"Mena" Philomena YAPPO / WOODLEY
Born 7 July 1881 in New Norcia, Western Australia [519]
Daughter of "Paddy" Patrick YAPPO and Mary TAINAN or DINAH [15] [519]
Baptised when just one day old at the Benedictine Mission in New Norcia on 8 July 1881 [519]
She had three Aboriginal grandparents and a grandfather from East Africa [471] [239: Tree 19]
Her father left her in the care of the Benedictine Monastery in New Norcia on 19 October 1892 [519]
She resided at the Benedictine Monastery in New Norcia until at least 1899 [519]
Married Andrew WOODLEY on 28 January 1900 at the Holy Trinity Church in New Norcia [15] [519]
They appear to have resided in Carnamah in 1912 and 1913 [9: 29-Nov-1912, 28-Nov-1913]
She gave birth in Carnamah to their daughter Ethel May in 1912 and son Langlie in 1922 [15]
Later resided in Moora [116]
Mother of Albert, Angelina, Alfred, Dorcia, Mary, Ethel May, Lionel George, Andrew Joseph, Madeline, and Langlie [15]
Died 29 September 1965 in Moora; buried at Moora Public Cemetery in Moora, Western Australia [15] [116]
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Philomena Yappo / Woodley' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 2 July 2025 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/philomena-yappo [reference list] |
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