"Dot" Dorothy May KENNEDY / FRANKLIN
Born 27 April 1923 in Fremantle, Western Australia [P295]
Daughter of Joseph KENNEDY and Lena Maude JEFFERSON [P295]
Moved around with her parents to places including Carnarvon, Fremantle, Mingenew and Three Springs [P295]
Came 2nd in the Under 14 Years Horse Riding Competition at the Three Springs Agricultural Show in 1936 [5: 25-Sep-1936]
Competed for Mingenew at the inaugural North Midlands Athletic Sports Meeting in Three Springs on Friday 23 October 1936 [5]
She won the 13 Years & Over Girls Running Race and the 13 Years & Over Girls Skipping Race [5]
Tied for 1st place in the 12 Years & Over Girls Potato Race and came 3rd in the 12 Years & Over Girls Tyre Race [5: 30-Oct-1936]
After leaving school worked as a Telephonist at the Post Office in Three Springs[P295]
During her time as Telephonist in Three Springs she met local grocery shop proprietor Alan Hector FRANKLIN [P295]
Married Alan Hector FRANKLIN on 23 August 1941 at the Wesley Church in the Perth suburb of Claremont [P295]
Resided in a house in Slaughter Street in the Three Springs townsite 1941-1953[P295]
In 1953 they shifted to a newly built house on Wattle Grove Farm in Three Springs (renamed The Wattles Farm in 1954) [P295]
After her husband semi-retired they resided in a house in the Railway Road in the Three Springs townsite [P295]
Member of the Three Springs Bowling Club - loved playing bowls and won several single trophies and Champion of Champions [P295]
Left Three Springs in 1995 and shifted to Geraldton [P295]
Resided with her daughter Norma at 12 Longva Road in the Geraldton suburb of Moresby 1995-1997 [P295]
Mother of Margaret, Norma and Valerie [P295]
Died 10 February 1997; cremated at the Fremantle Cemetery in the Perth suburb of Palmyra [P295]
Her ashes were buried on The Wattles Farm in Three Springs [P295]
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Dorothy May Kennedy / Franklin' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 18 November 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/dorothy-may-kennedy [reference list] |
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