Eva Victoria LAMBERT / CASEY
Born 1901 in Saint Leonards, New South Wales, Australia [32]
Daughter of William LAMBERT and Letitia Jane McCHEANE [15] [32]
Her brother W. Gordon LAMBERT and Aeneas CASEY purchased a farm in Coorow together in 1929 [86: 24-Aug-1929]
Married "Pat" Aeneas CASEY in 1931 in Perth, Western Australia [66]
Following their marriage she was added to the Lambert & Casey farming partnership [39: 9-Feb-1940]
She and her husband resided on farmland in Coorow and later on Station Street in the Coorow townsite [19]
Won 2nd prize for Crochet Doyleys in the Fancy Work section of Coorow's Agricultural Show on 8 September 1932 [5: 16-Sep-1932]
Accompanied by her infant daughter she returned to Coorow on 18 November 1933 after being in Perth for some weeks [5: 24-Nov-1933]
In 1936 she was the Coorow agent for Texaco motor oil [5: 3-Apr-1936]
Beginning on Friday 3 April 1936 began advertising her agency for Texaco motor oil in The North Midland Times newspaper [5]
The advertisements were in conjunction Raymond R. WYLIE, who was the Carnamah agent for Texaco motor oil [5]
Their first advertisement, taking up a quarter of the back page read "Keep it under your bonnet for extra trouble free miles" [5]
In October 1936 her sister Letitia G. LAMBERT of Sydney holidayed in Coorow with her and her brother Gordon [5: 23-Oct-1936]
Their Texaco depot had the greatest increase sales in non-metropolitan Western Australia over the nine months to February 1937 [5]
Her husband, who ran the depot, attributed the success to their valued clients and to the high standard of Texaco products [5]
As a result they won a free holiday in Perth and a bonus for every pound sold in excess of quota [5: 26-Feb-1937]
The farming partnership between her, her husband and her brother Gordon LAMBERT was dissolved on 1 September 1939 [39]
Her brother took over the farming business and become the sole owner of the farm's 2,067 acres [3] [39: 9-Feb-1940]
Financially contributed to the Coorow Patriotic Fund in 1945 [5: 6-Apr-1945]
Donated the trophy for the Runner-up Fairest & Best player of Coorow Football Club in 1946 [5: 11-Oct-1946]
In 1947 she donated a trophy for the Runner-up Fairest and Best Young Player of the Coorow Football Club [5: 26-Sep-1947]
Her brother, Syd LAMBERT of Sydney, visited her at Coorow towards the end of February 1948 [5: 27-Feb-1948]
She had a beautiful garden at her home on Station Street in Coorow, where she also kept a number of poultry [P8]
Exhibited in the Poultry section of the 11th annual Coorow-Waddy Agricultural Show held in Coorow on 15 September 1948 [5]
Awarded 1st prize for Muscovy Duck and received 2nd prize for Muscovy Drake [5: 23-Sep-1948]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Mount Pleasant [2]
Mother of John, Lettie and David [39: 10-Oct-1950]
Died 7 June 1969; buried at Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth, Western Australia (Roman Catholic, ZA, 316) [2]
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Eva Victoria Lambert / Casey' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 26 December 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/eva-victoria-lambert [reference list] |
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