"Jeanie" Jane JEFFREY / WOODS
Born 1884 in Numurkah, Victoria, Australia [15]
Daughter of Thomas JEFFREY and Jane PEACE [15]
Married Frederick Charles WOODS in 1905 in Bunbury, Western Australia [15]
Their wedding was held at the Anglican Church in Bunbury followed with a reception at the Prince of Wales Hotel [120: 23-Sep-1905]
Her husband worked as a ranger for the Midland Railway Company [34]
Resided with her husband and children in Moora 1910-1914 [6] [10: 29-Sep-1914]
Won 1st prize for a Table Bouquet in the Flower section of the Moora Agricultural Society's Annual Show in 1910 [9: 28-Oct-1910]
Attended the wedding of Walter R. YORK and Florence M. COOK in Moora on 17 September 1914 [10: 22-Sep-1914]
Resided in Moora until Saturday 26 September 1914 when herself, her husband and their children shifted to Winchester [10: 29-Sep-1914]
Attended as "France" the Plain & Fancy Dress Ball in Three Springs on 19 July 1916 in aid of the Red Cross Society [39: 31-Jul-1916]
Resided in Winchester with her husband and children until 1916 [6] [19]
For a number of months resided with her children in Moora while her husband worked in Carnamah [34]
In October 1917 herself and her children were requested to relocate to Carnamah [34]
Her husband's frequent trips to Moora had began interfering with his work and he was notified to transfer his family to Carnamah [34]
She initially objected as the house they would live in, on Lot M935, was too far a distance from the school at Carnamah [34]
In May 1918 the Midland Railway Company moved a house off Lot M967 in Coorow to the Carnamah townsite for them to live in [34]
Resided with her husband and children in Carnamah in 1918 and 1919 [6] [34]
Member of the Carnamah Hall Committee in 1919 [10: 29-Aug-1919]
Held a Euchre Party & Dance at her home in Carnamah on 19 August 1919, raising £13 for the Carnamah Hall Fund [10: 29-Aug-1919]
Won the Best Lady Dancer competition at the Ball that followed the Three Springs Day held on 25 September 1919 [10: 3-Oct-1919]
Herself and her family were tendered a Surprise Farewell Party at their home in Carnamah on Saturday 11 October 1919 [10: 17-Oct-1919]
Visitors turned up from near and far to bid them farewell, and so many that their house was unable to accommodate everyone [10]
She was presented with a silver bush and comb, her husband with a travelling rug, and their children with an envelope of money [10]
Also received her prize for being the Best Lady Dancer at the Three Springs Day held a fortnight earlier [10]
They left Carnamah by train in October 1919 and shifted to the Perth suburb of Midland Junction [10: 17-Oct-1919] [34]
Resided at 41 Helena Street in the Perth suburb of Guildford 1921-1924 [6]
By 1947 herself and her husband were living in the Perth suburb of Glen Forrest[34]
Later resided in the Perth suburb of Claremont [2]
Mother of seven daughters - Austin, Noel, Jean, Ruth, Lina, Nancy and June [39: 14-Nov-1949]
Died 17 September 1974; buried at the Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth, Western Australia (Anglican, WG, 792) [2]
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Jane Jeffrey / Woods' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 19 December 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/jane-jeffrey [reference list] |
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