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- CHARLES JOSEPH FARLEY - UNREPENTANT CONVICT
Although there is not as much detailed information on Charles Joseph Farley, as on Henry Woods, I still found it fascinating to look into his history - and I was not disappointed. All I can say is that if anyone ever had a problem with authorities and the law, it was my great grandfather Farley - the more I looked into the history of my great grandfather, the more fascinated I became with him; so after many hours research, this is his story, as best as I am able to tell it.
Parents of Charles Joseph Farley:
THOMAS FARLEY was born 5 January 1812 in Upton Warren, Worcester, England and he married HANNAH STRIDE 2 February 1834, Upton Warren, Worcester, England. He died about 1861, possibly around the time Charles was on trial for theft. The 1841 Census (England) has Thomas living with his parents, Caroline and Charles; it is unclear where/why his eldest daughter, Mary, was living elsewhere at the time of the census. Thomas’ parents were John Farley and Ann Albert; they were married 10 December 1804 in Upton Warren, Worcester, England.
Hannah Stride was born 1818, in St Thomas, Dudley, and Worcester, England, her parents being Richard Stride and Hannah Parkes. There is a death record for Hannah Farley, 2 November 1836 (just prior to Charles’ christening). Thomas and Hannah Farley had three children: Mary Anne, Caroline and Charles. The information I have on Mary Anne and Caroline is somewhat limited, but details are as below:
MARY ANNE FARLEY - According to the IGI records, Mary Anne Farley was christened 12 August 1832 in Saint Martin, Worcester, England, approximately 18 months prior to her parents’ marriage. I have not been able locate any further information on Mary at this time, although she appears to have been living in Birmingham about 1862, as when Charles was transferred from Perth to Bunbury (after his arrival in June 1862) he listed Mary as next of kin and her residence as Birmingham.
CAROLINE FARLEY - Caroline was born 4 January 1835 in Upton Warren, Worcester, England. As mentioned previously, according to the 1841 Census (England) she was living with her grandparents, father and young brother, at her grandparents’ home. She married Oliver Jew (1863) and had three children -Henry, Walter, Charlotte. Caroline died 1881 in Worcester, England.
CHARLES JOSEPH FARLEY was born 20 March 1836 in Upton Warren, Worcester, England and christened 4 December 1836 in Upton Warren, Worcester, England. According to the 1851 Census (England) Charles’ occupation was listed as a butcher, which could indicate that he was apprenticed. Throughout his life, in England and Western Australia, Charles was constantly in trouble with the law, and I have transcribed various newspaper articles referring to him.
The following newspaper items were forwarded to me by Paul Hudson of the Worcestershire History Centre, Worcester England, UK.
BERROWS WORCESTER JOURNAL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 1854
PLEADED GUILTY
Charles Farley, 16, labourer, to having stolen on the 20th December, at Bromsgrove, a gelding pony, the property of Thos. Sturkey. Six months’ imprisonment with hard labour.
BERROWS WORCESTER JOURNAL, JULY, 1854
On 15th July 1854, Charles Farley was convicted of larceny and sentenced to 8 months’ imprisonment.
BERROWS WORCESTER JOURNAL, JULY, 1855
OBTAINING MONEY UNDER FALSE PRETENCES AT UPTON WARREN
Charles Farley, 18, labourer, was charged with having false pretences, obtained 6s. from Sarah Cook, of this place on the 25th June last. Mr. Selfe prosecuted. The prisoner obtained the money by making use of the name of Mrs. James of the Swan Inn, in that place and he admitted his guilt to the Constable. Guilty. Six months’ hard labour.
BERROWS WORCESTER JOURNAL, APRIL, 1856
STEALING SWINE AT UPTON WARREN
Charles Farley, 19, was charged with stealing a pig the property of Henry Willis. Mr. Byrne prosecuted; the prisoner was undefended. Prosecutor: a labourer of Upton Warren stated that he fed the pig in the sty near his house about nine o’clock on the evening of the 2nd instant, and missed it the following morning. The pig was traced by P.C. Wakerman to a butcher named Reeve at Stoke, to whom it had been sold by the prisoner for 30s. he stating that his uncle was obliged to sell it to pay the rent. Guilty. Having pleaded guilty to three prior convictions, he was sentenced to four years’ penal servitude.
The following information is transcribed from a copy of Charles’ admission and discharge record for the above offence; the only difference being I have set it down the page (portrait) and not across the page (landscape) as per the original document. The reason for this is that, I would not have been able to otherwise include all the information - ajb.
