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| 1 | Darren SMITH Funeral notice SMITH: Family and Friends of the late Mr Darren James Smith of Wagin are respectfully invited to attend his Funeral Service, to be held in the Eric Farrow Pavilion, Wagin Showgrounds, on SATURDAY afternoon (8.9.2018) commencing at 1.00pm. Following the Service the Cortege will proceed to the Wagin Cemetery for Burial. | Smith, Darren James (I47)
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| 2 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Smith, J.K. (I24)
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| 3 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Smith, C.M. (I25)
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| 4 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Power, J.B. (I26)
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| 5 | Percy was a quiet man but must have worked hard while on the farm at Ballaying. There is so much I could say about him, but as he died when I (his son, Gary) was 21y old, I really didn't appreciate the work that he did till many years later until I was fronted with probably similar life situations (other than farming as I was not fortunate enough to enjoy farming as a life style). Percy lived on the farm till their house got burnt down in (1964), so Percy and Mary bought a house in Wagin at 27 Omdurman St, Wagin, WA, where he did odd jobs, like mowing the bowling club green and helping his sons on the farm. (Alice) Mary Smith has written her memoirs and is very interesting reading, she also tells of her life with Percy. | Smith, Percy Adams (I1)
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| 6 | (Alice) Mary Smith thinks that Elizabeth died at Brokenhill from diptheria, we don't know why Elizabeth was buried at Brokenhill , but one can't help wondering whether she was staying with her brother, George Smith (who was living there with his wife and family at that time) or just visiting. | Smith, Elizabeth (I95)
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| 7 | Free church - Lot 365. | Leete, Kevin Ronald (I62)
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| 8 | A MOST CHEQUERED CAREER: Samuel Smith, Limeburner, Jamestown, S.A. By John H Smith A long and varied life was brought to a close when Samuel Smith died at Jamestown, South Australia, on 14 December 1889. ~ Samuel Smith, who had been a resident of Jamestown since 1874, was well known and liked, yet his grave has remained unmarked and his story untold to the present day. 2 His obituarist wrote - Another of the pioneer residents of our district has joined the great majority, we refer to Mr. Sam Smith who has for many years past carried on business as a limeburner in Leamington. He was one of the oldest inhabitants of the district and has led a most chequered career. He was one of the first to discover silver ore at Broken Hill, and it was only want of capital and influence that prevented him from turning his discovery to good account. Mr. Smith, who had reached an advanced age, had been ailing for some months past so that his decease was not altogether unexpected. The funeral, which took place on Saturday evening, was very largely attended by residents of the town and district.3 _________________________ 1 Death Certificate, District of Clare, 1889, No. 22, 11 January 1890. 2 My thanks to Barbara Parri and Ron Wenham of Jamestown, Katharine Massam of Adelaide, and the Archivist of the Mines Department, New South Wales for their assistance with the research for this paper. 3 The Agriculturalist and Review, 18 December 1889, p.3. Sam was born on 1 April 1811 at Appletree, Great Waltham Essex, the seventh child of Peter and Elizabeth Smith (nee Faircloth). At that time the Smiths were a family with strong Quaker roots that can be traced to the beginning of the movement in the seventeenth century. Many of Sam's ancestors, and one of his sisters, lie in the Friends' burial ground at Stebbing, in Essex. Humphrey Smith, a gifted and influential Quaker preacher who was confined to Winchester Prison, where he died for his beliefs in 1663, was linked to the family by marriage. While in prison Humphrey wrote a letter to his son, which was later published as a broadsheet and circulated widely. George Fox (1624-1691), regarded as the founder of the Quakers, visited Humphrey in prison before he died.4 The Smith family moved from Essex and we next learn of Sam through a letter that he wrote from London to his brother Peter, in Warwick, in 1833. Sam was contemplating emigration and explained the various options to his brother, who at the time was out of work. New South Wales is full (of prospect) before America. New South Wales is a British Colony, and it is very prosperous, perhaps more so than any other in the world. I told thee in my last, that it is contemplation to form a new colony in Western Australia. Government have applied and are favourable to it, they have offered to sell any person as much land as they please to have at 5/- per acre and will agree to lay out the same money (that is, the same amount) either in making roads or in erecting public Buildings there, the wishes of the colonists would be pretty much acted upon, so that Government do not want to make any profit whatever, more favourable terms cannot be had I think, and it is without exception the most temperate place in the worid.5 Sam told his brother that the proposers of the scheme were 'Friends', which suggests they were Quakers, who were dealing with Captain Stirling himself, and later advised that the prospectus for the scheme would soon be available. Sam was pro-British, which may have been a factor in his preference for New South Wales over rebellious America. With respect to the manners of the people at NSW they are all English, or nearly so. It appears that wool is the staple article of the country which they grow in _________________________ 4 George?s Fox, Journal, 1891', i', p.253. 5 Letter, Samuel Smith to Peter Smith, 23 January 1833, in possession of the author (hereafter Letter). great quantities and send it here in the raw state. I should not object to go at all, and take out good that will sell there.6 The fare to NSW cost twenty-five pounds and the journey lasted three or four months, compared with the trip to America, which took six weeks. Sam may have had a gullible streak or else we must assume that the promoters of the Swan River scheme were particularly successful at their task for he had seen a map of the country from which he was able to deduce that it was a "beautiful place". While labour in New South Wales was regarded as rare and expensive, because there were no rates and taxes and every one was a land owner, Sam had learned that good quality provisions were very cheap, "some good meat and potatoes... as fine as any in Smithfield Market".7 Sam's investigations enabled him to offer an opinion on the benefits of transportation, which he had formed after talking with the brother of a man who had just returned from New South Wales. He was transported there for 14 years for something he did here and has now returned to England with a fortune of said to be 20,000 pounds, and he has a fine mansion now a little way from London. Good transport for him. I think it would be well to send a few more there... [Now ] that they are in the most flourishing state.8 Judging by his letter, Sam was something of a dreamer and adventurer who was looking for an opportunity to make good in the world. It was to be fifty years before he would arrive in New South Wales and, although his excursion to the Barrier Ranges in 1882 promised to yield the fortune he had so often dreamed about, he was eventually disappointed. On 25 October 1836, three years after he wrote to his brother and recorded his interest in Australia, Sam married Elizabeth, daughter of William and Louisa Sheasby, at St Margaret?s Church of England, Wolston, Warwickshire. He appears to have lived in or around Warwickshire until approximately 1854, where it is believed he worked as a stone mason. Sam and Elizabeth had their first child, Charles Faircloth Smith, on 15 _______________________ 6 Letter, 23 January 1833. 