SAMPSON and her fiancé Arthur Ernest RUDDERHAM [55] [P331]
Following their marriage they shifted to Balaklava where for about 14 years resided on one of her father-in-laws farms [P331]
Then resided with her husband and children on her husband's Hillslope Farm in Everard West, South Australia [P331]
Along with her husband and children took holidays in Western Australia over two successive years looking for farmland to buy [P331]
On the second holiday in 1926 they purchased Cornelius and Amy F. SHEAHAN's farm at Dudawa, East Arrino [P2] [P118] [P331]
Returned to Everard West and after selling everything left South Australia by train with her husband and daughters [P331]
Arrived in Dudawa in March 1927, and named their new farm Noalimba after an Aboriginal word meaning "belonging to us" [P331]
Resided on Noalimba Farm in Dudawa, East Arrino 1927-1939 [P118]
She was very keen on her tennis and shortly after their arrival she got together with others and formed the Dudawa Tennis Club [P331]
They made two anthill courts on part of the Government Reserve near the Dudawa State School and Government Dam [P331]
Later the Club erected a bough shed and fenced the courts [P331]
She was among the 400 people who attended the Matrons and Benedicts Ball held in Three Springs on 31 August 1928 [4: 8-Sep-1928]
Made arrangements for the occasional Methodist Church services to be held at the Dudawa State School [P331]
A visiting Methodist Missionary would arrive at Dudawa in his sulky on which he would have a folding organ [144]
In mid September 1928 placed a notice of thanks in The Irwin Index newspaper thanking the local Methodist Guild Ladies [4: 15-Sep-1928]
The thanks were for decorating the Agricultural Hall for her daughter's wedding, and to Annie BYRNE and Fred HARDWICK [4]
Won 2nd prizes for Lettuce, Cream Puffs and male Black Orpington at the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1928 [4: 20-Sep-1928]
Following the Arrino Race Club's race meeting attended the evening Ball in the Arrino Hall on Thursday 4 April 1929 [4: 13-Apr-1929]
Won 1st prize for White Hen Eggs and 2nd for Swiss Roll at the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1932 [5: 30-Sep-1932]
Attended the Hospital Appeal Grand Ball in Three Springs on Thursday 8 June 1933 in a dress of black crepe de chine [5: 16-Jun-1933]
Won 2nd prizes for White Hen Eggs, Swiss Roll and Diary Butter at the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1933 [5: 29-Sep-1933]
In about 1933 she invited the STOKES and WILSON families of Dudawa to join her family for Christmas lunch [144]
She cooked for the crowd and after the children were fed the adults sat down to roast chook, ham and Christmas pudding [144]
Member of the Dudawa Tennis Club in 1933-34 [5: 27-Oct-1933]
Helped cater for the supper at the Arrino Tennis Club's Annual Ball held at the Arrino Hall on Tuesday 25 June 1935 [5: 28-Jun-1935]
Won 2nd prizes for Bread and Brown Hen Eggs at the Three Springs Agricultural Show held on 17 September 1936 [5: 25-Sep-1936]
Described a as a lover of sport who never turned down an opportunity for a hit of tennis or a game of cards [144]
She was a very good cook and housekeeper, with a routine that included changing beds on Saturdays and washing on Mondays [144]
In 1939 herself and her husband left Arrino and retired to a seven acre block in the Perth suburb of Belmont [P118]
Resided with her husband at Preston in Belgravia Street in the Perth suburb of Belmont [P331]
Following the death of her husband in 1946 she continued to live at Preston in Belmont for a while [P331]
Spent time staying with each of her children and visited South Australia a couple of times to visit her sisters [P331]
Also spent quite a lot of time holidaying with Mrs Alice C. STOKES in Dongara [P331] [P332]
Married (2) Arthur Owen COLE [P332]
Resided with her second husband in a house he'd built at the mouth of the Greenough River in Greenough [P332]
They later resided in the Perth suburb of Beaconsfield [2]
Mother of Ethel Louisa Maud, "Ken" Wilfred Kenneth and Dulcie Martha [55]
Died 22 March 1966; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Wesleyan, IA, 717) [2]
Ronald Crieghton SANDELLS
Fencing Contractor on Bellaranga Station in Arrino in 1961 and 1962 [19]
"Joseph" Guiseppe SARTEUR
Born 27 March 1879 in Ayas, Valle d'Aosta, Italy [30: item 35978]
Departed Genoa, Italy on the Barbarossa and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 25 November 1902 [30] [70]
After arrival resided and worked in Kalgoorlie for four months, in Perth for two years and then in Dongara for one and a half years [30]
Resided in Arrino for nine years, believed to be from partway through 1906 until towards the end of 1916 [30]
Contractor in Arrino until 1909 and then a Farmer in Arrino 1910-1917 [6] [30]
Left Arrino in late 1916 and resided in Geraldton for six months, and then in Tammin where he was a Fettler / Railway Employee [30]
Applied and gave a declaration to become a Naturalised citizen of the Commonwealth of Australia in Northam on 21 May 1917 [30]
Enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in Northam on 28 May 1917 [30: item 8077253]
On enlistment he gave his permanent address as "Arrino, Midland line, Western Australia" [30]
Stated his next of kin to be his brother Alexander SARTEUR, whose address was Ayas, Valle d'Aosta, Italy [30]
His Naturalisation had not been finalised, however Const. R. J. HONNER of Three Springs submitted a report for the A.I.F. [30]
In the report it was outlined that three Justices of the Peace spoke very highly of him and that his sympathies were with the allies [30]
The Justices of the Peace were Thomas H. DALY and Patrick M. DURACK of Arrino, and Charles C. MALEY of Three Springs [30]
He was noted as 5 feet 5½ inches tall, weighing 135 lbs., with brown eyes, dark brown hair and a dark complexion [30]
After training at Blackboy Hill military camp he was appointed to the 11th Reinforcements of the 51st Battalion on 24 July 1917 [30]
Embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia for active service abroad on the H.M.A.T. A60 Aeneas on 30 October 1917 [18]
Disembarked in Devonport, England on 27 December 1917 and after further training proceeded to France on 1 April 1918 [30]
Private 3917 in the Australian Imperial Force's 51st Battalion in France during the First World War [18]
Admitted to field hospital in France on 14 May 1918 after being gassed, and after treatment returned to duty on 1 July 1918 [30]
Embarked from England on his return to Australia on the Lancashire on 7 February 1919 and disembarked on 11 March 1919 [30]
Discharged from the Australian Imperial Force on 21 April 1919; received the British War Medal and the Victory Medal [30]
His name appears on the Three Springs Honour Board, which was unveiled on Tuesday 3 June 1919 [9: 6-Jun-1919] [10: 13-Jun-1919]
Railway Employee in Bunbury 1925 [50]
Married Hannora TYLER in 1926 [66]
In 1936 he was an employee of the WA Government and was living on the Five Acres Estate in South Bunbury [50]
Died 1937 [15]
Eric SASSE
Born 1884 in Fulham, London, England [20] [21]
Son of clerk Henry Edmund SASSE and Virginia FONTANA [20] [21]
In 1891 was living with his parents and siblings at 51 Rosenau Road in East Battersea, London, England [20]
Himself and his brother Philip R. SASSE departed London, England on the steamship Ortona on 26 July 1906 [203]
They arrived on the steamship Ortona in Fremantle, Western Australia on 30 August 1906 [70]
Farmhand in Narrogin for six months and then in Greenough and Three Springs for 18 months [152]
Member of the Kadathinni Farmers & Progress Association in Three Springs in 1911 [9: 13-Jan-1911]
Took up 920 acres of prospective farmland in Morawa for 12/6 per acre [152]
Farmer in Morawa 1911-1933 [19]
About 400 acres of his 920 acre holding was forest and the remainder was scrub [152]
His postal address was Three Springs in 1911 and 1912, and he gave his physical address as Morawa via Arrino [6] [19]
By 1916 he had fenced his property, divided it into paddocks, had cleared 300 acres and had 260 acres of crop [152]
His crops averaged 13 bushels in 1913 and 1915, and in 1916 he expected them to average about 14 bushels [152]
The crops were sown with 45 pounds of seed to the acre with 45 pounds of super on his heavy land up to 80 on his light land [152]
His water supply in 1916 consisted of a dry well and a dam that only lasted during the winter months [152]
Owing to a lack of water on his farm he had to cart water from a Government well over summer [152]
In 1916 he was living in a iron hessian camp on his farm and had a bush stable but no machinery shed [152]
Began with £350 capital and borrowed an additional £480 from the Agricultural Bank [152]
Also received financial assistance from the Industries Assistance Board (I.A.B.) and by 1916 owed them about £450 [152]
In 1916 owned a Deering plough, 13-disc drill and Massey-Harris harvester which he used with five horses [152]
With his five horses he could plough 10 acres a day, seed 10 or 11 acres a day and harvest five acres a day [152]
He had poultry and a few pigs for his own use [152]
Gave evidence to the Royal Commission on the Agricultural Industries of Western Australia in Morawa on 27 November 1916 [152]
He believed farmers in Morawa needed 600 acres of first class land in addition to 1,000 acres of sandplain [152]
The wages for farmhands in Morawa at the time was £2 and keep per week, and he'd had good workers for that price [152]
He reported that in Morawa farmers generally worked well together and that cooperation between farmers was advantageous [152]
He'd paid £120 in rent, which he believed would have profited him and the State more if he could have spent it on the farm [152]
He suggested that instead there should be no rent for the first five years, and that rent spread over the remainder years [152]
Once he'd found water he hoped to get sheep and although there were dingoes he didn't expect too much trouble from them [152]
There was no kite leaf poison in Morawa however suspected poison had been found after the 1914 drought and thunderstorms [152]
He felt that the Agricultural bank and the Industries Assistance Board (I.A.B.) had treated him generously [152]
Married Frances Elsie NICHOLAS in Perth in 1917 [66]
His wife purchased 1,132 acres of land from the Midland Railway Company for £679/4/- (12/- per acre) on 24 October 1924 [27]
In 1936 he was living at Selkirk on Fourth Road in Armadale and was working as a Labourer [50]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of South Perth [2]
Died 19 October 1960; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Crematorium Rose Gardens, R, 120) [2]
Philip Rafe SASSE
Born 1888 in Battersea, London, England [20] [21]
Son of Henry Edmund SASSE and Virginia FONTANA [20] [21]
In 1891 was living with his parents and siblings at 51 Rosenau Road in Battersea, London, England [20]
Himself and his brother Eric SASSE departed London, England on the steamship Ortona on 26 July 1906 [203]
They arrived on the steamship Ortona in Fremantle, Western Australia on 30 August 1906 [70]
Farmer in Morawa / Koolanooka 1911-1941 [19]
His postal address was Three Springs in 1911 and 1912, at which time his physical address was "Morawa via Arrino" [6] [19]
Married Vida Mary Sidonie HARVEY in Perth in 1927 [66]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of South Perth [2]
Died 2 October 1964; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Crematorium Rose Gardens, 20D, 12) [2]
"Jean" Alice Jean SAUNDERS
Daughter of "Archie" Arthur Gordon Yarcowie SAUNDERS and Amy DODD [P2]
Resided with her parents on Wattle Grove Farm in Arrino and later on York Park Farm in Arrino [P2]
Boarding Student at the Presentation Convent in Geraldton in 1927 and 1928 [P2]
In May 1935 travelled from Arrino to Northampton to spend a holiday with her aunt Mrs COLLIER [5: 10-May-1935]
Spent some of the year 1938 in Perth where she learnt dressmaking [P2]
While in Perth regularly spent her weekends with Mrs Jessie SIMMONDS and Miss Lorna LINTHORNE at Midland Junction [P2]
Member of Arrino's branches of the Country Women's Association and the Red Cross Society [P2]
During the Second World War volunteered to spot planes one morning per week [P2]
Worked for Mrs Justeen KININMONTH in Arrino in 1943, helping her with home duties while she was expecting her second child [P2]
Married "Jim" James HUNT in Three Springs on 7 May 1946 [P2]
Resided with her husband in Three Springs [19]
Member of the Three Springs Anglican Guild and the Three Springs branches of the Country Women's Association and Red Cross [P2]
Mrs Amy SAUNDERS
First wife of "Archie" Arthur Gordon Yarcowie SAUNDERS; see Amy DODD
"Archie" Arthur Gordon Yarcowie SAUNDERS
Born 23 October 1886 in Yarcowie, South Australia [55]
Son of Edwin SAUNDERS and Alice Agnes DAY [55]
Resided with his parents in Yarcowie SA 1886-1900 and then worked in a shearing shed at Broken Hill NSW [P2]
Along with his mother and siblings shifted to the goldfields in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia in the early 1900s [P2]
Himself and his brother both worked in mines in Kalgoorlie while his mother ran a dining room and cooked for miners [P2]
He contracted pneumonia two years running and spent time at the Public Hospital in Perth so decided to give up mining [P2]
Shifted to Arrino in 1910 to work as a bookkeeper for Thomas H. DALY at the Arrino General Store [P2]
Married (1) Amy DODD on 22 December 1913 in Arrino [P2]
Purchased a small piece of farmland, named Wattle Grove, from his father-in-law Edwin B. DODD [P2]
Farmer of Wattle Grove Farm just out of the Arrino townsite before the Arrino South Road intersection 1913-1950 [P2]
In the mid 1920s purchased the larger York Park Farm on the Arrino South Road in Arrino from SEWARD Bros [P2]
Farmer of both Wattle Grove and York Park Farms in Arrino until 1950 [P2]
Grew wheat, oats and blue lupins in addition to having about six cows, some fowls and turkeys, and about 20 to 30 pigs [P2]
Sold some of the pigs at market and kept some to get ham and bacon; the cows were kept for milk and to make and sell butter [P2]
His first farm had a four roomed house with verandahs, with two rooms made out of stone and the other two of weatherboard [P2]
Shifted from Wattle Grove to York Park in 1929 after building a six roomed house with verandahs on the back and front [P2]
For a period also did share-cropping at Dudawa in East Arrino [P2]
Signed the petition and financial guarantee in 1917 for the Midland Railway Company to provide a resident doctor at Three Springs [34]
His dog came third in the Sheep Dog Trials at the Red Cross Gala Day held in Three Springs on Thursday 23 May 1918 [10: 31-May-1918]
He was a keen supporter of local sporting bodies and often drove footballers to matches in neighbouring towns [P2]
Himself and three others often played bridge in the supper room of the Arrino Hall while their daughters were dancing at balls [P2]
He was a very dedicated worker, supporter of the district, a strict father, very careful with money and a non drinker and smoker [P2]
On one occasion purchased a shearing plant for a local young lad who didn't have the means to purchase one himself [P2]
This enabled this young man to take on more shearing sheds and did his shearing for free until the shearing payed for the plant [P2]
Member of the Arrino Football Club in 1919 [9: 22-Aug-1919]
One day in the early 1920s was travelling to the football in Three Springs in a buggy and pair of horses when a motorbike came up [P2]
The motorbike didn't pass and stayed behind them, its noise causing his horses to canter all the way to Three Springs [P2]
He was worried for fear that his buggy would fall to pieces before they got to Three Springs due to the rougher faster ride [P2]
Member of the Arrino Cricket Club in 1922-23, 1928-29 and 1935-36 [9: 12-Jan-1923] [4: 10-Nov-1928] [5: 28-Feb-1936]
Represented Arrino at meetings of the North Midlands Football Association in 1926, 1936 and 1937 [4: 28-Aug-1926] [5: 22-May-1936, 23-Apr-1937]
Following the Arrino Race Club's race meeting attended the evening Ball in the Arrino Hall on Thursday 4 April 1929 [4: 13-Apr-1929]
Attended the meeting held in Arrino on Saturday 13 April 1929 to discuss the affairs and finances of the Arrino Hall [4: 20-Apr-1929]
Member of the Arrino Race Club - was Secretary in 1930 [4: 25-Jan-1930, 8-Mar-1930]
Member of the Arrino Hall Committee in 1930 [4: 10-May-1930]
Attended the Commemoration Dinner held at the Commercial Hotel in Three Springs on Friday 26 August 1932 [5: 9-Sep-1932]
The dinner was to commemorate Three Springs having the highest average yield for wheat in the State for the 1931-32 season [5]
In 1933 purchased his first wireless (radio) from Three Springs storekeeper and agent William G. JORDAN [P2]
Won the Euchre Tournament conducted by Mrs Florence H. M. MALEY in Arrino on Thursday 12 August 1933 [5: 18-Aug-1933]
Purchased a new Ford car from the North Midlands Farmers' Co-operative in June 1934 [5: 22-Jun-1934]
During a portion of September 1934 Ben MONEY of Dongara spent a holiday staying with him at Arrino [5: 21-Sep-1934]
Himself and his brother Bill travelled to Adelaide, South Australia to visit their dangerously ill uncle in mid January 1935 [5: 18-Jan-1935]
Their uncle Samuel SAUNDERS died and they stayed over to assist their aunt in selling the farm and organise a clearing sale [P2]
Along with his wife and children travelled from Arrino to Perth on Monday 8 April 1935 [5: 12-Apr-1935]
Won a xylonite brush and comb at the C.W.A. Euchre & Bridge Evening at the Arrino Hall on Tuesday 28 May 1935 [5: 31-May-1935]
Winner of Euchre at the Card Party held at the home Mrs TURNER in Arrino on Wednesday evening 7 August 1935 [5: 9-Aug-1935]
At Midland Market on 11 September 1935 he sold 40 suckers for 17/7 per head, 31 for 15/4, and 3 for 13/4 per head [5: 13-Sep-1935]
In October 1935 signed a petition in support of the Three Springs Road Board constructing new tennis courts in Arrino [5: 1-Nov-1935]
Sold eleven bales of wool through Goldsbrough Mort & Co - six bales at 16¾d. and five bales at 14½d. per pound [5: 30-Oct-1936]
Pallbearer at the funeral of Arrino resident Mrs Isabella ANGEL at the Three Springs Cemetery on 5 January 1943 [4: 9-Jan-1943]
Married (2) Lillian May WARMAN in 1948, whom he met when she was visiting his brother and sister-in-law at Yandanooka [P2]
Resided on York Park Farm in Arrino until selling it and Wattle Grove to Harry REED in early 1951 [P2]
Held a clearing sale in early 1951 and then left Arrino and retired to a house in Brede Street, Geraldton [P2]
Passed away at the age of 93 years at Saint John of God Hospital in Geraldton [P2]
Mother of Ethel, Gordon, Jean, Donald and Joy [P2]
Died 6 August 1980; buried Seventh Day Adventist portion of the Utakarra Cemetery, Geraldton [P2] [26]
David SAUNDERS
Farmer of Sheoak Farm in Arrino 1897-1907 [6] [50]
Donald John SAUNDERS
Shop Assistant in Three Springs for at least the years 1961-1965 [19]
Donald Samuel SAUNDERS
Born 3 January 1925 in Geraldton, Western Australia [P2]
Son of "Archie" Arthur Gordon Yarcowie SAUNDERS and Amy DODD [P2]
Resided with his parents on farmland in Arrino 1925-1927 [P2]
He was a very bright child with fair hair and blue eyes; himself and his sister Jean were very fond of one another [P2]
One night he became ill with a high temperature so his father travelled to Three Springs to get local doctor M. A. MAYRHOFER [P2]
The doctor said he had pneumonia and there was nothing that could be done, and also no point in him going into hospital [P2]
His father travelled to Yandanooka and brought his aunt (his father's sister-in-law), who was a trained nurse, back to Arrino [P2]
Under the doctor's instructions she gave him injections to sedate him, and he died four days later [P2]
Died 7 July 1927; buried Arrino Cemetery, Arrino [24]
Ellen SAUNDERS
Born C.1865 [24]
Married George DEE in Dongara in 1887 [15]
By 1917 she was living in Arrino [19]
Resided with her children in a small house in the Arrino townsite [P2]
After her daughter Edith separated from her husband Edith and her two children lived with her in Arrino [P2]
Along with her grand-daughter travelled from Arrino to Perth on Friday 23 March 1934 [5: 30-Mar-1934]
While busy at her home in Arrino on Tuesday 26 June 1934 she tripped and hit her head on the corner of a table [5: 29-Jun-1934]
She broke a small blood vessel near her eye and was immediately conveyed to the North Midlands District Hospital, Three Springs [5]
Resided in Arrino until her death in 1939 [19] [24]
Mother of Martha, William, Albert, Henry, Joseph, George, Ada and Edith [15] [19]
Died 15 August 1939 in Three Springs; buried Three Springs General Cemetery, Three Springs (Roman Catholic, Plot 27) [24]
From The Irwin Index newspaper, Saturday 19 August 1939:
The Late Mrs G. Dee - Funeral at Three Springs
"A resident of Arrino of about seventeen years in the person of the late Mrs G. Dee passed to her last rest at the Three Springs Hospital on Tuesday last after a very brief illness. The deceased lady was 74 years of age and in addition to her husband who is survived by an adult family of four sons and four daughters, One of her sons (Mr Albert Dee) was in hospital at Three Springs at the same time as his mother.
