Person Sheet
Person Sheet
NameRobert Bownds, GG Grandfather, M
Christen8 Mar 1850, Kilmore, VIC, Australia56 Age: 4
Elec Roll1906, Hay River Siding (Narrikup), WA, Australia Age: 60
Elec Roll1917, Narrikup, WA, Australia Age: 71
MemoOld Mens Home (depot)
MemoLocation: RC/BB/0226A, App num: KB00021010, Public Grave
OccupationLabourer, Contractor and Farmer
ReligionRoman Catholic
FatherWilliam Bown , M (1806-1893)
MotherHonora (Annah, Norry) Baragry , F (1826-<1872)
Misc. Notes
Mrs Margaret Clifton remembers her Grandmother speaking very highly of Robert as a very hard working honest man. He was a general contractor and did fencing work amongst other things.318
The probate of William Bownds in 1904 states that his only other Sons Robert and Albert are in Coolgardie in WA. One could assume that they had gone in search of gold in the WA goldfields.
Robert Bownds, late of Narrikup, to May Hannan, £47 10s.1549
Just a bit on Walter Bounds he went to Western Australia with Robert Julia, Robert and Thomas Henry in 1895 he contracted Phthisis (TB)he returned to Victoria in January 1903 and passed away in Albury Hospital on the 27 March he was not married.
Thomas Henry was working in the Bunbury Collie area I don't know if he had an accedent or died of some complaint he passed away in Bunbury on the 27 May 1904 aged 22 he was not married.
Regards
Fred
The Daily News (Perth, WA : 1882 - 1950) Sat 20 Nov 1920 Page 5 £ S.D.
Robert Bownds, late of Narrikup, to May Hannan, £47 10s.
The probate of William Bownds in 1904 states that his only other Sons Robert and Albert are in Coolgardie in WA. One could assume that they had gone in search of gold in the WA goldfields.
Robert Bownds, late of Narrikup, to May Hannan, £47 10s.1549
Just a bit on Walter Bounds he went to Western Australia with Robert Julia, Robert and Thomas Henry in 1895 he contracted Phthisis (TB)he returned to Victoria in January 1903 and passed away in Albury Hospital on the 27 March he was not married.
Thomas Henry was working in the Bunbury Collie area I don't know if he had an accedent or died of some complaint he passed away in Bunbury on the 27 May 1904 aged 22 he was not married.
Regards
Fred
The Daily News (Perth, WA : 1882 - 1950) Sat 20 Nov 1920 Page 5 £ S.D.
Robert Bownds, late of Narrikup, to May Hannan, £47 10s.
Spouses
1Julia Mary Egan, GG Grandmother, F
MemoNote age at Death was noted as 72, means she was born in 1837
Immigration documents have Rathmore, Kilcolman
Immigration documents have Rathmore, Kilcolman
Burial18 Dec 1909, Karrakatta Cemetery, Perth, WA, Australia1213
MemoLocation: ANGLICAN /CC/0146, App num: KB00009335, Public Grave
OccupationHousehold Duties
FatherPatrick Egan , M (-<1900)
MotherBridget Hallinan , F (-<1900)
Misc. Notes
A BIG LAND SCRAMBLE Forty-nine applications were lodged for block 59, Bonegilla, and the whole of the applicants, save one, appeared at the Wodonga Land Board on Wednesday. Messrs Lane and Stewart, land officers, presided, and two of the applicants— Messrs Flanagan and Maginness—were represented by Messrs P. J. Berry Clinch and F. H. Tuthill respectively. John Bassett was the first applicant called. He said he was a tobacconist, at Wodonga. Had no selection in Victoria, but had selected land in New South Wales. Had six in family. Julia Bownds, a married woman, was the mother of a large family. W. R. Bownds was a single man, 18 years of age, and was agreeable, if he were successful in obtaining the block, to make a home of it. 1550
3. Julia Bownds, 250 acres, block 59, Bonegilla
4. William R. Bownds, 250 acres, block 59, Bonegilla
3. Julia Bownds, 250 acres, block 59, Bonegilla
4. William R. Bownds, 250 acres, block 59, Bonegilla
Marriage6 Jan 1868, Ovens River, VIC, Australia53
ChildrenWilliam Robert , M (1868-1895)
Mary Ann , F (1870-1907)
John James , M (1871-1953)
Walter Edward , M (1873-1903)
Robert , M (1874-1948)
Thomas Henry , M (1882-1904)
Kitty (Ida) (Adopted), F