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Name

CAMPBELL, Lavina (Levina) Camilla “Elsie”

Date of Birth

6 September 1902

Place of Birth

Port Broughton SA

Date of Death

18 October 1988

Place of Death

Prospect SA

Place of Burial

North Road Cemetery.

Tillett Memorials donated a special head stone for her grave.

Lived in Prospect (dates)

 

Addresses in Prospect

Bosanquet Ave., Olive Street and Myrtle Street, Prospect

Names of houses (if any)

 

Parents

Edmund CAMPBELL and Elizabeth MILLER

Spouse(s)

 

Date(s) of Marriage(s)

 

Place(s) of Marriage(s)

 

Children

 

Occupation(s)

 

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.

Religion/Churches

 

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.

Sources of information

Buried Treasures, PLHC, SA BMDs

Principal Researcher

Lesley Attema

 

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