Dorothy Catherine (Dolly*) Howard
F, #11728, b. 27 February 1908, d. 12 July 1994
 Dorothy Howard |
| Father* | Walter Howard1 b. 1888, d. 22 Jun 1970 |
| Mother* | Agnes Catherine George1 b. 21 Jan 1894, d. 2 Jul 1978 |
| Last Edited | 28 Jun 2021 |
| Birth* | Dorothy Catherine (Dolly*) Howard was born on 27 February 1908 at Fremantle, Western AustraliaG; reg: 47/1909.2 |
| She was the daughter of Walter Howard and Agnes Catherine George.1 | |
| Marriage* | Dorothy Catherine (Dolly*) Howard married Alfred James Sweetman, son of Arthur Edward Sweetman and Amy Eleanor Thomas, on 15 December 1928 at Perth, Western AustraliaG; reg: 1721.3,1 |
| Death* | Dorothy Catherine (Dolly*) Howard died on 12 July 1994 at Fremantle, Western AustraliaG, at age 86. |
Family | Alfred James Sweetman b. 5 Mar 1900, d. 20 Dec 1979 |
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| Charts | Elizabeth Adams Line (Sweetman) Sweetman Family Links |
Citations
- [S309] Ancestry.com, online www.ancestry.com, narellehoward.
- [S201] WA BDMs, online http://www.bdm.dotag.wa.gov.au
- [S190] Marriages, Marriage Index of WA 1915-33.
Amy Maud Sweetman
F, #11729, b. 21 October 1917, d. 25 July 1994
| Father* | Arthur Edward Sweetman b. 7 Sep 1876, d. 24 Aug 1949 |
| Mother* | Amy Eleanor Thomas b. 7 Jul 1876, d. 26 Jan 1961 |
| Last Edited | 23 Dec 2012 |
| Birth* | Amy Maud Sweetman was born on 21 October 1917 at Perth, Western AustraliaG. |
| She was the daughter of Arthur Edward Sweetman and Amy Eleanor Thomas. | |
| Marriage* | Amy Maud Sweetman married Ernest Alfred Albert Hill on 3 June 1939 at Perth, Western AustraliaG; reg: 964/1939.1 |
| Death* | Amy Maud Sweetman died on 25 July 1994 at Brentwood, Western Australia, at age 76. |
Family | Ernest Alfred Albert Hill b. 23 Dec 1915, d. 22 Feb 2000 |
| Note* | AMY M. SWEETMAN 1917-1939 in the 20's and 30's Before the white man the Melville District was inhabited by Aborigines. The river provided them with ample food and they were aware of where water could be found. Their history was recorded in legend and corroboree. The early white man took little notice of the significance of either. So that in those days we know little of the tribes who had their home in the District. A belief is that Pt Walter was favourite tribal ground. Nearly all of the early settlers intended to be farmers and most of them looked for riverfronts, because the river provided the only means of communication. Melville had a rural existence in its early years, with vast areas of bushlands and grazing paddocks. The major settlement was at the Western end of the District. History tells us that from 1871 to the beginning of this century what is Melville was administered by the Fremantle District Road Board. This part of the country extended from Fremantle to Armadale and included what is now local governing bodies, East Fremantle Town Council, Melville City Council and the Canning City Council. In 1901 East Fremantle District Road Board was proclaimed. It included that area that is now Melville. Their first meeting was held on March 22nd 1901 at the Canning Bridge Hotel, then less than three months later on June 5th 1901, Melville Road Board was gazetted. As they did not have an office of the Roads Board council meetings were held wherever possible. Canning Bridge Hotel, Councillors homes etc. It was not until 1910 the Board purchased land at the corner of Stock Road and Canning Road (now Canning Highway) for the sum of 10 pounds. The first Melville Road Board office was erected in 1913. Canning Road (now Canning Highway) was a limestone track through the bush when the Board took over. The matter of roads became important because they had no title to make or take possessions of roads at the Applecross/Canning Bridge area where the investment company had subdivided the area. First moves by the Board was to seek titles for Fraser, Matheson, Kintail, Tweedale and Duncraig Roads, Ardross Street and The Strand. When tenders were called for the clearing of Kintail Road, the successful contractor quoted 2/6d. per chain. All clearing was by manual labour. In July 1907 the district was divided into four wards. The developers realised that reliable communication was essential to open up the eastern part of the district. Jetties were built at Attadale, Applecross, Coffee Point and Canning Bridge. Two paddle steamers were ordered from the shipyards in England and brought to W.A. in pieces and re-assembles on a slipway at Coffee Point. They were names the Harley and the Helena and ran the service from October 30th 1897 until they were replaced by the Silver Star in 1905 which ran a service between Perth, Canning Bridge, Coffee Point and Applecross. When the Silver Star went off the service, Sutton and Olsen provided a ferry service with Val Boats. Mr Ted Howells, a pioneer of Canning Beach Road, Canning Bridge was the first skipper of the Mayflower. He took her from the yards of Geo McCarter in 1907. She had been