7 Letter, 23 January 1833. 8 Letter, 23 January 1833. April 1838, followed by Henry, who was born on 15 November 1839. Six more children were born, but before Louisa, the seventh and last arrived on 18 December 1854, Samuel and Henry had left to seek their fortune in Australia. We don't know what made Sam choose the attractions offered by South Australia over his pregnant wife, but at the time eight of his nine children had survived and there can be little doubt that the hope of making good in order to provide for his family formed part of his motivation for leaving them behind. In South Australia Henry formed a partnership that produced many children. In the twenty-four years between his marriage to Harriet Fisher, in 1861, and her death in 1885, sixteen Smiths were added to the line, of whom twelve survived into adult life. The impression gained from a photo of Harriet taken shortly before her death in 1885 suggests that she may have expired from exhaustion. 9 However Henry lived to a grand old age, after many years as a successful farmer in the Mt Templeton district of South Australia. He was strongly associated with the Methodist Church where he served in the Sunday school for nineteen years, first as a teacher and then as Superintendent10. While he seems to have had a gruff exterior, the evidence suggests that he loved children11. Henry retired from farming and took up residence in the nearby town of Balaklava and when he died on 28 December 1917, aged 78, he left behind him two sons, ten daughters, thirty four grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren12. Despite the efforts Henry and Harriet, the Smith name did not carry on in South Australia. Henry's two sons, George and Henry, or 'Harry' as he was known, took advantage of generous concessions the Western Australian Government offered to aspiring farmers and, in 1903, took up land at Ballaying in the Great Southern district of that state. Exactly how fortune dealt with Sam Smith, after his arrival in Australia, is more difficult to discover, and it is possible that there was some interest in suppressing his memory. During the 1860s his son, Charles Faircloth Smith was sued by the parish for the support of his mother, Elizabeth Sheasby Smith, because she was regarded as __________________________ 9 Photo of Henry and Harriet Smith, with Emily, a daughter with clubfeet, in the possession of the author. 10 Illuminated Address, presented to Henry Smith by the Minister and Officers of the Mt Templeton Wesleyan Sunday School, September 1892, transcript in the possession of the author, original in the possession of Alice Smith, nee Wood, Victor Harbour, South Australia. 11 Conversation with Alice Smith, nee Wood, Victor Harbour, 26 October 1984. 12 The Adelaide Observer, 12 January 1918, p.20. destitute. If Samuel had found his fortune he had had not transmitted his wealth home to his family. However it seems that the latter part of the 1860s proved to be prosperous for Samuel in some different ways. On 13 October 1867 Sam Smith married Elizabeth Brooks, is the widow of Joseph Brooks, who had died at Hoyleton, South Australia, in 1860.14 The Brooks, who arrived in South Australia in 1838, had eleven children, born between 1835 and 1855, eight of whom survived at the time of Elizabeth and Sam's marriage. Joseph Brooks had been a farmer, miller and lime-burner, which may provide a clue to how Sam found himself engaged in a similar occupation during his final years. Elizabeth, who was born in 1815, marked the certificate of her marriage to Sam with a cross, is which may suggests that she was unable to write. But for five years after Sam's death, until she died on 24 April 1894, Elizabeth ran the lime-burning business, which from 1878 also included a brick kiln16. It is possible that Elizabeth brought some wealth to her marriage with Sam, and if not, it is clear that she had her share of business acumen. Sam's first wife, Elizabeth Sheasby Smith, outlived both him and his second wife. She died on 19 August 1894 after suffering from blindness for many years. It is possible that Elizabeth Sheasby Smith's blindness was congenital, but one wonders what it meant to her that she was abandoned by Sam, and if she knew that he had committed bigamy. We also do not know whether Elizabeth Brooks Smith knew of Sam's bigamy. The descendants of the family that remained in England have photos of Sam and Henry which date from 1860 and include one of Sam taken in 1882, but it is not known at what stage these came into their possession. The marriage certificate of Sam and Elizabeth Brooks reveals that in 1867 he lived at Whitwarta, not far from his son Henry's farm at Mt Templeton, and his occupation is given as 'Inn-Keeper'. Sam was indeed the Licensee of this Hotel and it is said that, between 1868 and 1870, under his management- This hotel had the reputation of being the "Honeymoon Centre" for the elite of the Balaklava Township and district17. _____________________ 13 Marriage Certificate, District of Auburn, 1867, No. 5, 30 October 1867. 14 Biographical Dictionary of South Australia, Voi. 1, p. 183. 15 Marriage Certificate, Distdct of Auburn, 1867, No. 5, 30 October 1867. 16 Photo provided by Ron Wenham of Jamestown, taken about 1920. 17 The Balaklava Centenary Book Committee, BALAKLA VA: change and challenge, p. 47. Sam, the bigamist and Inn Keeper, appears to have been a convivial and hospitable host, but he would seem to have moved a long way from his Quaker upbringing, and just as far from the Methodist church to which Henry had become so dedicated. The area centred on Jamestown was opened up to farming from 1870. People began to reside there after the township was surveyed in 1871 and a district council formed in 187518. Sam and Elizabeth Smith, who were early residents in the district moved into Jamestown no later than the beginning of 187419. Limeburning must have been a profitable business because between 1874 and 1879 Sam and Elizabeth added 16 blocks to their holdings, which amounted to many acres of land, and in 1878 extended the business to include a brick yard. Bricks were sold for two pounds ten shillings per thousand and it was advertised that there was a cart available at the kiln20. Whether or not it had always been so for Sam, he was now an entrepreneur of some substance, well positioned to take advantage of the changes and growth that were to take place in the Jamestown area in the next decade. During the late 1870s, when the copper mines at Burra, south east of Jamestown, had begun to decline, prospectors turned their attentions to the southwest corner of New South Wales, in the area of the Barrier Ranges just over the border from South Australia. The Barrier Ranges did contain minerals, but it was silver, not copper that was discovered at Thackaringa in 1876. Patrick Green, a storekeeper from Menindie, and A.L Garot, a watchmaker from Wilcannia, applied for a lease and established the Pioneer Mining Company21. The partners shipped bags of silver bearing ore down the Darling River by steamer to be treated at smelters in England, but they were jettisoned at sea during a storm22. Green died in 1880 but his brother, and Garot, continued to work the mine and sent more ore for analysis. Nearly two years later the results were __________________________ 18 A Tour of Jamestown, National Trust Brochure. 19 National Bank Document 31 January 1874, From Register General to S. Smith. Lime Burner, Lots 627 and 628, Jamestown. Information provided by Barbara Patti, Jamestown. 20 Information provided by Barbara Parri, Jamestown, 'Ref N. Robinson's notes'. 21 Kearns, R.B.H Silverton: a brief history, Broken Hill Historical Society, Broken Hill, t 972,p.5, (hereafter Silverton). 