Born 1897 in Penshurst, Victoria, Australia [54]
Son of William August HUF and Johanne Auguste SCHULTZ [54]
Married Meta Esther MATUSCHKA in 1921 in Victoria, Australia [54]
In 1929 purchased William G. FENNELL's 1751 acre farm in Winchester (Lots M1077 and M1215 of Victoria Location 1937) [27]
The farm still had some of its £1020 worth of instalments owing to the Midland Railway Company [27]
Believed to have purchased the farm on 15 May 1929, although it wasn't transferred into his name until 7 October [4: 27-Apr-1929] [27]
Farmer in Winchester 1929-1935 [6] [3]
The farm consisted of 600 acres of first class country and the remainder good lighter country [4: 27-Apr-1929]
On purchase 700 acres of the farm had been cleared and 250 acres had been sown in crop [4: 27-Apr-1929]
The farm was fully fenced, split into six paddocks, with four roomed house, machinery shed and water from a well [4: 27-Apr-1929]
In October 1929 purchased a Double V cultivator through Carnamah agent Raymond R. WYLIE [4: 19-Oct-1929]
Signatory to a letter sent to the Education Department in January 1930 requesting a school be established east of Winchester [7: page 77]
Joint Foundation Secretary of the committee that built the Billeroo School Hall at Billeroo, East Winchester in 1930 [4: 12-May-1952]
Hosted a Lutheran Church service conducted by Rev. M. GRAEBNER at his home in Winchester on 6 November 1932 [5: 18-Nov-1932]
The school teacher of the Billeroo State School, Arthur JACKSON, boarded with himself and his wife in Winchester [5: 17-Nov-1933]
They raised the alarm after Arthur didn't return home one night after shooting and he was found injured a few hours later [5]
Member of the Winchester Tennis Club in 1932-33, 1933-34 and 1934-1935 [4: 22-Dec-1934] [5: 17-Mar-1933, 9-Mar-1934]
Attended the funeral of Mrs Christina B. D. FORRESTER of Carnamah at the Winchester Cemetery on 31 August 1934 [4: 8-Sep-1934]
The Midland Railway Company rescinded the sale on his farm on 10 September 1935 [27]
What had been his farm was subsequently leased and later sold by the Midland Railway Company to Edwin W. LUTZE [27] [3]
Father of Veronica, Douglas, Morris and Maureen [X]
Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Edgar Louis Huf' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 26 December 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/edgar-louis-huf [reference list] |
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