Dagmar Maxina KOCH / RAE
Born 9 May 1888 in Queensland, Australia [74]
Daughter of Sophus Edward KOCH and Blanche Maria Hatton WILLIAMS [74]
Resided with her parents in Southern Cross, Queensland where her father managed and was part owner in a gold mine [346]
Shifted with her parents to her maternal grandmother's hotel in Mooroopna, Victoria during May 1890 [346]
In July 1890 her father left her and her mother in search of work, before returning in about November and then taking her with him [346]
Her father left her with and cared for by a women in Dookie, Victoria for two years, with her father paying for her support [346]
In about late 1892 her father wrote to her mother advising where she was and asking if she would take her back [346]
Her mother took her back and in 1900 they were living on Station Street in the Melbourne suburb of Carlton [346]
School Teacher at the Three Springs State School in Three Springs, Western Australia in 1909 [6] [31]
Her mother resided with her at the state school in Three Springs [6] [19]
In 1909 it was remarked Three Springs had "a very nice school and quarters... with a fair attendance for so small a place" [86: 15-Apr-1909]
She was described as "a nice, bright, smiling teacher" who "the children must get on well with" [86: 15-Apr-1909]
Organised the Three Springs State School's Concert and Christmas Tree on Christmas Eve 24 December 1909 [31: 14-Jan-1910]
During the concert she was congratulated the schoolchildren on the excellent progress they had made during the year [31: 14-Jan-1910]
She left Three Springs in early 1910 after being transferred to another school [31: 14-Jan-1910]
School Teacher at the State School in Greenough North in 1911 [73]
Later in 1911 she resided in Three Springs, but not as the local teacher [19]
Listed on the 1912 Commonwealth Electoral Roll as a spinster in Strawberry [50]
School Teacher at the State Schools in Dandaragan in 1912, Kununoppin in 1913, and at Chapman East in 1914 [73]
She may have taught at the State School in Gillingarra later in 1913 [50]
In 1915 she was the School Teacher of both the State Schools in Chapman East and Mount Erin (probably spending days at each) [73]
Bridesmaid at the wedding of her sister Clare to Robert BLACK in Three Springs on the evening of Thursday 20 July 1916 [10: 28-Jul-1916]
Married John RAE of East Chapman on 24 August 1916 in Three Springs [86: 2-Sep-1916]
In 1918 she and her husband were living on Chapman Road in Geraldton, where her husband was working as a Butcher [50]
She gave birth to their daughter Blanche in Geraldton in 1918 [15] before separating from her husband in 1920 [39: 19-Mar-1927]
In 1922 she was working as a Housekeeper at Narra Tarra in Moonyoonooka [50]
School Teacher at the King River Street School in Albany in 1925 [50]
Secured a divorce from her husband on the grounds of desertion from the Divorce Court in Perth in 1927 [39: 19-Mar-1927, 22-Sep-1927]
Only two months of their marriage had been happy and her husband had failed to support her or their child since 1923 [225: 18-Mar-1927]
In 1927 she was in South Australia, working as a School Teacher and living in the Adelaide suburb of Glenelg [235: 3-Aug-1927]
She later moved to the state of Victoria, and in 1935 was living at 196 Elizabeth Street in the Melbourne suburb of Croydon [50]
Died 15 November 1964 in New South Wales, Australia [32]
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Dagmar Maxina Koch / Rae' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 19 September 2025 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/dagmar-koch [reference list] |
 |
Use the below form or email history@carnamah.com.au |