NORTH, Frederick

(05/01/1861-13/10/1949).

Frederick was born and died at Bunbury. He was the son of Daniel and Eliza. He married Elizabeth Hayes (19/04/1860 -24/07/1947) in 1884 at Albany. She was the daughter of John and Mary née Dobbs Hayes. Their children were John Daniel (1888-), born in Albany, William (1893-), born in Albany, Mary Agnes (1885-) in Bunbury and Eva (1890-), born in Albany. He worked on timber cargo ships as a carting contractor at Albany for the railway works. He bought 30 acres of land from the West Australia Land Company at Torbar Inlet in 1889. He was a pioneer settler at Grassmere, Elleker (Albany), growing cabbages for timber workers and vegetables and potatoes for the goldfields market. The first consignments were sent while the railhead was at Southern Cross. He was a member of the Albany Road Board in 1902. He retired to Bunbury sometime in the 1920s. He became a Justice of the Peace in 1912.

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