Lawrence Matthew O'NEILL
Born 1891 in Greenough, Western Australia [15]
Son of Robert Joseph O'NEILL and Annie MCGUINESS [15]
Married Mary Gladys BUNTER in 1919 [66]
Farmhand in Nanson in 1922 [50]
Resided in Nanson via Geraldton before purchasing land in Winchester [34]
He purchased 1,174 acres of virgin land in Winchester from the Midland Railway Company on 12 February 1925 [27]
The 1,174 acres was Lot M1213 of Victoria Location 1938 and cost £704, payable by instalments over 15 years [27]
Farmer in Winchester, South Carnamah [6]
His brothers James Joseph O'NEILL and Cecil Bernard O'NEILL also purchased virgin land and farmed in Winchester [6] [27]
He sold his partly paid off farm on 31 January 1928 to Harold V. MOSEDALE, who sold it CHAPMAN Bros in 1929 [27]
Died 24 December 1971; buried at Utakarra Cemetery in Geraldton, Western Australia [26]
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Lawrence Matthew O'Neill' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 26 December 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/lawrence-matthew-oneill [reference list] |
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