STAPLETON, Ernest & Hannah

February 1877 – February 1957
1874 – 1942

Origin Chester, UK
Accompanying Family Ernest John, Alfred, Edith Hannah & May
First settled in Bassendean, WA
Original Occupation Traveller for Brooke Bond Tea
Occupation in Australia Boiler Maker at Midland Workshops

COMMONWEALTH

Arrival Year 1919

Fremantle

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Ernest Jnr contracted rheumatic fever while camped on Salisbury Plains with the British Army. He was advised to leave England or he would not survive another winter. The whole family emigrated to Western Australia.

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