Henry (Harry) Vigar
1888 - Fri Aug/Sep1965
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Name Henry (Harry) Vigar Nickname Bob Birth 18 Jun 1888 Kent England 
Gender Male Also Known As Harry Death Fri Aug/Sep1965 Person ID I34 SmithTree Last Modified 25 Sep 1999
Father John Vigar, b. 1 Dec 1847, Godstone, Surrey, England d. 6 Jan 1937, Canterham, Surrey, England (Age 89 years) Mother Sarrah Anne Webster, b. Abt 1850, Maldon, Essex, England d. 1941, Caterham, Surrey, England (Age 91 years) Marriage Mar 1874 Greater London, Kent, Surrey, England Family ID F113 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Gladys Mildred Lovedy Lillian Daisy Bilkey, b. 18 Nov 1893, Truro, Cornwell England d. 22 Nov 1964, Busselton, Western Australia, Australia (Age 71 years) Children 1. Alice Mary Vigar, b. 15 Oct 1914, Victoria Park, Perth, Western Australia, Australia d. 25 Nov 2007, Wagin District Hospital, Wagin, Western Australia, Australia (Age 93 years)2. Ileen Claire Vigar, b. Jan 1916, Perth, Western Australia, Australia d. 8 Mar 1916, Belmont, Western Australia, Australia (Age 0 years)3. R.H. Vigar 4. Edna Vera Vigar, b. 9 Jun 1921, St Annes hospital, Western Australia, Australia d. 27 Oct 2015 (Age 94 years)5. Marjorie Barbara Vigar, b. 24 Aug 1923, King Edward Memorial Hospital, Subiaco, Perth, Western Australia, Australia d. 30 Nov 2018, Plantagenet Hospital,Mount Barker, Western Australia, Australia (Age 95 years)6. Harry Dennis Vigar, b. 4 Dec 1930, Busselton District Hospital, Busselton, Western Australia, Australia d. 28 Jul 2014, Innaloo, Western Australia,Australia (Age 83 years)Family ID F15 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 4 Nov 2015
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Event Map 
Birth - 18 Jun 1888 - Kent England 
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Photos Harry Vigar 
The Vigar Family
Left to Right~~Grandpa Vigar, Grandma Vigar, Edna, (Alice) Mary, Barbara, Brother Dennis and Baby Marjorie Smith
The Vigar Family in 1926
Harry Vigar (Father), Mary Vigar 12Y, Gladys (Mother) Barbara Vigar 4Y, & Edna Vigar 6y
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Notes - Written by his daughter "Alice Mary Smith (nee Vigar 1990's)
My father, Henry Vigar, was born in Kent, Surrey, England, to a John Vigar and Mary Ellen. He was born in 1888, and was about the middle child in a family of eleven; seven sons and four daughters. He and one brother, Alfred, migrated to Western Australia in 1911. In those days, it was a long trip, taking 6 to 8 weeks. They eventually arrived and both got work almost immediately; Alf as a groomsman, and Harry as a gardener to a Mr and Mrs Fairbairn, who were wealthy estate owners. The house, a very beautiful big colonial type house, was built one and a half miles from Cottesloe Beach, Perth W.A. There were plenty of trees around in those days. The types were banksias, sheoak, gum trees of several kinds, and lots of others. There were also plenty of orchids and kangaroo paws. I was told about this at a later time.
When mother was 18 years old, and her sister Edith was 22, they immigrated to Western Australia in the year 1911. It so happened that these two sisters obtained employment in the same large home of Mr and Mrs Fairbairn. Edith was employed as the cook and Gladys was the ladies maid.
Of course the servants met, and Henry Vigar and Gladys Bilkey became engaged to be married. This was in 1912, and in 1913, Henry Vigar left the employ of Mr Fairbairn, renting a small home at Belmont Avenue, which was five and a half miles from Perth. This engaged couple married on October the eighth, 1913. One year later, on October the 15th, 1914, I, Alice Mary Vigar, was born. I have always been known as "Mary".
Harry Emigrated to Australia prior to 1914, married and had a family. The son named Dennis lived about 10 miles from Allan. He used to run a dairy farm at Busselton about 150 miles south of Perth. )
Boskenwyn Farm was the name of the farm at Forrest Grove.
- Written by his daughter "Alice Mary Smith (nee Vigar 1990's)