Cecil Bernard O'NEILL
Born 1899 in Greenough, Western Australia [15]
Son of Robert Joseph O'NEILL and Annie MCGUINESS [15]
His father passed away in Greenough at the age of 34 years in 1900; and in 1912 his mother married Michael FARRELL [15]
Farmer in Nanson 1922-1925 [50]
Farmer in Winchester, South Carnamah in partnership with his brother James J. O'NEILL 1926-1928 [4: 6-Aug-1927] [19] [27]
James had purchased 716 acres of virgin land, Lot M1077 of Victoria Location 1937, in Winchester in 1925 [27]
He purchased 1,300 acres of his own land in Winchester from the Midland Railway Company on 3 November 1925 [27]
The 1,300 acres was Lot M1601 of Victoria Location 2023 and cost £812, payable by instalments over 15 years [27]
Sold his partly paid off 1,300 acre Lot M1601 to John ATKINSON on 26 July 1926 [27]
He purchased additional farmland in Winchester, which he sold for £500 in mid 1928 [39: 30-Jun-1928]
His farming venture failed due to the adverse affects of rust on his wheat crops [P517]
Married (1) Agnes Theresa Mary TULLY in Perth in 1927 [15]
The year before, in 1926, his brother and farming partner James had married Agnes' sister Bernadette Ellen Joanna TULLY [15]
Worked as a Labourer [50] and ran a boarding house in Geraldton [P517]
He and his wife were living at 85 Eleanor Street, Geraldton in 1931 and on Waldeck Street in Geraldton in 1936 [50]
They had shifted to Perth by 1937 and were living at 52 Caversham Street, East Perth [50]
In 1947, when his first wife passed away at the age of 44 years, he was working for the Health Department [15] [39: 19-Jun-1947
Prior to and after marrying for the second time, he lived at 31 Wellington Street in Perth [50]
Married (2) Hilda Florence O'CONNOR in Perth in 1948 [66]
In the 1950s purchased and shifted to a house at 158 Raleigh Street in the Perth suburb of Carlisle [P517]
He worked for the Perth City Council and then for a number of years he as a cleaner for department stores in Perth [P517]
After contracting leukemia in his late 70s he continued work part time cleaning Piccadilly Arcade in Perth [P517]
He played the accordion and piano accordion very well, was a keen gardener, and was described as "an all round good bloke" [P517]
Resided at 158 Raleigh Street in the Perth suburb of Carlisle until his death in 1980 [P517]
Father of Teresa, Brian, Margaret and Kenny with his first wife Agnes [P517]
Father of "Bob" Cecil, Maurice, Peter, Peggy and Stephen with his second wife Hilda [P517]
Died 22 January 1980; buried at Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth, Western Australia (Lawn, E, 228) [2]
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Cecil Bernard O'Neill' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 27 July 2025 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/cecil-bernard-oneill [reference list] |
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