The funeral took place at the Three Springs Cemetery on Wednesday last, the Rev. Father M. Lynch conducting the ceremony at the graveside. The chief mourners were Messrs. W. Dee and G. Dee (sons), and Nellie and Mannie Jolly (grandchildren). The pall-bearers were Messrs. J. K. Allan, C. E. Maley.. W. J. Turner and W. D. S. Smith.
Others at the graveside included Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Sweetman, Mr. and Mrs. H. J. W. Sweetman, Mr. and Mrs. O'Shannessy, Mr. and Mrs. Haines, jun., Mr. and Mrs. A. Tunbridge, jun., Mr. and Mrs. Sparks, Mr. and Mrs. E. Pearce, sen., Mr. and Mrs. B. Ackley, Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Thomas, jun., Mesdames Dodd, Bowtell, A. Smith, S. Stokes, Kennedy and Lewis, Misses C. Maley, F. Maley, H. Maley, Mary Turner, E. Turner, A. Turner and Carroll, and Messrs Albert Turner, S. O'Shannessy, W. McCagh, T. Bygrave, C. Connolly, N. Stokes, T. Young, C. M. Maley, J. J. Thorpe, V. Tippett, A. E. Saggers, E. Pearce, jun., and W. G. Jordan.
Numerous floral tributes were received by the bereaved family and laid upon the grave."
Ethel Doreen SAUNDERS
Born 27 January 1914 [P2]
Daughter of "Archie" Arthur Gordon Yarcowie SAUNDERS and Amy DODD [P2]
Resided with her parents on Wattle Grove Farm and then York Park Farm, both in Arrino 1914-1940 [P2] [19]
Boarding Student at the Presentation Convent in Geraldton in 1927 and 1928 [P2]
Made and donated a cushion to the Arrino Hall Fund in 1934, which raised £3/17/6 when raffled at a Dance [5: 13-Jul-1934]
Received 2nd prize for Collection of Fancy Work at the Three Springs Agricultural Show on Thursday 19 September 1935 [5: 27-Sep-1935]
Won 1st for Animal Study Oil Painting and 2nd for Still Life Oil Painting at the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1936 [5: 25-Sep-1936]
Married Charlton Kitchener TEAKLE in Northampton on 4 May 1940 [P2]
Killed instantly in a car accident near Northampton on 10 May 2002 [P2]
Gordon Hamilton SAUNDERS
Born 11 August 1915 in Geraldton, Western Australia [P2]
Son of "Archie" Arthur Gordon Yarcowie SAUNDERS and Amy DODD [P2]
Resided with his parents on Wattle Grove Farm and then on York Park Farm on the Arrino South Road in Arrino [P2]
Student at the Arrino State School until 1928, at the Catholic Convent in Greenough and at Scotch College in Claremont [P2]
In between working on and off on his father's farm in Arrino he worked at a dairy in Narrogin for a few years [P2]
Travelled from Perth to Arrino with his parents in mid April 1935 after being absent from Arrino for a number of months [5: 19-Apr-1935]
Member of the Arrino Football Club in 1936 and 1937 [5: 26-Jun-1936, 14-May-1937]
Represented the Arrino Football Club at meetings of the North Midlands Football Association in 1936 [5: 17-Jul-1936]
Attended and competed at the Official Opening of the Three Springs Rifle Club's rifle range on Thursday 23 July 1936 [5: 31-Jul-1936]
Member of the Arrino Cricket Club in 1936-37 [5: 4-Dec-1936]
Suspended for one match by the Protests & Disputes Board of the North Midlands Football Association in August 1937 [5: 20-Aug-1937]
Won a gallon of beer at the North Midlands Popular Girl Competition Grand Ball in Three Springs on 31 August 1937 [5: 3-Sep-1937]
Later worked for a large wheat property in Bruce Rock driving a truck loaded with wheat from the property to Fremantle [P2]
Share-cropped a portion of Mrs Mary Ann COUSINS' farm in Arrino one year in the late 1930s [P2]
Enlisted in the Australian Army on 24 July 1942, and following the end of the war was discharged on 5 April 1946 [16]
Craftsman WX25031 in the Australian Army's 4 Aust Vehicle Park Workshop [16] in Queensland during the Second World War [P2]
At the end of the Second World War he returned to Arrino with plans to get married and settled on his father's farm [P2]
Died in a truck accident in Arrino on 28 April 1946; buried Three Springs General Cemetery, Three Springs (Anglican, Plot 63) [24]
The Rev. G. Stanley COXON officiated at his funeral, which was undertaken by H. H. KNIGHT, both of Three Springs [24]
Mrs Lillian May SAUNDERS
Second wife of "Archie" Arthur Gordon Yarcowie SAUNDERS; see Lilliam May WARMAN
Mrs Lily SAUNDERS
Wife of William Samuel SAUNDERS; see Lily EASTERBROOK
"Billee" William Joseph SAUNDERS
Labourer in Dudawa, East Arrino 1929-1941 [19]
Won the Musical Chairs on Horseback at the R.S.L. Sports Day at the Arrino Recreation Ground on 5 November 1932 [5: 11-Nov-1932]
Attended the evening dance at the Three Springs Hall after the R.S.L. Sports Day at Arrino on 5 November 1932 [5: 18-Nov-1932]
Member of the Three Springs Rifle Club in 1936 [5: 10-Jul-1936]
Not related to "Archie" Arthur Gordon Yarcowie SAUNDERS of Arrino [P2]
William Samuel SAUNDERS
Born 3 March 1891 in Parnaroo, South Australia [55]
Son of Edwin SAUNDERS and Alice Agnes DAY [55]
Successfully applied to enlist in the Australian Imperial Force on 5 July 1915 in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia [30]
Officially enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force at Blackboy Hill on 14 July 1915 [30: item 8075466]
Gave his occupation as Blacksmith and his next of kin as his mother who was living in Walkaway, Western Australia [30]
Upon enlistment he was 5 feet 6½ inches tall, weighed 169 pounds and had brown eyes, black hair and a dark complexion [30]
Embarked from Adelaide, South Australia for active service abroad on the H.M.A.T. A2 Geelong on 18 November 1915 [18]
Private 1045 in the Australian Imperial Force's 5th Pioneer Battalion in France during the First World War [30]
Appointed Lance Corporal on 18 December 1916 however reverted to the rank of private at his request on 1 July 1917 [30]
Embarked on his return home on the Devanha on 22 June 1919, and disembarked in Western Australia on 15 June 1919 [30]
Discharged from the A.I.F. on 14 August 1919; received the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and the Victory Medal [55]
Married Lily EASTERBROOK in 1921 [66]
Farmer in Yandanooka 1921-1971 [19] [50]
Donated 10/- to the Three Springs Saint Patrick's Day Committee in 1925 [124]
Organiser of the Jumble Sale, Dance and Popular Baby Competition held at the Yandanooka Hall on Thursday 8 August 1929 [4]
The event raised the impressive sum of £41 for the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs [4: 17-Aug-1929]
Sold five bales of wool at 10d. per pound through Westralian Farmers Ltd at the Perth Wool Sale on 18 October 1929 [4: 19-Oct-1929]
Member of the Yandanooka branch of the Primary Producers' Association in 1930 [4: 3-May-1930]
He was part of the committee that organised and conducted the Anzac Sports in Yandanooka on 23 April 1930 [39: 5-May-1930]
In 1932 owned a Chevrolet sedan car, which was registered with the Mingenew Road Board with license plate MI-62 [4: 12-Nov-1932]
Served on the Board of the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs 1933-1939 [5: 16-Jul-1937] [109]
Member of the R.S.L. Yandanooka Rifle Club in 1935 [5: 25-Oct-1935]
Attended the Fourth Annual North Midlands R.S.L. Reunion Dinner in Three Springs on Saturday 19 October 1935 [5: 25-Oct-1935]
Represented the R.S.L. Yandanooka Rifle Club at the shoot for the Shearn Cup in Mingenew on 20 October 1935 [5: 25-Oct-1935]
Attended the Zone Meeting of the North Midlands Wheatgrowers Union in Perenjori on Sunday 3 November 1935 [5: 15-Nov-1935]
Attended the Fifth Annual North Midlands R.S.L. Reunion Dinner in Dongara on Saturday evening 24 October 1936 [5: 30-Oct-1936]
Attended the opening of the Nurse's Quarters in Three Springs and dinner at the Commercial Hotel on 27 August 1937 [5: 3-Sep-1937]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Mosman Park [2]
Father of Elsie and William Frank [84]
Died 21 November 1972; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (General, Lawn 1, 82) [2]
Charles SAVAGE
Miner in Arrino in 1900 and 1901 [6]
George SAWYER
Contractor in Eneabba via Three Springs 1956-1962 [19]
Leslie Joseph SAWYER
Married Laurie Bell TINDALE in 1920 [66]
School Teacher of the Dudawa State School in Dudawa, East Arrino 1927-1934 [73]
Resided with his wife at the School House at Dudawa, East Arrino [19]
Received a weekly salary of £5/14/- from 1927 to 1929, an annual salary of £280 in 1930 and 1931, and £263/4/- 1932-1934 [73]
Conducted Centenary Celebrations at the Dudawa State School on Friday 13 September 1929 [4: 28-Sep-1929]
At the Centenary Celebrations he presented a Centenary Medal to each child, after which three trees were planted [4]
Member of the Dudawa Tennis Club - was President in 1932-33 [5: 19-Aug-1932]
Travelled to Perth on Friday 9 March 1934 to see his son Wally who was ill with diphtheria [5: 16-Mar-1934]
By April 1934 he had left Dudawa and had been replaced as its local teacher by Robert DARRAGH [5: 20-Apr-1934]
Mrs Laurie Bell SAWYER
Wife of Leslie Joseph SAWYER; see Laurie Bell TINDALE
Olive Emily SAWYER
Resided in Eneabba via Three Springs 1956-1959 [19]
Anna Mae SCALLY
Hotelkeeper of the Commercial Hotel in Three Springs 1950-1955 [19]
Patrick Joseph SCALLY
Hotelkeeper of the Commercial Hotel in Three Springs 1950-1955 [19]
Father of Thomas, who attended Saint Ildephonsus College in New Norcia in 1954 and 1955 [187]
Rev. Father Robert SCANLON
Roman Catholic Priest in Berkshire Valley 1909-1916 and then in Dongara 1916-1925 [19] [50]
Member of the Three Springs Saint Patrick's Day Committee in 1916 and 1918 [124]
Made a donation of £1/1/- cash to the Three Springs Saint Patrick's Day Committee in 1916, 1918 and again in 1919 [124]
He worked tirelessly to make a great success of the Dominican Ladies College's picnic in Dongara on 10 December 1917 [9: 28-Dec-1917]
Donated 10/- cash to increase the funds being raised by the Three Springs branch of the Red Cross Society in 1918 [10: 21-Jun-1918]
Spoke at the Cessation of Hostilities Celebrations at the Agriculrural Hall in Three Springs on 12 November 1918 [10: 22-Nov-1918]
Mrs Evelyn Sylvia SCHLOITHE
Resided in Three Springs 1939-1953 [19]
Frederick Herman August SCHLOITHE
Sharefarmer in Three Springs 1935-1945 [6]
Farmer in Three Springs 1946-1953 [6] [19]
"Lou" Louis Gerald SCHULZE
Born 23 January 1911 in Hamley Bridge, South Australia [55]
Son of Louis Leonard SCHULZE and Agnes Emily NOACK [55]
Married Olga Lydia WITTWER on 19 May 1936 at Saint Paul's Lutheran Church in Ramco, South Australia [55]
Resided in Waikerie, South Australia prior to shifting to Three Springs, Western Australia [5: 2-Oct-1936]
Sharefarmer and Farmhand in Three Springs 1936-1943 [5] [19] [P358]
Came 2nd in the Married Men's Race at the Reunion of South Australians in Carnamah on Saturday 26 September 1936 [5: 2-Oct-1936]
Later returned to South Australia [P358]
Father of Deidre [P358]
Mrs Olga Lydia SCHULZE
Wife of Louis Gerald SCHULZE; see Olga Lydia WITTWER
John Ernest SCOBERG
Born C.1852 [24]
Married Elizabeth CARBOON in 1884 in Victoria, Australia [15]
Father of John, Ernest, Henry, Victor, James, Eric, Frances, George, James and Elizabeth [15] [54]
His wife Elizabeth died in Victoria, Australia in 1898 at the age of 37 years [54]
Departed Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on the Marloo and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 2 March 1898 [70]
Miner of the Caledonian Lease in Cue in 1906, and a Miner in Day Dawn in 1916 [50]
Farmhand in Three Springs 1917-1919 [50]
Scrub Cutter in Carnamah in 1921 [50]
Contract Clearer on the farm of Irwin S. MOORE on the Yarra Yarra Estate in Carnamah in 1922 [9: 24-Mar-1922] [19] [24]
On feeling unwell he travelled from Carnamah to Three Springs on 15 March 1922 to visit Dr James P. MACALEER [9: 24-Mar-1922]
The doctor advised him to stay in Three Springs for a few days so he could receive medical treatment [9]
He was found the next day leaning on fence and on the arrival of the doctor was pronounced dead [9]
His cause of death was recorded as "natural causes" [24]
Died 16 March 1922 in Three Springs; buried Three Springs General Cemetery, Three Springs (Unsurveyed Corner) [24]
From The Midlands Advertiser newspaper, Friday 24 March 1922:
"A Sudden Death. A man by the name of Scoberg, aged about 70, who had been engaged in a clearing contract at Carnamah, paid a visit to Three Springs on the 15th. inst for the purpose of visiting the doctor as he had not been feeling too well. After examination by Dr. MacAleer, he was prescribed for and advised to stay in Three Springs for a few days so that he could avail himself of medical attention. The following morning, at 7 30, he was discovered by Mrs Cook, in an apparently unconscious condition leaning against and clutching a wire fence. The police and Doctor were quickly summoned but on their arrival life was pronounced to be extinct. After further examination by the Doctor a burial certificate was given it being considered that the man had died from natural causes brought about by heart failure and a violet fit of coughing. Deceased whose relatives were at this time unknown was buried in the local cemetery."
