BROWN, Alfred Edmund

(22/02/1842-1915)

Alfred was born in New Zealand and died in Fremantle. He was the son of William Payne and Mary Elizabeth. Alfred married in 1892 to Lillian Gibbs (1872-1911) in Bunbury. Lillian was born in Bunbury as the daughter of James Dalgety and Alice. Alfred remarried Ann Hathaway. Alfred and Lillian's children were May Elizabeth (1892-) and Violet Alice (1894-). Alfred worked as a boat builder in New Zealand and Western Australia between 1888 and1889. He then worked as a pearling lugger in 1910 and launched in 1911. He worked in the yards at Marine Terrace and then Elizabeth Street in North Fremantle. He built the Westralian in 1913. He was a benefactor of Sister Kate's children camp in 1913. He was a member of the Church of England.

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