Register Number 4645
Name Chas. Farley
Age 19
Married or single, S
Read or write both
Trade or occupation Labourer
Crime, date and place Felony (stealing a pig)
of conviction and previous conviction felony.
7th April 1856, Worcester Sessions
Sentence 4 yrs Penal Servitude
Date and place of 5th April 1856, Bromsgrove
committal
Total of separate Worcester 5 months 1 day
confinement Leicester 14 months 18 days
Character and conduct Worcester - very bad
of prisoner since Leicester - not good
conviction
Residence of convict’s Sister, Caroline Jew
Family of next of kin S……moor, Worcester
Information relative to Convicted epiphany sessions 1854
previous convictions stealing a gelding 6 months
and character ditto - summer assizes 1854 stealing
4 rabbits 8 months
Ditto - Worcester sessions 1855 fraud 6 months
14 days misbehaviour and misdemeanours
Character bad
Religion Protestant
Date of reception in Leicester 8 Sept 1856
different prisons Portsmouth 26 Nov 1857
State of health Good - Portsmouth
Period passed in public Y M D
Works 2 4 12 (Ports)
1 7 19 (Leic)
4 0 0
Final disposal Discharged at the expiration of his sentence 6 Apr 1860
WORCESTER HERALD 5TH JANUARY 1861
UPTON WARREN - FARLEY, Joseph aged 28, labourer was charged with stealing, on the 7th of December, at Upton Warren a horse, the property of Edward Morris. Mr. Best appeared for the prosecution, prisoner was undefended. The horse was seen safe in prosecutor’s stable on the night of the 6th of December, and next morning was missed. It was traced to the possession of the prisoner, who on the same morning offered it for sale to a man named Jones, near Primrose-Hill, Dudley requesting £7/10s. for it. Afterwards he reduced his bidding to £5/10s. and told Jones it had better he worked in a pit as it had been stolen. Jones, thinking all was not right, gave information to a constable, who went to a public-house where prisoner was staying, and asked him where he got the horse from. He said he was sent with it to sell it by a man named Loach, and that his own name was Leach Loach.^ Subsequently he said that he had ridden the horse many miles during the night, and at last stated that he had stolen it from the prosecutor. The jury without hesitation returned a verdict of guilty. Prisoner, who had twice before convicted, and had only within the last few months returned from penal servitude, on being told that the sentence must necessarily be severe, said “I hope, Sir, you will give me the chance of coming back again.” (Laughter). He was sentenced to seven years transportation and laughingly said, “Thank you, Sir,” his conduct evidently showing that he considered the whole proceeding a capital joke.*
BERROWS WORCESTER JOURNAL 5TH JANUARY 1861
HORSE STEALING AT UPTON WARREN - Joseph Farley, 28, labourer, was indicted for stealing a horse on the 7th December last at Upton Warren, the property of Mr. Edmund Morris. Mr. Best prosecuted. On the 6th Dec. last, the prosecutor’s horse was safe in his stable, but on the next morning it was gone, and a witness named Jones met the prisoner at Primrose-Hill, near Golden Cross, and was taken by him to a stable, to look at a horse, which he offered to sell him for £9. Eventually he offered to sell it for £5/10s., and on witness asking if it would be safe to work the horse on the line the prisoner said it “would be safe to work the horse in the pit, for it was a stolen horse.” The prisoner also admitted to the constable who took him into custody that he had stolen the horse. He was found guilty. Two previous convictions were proved against the prisoner, and he was sentenced to seven years’ penal servitude. On receiving his sentence, the prisoner, with a smile, said “Thank you,” and quitted the dock with the utmost alacrity. Indeed, he seemed to treat the whole proceedings as a joke.*
This was probably not the first time Charles used an alias in an endeavour to get himself out of trouble. On several occasions in Western Australia, he used the alias Thomas York Fairbrother. A Thomas Fairbrother arrived as a convict on board the York in June 1862, so it is possible that Charles became acquainted with him at some stage and used the combination of Fairbrother’s name and the name of the ship as an alias.
*As noted by the newspaper reports, it is obvious that Charles had little respect for the Law and authority, and this continued after his arrival in Western Australia.
Note of interest: Between 1854 and 1860 (7 years) Charles Farley only spent 11 months out of jail.
