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Name |
CAMPBELL,
Lavina (Levina) Camilla “Elsie” |
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Date
of Birth |
6
September 1902 |
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Place
of Birth |
Port
Broughton SA |
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Date
of Death |
18
October 1988 |
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Place
of Death |
Prospect
SA |
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Place
of Burial |
North
Road Cemetery. Tillett
Memorials donated a special head stone for her grave. |
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Lived
in Prospect (dates) |
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Addresses
in Prospect |
Bosanquet
Ave., Olive Street and Myrtle Street, Prospect |
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Names
of houses (if any) |
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Parents |
Edmund
CAMPBELL and Elizabeth MILLER |
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Spouse(s) |
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Date(s)
of Marriage(s) |
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Place(s)
of Marriage(s) |
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Children |
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Occupation(s) |
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Interests |
Cats! At times she was reported to have had up to
30 cats and had a running battle with Council for 15 years. She eventually
agreed to have just 7 desexed cats with collars but it is not known if she
ever actually kept to that bargain. |
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Religion/Churches
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Notes
(points of interest etc.) |
Known
as “The Cat Lady of Prospect” she was a very well known figure in Prospect. There
was a large tiled plaque to her on the footpath outside No. 83 Prospect Road as
part of the Prospect Arts Path but unfortunately this was lost. |
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Sources
of information |
Buried
Treasures, PLHC, SA BMDs |
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Principal
Researcher |
Lesley
Attema |