22 Blainey, G. The Rush That Never Ended. a history of Australian mining, Melbourne University Press, Carlton, 1969, p. 136, (hereafter Rush). returned to them; their ore contained thirty five ounces of silver per ton23. The discovery of gold at Mt Brown and Milparinka, two hundred miles to the north of Thackaringa, attracted more prospectors to the area24. By 1883 several other claims had been pegged and there were 130 men living and working around Thackaringa. The population rose to 300 before the silver ran out in 1897 and the miners moved on to Silverton and Broken Hi1125. The Thackaringa mines were given colourful names such as Lady Brassey, Hercules, Goat Hill, Homeward Bound, Dan O'Connell, and the Gypsy Girl. Jamestown was deeply affected by this surge of interest in prospecting and mining. Prospectors and fortune seekers from the south passed through the town on their way to the fields, many residents invested money in speculative ventures, and the farmers who lived in the surrounding the district prospered through the sale of their products to feed the booming population. Mining fever spread to Jamestown itself, local 'finds' were reported and blocks were pegged. Lake, the editor of the local newspaper, wrote enthusiastically of these developments. Mining and 'nothing but mining is the general topic of conversation... Companies are being floated and blocks are being pegged out in every direction... extending from Jamestown almost the whole way to Spalding26. Sam Smith was caught up in this fever, and although now seventy years of age, could not resist the lure of the opportunities that he believed awaited him in New South Wales. Sometime in 1882 Sam set out, we don't know how, to prospect at the Barrier Ranges. He arrived at Thackaringa where he found Green and Garot's Pioneer Mine lying idle. It was clear to him, however, that there was still plenty of ore to be had in the area, so he applied for mineral leases27, and named his mine the Gipsy Girl. The original of the photo we have of Sam that accompanies this article is inscribed on the ____________________________ 23 Dickinson, K.J. Mining History of the Silver, Lead, Zinc, and Copper Mines | the Broken Hill District to 1939, excluding the Main Line of Lode, Department of Mines, Geological Survey of New South Wales, Bulletin 21, p.5, (hereafter Mining). 24 Robinson, N. Change on Change: a history of the Northern Highlands of South Australia, Australian Lutheran Publishing House, 1971, p.188, (hereafter Change). 25 Kearns, R.B.H. Silverton, 1972, p.6. 26 Robinson, N. Change, p. 189. 27 Dickinson, K.J. Mining, p.6. back SAM SMITH, PROMOTER OF THE GIPSY GIRL SILVER LEAD MINE, THACKARINGA, BARRIER RANGES, NSW. Fortune seemed to be within Sam's grasp, but he was in for a shock. The claim he had pegged was covered in part by 'mineral conditional purchases' for which Green and Garot had already applied. When Green and Garot discovered what Sam had done they immediately applied to the Supreme Court of New South Wales for an injunction to prevent him from doing further work28. The lengthy litigation that followed resulted in the court upholding the claim of Green and Garot against Sam Smith29. The Thackaringa correspondent to Garors Local paper, the Wiicannia Times, wrote- ...the dispute about the lease 7 over 6 at Thackaringa has been decided in ____________________________ 28 Dickinson, K.J. Mining, p. 6. 29 Supreme Court of New South Wales, Equity Claim 3316/1883, Garot vs Smith. favour of Mr Garot of your town, and... operations on a large scale will be forthwith commenced at the claim30. And in 1884 the Silver Age, which had the habit of reporting on the workings of individual mines in the area said of the Gypsy Girl - Until recently the ground upon which this mine is situated was known as the 7 over 6 block, and its possession, it will be remembered, was the occasion of a rather serious and protracted lawsuit. Since settlement of the case work has proceeded energetically under the management of Mr. J. H. Ellis, who has since raised and dispatched over 700 tons of ore for satisfactory results31. By the end of September that year 900 tons of ore had been extracted valued at 13,500 pounds.32 The Gypsy Girl was capitalized at 32,000 shares of one pound each. In 1888 the called up capital amounted to 8,000 pounds and 3,400 pounds had been paid in dividends33. The wealth Sam had so long hoped for had slipped from his grasp. The news of the litigation against Sam served to draw attention to the potential wealth that awaited discovery in the Barrier Ranges, and no doubt others were inspired to seek fortune there as he had done. Sam, however, can only have been impoverished and deeply disappointed by the outcome of his explorations. Sam returned to Jamestown where he lived for the next six years. How active he was in running the limeburning and brick making business we cannot tell, but his health began to decline and he died. On a hot Saturday evening in December 1889 Sam Smith was laid to rest by the Baptist Minister, the Revd W Jones, in plot number 24, block B, row P of the Jamestown cemetery, where has lain unrecognized ever since. His obituarist did not mention his marriage of twenty-two years to Elizabeth. Perhaps it was an oversight or perhaps it was an act of discretion, but more likely the latter. After Sam's death, Elizabeth ran the business until her own death five years later. She is buried in Jamestown cemetery but not next to Sam, though the empty plot next to him may have been reserved with her in mind. Of Elizabeth her obituarist wrote - __________________________ 30 Wilcannia Times, I March 1883, p. 1. 31 Silver Age, 13 September 1884, p. 1. 32 Curtis, L.S. History of Broken Hill, 1908, p.6 33 Dickinson, K.J. Mining, p. 24. Another of the old identities of the colony passed away on Friday last in the person of Mrs Sam Smith, who for many years has resided in Jamestown. Mrs. Smith, who, had she lived, would have been 80 years old on the 24th of next month, came to the colony in the ship Eden in the year 1838. She was then Mrs Jos. Brooks and married Mr. Smith some 20 years ago. She had nine sons and three daughters and leaves behind her 82 grandchildren and 65 great- grandchildren34. Elizabeth was laid to rest at a service conducted by the Methodist Minister, the Rev'd Nancarrow, in plot number 16, Block B, Row U of the Jamestown cemetery. Eighty-five years later a special ceremony was held at her grave and a stone unveiled which omits any reference to Sam. This tablet was erected by her descendants in 1979 to the memory of Elizabeth Smith, born Elizabeth Stokes, at Powick, WorceStershire, England. Formerly Elizabeth Brooks, wife of Joseph Brooks, and mother of their eleven children. Arrived at Port Adelaide in the ship Eden, 24th June 1838. Died Jamestown, 21 April 1894, aged 80 years. Joseph Brooks died in 1860 and is buried at Penwortham 35. Several months after the death of Elizabeth Brooks Smith in Jamestown the death in England of Sam's first wife, Elizabeth Sheasby Smith, closed the final chapter of life in his 'most chequered career'. Given his Quaker roots, and the devout Methodism of Henry his son, Sam Smith led an unorthodox life in several respects. The occupation of innkeepers was an unlikely one for someone from his tradition, and his bigamy, if it were known at the time, would have put him beyond the pale in most circles. Sam was a dreamer who hoped for something better out of life. It is this spirit that is evident in Sam when we find him, at the age of twenty-two, researching the various options available through emigration. This same spirit led him to leave his wife and _________________________ 34 The Agriculturalist and Review, 24 April 1894, p. 2. 