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Name (FAMILY NAME, Other Names)

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.)

 

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

 

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

 

Notes (points of interest etc.)

 

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

 

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