"Viv" Vivian Horace DONEY
Son of "Jim" James Horace DONEY and "Vene" Lavinia Bertha HOSKING [P390]
Shifted to Coorow with his parents at the age of two years in 1940 [P390]
Student at the Coorow State School until the age of 14 when he began working his father's business in Coorow [P390]
Worked in his father's machinery business and helped set up and run the Coorow townsite's electricity supply [P390]
Took over his father's business when his Dad retired and moved to Perth in 1965[P390]
Ran the business for five years in partnership with his younger brother Ken [P390]
Member of the Coorow Tennis Club and the Coorow Golf Club [P390]
Built a house at Green Head - was the third person to buy a block there for which he paid $370 [P390]
Upon expanding the business to Moora in 1970 he shifted with his wife and three children to Moora [P390]
Along with his wife left Moora and retired to the southern coastal Perth suburb of Mandurah in 1987 [P390]
Husband of Colleen [P390]
Father of Craig, Peta and Susan [P390]
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Vivian Horace Doney' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 19 December 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/vivian-horace-doney [reference list] |
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