Rosa BROWN / DARLING / SHEPPARD
Married (1) Arthur Garfield DARLING in 1908 in Footscray, Victoria, Australia[54] [293: Page 12 of 17-May-1915]
Along with their children left Victoria in 1914 to join her husband in Carnamah, Western Australia [293: 17-May-1915]
Resided with her husband and children on the Inering Farm in Carnamah in 1914 [19]
She secretly left Carnamah and her husband searched for her in Perth without success, as she had returned to Victoria [293: 17-May-1915]
Wrote to her husband saying she intended on returning to him, however he successfully filed for divorce in March 1915 [293: 17-May-1915]
In 1916 she was living at 308 William Street in Perth, Western Australia [50]
Her children remained with her husband in Carnamah despite her trying to get them on a number of occasions [P366]
Married (2) Frederick George SHEPPARD in 1918 in Victoria, Australia [54]
Said to have had a photo of the three children from her first marriage in her bedroom, but would never say who they were [P190]
Mother of Eleanor, Hugh and John [P366]
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Rosa Brown / Darling / Sheppard' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 31 July 2025 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/rosa-brown [reference list] |
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