Editor Trudi Anne Gribble Author Vivienne Sinclair Western Preserving Works John Joseph O’Heney was born in Ireland in 1878 and arrived in Fremantle around 1892 with his widowed mother, Catherine, and his siblings. They settled on Russell Street in Beaconsfield, and by 1903, John listed his occupation as a factory hand. It’s likely he was involved in producing pickles…
Edited Trudi Gribble Author Vivienne Sinclair Western Preserving Works – Sovereign Pickles Harry Robert Rayner, born in Stratford, Essex, England, in 1878, began his career as a foreman at a local jam and sweet factory. According to the 1901 Census, Rayner was 22 years old and employed in this role, with claims that he had also worked for the…
JOSEPH GILL born c1845 Lancashire & wife RACHEL nee Proud, arrived from County Down, Ireland on 3 May 1880, on board the “Clyde” with their 8 young children, including a daughter born on the journey and 13 year old son, Dan. Joseph was a coal miner living in County Durham in England in 1871 and first settled in NSW….
Collectors know of the damage done to one’s health by asbestos from the mine at Wittenoom but the area is also a picturesque area for tourists, prospectors & others connected to the mining boom in the north west. One such family drawn to the Pilbara was Ferenc (Frank) Soter & his wife Olga & 3 young daughters. Frank was…
Wiluna is situated 947 kls N E of Perth in the goldfields and north of Kalgoorlie. Gold was first discovered here by Woodley, Wotton & Lennon in 1896 in an area known as Lakeway. The townsite of Wiluna was gazetted on 8 July 1897 and by April 1898 many businesses had been built and blocks sold to service the…
WALTER THOMAS HERDSMAN was born in London in 1864. In 1871, his father William was a wardrobe dealer, living with wife Lucy in Portobello Road, Kensington with their five children. The family of William, Lucy, and children Alfred, Charlotte, Walter, Arthur and Henrietta arrived from London aboard the 637 tons barque “Helena Mena” in October 1880. In the early…