Andrew SCOTT
Farmhand in Three Springs 1947-1962 [19]
Elizabeth SCOTT
Born 2 February 1883 in Lasswade, Midlothian, Scotland [28]
Daughter of George SCOTT and Elizabeth SCOTT [28]
Initially resided with her parents at Rosewell in Lasswade, where she was born at the time of 7:30 a.m. [28]
Her father worked in the coal trade, variously as a Coal Pit Labourer, Horse-Keeper at a Coal Mine and as a Coalminer [20]
In 1891 was living with her parents and brothers William, David and George in Mid Calder, Midlothian, Scotland [20]
Later worked as a Domestic Servant; prior to her marriage she was living in Craigmillar in Liberton, Midlothian, Scotland [28]
Married Robert Ross IRONSIDE on 23 November 1904 at Hope Park Halls in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [28]
Witnesses of their marriage were David HUTCHISON and Nettie Bain Gow WRIGHT [28]
Along with her husband departed London, England on the Otway and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 7 March 1911 [70]
Resided with her husband and son within the Railway Station yards in Carnamah 1911-1914 [19] [7: pages 85 & 143]
Resided with her husband in Mogumber, Mingenew, Coorow, Arrino, Three Springs, Watheroo and Mingenew [--]
On 21 June 1915 gave birth to a son, George Scott IRONSIDE, in Dongara [166]
Hosted a Ball at the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs on New Year's Eve 31 December 1918 [10: 10-Jan-1919]
The Ball, which went until daylight the next day, was jointly hosted by herself, her husband, and Tom and Johanna BERRIGAN [10]
Attended May BERRIGAN's 21st Birthday held at the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs on Friday 12 September 1919 [9: 19-Sep-1919]
Awarded 1st prize for a Pound Cake and 2nd for Hen's Eggs at the Three Springs Day on Thursday 25 September 1919 [10: 3-Oct-1919]
Donated tea and scones for the Luncheon Booth at the Picnic Race Meeting in Three Springs on Saint Patrick's Day in 1920 [124]
Won the Ladies Prize at the Euchre Party & Basket Social held in Three Springs on Wednesday 22 June 1921 [10: 1-Jul-1921]
Along with her husband and sons left Three Springs in mid 1921 following her husband's transfer to Watheroo [10: 24-Jun-1921]
Prior to their departure herself and her husband were presented with a cheque from the residents of Three Springs [10: 1-Jul-1921]
Helped with and attended the wedding of Robert A. CALDOW and May I. BYRNE in Three Springs on 5 October 1921 [9: 21-Oct-1921]
Resided with her husband in Mingenew from 1927 until at least 1943 [4: 28-May-1927] [19]
Attended the wedding of Alexander J. F. BROWN and Clara V. BERRIGAN at the Carnamah Hall on 28 August 1928 [4: 8-Sep-1928]
Foundation Vice President of the Mingenew-Yandanooka branch of the Country Women's Association in 1929 [101: page 106]
At her home in Mingenew she hosted a surprise birthday party for Miss Violet J. SHARMAN on Friday 22 March 1929 [4: 30-Mar-1929]
Attended the evening ball following the Three Springs Races on 11 April 1929 in a dress of oriental crepe de chine [4: 20-Apr-1929]
Attended the surprise party tendered to Mrs J. J. SAGGERS in Mingenew in late May 1929 [4: 1-Jun-1929]
Herself, her husband and their son George attended the Centenary Carnival Dance in Mingenew on 12 September 1929 [4: 21-Sep-1929]
Member of the Mingenew Girls Club - was President in 1930 [4: 6-Dec-1930]
In September 1930 attended the Mingenew Polo Club's Ball gowned in black crepe de chine with red shoulder spray [4: 27-Sep-1930]
Member of the Mingenew Golf Club 1934-1936 [5: 25-May-1934, 21-Jun-1935, 5-Jun-1936]
Attended the Mingenew Agricultural Society's Show Ball in September 1938 in a dress of black georgette and lace [4: 1-Oct-1938]
Sent a floral tribute for the grave of Mrs Mary J. STEPHEN of Arrino at the Mingenew Cemetery on 15 August 1939 [4: 19-Aug-1939]
Resident of Wembley WA in 1952; of Mandurah WA in 1954 [2] [4: 3-May-1952]
Mother of James and George Scott IRONSIDE [--] [166]
Died 8 September 1954; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Rose Gardens, Niche Wall, WM) [2]
Jeanie Watt SCOTT
Resided in Three Springs in 1941 [19]
Lewis Edward SCOTT
Linesman in Three Springs 1955-1958 [19]
Martha Jane SCOTT
Born C.1871 [54]
Daughter of William SCOTT and Martha Jane SYKES [54]
Married "Bill" William Henry ANGOVE in 1896 in Victoria, Auustralia [54]
By 1901, when she gave birth to their daughter, they'd shifted to Western Australia with their son who had been born in 1898 [15] [54]
They ran the Swan Hotel in North Fremantle 1902-1904 and then the Railway Hotel in Parkerville 1905-1908 [6] [50]
They then ran the Richmond Hotel in Fremantle 1909-1912, and were at the White Hart Hotel in Beverley in 1915 and 1916 [6] [30] [50]
Their son served with the 50th Battalion of the A.I.F in France during the First World War and was Killed in Action [30: item 3033782]
Resided with her husband at the Commercial Hotel in Three Springs 1916-1921 [10: 24-Oct-1916] [19]
Donated £1 to increase the funds being raised by the Three Springs branch of the Red Cross Society in 1918 [10: 21-Jun-1918]
Attended May BERRIGAN's 21st Birthday held at the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs on 12 September 1919 [9: 19-Sep-1919]
They ran the Commercial Hotel in Three Springs until mid 1921, when it was taken over by Nathaniel MCKENZIE [10: 15-Jul-1921]
Then or shortly thereafter they shifted back to Victoria, where her husband worked as a Builder [50]
Resided at 351 Danks Street in the Melbourne suburb of Middle Park in 1922 and 1923 [30: item 3033782]
Resided at 308 Beaconsfield Parade in the Melbourne suburb of Middle Park for at least the years 1923-1936 [30: item 3033782] [50]
Mother of Raymond William Arthur and Doris Clara [15] [54]
Died 1939 in Middle Park, Victoria, Australia [54]
Thelma Ethel SCRUBY
Stepdaughter of Norman Mackley NOBLE; see Thelma Ethel NOBLE
Michael SCULLIN
Labourer in Three Springs 1917-1929 [19]
"Les" Edmund Leslie SEARS
Born 1924 [15]
Married Marie Teresa THOMAS in 1950 [66]
Sharefarmer in Three Springs 1955-1968 [19]
Farmer in Perenjori 1970-1980 [19]
Attended the official opening of the restored Macpherson Homestead in Carnamah on Saturday 23 October 2004 [270]
Ernest SEARS
Stockman in Three Springs 1949-1953 [19]
Mrs Isobel Maude SEARS
Resided in Three Springs 1949-1953 [19]
Mrs Marie Teresa SEARS
Wife of Edmund Leslie SEARS; see Marie Teresa THOMAS
Charles Joseph SEARSON
Carpenter in Arrino 1955-1958 and Builder in Three Springs 1959-1961 [19]
Resided in Midland Road, Arrino and then in Mayrhofer Street, Three Springs [19]
Mrs Julia Mary SEARSON
Resided in Midland Road, Arrino 1955-1958 [19]
Resided in Mayrhofer Street, Three Springs 1959-1961 [19]
Born 1880 in Greenough, Western Australia [176]
Daughter of James REYNOLDS and Catherine DESMOND [15]
Resided with her parents in Greenough where her father was a farmer [50]
Married James McCAGH in Greenough in 1905 [15]
Resided with her husband and children in Arrino 1906-1923 [6] [19]
They left Arrino and shifted to Mingenew in the mid 1920s [P2]
Resided in Mingenew until her death in 1956 [176]
Mother of James, Mary, Dominic and Paddy [P2]
Died 30 November 1956 in Mingenew; buried Mingenew Cemetery, Mingenew (Roman Catholic, Plot 24C) [176]
From The Irwin Index newspaper, Friday 7 December 1956:
"Mingenew Lady's Death - Another old and highly respected resident of Mingenew in the person of Mrs. Maria Catherine McCagh passed away suddenly at her home on Friday evening last, the deceased lady having attained the ag eof seventy-six years. The late Mrs. McCagh was born at Greenough, in which district she lived with her family until married, and with her husband she then went to Arrino and reared a family of six children, her husband having predeceased her over twenty years ago. For the past thirty-one years, however, the deceased lady had resided at Mingenew. In addition to her family of four boys and two girls, she is survived by twenty-three grandchildren, three great grandchildren, two families being Mr. and Mrs. D. McCagh and Mr. and Mrs. D. Forbes, who reside at Mingenew. The funeral took place in the Mingenew Catholic Cemetery on Saturday last in the presence of a large gathering of relatives and friends, included in the former being five members of her family. The service was conducted by the Rev. Father Eugene, O.S.B., of New Norcia, and amongst the floral tributes laid upon the grave were those from the following:- Children and grandchildren; Edna and Jim and grandchildren; Mrs. C. Wilton and Vern, Three Springs; Mr. and Mrs. E. Pearce and family, Geraldton; V. and I. Looke and family and Mrs. Spokes; M. McDermott and family; Pompey, Mavis and Mother; Anges, Peter, Jenny and Con; Jim and Myrtle McAuliffe and family; Mr. and Mrs. Pascoe and Phillip; Jack and Jane Ettridge; Olga and Fergie and family; Mr. and Mrs. Tom Rouse and family; Mr. and Mrs. Bridges and family, Yandanooka; F. and K. Pollard; Mrs. N. Stephen and family; Mr. and Mrs. A. Wantling and staff of Commercial Hotel, Mingenew; Mary and Wally Wilton and family and Frank Pettit; Mrs. E. Lewis and family; Mrs. Ritch, Robinson, Korich, Cooper, Lithorne, Stemp and K. Newton; Mr. and Mrs. A. Dobson and Doug; members of Mingenew Road Board."
Martha REYNOLDS
Waitress at the Commercial Hotel in Three Springs in 1914 [19]
Stella Mary Agnes REYNOLDS
Born 1912 in Dongara, Western Australia [P307]
Attended the Ball after the Three Springs Races on Thursday 11 April 1929 in a dress of beaded black satin [4: 20-Apr-1929]
Attended the Fancy Dress Ball held in Mingenew on Thursday 10 October 1929 dressed as "Orange & Black Pierette" [4: 19-Oct-1929]
During mid December 1930 she was absent from Mingenew and holidaying in the Perth metropolis [4: 13-Dec-1930]
Married Patrick Joseph BRENNAN in 1932 [66]
Resided with her husband in Mingenew in 1932 and then in Yandanooka 1933-1942 [19] [P307]
Attended the Annual Catholic Ball at the Yandanooka Hall in Yandanooka on Thursday evening 24 June 1937 [5: 9-Jul-1937]
In 1942 they left Yandanooka and shifted to Three Springs [P307]
Resided in Three Springs 1942-1958 [19] [P307]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Bedford [2]
Died 4 October 1975; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Roman Catholic, Lawn 4, 198) [2]
Gordon RHODES
Labourer in Three Springs 1927-1929 [19]
Mrs Mary Danberger RICH
Wife of Mervyn RICH; see Mary Danberger CLARK
Mervyn RICH
Born 5 March 1908 in West Midland, Western Australia [16]
Married Mary Danberger CLARK in 1935 [66]
Railway Employee in Arrino in 1937 and 1938 [5] [19]
Member of the Arrino Football Club in 1937 [5: 14-May-1937]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of West Midland [2]
Died 3 July 1965; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Crematorium Rose Gardens, 9P, 53) [2]
Henry RICHARDS
Born C.1870 [5: 7-May-1937]
Labourer in Three Springs in 1937 [5: 7-May-1937]
In Three Springs on Friday 30 April 1937 he was sentenced to six months hard labour in Fremantle [5: 7-May-1937]
He pleaded not guilty but was sentenced for having wilfully exposed himself to schoolchildren two days earlier [5: 7-May-1937]
Judith Sarah RICHARDS
Teacher in Three Springs in 1961 and 1962 [19]
Sarah Elizabeth RICHARDS
Born C.1883 [138]
Married "Martin" August Christian Martin OPPERMANN in 1915 [66]
Resided with her husband on farmland in Jaloran northeast of Wagin in 1916 [50]
Housekeeper in Three Springs 1917-1919 [50]
Resided with her husband on farmland in Jaloran northeast of Wagin 1921-1943 [50]
Died 27 July 1961; buried Wagin Cemetery in Wagin, Western Australia (Methodist, Plot 237) [138]
RICHARDSON & BROWNING
In March 1911 did contract ploughing and fencing in Three Springs for the Upper Irwin Road Board for 23/- per chain [9: 24-Mar-1911]
"Harry" Henry Howard RICHARDSON
Born 15 September 1878 in Pekina, South Australia [30] [55]
Son of farmer Thomas RICHARDSON and Eliza MESSENGER [55]
Farmer in Three Springs, Western Australia 1907-1917 [6]
Electoral rolls reveal that prior to farming in Three Springs he had briefly farmed in Coorow [19]
In May 1910 the Upper Irwin Road Board paid him £10 for contract work he did for them in the Three Springs district [9: 10-Jun-1910]
Did formation work on roads in Kadathinni for the Upper Irwin Road Board for £2/2/6 per chain in June 1911 [9: 2-Jun-1911]
Member of the Kadathinni Farmers and Progress Association in 1911 [9: 21-Jul-1911]
Member of the Three Springs Farmers and Settlers Association in 1916 [10: 19-Sep-1916]
Attended the funeral of Three Springs farmer George R. WATSON at the Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth on 6 Sept. 1916 [10: 19-Sep-1916]
In 1917 seeded 350 acres of wheat crop on his Three Springs property [10: 19-Jun-1917]
Successfully applied to enlist in the Australian Imperial Force in Perth on 22 March 1917 [30: item 8029642]
Before entering camp he made arrangements to lease his farm in Three Springs to local police constable Richard J. HONNER [30]
Resided in Three Springs until entering into camp with the Australian Imperial Force on 21 June 1917 [10: 22-Jun-1917] [30]
On arrival at the Blackboy Hill military camp he was appointed to the 26th Reinforcements of the 16th Battalion [30]
He was recorded as 5 feet 11½ inches tall, weighing 180 lbs., with brown eyes, dark brown hair and a dark complexion [30]
Arrived in Three Springs on Friday morning 6 July 1917 on pre-embarkation leave from camp [10: 13-Jul-1917]
He was tendered a well attended Social at the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs on Friday evening 7 July 1917 [10]
At the Social was presented with a wristlet watch from the people of Three Springs, and wished the best of luck and a safe return [10]
Embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, Australia for active service abroad on the H.M.A.T. A7 Medic on 1 August 1917 [18]
Disembarked in England and after further training in Codford, Wiltshire, England proceeded to France on 16 January 1918 [30]
Private 7811 in the Australian Imperial Force's 16th Battalion in France during the First World War [30]
He was promoted to Lance Corporal in France on 14 July 1918, and around the same time was also awarded the Military Medal [30]
Wounded in Action in France on 8 August 1918, and was admitted to hospital for treatment for a gunshot wound to his head [30]
Died 11 August 1918 from wounds received in action; buried Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille, Pas de Calais, France [18] [30]
During his time abroad himself and Miss Winifred M. THOMAS of Three Springs had kept in contact through letters [30]
When he wrote his will in Belgium on 7 February 1918 he had bequeathed Winifred farmland, livestock and machinery [30]
He added a testimony statement to his will five days before his death that Winifred's recent marriage in no way changed his will [30]
Winifred had no idea he his fate until reading of his death in The West Australian newspaper on 31 August 1918 [30]
As directed in his will Winifred inherited his Three Springs farmland within leases 5003/56, 5251/56, 2255/55 and 9449/68 [30]
Winifred also inherited all horses, stock, implements, goods and chattels situated or entitled to situated on the farm [30]
His land in Three Springs comprised within leases 4872/68 and 4873/68 was inherited by his brother John Arthur RICHARDSON [30]
The residue of his estate was inherited by his sister Mrs Alice May EDWARDS of Penong, South Australia [30]
His sister also received the personal effects he had on him when he died, which were sent to her in South Australia in 1919 [30]
The said personal effects consisted of a YMCA Wallet, letter, photo, card, compass, gold ring, knife, testament, stone and ribbon [30]
His name appears on the Three Springs Honour Board, which was unveiled on Tuesday 3 June 1919 [9: 6-Jun-1919] [10: 13-Jun-1919]
Vera Elizabeth RICHARDSON
Nurse at the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs in 1952 [19]
Mrs Annie Jane RICHMOND
Wife of Joseph RICHMOND; see Annie Jane LITTLE
Robert Andrew RICHMOND
Born 1894 in Canning Mills, Western Australia [15]
Son of Joseph RICHMOND and Annie Jane MORGAN nee LITTLE [15]
Enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in Perth on 13 June 1916 [30: item 8032329]
Stated his occupation to be Labourer and his address to be 6 Gladstone Street in East Perth [30]
On enlistment was recorded as 5 feet 2½ inches tall, weighing 120 lbs., with blue eyes, brown hair and a fresh complexion [30]
Initially gave his father as his next of kin, however following his father's death he changed his next of kin to his mother [30]
After training at the Blackboy Hill camp was appointed on 3 October 1916 to the 21st Reinforcements of the 11th Battalion [30]
Embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia for active service abroad on the H.M.A.T. A23 Suffolk on 10 October 1916 [18]
Disembarked in Plymouth, England on 2 December 1916 and after further training proceeded to France on 3 May 1917 [30]
Private 6573 in the Australian Imperial Force's 11th Battalion in France during the First World War [30]
Died of wounds received in action in France on 10 August 1917; buried Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Somme, France [17] [30]
His mother received his Memorial Scroll, Memorial Plaque, British War Medal and Victory Medal [30]
His name appears on the Three Springs Honour Board, which was unveiled on Tuesday 3 June 1919 [9: 6-Jun-1919] [10: 13-Jun-1919]
Among his service record was the following description of how he came by his death:
No. 6573 Pte. RICHMOND R.A. 11th Bn. A.I.F. Died of Wounds 10.8.18.
"The above named soldier was killed on the morning of the 10th August during an attack carried out by this Battalion. It would appear that he was first wounded and while attempting to get back was killed by machine-gun fire. He was shot through the heart and death was instantaneous (two miles south of Herleville, and about two miles east of Vauviliers, France)."
