NILSEN, Gotaas (Jack)
Origin Bolgen, Helgeland, Norway
Accompanying Family None
First settled in Fremantle, WA
Original Occupation Unknown
Occupation in Australia Lumper/Seaman
GLENCAIRN
Departure Port New York, USA
Arrival Year 1899
Fremantle
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After arrival, Jack worked as a lumper on the wharves at Fremantle. Married Ada French (née Perrett) in August 1903, and lived in East Fremantle with their four children. Later a seaman, he died of typhoid aboard the Rachel Cohen in 1922 and was buried at sea off Exmouth.
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