Grace Emily SHEARS / READ

Born 1877 in Pyrford, Surrey, England ^{[20] [21]}
Daughter of William SHEARS and Ellen INGRAM ^{[20] [21]}
On the night of the 1881 census she was living with her parents and brother Harold at 2 Tinkers Lane in Woking, Surrey, England ^[20]
Her father was the farmer of 660 acres in 1881 and at that time employed 30 labourers, 11 boys and 9 women ^[20]
In 1891 she was living with her parents, siblings May, Blanch, Mary and Harold and uncle James SHEARS at Lees Farm in Pyrford ^[20]
She was still living on Lees Farm in Pyrford, Sussex, England but with her parents, brother Harold and sisters May and Mary in 1901 ^[20]
Married John READ in 1906 in Middlesex, England ^[21]
In 1911 she, her husband and their two children were living with her mother-in-law on Elm Tree Farm in Wembley, Middlesex, England ^[20]
Along with husband and children departed London, England on the steamship Esperance Bay on 5 December 1922 ^[P66]
After a voyage of exactly one month they arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on the Esperance Bay on 5 January 1923 ^[P66]
Upon their arrival in Western Australia they resided in Fremantle for three months before shifting to Coorow ^[P66]
Resided on Tokyngton Farm in Coorow, Western Australia from 1923 until 1951 ^[P66]
Along with her daughter Joan, son Tom and Edgar FOWLER travelled to Perth by car on Tuesday 13 March 1934 ^{[5: 16-Mar-1934]}
Had Mr and Mrs BIRMINGHAM of West Perth as guests at their home in Coorow during early July 1936 ^{[5: 3-Jul-1936]}
Financial Member of the Coorow-Waddy Forest Districts Agricultural Society in 1936 ^[150]
Passed away at the North Midlands District Hospital in Three Springs ^[1]
Mother of Joan, John, Elizabeth and Thomas ^[P66]
Died 13 April 1951; buried at the Winchester Cemetery in Carnamah, Western Australia (Row F, Plot 11) ^[1]

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