"Bob" Arthur Harvey WILLIAMS
Born 9 June 1876 in Norwood, South Australia [55]
Son of George Gauntley Harvey WILLIAMS and Annie MANDERS [55]
Married Beatrice Mary STEPHENS in 1902 in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia [15]
Blacksmith in Boulder, Western Australia 1903-1910 [50]
Resided at 187 Leviathan Street, Boulder 1903-1906 and at 19 Richardson Street, Boulder in 1910 [50]
His wife gave birth to a daughter Mona Irene on 12 May 1904 at Moonta Mines in South Australia [55]
Their daughter Mona passed away in Western Australia at the age of nine months [15]
Farmer of Gauntley Farm in Waddy Forest / Latham 1911-1942 [19] [61] [375]
He could be the Mr Williams who struck "exceptionally fine supplies" of water for two farmers in Latham in mid 1913 [9: 20-Jun-1913]
In January 1918 he was working on a road works contract in the Coorow district for the Upper Irwin Road Board [9: 1-Feb-1918]
During November 1922 he undertook contract road clearing in the Coorow district for the Mingenew Road Board [9: 3-Nov-1922]
O5W was his registered horse and cattle firebrand in 1924, while his wife had her own brand of 0BV [80: 28-Oct-1925]
Won 1st prize for White Hen Eggs at the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show on Thursday 7 September 1933 [5: 15-Sep-1933]
Paid a 15/- Vermin Bonus by the Carnamah District Road Board in November 1933 for killing a fox and two fox cubs [300: page 41]
Committee Member in 1934 and Financial Member 1936-1939 of the Coorow-Waddy Forest Agricultural Society [5: 10-Nov-1933] [150]
He and his wife were the recipients of a surprise party at their home in Waddy Forest on Saturday night 22 June 1935 [5: 28-Jun-1935]
About 60 people attended the party of games and dances, all to music supplied by him and his family on the accordion [5]
He had to be hurried from Waddy Forest to the hospital in Dalwallinu on Wednesday 17 July 1935 [5: 26-Jul-1935]
Won 2nd prize for male White Leghorn in the Poultry section of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1935 [5: 13-Sep-1935]
After becoming suddenly ill on Sunday 2 February 1936 he was admitted to the Dalwallinu Hospital [5: 7 & 28-Feb-1936]
After spending two weeks at the Dalwallinu Hospital he returned to his home in Waddy Forest on Sunday 23 February 1936 [5]
Exhibited in the Poultry and Grain & Fodder section of the Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show in 1936 [5: 11-Sep-1936]
Won 1st and 2nd prizes for male White Leghorn, 2nd for female White Leghorn, and 2nd for Green Oats for Hay [5]
Resided in Waddy Forest until his death in 1942 [1]
Father of Mona [55], Mora, Harvey, Herbert and Mervyn [375]
Died 19 December 1942 in Three Springs; buried at the Winchester Cemetery in Carnamah (Row C, Plot 14) [1]
Rev. BURTON of Moora officiated at his funeral, which was undertaken by Hugh H. KNIGHT of Three Springs [1]
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Arthur Harvey Williams' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 26 December 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/arthur-harvey-williams [reference list] |
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