Parliamentary Service |
|
|
MLA
MLC |
|
|
Liberal |
|
|
4 May 1897 |
|
|
Yilgarn |
|
|
Electorates
- MLA Yilgarn, 4 May 1897–24 May 1904
- MLC South Province, 30 May 1904–21 May 1910
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
1904 |
| |
Personal Information |
|
|
27 October 1841 |
|
|
St Just in Penwith, Penzance, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom |
|
|
25 April 1911 |
|
|
|
|
|
Mounts Bay Road, Perth, Western Australia |
|
|
Karrakatta Cemetery, Western Australia.
Anglican area, BA Section, 0297 grave site |
|
|
To WA 1888 |
|
|
Son of Richard, agricultural labourer/yeoman, and Diana Jeffery |
|
|
Married (1) 7 January 1869, Parish Church, Stoke Damerel, Devon, England to Mary Elizabeth Trevelick, daughter of Richard
Children: one daughter
Widowed
Married (2) 27 November 1886, Parish Church, Falmouth, Cornwall, England to Eliza Godolphin Merritt (born circa 1862 and died 2 February 1911) daughter of Sampson, coal works manager
Children: two sons and three daughters
Widowed 2 February 1911 |
|
|
Church of England |
|
|
Studied at night school
|
|
|
Manager |
|
|
Began work in Hill Owles tin and copper mine in Cornwall, 1853, aged 11 years
Mine manager, 1869
Mined at Bendigo, Victoria, 1884
Manager, tin mine, Eurowrie, New South Wales, 1885–1888
Manager, Fraser’s South Mine, Southern Cross, 1890. First mine in WA to declare dividend
Moved to Perth 1896, built house in Mounts Bay Road |
|
|
Mayor of Southern Cross, 1895–1896 |
|
|
|
|
|
Moved to WA 1888, may have returned to Bendigo for a time
Justice of the Peace, 1894
Bought Economic Stores, Perth, circa 1904 |
|
|
Black, David and Geoffrey Bolton. Biographical register of members of the Parliament of Western Australia: volume one 1870-1930, p. 153.
Metropolitan Cemeteries Board website. Accessed online 6 July 2022. https://portal.mcb.wa.gov.au/name-search/ns-detail/?id=8bdb01a3-9d1d-ec11-b6e7-00224814c4b9 |
| Bibliography |
|
|
|
|
Erikson, Rica. The bicentennial dictionary of Western Australians, pre-1829-1888, Volume III.
Kimberly WB. History of West Australia, p. 101–102.
Raeside, J. Golden Days, p. 119.
Twentieth century impressions of Western Australia, p. 34, 333.
Western Mail, 29 April 1911. |