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Family
Marriage: Children:
  1. Helen Gertrude WALL: Birth: 31 Dec 1909 in <WALLAROO, South Australia, Australia>. Death: 4 Jan 1975

  2. Mary Agnes WALL: Birth: 6 Jan 1911 in WALLAROO, South Australia, Australia. Death: 25 Dec 1978 in PORT BROUGHTON, South Australia, Australia

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  6. John WHITTAKER WALL: Birth: 1 May 1920 in Wallaroo, South Australia, Australia. Death: 20 Nov


Notes
a. Note:   She attended the Pt.Broughton school,walking 3 miles to and from each day. After leaving school,she helped to keep the farm going while her father was in W.A.prospecting for gold.On his return,he insisted on paying his debts,despite the fact that he had been declared insolvent.Clutterbuck's firm,of Adelaide,one of his creditors,presented the girls with a gold cross,and the boys with a medallion,for the part they played in helping recoup the losses.Mary married Edward,and they farmed at Roachfield.After the drought of 1914,they lived at Wallaroo,where their sons were born.In 1927,the family moved to Pt.Broughton where they managed the Coffee Palace for boarders,and provided meals for 2 years.Depression years ended this venture.Mary resided in Pt.Broughton,until her death.
  !Details from THE WHITTAKER SAGA,MARY BEARD BOX 36 LOCK S.A.5633


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