Minnie CAMPBELL / SAUNDERS

Born C.1876 ^[24]
Daughter of Charles CAMPBELL and Aboriginal woman Jinnie ^{[38] [40] [332]}
Married David SAUNDERS on 9 May 1893 ^[332]
Resided in Arrino ^[24]
During the hotter months of the year she, her sister and their mother would accompany her mother's people to the coast ^{[219: page 16]}
Her mother was a member of a group of Aboriginal people referred to by farming families as the Forked Thumb Tribe ^{[219: pages 13, 24]}
     At infancy the thumb of one hand was split from the nail as far as the first joint, which healed as two smaller thumbs ^{[219: page 13]}
     The group lived at a freshwater swamp known as Cooke Swamp in Dudawa, East Arrino for most of the year ^{[219: pages 13, 16]}
     During the hotter months of the year the group moved to near Cliff Head on the coast ^{[219: page 16]}
Her father, a pastoralist of Arrino, passed away in 1920 and in his will left her half of his estate ^[38]
Mother of David, Alice, Margaret, and Alexander Horton ^[15]
Died 7 July 1921 in Geraldton; buried at Three Springs General Cemetery in Three Springs (Anglican, Unsurveyed Corner) ^[24]
Her funeral was undertaken by Isaac WALLACE and in the absence of a minister local farmer Evander W. FRANKLIN officiated ^[24]

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