built specifically for the service to which a call at Como was later added. The Mayflower stayed on the run for about a year and then Skipper Ted Howells transferred to the Val Boats and remained with them for over 20 years. The first Bridge across the river from East to West was constructed and opened for traffic in January 1850. It was reconstructed and strengthened to carry heavy traffic in 1908. In 1937 a new timber bridge was built with a vehicle width of 27ft and 9ft footway to cope with the increased traffic. In December 1843 the Christian Brothers purchased 160 hectares in Manning Road on the northern Bank of the Canning River where the river widens and changed course to the South West. The river at that time was a major transport route. At the turn of the Century, Clontarfs site was used as a landing by timber merchants John O'Grady who had contracts from upstream saw mills. On the board sweep of the river a line of stakes or sticks as they were commonly known were built by the convicts along a silted channel diagonally from the North to the southern bank. Some of these stakes can still be seen today. The first Canning Bridge Hotel was erected in 1900. It was a single storey structure with a high gable roof. The Bateman family at Bull Creek would probably have the longest continuing association with the Melville District. Mr John Bateman (Snr.) bought his holding of 1277 acres in 1886. Originally the property was intended to be a place of quiet retreat; a kind of weekender in the country, but it resulted in the Bateman's taking up permanent residence there. The Homestead "Grassmere" was constructed of brick with a galvanised corrugated iron roof. The walls are approximately 2ft. thick. The bricks and other materials were loaded onto barges and brought up river and unloaded at a jetty that was specially constructed for the purpose. This jetty has been demolished but it was approximately at the foot of Cranford Avenue. The water was too low to get the barges any further up the creel. Mr William Augustus Bateman the thirteenth child of John Bateman was the first to establish his family permanently at Bulls Creek. That was in 1910. He set up a farm and before long was producing fruit and vegetables for the Perth and Fremantle Markets. He also cut timber and firewood for sale. Produce was taken down the river by launch and the timber was loaded onto barges and poled down the river. In 1911 James Simpson became the owner of 40 acres and built his cement brick house with its flat roof on the hill at the corner of Gunbower & Bateman Roads. Legend has it that Mr Simpson was responsible for the naming of Mt Pleasant. He built a jetty at the bottom of Gunbower Road. It was known as Simmies Jetty and even today the old inhabitants refer to it as Simmies Jetty. My parents, Arthur Edward Sweetman and Amy Eleanor Thomas were married at Fremantle on the 14th March 1899. My mother was a granddaughter of Capt. John Thomas. I was born on the 21st day of October 1917, the youngest of nine children. My sisters and brothers were Ethel (Vi), Alfred, Geogre, Lilian, Henry (Mick), Jessie (Jess), William & Doris (Doss). Doss and I were born at Canning Bridge in a house just behind the Tearooms which were situated on the Perth side of the Bridge. |
| Relationships | 2nd cousin 2 times removed of Neil James Bradley 2nd cousin 2 times removed of Victoria Rae (Vicki*) Barrett 2nd cousin 2 times removed of William (Bill*) McElroy 3rd cousin 1 time removed of Thomas Anthony (Tony*) Harrop |
| Charts | Elizabeth Adams Line (Sweetman) Sweetman Family Links |
Citations
- [S162] Reverse WA Marriage Lookup, online http://www.wamarriage.info/
Ethel (Vi*) Sweetman
F, #11730, b. 11 October 1897, d. 27 September 1975
| Father* | Arthur Edward Sweetman b. 7 Sep 1876, d. 24 Aug 1949 |
| Mother* | Amy Eleanor Thomas b. 7 Jul 1876, d. 26 Jan 1961 |
| Last Edited | 14 Mar 2023 |
| Birth* | Ethel (Vi*) Sweetman was born on 11 October 1897 at Fremantle, Western AustraliaG.1 |
| She was the daughter of Arthur Edward Sweetman and Amy Eleanor Thomas. | |
| Marriage* | Ethel (Vi*) Sweetman married Clarence Benjamin Jones, son of Walter Llewellyn Jones and Frances Twining Sutton, in 1916 at Guildford, Western Australia; reg: 26.2,3 |
| Death* | Ethel (Vi*) Sweetman died on 27 September 1975 at Walliston, Western Australia, at age 77.1 |
Family | Clarence Benjamin Jones b. 6 May 1891, d. 7 Apr 1972 |
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| Relationships | 2nd cousin 2 times removed of Neil James Bradley 2nd cousin 2 times removed of Victoria Rae (Vicki*) Barrett 2nd cousin 2 times removed of William (Bill*) McElroy 3rd cousin 1 time removed of Thomas Anthony (Tony*) Harrop |
| Charts | Elizabeth Adams Line (Sweetman) Sweetman Family Links |
Citations
- [S262] David, John & Amanda,Forrestfield, WA.
- [S162] Reverse WA Marriage Lookup, online http://www.wamarriage.info/
- [S201] WA BDMs, online http://www.bdm.dotag.wa.gov.au