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Biographical Dictionary - Coorow, Carnamah, Three Springs


Surname

"Bert" Berthold EGAL

Born C.1877 [15]
Son of Charles EGAL [15]
Farmer in Caballing 1906-1913 [50]
Married (1) Ann Catherine CANALLI in 1906 [66]
His wife Ann, late of the Perth suburb of Subiaco, passed away at the age of 32 years on 4 February 1916 [2]
Carpenter in Wyndham, Western Australia [50]
Married (2) Ada Margaret ECCLESTONE in Perth 1920 [66]
His wife Ada, late of the Perth suburb of West Subiaco, passed away on 12 February 1924, aged 30 years [2]
In 1925 he was working as a Carpenter and living on Derby Road in the Perth suburb of West Subiaco [50]
Married (3) Hazel Victoria KENDRICK in Perth in 1927 [66]
Carpenter in Carnamah 1929-1931 [19] [334: 11-Jul-1931]
He was the owner of the vacant townsite block at 1 Niven Crescent in the Carnamah townsite (Lot 21 of M1354) [3]
Removed and re-erected the Carnamah Pound to a site near the town well in Carnamah in September 1930 [4: 27-Sep-1930]
He secured the job to move the pound by tender with the Carnamah District Road Board [4: 27-Sep-1930]
Advertised cheaply for sale his Chevrolet car, in good order with good tyres, for for a quick sale in October 1930 [4: 11-Oct-1930]
By July 1931 he was working as a Carpenter and Builder from Surrey House on Boulder Road in Kalgoorlie [334: 11-Jul-1931]
He advertised his services in Kalgoorlie including joinery made to order, including shop fittings at shortest notice [334]
During the 1932-33 financial year his townsite block in Carnamah was repossessed by the Estate of the Late Robert NIVEN [3]
His former 1 Niven Crescent in Carnamah was re-sold to the Church of England during the first quarter of 1936 [3] [5: 20-Mar-1936]
In 1936 he was working as a Carpenter and living on the corner of Peer and Hare Streets in Kalgoorlie [50]
Died in 1960 in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia [15]
He was known as both Bert Hold EGAL and Berthold EGAL [15] [50]


Reference:  Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Berthold Egal' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 23 January 2025 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/berthold-egal [reference list]




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