SIMONSE, P, J, N, M, C & A
18 August 1910 – 20 June 1958
3 March 1913 – 2 February 1972
Origin Yerseke, Zeeland, Nederland
Accompanying Family 4 Daughters, Nelly 15, Mary 11, Connie 10 & Pauline 5
First settled in Midland Junction, WA
Original Occupation Factory Manager
Occupation in Australia Fitters Assistant
JOHAN VAN OLDENBARNEVELT
Departure Port Amsterdam
Arrival Year 1952
Fremantle
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Peter's first job was at the Cray fishing plant in Cervantes. There was only a sand track past Yanchep in the early fifties. He travelled to Cervantes by motorbike with 'Big Red Boomers' for company. Jenny went shopping for cornflour. She knew there was a bird on the packet, but came home with Robin starch instead of Rosella cornflour! Peter, a Business Administrator, worked at the Midland Railway Workshops as a Fitter TA. Jenny was a seamstress in Esy Fit Clothing Factory. Nelly, Mary, Connie and Pauline all attended local state schools and later worked in secretarial positions. All married, there are 12 grandchildren.
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