Amy SLOPER / ROWLAND
Born 23 August 1889 in Dongara, Western Australia [P13]
Daughter of Charles SLOPER and Emily PETTIT [15]
Baptised aged eight weeks by Methodist Minister Horace FAULL at the Wesleyan Church in Dongara on 20 October 1889 [84]
Married "Clarrie" Clarence Augustus ROWLAND on 7 August 1907 [P13]
Resided with husband and children on farmland at Yardarino in the Irwin district in the 1910s and very early 1920s [P13]
In 1921 shifted to Carnamah with her husband and children [P13]
Resided with husband and children on Hillview Farm in Carnamah from 1921[P13] until at least the 1940s [6]
Attended and won the ladies prize at the card evening held at the Billeroo School Hall on 30 July 1932 [5: 5-Aug-1932]
Sent a wreath for the grave of Christina B. D. FORRESTER of Carnamah at the Winchester Cemetery on 31 August 1934 [4: 8-Sep-1934]
During October 1935 Mrs C. SLOPER and Miss R. WASS of Dongara spent a holiday staying with her in Carnamah [5: 18-Oct-1935]
Attended the funeral of Carnamah agent William B. SHERIDAN at the Winchester Cemetery on 27 January 1936 [5: 31-Jan-1936]
Member of the Carnamah R.S.L. Women's Auxiliary - was Vice President in 1948[0: image 04506]
Later resided at 4 Manuka Place in the Perth suburb of Duncraig [1]
Passed away after a stroke at the Two Pines Nursing Home in the Perth suburb of Maylands at the age of 86 years [90]
Mother of John, Gladys, Syd, Percy, Keith and Amy [14]
Died 5 December 1975; ashes buried Winchester Cemetery, Carnamah (Row T, Plot 11) [1]
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Amy Sloper / Rowland' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 19 December 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/amy-sloper [reference list] |
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