"Jack" John Guthrie WILSON

Married widow Mrs Rose MOORE in 1893 in Victoria Australia ^[54]
     Following the birth of their first two children they appear to have left Victoria and shifted to Western Australia ^{[15] [54]}
     Their third child, a daughter named Ilma Rose, was born in Fremantle in 1896 and passed away at the age of seven months in 1897 ^[15]
     By 1898 they had shifted back to Victoria ^[54]
Farmer in Three Springs, Western Australia 1907-1912 ^{[6] [9: 11-Oct-1907] [19]}
His farm was the 451 acre Lot 6 of the Kadathinni Agricultural Area in Three Springs ^[44]
He used the registered horse and cattle firebrand of GW9 on his farm in Three Springs ^[486]
Played for the victorious Three Springs in a cricket match against Arrino on 5 January 1907 ^{[31: 9-Jan-1907]}
He was a Foundation Committee Member of the Kadathinni Cricket Club in Three Springs in 1909 ^{[9: 20-Aug-1909]}
Grew 150 acres of crop on his farm in 1910 ^{[9: 17-Jun-1910]}
     In 1910 grew Alpha and Sullivan's Early varieties of wheat - which both grew 5 feet 8 inches tall with well filled heads ^{[9: 7-Oct-1910]}
     His 1910 crop was "good and regular, and testified to the fertility of the soil, and to a good rainfall" in Three Springs ^{[31: 7-Oct-1910]}
     He was said to have had one of the best wheat crops in the Three Springs district in 1910, which was a crop of Sullivan's Early ^[31]
     The crop had been sown in May with 56 lbs. of super on virgin soil that had only recently been cleared of heavy timber ^{[31: 7-Oct-1910]}
     His crop was among those inspected when Samuel J. F. MOORE M.L.A. visited Three Springs on 30 September 1910 ^{[9: 14-Oct-1910]}
     Exhibited a sheaf of Sullivan's Early wheat at the Moora Agricultural Society's Annual Show in Moora in October 1910 ^{[9: 28-Oct-1910]}
Chaired a meeting in Three Springs on Saturday 18 June 1910, at which the Three Springs Football Club was formed ^{[9: 1-Jul-1910]}
Attended the Social hosted by Charlie and Winifred THOMAS at the schoolroom in Three Springs on 30 July 1910 ^{[9: 12-Aug-1910]}
Member of the Kadathinni Farmers & Progress Association in 1910 ^{[9: 9-Sep-1910]}
Foundation Vice President of the Three Springs Race Club in 1910 and 1911 ^{[9: 23-Dec-1910]}
Steward at the Three Springs Race Club's Inaugural Race Meeting held in Three Springs on Thursday 9 March 1911 ^{[9: 10-Feb-1911]}
In mid 1911 was appointed one of three trustees to make plans for the construction of an Agricultural Hall in Three Springs ^{[9: 2-Jun-1911]}
Helped organise a Concert & Dance in mid 1911, the proceeds of which went to the building of the local Agricultural Hall ^{[9: 2-Jun-1911]}
Played for the losing married men in a Married verses Single cricket match held in Three Springs on 4 February 1912 ^{[9: 1-Mar-1912]}
Member of the committee who had the Agricultural Hall built in Three Springs in 1912 ^{[9: 12-Jul-1912]}
     He was also one of 15 guarantors who covered the £300 debt to complete and furnish the new Agricultural Hall ^{[9: 12-Jul-1912]}
By mid 1912 he and his wife Rose had left Three Springs and were living in the Perth suburb of Bayswater ^[44]
Member of the Three Springs Cricket Club in 1912 ^{[9: 22-Nov-1912]}
Resided on Bridge Street in the Perth suburb of South Guildford in 1913 ^[50]
He appears to have retained his farm at Three Springs until about 1917 when ownership changed to Thomas TIERNEY of Walebing ^[44]
Father of  Jack, Zoe, Ilma, Merle, Cora, Arnold and Norman ^{[15] [39: 18-May-1949]}

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