Margaret Sibbison JAMES / BATEMAN

Born 1900 in Daylesford, Victoria, Australia ^[54]
Daughter of John Robert JAMES and Margaret Burt HYND ^[54]
Married "Bert" Albert Edward Parker BATEMAN in Perth in 1928 ^[66]
She and her husband shifted to Three Springs in about 1928 after purchasing S. Frank MALEY's Pundari Farm ^[P119]
They initially resided in a house on Pundari Farm and then in 1929 had a house built on their second property, Dalyesford Farm ^[P119]
Resided with her husband on Daylesford Farm in Three Springs from 1929 ^[P119]
Once settled in Three Springs her husband's children, who had been living with their grandparents, came to live with them ^[P119]
Her stepdaughter Rita said that if no one had told her she would never have thought of Margaret as anyone but her mother ^[P119]
Attended the Three Springs Agricultural Society's Annual Ball on 25 September 1930 in cream georgette and silver lace ^{[4: 11-Oct-1930]}
Attended the Grand Ball following the Three Spring Agricultural Show on 22 September 1932 in a frock of green silk voile ^{[5: 7-Oct-1932]}
Attended the Show Ball after the Three Springs Agricultural Show on the evening of Thursday 21 September 1933 ^{[5: 29-Sep-1933]}
Member of the Three Springs branch of the Country Women's Association ^[P119]
Resided with her husband on farmland in Three Springs however by 1964 were living in Mayrhofer Street, Three Springs ^[60]
They had left the farm and shifted into the Three Springs townsite after a cyclone blew down their farmhouse ^[P119]
Resident of Three Springs until her death in 1974 ^[2]
Stepmother of Gweneth, Ronald and Rita ^[P119]
Mother of Albert, Lawrence and Norman ^[P119]
Died 30 August 1974 at the C.W.A. Home in Perth; buried Three Springs General CemeteryJames in Three Springs (Methodist, Plot 61) ^[24]

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