CHARLES JOSEPH FARLEY (convict reg #6295) arrived as a convict on board the ‘NORWOOD’ at Fremantle, Western Australia on 11 June 1862. According to the ship’s Convict Register, Charles’ description is given as:
Reg No. 6295^
Name: Charles Farley
Age: 24 (should be 26)
Height: 5’ 1-1/2”*
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Hazel
Visage: Full
Complexion: Fair
Appearance: Middling stout
Marks: Ink marks left arm, ditto fingers
Trade: Labourer
Single, married, widower Single
No. of children none
Once Charles re-offended in Western Australia, he was convicted as a local prisoner, Convict No. 10036. Both these convict numbers usually appear on all convict records after his first offence in Western Australia.
*When I first read the description of Charles, I was so glad to read that he was 5”11” tall (explains where my father got his height from), however I was soon disillusioned because on re-reading the document with my magnifying glass, I saw that Charles was only 5”1-1/2” tall (explains where I got my height from).
The Norwood was built in 1854 in Sunderland. The owner until 1870 was John Henry Luscombe (1797-1883). She was a convict transport which visited Western Australia’s shores with its human cargo on two occasions (1862 and 1867). Norwood was a London registered 849 ton three-masted ship. She was an oak ‘late frigate’ hull type. Her dimensions were length: 160 ft; beam 31.2 ft; depth: 20.5 ft; draught 15.0 ft. She underwent some changes to her cladding in 1860 and was in service until 1881, sailing from London to Australia, New Zealand, the Indies and Africa. In late 1860 she served as a troopship, fitted with guns, taking soldiers to New Zealand to fight in the Maori Wars.
On her first voyage to the Swan River Colony, she left Portland, England on 16 March. She carried the twenty fifth of 37 shipments of male convicts destined for Western Australia. On this voyage the Norwood took 85 days and arrived in Fremantle on
9 June, 1862 with 92 passengers and 290 convicts. Captain Frank Bristow MN and Dr Alexander Watson RN were the captain and surgeon respectively. Bristow had been captain of Norwood for 15 years from about 1856 to 1870. There were no deaths recorded on the convict shipping and description lists and 290 convict numbers were assigned for the voyage ranging from 6203 to 6492, all of whom arrived.
It is unknown where Charles was placed on his arrival at Fremantle, but within a few months, he was sentenced to a further three years gaol and transferred to Bunbury for stealing a kangaroo dog on 12/10/1862, and again for stealing on 10/5/1866. He was convicted again for stealing a horse on 4/10/1871 and was sent to Bunbury on board the “Colonial” on 15 October 1871.
The following record is somewhat confusing as in the top section it states that Charles is 'unmarried', while further down it states he is 'married' to Matilda Cheveril. (Charles and Matilda were married in Perth, 1879). The only explanation I can think of at the moment is that the latter half of this record has somehow become intermingled with information relating to later conviction records. Charles was transferred to the Bunbury Depot# 15 October 1862 and again in 1871, to which the record below relates.
FARLEY, Charles
Convict No 10036
Ship Name Colonial
Birth Date 1838^
Marital Status Unmarried
Occupation Tailor
Sentence Place Perth
Sentence Province Western Australia
Sentence Country Australia
Length of sentence 8 years
Sentence crime horse stealing
Previous
conviction previous conv
Ticket of leave
date 19 Feb 1876
Certificate of
Freedom date 12 Nov 1881
Certificate of
Freedom Place Perth
Known areas Fremantle, Swan
Married* Matilda CHEVERIL
Comments General servant, road worker, grubbing, labourer, cook, ostler, worked
for self, 1879.
#it was on this conviction record that Charles' sister, Mary was named as his next of kin and as living in Birmingham, England.
*Charles and Matilda were married 1879 (reg # 4753)
While incarcerated in Fremantle and Bunbury Prisons, Charles appeared to be in trouble on several occasions. A convict register summary report has the following information:
Prev conv to Fremantle Prison 26/10/71; 8/5/76; 17/2.77; 2/7/78; 17/4/79
Reg No.10036 - date of sentence 4/10/71. Entitled to T.L. 4/10/76
Arrived per ship ‘Colonial’. Trade - tailor, single, read/write - yes, place of conviction - Supreme Court, Perth.
The following comments were also made with regards to Charles’ general attitude and behaviour and further convictions.
11/11/71 Idleness, 2 days bread & water
30/12/71 Returning to the Govt stables before the proper time.
3 days bread & water
31/3/75 Remission 3 months for services lunatic asylum.
Discharged to T.L. 19/2/76
6/5/76 Refusing to obey his master’s orders - 1 month hard labour at Fremantle Prison
12/6/76 Stealing - 6 months’ hard labour - Fremantle Prison
10/2/77 Stealing a watch and chain - 18 months’ hard labour - Fremantle Prison
?/8/79 Absent from lodgings - 10/- fine.
