"Charlie" Charles Crowther COPE
Born 8 November 1856 in South Kelsey, Lincolnshire, England [P95]
Son of William COPE and Jane CROWTHER [P95]
In 1861 he was living with his parents, sister Mary and brother John in Kelsey, where his father was a Grocer and Carrier [20]
Resided with his parents and siblings William, Mary, Caroline and Arthur in South Kelsey in 1871, where his father was a Tailor [20]
Departed Gravesend, England on the Robert Morrison and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 15 February 1876 [69]
Worked in his uncle Charles CROWTHER's department store in Geraldton 1876-1880 and then farmed near Walkaway [P95]
Married Elizabeth EAKINS at Saint James Church in Greenough on 19 October 1881[P95]
Worked as a Fettler and later Ganger on the construction of the Midland Railway Company railway line [P95]
Following the completion of the railway he was appointed Railway Stationmaster in Dongara in June 1895 [P95]
Transferred to be Railway Stationmaster in Mogumber in 1896 [P95] and remained there until 1907 [6]
His daughter Maud was Postmistress in Mogumber in 1906, and his daughter Alma was in 1907 [6]
Resided at The Avenue in the Perth suburb of Midland Junction in 1908, and by 1909 had been transferred back to Mogumber [6]
Railway Fettler in Mogumber in 1910 and 1911 [6]
Railway Stationmaster in Arrino 1911-1916 [6] [19]
He was welcomed to Arrino at a social event held at the Arrino railway station on Friday 17 March 1914 [9: 24-Mar-1911]
Lent his gramophone for the Concert held at the railway goods shed in Arrino on Friday evening 11 September 1914 [10: 18-Sep-1914]
Attended the Patriotic Concert held at the railway goods shed in Arrino on Friday evening 18 December 1914 [10: 25-Dec-1914]
Railway Stationmaster in Muchea 1917-1920 [P95]
Severed his employment with the Midland Railway Company in 1920 to work as a Shopkeeper in Boyanup [P95]
Cope Street in the Perth suburb of Midland was named after him (streets being named after Midland Railway Company officers) [P95]
Resided in Boyanup until 1923 when he shifted to the Perth suburb of Bassendean [P95]
In 1928 shifted to the outer suburb of Greenmount, where he resided until his death in 1935 [P95]
Father of Arthur, Maud, Alma, William, John, Harold, Arnold, Herman and Eileen [P95]
Died 24 August 1935; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, LE, 149)[2]
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Charles Crowther Cope' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 26 December 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/charles-crowther-cope [reference list] |
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