Annie RIDDELL
Resided at the Commercial Hotel in Three Springs in 1916 [50]
Mary Elizabeth RIGNALL
Cook at the Commercial Hotel in Three Springs 1921-1925 [19] [50]
"Jimmy" J. RILEY
Contractor in Three Springs in 1911 [6]
Won the Log Chopping Competition at the local Hall Committee's Sports Day in Three Springs on 18 February 1916 [10: 25-Feb-1916]
William RILEY
Farmhand in Three Springs in 1910 [50]
Henry RINGTON
Labourer in Three Springs 1915-1927 [19] [50]
In 1916 he worked for Edmund K. BYRNE on Eastbourne Farm in Three Springs [19]
Emily RISBEY
Born 1914 [15]
Married Wilbur Wellesley BURGESS in Perth in 1937 [66]
Resided with her husband in Arrino 1937-1941 [6] [19]
Wilfred ROACH
Barman at the Commercial Hotel in Three Springs 1941-1943 [19]
Annie ROBBIE
Cook at the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs in 1931 [50]
Alfred ROBERTS
Wheelwright in Three Springs in 1910 and 1911 [6] [50]
Marjorie ROBERTS
Born 1904 in Preston, Lancashire, England [21] [24]
Assistant School Teacher at the Three Springs State School in Three Springs 1925-1927 [73]
Received a weekly salary of £2/17/- in 1925, a weekly salary of £3/11/- in 1926, and an annual salary of £200 in 1927 [73]
Married Henry John William SWEETMAN in 1928 [66]
Resided with her husband on farmland in Arrino 1928-1958 [19]
She was among the 400 people who attended the Matrons and Benedicts Ball held in Three Springs on 31 August 1928 [4: 8-Sep-1928]
Herself and her husband spent a holiday in Dongara and Geraldton over Christmas in 1929 [4: 4-Jan-1930]
In a dress of cream lace over geoorgette attended the Arrino Race Club's Annual Ball at the Arrino Hall on 3 April 1930 [4: 26-Apr-1930]
Foundation Vice President of Arrino's branch of the Country Women's Association in 1932 [5: 29-Jul-1932]
Donated one of the prizes for the Children's Fancy Dress Ball held in Arrino on Tuesday 12 September 1933 [5: 15-Sep-1933]
Herself and her husband, along with a few others from Arrino, spent the Easter holiday in 1934 at Cliff Head [5: 13-Apr-1934]
During April 1934 a Miss G. ROBERTS spent a holiday staying with her in Arrino [5: 20-Apr-1934]
Her father Mr J. ROBERTS spent a short holiday with her in Arrino in later October 1934 [5: 2-Nov-1934]
On Monday 15 April 1935 her sister Mrs W. POLLARD returned to Perth after spending a holiday with her in Arrino [5: 19-Apr-1935]
Her sister Mrs MCNAMARA of Moora spent a holiday staying with her in Arrino in January 1936 [5: 10-Jan-1936]
Attended the funeral of Arrino resident Mrs Ellen DEE at the Three Springs Cemetery on 16 August 1939 [4: 19-Aug-1939]
Herself and her husband resided in Arrino until 1958 and then resided in Port Denison for at least the years 1959-1965 [19]
Resided of late at the Concorde Nursing Home in South Perth, where she passed away at the age of 95 years [24]
Died 2 August 2000; buried Three Springs General Cemetery, Three Springs (Anglican, Plot 136) [24]
Phillip Thomas ROBERTS
Labourer in Arrino in 1930 [19]
Thomas ROBERTS
Labourer in Arrino 1921-1929 [19]
W. H. ROBERTS
Building Contractor who built the new Commercial Hotel in Three Springs in 1928 [4: 2-Jun-1928]
During his sojourn in Three Springs he received the news that his 24 year old daughter died on Friday 26 May 1928 [4: 2-Jun-1928]
Barbara Anne ROBERTSON
Resided in Three Springs for at least the years 1964 and 1965 [19]
Ernest Guy ROBERTSON
Civil Servant in Three Springs for at least the years 1964 and 1965 [19]
Marjorie Margaret ROBERTSON
Married Andrew George BENNETT [66]
Resided at Lot 111 Williamson Street, Three Springs in 1943 [19]
Ada Sarah ROBINSON
Married Geoffrey CHAMBERS at Peak Hill in 1904 [15]
Resided in Three Springs 1913-1917 [9] [50]
Came 8th with 1,419 votes of the Ugly Woman Competition conducted in Three Springs for the Y.M.C.A. in May 1917 [9: 25-May-1917]
Her candidiature in the competition contributed to the raising of £208/17/6 for the war efforts being carried out by the Y.M.C.A. [9]
Resided in Yandanooka 1919-1921 [50]
George ROBINSON
Labourer in Three Springs in 1913 and 1914 [50]
George ROBINSON
Foreman in Three Springs in 1929 [19]
Joseph ROBINSON
Farmhand in Arrino in 1914 [19]
Albert Thomas RODGERS
Labourer in Three Springs 1911-1914 [19]
Resided at the Government Dam in Three Springs [19]
Fred RODGERS
Resided in Arrino in 1907 [6]
Harold Ernest ROE
Orderly at the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs in 1950 [19]
Ivy May ROE
Domestic at the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs in 1950 [19]
John Christopher ROE
Contractor in Three Springs for at least the years 1964 and 1965 [19]
Resided at 114 Williamson Street, Three Springs [19]
Marlene Joy ROE
Resided at 114 Williamson Street, Three Springs for at least the years 1964 and 1965 [19]
Florence Agnes ROGERS
Housekeeper in Three Springs in 1928 [19]
Mary ROGERS
Teacher in Three Springs in 1929 [19]
Mrs Mary Elizabeth ROGERS
Wife of William Alexander ROGERS; see Mary Elizabeth PROCTER
William Alexander ROGERS
Married Mary Elizabeth PROCTER in 1910 [66]
Electrician and Proprietor of the Electric Light Station in Three Springs 1933-1936 [5] [6] [19]
In connection with his power station he received a lighting concession from the Three Springs Road Board [5: 12-Jun-1936]
In May 1933 successfully gained permission to stop his plant for one night to change a belt over to a chain [5: 26-May-1933]
Received approval for additions to his premises from the Three Springs Road Board in June 1933 [5: 23-Jun-1933]
Consolation Winner of the Card Party held at the home of Mrs Clare BLACK in Three Springs in November 1933 [5: 17-Nov-1933]
Pallbearer at the funeral of Mrs Ruth Henrietta FOGARTY at the Three Springs General Cemetery on 19 April 1934 [5: 27-Apr-1934]
In 1934 he received a concession from the Three Springs Road Board for supplying electricity to the town [5: 26-Oct-1934]
Member of the Three Springs Cricket Club in 1934-35 [5: 4-Jan-1935]
Played for "The Rest" who lost at cricket to a team of local R.S.L. men in Three Springs on Sunday 2 December 1934 [5: 7-Dec-1934]
Attended the Annual Ratepayers' Meeting of the Three Springs Road Board at 3 p.m. on Saturday 13 April 1935 [5: 19-Apr-1935]
Returned to Three Springs on Saturday evening 10 August 1935 after spending a week in Perth [5: 16-Aug-1935]
During September 1935 he spent a three week vacation in Perth, and then returned to Three Springs [5: 27-Sep-1935]
In April 1936 sold his Electric Supply Station in Three Springs to Leslie J. CARTER [5: 10-Apr-1936]
"Joe" Albert Ernest ROJO
Born 22 July 1913 in Marvel Loch, Western Australia [16]
Son of Charles William ROJO and Catherine TIESTE [4: 22-Mar-1941]
Grocer in Three Springs 1938-1942 and 1946-1962 [19]
Storekeeper of the Thrift Stores in Three Springs in partnership with Alan H. FRANKLIN as "Franklin & Rojo" in 1941 and 1942 [6]
In March 1941 his engagement to Miss Ivy M. HOWARD of Three Springs was announced in the local newspaper [4: 22-Mar-1941]
At the time of his engagement his mother a widow and was living in Box Hill, Victoria [4: 22-Mar-1941]
Prior to entering military training in the Eastern States he was farewelled in Three Springs on Saturday 18 January 1942 [4: 24-Jan-1942]
The evening consisted of dancing, supper and speeches, and during the latter he was presented with a wallet of bank notes [4]
He had become "quite a popular figure in the community" and he was wished all the best for his military career and a safe return [4]
Responded to the speeches in thanks, adding he would be leaving many good friends and hoped to later return to Three Springs [4]
Resided in Three Springs until enlisting in the Australian Army on 19 January 1942 [16]
Married Ivy May HOWARD on 16 March 1943 at Saint James Anglican Church in Three Springs [4: 3-Apr-1943]
His best man was Norman V. FOGARTY, who was married to Ivy's sister Mary [4: 3-Apr-1943]
Corporal WX19162 in the Australian Army's 2/23 Australian Field Park Company during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 6 February 1946 [16] and returned to Three Springs [19]
Storekeeper in Three Springs for at least the years 1947-1949 as part of the firm "Franklin & Rojo" [6]
Casket-bearer at the funeral of Mrs Fanny Jane BRIMSON of TS at the Three Springs Cemetery on 29 April 1946 [4: 4-May-1946]
Speaker at the Valedictory Social for stationmaster Herbert E. REYNOLDS in Three Springs during November 1949 [4: 19-Nov-1949]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Dianella [2]
Died 4 March 1972; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Crematorium Rose Gardens, 27, 12) [2]
Mrs Ivy May ROJO
Wife of Albert Ernest ROJO; see Ivy May HOWARD
Esther May ROSS
Born 20 June 1898 in Adelaide, South Australia [55]
Daughter of Thomas ROSS and Sarah Jane SINKERSON [55]
She grew up in Norwood in South Australia, and after leaving school milked cows on her father's dairy farm [P196]
Married Clem Hunter Porter GRANT on 6 November 1920 in Mount Torrens, South Australia [55]
By 1922 herself, her husband and his parents were living in Coorow, Western Australia [50]
Her husband farmed with his father and also worked in Coorow building houses for farmers [P196]
She purchased 400 acres of virgin land in Coorow, Western Australia from the Midland Railway Company on 7 April 1925 [27]
The 400 acres was Lot M1548 of Victoria Location 2023 and cost £300 (15/- per acre), payable by instalments [27]
Sold her 400 acres in Coorow to Eliza M. JACKS on 23 January 1929 [27]
By 1927, when their daughter Dawn was born, herself and her husband had left Coorow and shifted to Perth [P196]
They resided at 27 Congdon Street in the Perth suburb of Swanbourne and her husband worked as an Artificial Limb Maker [P196]
By 1928 they had left Perth and shifted to Three Springs where her husband was a Farmer and Builder [4] [6] [19]
Attended the Three Springs Agricultural Society's First Annual Show and Show Ball on Thursday 20 September 1928 [4: 29-Sep-1928]
Attended the Three Springs Agricultural Society's Annual Ball on 25 September 1930 wearing fawn crepe de chine [4: 11-Oct-1930]
Attended the evening dance at the Three Springs Hall after the R.S.L. Sports Day at Arrino on 5 November 1932 [5: 18-Nov-1932]
Herself, her husband and their daughters spent a two week holiday on the Murchison River in January 1937 [5: 22-Jan-1937, 5-Jan-1937]
Ran a boarding house in the Three Springs townsite situated between the old hall and Road Board offices [P196]
For years she kept house for "Fred" Fergus CONNAUGHTON in Three Springs, and looked after his six children [P2]
After her mother-in-law's death in 1938 herself, her husband and their children shifted back to Coorow to assist her father-in-law [P196]
They later returned to Three Springs and after leaving her husband during the 1940s she left Three Springs and moved to Perth [P196]
One of her jobs while living in Perth was at the Beaufort Arms Hotel [P196]
Later shifted to Wiluna, where she died at the age of 54 years [P196]
Mother of Joyce and Dawn [P2]
Thomas Merrick ROSS
Farmhand on Cintra Farm in Arrino 1914-1916 [19] [50]
Farmhand for John STUART on Ranfurly Park in Barberton between Moora and Koojan 1919-1921 [50]
William David ROSS
Farmhand in Three Springs in 1925 [19]
Alice May ROSSITER
Waitress in Three Springs in 1929 [19]
Married "Hugh" Hughie William John PETTIT in 1930 [66]
Resided in Williamson Street, Three Springs 1932-1935 [19]
Attended the Ball after the Three Springs Races on 11 April 1929 in blue beaded black georgette and black satin ribbon [4: 20-Apr-1929]
Attended the Farewell Evening tendered to local pioneer Mrs Blanche M. KOCH in Three Springs on 3 December 1932 [4: 10-Dec-1932]
Mother of Barbara, Neville, Alan and Marjorie [84]
Leslie ROSSITER
Butcher in Three Springs 1950-1959 [19]
Mrs Lillian Joyce ROSSITER
Resided in Three Springs for at least the years 1950-1965 [19]
"Terry" Terence James ROULSTON
Born 25 June 1929 in Perth, Western Australia [P215]
Son of Alfred James ROULSTON and Daisy Ethel DOVE [P215]
Grew up in Rivervale and was educated at Saint Patrick's Boys School in Perth [P215]
Employee of the Midland Railway Company [P215]
Railway Officer in Three Springs 1953-1956 [19]
Railway Stationmaster in Mingenew for at least the years 1958-1965 [19]
By 1970 he was living in Coorow, where he was the local Railway Stationmaster [19]
Died 3 November 1995 in Coorow [P215]
"Harold" Clement Harold ROWE
Shifted from Fremantle to Arrino in the early 1920s and took up a sandplain block to the west of the Arrino townsite [P2]
Farmer in Arrino [6]
Married "Edie" Edith Emily PEARCE in 1926 [66]
From 1927 to 1933 farmed his property in Arrino in partnership with his brother-in-law E. J. PEARCE as "Pearce & Rowe" [6]
Struggled to make a living from the farm as it was in years before clover and other soil improving pastures were introduced [P2]
Worked as a rabbit inspector and share-farmed at Woopenatty in Arrino and then on Sydney C. GOOCH's farm in Three Springs [P2]
Did contract clearing on Nebre Road for the Three Springs Road Board at 4/3 per chain in July 1933 [5: 21-Jul-1933]
Vermin, Dog and Noxious Weed Inspector for the Three Springs Road Board in 1935 and 1936 [5: 1-Feb-1935, 17-May-1935]
Attended the Annual Ratepayers' Meeting of the Three Springs Road Board at 3 p.m. on Saturday 13 April 1935 [5: 19-Apr-1935]
Among those who protested in 1935 against the Three Springs Road Board spending their rates on tennis courts in Arrino [5: 27-Sep-1935]
In September 1935 his position as Vermin Inspector for the TS Road Board was made permanent at £3/10/- per week [5: 27-Sep-1935]
Signed a petition in support of the Three Springs Road Board constructing new tennis courts in Arrino in October 1935 [5: 1-Nov-1935]
Successfully requested holidays from his employer, the Three Springs Road Board, in December 1935 [5: 13-Dec-1935]
Himself and his wife and their children spent a holiday in Fremantle in January 1936 [5: 3-Jan-1936]
In July 1936 the Three Springs Road Board terminated his position, as they no longer needed a Vermin Inspector [5: 10-Jul-1936]
The Three Springs Road Board offered him employment on their Road Board gang until such time as they needed Vermin Inspector [5]
In the event of a potential grasshopper plague the Three Springs Road Board had him visit infected areas in October 1936 [5: 23-Oct-1936]
In January 1937 the Three Springs Road Board had no Vermin Inspector and hadn't received any applications for the position [5]
As a result the Road Board decided to interview him and was he interested they would immediately employ him [5: 22-Jan-1937]
A dust storm in February 1937 blew sand from a fallowed paddock onto Rowe Road in Arrino to a depth of six to eight inches [5]
He reported the obstruction to the road to the Three Springs Road Board who had the sand removed [5: 5-Mar-1937]
Resided in Arrino until 1950 [19]
Purchased a farm in Kojonup and farmed there until retiring to Pinjarra [P2]
Father of Clement, Reginald and Ivan [84]
Clement Ronald ROWE
Born 24 March 1928 [84]
Son of "Harold" Clement Horold ROWE and "Edie" Edith Emily PEARCE [84]
Resided with his parents on farmland in Arrino [84]
Baptised by R. B. HILL of the North Midlands Methodist Mission on 20 May 1928 [84]
Married Sylvia Dawn BRIMSON in 1950 [66]
Farmer in Arrino 1953-1956 [19]
Farmer of Victoria Location 10560 in Eneabba via Three Springs 1958-1965 [19]
Mrs "Edie" Edith Emily ROWE
Wife of "Harold" Clement Harold ROWE; see "Edie" Edith Emily PEARCE
"Elsie" Edith Elsie ROWE
Born C.1899 [2]
Shop Assistant at Harris Scarfe Sandover & Co in Perth until shifting to Arrino in November 1929 [4: 23-Nov-1929]
Shop Assistant at Henry G. TOWNSEND's General Store in Arrino 1928-1932 [4: 23-Nov-1929] [P2]
Accompanied Henry and Ethel TOWNSEND whenever they went out, and before long she met Harold STACEY [P2]
Harold often talked to her over the counter at the shop and began taking her for walks when the shop closed in the evening [P2]
After spending her Christmas holiday in Perth she returned to Arrino in early January 1930 [4: 4-Jan-1930]
Married Harold James STACEY in Perth in 1932 [66]
Resided with her husband on farmland in Dudawa, East Arrino 1932-1962 [19]
Attended the Arrino Race Club's Annual Ball on 3 April 1930 in a powder blue georgette dress trimmed with rhinestones [4: 26-Apr-1930]
Attended the Hospital Appeal Grand Ball in Three Springs on Thursday 8 June 1933 in a dress of ivory crepe satin [5: 16-Jun-1933]
Attended the R.S.L. Ball held at the Three Springs Hall on Friday 1 September 1933 in a dress of black georgette [5: 8-Sep-1933]
In early September 1933 her parents, Mr and Mrs ROWE of Bayswater, spent a holiday staying with her at Dudawa [5: 15-Sep-1933]
Donated one of the prizes for the Children's Fancy Dress Ball held in Arrino on Tuesday 12 September 1933 [5: 15-Sep-1933]
Supplier of music at the C.W.A. Euchre Party and Dance held at the Arrino Hall on Tuesday 15 May 1934 [5: 18-May-1934]
Performed a violin solo at the afternoon tea given to the C.W.A. State President in Three Springs on 5 February 1935 [5: 8-Feb-1935]
Won 1st prize for Cushion in the Fancywork section of the Carnamah Agricultural Show on 12 September 1935 [5: 20-Sep-1935]
Awarded 1st prize for Worked Cushion Cover at the Three Springs Agricultural Show on Thursday 19 September 1935 [5: 27-Sep-1935]
Won 2nd prize for Fruit Cake at the Three Springs Agricultural Society's Annual Show on Thursday 17 September 1936 [5: 25-Sep-1936]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Bentley [2]
Died 8 October 1977; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Crematorium Rose Gardens, 14, 177) [2]
Ivan Francis ROWE
Born 16 May 1931 [84]
Son of "Harold" Clement Horold ROWE and "Edie" Edith Emily PEARCE [84]
Resided with his parents on farmland in Arrino [84]
Baptised by Rev. A. W. BRAY of the North Midlands Methodist Mission [84]
Reginald Vernon ROWE
Born 13 December 1929 [84]
Son of "Harold" Clement Horold ROWE and "Edie" Edith Emily PEARCE [84]
Resided with his parents on farmland in Arrino [84]
Baptised by Rev. A. W. BRAY of the North Midlands Methodist Mission on 24 August 1930 [84]
Robert Stainton ROWE
Baker in Three Springs in 1914 and 1915 [6] [19]
Mrs Sylvia Dawn ROWE
Wife of Clement Ronald ROWE; see Sylvia Dawn BRIMSON
Mrs Alice Adeline ROWLAND
Wife of "Johnson" Reuben Johnson ROWLAND; see Alice Adeline EDWARDS
"Johnson" Reuben Johnson ROWLAND
Born 1884 in Dongara, Western Australia [15]
Son of Richard ROWLAND and Elizabeth RHODES [15]
Married Alice Adeline EDWARDS in 1908 [66]
Labourer in Irwin 1913-1925 [6] [19] [50]
Railway Fettler in Three Springs 1925-1929 [19]
Railway Fettler in Irwin in 1947 [19]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Wembley [2]
Died 3 January 1966; ashes scattered over the rose garden at the Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA [2]
Frances Lavinia H. RUCK
Born 1871 in Whitstable, Kent, England [20] [21]
Daughter of Frederick R. RUCK and Frances HODGE [20] [24]
In 1881 was living with her parents and siblings Charles, William, Amelia, Frederick and George at 1 Oxford Street in Whitstable [20]
Married Claude BATTY [24]
In 1901 was living with her husband and two children at 54 Victoria Street in Whitstable, Kent, England [20]
Departed England with her husband and children on the Orvieto and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 21 March 1911 [70]
Resided with her husband and children in Three Springs 1917-1921, and on farmland in Arrino in 1921 and 1922 [6] [19] [44] [50]
Mother of Minnie and Richard [24]
Died 28 April 1922 when thrown from a trap at the Railway Crossing in Arrino; buried Arrino Cemetery, Arrino [24]
From The Moora Herald and Midland Districts Advocate newspaper, Friday 5 May 1922:
"Mrs. Fances Lavinia Batty, a resident of Arrino, was picked up dead on a road near by, the result of a trap accident. The Coroner has dispensed with an inquest, as the circumstances pointed to the fact that death was purely accidental."
