"Harry" Henry VIGAR
Born 18 June 1888 in Caterham, Surrey, England [16]
Son of John VIGAR and Sarah Annie WEBSTER [20] [21]
In 1891 he was living with his parents and siblings Alice, Robert, Ellen, John, Arthur and Thomas at 12 Orchard Cottages in Caterham [20]
His father worked locally as a Saddlers Foreman and later a Saddler and Harness Maker [20]
In 1901 was still living with his parents at 12 Orchard Cottages on Godstone Road in Caterham, Surrey, England [20]
Market Gardener in England [70]
Departed London, England on the steamship Orsova and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 7 February 1911 [70]
Married Gladys Mildred Loveday Lillian Daisy BILKEY in October 1913 [P64]
Worked in Carnamah and surrounds doing odd jobs in the 1910s and 1920s [P64]
His wife and children resided in the Perth suburb of Belmont however sometimes accompanied him to Carnamah [P64]
Contractor in Carnamah in 1922 and 1923 [19]
Signed the petition in February 1923 for the Irwin Licensing Court to grant a hotel license for Carnamah [10: 9-Mar-1923]
Resided on Norwood Street in the Perth suburb of Belmont [6]
Farmer on Group Settlement 51 in Margaret River in 1925 [6]
Farmer on Group 64 Forest Grove in Busselton 1926-1947 [6]
Father of Mary, Edna, Barbara and Dennis [P64]
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Henry Vigar' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 26 April 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/henry-vigar [reference list] |
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