35 Transcription provided by Barbara Pard of Jamestown. family in England and travel to Australia where, with his son Henry he became the founder of a vast family that continues to this day in every part of the country. The spirit that was in Sam at the beginning did not die out as his years increased. At the age of fifty three, perhaps to escape controversy over his marriage, or more likely because he wanted to seize a new opportunity, he moved from Whitwarta to the newly established town of Jamestown where he and Elizabeth commenced their limeburning business which soon grew to include the brick kiln. Once in Jamestown Sam added many acres of land from near the town to his holding. Finally at the age of seventy one his spirit was unable to resist the call of the new mineral field that was opening up in the arid southwest corner of New South Wales. When others would have relaxed and allowed the passing parade to go by, Sam set out for the Barrier Ranges where he boldly sought to claim a share of the riches that awaited discovery there. No doubt Sam did not intend to jump a mining claim, but the error he made in applying for his mineral lease was serious, and led Garot and Green to mount a fierce defense. The cost of litigation must have been substantial, and it is likely that Sam had to sell property to cover costs. "Want of capital and influence... prevented him from turning his discovery to good account" but at least the limeburning and brick making business remained intact to support Elizabeth after his death. Judging by the number of people who were reported to have attended Sam's funeral, it is evident that the residents of Jamestown regarded him with affection. He had no doubt provided materials used in making most of the shops and houses built in the town from 1874. It is possible to imagine that in the fifteen years before his death in 1889 he regaled his customers with the stories of his exploits, particularly in connection with the Gypsy Girl silver lode mine at Kurnalpi. We do not know if any of the Jamestown residents knew that he was a bigamist, or even if Elizabeth knew, though the fact could not have escaped his son Henry. Although Sam did not produce offspring in his new homeland, because his second wife was past the age of childbearing at the time of their marriage, Henry's descendants have spread out to all parts of Australia. And, as a result of the family Sam he left behind in 1854, there are as many descendants to be found in England. ********* Appendix 237 LETTER FROM SAMUEL SMITH TO HIS BROTHER PETER Peter Smith POSTMARK Baker R Livan St 23 Jan WARWICK 1833 London I Mo 23 1833 Dear Brother, Thy letter of 1 Mo 16 I duly received and writ to inform thee, that I wrote to bro Chas. last week requesting him to write to I Inper and request him to pay the rest due thee and I shall also do all I can to obtain it for thee. By what thee say upon what thee paid me, it appears to me that thee think I have charged thee more than I ought to have done, or more than I paid for thee. I can only say thee must think what thee please about it, but I know l did not charge thee more than I paid except the Int. I know I have been paid all thee owed me, by my own account, it is not much likely that I should submit to any other persons account, and should be been very foolish not to charge thee what I spent for thee, but whatever thee are satisfied with the correctness of what thee have paid me or not, I can only say, thee have not been overcharged by me. Thee seem to complain rather harshly of Robt Marriage by saying he don't care a pin whether thee are ever paid or not, before thee say anything more upon R marriage's case, about thee, thou had better consider a little what thee are about, recollect RM accepted the appointment of Trustees for us and Guardian for thee, without fee or reward, but acted as a Friend and I think the trouble he has already had is quite sufficient without troubling him with an enquiry into it, by any other person. R Marriage considered when we sold the land there was no occasion for him to interfere further about it and for one, I should certainly object to give him any more trouble about it, he has given his acc't, as I said before, and the Bills which he paid me have not been charged again and what he had paid us is all he rec'd, there fore all that is to be done, or can be, is to demand the rent of Mr. Lisper, he ought to have paid it when he signed the deed, but I suppose it was forgot. However I shall do all I can to get thee money, for I think we ought to do it, without troubling RM anymore, but if thee set any Friend to enquire, what RM has done with the money, I will not take any more trouble to get it, neither will I give thee or any other person, Bills or any account whatever of what the money was paid me for, for I consider it decidedly wrong to trouble RM, thee will have no doubt be paid but it is I inper's fault. I am sorry to hear thee are out of employment, but thee are not worse off than many others. Br MBS has nothing to do, and what is worse, no money, therefore I can only recommend patience. I have much to contend with, and so has everyone now with regard to Emigration. I should by no means advise thee to go to America, it is not the best place to go. New South Wales is full of opportunity before America. New South Wales is a British Colony, and it is very prosperous, perhaps more so that any other country in the world. I believe I told thee ________________________ 37 Copy in the possession of the author. in my last, that it is in contemplation to form a new colony in Western Australia. Government has been applied to and are favourable to it, they have offered to sell any person as much land as they please to have at 5/- per acre and will agree to lay out the same money (that is, the same amount) either in making roads or in erecting public Buildings there, the wishes of the Colonists would be pretty much acted upon, so that Government do not want to make any profit whatever, more favourable terms cannot be had I think, and it is without exception the most temperate place in the world. The proposers of this are Friends. I have seen one of them today and he tells me that he shall see Capt Stirling upon it again this week and will let me know the result tomorrow. I will give it thee on this then thee will have it in full. With respect to the manners of the people at NSW they are all English, or nearly so. It appears that wool is the staple article of the country, which they grow in great quantities and send it here in the raw state. I should not object to go at all, and take out goods that will sell there. And I know a young man who is going in 3 or 4 weeks. I went to the docks last week to look at the vessel. It was advertised last 7th day in the times paper, called Warrior, for Sydney and Hobart town. You may go for 25 pounds, it?s about 3 or 4 months voyage. New SW is about a month's voyage beyond Swan to the same tract of land, only at the opposite point. I have seen a plan, a Map of the Country and it appears a beautiful place. Recollect there are but few Taxes, no rates or anything of the king, and labour in NSW is very dear, hence the rise in these things, but-provisions are exceedingly cheap. I don't know the price of bread, but some good meat and potatoes, the Capt told me are as fine as any in Smithfield market, The distance to America is about 6 weeks voyage - or thereabouts. I have told Br MBS he had better go, but he has nothing to go with. I think I shall see a person shortly who came from New SW, a little time since. His name is Towell, and has a brother living at one of the Coines near Cof I (?). He was transported there for 14 years for something he did here and has returned to England with a fortune of said to be 20,000 pounds and he has a fine mansion a little way from London. Good transport for him. I think it would be well to send a few more there, all the accounts brought here state that they are in a most flourishing state. 4th Day. I have seen the Friend again upon the Emigration and he tells me that Capt Stirling is favourable and that they intend to accept the terms offered by Government, and then intend to publish their prospectus immediately, they expect that some persons will be ready to go in 6 weeks or 2 months time, and he tells me that Government have offered (in addition to selling you land at 5/- per acre) to give every purchaser who takes out a wife 80 acres for nothing, so that if thee get married first thee can have 80 acres for nothing, that is certainly a great advantage. I expect to hear more about it soon and if thee are inclined to go thee can write one word the first opportunity. I quite think it will go on and happen. I see there is a Society established at Lemineck(?) for Emigration so it seems likely that many shall leave England for various places in the Spring, although this is a new Colony yet I think it will not be attended with the difficulty that was experienced as Swan River. Br Peter was going there once, but I hope he is now doing well. With Love. I am thy affectionate Brother, S. Smith. | SMITH, SAMUEL FRANCIS (I102)