From The Moora Herald and Midland Districts Advocate newspaper, Friday 12 May 1922:
"Three Springs Notes - Mrs. Batty, wife of Mr. Batty, of Arrino, was killed last Saturday through bring thrown from a spring cart. How the accident happened is not known, as she was not found for some hours."
Cyril John RUMBLE
Born 1903 in Greenough, Western Australia [15]
Son of Thomas RUMBLE and Margaret McCARLEY [15]
Farm Labourer in South Greenough for at least the years 1930-1965 [19]
Attended the Three Springs Agricultural Show held in Three Springs on Thursday 19 September 1935 [5: 27-Sep-1935]
Competed in the Ring Events at the show, coming 2nd in the 14 stone Gent's Hack, Maiden Hunter and High Jump [5]
Came 2nd in the High Jump in the Ring Events at the Three Springs Agricultural Show on Thursday 17 September 1936 [5: 25-Sep-1936]
Christopher RUSSELL
Contractor in Three Springs in 1910 and 1911 [6] [50]
Jack Gordon RUSSELL
Farmer in Yandanooka [50]
Committee Member of the Yandanooka branch of the Primary Producers' Association in 1930 [4: 3-May-1930]
Member of the Mingenew Golf Club in 1932 [4: 28-May-1932]
Member of the Mingenew Tennis Club in 1935-36 [5: 6-Dec-1935]
Attended the funeral of Carnamah agent William B. SHERIDAN at the Winchester Cemetery on 27 January 1936 [5: 31-Jan-1936]
Men's Champion in the North Midlands Easter Tennis Tournament in Mingenew on 11th, 12th and 13th of April 1936 [5: 17-Apr-1936]
Charles Ulrich RUST
Yardman at the Commercial Hotel in Three Springs in 1925 [19]
Gladys Anne M. RUTLAND
Nurse at the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs 1948-1950 [19]
Annie Margaret RYAN
Teacher at the Dominican Convent School in Three Springs in 1964 and 1965 [19]
Mrs Bridget Josephone RYAN
Wife of Michael John RYAN; see Bridget Josephine MILLER
"Ellie" Ellen Martha Bridget RYAN
Born 1894 in Northampton, Western Australia [15]
Daughter of Michael John RYAN and Bridget Josephine MILLER [15]
Resided with her parents in Three Springs 1909-1915 [6] [19]
Played a piano solo at the Social held at the Three Springs State School after a local football match in mid July 1910 [9: 22-Jul-1910]
Performed the overture "Village Bells" at the Concert & Dance at the schoolroom in Three Springs on 1 September 1910 [9: 9-Sep-1910]
Played the piano overture "The Dance of the Shadows" at the Concert & Dance held in Three Springs on 6 June 1914 [10: 12-Jun-1914]
Played the piano to accompany the singing at the concert in Three Springs in aid of Red Cross funds on 15 January 1915 [10: 22-Jan-1915]
Gladys Mary RYAN
Born 1892 in Northampton, Western Australia [15]
Daughter of Michael John RYAN and Bridget Josephine MILLER [15]
Resided with her parents in Three Springs 1909-1915 [6] [19]
Kathleen Helena May RYAN
Born 1900 in Geraldton, Western Australia [15]
Daughter of Michael John RYAN and Bridget Josephine MILLER [15]
Resided with her patents in Three Springs 1909-1915 [6] [19]
Sang a song at the Social hosted by Charlie and Winifred THOMAS at the schoolroom in Three Springs on 30 July 1910 [9: 12-Aug-1910]
Along with three others sang "On the Mississippi" and "Mary" at the Concert & Dance in Three Springs on 6 June 1914 [10: 12-Jun-1914]
Miss Leah RYAN
Played the piano solo at the Social held at the Three Springs State School after a local football match in mid July 1910 [9: 22-Jul-1910]
Sang a song at the Social hosted by Charlie and Winifred THOMAS at the schoolroom in Three Springs on 30 July 1910 [9: 12-Aug-1910]
Sang "Ireland, I Love You" at the Concert & Dance held at the schoolroom in Three Springs on 1 September 1910 [9: 9-Sep-1910]
"Mike" Michael John RYAN
Married Bridget Josephine MILLER in 1884 in Northampton [15]
Storekeeper with a Gallon License in Walkaway in 1908 [6] [9: 11-Dec-1908]
Storekeeper in Three Springs 1909-1915 [6]
Grocer and Butcher in Three Springs in 1910 and 1911, and just Grocer 1912-1915 [6]
In 1910 and 1911 his general store in Three Springs ran under the trading name of "Ryan Bros" [9: 14-Jan-1910] [31: 30-Jun-1911]
During 1910 he extended his business premise, by adding on an office storeroom and extending his shop [9: 17-Jun-1910]
Once extended he stocked large amounts of groceries, ironmongery and drapery [9: 17-Jun-1910]
In mid 1911 his emporium store in Three Springs was said to have been stocked from "floor to ceiling" [31: 30-Jun-1911]
Foundation Committee Member and Treasurer of the Three Springs Race Club in 1910 and 1911 [9: 23-Dec-1910]
Clerk of Scales at the Three Springs Race Club's Inaugural Race Meeting in Three Springs on Thursday 9 March 1911 [9: 10-Feb-1911]
Himself, his wife and their children were bid goodbye at a function held in Three Springs on Monday 9 August 1915 [10]
"All the town and his wife and best girl" attended their farewell, which consisted of speeches, dancing and singing [10: 13-Aug-1915]
Along with his husband and children left Three Springs in August 1915 and shifted to Northampton [10: 23-Jul-1915]
Father of Gladys Mary, Ellen Martha Bridget, Iris Mary, Gerald Forest and Kathleen Helena May [15]
Patricia Marie RYAN
Teacher at the Dominican Convent School in Three Springs for at least the years 1958-1975 [19]
John RYDER
Labourer in Three Springs 1950-1952 [19]
Richard James RYDER
Farmhand in Arrino 1953-1962 [19]
Georgina RYLANDS
Married William Charles ASHBY in 1910 [66]
Resided with her husband in Three Springs 1910-192 [6] [19] [50]
James RYLANDS
Fireman in Arrino in 1941 [19]
Mrs Madge Dorothy RYLANDS
Resided in Arrino in 1931 [19]
SSS
Mr SADDLER
Member of the Three Springs Football Club in 1923 [10: 19-Jul-1923]
Harry SADLIER
Plumber in Three Springs in 1928 [4: 19-May-1928]
Did the plumbing for the new Hotel in Three Springs in 1928, and afterwards remained in Three Springs [4: 19-May-1928]
"Arnie" Arnold Ernest SAGGERS
Born 31 January 1905 in Yalgoo, Western Australia [P376]
Son of Norman SAGGERS and Edith Jane POWELL [66]
Resided in Mingenew until shifting to Three Springs in mid 1927 [4: 11-Jun-1927, 13-Aug-1927]
In late June 1927 he took over his brother Norman W. SAGGERS' butchers business in Three Springs [4: 11-Jun-1927]
Butcher in Three Springs 1927-1948 [4] [6] [19]
Wholesale and Retail Butcher specialising in corned beef and sausages [120: 15-Oct-1936]
Purchased local prime stock for cash, and despatched orders for meat to nearby districts by train [120: 15-Oct-1936]
His business premises in Three Springs were telephone number Three Springs-11 [4: 19-Oct-1929] [60]
Himself and his father, who was a butcher in Mingenew, advertised their businesses together in The Irwin Index newspaper [4]
Damage to his butchering premises caused by floods cost him £60 in repairs in 1932 and another £40 in 1933 [5: 27-Oct-1933]
Ran his butchering business until October 1948 when he sold it to Christopher J. NORRISH [4: 6-Nov-1948]
Converted to Catholicism and was baptised and confirmed by Michael LYNCH at Saint Paul's in Three Springs on 10 August 1927 [91]
Married Elsie Mary FENTON in Fremantle on Saturday 13 August 1927 [4: 13-Aug-1927] [66]
Member of the Three Springs Saint Patrick's Day Committee in 1928, and donated £2/2/- to the Committee in 1928 [124]
He was among the 400 people who attended the Matrons and Benedicts Ball held in Three Springs on 31 August 1928 [4: 8-Sep-1928]
Won 1st prize for Baconer in the Swine section of the Three Springs Agricultural Society's First Annual Show in 1928 [4: 29-Sep-1928]
Attended the Three Springs Race Club's Race Meeting & Evening Ball held in Three Springs on Thursday 11 April 1929 [4: 20-Apr-1929]
Donated a case of fruit for the patients of the north Midlands District Hospital, Three Springs over Christmas in 1929 [4: 8-Feb-1930]
Attended the Commemoration Dinner held at the Commercial Hotel in Three Springs on Friday 26 August 1932 [5: 9-Sep-1932]
The dinner was to commemorate Three Springs having the highest average yield for wheat in the State for the 1931-32 season [5]
Attended the evening dance at the Three Springs Hall after the R.S.L. Sports Day at Arrino on 5 November 1932 [5: 18-Nov-1932]
Entrant in the Popular Husband's Competition held in Three Springs in 1933 to raise funds for the Convent Building Fund [5: 8-Sep-1933]
Inaugural Vice Captain of the Three Springs Road Board District Bush Fire Brigade in 1933-34 and 1934-35 [5: 27-Oct-1933, 9-Nov-1934]
Spent a few days holiday over the Christmas break of 1933 at Dongara Beach [5: 5-Jan-1934]
Member of the Three Springs Saint Patrick's Day Committee in 1934 [5: 9-Mar-1934]
Attended the Carnamah Golf Club's Opening Season Dance at the Carnamah Hall on Saturday 21 April 1934 [5: 27-Apr-1934]
Made a speech at Hugh MCHARG and Gladys BASTIAN's wedding reception in Three Springs on Tuesday 5 June 1934 [5: 8-Jun-1934]
Awarded 2nd prize for a Vase of Flowers exhibited in the Flower section of the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1934 [5: 21-Sep-1934]
Won the Handicap 120 Yard running race at the Saint Patrick's Day Picnic & Sports in Three Springs on 18 March 1935 [5: 22-Mar-1935]
Attended the Annual Ratepayers' Meeting of the Three Springs Road Board at 3 p.m. on Saturday 13 April 1935 [5: 19-Apr-1935]
Travelled to Perth during Easter and won an £80 double at the Trots in Perth on Saturday 27 April 1935 [5: 3-May-1935]
Judged the Pig section at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show held in Coorow on Thursday 5 September 1935 [5: 13-Sep-1935]
He was among those from Three Springs who travelled to Perth in October 1935 to attend the Royal Show [5: 11-Oct-1935]
After spending the weekend in Perth he returned to Three Springs early on Tuesday 11 February 1936 [5: 14-Feb-1936]
Competitor in the Billiard Tournament held in Three Springs in May 1936 to raise funds for the Hospital in Three Springs [5: 8-May-1936]
Member of the Three Springs Rifle Club in 1936-37, and a Committee Member in 1937-38 [5: 19-Jun-1936, 2-Jul-1937]
Attended and competed at the Official Opening of the Three Springs Rifle Club's rifle range on Thursday 23 July 1936 [5: 31-Jul-1936]
A field demonstration of four McCormick Deering tractors was held on his farm on Wednesday 5 August 1936 [5: 31-Jul-1936]
Visitor at the Fifth Annual North Midlands R.S.L. Reunion Dinner held in Dongara on Saturday evening 24 October 1936 [5: 30-Oct-1936]
In early December 1936 he was a patient at the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs [5: 11-Dec-1936]
Attended the Valedictory Social for Miss Rachel M. A. WALLACE in Three Springs on Tuesday 15 December 1936 [5: 24-Dec-1936]
Attended the farewell to Josephine M. FITZGERALD at the Carnamah Hotel on Saturday evening 27 March 1937 [5: 2-Apr-1937]
Travelled to Perth on Thursday 1 April 1937 to attend the King's Cup Race Meeting at Ascot Park on the weekend [5: 2-Apr-1937]
Helped cart 80 trucks loads of sand, gravel and stones for the nursing quarters in Three Springs on 14 and 24 April 1937 [5: 30-Apr-1937]
Vice President of the Three Springs Football Club in 1937 [5: 16-Apr-1937]
Member of the committee that organised the very successful Annual Catholic Ball in Three Springs on 3 June 1937 [5: 11-Jun-1937]
Part of the male ballet in pink skirts who performed at the Novelty Dance Evening in Three Springs on 15 July 1937 [5: 23-Jul-1937]
Performed again with the ballet to the crowd of over 300 at the Community Concert in Carnamah on 11 August 1937 [5: 13-Aug-1937]
Helped organise the Farewell for Barney & Frances BARNHART, which was held in Three Springs on 3 February 1938 [4: 12-Feb-1938]
Attended the funeral of Arrino resident Mrs Ellen DEE at the Three Springs Cemetery on 16 August 1939 [4: 19-Aug-1939]
Attended the Farewell Social & Dance held for Vincent & May TIPPETT in Three Springs on Monday 28 July 1941 [4: 2-Aug-1941]
After selling his butchering business in October 1948 he appears to have continued to reside in Three Springs until 1962 [4: 6-Nov-1948] [19]
Speaker at the Valedictory Social for stationmaster Herbert E. REYNOLDS in Three Springs during November 1949 [4: 19-Nov-1949]
Resided in the Perth suburb of Applecross from 1963 until his death in 1994 [2] [4: 26-Apr-1963]
Died 21 December 1994; buried Fremantle Cemetery, Fremantle WA (Roman Catholic, Lawn D, 380) [2]
From The Irwin Index newspaper, Saturday 6 November 1948:
"Change of Business at Three Springs - Public Notice - Mr A. E. Saggers, who has conducted a butchering establishment at Three Springs for the past twenty years, desires to advise customers and the public of the district generally that he has disposed of his business to Mr Chris Norris, who is a very capable tradesman. In making this announcement, Mr Saggers also desires to express thanks to all customers for the generous measure of patronage accorded him during his long business association with Three Springs, and he hopes that the same patronage will be accorded Mr Norris as his successor. All outstanding accounts due to Mr Saggers may be paid to him at Three Springs."
Mrs Christina Annie SAGGERS
Wife of Joseph John SAFGGERS; see Christina Annie MCGREGOR
Mrs Edith Jane SAGGERS
Wife of Norman SAGGERS; see Edith Jane POWELL
"Edie" Edith Jane SAGGERS
Born 13 March 1913 in Tambellup, Western Australia [P376]
Daughter of Norman SAGGERS and Edith Jane POWELL [P376]
Resided with her parents in Mingenew 1925-1939 [19] [50]
She was among the 400 people who attended the Matrons and Benedicts Ball held in Three Springs on 31 August 1928 [4: 8-Sep-1928]
Attended the Three Springs Agricultural Society's First Annual Show and Show Ball on Thursday 20 September 1928 [4: 29-Sep-1928]
Attended the Ball after the Three Springs Races on Thursday 11 April 1929 in a dress of green crepe de chine and net [4: 20-Apr-1929]
Attended the Fancy Dress Ball held in Mingenew on Thursday 10 October 1929 dressed as "Tintx" [4: 19-Oct-1929]
Attended the Annual Ball after the Three Springs Show on 25 September 1930 wearing pink taffeta with spray to match [4: 11-Oct-1930]
Attended the Grand Ball following the Three Spring Agricultural Show on 22 September 1932 in a gown of green satin [5: 7-Oct-1932]
Married William Power GILBERTSON in Perth in 1940 [66]
In 1963 herself and her husband were living in the Perth suburb of Maylands [4: 26-Apr-1963]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Bayswater [2]
Died 2 April 2007; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Wesleyan, HC, 10) [2]
Mrs Elsie Mary SAGGERS
Wife of Arnold Ernest SAGGERS; see Elsie Mary FENTON
"Evelyn" Iris Evelyn SAGGERS
Born 10 June 1908 in Peringilup, Western Australia [P376]
Daughter of Norman SAGGERS and Edith Jane POWELL [P376]
Resided with her parents in Broomehill 1908-1911, Peringillup 1912-1913, Tambellup 1915-1924 and Katanning in 1925 [6]
Resided in Mingenew with her parents in 1925 and 1926 [4: 20-Aug-1938] [19] [50]
Married "Max" Wilfred Max THOMPSON in Perth in 1926 [66]
Resided with her husband on farmland on the Wongoondy Estate in Wongoondy between Mingenew and Mullewa [4: 20-Aug-1938]
They resided in Toodyay in 1936 and in Norseman in 1937 and 1938, at both of which her husband worked as a Butcher [6] [50]
Died 15 August 1938 in Perth; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Wesleyan, GA, 164) [2]
From The Irwin Index newspaper, Saturday 20 August 1938:
Former Mingenew Resident's Death - On Saturday last the death occurred at Perth of a former resident of Mingenew in the person of Mrs. Evelyn Thompson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Saggers, of Mingenew. The deceased lady had lived with her husband (Mr. Max. Thompson) on a property at Woongoody soon after that estate was thrown open for selection, but later the farm was sold and Mr. and Mrs. Thompson transferred to Toodyay. The funeral took place in the Methodist portion of the Karrakatta Cemetery on Wednesday last following a short service in the Wesley Church."
