Mary Edith LOOKE / MCDERMOTT
Born 1889 in Dongara, Western Australia [15]
Daughter of Henry John LOOKE and Emma Jane ANDERSON [15]
Married "Fred" Frederick MCDERMOTT in the Perth suburb of Guildford in 1909 [15]
Resided with her husband and children in Mingenew [19]
Won 1st prizes for Beetroot and Bread at the Three Springs Agricultural Society's First Annual Show in 1928 [4: 29-Sep-1928]
Mostly comically dressed lady as a "Golfer" at the Fancy Dress Ball in Mingenew on Thursday 10 October 1929 [4: 19-Oct-1929]
She and her daughter Elsie spent a holiday at Dongara Beach in January 1932 [4: 16-Jan-1932]
Won 1st prize for Onions and 2nd for Peas at the Three Springs Agricultural Show held on 13 September 1934 [5: 21-Sep-1934]
Attended the funeral of Mrs Mary J. STEPHEN of Arrino and Mingenew at the Mingenew Cemetery on 15 August 1939 [4: 19-Aug-1939]
Mother of Elsie Clyde, Frederick Reginald, Dorothy, Reginald Edward and Donald Kevin [15]
Died in 1959 in Three Springs, Western Australia [15]
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Mary Edith Looke / McDermott' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 19 December 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/mary-edith-looke [reference list] |
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