Mrs Mary ATTWOOD / SIMPTON
Born C.1871 [2]
Married (1) Henry ATTWOOD, who had died by 1919 [215]
Married (2) John SIMPTON in Carnamah in 1919 [66]
Resided with her second husband in Coorow 1919-1921 and in Gunyidi 1921-1924 [2] [6] [44] [215]
Guaranteed to contribute to the teacher's salary if the attendance at the Coorow State School fell below eight students in 1919 [215]
Resided at 45 Tuam Street in the Perth suburb of Victoria Park 1925-1933[3]
Following her husband's death in 1929 she paid rates for his two vacant quarter acre blocks in the Carnamah townsite [3]
The two blocks were 9 Yarra Street (Lot 13 of Victoria Location 1936) and 10 Yarra Street (Lot 14 of Victoria Location 1936) [3]
Resided at Wilroy northeast of Mullewa 1933-1936 [3] [50]
Resided at 14 Kate Crescent in the Perth suburb of Victoria Park 1936-1941 [3]
Died 1 September 1941; buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth WA (Anglican, UC, 176)[2]
Following her death rates for the two blocks in Carnamah were sent to her son Paul ATTWOOD of Victoria Park [3]
By 1952 there was £5/2/6 of unpaid rates for the two blocks in Carnamah owing to the Carnamah District Road Board [4: 2-Aug-1952]
Subsequently the Carnamah District Road Board advertised and sold the two blocks to recover the money owed [4: 2-Aug-1952]
9 Yarra Street was sold to David I. M. BOWMAN and 10 Yarra Street was sold to Mrs Stella M. REYNOLDS, both of Carnamah [3]
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Mary Attwood / Simpton' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 19 December 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/mary-attwood [reference list] |
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