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James POOLE

James POOLE

Male 1832 - 1896  (64 years)    Has 2 ancestors and 97 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name James POOLE  [1
    Relationshipwith Rodney VOJVODICH
    Birth 1832  Taunton, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Immigration: Arr. 20 Mar 1848  Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Per "Orient" as a Parkhurst Boy. 
    Death 4 Nov 1896  Perth, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Colonial Hospital
    Burial 5 Nov 1896  Cemetery, East Perth, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    Joseph POOLE,   b. Abt 1796, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Dec 1871, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 75 years)  (Father) 
    Mary PERRY,   b. 1798, Taunton, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. DECEASED  (Mother) 
    Person ID I57327  MyBradyTree
    Last Modified 14 May 2024 

    Father Joseph POOLE,   b. Abt 1796, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Dec 1871, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 75 years) 
    Mother Mary PERRY,   b. 1798, Taunton, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. DECEASED 
    Marriage 29 Jul 1821  Taunton, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F67287  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ancestors Frances Anne RUSSELL,   b. 1833, Meath, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Oct 1914, Leederville, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years) 
    Marriage 20 Jun 1854  Middle Swan, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. William POOLE,   b. 1855, Swan, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Nov 1939, Claremont, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)
    +2. Joseph POOLE,   b. 1859, South Perth, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Jan 1922, Hamilton Hill, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
    â–» Sophie PETTIT  m. 1881
     3. Anne POOLE,   b. 1860, Toodyay, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1895, Canning, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 35 years)
    +4. Maria POOLE,   b. 1 Oct 1862, Toodyay, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 May 1926, West Swan, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
    â–» John BARLOW  m. 1884
    +5. Elizabeth POOLE,   b. 27 Dec 1864, Toodyay, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Mar 1943, Moora, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
    â–» Joseph RAMIREZ  m. UNKNOWN;   Robert BRUCE  m. 1882
    +6. Martha POOLE,   b. 1868   d. 1918 (Age 50 years)
    â–» George William GRAYSON  m. 1883
    Married: 1x7. Mary POOLE,   b. 1870, Toodyay, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 May 1926 (Age 56 years)
    â–» Richard Thomas EDWARDS  m. Jan 1889
    Married: 1x8. James Alexander POOLE,   b. 1871, Toodyay, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Mar 1948, Goodwood Park, South Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
    â–» Bertha Louisa ORCHARD  m. 1909
    Married: 1x9. John James POOLE,   b. 1874, Toodyay, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Dec 1912, Leederville, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 38 years)
    â–» Jane CUREDALE
    Family ID F19651  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 14 May 2024 

  • Event Map Click to hide
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1832 - Taunton, Somerset, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsImmigration: Arr. - Per "Orient" as a Parkhurst Boy. - 20 Mar 1848 - Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 20 Jun 1854 - Middle Swan, Western Australia, Australia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 4 Nov 1896 - Perth, Western Australia, Australia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 5 Nov 1896 - Cemetery, East Perth, Western Australia, Australia Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • James Poole was 14 when he arrived on the Orient in March 1848. He had been convicted at Taunton Somerset for stealing cheese not his first offence on 31 March 1845 age 11. He was trained at Parkhurst to become a Shepherd and left the Ise of Wight December 1847. He was apprecticed to afarmer at Toodyay but was only there two years when he was removed due to harsh punishment from the farmer and was then apprenticed to Mr Morley who had a dairy in the area now named Morley. James was relaesed from his apprentiship at age 21 and was granted land at Toodyay at what today is Coorinja Winery . By this time he had a flock of ship and a herd of cattle . He married Frances Russell. He was friends with John Barlow and Frank Hussey another Parkhurst Boy who arrived on the Orient with James. They were all wittnesses to each others marriages.
      Parents were Joseph Poole a Shoemaker and Jane Corden
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      Maureen Anne Roberts (nee Joyce) - 2014

  • Reference  Darryl Brady. "James POOLE". Brady Family Tree in Western Australia. https://bradyfamilytree.org/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I57327&tree=BRADY2008 (accessed May 18, 2024).

  • Sources 
    1. [S569] maureen.roberts-at-bigpond.com, Maureen Anne Roberts (nee Joyce), Some Information Submitted by Maureen Anne Roberts (nee Joyce).

    2. [S114] Cemetery - East Perth, POOLE James http://www.eastperthcemeteries.com.au/search-genealogical-results/13328-poole.html.