Michael DROMEY
Born 1859 in Avoca, Victoria, Australia [15]
Son of Nicholas DROMEY and Alice WALSH [15]
Married Euphemia MCKEAN in Perth in 1889 [15]
Their son Vivian died aged ten months on 29 February 1892, and their son Cyril died aged six months on 21 October 1892 [231]
Both their two infant sons were buried in the same plot at the East Perth Cemetery [231]
Butcher in partnership with his brother N. William DROMEY as "Dromey Bros" in William Street, Perth in 1893 [6]
Won 1st prize for Rough Coated Collie Bitch at the WA Poultry & Dog Society's Annual Show in Perth in 1893 [39: 17-Aug-1893]
Resided in Hay Street, Perth in 1893; in Howick Street, Perth in 1894; and in Lamb Street, Perth in 1895 [6]
Resided at 70 Hutt Street, Perth in 1897 and at 68 Moore Street, East Perth in 1899 [6]
Butcher at 152 Pier Street in Perth in 1900 [6]
Grazier in 1903 and Manager in 1904 of Ninghan Station at Field's Find in the Murchison [6] [50]
Selector in Gunyidi in 1910 [50]
By 1911 he and his son had each taken up a Conditional Purchase lease of prospective farmland in Gunyidi [44]
Farmer in Gunyidi 1911-1927 [19]
From 1925-26 he owned a Rugby car, which was registered with the Carnamah District Road Board with licence plate CA-46 [325]
A year later, from 1926-27 he also had an Overland truck, which contained licence plate CA-123 [325]
He and his younger son attended the monthly meeting of the Carnamah District Road Board on 13 September 1927 [4: 23-Sep-1927]
They requested the Board pay them for work they'd done on six miles of road worth 10/- per chain so they could pay their rates [4]
The Road Board had to inspect the road first but said nothing would be paid until they had paid all of their arrears [4]
Resided in the Perth suburb of East Perth in 1928 [2]
Father of Vivian Nicholas, Cyril Lima and Glen James [15]
Died 17 October 1928 in Perth; buried at the Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth, Western Australia (Roman Catholic, BA, 479) [2] [15]
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Michael Dromey' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 26 December 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/michael-dromey [reference list] |
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