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| 10 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Baxter, C.G. (I179)
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| 11 | Alf Emigrated to Australia before World War 1 as a young single man, married ~ had a family, Ray, Ken and Allan, who all live in the Perth area. Western Australia. Allan and Shirley have a son Gary and a daughter Beverly. Alf died in 1978. Ken married Rita. Allan is now retired. | Vigar, Alfred Morris (I1398)
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| 12 | Alice remained unmarried and cared for her parents until they died. She continued to live at 138 Godstone Road, she died in 1973 in an old folks home | Vigar, Alice (I1402)
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| 13 | All the family went to Western Australia | Vigar, Arthur (I1409)
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| 14 | Amity Rose Funeral Home, 9 Cockburn Rd, Mira Mar WA 6330 | Vigar, Marjorie Barbara (I32)
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| 15 | Andrew Edward Baxter Andrew Edward was the third child and the first son of Patrick and Jane and was born at Penshurst Vic on 4 April 1866. After a very short stay at school he began working on a sheep and cattle station where he soon became a very, accomplished horseman and administrator. At the early age of eighteen he was elevated to the position of station manager and for the next 20 years he continued working in this position. In 1904 Andrew left Victoria on a ship to travel to Western Australia where he disembarked at Albany. Having heard of the discovery of gold in the eastern Goldfields of WA, he decided to try his luck. He journeyed to Lawlers (which was near Meekathara) and eventually started up a bakery business. He later expanded this business to include a general store. Camel teams were used to transport supplies from Leonora (the nearest railhead) to the store. Whilst living at Lawlers, Andrew maintained his interest in horses and helped to form the Lawlers Race Club. He also participated, by riding his own horse) with some success winning a number of races. Interestingly he was the same the horse to pull his bakers cart. In 1906 Andrew married Susan Lucy Sullivan, and three children were born of this marriage Susan returned to Victoria for the birth of her first child, Clare in 1907. But she remained at Lawlers for the birth of Frank in 1908 and Jean in 1909. ' In 1912 the family left Lawlers and took up residence in Midland Junction, where Andrew had purchased the Commercial Hotel. This venture lasted four years, before Andrew decided he would like to try his hand at farming. They moved to a properly at Mooraning, a siding not far from Quairading. Unfortunately they experienced four poor seasons in a row and lack of funds forced them off the land. Andrew and his family then moved to Kwolyin, where he was took over the management of the state owned hotel. This was the beginning of a long career as a hotel manager with State Hotels and in the ensuing years he managed hotels at Bruce Rock, Corrigin, Bolgart, Wongan Hills and Cave House at Yallingup. On retirement from State Hotels Andrew and his farntlv resided 123 Dalkeith Rd, Nedlands. He did in January 1938 aged 72. His wife Susan died in December 1951 aged 68 years. | Baxter, Andrew Edward (I1017)
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| 16 | Anglican - Lot 45 | Lindner, Lewis Lisbon (I27)
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| 17 | Anglican - Lot 45. | Turnor, Mabel Kathleen (I28)
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| 18 | Arthur married and lived at 148 Godstone Road, Caterham. Arthur worked for a local builder. Had a son Douglas who married and lived in Upper Cat erham. He died suddenly Arthur and his wife have both died. | Vigar, Arthur C (I1399)
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| 19 | Ashes are scattered at Pt. Soutar, South Australia, Australia | Barker, Leonard Joseph (I1800)
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| 20 | Ashes scattered Indonesia | Everett, Brian Lindsay (I1815)
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| 21 | Ashes scattered Mt. Dutton Bay, South Australia, Australia | Everett, Trevor (I1814)
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| 22 | Ashes scattered Pt. Soutar South Australia, Australia | White, Mary Mavis Grace (I1794)
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| 23 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Walker, N.S. (I359)
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| 24 | BELL: The Funeral Service for Mrs Marjorie Barbara Bell will be held on TUESDAY (11.12.2018) in the Chapel at Amity Rose Funerals, 9 Cockburn Rd, Albany commencing at 12.00noon. | Vigar, Marjorie Barbara (I32)
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| 25 | Bertam Hayward was a farmer at Dumbleyung, Western Australia. | Hayward, Bartram (I169)
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| 26 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Wood, D.A. (I473)
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| 27 | Bev Charlton Aunty said commonly known as Allan | Farrow, Arthur H (I488)
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| 28 | Bill (or Will) married 'Keddy' from Evesham. They had Bob and Dorothy | Vigar, William James (I1395)
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| 29 | Bob married and live in Chatham area - had one son Alan who was murdered. | Vigar, Robert Averill (I1396)
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| 30 | Both Herb and Lucy were buried in the Whitwarta cemetery, South Australia. | Smith, Lucy (I91)
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| 31 | Brain Tumor | Allen, George Anthony (I1530)
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| 32 | Changed her name to Jean Ward Daniel. | Daniel, Felicity Ward (I789)
