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...do YOUR families link back to first South Australian wheat growers?
Christina and Donald McLEAN from Scotland 1837
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 1895 - 1975 (79 years)
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| Name |
Joseph (Harvey) WARNER [1] |
| Nickname |
Harvey |
| Born |
15 Jun 1895 |
Lawloit Vic  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Biography Notes |
- «b»Joseph (Harvey) Warner«/b», bom 15/6/1895, Lawloit, Vic.
Marriage: To Florence Rebecca Bailey in Melbourne, who died 16/7/1932, 5 days after the birth of her only child, Jean, in Melbourne.
History: Joseph (Harvey) Wamer was educated at Lawloit and at Melbourne High School. He then worked with his brothers on the family farm at Winiam, returning to the family home with his baby daughter, Jean, after the death of his wife. He farmed in partnership with his youngest brother, Leslie.
Marriage: (Second) to Mrs Ella Clark, who was an aunt of his brother Leslie's wife. He built a new house for her. She predeceased him, dying in 1971. He was a keen sportsman, cricket, golf and chess. The story of his wood cutting windmill, published in Nhill in 1968, is included in this history. The last few years of his life was spent in the Nhill Hospital following a severe stroke.
Joseph (Harvey) Warner constructed a wind driven saw bench on his farm at Kinimakatka, six miles south of Nhill. Harvey's saw bench was the subject of an article in the Nhill Free Press on Thursday Oct 3 1968.
This is reproduced in full herein, with the photograph of the Wamer wind saw bench.
Death: Joseph (Harvey) Warner, died at Nhill on 25/1/1975 aged 79 years.
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| Cause of death |
25 Jan 1975 |
Nhill Vic [1] |
| Stroke |
| Died |
25 Jan 1975 |
Nhill Vic [1] |
| Person ID |
I-3043 |
Christina and Donald McLean | John McLean's descendants |
| Last Modified |
17 Sep 2018 |
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| Sources |
- [S-3] FS BRB - 'Donald & Christina McLean & Their Descendants', 1995, The BRB has a good index for each individual. Copies of the BRB available Strathalbyn National Trust Museum & Library, several libraries around Australia including State Library SA, and Western Australian Genealogical Society Bayswater WA Request assistance for locating a copy through 'Contact us' on this website. .
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