Cecil Ernest COLLYER
Born 1904 in Lambeth, London, England [20] [21]
Son of coachman and horse keeper Alfred Ernest COLLYER and Lydia Helen HAZELL[20] [21]
His mother died at the age of 28 in 1906, and in 1908 his father married Sarah Ann ADAMS [21]
In 1911 was living with his father, stepmother and siblings Gertrude and Jack at 83 Rosendale Road, West Dulwich in London [20]
Departed London, England on the steamship Otranto on 15 September 1928 bound for Fremantle, Western Australia [203]
Married (1) Phyllis Mary RUSSELL in Perth in 1929 [66]
Teamster for Clyde WILLIAMSON on Clyde Park Farm in Dalwallinu in 1931[50]
Married (2) Annie May DODGE in Perth in 1935 [66]
Teamster in Pithara in 1937 [50]
Himself and his wife were living at Five Gums in Carnamah when their infant son John died on 4 January 1940 [5: 12-Jan-1940]
They left Carnamah and shifted to Wiluna during 1940 [P408]
In 1943 they were at Kwolyin, situated in the wheatbelt between Quiarading and Bruce Rock [50]
Resided and worked in Perenjori C.1946, Gunyidi C.1947, in Coorow in 1948 and in Three Springs in 1949 [P408]
His marriage dissolved in 1949 and his wife and children left Three Springs to live with his mother-in-law in Manjimup [P408]
By about 1952 he had left Three Springs and was working at Lancelin in a catering related job to do with the crayfishing industry [P408]
Resided in Lancelin until 1955 when he died at the Royal Perth Hospital in Perth at the age of 51 years [P408]
Father of Bill, John, Diana, Pamela and Cynthia [P408]
Died 5 December 1955; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, ZT, 573)[2]
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Cecil Ernest Collyer' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 26 December 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/cecil-ernest-collyer [reference list] |
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