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==Marriage==
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George married Elizabeth Harrison in early 1869 in Market Harborough, Northamptonshire, England. The couple had arrived in W.A. by November 1869.
  
 
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Listed as an Orchardist. He had also been a policeman serving at the 36-mile station in the late 1800s.
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Listed as an Orchardist. He had also been a Police Constable serving at the 36-mile station in the late 1800s.
  
 
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Depositions from March 1885 have Mr Pridmore stating that he had a wife and children. His daughter Lavinia, who also bore witness at the deposition, was mentioned specifically and in turn she mentioned that she had brothers.
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George and Elizabeth had six children: Lavinia Mary (b.1872), Henry Arthur (b.1874), Lewis William (b.1877), Florence Maud (b.1880), Francis Frederick (b.1883) and Albert James (b.1885).
  
 
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The George Pridmore who was buried at Kemscott Cemetery is strongly believed to be the George Pridmore who was a police constable at the 36-mile station on the Albany Road.
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In November 1899, [http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article33181178 a coroner's jury in Jarrahdale heard a case] in which a Mr George Pridmore and son Frank were charged with the killing of a Chinese man named Ah Tien, at 'the old lock-up' on the Albany Road sometime between October 8 and 16 in that year. The pair plead Not Guilty, but a verdict of Manslaughter was returned, with George Pridmore serving 6 months.  
In November 1899, [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/33181178?browse=ndp%3Abrowse%2Ftitle%2FW%2Ftitle%2F101%2F1899%2F11%2F25%2Fpage%2F3340919%2Farticle%2F33181178 a coroner's jury in Jarrahdale heard a case] in which a Mr George Pridmore and son Frank were charged with the killing of a Chinese man named Ah Tien, at 'the old lock-up' on the Albany Road sometime between October 8 and 16 in that year. The pair plead Not Guilty, but a verdict of Manslaughter was returned, with George Pridmore serving 6 months.  
 
  
Mr Pridmore left 447 pounds to Harriet Ann Richardson in his will. Mrs Richardson was Mr Pridmore's housekeeper.
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Mr Pridmore left 447 pounds to Harriet Ann Richardson in his will. Mrs Richardson was Mr Pridmore's housekeeper and mother of William Thomas Richardson, who took over farming of that land at the 36-Mile peg on which the former Police lockup stood.
  
 
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*[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/212395201?browse=ndp%3Abrowse%2Ftitle%2FW%2Ftitle%2F1086%2F1899%2F11%2F25%2Fpage%2F22981850%2Farticle%2F212395201 Article on 1899 murder case]
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*[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article33181178 Article on 1899 murder case]
  
 
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Revision as of 17:34, 28 October 2021

George Pridmore
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Headstone Information
Date of Birth c1841
Age at Death 68


Marriage

George married Elizabeth Harrison in early 1869 in Market Harborough, Northamptonshire, England. The couple had arrived in W.A. by November 1869.

Residences

Goerge Pridmore's burial records list him as being a resident of Bedfordale. His address was listed as "36 mile, Albany Road" in a probate listing in the Western Mail, 19 June 1909. Other mentions in early newspapers have Mr Pridmore as living in Jarrahdale.

Occupation

Listed as an Orchardist. He had also been a Police Constable serving at the 36-mile station in the late 1800s.

Family

George and Elizabeth had six children: Lavinia Mary (b.1872), Henry Arthur (b.1874), Lewis William (b.1877), Florence Maud (b.1880), Francis Frederick (b.1883) and Albert James (b.1885).

Death

George Pridmore died on 4 May 1909.

Notes

In November 1899, a coroner's jury in Jarrahdale heard a case in which a Mr George Pridmore and son Frank were charged with the killing of a Chinese man named Ah Tien, at 'the old lock-up' on the Albany Road sometime between October 8 and 16 in that year. The pair plead Not Guilty, but a verdict of Manslaughter was returned, with George Pridmore serving 6 months.

Mr Pridmore left 447 pounds to Harriet Ann Richardson in his will. Mrs Richardson was Mr Pridmore's housekeeper and mother of William Thomas Richardson, who took over farming of that land at the 36-Mile peg on which the former Police lockup stood.

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