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| 33 | Charles Farquharson Baxter Charles was the seventh child and fifth son of, Patrick Duncan Jane Barnes and was born in Penshurst VIC on 27 May 1874. His father, Patrick, was the first School Master and later Postmaster at Penshurst. He was also appointed as the Deputy Registrar for Births, Deaths and Marriages for the Mount Rouse District. At the time of Charles birth the family resided in Burckett St. Charles was educated in and spent his early years in Penshurst. As a young man he was an enthusiastic and successful cyclist and won a number of road races in Victoria. This interest in cycling later led him to establishing a bicycle sales and repair business in later years. Sometime around 1893, he and a mate left Penshurst and travelled, by ship, to Albany WA The story goes that by the time they reached Adelaide they were short of cash so they decided to enter a couple of cycle races, as novices, to earn a bit of pocket money. They managed to borrow a couple of bikes from someone and entered a couple of races and managed to win about Ä5.0.0 each. As soon as they got their prize money they headed back to the ship as fast as they could before someone woke up to the fact that they were both professional riders. On arrival at Albany, he obtained work as a ganger on the Great Southern Railway Line which, runs between Perth and Albany. While working on the railway line he obtained a contract to carry out repairs to the Overland Telegraph Line, between Esperance and Eucla. This line was the only form of communication, other than shipping, between Perth and the cities of the eastern states. After several years in WA he returned to' Victoria and started work in Melbourne as a butcher for (Bill) William Charles Angliss. He eventually became the manager of one of Angliss butcher shops. Although he left the business, he and Bill Angliss remained firm friends for the rest of their lives. While he was working in Melbourne, he met and courted Jessie Minnie Millsore. Jessie was employed as a tailoress in a men's clothing factory. They were married at Kew VIC on 13 December 1896. After they married he and Jessie took up residence in the accommodation over the butcher shop, which he managed. However, this accommodation was totally unsuitable for Jessie. In those years butchers used to render all the fat for tallow and the smell of boiling tallow used to make Jessie violently ill. Eventually Charles decided that he would give up butchering and he would do something else. Through his cycling racing circle he learned that a cycle agency was for sale in Kalgoorlie. Apparently it was already established the owner had died and his widow wanted to sell out in order to get some money to return to England. He decided to purchase this agency.' and they would both go to WA. However, during the negotiations Jessie found that she was pregnant. It was then decided that she would remain in Victoria to have the baby while he would go ahead, takeover the business running and find some accommodation. Jessie and the baby would join him when they were fit enough to travel. In early 1901 he left for WA to take over the business, which was located at 30 Piesse St, Boulder. It was subsequently named 'Baxter's Cycle Agency'. At the time the huge gold mining boom in the Kalgoolie and Boulder area was just beginning and there was a strong demand for bicycles, which was the main means of transport for the miners. The agency was so busy that he asked his older Duncan (ka "Don') assisted him to run the business. After Charles left for WA, Jessie returned to her parents' home at Korumburra in the Gippsland district of Victoria. Jessie's parents, Robert and Harriet Millsom, ran a small mixed farm in the district. Her mother was also the district midwife. They had moved from Melbourne some years earlier where Robert, was a carpenter. On 26 September 1901 Jessie gave birth to their first child Dorothy Maude, at Korumburra. Jessie and Dorothy travelled by steamship to Fremantle arriving there in February 1903. Owing to the unreliable shipping schedules Charles was not there to meet them but arrived a couple of days later, which did not please Jessie, and took them back to Boulder. While they were at Boulder their first son, Charles Farquharson Russell, was born on 20 November 1902. This business must have proved to be quite a profitable venture, as he seemed to have made sufficient money from it to purchase a farming property. In 1904 he purchased, a 2023ha, homestead property, named 'Whitehaven', from T.C. Hodgson, a Water Supply Department Engineer. Only about 16 hectares had been cleared when he made the purchase. The property, (still known as 'Whitehaven') is located 28 km south of Cunderdin and about 16 kms from Quairading. For the next 11 years he cleared and improved the property and turned it into a viable farm. In order to earn extra income while establishing the farm he caught, broke-in and sold 'brumbies', which roamed around the property. Their three younger children, Robert Barnes, Jessie Norman Eric and George Whitehaven, were all born in Perth but taken back to the farm soon after they were born. In early 1913, Charles attended the inaugural meeting of the Farmers' and Settlers' Association which was held at Kellerberin. The purpose of this meeting was to form a political party and as a result the first 'Country Party.' branch in Australia was formed. Later that year he unsuccessfully stood as a Country Party candidate for the seat of York in the Legislative Assembly. In May 1914 he stood for the Legislative Council, as a Country. Pare, representative, and was elected as the member for East Province. He held this seat for 36 years unopposed. He was also the first Country Party member to be elected to an Australian Parliament. After his election to Parliament, Charles and the family moved to Perth and took up temporary, residence in St Alban's Av, Highgate. As Charles still owned 'Whitehaven' he needed someone to manage the property for him (The whereabouts of Duncan (Don) seems to be unknown but he would seem to have been the logical choice for this position) However, in 1915, another of his older brothers, Robert Leys, who was an Auctioneer at Penshurst VIC moved to WA, with his family and took over as manager. Also in that year Charles purchased a home at 23 Vale Rd, Mt Lawley. This would be the family' residence until late 1952. In 1924 Charles sold 'Whitehaven' and purchased a 404.7ha farm at Waeel Siding, located midway between Cunderdin and Meckering on the Perth to Kalgoorlie railway line. His eldest son Russell, who attended Narrogin Agricultural Collage then later Hawkesbury Agricultural Collage near Richmond NSW, was established as manager. Russell had been working on 'Whitehaven', which at that time was being managed by a Jack Gooch. With the aided of a married couple Russell worked the Waeel property until his youngest brother, George Whitehaven, joined him Together they worked the farm, which was named, 'Ellerslie'. In 1928 they were joined by their second eldest brother, (Bob) Robert Barnes, and the three brothers continued to work the farm until 1931 when Bob took it over. During his long political career Charles held several ministerial portfolios; Minister for Agriculture, 1919 - 1912, Minister for Water Supply, and Chief Secretary in 1931 - 1933. In 1919 as Minister for Agriculture, Charles he introduced the Gram Elevators Bill, which was the forerunner of bulk handling wheat in WA. Unfortunately this bill was defeated on the floor of the house due to lobbying by several city interests, particularly Westalian Farmers Pty LId, which was involved in handling wheat sales. As a result this legislation, which would have revolutionised the handling of grain in Australia was not passed until 1932. Prior to the introduction of bulk handling most grain was handled in, three bushel, jute bags. Each bag of wheat when rammed and sewn, weighed about 82 kg's and had to be manhandled, as there were very few mechanical lifting devises in those days. Had this bill been introduced in 1919 it could have saved a very large number farmer's and grain workers from back and neck injury. He also held a third interest in Mt Edith cattle station, about 3,000,000 acres, on the Robe River in the West Pilbara for several years, with partners; William Charles Angliss and Alfred Everett Neave. He was also parner in a leather and saddlery supplier; Basnett and Garland Pty Ltd, in King St, and a senior Director of the British Traders' Insurance Co. Charles died of cancer, in St John of Gods Hospital, Subiaco WA, on 2 March 1950. Adrienne Shooter was still alive as at June 1999. Sources 1. Norman Eric Baxter, (3rd Son) 2. Helen Pauline Cotterill, (Granddaughter) 3. Ramon James Baxter (Grandson) 4. Various WA newspaper cuttings | Baxter, Charles Farquharson (I913)
