Harriett Emma LONG / NAIRN

Born 24 July 1860 in Northam, Western Australia ^[P221]
Daughter of William LONG and Sarah GREEN ^[15]
Settled with her parents in Coorow in 1862 ^[P17]
Resided with her parents on Coorow Station, which they pioneered, from 1862 until her marriage in 1877 ^[P17]
In the earlier years their nearest neighbour was James NAIRN and later his son Frank NAIRN on Noolooloo Station ^[P1]
Married Frank Edward NAIRN on 18 December 1877 at the Parish Church in Greenough ^[40]
Resided with her husband and children on Noolooloo Station in what later became the Carnamah-Winchester district ^[P3]
Also resided part time with her husband and children on Claremont Farm in Dongara ^[P3]
Later left her husband and along with their youngest child she is said to have gone to Sydney, New South Wales, Australia ^{[P3] [P17]}
Her husband advertised in April and May of 1895 that he would not be responsible for any debts she contracted ^{[160: 24-May-1895]}
She evidently returned to Western Australia as she was buried at Perth's Karrakatta Cemetery ^[2]
Mother of Charles Harold, Margaret, Amy, Edith Harriett, James William, Bessie Clementina and Frederick ^{[15] [P3]}
Raised her stepson and nephew Edward F. W. NAIRN, the son of her sister Lizzie and her husband who'd been born in 1873 ^{[P3] [P17]}
Died 5 October 1942; buried at Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth, Western Australia (Anglican, LB, 665) ^[2]

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