Phoebe Alma HENRY / BYRNE / JOHNSON / DON / ARMSTRONG

Born 1904 in Cottesloe, Western Australia ^[15]
Daughter of Charles Frederick Alexander HENRY and Charlotte DOUST ^{[15] [50]}
Married (1) "Eddie" Edmund Keen BYRNE in Fremantle on 17 December 1921 ^{[39: 15-Aug-1927]}
She and her first husband initially lived in the Perth suburbs of Bassendean and Subiaco ^{[86: 16-Aug-1927]}
Resided with her husband on Slaughter Street in the Three Springs townsite ^[50]
After nine months in Three Springs she shifted to Fremantle, where she lived in a rented room with their daughter ^{[338: 27-Aug-1927]}
In mid 1926 she moved in with Bob JOHNSON, after which her husband demanded that their daughter return to live with him ^[86]
She refused to hand over their daughter but relented when her husband threatened violence against JOHNSON ^{[86: 16-Aug-1927]}
Their daughter Sybil returned to Three Springs, where she passed away aged  three years on 16 December 1926 ^{[4: 1-Jan-1927] [24]}
Married (2) "Bob" Robert Henry JOHNSON in Perth in 1928 ^[66]
Married (3) Leslie Henry DON in 1933 ^[66]
In 1936 her husband was working as a Labourer and they were living at 332 Fitzgerald Street in Northam ^[50]
Her son Desmond Keen BYRNE, from her first marriage, lived with his grandfather on Eastbourne Farm in Three Springs ^{[5: 12-Oct-1934]}
Her first three marriages all ended in divorce ^{[310: 9-May-1942]}
Married (4) John ARMSTRONG in 1942 ^[66]
In 1943 she and her fourth husband were living at 76 Brown Hill in Boulder ^[50]
They then resided at 6 Walcott Street in the Perth suburb of Mount Lawley from 1943 until at least 1968 ^[50]
Her husband John passed away at the age of 59 on 2 April 1969 and was buried at the Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth ^[2]
She continued to reside in the Perth suburb of Mount Lawley and following her death was buried in the same plot as her late husband ^[2]
Died 18 February 1970; buried at the Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth, Western Australia (Anglican, PC, 738) ^[2]

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