Sydney Burt WORKMAN
Born 19 October 1869 in Stroud, Gloucestershire, England [P108]
Son of farm bailiff Frederick WORKMAN and Ellen PATRIDGE [P108]
In 1871 he was living with his parents, brother Albert and George, and sisters Emma and Ada in Bisley, Gloucester [20]
Ten years later he was working as a 'Farm Lad' and was living with his parents and eight siblings in Basingstoke, Hampshire [20]
Farmhand on The Seven Springs Farm near Cheltenham, Gloucestershire 1885-1897 [P108]
Between 1897 and 1899 he left England and shifted to Western Australia [P108]
Railway Stationmaster in Arrino, Western Australia 1899-1901 [6]
Married Josephine PHILLIPS on 25 December 1903 at a private home in the Perth suburb of Highgate [P108]
Farmer in Kulin, Western Australia 1904-1935 [P108]
Following the death of his wife in 1935 he shifted with his son Frederick and daughter Margaret to the Perth suburb of Kenwick [P108]
In or near 1936 or 1937 they left Kenwick and moved to a small farm in Mandurah, where he resided until his death in 1943 [P108]
Father of Frederick Robert, Jean Phillips and Margaret Kathleen [P108]
Died 2 June 1943; buried at Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth, Western Australia (General, BA, 160) [2]
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Sydney Burt Workman' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 19 December 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/sydney-burt-workman [reference list] |
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