Certificate of Freedom to P.M. Perth 12/11/81
From March 1865 Charles made many applications for his Certificate of Freedom, however with his continual criminal activities, this was not granted until late 1881.
1865
Mar 19 6295 to CG 1 request for CF
29 CG to Registrar refers 30/3/65 - eligible 2/4/66
30 CG to 6295 2 informed
1866
Dec 9 6295 to CG 3 again requests CF
18 CG to 6295 4 suspended to 31 March ‘67
1867
Apr 13 6295 to CG 5 again requests CF
25 CG to 6295 6 CF suspended till 9/10/67 for reconviction
July 2 6295 to CG 7 again requests CF
6 CG to 6295 8 referred to ??
Oct 9 6295 to CG 9 again requests CF
17 CG to 6295 10 CP? on receipt of certificates
1868
Jan 19 6295 to CG 11 requests CF
30 CG to 6295 12 can’t have CF till 2 Aug ’68 owing to reconviction
Aug 24 6295 to CG 13 applies for CF (put by)
Sep 2 CG to 6295 14 may apply again 2/11/68
No date 6295 to CG 15 again applies for CF (put by)
Nov 3 CG to 6295 16 CF has been sent to RM, Vasse
“ “ 6295 to CG 17 again applies for CF
1874
Jan 24 10036 to CG 18 requests remission
30 CG to HE recommends special remissions of 3 months
31 HE to CG put by approved
31 CG to [ ] 19 informed
1875 CG to [ ] JP 20 informed
[ ] 16 [ ] to CG 21 forward petition of Farley for consideration of case. Farley
has behaved well.
17 CG to [ ] must be content with remission already given him & his
Remission [ ].
1876 [ ] to CG 22 recommend remission of 4 days to enable Farley to enter Dr
Barnett’s service. He is ordinarily due on 22nd inst.
Feb 19 CG to HE approved 22/2/76. Notes returned Fremantle
Apr 19 [ ] to CG 23 recommends revocation of TL
20 CG to [ ] Fremantle 24 calls for confidential report of case against Farley
22 [ ] Frem to CG 25 furnishes report
May 5 CG to Fremantle 23 [ ] Farley to be cautioned.
July12 10036 to Comp 26 Read petition against sentence of 1 month
[ ] forfeit his [ ].
13 Comp to [ ] Attending for his remarks Farley made [ ] while serving his
sentence but [ ] gave him leave to petition
13 [ ] to Comp Farley stole a bottle of rum from John Gee and was
suspected of stealing a watch with it. [ ] any servant
discharged or misconduct
July 15 Comp to [ ] Submitted - no grounds for interference
21 [ ] to Comp Farley having forfeited his wages by misconduct - I cannot
interfere
21 Comp to [ ] The noted returned ([ ] attached) 25/7/76 noted returned
1877
Jan 15 10036 to Comp 27 inquires when due for Ticket of Leave. (released 31/1/77)
1878
Jan 18 10036 to Supt Const 28 petition against various sentences for stealing a watch
21 Supt to [ ] F referred for the remarks of the [ ] Fremantle
22 [ ] F to Supt Const returned with remarks - Farley’s story is false from
beginning to end
23 Supt Const to Chief Warden I have made inquiry and find Farley story
wholly false - I am unable to give him a petition -
shut.
25 Chief Warden to Supt noted and returned
Jun17 10036 to Supt 29 asks when due T/Leave - begs some remission for
services as orderly at asylum
21 Supt to HE recommends remission of 1 month going [ ] for services as
orderly
27 HE to Supt to inform 10036 C. Farley 2/7/78 Returned
1879
Jun 12 10036 to Comp 30 Telegram - Am I free (answered Free on 3 Nov 1881
1881
Jul 27 Rev’d J Allen to 31 appeals on behalf of Farley who is paralysed and his
Comp wife very ill: requires some assistance
30 Comp to Rev’d 32 acknowledges 31 - Farley is a T of L holder and will
Allen not be free till 4/11/81. T of L holders cannot be
granted outdoor relief - all that I can do for Farley
is to admit him to Fremantle hospital
1881
Jun 27 10036 to Comp 33 requests CF
29 Comp to 10036 34 CF on 4/11/81 if free from report
Oct 31 10036 to Comp 35 again requests CF
Nov 12 Comp to 10036 36 CF has been sent to PM Perth
During his times of incarceration, Charles was admitted to the Fremantle Prison Hospital on several occasions - most reasons are unexplained, however on one occasion he was admitted with severe eye infections. Dates of hospitalisation are: 5/4/76; 6/6/76; 31/1/77; 2/7/78; 31/12/78; 30/4/80*; 9/6/80*
*On one of these dates Charles was admitted to the hospital when he became paralysed; the dates concerned have not been confirmed in the information I have received.