Joseph John SAGGERS
Born 1886 in Longwood, Victoria, Australia [15]
Son of Robert SAGGERS and Johanna CARLYON [15]
By 1912 he had shifted to Western Australia, as had his brothers Samson, Owen and Norman [6]
Butcher in Meekatharra in partnership with J. T. SMITH as "Smith & Saggers" 1912-1915 [6]
Married (1) Christina Annie MCGREGOR in 1915 [66]
Butcher in Meekatharra trading as "J. Saggers & Co" 1916-1919 [6]
Resided until 1921 and was then a Butcher in Geraldton 1922-1925 [6] [50]
Butcher in Mingenew 1925-1943 [19] [50]
In 1932 owned a Chevrolet utility, which was registered with the Mingenew Road Board with license plate MI-57 [4: 12-Nov-1932]
Member of the Mingenew Recreation Advisory Committee in 1934 [101: page 129]
His wife Christina passed away in 1936 [15]
Member of the Mingenew Cricket Club in 1936-37 [5: 13-Nov-1936]
Married (2) Gertrude Selina CREW in Perth in 1938 [66]
Committee Member of the Mingenew Hospital Association in 1939 [4: 19-Aug-1939]
Committee Member of the Mingenew District Agricultural Society in 1939 [4: 19-Aug-1939]
Later resided in South Perth [2]
Died 9 January 1977; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Lawn 5, Niche Wall, W6, 80) [2]
"Joe" Joseph Thomas SAGGERS
Born 10 October 1910 in Peringilup, Western Australia [16]
Son of Norman SAGGERS and Edith Jane POWELL [P376]
Butcher in Three Springs 1928-1933 [4] [19]
Believed to have worked for his brothers Norman and then Arnold who ran a Butcher's Shop in Three Springs [5] [19]
He was among the 400 people who attended the Matrons and Benedicts Ball held in Three Springs on 31 August 1928 [4: 8-Sep-1928]
Attended the Three Springs Agricultural Society's First Annual Show and Show Ball on Thursday 20 September 1928 [4: 29-Sep-1928]
Attended the Three Springs Race Club's Race Meeting & Evening Ball held in Three Springs on Thursday 11 April 1929 [4: 20-Apr-1929]
Attended the Fancy Dress Ball held in Mingenew on Thursday 10 October 1929 dressed as a "Persian Gentleman" [4: 19-Oct-1929]
Converted to Catholicism and was baptised by Rev. Father Michael LYNCH of Three Springs on 10 May 1932 [91]
Attended the Farewell Evening tendered to local pioneer Mrs Blanche M. KOCH in Three Springs on 3 December 1932 [4: 10-Dec-1932]
Married Mary Francis SPRING in Perth in 1936 [66]
Resided in the Perth suburb of South Perth prior to enlisting in the Australian Army on 5 January 1942 [16]
Private WX18565 in the Australian Army's 16 Australian Advanced Ordnance Depot during the Second World War [16]
Discharged from the Australian Army on 24 January 1946 [16]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Bentley [2]
Died 15 March 2002; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Lawn, J, 7D) [2]
Norman SAGGERS
Born 1875 in Jamieson, Victoria, Australia [15]
Son of Robert SAGGERS and Johanna CARLYON [15]
Along with one of his elder brothers he left Victoria and shifted to Western Australia in 1894 [4: 26-Apr-1963]
Married (1) Edith Jane POWELL in Cue in 1900 [15]
Blacksmith in Yalgoo in partnership with his brother Samson as "Saggers Bros" 1900-1902 [6]
Butcher in Yalgoo 1903-1908, Farmer in Broomehill 1908-1911 and Farmer in Peringillup in 1912 and 1913 [6]
Resided in Tambellup 1915-1924 - as a Butcher in 1915 and 1916, Farmer in 1917 and 1918 and Butcher 1919-1924 [6]
Butcher in Katanning in 1925 [50]
Butcher in Mingenew 1925-1939 [19] [50]
Himself and his son Arnold, who was a butcher in Three Springs, advertised in The Irwin Index newspaper in 1929 [4: 1-Jun-1929]
In 1929 and 1930 he conducted his butcher's shop in Mingenew in partnership with his son Bill [4: 8-Feb-1930, 19-Jul-1930]
After his son Bill left Mingenew in 1930 he ran the butcher's business in partnership with his son-in-law Horace E. THOMAS [4]
A butcher in his employ lost two of his fingers while chopping bones at his butcher's shop on Tuesday 31 March 1931 [4: 4-Apr-1931]
Purchased a new Chevrolet car in August 1927 - the first of the "new most beautiful Chevs" to arrive in Mingenew [4: 6-Aug-1927]
In January 1928 purchased another block in the Three Springs townsite from Edmund K. BYRNE [4: 14-Jan-1928]
Judged the Ring Events, Horse and Cattle sections at the Three Springs Agricultural Society's First Annual Show in 1928 [4: 29-Sep-1928]
In 1929 judged the Horse section and Rings Events of the Three Springs Agricultural Society's Second Annual Show [4: 5-Oct-1929]
Judged the Ring Events and Horse section of the Carnamah District Agricultural Society's Annual Show in 1930 [4: 27-Sep-1930]
Rendered valuable assistance with the Carnamah Athletic Club's Inaugural Boxing Tournament in Carnamah in early 1932 [4: 6-Feb-1932]
For his services to the Carnamah Athletic Club he was bestowed the gift of Honorary Membership [4: 6-Feb-1932]
In 1932 owned a Whippet Delivery car, which was registered with the Mingenew Road Board with license plate MI-197 [4: 12-Nov-1932]
Judge of the Pig section at the Three Springs Agricultural Society's Annual Shows in 1935 and 1936 [5: 27-Sep-1935, 25-Sep-1936]
Referee of a Boxing Tournament conducted by the Three Springs-Arrino R.S.L. in Three Springs on 18 April 1936 [5: 1-May-1936]
Resided in Three Springs in retirement 1945-1947 [6] [19]
Financial Member of the Three Springs Agricultural Society in 1946 and 1947 [262]
Married (2) Mrs Kathleen May PEARCE in Perth in 1947 [66]
Shifted back to Mingenew where he resided in retirement [176]
Passed away at the age of 88 years at the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs [176]
Father of Nita, Bill, Arn, Myrtle, Evelyn, Joe, Edie, Vera and Stan [P376]
Died 20 April 1963; buried Mingenew Cemetery, Mingenew (Seventh Day Adventist, Plot 51B) [4: 26-Apr-1963] [176]
His wife Kathleen continued to live in Mingenew until her death at the age of 73 years on 18 December 1971 [176]
From The Irwin Index newspaper, Friday 26 April 1963:
Old Resident Of District Is Deceased
"The late Mr. Norman Saggers, who died at the North Midlands District Hospital at Three Springs last Saturday, was one of the oldest and most respected residents of the Mingenew region. He was 88 years of age and had suffered ill-health for a long period.
He was born at Jamieson in Victoria, where his father was a school teacher. That town is one of the most beautiful mountain resorts in that State, with trout streams and rivers set in dense forest of giant gums and tree ferns. One of a family of 14, Mr. Saggers and an elder brother came to Western Australia in 1894, when he was 19. He lived in this State from then on. During that period of 69 years, he resided in Cue, Yalgoo, Katanning and Tambellup before coming to the North Midlands. He spent a number of years in Three Springs and then moved to Mingenew, where he lived for 41 years, being one of the oldest residents of that district.
One of his main interests was working sheep dogs. Mr. Saggers was an honorary life member of the W.A. Working Sheep Dogs Association and had worked dogs in the first field trials conducted by that organisation. He won the Sandover Cup at one of those early trials. He also was a successful breeder and skilful trainer. His dogs were eagerly sought throughout that State, some being purchased by station owners far to the north and from others as far south as Red Lake and Esperance. Mr. Saggers was a member of the Royal Agricultural Society of Western Australia for many years as well as the Mingenew Agricultural Society. He was patron of the Mingenew Bowling Club.
He is mourned by his widow, eight children and six step-children, 33 grandchildren and 27 great grandchildren. His children and stepchildren are:- Nita (Mrs. H. E. Thomas), Bill (Mr. N. W. Saggers, of Applecross), Arn (Mr. A. E. Saggers, Victoria Park), Myrtle (Mrs. R. Nettle, Kojonup), Vera (Mrs. H. Randall, Perth), Joe (Mr. J. Saggers, Victoria Park), Edie (Mrs. W. Gilbertson, Maylands), Gerald (Mr. G. H. Pearce, Brookton), Doreen (Mrs. R. Desmond, Tuart Hill), Linda (Mrs. H. J. Ralston, Claremont), Beryl (Mrs. D. Calaghan, Wembley), Shirley (Mrs. L. Looke, Mingenew) and Don (Mr. D. H. Pearce, Mt. Pleasant).
The funeral was at the Mingenew Cemetery last Monday afternoon and was attended by a large representation from throughout the district who gathered to pay their last tributes. The service at the graveside was conducted by the president of the Seventh-Day Adventist Perth Conference, Pastor F. Maberley. During the ceremony, Mr. H. J. Ralston and his elder daughter, Miss Janette Ralston, sang "Beyond the Sunset." The pallbearers were old friends and associates:- Messrs. B. Thomas, R. R. Colegate, P. F. Lynch, J. Connolly, F. Wick and E. C. Newton. The casket was carried by Messrs. M. J. Payne, L. Croft, L. Baugh and A. Wick. The many floral tributes covered the grave."
"Bill" Norman William SAGGERS
Born 13 March 1903 in Geraldton, Western Australia [P376]
Son of Norman SAGGERS and Edith Jane POWELL [15]
Butcher in Geraldton in 1923 [6]
Butcher in Katanning in 1925 [50]
Butcher in Three Springs in 1926 and 1927 [6] [4: 11-Jun-1927] [60]
During his time in Three Springs he was telephone number Three Springs-11 [60]
In late June 1927 his butchering business in Three Springs was taken over by his brother Arnold E. SAGGERS [4: 11-Jun-1927]
Butcher in Mingenew in partnership with his father in 1929 and 1930 [4: 8-Feb-1930]
He was among the 400 people who attended the Matrons and Benedicts Ball held in Three Springs on 31 August 1928 [4: 8-Sep-1928]
Attended the Three Springs Race Club's Race Meeting & Evening Ball held in Three Springs on Thursday 11 April 1929 [4: 20-Apr-1929]
Prize donor for the Mingenew Younger Set's Fancy Dress Ball held in Mingenew on Thursday 10 October 1929 [4: 19-Oct-1929]
In February 1930 sold his share of the butchering business in Mingenew to his brother-in-law Horace E. THOMAS [4: 8-Feb-1930]
Left the Mingenew district in February 1930 after purchasing a business in Toodyay [4: 8-Feb-1930]
Married Ethel May TURNER in Perth in 1933 [66]
They were living in Northam in 1934, and at 68 Manchester Street in the Perth suburb of Victoria Park in 1938 [84]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Bentley [2]
Father of Brian and Raymond [84]
Died 31 August 1997; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Lawn, R, 629) [2]
Rev. Sydney Harold Sampson SAGGERS
Born 1903 in Tambellup, Western Australia
Son of Owen SAGGERS and Vida Lydia Nichola TREVASKIS [15]
Methodist Minister of the North Midlands Methodist Mission for two years over 1926 to 1928 [4: 6-Dec-1930] [84]
Between August 1926 and March 1928 he baptised one child from Carnamah, six from Three Springs and one from Yandanooka [84]
Officiated at the funeral of three year old Sybil C. BYRNE at the Three Springs General Cemetery on 17 December 1926 [24]
Officiated at the marriage of Robert W. GRANT and Mildred M. PARKIN in Carnamah on 12 August 1927 [4: 20-Aug-1927]
He was a nephew of Norman SAGGERS of Mingenew and first cousin of N. William and Arnold E. SAGGERS of Three Springs [15]
Visited Three Springs to conduct the Three Springs Methodist Church Sunday School Anniversary on 7 December 1930 [4: 6-Dec-1930]
Married "Jessie" Margaret Jessie ROBERTSON in Perth in 1934 [66]
Minister in Merredin in 1936 [50]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Karrinyup [2]
Died 7 April 1999; memorialised at Pinnaroo Valley Memorial Park, Perth WA (Banksia Court, Reflection Wall, WD, 63) [2]
"Nita" Uneta SAGGERS
Born 9 February 1901 in Cue, Western Australia [P376]
Daughter of Norman SAGGERS and Edith Jane POWELL [15]
Married Horace Edward THOMAS in 1927 [66]
Resided with her husband in Mingenew 1927-1930 [19]
Her husband worked as a Wheelwright, however in 1930 was a partner in her father's Mingenew butcher's shop [4: 8-Feb-1930] [19]
During October 1929 she was receiving medical treatment in Geraldton for appendicitis [4: 19-Oct-1929]
Towards the end of October 1929 it was reported that she was "making good progress after a rather serious operation" [4: 26-Oct-1929]
In 1931 they were living in Miling, where her husband was a Butcher [50]
Resided with her husband in Three Springs 1933-1943, where he worked as a Blacksmith [19]
Attended the House Party at Edward & Ether SHEAHAN's home in Three Springs on Thursday 24 August 1933 [5: 25-Aug-1933]
Won 1st prize for Wholemeal Biscuits and 2nd for Rainbow Cake and Cream Puffs at the Three Springs Show in 1933 [5: 29-Sep-1933]
Attended the Show Ball after the Three Springs Agricultural Show on 21 September 1933 in a white crinkled marocain dress [5]
Awarded 1st prize for Biscuits exhibited in the Confectionary section of the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1934 [5: 21-Sep-1934]
Won 1st prize for Scones and 2nd for Biscuits at the Three Springs Agricultural Show held on 17 September 1936 [5: 25-Sep-1936]
Attended the hugely successful Annual Catholic Ball in Three Springs on 3 June 1937 dressed in red satin [5: 11-Jun-1937]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Dianella [2]
Mother of Juanita, Alma and twins John and Norman [P376]
Died 6 March 1987; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Lawn, H, 534) [2]
Vera Irene SAGGERS
Born 3 October 1915 in Tambellup, Western Australia [P376]
Daughter of Norman SAGGERS and Edith Jane POWELL [P376]
Resided with her parents in Mingenew [19]
Attended the Annual Ball after the Three Springs Show in 1930 wearing lemon silk net with flared handkerchief peaks [4: 11-Oct-1930]
Harold Hector SALMON
Labourer in Three Springs in 1927 [19]
Vincenzo SALPIETRO
Labourer in Three Springs in 1938 [19]
Awarded 1st prize for Exhibit by Gent in the Novelty Competition at the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1935 [5: 27-Sep-1935]
Lewis SALTER
Labourer in Arrino 1914-1916 [19] [50]
Miss Lillian May SALTER
Housekeeper at the Commercial Hotel in Three Springs 1928-1930 [4: 15-Mar-1930] [19]
Won 1st prize for Pickles and 2nd for Marmalade at the Three Springs Agricultural Society's First Annual Show in 1928 [4: 20-Sep-1928]
Attended the Arrino Race Club's Annual Ball on Thursday 4 April 1929 in a dress of rose georgette and guipure lace [4: 13-Apr-1929]
Left the Three Springs district in March 1930 [4: 15-Mar-1930]
Amy Louisa SAMPSON
Born 5 June 1881 in Goyder, South Australia [55]
Daughter of James SAMPSON and "Sophie" Louisa Sophia KLOSE [55]
Resided with her parents on her father's farm in Bowmans, South Australia [P331]
Her father was a farmer, expert stockman, farm butcher and unqualified but knowledgeable vet [P331]
Married (1) "Bill" William MUTTER on 27 September 1905 at the Methodist Church in Whitwarta, South Australia [55]
Their wedding was a double one with her sister Edith Mary SAMPSON and her fiancé Arthur Ernest RUDDERHAM [55] [P331]
Following their marriage they shifted to Balaklava where for about 14 years resided on one of her father-in-laws farms [P331]
Then resided with her husband and children on her husband's Hillslope Farm in Everard West, South Australia [P331]
Along with her husband and children took holidays in Western Australia over two successive years looking for farmland to buy [P331]
On the second holiday in 1926 they purchased Cornelius and Amy F. SHEAHAN's farm at Dudawa, East Arrino [P2] [P118] [P331]
Returned to Everard West and after selling everything left South Australia by train with her husband and daughters [P331]
Arrived in Dudawa in March 1927, and named their new farm Noalimba after an Aboriginal word meaning "belonging to us" [P331]
Resided on Noalimba Farm in Dudawa, East Arrino 1927-1939 [P118]
She was very keen on her tennis and shortly after their arrival she got together with others and formed the Dudawa Tennis Club [P331]
They made two anthill courts on part of the Government Reserve near the Dudawa State School and Government Dam [P331]
Later the Club erected a bough shed and fenced the courts [P331]
She was among the 400 people who attended the Matrons and Benedicts Ball held in Three Springs on 31 August 1928 [4: 8-Sep-1928]
Made arrangements for the occasional Methodist Church services to be held at the Dudawa State School [P331]
A visiting Methodist Missionary would arrive at Dudawa in his sulky on which he would have a folding organ [144]
In mid September 1928 placed a notice of thanks in The Irwin Index newspaper thanking the local Methodist Guild Ladies [4: 15-Sep-1928]
The thanks were for decorating the Agricultural Hall for her daughter's wedding, and to Annie BYRNE and Fred HARDWICK [4]
Won 2nd prizes for Lettuce, Cream Puffs and male Black Orpington at the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1928 [4: 20-Sep-1928]
Following the Arrino Race Club's race meeting attended the evening Ball in the Arrino Hall on Thursday 4 April 1929 [4: 13-Apr-1929]
Won 1st prize for White Hen Eggs and 2nd for Swiss Roll at the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1932 [5: 30-Sep-1932]
Attended the Hospital Appeal Grand Ball in Three Springs on Thursday 8 June 1933 in a dress of black crepe de chine [5: 16-Jun-1933]
Won 2nd prizes for White Hen Eggs, Swiss Roll and Diary Butter at the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1933 [5: 29-Sep-1933]
In about 1933 she invited the STOKES and WILSON families of Dudawa to join her family for Christmas lunch [144]
She cooked for the crowd and after the children were fed the adults sat down to roast chook, ham and Christmas pudding [144]
Member of the Dudawa Tennis Club in 1933-34 [5: 27-Oct-1933]
Helped cater for the supper at the Arrino Tennis Club's Annual Ball held at the Arrino Hall on Tuesday 25 June 1935 [5: 28-Jun-1935]
Won 2nd prizes for Bread and Brown Hen Eggs at the Three Springs Agricultural Show held on 17 September 1936 [5: 25-Sep-1936]
Described a as a lover of sport who never turned down an opportunity for a hit of tennis or a game of cards [144]
She was a very good cook and housekeeper, with a routine that included changing beds on Saturdays and washing on Mondays [144]
In 1939 herself and her husband left Arrino and retired to a seven acre block in the Perth suburb of Belmont [P118]
Resided with her husband at Preston in Belgravia Street in the Perth suburb of Belmont [P331]
Following the death of her husband in 1946 she continued to live at Preston in Belmont for a while [P331]
Spent time staying with each of her children and visited South Australia a couple of times to visit her sisters [P331]
Also spent quite a lot of time holidaying with Mrs Alice C. STOKES in Dongara [P331] [P332]
Married (2) Arthur Owen COLE [P332]
Resided with her second husband in a house he'd built at the mouth of the Greenough River in Greenough [P332]
