Catherine Helen Monteith TOD / GROFFIER

Born 5 June 1862 in Leith, Midlothian, Scotland ^[28]
Daughter of wine merchant Henry Monteith TOD and Margaret GIBSON ^[28]
She was born at and spent the earlier years of her life on Constitution Street in Leith ^[28]
The eldest of three, she had younger brother Henry and Charles, the latter of whom died aged three months in 1867 ^[28]
Married Joseph Jean Marie GROFFIER in 1882 in London, England ^[21]
School Teacher of the Arrino State School in Arrino, Western Australia 1909-1912 ^{[19] [73]}
In 1910 and 1911 she received from the Education Department a salary of £2 per week, and in 1912 received £2/10/- per week ^[73]
She requested Lot 72 of the Kadathinni townsite (west side of Three Springs) be released for sale in 1909 ^{[31: 8-Oct-1909]}
Acquired Lot 13 of the Arrino townsite from the State Government on 8 November 1912, which she owned until at least 1936 ^{[44] [61]}
School Teacher at the Narngulu State School in Narngulu 1914-1927 ^{[6] [50] [73] [86: 5-Jan-1928]}
After 15 years in Narngulu she and her husband shifted to Perth in early 1928 ^{[86: 5-Jan-1928]}
Upon leaving they were planning to run a boarding house in Perth for boys attending city schools ^{[86: 5-Jan-1928]}
Resided at 332 Railway Avenue in the Perth suburb of West Leederville in 1928 ^{[86: 14-Jun-1928]}
They hadn't quite been in Perth for six months when within a week both her husband and eldest daughter passed away ^{[86: 14-Jun-1928]}
Resided at 109 Keightley Street in the Perth suburb of Subiaco 1934-1936 ^{[6] [50] [61]}
Mother of Marguerite Eugenie and Helene Isabelle ^{[39: 13-Jun-1928]}
Died 30 August 1938; buried at the Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth, Western Australia (Anglican, RA, 259) ^[2]

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