STOKES, Thomas

(1865-01/03/1930).

He was born in Greenough and died in Bunbury. He was the son of William and Ellen (originally O'Neill), who arrived in Western Australia in 1860. Thomas married on 05/06/1888 to Jane Baker. Jane arrived in Western Australia on 21/05/1885 on the ship Glen Avon from London. Their children were Ivy (1889-1965), Murie (1892-1915), Thomas (1894-1915), he was a soldier at Gallipoli during World War I and Lily (1895-1978). Thomas was a Saddler and bootmaker in Geraldton. He went to Bunbury in 1898 and established "Stokes Aerated Water Factory". He sank the first bore at Bunbury and supplied the town. Thomas founded the Bunbury Fire Brigade and was Superintendent. He was also a Councillor in 1898.

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