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| 34 | Charles Farquharson Russell Baxter Charles Farquharson Russell (ka Russell) was the second child and first son of Charles Farquharson and Jessie Minnie Baxter (Nee Millsore) and was born in Boulder WA on 20 November 1903. At the time of his birth his father owned a Cycle Agency situated at 30 Piesse Street Boulder WA. In 1904 Charles sold the Cycle Agency and purchased, a 2023 ha, homestead property, called 'Whitehaven,' The property (still called 'Whitehaven') is located 28 kms south east of Cunderdin and about 16 kms from Quairading. His three younger brothers, Robert Barnes, Jessie Norman Eric and George Whitehaven, were all born in Perth but taken back to the farm soon after their births. In 1914, Charles was elected to the Legislative Council of the WA. Following his election he moved the family to a home in St Alban's Av, Highgate Perth where they temporarily resided until moving to 23 Vale Rd, Mt Lawley, in 1915, which remained the family home until 1952. Charles retained 'Whitehaven' and his older brother, Robert Leys, (Bob or 'Old R.L' as he was later referred) took over as manager. They traveled from Quairading to Perth in a Studebaker sedan, which was loaded with not only the family of seven and their luggage, but also two pet kangaroos and two caged cockatoos. It took all day to drive the 170 kms, over the gravel roads, and after numerous fiat tyres they finally arrived in Perth around midnight. Russell commenced his education at the Narrogin Agricultural School and later completed it at the Hawkesbury Agricultural College, at Richmond NSW, in 1921. At the time he finished at the College, his mother, father, sister Dorothy and younger brother Norman sailed from Perth on the 'SS Wandilia' to Melbourne. From Melbourne they traveled by train to Sydney where they were reunited. After a few days together in Sydney his father, and Dorothy returned to Perth while Jessie, who had not seen her parents for nearly 20 years, and the two boy's continued by train to the gold mining town of Mt Morgan QLD to visit their maternal grandparents, Robert and Harriet Millsorn, and their Aunt Ruby. While they were at Mt Morgan they met a number of the Millsom family, who resided in that part of Queensland. While there he and Norman also had a funny experience. Their grandparents kept a number of goats for milk and fresh meat and apparently one day they were sent out to slaughter one of the kids for fresh meat. However, after they caught the kid it started to bleat and it sounded so much like a baby crying that they couldn't bring themselves to kill it. As a result the family went with out their dinner of roast cheviot. After they returned to Perth from Mt Morgan Russell went to work on 'Whitehaven,' which was then managed by a man named Jack Gouch. In 1924, Charles sold 'Whitehaven' and purchased a wheat farm at Waeal Siding and Russell took over the running of this property. He was later joined by his younger brothers, Robert Barnes (Bob), C. 1926 and George Whitehaven, C.1929. In 1931, the country was at the depth of the Depression, and the farm was not making enough money to support the three of them, so Russell decided to leave Waeal and try dairy farming. At about the same time Norman had just been retrenched from Wesfarmers, and he decided to join him in the dairy-farming venture. Accompanied by his father, they traveled to Balingup to look at a couple of properties. Norman did not accompany them, as he had a temporary bookkeepers job at Toodyay. They managed to find a suitable property of 121.4 hectares called 'Brookland's, about three kilometres west of the town. He and Norman then formed a partnership to buy the property on a 'Conditional Purchase' arrangement. Together he and Norman worked the farm while their mother who had moved down from Perth took care of them and the house. It was hard work and long hours having to hand milk 28 to 30 cows twice a day seven days a week as well as carrying out the other tasked associated with the running of the farm. Unfortunately, dairy farming was not a profitable occupation the during the depression years, nor during or in the early post war years of WW II. Dairy-farmers received between 8 and 11 pence per lb (one penny = 83 cents at 1998 values) for the butterfat content of the cream. After deducting the other costs of production and paying off the Agricultural Bank of the Lands Department mortgage, there was little money left to live on let alone the cost of improving the dairy herd. When they took over the farm, their mother came down to look after them by cooking and keeping the house. She was also able to provide them with some financial support as she had rented the family house in Mt Lawley and with the money she received from the rent she was able to help them food and clothing. It was also around the time that she and Charles permanently separated. In May 1932, Russell and Lavina Smith were married and after the wedding returned to the farm. No matter how hard they tried, the farm was still not making enough money to support the four of them. Around the time of the birth of their first son, Trevor, Russell's father-in-law offered his the opportunity to run his farm at Wagin. Russell decided to take up this offer and towards the end of 1933; he and Norman dissolved their partnership. Norman continued on with the farm and he, Lila and Trevor moved to Wagin. | Baxter, Charles Farguhson Russell (I170)
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| 35 | Charles stayed in England. | Smith, Charles Faircloth (I103)
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| 36 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Hayward, C.B. (I177)
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| 37 | Cremated, ashes are interred in the Bains Cemetery Memorial Wall 1, | Salmond, Hazel Alberta (I501)
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| 38 | Cremated, Cemetery Memorial Wall 1, | Stone, Murray (I320)
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| 39 | Daniel was drowned while yabby fishing in a lake, south of Jerramungup, Western Australia. | Goodall, Daniel (I349)
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| 40 | DFES Honour Roll and Firefighters' 2025 Memorial at Kings Park | Smith, Darren James (I47)
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| 41 | Died 16/7/2001 and is buried in the Meadows SA Cemetery. Written by Brian Stone | Stone, Angus (I317)
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| 42 | died as a result of teething/convulsions | Smith, Samuel William (I88)
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| 43 | Died at 6 weeks old. | Stanley, Peter (I799)
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| 44 | Dorothy Maude McGinness (nee Baxter) Dorothy Maude was the first child and the only daughter of Charles Farquharson Baxter and Jessie. Minnie (nee Millsom), and was born at Korumburra VIC on 29 September 1901. At the time of her birth her father owned a Cycle Agency situated at 30 Piesse Street Boulder WA. Charles and Jessie resided in Victoria and while he was in the process of purchasing this cycle business Jessie fell pregnant. It was decided that Jessie would stay with her parents in Victoria, until after the birth, while Charles went ahead to WA to take over the bicycle store and get it running. Once she and the baby were fit enough they would travel to WA. In 1902 Jessie and Dorothy joined Charles in Boulder and they resided at Vivian Street. Prior to Jessie's arrival, Charles' eider brother, Duncan (ka Don) arrived to assist him with the running of the business. Also their younger sister, Irene (ka Rene) also paid them a visit for a short time. In 1904 Charles sold the Cycle Agency and purchased, a 2023 ha, homestead property, called 'Whitehaven,' The property (still called 'Whitehaven') is located 28 kms south east of Cunderdin and about 16 kms from Quairading. Her three younger brothers, Robert Barnes, Jessie Norman Eric and George Whitehaven, were all born in Perth but taken back to the farm soon after their births. Following his election