Name (FAMILY NAME, Other Names) |
MORTIMER, Isabella nee MacARTHUR |
Date of Birth |
08-10-1885 |
Place of Birth |
‘Greenvale’, Mount Gambier |
Date of Death |
15-11-1952, after an illness of 6 months |
Place of Death |
44 Prospect Road, Prospect |
Place of Burial |
Dudley Park Cemetery |
Arrived in South Australia (date/ship etc.) |
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Lived in Prospect (dates) |
c1927-1952 |
Addresses/Dates in Prospect Council Area |
25 College Avenue (c1927-1934), 44 Prospect Road (1934-1952) |
Addresses/Dates outside Prospect Council Area |
Mount Gambier, Penola, Murray Bridge, North Adelaide |
Names of houses (if any) |
Waverley Guest House, 44 Prospect Road |
Parents |
Donald MacARTHUR and Maggie CORRISON |
Spouse(s) |
Arthur Harold MORTIMER (1881-1970) |
Date(s) of Marriage(s) |
17-06-1912 |
Place(s) of Marriage(s) |
Mount Gambier |
Children |
Roma Nora BERGEN (b. 14-12-1914); Laurel Gwendlyn [sic] Agnes PRICE
(b. 31-03-1916); Harold John (b.30-01-1921); Jean Isabella PEARSON (b.
02-09-1927). |
Education |
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Occupation(s) |
Boarding House Proprietor |
Interests/Activities |
In 1934 Isabella Mortimer purchased the boarding house at 44 Prospect
Road which had been operated by Mrs Whitcombe and resided here at ‘Waverley’
until her death in 1952. |
Religion/Churches |
Presbyterian |
Local Government experience |
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Notes (points of interest etc.) |
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Sources of information |
Border Watch (Mount Gambier)
17-11-1952; Advertiser17-11-1952; Lost Prospect pp 38-39 (has photo of
Waverley); Certificate of Title 1183/150; Directories; Birth, Marriage and
Death Indexes. |
Principle Researcher |
David Johnston, Prospect Local History Group |