Norah Elizabeth Cordeaux WILSON / WOODHOUSE

Born 1894 in Caistor, Lincolnshire, England ^{[20] [21]}
Daughter of horse dealer Charles WILSON and Catherine Anne BROWN ^{[20] [21]}
     In 1901 she was living with her parents and sisters Margery and Enid at Audleby Villa in Caistor, Lincolnshire, England ^[20]
Prior to leaving England her address was 192 Holland Road, Kensington in London, England ^[203]
     Departed London, England on the steamship Euripides on 1 February 1922 bound for Melbourne, Victoria, Australia ^[203]
     During the voyage on the Euripides she met farmhand John WOODHOUSE who was travelling to Western Australia ^[P181]
Married "James" John WOODHOUSE on 9 February 1923 in Perth, Western Australia^[P181]
     Following their marriage she briefly returned to England and stayed at her former address 192 Holland Road, Kensington ^[203]
     Departed London on the steamship Moldavia on 6 July 1923 and arrived in Fremantle, Western Australia on 9 August 1923 ^{[63] [203]}
Her husband took out a contract with the Midland Railway Company to purchase 773 acres of virgin land in Carnamah ^[27]
     The 773 acres was Lot M1079 of Victoria Location 1935 and cost £638/9/- (16/6 per acre), payable by instalments over 15 years ^[27]
     The contract to purchase the land in Carnamah was transferred from her husband's name and into her name on 22 October 1924 ^[27]
Resided with her husband and later also daughter Pamela on their farm in Carnamah 1924-1928 ^{[19] [60]}
     By 1926 all instalments owing on their farm had been paid and she was the freehold owner of Lot M1079 ^[61]
     They sold their farm in Carnamah to Arthur A. LIGHTFOOT in early 1928 and purchased a farm at Winchester ^{[4: 4-Feb-1928] [61]}
Resided on farmland in Winchester, South Carnamah in 1928 and 1929 ^{[4: 4-Feb-1928, 9-Jun-1928, 15-Jun-1929] [50]}
They departed Fremantle, Western Australia on the steamship Ballarat and arrived in Plymouth, England on 21 January 1930 ^[204]
Following their arrival their intended address was 92 Holland Park, Kensington in London, England ^[204]

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