David Steadman LOW
Born 2 January 1878 in Lintrathen, Forfar, Scotland [28]
Son of Findlay LOW and Jane STEADMAN [28]
His father worked as a Farm Servant and Ploughman [20] [28]
He was living with his parents and siblings John, Andrew and Isabella at Knowehead in Glenisla, Forfar, Scotland in 1901 [20]
In 1907 he was working as a Police Constable and living at 7 Ferrier Street in Leith, Midlothian, Scotland [28]
Married Elizabeth Ramsay LUMSDEN on 28 June 1907 in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland[28]
Witnesses to their marriage were his brother Allan LOW and Agnes C. LUMSDEN [28]
Departed London, England on the steamship Osterley and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 28 November 1911 [70]
His wife and three children left England on the steamship Ajana and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 1 February 1913 [70]
In 1914 he was living with his wife and children at Culham in the Newcastle-Toodyay district [34] [84]
Worked away from home as a Contract Clearer on H. Randolph CHRISTIE's Felton Mains Farm in Carnamah during 1914 [34]
By 1915 his wife and presumably children had joined him in Carnamah, and by 1916 his brother Andrew was also in Carnamah [19] [50]
Farmhand and Contractor in Carnamah 1915-1921 [6] [19] [50]
From 1917 to 1919 he worked as a Contractor in Carnamah in partnership with his brother Andrew LOW [6]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of East Fremantle [2]
Father of Elizabeth, Findlay, Jane and David [70] [84]
Died 27 September 1959; buried Fremantle Cemetery, Perth suburb of Palmyra (Presbyterian, EE, 417) [2]
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'David Steadman Low' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 19 December 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/david-steadman-low [reference list] |
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