Rev. Charles William Thomas HEADEN
Born 1889 in Prahran, Victoria, Australia [54]
Son of Charles Herbert HEADEN and Mary Jane WRIGHT [54]
Joined the staff of the Presbyterian Home Mission in 1929 and on 21 March 1929 was appointed Home Missionary in Carnamah [170]
Presbyterian Home Missionary in Carnamah from March to November 1929; he was Ordained in Carnamah in November 1929 [170]
Presbyterian Minister in Carnamah 1929-1931 [1] [4: 24-Aug-1929]
Resided with his wife in Macpherson Street, Carnamah [19]
Conducted Presbyterian Church Services in Carnamah, Inering, Winchester, Billeroo and Waddy Well [4]
Member of the Carnamah Presbyterian Church's Board of Management in 1929 [4: 26-Oct-1929]
Member of the Carnamah Parents & Citizens Association - was Secretary in 1929[4: 31-Aug-1929]
In 1929 he also served on the Board of the Carnamah State School [4: 31-Aug-1929]
In August 1929 he advertised in The Irwin Index newspaper that he had hen eggs for sitting for sale for 6/- a sitting [4: 24-Aug-1929]
The eggs were from Love's single tested strain of White Leghorns and Neil McDonald's champion strain Black Orpingtons [4]
In October 1926 a committee was formed to get the necessary signatures for his ordination 1929 [4: 26-Oct-1929]
The committee consisted of Carnamah storekeeper Andrew SMART and local farmers John BOWMAN and John LEASK [4]
Founding Member of the Carnamah Masonic Lodge No.150 WAC on 21 March 1930[96]
Member of a committee formed in June 1930 to help find work for unemployed Carnamah residents [4: 28-Jun-1930]
Officiated at the wedding of Ernest CHAPMAN and Mora WILLIAMS on 1 March 1930 at Waddy Waddy [4: 8-Mar-1930]
During March 1930 made an urgent trip to Melbourne VIC to visit his mother whose health was failing [4: 22-Mar-1930]
Attended the welcome to Anglican rector Rev. Albert CURTIS held at the Church Hall in Carnamah on 8 September 1930 [4: 6-Sep-1930]
Resigned from his position in Carnamah on 11 July 1931 [170]
He was succeeded as Presbyterian Minister in Carnamah by Rev. John BARNES [105]
Husband of Neina Elizabeth [19]
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Rev. Charles William Thomas Headen' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 19 December 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/charles-william-thomas-headen [reference list] |
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