William Richard COCKING
Born 21 March 1869 [114]
Married Mary Louisa JURY in Perth in 1890 [15]
Labourer, Ganger and then Leading Repairman for the WA Government Railways in Perth 1891-1912 [114]
His wife, late of East Perth, passed away at the age of 39 years on 4 July 1909 and was buried at the Karrakatta Cemetery [2]
In 1912 purchased Fred CLOSE's 1330 acre farm in Wannamal, which consisted of Swan Locations 2228, 2229 and 2451 [114]
Farmer of Sylvania Farm in Wannamal 1912-1937 [114]
Member of the Wannamal Hall Committee in 1914-1917 - was President in 1915 [114]
Foundation Member of the Methodist Band of Hope formed in Wannamal 1914 [114]
During a kangaroo hunt in Wannamal in November 1920 he fell from his horse and broke his collar bone [114]
His eldest daughter Hilda passed away in Perth in 1922, after a nervous breakdown followed by rheumatic fever and a stroke [114]
Farmer in Three Springs in 1928 and 1929 [19], after which he appears to have returned to Wannamal [114]
Upon his retirement in 1937 his son Harry took over the running of his Sylvania Farm in Wannamal [114]
In 1938 he was once again living in Three Springs, and working locally as a Labourer [19]
Returned to Wannamal and resided in a small house on Sylvania Farm that had previously been used to accommodate shearers [114]
In 1949 and possibly during some of the early 1950s he once more resided in Three Springs [19], but then returned to Wannamal [2]
Attended the Back to Wannamal Ball to celebrate the 40th Birthday of the Wannamal Hall on 6 September 1952 [114]
Resided in Wannamal until his death in 1953 [2] [114]
Father of Hilda May, Ethel Elizabeth, Henry Edward, Evelyn Myra, Ruth, William Victor and Olive Edna [4: 23-Feb-1929] [15]
His daughter Ethel married James K. HEBITON, and his other three daughters married three sons from James' first marriage [4]
Died 7 November 1953 in Wannamal; buried at the Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth, Western Australia (Wesleyan, AA, 295) [2] [114]
From The Irwin Index newspaper, Saturday 23 February 1929:
"Mr. J. K. Hebiton and Mrs. Hebiton have just returned to Three Springs from a visit to Perth, where at the Brisbane Street Methodist Church they attended the weddings of Messrs. Don and Bob Hebiton. On Saturday, February 15, Mr. Don Hebiton was married to Miss Olive Cocking, and on Monday, February 18, Mr. Bob Hebiton and Miss Evelyn Cocking were pronounced man and wife. The Hebiton family must surely hold a record for a father and three sons have now married four sisters. This is a magnificent testimonial to the family from which so many charming brides have been wooed and won."
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'William Richard Cocking' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 19 December 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/william-richard-cocking [reference list] |
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