Alice Amelia READ / BROWN / OLIVER

Born 31 March 1879 in Victoria Plains, Western Australia ^{[15] [193]}
Daughter of William READ and Sarah Jane BROAD ^{[15] [193]}
Resided with her parents at Niby Niby Farm between Walebing and Round Hill in the Victoria Plains ^{[120: 11-Nov-1898] [193]}
Married (1) "Mickey" Michael Clarence BROWN on 2 November 1898 at the Benedictine Mission in New Norcia ^{[120: 11-Nov-1898]}
Resided with her husband in Moora and later on Woopenatty Station in Arrino ^{[6] [19] [50] [193]}
By 1908 they were living with their children on farmland in Three Springs ^[19]
In early 1910 she purchased 338½ acres of land in Three Springs at 12/6 per acre ^{[9: 4-Mar-1910]}
The famous lecturer Jessie ACKERMANN stayed with her and her husband when she visited Three Springs in 1910 ^{[9: 29-Apr-1910]}
Committee Member of the Three Springs branch of the Liberal League in 1912 ^{[39: 26-Nov-1912]}
Towards the end of 1915 they left Three Springs and shifted to their farm in Bowgada ^{[9: 5-Nov-1915]}
Following her husband's death in 1917 she oversaw the management of the farm in Bowgada ^[193]
Married (2) Alfred OLIVER in 1920 at the Anglican Church in Greenough ^[193]
Following their marriage Alfred managed the farm in Bowgada, where they resided until 1927 ^[193]
In 1927 they shifted to the Perenjori townsite where she ran a boarding house ^[193]
Resided in Perenjori until a month before her death in 1931, where illness necessitated her removal to Perth ^[193]
Mother of Louis, Eileen, Josephine, Lily, Michael, Alice, Theresa, Rita, Daphne and "Bob" Frederick BROWN ^[193]
By her second husband she was the mother of one son - "Jim" James OLIVER ^[193]
Died 13 November 1931; buried at Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth, Western Australia (Roman Catholic, AA, 25A) ^[2]

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