"Car" Caradoc DAVIES
Born 1904 in Rutlin, Denbigshire, Wales [20] [21]
Son of Hugh DAVIES and Jane Janet ROBERTS [21] [39: 8-May-1952]
At birth and later his name was registered as Caradog DAVIES [21] [203] but he was later known as Caradoc [19]
He was one of eight children with siblings Janet, John, Margaret, Thomas, Gwilym, Helena and Ed [20] [39: 8-May-1952]
In 1911 he was living with his parents and siblings at Foel Fawr in Derwin, Denbigshire, Wales [20]
The entire family was booked to depart on the steamship Gothic on 29 February 1912 bound for Fremantle, Western Australia [203]
He got lost in London and his father stayed back to find him, eventually seeing him on the shoulders of a policeman [P439]
His mother and all of his siblings departed London, England on the Gothic and arrived in Fremantle on 10 April 1912 [23]
He departed from Liverpool, England with his father on the steamship Belgic on 27 April 1912 bound for Fremantle [203]
Farmer in Coorow, Western Australia [5] [19] in partnership with his brothers as "Davies Bros" [5: 6-Sep-1935]
In partnership with his brother "Will" Gwilym H. DAVIES purchased 2,043 acres of land in Coorow on 12 August 1925 [27]
The 2,043 acres was Lot M1533 of Victoria Location 2023 and cost 15/- per acre, or a total of £1532/3/1 [27]
The land was purchased from the Midland Railway Company and was payable by instalments over 15 years [27]
In 1927 they grew 300 acres of crop, which averaged six bags per acre [9: 27-Jan-1928]
Member of the Coorow Cricket Club in 1929-30 and 1930-31 [4: 19-Oct-1929, 13-Dec-1930]
In January 1933 his engagement to Miss Elsie MCDOWALL of Perth was announced [39: 14-Jan-1933]
He was best man at the wedding of his sister Lena to Elsie's brother Jack MCDOWALL in Perth in 1933 [81: 9-Apr-1933]
Member of the Waddy Forest Tennis Club in 1933-34 and 1934-35 [5: 17-Nov-1933, 28-Sep-1934]
Member of the Coorow Football Club in 1934 [5: 29-Jun-1934]
Married Elsie Maud Agnes MCDOWALL in Perth in 1935 [66]
In 1936 he was working as a Newsagent and living at 40 Tenth Avenue in the Perth suburb of Maylands [50]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of Maylands [2]
Father of Ian [39; 9-Jul-1938]
Died 7 October 1995; ashes interred Pinnaroo Valley Memorial Park, Perth WA (Banksia Court, L1A, 187) [2]
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Caradoc Davies' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 20 April 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/caradoc-davies [reference list] |
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