Jeannie Anne MORRISON / COX / BEAMENT

Born C.1894 ^[15]
Daughter of Peter MORRISON and Jane CAMPBELL ^[15]
Married (1) "Arthur" Henry Arthur COX in the Perth suburb of Claremont in 1913 ^[15]
By her first husband she had five children - Iris, Petra, Dolores, Leicester, and Charlie ^{[15] [39: 6-Mar-1935]}
Farmer of two blocks of farmland in Gunyidi with her husband ^{[388: 16-Mar-1930]}
Her request to take up Victoria Location 8321 in Gunyidi was approved by the Land Board on 21 November 1929 ^{[39: 22-Nov-1929]}
In July 1929 her husband had gone to Victoria for a holiday and didn't return until January 1930 ^{[388: 16-Mar-1930]}
During her husband's absence she managed their farm and business affairs  ^{[388: 16-Mar-1930]}
While he was away she received an account in her husband's name from a Melbourne store for furniture for an Eva HILLS ^[388]
She met her husband at the wharf in Fremantle on his return and he conceded he'd fallen in love and would be moving to Victoria ^[388]
Her petition for divorce on 11 March 1930 was granted ^{[388: 16-Mar-1930]}
Married (2) "Jim" Reginald James Haswell BEAMENT in Perth in 1933 ^[66]
Resided with her second husband on a farm in Gunyidi ^{[5: 16-Mar-1934]}
She died giving birth to their son, Reginald James, who also died, in Gunyidi during March 1934 ^{[5: 16-Mar-1934] [15]}
In 1941 her second husband married her sister "Nellie" Maria Helen LIPP, who had divorced her first husband in 1938 ^{[15] [39: 23-Dec-1938]} 


From The Perenjori Pioneer newspaper, Saturday 10 March 1934:
Sad Birth Fatality - Mother and Child Dead When Doctor Arrived
"From Dalwailinu during the week came tidings of the death under extremely sad circumstances of Mrs Jeanne Ann Beament, aged 40, at her home at Gunyidi on the Midland [railway] line on Tuesday afternoon. Mrs Beamont was to have entered the maternity ward at the Dalwailinu hospital but gave birth to a child at her home, unattended by either doctor or nurse. Dr Anderson, of Dalwailinu was summoned and rushed to the homestead but on arrival found both the mother and child dead."


From The North Midland Times newspaper, Friday 16 March 1934:
Sad Birth Fatality - Mother and Child Dead When Doctor Arrived
"From Dalwallinu during the week came tidings of the death under extremely sad circumstances of Mrs Jeanne Ann Beaumont, aged 40, at her home at Gunyidi on the Midland line on Tuesday afternoon last. Mrs Beaumont was to have entered the maternity ward of the Dalwallinu hospital but gave birth to her child at home, unattended by either doctor or nurse. Dr Anderson of Dalwallinu was summoned and rushed to the homestead but on arrival found both the mother and child dead."


From The Midlands Advocate newspaper, Friday 23 March 1934:
A Bush Tragedy - Pathetic Case at Gunyidi
"A fortnight ago a tragedy overtook a family 13 miles east of Gunyidi. It serves to illustrate the fact that many men and women are enduring hardships in isolation which are equal to those of the first settlers of this country had to endure. Mr Beament and his wife were settled on a partly developed farm 37 miles from Dalwallinu and 47 miles from Moora. Arrangements had been made for Mrs Beament to proceed to a maternity home in Perth at the end of March, but acting upon the advice of a neighbour they set out to reach the nearest hospital which is situated at Dalwallinu. A short distance from the home the mother gave birth to a child. Husband and wife returned to the homestead and dispatched a messenger to the doctor at Dalwallinu. Within half an hour of her return to the homestead Mrs Beament died of heart failure. The doctor arrived some hours later, and advised burial at once. Neighbours gathered around, and a grave was made, and the burial service read, the younger children taken into homes at Gunyidi, and the husband had to face his work again of clearing the land. The Rev. F. W. Gunning paid a visit to this lonely homestead on Wednesday last in company with Mr. A. Martin and Mr. O'Hern, when a service of consecration of the grave was held. Much practical sympathy was shown to Mr. (Beament by his neighbours and all that could be done was done for him by them. There is no doubt that they will rally round him in a time when life is difficult for all, but made doubly so by such tragedies as this. It is pathetic and is incidental to the life on isolated farms today."

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