Malcolm Fenwick LAURIE
Born 1878 in Witham, Essex, England [20] [21]
When the 1881 census was taken he was with his widowed grandmother Catherine LAURIE at Newland Street in Witham, Essex [20]
Ten years later, in 1891, he was a boarding student at the Grammar School in Snettisham, Norfolk, England [20]
Storekeeper in Coorow, Western Australia 1929-1935 [19]
Conducted a business from leased premises in Coorow from 1929 until 1932 [5: 18-Nov-1932]
His premises had previously been the store of Heinrich W. BOTHE on the corner of Poynton Parade and Main Street [4: 24-Sep-1929]
In 1929 he dispensed "the best of provisions, clothing, etc., to the capable settlers of the district" [5: 18-Nov-1932]
On the expiration of his lease purchased a block in Coorow from the Bank of New South Wales and had a store erected [5: 18-Nov-1932]
He was one of 98 people from the Coorow district who signed a petition in 1929 for a local hotel license to be granted [39: 6-Feb-1929]
He visited Perth during the last week of June 1929 [4: 29-Jun-1929]
After spending the weekend in Moora he returned to Coorow on Tuesday 11 November 1930 [12: 13-Nov-1930]
In 1932 owned an Oldsmobile car and Rugby truck with license plates CA-67 and CA-281 [4: 12-Nov-1932]
Attended a large meeting in Three Springs to form a North Midlands Chamber of Commerce on 18 November 1932 [4: 26-Nov-1932]
Attended the Valedictory Dinner tendered to Alexander B. GLOSTER at the Coorow Hotel on Monday 3 July 1933 [5: 7-Jul-1933]
Member of the Coorow Waddy Forest Progress Association - was Secretary in 1933 and 1934 [5: 16-Mar-1934] [120: 5-Oct-1933]
Departed Coorow on Friday 12 January 1934 to spend two or three weeks holiday in Perth [5: 19-Jan-1934]
Member of the Coorow Golf Club - was Secretary in 1934 [5: 17-May-1935]
By May 1935 he was no longer living in Coorow [5: 17-May-1935]
Later resided in Mia Mia [2]
Died 2 May 1951; ashes interred at Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth, Western Australia (Crematorium Rose Gardens, 8D, 1) [2]
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Malcolm Fenwick Laurie' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 18 November 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/malcolm-fenwick-laurie [reference list] |
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