"Phillip" Filippo DI MASI
Born 9 September 1898 at San Pioro Patti in Messina Province, Sicily, Italy [30]
Son of Fortunato and Antonina DI MASI [15] [30]
Married Giuseppa MANNINO [91]
Departed Messina, Italy on the steamship Re D'Italia and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 13 November 1927 [63]
His wife and three children Nina, Rosaria and Fortunato remained living in S. Pioro Patti, Messina Province, Sicily, Italy [30]
Resided in Perenjori in 1927 and 1928 and in Carnamah 1929-1941 [19] [30]
Farmhand for Ernest L. MITCHELL on Roselm Farm in Carnamah from 1929 until at least 1934 [30: item 1170866]
He worked as a general farmhand and also as chauffeur for Ernest L. MITCHELL, who never drove himself to town [P90]
Said to have initially managed Roselm Farm for his employer who had little knowledge of farming or agriculture [200]
His intention to apply for Naturalisation was published in The North Midland Times newspaper on 10 November 1933 [5: 10-Nov-1933]
His references for Naturalisation were given by his employer Ernest L. MITCHELL and Carnamah farmer Walter BODYCOAT [30]
Stanley L. HIDDEN J.P., a storekeeper in Carnamah, supplied his required reference from a Justice of the Peace [30]
When he applied for naturalisation he was recorded as being 5 feet 4 inches tall with brown eyes and dark hair [30]
Under general remarks in his naturalisation record: "applicant is a sober and hardworking man, his employer speaks well of him" [30]
He went before R. M. Johnston DOUGALL in Three Springs on 27 June 1934 and became a naturalised Australian citizen [30]
Attended the meeting at Five Gums on 10 March 1937 to discuss the establishment of a state school at Five Gums, Carnamah [278]
His wife and children departed Napoli, Italy on the steamship Remo and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 24 April 1937 [63]
In 1937 his then three children all of school age were receiving no schooling as the Inering State School was 8.6 miles away [278]
In Western Australia his wife gave birth to a son, John, who was baptised by the Catholic father from Three Springs on 10 April 1938 [91]
Farmhand in Carnamah until 1941 [19]
Vigneron, a person who cultivates grapes for winemaking, in Middle Swan from as early as 1943 until at least 1968 [50]
Resided in the outer Perth locality of Middle Swan until his death at the age of 72 years [2]
Father of Antonina, Rosaria, Fortunato and John [91] [30] [278]
Died 30 June 1971; buried at the Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth, Western Australia (Roman Catholic, Lawn 6, 478) [2]
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Filippo Di Masi' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 26 December 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/filippo-di-masi [reference list] |
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