CROSS Family
19 February 1884 – 31 July 1966
27 October 1888 – 13 May 1946
Origin Plymouth, England, UK
Accompanying Family William White, Mary Annie (Dixon), Eileen Jessie, Peggy, Emma Patricia & Mary Cross.
First settled in Denmark, WA
Original Occupation Royal Navy Petty Officer
Occupation in Australia Group Settlement Farmer
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Departure Port Plymouth
Arrival Year 1924
Albany
ALBANY panel
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After a long career in the Royal Navy, William White Cross of Plymouth took his wife Mary Annie nee Dixon & daughters, Eileen, Peggy, Emma Patricia & Mary to a new life in Western Australia. After their arrival in Albany, they travelled by train to Denmark, then onto Group 113 at Parryville. Under many difficult circumstances, the family carved out a potato farm from the sword grass swamps. Later they & another daughter, Rona & their extended families centered their lives in Albany.
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