STILL, Edmund & Ellen
19 March 1880 – 1 September 1952
23 June 1881 – 1 September 1970
Origin Chelmsford, Essex, England
Accompanying Family Edmund 17, Gladys 16, Robert 14, Vera 13, Thomas 10, Phyllis 9, Henry 8, Monica 6, William 5, Arthur 3, Mary 2 & Stanley 1
First settled in Northcliffe, WA
Original Occupation Farmer
Occupation in Australia Farmer/Salesman
OMAR
Departure Port London
Arrival Year 1924
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Family went to Group Settlement at Northcliffe where there was no cleared land, school for children or housing. Eldest children Bob & Glad were sent away by the government to work, leaving the rest to live in a tent & clearing the land to grow potatoes that the government claimed.
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