They later resided in the Perth suburb of Beaconsfield [2]
Mother of Ethel Louisa Maud, "Ken" Wilfred Kenneth and Dulcie Martha [55]
Died 22 March 1966; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Wesleyan, IA, 717) [2]
Ronald Crieghton SANDELLS
Fencing Contractor on Bellaranga Station in Arrino in 1961 and 1962 [19]
"Joseph" Guiseppe SARTEUR
Born 27 March 1879 in Ayas, Valle d'Aosta, Italy [30: item 35978]
Departed Genoa, Italy on the Barbarossa and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 25 November 1902 [30] [70]
After arrival resided and worked in Kalgoorlie for four months, in Perth for two years and then in Dongara for one and a half years [30]
Resided in Arrino for nine years, believed to be from partway through 1906 until towards the end of 1916 [30]
Contractor in Arrino until 1909 and then a Farmer in Arrino 1910-1917 [6] [30]
Left Arrino in late 1916 and resided in Geraldton for six months, and then in Tammin where he was a Fettler / Railway Employee [30]
Applied and gave a declaration to become a Naturalised citizen of the Commonwealth of Australia in Northam on 21 May 1917 [30]
Enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force in Northam on 28 May 1917 [30: item 8077253]
On enlistment he gave his permanent address as "Arrino, Midland line, Western Australia" [30]
Stated his next of kin to be his brother Alexander SARTEUR, whose address was Ayas, Valle d'Aosta, Italy [30]
His Naturalisation had not been finalised, however Const. R. J. HONNER of Three Springs submitted a report for the A.I.F. [30]
In the report it was outlined that three Justices of the Peace spoke very highly of him and that his sympathies were with the allies [30]
The Justices of the Peace were Thomas H. DALY and Patrick M. DURACK of Arrino, and Charles C. MALEY of Three Springs [30]
He was noted as 5 feet 5½ inches tall, weighing 135 lbs., with brown eyes, dark brown hair and a dark complexion [30]
After training at Blackboy Hill military camp he was appointed to the 11th Reinforcements of the 51st Battalion on 24 July 1917 [30]
Embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia for active service abroad on the H.M.A.T. A60 Aeneas on 30 October 1917 [18]
Disembarked in Devonport, England on 27 December 1917 and after further training proceeded to France on 1 April 1918 [30]
Private 3917 in the Australian Imperial Force's 51st Battalion in France during the First World War [18]
Admitted to field hospital in France on 14 May 1918 after being gassed, and after treatment returned to duty on 1 July 1918 [30]
Embarked from England on his return to Australia on the Lancashire on 7 February 1919 and disembarked on 11 March 1919 [30]
Discharged from the Australian Imperial Force on 21 April 1919; received the British War Medal and the Victory Medal [30]
His name appears on the Three Springs Honour Board, which was unveiled on Tuesday 3 June 1919 [9: 6-Jun-1919] [10: 13-Jun-1919]
Railway Employee in Bunbury 1925 [50]
Married Hannora TYLER in 1926 [66]
In 1936 he was an employee of the WA Government and was living on the Five Acres Estate in South Bunbury [50]
Died 1937 [15]
Eric SASSE
Born 1884 in Fulham, London, England [20] [21]
Son of clerk Henry Edmund SASSE and Virginia FONTANA [20] [21]
In 1891 was living with his parents and siblings at 51 Rosenau Road in East Battersea, London, England [20]
Himself and his brother Philip R. SASSE departed London, England on the steamship Ortona on 26 July 1906 [203]
They arrived on the steamship Ortona in Fremantle, Western Australia on 30 August 1906 [70]
Farmhand in Narrogin for six months and then in Greenough and Three Springs for 18 months [152]
Member of the Kadathinni Farmers & Progress Association in Three Springs in 1911 [9: 13-Jan-1911]
Took up 920 acres of prospective farmland in Morawa for 12/6 per acre [152]
Farmer in Morawa 1911-1933 [19]
About 400 acres of his 920 acre holding was forest and the remainder was scrub [152]
His postal address was Three Springs in 1911 and 1912, and he gave his physical address as Morawa via Arrino [6] [19]
By 1916 he had fenced his property, divided it into paddocks, had cleared 300 acres and had 260 acres of crop [152]
His crops averaged 13 bushels in 1913 and 1915, and in 1916 he expected them to average about 14 bushels [152]
The crops were sown with 45 pounds of seed to the acre with 45 pounds of super on his heavy land up to 80 on his light land [152]
His water supply in 1916 consisted of a dry well and a dam that only lasted during the winter months [152]
Owing to a lack of water on his farm he had to cart water from a Government well over summer [152]
In 1916 he was living in a iron hessian camp on his farm and had a bush stable but no machinery shed [152]
Began with £350 capital and borrowed an additional £480 from the Agricultural Bank [152]
Also received financial assistance from the Industries Assistance Board (I.A.B.) and by 1916 owed them about £450 [152]
In 1916 owned a Deering plough, 13-disc drill and Massey-Harris harvester which he used with five horses [152]
With his five horses he could plough 10 acres a day, seed 10 or 11 acres a day and harvest five acres a day [152]
He had poultry and a few pigs for his own use [152]
Gave evidence to the Royal Commission on the Agricultural Industries of Western Australia in Morawa on 27 November 1916 [152]
He believed farmers in Morawa needed 600 acres of first class land in addition to 1,000 acres of sandplain [152]
The wages for farmhands in Morawa at the time was £2 and keep per week, and he'd had good workers for that price [152]
He reported that in Morawa farmers generally worked well together and that cooperation between farmers was advantageous [152]
He'd paid £120 in rent, which he believed would have profited him and the State more if he could have spent it on the farm [152]
He suggested that instead there should be no rent for the first five years, and that rent spread over the remainder years [152]
Once he'd found water he hoped to get sheep and although there were dingoes he didn't expect too much trouble from them [152]
There was no kite leaf poison in Morawa however suspected poison had been found after the 1914 drought and thunderstorms [152]
He felt that the Agricultural bank and the Industries Assistance Board (I.A.B.) had treated him generously [152]
Married Frances Elsie NICHOLAS in Perth in 1917 [66]
His wife purchased 1,132 acres of land from the Midland Railway Company for £679/4/- (12/- per acre) on 24 October 1924 [27]
In 1936 he was living at Selkirk on Fourth Road in Armadale and was working as a Labourer [50]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of South Perth [2]
Died 19 October 1960; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Crematorium Rose Gardens, R, 120) [2]
Philip Rafe SASSE
Born 1888 in Battersea, London, England [20] [21]
Son of Henry Edmund SASSE and Virginia FONTANA [20] [21]
In 1891 was living with his parents and siblings at 51 Rosenau Road in Battersea, London, England [20]
Himself and his brother Eric SASSE departed London, England on the steamship Ortona on 26 July 1906 [203]
They arrived on the steamship Ortona in Fremantle, Western Australia on 30 August 1906 [70]
Farmer in Morawa / Koolanooka 1911-1941 [19]
His postal address was Three Springs in 1911 and 1912, at which time his physical address was "Morawa via Arrino" [6] [19]
Married Vida Mary Sidonie HARVEY in Perth in 1927 [66]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of South Perth [2]
Died 2 October 1964; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Crematorium Rose Gardens, 20D, 12) [2]
"Jean" Alice Jean SAUNDERS
Daughter of "Archie" Arthur Gordon Yarcowie SAUNDERS and Amy DODD [P2]
Resided with her parents on Wattle Grove Farm in Arrino and later on York Park Farm in Arrino [P2]
Boarding Student at the Presentation Convent in Geraldton in 1927 and 1928 [P2]
In May 1935 travelled from Arrino to Northampton to spend a holiday with her aunt Mrs COLLIER [5: 10-May-1935]
Spent some of the year 1938 in Perth where she learnt dressmaking [P2]
While in Perth regularly spent her weekends with Mrs Jessie SIMMONDS and Miss Lorna LINTHORNE at Midland Junction [P2]
Member of Arrino's branches of the Country Women's Association and the Red Cross Society [P2]
During the Second World War volunteered to spot planes one morning per week [P2]
Worked for Mrs Justeen KININMONTH in Arrino in 1943, helping her with home duties while she was expecting her second child [P2]
Married "Jim" James HUNT in Three Springs on 7 May 1946 [P2]
Resided with her husband in Three Springs [19]
Member of the Three Springs Anglican Guild and the Three Springs branches of the Country Women's Association and Red Cross [P2]
Mrs Amy SAUNDERS
First wife of "Archie" Arthur Gordon Yarcowie SAUNDERS; see Amy DODD
"Archie" Arthur Gordon Yarcowie SAUNDERS
Born 23 October 1886 in Yarcowie, South Australia [55]
Son of Edwin SAUNDERS and Alice Agnes DAY [55]
Resided with his parents in Yarcowie SA 1886-1900 and then worked in a shearing shed at Broken Hill NSW [P2]
Along with his mother and siblings shifted to the goldfields in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia in the early 1900s [P2]
Himself and his brother both worked in mines in Kalgoorlie while his mother ran a dining room and cooked for miners [P2]
He contracted pneumonia two years running and spent time at the Public Hospital in Perth so decided to give up mining [P2]
Shifted to Arrino in 1910 to work as a bookkeeper for Thomas H. DALY at the Arrino General Store [P2]
Married (1) Amy DODD on 22 December 1913 in Arrino [P2]
Purchased a small piece of farmland, named Wattle Grove, from his father-in-law Edwin B. DODD [P2]
Farmer of Wattle Grove Farm just out of the Arrino townsite before the Arrino South Road intersection 1913-1950 [P2]
In the mid 1920s purchased the larger York Park Farm on the Arrino South Road in Arrino from SEWARD Bros [P2]
Farmer of both Wattle Grove and York Park Farms in Arrino until 1950 [P2]
Grew wheat, oats and blue lupins in addition to having about six cows, some fowls and turkeys, and about 20 to 30 pigs [P2]
Sold some of the pigs at market and kept some to get ham and bacon; the cows were kept for milk and to make and sell butter [P2]
His first farm had a four roomed house with verandahs, with two rooms made out of stone and the other two of weatherboard [P2]
Shifted from Wattle Grove to York Park in 1929 after building a six roomed house with verandahs on the back and front [P2]
For a period also did share-cropping at Dudawa in East Arrino [P2]
Signed the petition and financial guarantee in 1917 for the Midland Railway Company to provide a resident doctor at Three Springs [34]
His dog came third in the Sheep Dog Trials at the Red Cross Gala Day held in Three Springs on Thursday 23 May 1918 [10: 31-May-1918]
He was a keen supporter of local sporting bodies and often drove footballers to matches in neighbouring towns [P2]
Himself and three others often played bridge in the supper room of the Arrino Hall while their daughters were dancing at balls [P2]
He was a very dedicated worker, supporter of the district, a strict father, very careful with money and a non drinker and smoker [P2]
On one occasion purchased a shearing plant for a local young lad who didn't have the means to purchase one himself [P2]
This enabled this young man to take on more shearing sheds and did his shearing for free until the shearing payed for the plant [P2]
Member of the Arrino Football Club in 1919 [9: 22-Aug-1919]
One day in the early 1920s was travelling to the football in Three Springs in a buggy and pair of horses when a motorbike came up [P2]
The motorbike didn't pass and stayed behind them, its noise causing his horses to canter all the way to Three Springs [P2]
He was worried for fear that his buggy would fall to pieces before they got to Three Springs due to the rougher faster ride [P2]
Member of the Arrino Cricket Club in 1922-23, 1928-29 and 1935-36 [9: 12-Jan-1923] [4: 10-Nov-1928] [5: 28-Feb-1936]
Represented Arrino at meetings of the North Midlands Football Association in 1926, 1936 and 1937 [4: 28-Aug-1926] [5: 22-May-1936, 23-Apr-1937]
Following the Arrino Race Club's race meeting attended the evening Ball in the Arrino Hall on Thursday 4 April 1929 [4: 13-Apr-1929]
Attended the meeting held in Arrino on Saturday 13 April 1929 to discuss the affairs and finances of the Arrino Hall [4: 20-Apr-1929]
Member of the Arrino Race Club - was Secretary in 1930 [4: 25-Jan-1930, 8-Mar-1930]
Member of the Arrino Hall Committee in 1930 [4: 10-May-1930]
Attended the Commemoration Dinner held at the Commercial Hotel in Three Springs on Friday 26 August 1932 [5: 9-Sep-1932]
The dinner was to commemorate Three Springs having the highest average yield for wheat in the State for the 1931-32 season [5]
In 1933 purchased his first wireless (radio) from Three Springs storekeeper and agent William G. JORDAN [P2]
Won the Euchre Tournament conducted by Mrs Florence H. M. MALEY in Arrino on Thursday 12 August 1933 [5: 18-Aug-1933]
Purchased a new Ford car from the North Midlands Farmers' Co-operative in June 1934 [5: 22-Jun-1934]
During a portion of September 1934 Ben MONEY of Dongara spent a holiday staying with him at Arrino [5: 21-Sep-1934]
Himself and his brother Bill travelled to Adelaide, South Australia to visit their dangerously ill uncle in mid January 1935 [5: 18-Jan-1935]
Their uncle Samuel SAUNDERS died and they stayed over to assist their aunt in selling the farm and organise a clearing sale [P2]
Along with his wife and children travelled from Arrino to Perth on Monday 8 April 1935 [5: 12-Apr-1935]
Won a xylonite brush and comb at the C.W.A. Euchre & Bridge Evening at the Arrino Hall on Tuesday 28 May 1935 [5: 31-May-1935]
Winner of Euchre at the Card Party held at the home Mrs TURNER in Arrino on Wednesday evening 7 August 1935 [5: 9-Aug-1935]
At Midland Market on 11 September 1935 he sold 40 suckers for 17/7 per head, 31 for 15/4, and 3 for 13/4 per head [5: 13-Sep-1935]
In October 1935 signed a petition in support of the Three Springs Road Board constructing new tennis courts in Arrino [5: 1-Nov-1935]
Sold eleven bales of wool through Goldsbrough Mort & Co - six bales at 16¾d. and five bales at 14½d. per pound [5: 30-Oct-1936]
Pallbearer at the funeral of Arrino resident Mrs Isabella ANGEL at the Three Springs Cemetery on 5 January 1943 [4: 9-Jan-1943]
Married (2) Lillian May WARMAN in 1948, whom he met when she was visiting his brother and sister-in-law at Yandanooka [P2]
Resided on York Park Farm in Arrino until selling it and Wattle Grove to Harry REED in early 1951 [P2]
Held a clearing sale in early 1951 and then left Arrino and retired to a house in Brede Street, Geraldton [P2]
Passed away at the age of 93 years at Saint John of God Hospital in Geraldton [P2]
Mother of Ethel, Gordon, Jean, Donald and Joy [P2]
Died 6 August 1980; buried Seventh Day Adventist portion of the Utakarra Cemetery, Geraldton [P2] [26]
David SAUNDERS
Farmer of Sheoak Farm in Arrino 1897-1907 [6] [50]
Donald John SAUNDERS
Shop Assistant in Three Springs for at least the years 1961-1965 [19]
Donald Samuel SAUNDERS
Born 3 January 1925 in Geraldton, Western Australia [P2]
Son of "Archie" Arthur Gordon Yarcowie SAUNDERS and Amy DODD [P2]
Resided with his parents on farmland in Arrino 1925-1927 [P2]
He was a very bright child with fair hair and blue eyes; himself and his sister Jean were very fond of one another [P2]
One night he became ill with a high temperature so his father travelled to Three Springs to get local doctor M. A. MAYRHOFER [P2]
The doctor said he had pneumonia and there was nothing that could be done, and also no point in him going into hospital [P2]
His father travelled to Yandanooka and brought his aunt (his father's sister-in-law), who was a trained nurse, back to Arrino [P2]
Under the doctor's instructions she gave him injections to sedate him, and he died four days later [P2]
Died 7 July 1927; buried Arrino Cemetery, Arrino [24]
Ellen SAUNDERS
Born C.1865 [24]
Married George DEE in Dongara in 1887 [15]
By 1917 she was living in Arrino [19]
Resided with her children in a small house in the Arrino townsite [P2]
After her daughter Edith separated from her husband Edith and her two children lived with her in Arrino [P2]
Along with her grand-daughter travelled from Arrino to Perth on Friday 23 March 1934 [5: 30-Mar-1934]
While busy at her home in Arrino on Tuesday 26 June 1934 she tripped and hit her head on the corner of a table [5: 29-Jun-1934]
She broke a small blood vessel near her eye and was immediately conveyed to the North Midlands District Hospital, Three Springs [5]
Resided in Arrino until her death in 1939 [19] [24]
Mother of Martha, William, Albert, Henry, Joseph, George, Ada and Edith [15] [19]
Died 15 August 1939 in Three Springs; buried Three Springs General Cemetery, Three Springs (Roman Catholic, Plot 27) [24]
From The Irwin Index newspaper, Saturday 19 August 1939:
The Late Mrs G. Dee - Funeral at Three Springs
"A resident of Arrino of about seventeen years in the person of the late Mrs G. Dee passed to her last rest at the Three Springs Hospital on Tuesday last after a very brief illness. The deceased lady was 74 years of age and in addition to her husband who is survived by an adult family of four sons and four daughters, One of her sons (Mr Albert Dee) was in hospital at Three Springs at the same time as his mother.
The funeral took place at the Three Springs Cemetery on Wednesday last, the Rev. Father M. Lynch conducting the ceremony at the graveside. The chief mourners were Messrs. W. Dee and G. Dee (sons), and Nellie and Mannie Jolly (grandchildren). The pall-bearers were Messrs. J. K. Allan, C. E. Maley.. W. J. Turner and W. D. S. Smith.
Others at the graveside included Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Sweetman, Mr. and Mrs. H. J. W. Sweetman, Mr. and Mrs. O'Shannessy, Mr. and Mrs. Haines, jun., Mr. and Mrs. A. Tunbridge, jun., Mr. and Mrs. Sparks, Mr. and Mrs. E. Pearce, sen., Mr. and Mrs. B. Ackley, Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Thomas, jun., Mesdames Dodd, Bowtell, A. Smith, S. Stokes, Kennedy and Lewis, Misses C. Maley, F. Maley, H. Maley, Mary Turner, E. Turner, A. Turner and Carroll, and Messrs Albert Turner, S. O'Shannessy, W. McCagh, T. Bygrave, C. Connolly, N. Stokes, T. Young, C. M. Maley, J. J. Thorpe, V. Tippett, A. E. Saggers, E. Pearce, jun., and W. G. Jordan.
Numerous floral tributes were received by the bereaved family and laid upon the grave."
