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Biographical Dictionary - Coorow, Carnamah, Three Springs


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"Grace" Hilda Grace COUSINS / COSGROVE

Born 1892 in Walkaway, Western Australia [15]
Daughter of "Harry" Henry William COUSINS and Clara Elizabeth KING [15]
Resided with her parents in Walkaway until shifting with them to farmland in Arrino [P2]
Student at the Arrino State School in Arrino, along with one of her brothers and one of her sisters, in 1908 [5: 6-Mar-1908]
She wrote to 'Uncle Bob' of The Midlands Advertiser newspaper on 3 March 1908 [5: 6-Mar-1908]
In her letter she wrote of the heat, that there had been a few bush fires and that they struck a good soak for water [5: 6-Mar-1908]
She also wrote of an upcoming cricket match in Carnamah and and that she thought she had a good schoolmaster [5: 6-Mar-1908]
In 1908 John DODD of Arrino was charged for indecently dealing with her but was found not guilty at court [9: 6-Nov-1908, 11-Dec-1908]
Attended the Plain & Fancy Dress Ball in Three Springs on Easter Monday 24 March 1913 dressed as a Runaway Girl [9:4-Apr-1913]
Waitress in Yalgoo in 1916 [50]
Married James COSGROVE on 25 June 1918 at the Roman Catholic Church in Cue [379: 12-Jul-1918]
To her wedding she wore "a pretty dress of crepe de chine, daintily tinged with pale pink and pearls" [379: 12-Jul-1918]
Her bridesmaid was her sister, Miss Doris I. COUSINS, who was reported to have "also looked very pretty" [379: 12-Jul-1918]
After their wedding breakfast (reception), she and her husband departed Cue by the midnight train for their home in Meekatharra [379]
Resided at 14 Holmesdale Road and later at 31 Holmesdale Road in the Perth suburb of Midland Junction [50]
Resided of late in the Perth suburb of West Midland [2]
Died 1 March 1978; buried at Midland Cemetery in the Perth suburb of Midland (Roman Catholic, E, 21) [2]


Reference:  Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Hilda Grace Cousins / Cosgrove' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 26 December 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/hilda-grace-cousins [reference list]




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