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Biographical Dictionary - Coorow, Carnamah, Three Springs


Surname

Elsie Hilda WILLIAMS / WHITE

Born 1894 in York, Western Australia [15]
Daughter of Samuel WILLIAMS and Agnes MARTIN [15]
Married "Tom" Walter Thomas WHITE in 1925 [66]
Resided with her husband on Rosedale Farm in Winchester 1925-1959 [19]
Attended the Grand Plain & Fancy Dress Ball in Carnamah on 6 August 1925 in an evening dress of brocaded morrocain [9: 21-Aug-1925]
After giving birth in Perth arrived in Winchester with her newly born son on 6 May 1927 [4: 7-May-1927]
A number of her friends met her at the Winchester Railway Siding and welcomed her and her son home [4: 7-May-1927]
Attended the Euchre Party and Dance held in Winchester on Saturday 14 September 1929 [4: 21-Sep-1929]
Made a donation to the Carnamah branch of the Country Women's Association in 1932 to help them purchase premises [5: 29-Jul-1932]
Attended the Party at the home of William & Susan PETHICK on Petan Farm in Winchester on Saturday 14 July 1934 [5: 20-Jul-1934]
Along with her husband, children and Rob WOODHOUSE of Winchester spent a holiday at Cottesloe in January 1934 [5: 1-Feb-1935]
During February 1936 herself, her husband and their two children spent a vacation in Perth [5: 14-Feb-1936]
Member of the Carnamah Golf Club in 1936 and 1937 [5: 15-May-1936, 11-Jun-1937]
Attended the Coorow Golf Club's Opening Day for the 1936 season in Coorow on Sunday 17 May 1936 [5: 22-May-1936]
During January 1937 and January 1938 sh, her husband and their two children holidayed in Perth [5: 22-Jan-1937, 7-Jan-1938]
Vice President of Winchester's branch of the Red Cross in 1942 and 1943 [0: images 02972 & 04121]
Later resided in the Perth hills suburb of Kelmscott [2]
Mother of Jim and Valma [25]
Died 28 September 1989; ashes interred at Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth (MC Section, Garden of Remembrance, 12, 218) [2]


Reference:  Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Elsie Hilda Williams / White' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 29 March 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/elsie-hilda-williams [reference list]




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