Ethel Doreen SAUNDERS
Born 27 January 1914 [P2]
Daughter of "Archie" Arthur Gordon Yarcowie SAUNDERS and Amy DODD [P2]
Resided with her parents on Wattle Grove Farm and then York Park Farm, both in Arrino 1914-1940 [P2] [19]
Boarding Student at the Presentation Convent in Geraldton in 1927 and 1928 [P2]
Made and donated a cushion to the Arrino Hall Fund in 1934, which raised £3/17/6 when raffled at a Dance [5: 13-Jul-1934]
Received 2nd prize for Collection of Fancy Work at the Three Springs Agricultural Show on Thursday 19 September 1935 [5: 27-Sep-1935]
Won 1st for Animal Study Oil Painting and 2nd for Still Life Oil Painting at the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1936 [5: 25-Sep-1936]
Married Charlton Kitchener TEAKLE in Northampton on 4 May 1940 [P2]
Killed instantly in a car accident near Northampton on 10 May 2002 [P2]
Gordon Hamilton SAUNDERS
Born 11 August 1915 in Geraldton, Western Australia [P2]
Son of "Archie" Arthur Gordon Yarcowie SAUNDERS and Amy DODD [P2]
Resided with his parents on Wattle Grove Farm and then on York Park Farm on the Arrino South Road in Arrino [P2]
Student at the Arrino State School until 1928, at the Catholic Convent in Greenough and at Scotch College in Claremont [P2]
In between working on and off on his father's farm in Arrino he worked at a dairy in Narrogin for a few years [P2]
Travelled from Perth to Arrino with his parents in mid April 1935 after being absent from Arrino for a number of months [5: 19-Apr-1935]
Member of the Arrino Football Club in 1936 and 1937 [5: 26-Jun-1936, 14-May-1937]
Represented the Arrino Football Club at meetings of the North Midlands Football Association in 1936 [5: 17-Jul-1936]
Attended and competed at the Official Opening of the Three Springs Rifle Club's rifle range on Thursday 23 July 1936 [5: 31-Jul-1936]
Member of the Arrino Cricket Club in 1936-37 [5: 4-Dec-1936]
Suspended for one match by the Protests & Disputes Board of the North Midlands Football Association in August 1937 [5: 20-Aug-1937]
Won a gallon of beer at the North Midlands Popular Girl Competition Grand Ball in Three Springs on 31 August 1937 [5: 3-Sep-1937]
Later worked for a large wheat property in Bruce Rock driving a truck loaded with wheat from the property to Fremantle [P2]
Share-cropped a portion of Mrs Mary Ann COUSINS' farm in Arrino one year in the late 1930s [P2]
Enlisted in the Australian Army on 24 July 1942, and following the end of the war was discharged on 5 April 1946 [16]
Craftsman WX25031 in the Australian Army's 4 Aust Vehicle Park Workshop [16] in Queensland during the Second World War [P2]
At the end of the Second World War he returned to Arrino with plans to get married and settled on his father's farm [P2]
Died in a truck accident in Arrino on 28 April 1946; buried Three Springs General Cemetery, Three Springs (Anglican, Plot 63) [24]
The Rev. G. Stanley COXON officiated at his funeral, which was undertaken by H. H. KNIGHT, both of Three Springs [24]
Mrs Lillian May SAUNDERS
Second wife of "Archie" Arthur Gordon Yarcowie SAUNDERS; see Lilliam May WARMAN
Mrs Lily SAUNDERS
Wife of William Samuel SAUNDERS; see Lily EASTERBROOK
"Billee" William Joseph SAUNDERS
Labourer in Dudawa, East Arrino 1929-1941 [19]
Won the Musical Chairs on Horseback at the R.S.L. Sports Day at the Arrino Recreation Ground on 5 November 1932 [5: 11-Nov-1932]
Attended the evening dance at the Three Springs Hall after the R.S.L. Sports Day at Arrino on 5 November 1932 [5: 18-Nov-1932]
Member of the Three Springs Rifle Club in 1936 [5: 10-Jul-1936]
Not related to "Archie" Arthur Gordon Yarcowie SAUNDERS of Arrino [P2]
William Samuel SAUNDERS
Born 3 March 1891 in Parnaroo, South Australia [55]
Son of Edwin SAUNDERS and Alice Agnes DAY [55]
Successfully applied to enlist in the Australian Imperial Force on 5 July 1915 in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia [30]
Officially enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force at Blackboy Hill on 14 July 1915 [30: item 8075466]
Gave his occupation as Blacksmith and his next of kin as his mother who was living in Walkaway, Western Australia [30]
Upon enlistment he was 5 feet 6½ inches tall, weighed 169 pounds and had brown eyes, black hair and a dark complexion [30]
Embarked from Adelaide, South Australia for active service abroad on the H.M.A.T. A2 Geelong on 18 November 1915 [18]
Private 1045 in the Australian Imperial Force's 5th Pioneer Battalion in France during the First World War [30]
Appointed Lance Corporal on 18 December 1916 however reverted to the rank of private at his request on 1 July 1917 [30]
Embarked on his return home on the Devanha on 22 June 1919, and disembarked in Western Australia on 15 June 1919 [30]
Discharged from the A.I.F. on 14 August 1919; received the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and the Victory Medal [55]
Married Lily EASTERBROOK in 1921 [66]
Farmer in Yandanooka 1921-1971 [19] [50]
Donated 10/- to the Three Springs Saint Patrick's Day Committee in 1925 [124]
Organiser of the Jumble Sale, Dance and Popular Baby Competition held at the Yandanooka Hall on Thursday 8 August 1929 [4]
The event raised the impressive sum of £41 for the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs [4: 17-Aug-1929]
Sold five bales of wool at 10d. per pound through Westralian Farmers Ltd at the Perth Wool Sale on 18 October 1929 [4: 19-Oct-1929]
Member of the Yandanooka branch of the Primary Producers' Association in 1930 [4: 3-May-1930]
He was part of the committee that organised and conducted the Anzac Sports in Yandanooka on 23 April 1930 [39: 5-May-1930]
In 1932 owned a Chevrolet sedan car, which was registered with the Mingenew Road Board with license plate MI-62 [4: 12-Nov-1932]
Served on the Board of the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs 1933-1939 [5: 16-Jul-1937] [109]
Member of the R.S.L. Yandanooka Rifle Club in 1935 [5: 25-Oct-1935]
Attended the Fourth Annual North Midlands R.S.L. Reunion Dinner in Three Springs on Saturday 19 October 1935 [5: 25-Oct-1935]
Represented the R.S.L. Yandanooka Rifle Club at the shoot for the Shearn Cup in Mingenew on 20 October 1935 [5: 25-Oct-1935]
Attended the Zone Meeting of the North Midlands Wheatgrowers Union in Perenjori on Sunday 3 November 1935 [5: 15-Nov-1935]
Attended the Fifth Annual North Midlands R.S.L. Reunion Dinner in Dongara on Saturday evening 24 October 1936 [5: 30-Oct-1936]
Attended the opening of the Nurse's Quarters in Three Springs and dinner at the Commercial Hotel on 27 August 1937 [5: 3-Sep-1937]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Mosman Park [2]
Father of Elsie and William Frank [84]
Died 21 November 1972; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (General, Lawn 1, 82) [2]
Charles SAVAGE
Miner in Arrino in 1900 and 1901 [6]
George SAWYER
Contractor in Eneabba via Three Springs 1956-1962 [19]
Leslie Joseph SAWYER
Married Laurie Bell TINDALE in 1920 [66]
School Teacher of the Dudawa State School in Dudawa, East Arrino 1927-1934 [73]
Resided with his wife at the School House at Dudawa, East Arrino [19]
Received a weekly salary of £5/14/- from 1927 to 1929, an annual salary of £280 in 1930 and 1931, and £263/4/- 1932-1934 [73]
Conducted Centenary Celebrations at the Dudawa State School on Friday 13 September 1929 [4: 28-Sep-1929]
At the Centenary Celebrations he presented a Centenary Medal to each child, after which three trees were planted [4]
Member of the Dudawa Tennis Club - was President in 1932-33 [5: 19-Aug-1932]
Travelled to Perth on Friday 9 March 1934 to see his son Wally who was ill with diphtheria [5: 16-Mar-1934]
By April 1934 he had left Dudawa and had been replaced as its local teacher by Robert DARRAGH [5: 20-Apr-1934]
Mrs Laurie Bell SAWYER
Wife of Leslie Joseph SAWYER; see Laurie Bell TINDALE
Olive Emily SAWYER
Resided in Eneabba via Three Springs 1956-1959 [19]
Anna Mae SCALLY
Hotelkeeper of the Commercial Hotel in Three Springs 1950-1955 [19]
Patrick Joseph SCALLY
Hotelkeeper of the Commercial Hotel in Three Springs 1950-1955 [19]
Father of Thomas, who attended Saint Ildephonsus College in New Norcia in 1954 and 1955 [187]
Rev. Father Robert SCANLON
Roman Catholic Priest in Berkshire Valley 1909-1916 and then in Dongara 1916-1925 [19] [50]
Member of the Three Springs Saint Patrick's Day Committee in 1916 and 1918 [124]
Made a donation of £1/1/- cash to the Three Springs Saint Patrick's Day Committee in 1916, 1918 and again in 1919 [124]
He worked tirelessly to make a great success of the Dominican Ladies College's picnic in Dongara on 10 December 1917 [9: 28-Dec-1917]
Donated 10/- cash to increase the funds being raised by the Three Springs branch of the Red Cross Society in 1918 [10: 21-Jun-1918]
Spoke at the Cessation of Hostilities Celebrations at the Agriculrural Hall in Three Springs on 12 November 1918 [10: 22-Nov-1918]
Mrs Evelyn Sylvia SCHLOITHE
Resided in Three Springs 1939-1953 [19]
Frederick Herman August SCHLOITHE
Sharefarmer in Three Springs 1935-1945 [6]
Farmer in Three Springs 1946-1953 [6] [19]
"Lou" Louis Gerald SCHULZE
Born 23 January 1911 in Hamley Bridge, South Australia [55]
Son of Louis Leonard SCHULZE and Agnes Emily NOACK [55]
Married Olga Lydia WITTWER on 19 May 1936 at Saint Paul's Lutheran Church in Ramco, South Australia [55]
Resided in Waikerie, South Australia prior to shifting to Three Springs, Western Australia [5: 2-Oct-1936]
Sharefarmer and Farmhand in Three Springs 1936-1943 [5] [19] [P358]
Came 2nd in the Married Men's Race at the Reunion of South Australians in Carnamah on Saturday 26 September 1936 [5: 2-Oct-1936]
Later returned to South Australia [P358]
Father of Deidre [P358]
Mrs Olga Lydia SCHULZE
Wife of Louis Gerald SCHULZE; see Olga Lydia WITTWER
John Ernest SCOBERG
Born C.1852 [24]
Married Elizabeth CARBOON in 1884 in Victoria, Australia [15]
Father of John, Ernest, Henry, Victor, James, Eric, Frances, George, James and Elizabeth [15] [54]
His wife Elizabeth died in Victoria, Australia in 1898 at the age of 37 years [54]
Departed Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on the Marloo and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 2 March 1898 [70]
Miner of the Caledonian Lease in Cue in 1906, and a Miner in Day Dawn in 1916 [50]
Farmhand in Three Springs 1917-1919 [50]
Scrub Cutter in Carnamah in 1921 [50]
Contract Clearer on the farm of Irwin S. MOORE on the Yarra Yarra Estate in Carnamah in 1922 [9: 24-Mar-1922] [19] [24]
On feeling unwell he travelled from Carnamah to Three Springs on 15 March 1922 to visit Dr James P. MACALEER [9: 24-Mar-1922]
The doctor advised him to stay in Three Springs for a few days so he could receive medical treatment [9]
He was found the next day leaning on fence and on the arrival of the doctor was pronounced dead [9]
His cause of death was recorded as "natural causes" [24]
Died 16 March 1922 in Three Springs; buried Three Springs General Cemetery, Three Springs (Unsurveyed Corner) [24]
From The Midlands Advertiser newspaper, Friday 24 March 1922:
"A Sudden Death. A man by the name of Scoberg, aged about 70, who had been engaged in a clearing contract at Carnamah, paid a visit to Three Springs on the 15th. inst for the purpose of visiting the doctor as he had not been feeling too well. After examination by Dr. MacAleer, he was prescribed for and advised to stay in Three Springs for a few days so that he could avail himself of medical attention. The following morning, at 7 30, he was discovered by Mrs Cook, in an apparently unconscious condition leaning against and clutching a wire fence. The police and Doctor were quickly summoned but on their arrival life was pronounced to be extinct. After further examination by the Doctor a burial certificate was given it being considered that the man had died from natural causes brought about by heart failure and a violet fit of coughing. Deceased whose relatives were at this time unknown was buried in the local cemetery."
Andrew SCOTT
Farmhand in Three Springs 1947-1962 [19]
Elizabeth SCOTT
Born 2 February 1883 in Lasswade, Midlothian, Scotland [28]
Daughter of George SCOTT and Elizabeth SCOTT [28]
Initially resided with her parents at Rosewell in Lasswade, where she was born at the time of 7:30 a.m. [28]
Her father worked in the coal trade, variously as a Coal Pit Labourer, Horse-Keeper at a Coal Mine and as a Coalminer [20]
In 1891 was living with her parents and brothers William, David and George in Mid Calder, Midlothian, Scotland [20]
Later worked as a Domestic Servant; prior to her marriage she was living in Craigmillar in Liberton, Midlothian, Scotland [28]
Married Robert Ross IRONSIDE on 23 November 1904 at Hope Park Halls in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland [28]
Witnesses of their marriage were David HUTCHISON and Nettie Bain Gow WRIGHT [28]
Along with her husband departed London, England on the Otway and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 7 March 1911 [70]
Resided with her husband and son within the Railway Station yards in Carnamah 1911-1914 [19] [7: pages 85 & 143]
Resided with her husband in Mogumber, Mingenew, Coorow, Arrino, Three Springs, Watheroo and Mingenew [--]
On 21 June 1915 gave birth to a son, George Scott IRONSIDE, in Dongara [166]
Hosted a Ball at the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs on New Year's Eve 31 December 1918 [10: 10-Jan-1919]
The Ball, which went until daylight the next day, was jointly hosted by herself, her husband, and Tom and Johanna BERRIGAN [10]
Attended May BERRIGAN's 21st Birthday held at the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs on Friday 12 September 1919 [9: 19-Sep-1919]
Awarded 1st prize for a Pound Cake and 2nd for Hen's Eggs at the Three Springs Day on Thursday 25 September 1919 [10: 3-Oct-1919]
Donated tea and scones for the Luncheon Booth at the Picnic Race Meeting in Three Springs on Saint Patrick's Day in 1920 [124]
Won the Ladies Prize at the Euchre Party & Basket Social held in Three Springs on Wednesday 22 June 1921 [10: 1-Jul-1921]
Along with her husband and sons left Three Springs in mid 1921 following her husband's transfer to Watheroo [10: 24-Jun-1921]
Prior to their departure herself and her husband were presented with a cheque from the residents of Three Springs [10: 1-Jul-1921]
Helped with and attended the wedding of Robert A. CALDOW and May I. BYRNE in Three Springs on 5 October 1921 [9: 21-Oct-1921]
Resided with her husband in Mingenew from 1927 until at least 1943 [4: 28-May-1927] [19]
Attended the wedding of Alexander J. F. BROWN and Clara V. BERRIGAN at the Carnamah Hall on 28 August 1928 [4: 8-Sep-1928]
Foundation Vice President of the Mingenew-Yandanooka branch of the Country Women's Association in 1929 [101: page 106]
At her home in Mingenew she hosted a surprise birthday party for Miss Violet J. SHARMAN on Friday 22 March 1929 [4: 30-Mar-1929]
Attended the evening ball following the Three Springs Races on 11 April 1929 in a dress of oriental crepe de chine [4: 20-Apr-1929]
Attended the surprise party tendered to Mrs J. J. SAGGERS in Mingenew in late May 1929 [4: 1-Jun-1929]
Herself, her husband and their son George attended the Centenary Carnival Dance in Mingenew on 12 September 1929 [4: 21-Sep-1929]
Member of the Mingenew Girls Club - was President in 1930 [4: 6-Dec-1930]
In September 1930 attended the Mingenew Polo Club's Ball gowned in black crepe de chine with red shoulder spray [4: 27-Sep-1930]
Member of the Mingenew Golf Club 1934-1936 [5: 25-May-1934, 21-Jun-1935, 5-Jun-1936]
Attended the Mingenew Agricultural Society's Show Ball in September 1938 in a dress of black georgette and lace [4: 1-Oct-1938]
Sent a floral tribute for the grave of Mrs Mary J. STEPHEN of Arrino at the Mingenew Cemetery on 15 August 1939 [4: 19-Aug-1939]
Resident of Wembley WA in 1952; of Mandurah WA in 1954 [2] [4: 3-May-1952]
Mother of James and George Scott IRONSIDE [--] [166]
Died 8 September 1954; ashes interred Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Rose Gardens, Niche Wall, WM) [2]
Jeanie Watt SCOTT
Resided in Three Springs in 1941 [19]
Lewis Edward SCOTT
Linesman in Three Springs 1955-1958 [19]
Martha Jane SCOTT
Born C.1871 [54]
Daughter of William SCOTT and Martha Jane SYKES [54]
Married "Bill" William Henry ANGOVE in 1896 in Victoria, Auustralia [54]
By 1901, when she gave birth to their daughter, they'd shifted to Western Australia with their son who had been born in 1898 [15] [54]
They ran the Swan Hotel in North Fremantle 1902-1904 and then the Railway Hotel in Parkerville 1905-1908 [6] [50]
They then ran the Richmond Hotel in Fremantle 1909-1912, and were at the White Hart Hotel in Beverley in 1915 and 1916 [6] [30] [50]
Their son served with the 50th Battalion of the A.I.F in France during the First World War and was Killed in Action [30: item 3033782]
Resided with her husband at the Commercial Hotel in Three Springs 1916-1921 [10: 24-Oct-1916] [19]
Donated £1 to increase the funds being raised by the Three Springs branch of the Red Cross Society in 1918 [10: 21-Jun-1918]
Attended May BERRIGAN's 21st Birthday held at the Agricultural Hall in Three Springs on 12 September 1919 [9: 19-Sep-1919]
They ran the Commercial Hotel in Three Springs until mid 1921, when it was taken over by Nathaniel MCKENZIE [10: 15-Jul-1921]
Then or shortly thereafter they shifted back to Victoria, where her husband worked as a Builder [50]
Resided at 351 Danks Street in the Melbourne suburb of Middle Park in 1922 and 1923 [30: item 3033782]
Resided at 308 Beaconsfield Parade in the Melbourne suburb of Middle Park for at least the years 1923-1936 [30: item 3033782] [50]
Mother of Raymond William Arthur and Doris Clara [15] [54]
Died 1939 in Middle Park, Victoria, Australia [54]
Thelma Ethel SCRUBY
Stepdaughter of Norman Mackley NOBLE; see Thelma Ethel NOBLE
Michael SCULLIN
Labourer in Three Springs 1917-1929 [19]
"Les" Edmund Leslie SEARS
Born 1924 [15]
Married Marie Teresa THOMAS in 1950 [66]
Sharefarmer in Three Springs 1955-1968 [19]
Farmer in Perenjori 1970-1980 [19]
Attended the official opening of the restored Macpherson Homestead in Carnamah on Saturday 23 October 2004 [270]
Ernest SEARS
Stockman in Three Springs 1949-1953 [19]
Mrs Isobel Maude SEARS
Resided in Three Springs 1949-1953 [19]
Mrs Marie Teresa SEARS
Wife of Edmund Leslie SEARS; see Marie Teresa THOMAS
Charles Joseph SEARSON
Carpenter in Arrino 1955-1958 and Builder in Three Springs 1959-1961 [19]
Resided in Midland Road, Arrino and then in Mayrhofer Street, Three Springs [19]
Mrs Julia Mary SEARSON
Resided in Midland Road, Arrino 1955-1958 [19]
Resided in Mayrhofer Street, Three Springs 1959-1961 [19]