Born 1879 in Scarsdale, Victoria, Australia [15]
Son of George SPEEDIE and Lucy CRICK [15]
Tailor in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia in 1903 [50]
Married "Ellen" Harriet Ellen HURN in 1906 [66]
Tailor in Laverton, Western Australia in 1907 and 1908 [6]
Tailor in Murrin Murrin, Western Australia in 1909 and 1910 [6]
Upon leaving the goldfields he shifted to Perth where he worked as a Bread Carter carting bread in a horse drawn cart [P281]
Resided at 8 Lytton Avenue in the Perth suburb of Highgate Hill in 1912 [6]
Resided on Selwyn Road in the Perth suburb of Belmont Park 1913-1938 [6]
Travelled from Belmont to Carnamah with his daughter Marion and son-in-law Michael J. CLUNE in June 1937 [5: 11-Jun-1937]
Resided at 12 Selwyn Road in the Perth suburb of Rivervale 1939-1945 [6]
Caretaker of Lake Side Farm in Carnamah for his son-in-law Michael J. CLUNE [P281] in 1947 [19]
After leaving Carnamah he returned to Ballarat to care for one of his sisters who had gone blind [P281]
Father of Jessie, George, Marion and Katherine [P281]
Died 1961 in Ballarat [54]; buried Ballarat Cemetery in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia [P281]
Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Peter Speedie ' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 26 December 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/peter-speedie [reference list] |
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