Eliza Martha NEUMANN / CLIMIE / JACKS
Born 4 May 1879 in Torrens Gorge, South Australia [55]
Daughter of "Charles" Carl Frederick NEUMANN and Mary Ann Maria BALES [55] [425]
She was the second youngest of 16 children, with six sisters and nine elder brothers [55]
At birth she was registered with the German surname of NEUMANN however by marriage was using the spelling of NEWMAN [55]
Married (1) Murray Felix Austin Campbell CLIMIE on 21 September 1904 at Saint Wilfrid Church in Tea Tree Gully, South Australia [55]
By 1906, when their son Austin was born, they had shifted to Western Australia [15]
Her first husband died at the age of 27 following an accident at the Sons of Gwalia Mine in Leonora in 1910 [39: 20-Jul-1910, 22-Jul-1910]
Married (2) William Thomas JACKS in Perth in 1913 [66]
Resided with her second husband at 1286 Hay Street in the Perth suburb of West Perth 1914-1917 [50]
She purchased 1,117 acres of virgin land in Coorow from the Midland Railway Company on 21 September 1927 [27]
The 1,117 acres was Lot M1745 of Victoria Location 2023 and cost 12/- per acre (a total of £669/18/10, payable by instalments) [27]
Her sister Mrs Mina BOTHE, brother-in-law Heinie, niece May and nephews Charlie and Baxter had settled in Coorow in 1910 [P15]
Farmer in Coorow, Western Australia 1928-1933 [6] [428: 14-Sep-1928]
She extended her farm to a total of 1,517 acres with the purchase of 400 acres from Mrs Esther M. GRANT on 23 January 1929 [27]
The 400 acres was Lot M1548 of Victoria Location 2023 and was situated on the north side of South Waddy Road [27] [62]
She took delivery of a new Graham Bros truck in Coorow during September 1928 [428: 14-Sep-1928]
Miss LAWSON of Perth stayed with her at Coorow in mid February 1930 [4: 22-Feb-1930]
Attended the Coorow & Waddy Bachelors' Ball at the Coorow Hall on 19 April 1930 in a mauve crepe de chine dress [4: 26-Apr-1930]
The Midland Railway Company rescinded the sale on her Lot M1745 on 19 June 1935, and later resold it to James T. C. HAWORTH [27]
Around the same time she appears to have sold her 400 acre Lot M1548 to her nephew Charles C. BOTHE of Coorow [3]
After leaving Coorow she and her husband lived at 67 Malcolm Street and later at 45 Havelock Street in West Perth [39: 2-May-1942] [50]
Mother of Austin CLIMIE and Dorothy JACKS [39: 2-May-1942]
Died 1 May 1942; buried at Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth, Western Australia (Anglican, LB, 458) [2]
From The West Australian newspaper, Friday 22 July 1910:
Funerals
"Mr. M. F. A. Climie who met with a serious accident on the Sons of Gwalia mine on the 7th inst., succumbed to his injuries at Nurse Allen's private hospital on the 13th. The deceased leaves a wife and one child to mourn their loss. The funeral took place on the afternoon of the 15th, when the deceased was buried in the Church of England portion of the cemetery, Leonora. The coffin was placed in the church on the Thursday, and allowed to remain until the next afternoon, when the first part of the funeral service was conducted by the rector, the Rev. W. Witt Gregson, who also d livered an appropriate address. While the Dead March in "Saul" was being played the coffin was carried out of the church and placed in the hearse. The chief mourners were the deceased's widow (Mrs Climie), Mrs Climie, of Perth (mother), Mr G. Climie (brother), and Mr Newman (brother-in-law). Many floral tributes were sent. The funeral arrangements were carried out by Mr J. C. Semken."
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Eliza Martha Neumann / Climie / Jacks' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 20 April 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/eliza-martha-newman [reference list] |
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