Born C.1865 [2]
Labourer at the railway yards in the Perth suburb of Cannington 1903-1906 [50]
Attended an address by parliamentary candidate William B. GORDON at the hall in Woodlupine on 22 June 1904 [39: 24-Jun-1904]
Coincidentally, William B. GORDON later held Conditional Purchase leases for 2,522 acres of land in Carnamah [44]
Gardener on Nicholson Road in Jandakot 1906-1910 [39: 13-Aug-1906, 17-Jan-1907] [50]
Foundation Secretary-Treasurer of the Central & North Jandakot Progress Association in 1906 [39: 13-Aug--1906]
By January 1907 he had erected a Tangye engine and pump that moved water to lower levels within his garden [39: 17-Jan-1907]
For installing the pump he was "congratulated for showing such enterprise" and it was said that he deserved all success [39: 17-Jan-1907]
Attended and Ratepayers Meeting of the Jandakot Road Board at the Board's office on Friday evening 1 February 1907 [39: 5-Feb-1907]
Railway Employee of the Midland Railway Company in Carnamah 1911-1918 [6] [19]
He made an application for 690 acres of Conditional Purchase land eight miles south west of Carnamah [81: 4-Jun-1911]
The land bounded the western banks of Mulliah / Yarra Yarra Lakes but by mid 1911 his application had been cancelled [81: 4-Jun-1911]
He was the Ganger of the railway gang in Carnamah 1913-1918 [6] [10: 11-Jan-1918] [39: 14-Aug-1913]
His workmate Henry McCLYMANS ate a sandwich laced with strychnine when they stopped for lunch on 9 July 1913 [39: 13-Aug-1913]
Member of the Carnamah Cricket Club in 1915 [9: 10-Dec-1915]
Gardener of Wattlegrove in Welshpool in 1925 [50]
Gardener of 19 Woodstock Street in the Perth suburb of Mount Hawthorn in 1931 [50]
In 1936 he was living at 311 Lord Street in Perth [50]
Died 4 February 1936; buried at the Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth, Western Australia (Seventh Day Adventist, AA, 127) [2]
Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Frederick Coldwell' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 26 December 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/frederick-coldwell [reference list] |
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