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Biographical Dictionary - Coorow, Carnamah, Three Springs


Surname

Norah Elizabeth Cordeaux WILSON / WOODHOUSE

Born 1894 in Caistor, Lincolnshire, England [20] [21]
Daughter of horse dealer Charles WILSON and Catherine Anne BROWN [20] [21]
     In 1901 she was living with her parents and sisters Margery and Enid at Audleby Villa in Caistor, Lincolnshire, England [20]
Prior to leaving England her address was 192 Holland Road, Kensington in London, England [203]
     Departed London, England on the steamship Euripides on 1 February 1922 bound for Melbourne, Victoria, Australia [203]
     During the voyage on the Euripides she met farmhand John WOODHOUSE who was travelling to Western Australia [P181]
Married "James" John WOODHOUSE on 9 February 1923 in Perth, Western Australia[P181]
     Following their marriage she briefly returned to England and stayed at her former address 192 Holland Road, Kensington [203]
     Departed London on the steamship Moldavia on 6 July 1923 and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 9 August 1923 [63] [203]
Her husband took out a contract with the Midland Railway Company to purchase 773 acres of virgin land in Carnamah [27]
     The 773 acres was Lot M1079 of Victoria Location 1935 and cost £638/9/- (16/6 per acre), payable by instalments over 15 years [27]
     The contract to purchase the land in Carnamah was transferred from her husband's name and into her name on 22 October 1924 [27]
Resided with her husband and later also daughter Pamela on their farm in Carnamah 1924-1928 [19] [60]
     By 1926 all instalments owing on their farm had been paid and she was the freehold owner of Lot M1079 [61]
     They sold their farm in Carnamah to Arthur A. LIGHTFOOT in early 1928 and purchased a farm at Winchester [4: 4-Feb-1928] [61]
Resided on farmland in Winchester, South Carnamah in 1928 and 1929 [4: 4-Feb-1928, 9-Jun-1928, 15-Jun-1929] [50]
They departed Fremantle, Western Australia on the steamship Ballarat and arrived in Plymouth, England on 21 January 1930 [204]
Following their arrival their intended address was 92 Holland Park, Kensington in London, England [204]


Reference:  Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Norah Elizabeth Cordeaux Wilson / Woodhouse' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 29 March 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/norah-elizabeth-cordeaux-wilson [reference list]




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