to the Legislative Council of the WA Parliament in 1914, Charles moved the family to Perth and they took up temporary residence in St Alban's Av, Highgate, before moving to 23 Vale Rd, Mt Lawley in 1915. His eider brother, Robert Leys, (Bob) or (Old R.L as he was later referred to) took over management of 'Whitehaven.' They traveled from Quairading to Perth in a Studebaker sedan, which was loaded with not only the family of seven and their luggage, but also two pet kangaroos and two caged cockatoos. It took all day to drive the 170 kms, over the gravel roads, and after numerous fiat Ores they finally arrived in Perth around midnight. In the early 1920s Dorothy learned to fly and was on of the first few women in WA to gain her pilots license. She was also one of the very few women to fly in and Auto gyro,' the forerunner of the helicopter. In September 1924 Dorothy married Paul Joseph 'Ginty' McGinness and their first child, Dorothy Veronica, was born in 1925. After he built a home on the property she and 'Little' Dorothy (as she was called) joined him. Their second daughter, Pauline was born in Perth 1928. In the 1940's she and Paul divorced, and she later worked in the office of the Commonwealth Oil Refinery (COR) in Perth. In 1952 and she took over as licensee of the Freemasons Hotel in Beverley with and her brother, Norman and their mother, as partners. On leaving the hotel on the expiration of the lease she returned to Perth and took up employment with the Department of Repatriation where she remained until her retirement. | Baxter, Dorothy Maude (I917)
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| 45 | Duncan Baxter Duncan was the fifth child and third son of Patrick Duncan and Jane Baxter. He was born in Penshurst VIC in 1869 and was known as 'Don.' Nothing is known about his early years until he arrived in Boulder WA, sometime 1901, to help his younger brother Charles run his Cycle Agency, which he purchased 1901. Don worked in the agency until Charles sold the Agency, in 1904, to purchase a farming property at Quaraiding WA. After the sale Don disappeared again and it was not until 1921 that any record of him could be found when he was shown on the Commonwealth Electoral Roll as a residing at 'Fairfield Farm,' Three Springs WA and his occupation as a 'manager'. Birth Death and Marriage records disclose that n 1922 he married Isabelle Mary Waldeck (Molly) in the district of Greenough (Three Springs.) They are believed to have, at least one child, a daughter named Mary. According to the Public Records Office, he and Molly purchased a 1681-acre property, from a T.C. Mason at Woodanilling WA, sometime in 1925. It is not known how long they held this property however, at the time of his death on 27 February 1941, he and the family were residing at 25 Herbert St, Victoria Park WA and his occupation was shown as a 'Foreman'. Molly later married a Paddy Morey. It would appear that Paddy Morey was a returned serviceman as Molly died in RGH. Hollywood on 30 August 1973 and to have admitted to the RGH she would have to have been classified as a War Widow. Interestingly, Don is buffed in the Presbyterian Section 1A Plot 445 Karrakatta Cemetery and Molly is buried in the same grave as Don. Not, as would be expected, in a separate grave or in the same grave as her second husband. A perusal of the Death Notices in the West Australian of 30 August 1973 the following bereavement notices appeared: ('Gran' of Wendy and John Scott) 'Gran' of Robert and Barrv Scotsdale) (Merie and Ron Dunlop) (Charles Hales). There were no further notices after that date. | Baxter, Duncan (I1019)
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| 46 | Elizabeth Jane O'Halloran nee Baxter Elizabeth was the first child born to Patrick Duncan and Jane Baxter and was born on 3 April 1862 in Penshurst Vic where her father was the local PostMaster. Elizabeth grew up in Penshurst and attended the local school. While still in her teens she met Eugene John O'Halloran, a labourer who was also living in Penshurst. Eugene was born at sea while his Irish parents were on their way to Australia. Although her parents were against the union, Elizabeth and Eugene were married in the Catholic Church at Hamilton Vic. in January I882. After the marriage Elizabeth and Eugene moved to the Ararat district where Eugene worked as an itinerate farm labourer and shearer. They had eight children who were all born in various settlements in the Ararat area. When Elizabeth died in November 1899, at the early age of 37 years, Eugene moved from of the district leaving the children with various members of the O'Halloran family to care for them. In 1918 Eugene married Mary Francis Lamerton. He died in at Northcote Vic, in December 193 1, aged 77. Comment: It would appear that because Elizabeth married a Roman Catholic, her father, who was apparently, a very bigoted Presbyterian banned Elizabeth from the family home forever. So complete was this ban, that his Grand daughter Beatrice Millicent Baxter now (Trixie Jasper) had no idea that she had an Aunt Elizabeth. Trixie was thirteen when she left Penshurst for W.A. | Baxter, Elizabeth Jane (I1015)
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| 47 | Emily live at 41 Waterloo St., Glenelg, South Australia and was buried in the same grave as Kezia Ghent Smith (Henrys' wife) | Smith, Emily Edith (I98)
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| 48 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Baxter, C.F. (I907)
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| 49 | Evelyn rmarried Herbert Porton January 9th 1899. He was a Sgt. in the Coldstream Guards at the depot Upper Caterham, served in the Boer War 1900 then returned to Caterham. Retired from the Army 1920 on pension and took a 10acre small holding at Lingwood, Norfolk which he worked until Evelyn died 1963. They had six children, Bess born at Salisbury (East Harnham) 1899. Percy (Jim) Frederick born Caterham 1903, Herbert (Dick) Neville born Caterham 1905, Dorothy Evelyn (Blossom) born Caterham 1907, Ailsa (Bonnie) Dinah born aterham 1909, Charles born Caterham 1910. Jim died 1961 Father Herbert died 1970 Bess died 199 Blossom died 19?? Bonnie died 1997 Bess married Fred Self in 1924 had twin boys in 1931 who did not survive, Bessie daughter. Jim did not marry. Dick married Phyllis Savage 1932 had two daughter, Margaret born 1936 and Joan born 1937. Blossom married Charles Turner No family. Bonnie married Fred Lay in 1935 had two daughters Freda born 1937 and Jacqui, died 197? Charles married Margaret from Old Colwyn 1943, no family Margaret died 1974 | Vigar, Evelyn Kate (I1401)
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| 50 | Event by Lyn Smith 2025 Firefighters' Memorial Grove, Kings Park, Perth DFES Honour Roll and Firefighters' Memorial at Kings Park Just sharing some good news that Darren will be honoured on the DFES Honour Roll. DFES District Officer & friend, Simon Vogel of Narrogin, put forward an Darren's name to be added to the honour roll at Kings Park Honour Roll and Firefighters' Memorial. 1. The Firefighters’ Memorial Grove is located in Kings Park and can be visited at any time. The memorial includes names inscribed of volunteer and career firefighters who have lost their lives in the line of duty. We have just now released a video of the Fallen Firefighter Memorial Grove, which includes an introduction by the Commissioner. It can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRtz7tuHjys&t=11s 2. The annual memorial service is held every year on the first Sunday in May – this year it will be Sunday 4 May 2025. All new names that are added to the memorial this year (including Darren) will be read out at the service. At the service they will present to a framed certificate and medallion, in memory of Darren. There also have lapel pins available for other family members. | Smith, Darren James (I47)
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