Although Charles received his Ticket of Leave (#10036) on 1 October 1879, he continued to have trouble with the authorities, and I can only guess how difficult it must have been for his wife, Matilda and their young children when he was away so much of the time. Below are a couple of brief excerpts from the West Australian Police Gazette (1876-1881).
Vide Police Gazette, page 18.
CHARLES FARLEY, T.L, Reg. No. 10036. Sentenced, at Fremantle Police Court, on 10th inst. to 18 months' hard labour.
Vide Police Gazette, page 46.
Brought up and remanded on 5th inst., at Fremantle.
CHARLES FARLEY, T.L, Reg. No. 10036, by P.O. ????, at Fremantle, on 7th inst. charged with stealing a bottle containing a quantity of rum from dwelling house of John Gaa, and his property, on 1st inst. Farley came out of prison on 6th inst. and a quantity of stolen property was found in his room on 6th inst.
Vide Police Gazette, page 62.
Apprehensions.
CHARLES FARLEY, T.L, Reg. No. 10036, sentenced at Fremantle Police Court, on 12th inst. to 6 months' hard labour.
No. 44.] WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9. [1881]
No. 10036, Charles Farley, at Perth, on 14th inst., convicted at Perth, in Western Australia, on the 4th October, 1871, for horse stealing, and sentenced to 8 years p.s.
Charles had various occupations over the years, and I have listed some of them below, showing his rate of wages, the districts he worked in and his employer’s name.
19/2/1876 not stated not stated Fremantle Dr Barnett
8/7/1878 Road work 4/- per day York^ Henry Stevens
26/8/1878 Grubbing 35/- per acre York S S Parker
19/11/1878 Labourer 3/- per day York Wm Fleming
27/11/1878 Cook £2.0.0 per month York S E Burges
6/3/1879 Ostler £2.0.0 per month Swan Thomas Jecks
16/6/1879 General serv £2.0.0 per month Perth Edward Connor
6/10/1879 not stated not stated Perth own account
19/10/1879 General serv 45/- per month York Robert D [ ]
30/6/1880 Labourer not stated Perth own account
30/6/1881 Blacksmith £7/4/- per month Perth own account
^It may have been while employed in the York district that Charles met Matilda Cheveril who lived in the area with her parents; either that or he met Matilda while in the Vasse region between 1878/9. I have seen a record of Matilda Cheveril working for “Brockman’s, Vasse”; unfortunately I cannot locate it at this time.
In March 1884 Charles, Matilda and one of their two children (Sarah or Caroline) were ill, and Charles was forced to approach the Reverend Dean Gegg and request assistance from him and the authorities. I have transcribed the applications, including a letter from a doctor at the Colonial Hospital (now Royal Perth Hospital).
TRANSCRIBED RELIEF APPLICATION AND APPROVAL
1578
84
Charles Farley, 44 years of age, a labourer, lately employed by Mr Cockram of Jarrahdale Hotel, but at present residing in Murray Street, Perth, has been suffering for five weeks from severe inflammation of both eyes. The sight of the left eye is gone. He has visited the Col. Hospital and received medical treatment. He is unable to work and has expended all his savings and is wholly unable to support himself, wife, and two infant children. I would therefore recommend him for receiving some ……. relief.
Tos. Gegg
Perth, 15 March/84
MINUTE PAPER No. 1578
84
FROM THE Very Reverend Dean Gegg
No. 142 (Department No.) Dated March 15th 1884
Subject: Charles Farley, married, two children.
Has severe inflammation of eyes. Requires relief.
FURTHER PAPERS ENCLOSED: NO.S Medical certificate stated
he requires meat.
ACTION TAKEN: Letter to:……………………………………No:…………………..date…………………………………..188
Govt. order to: …………………………………………………….No:…………………..date……………………………….....188
To: The Honourable, the Colonial Secretary
I visited C. Farley on the 16th, he has lost the sight of one eye,
the other is very bad. His wife is ill with sore throat and is very delicate, one of the children is ill. They are quite destitute. I beg to recommend them for two rations daily with the meat ration as rec. by Colonial Surgeon.
W Dale.
March 19th 84 Supt. Houses
Approved
By Command
Malcolm Ball
To Mr Dale.
1578 Colonial Hospital
84 18 Mar 1884
I certify that a meat ration is necessary for C. Farley.
Alfred R Waylen MD
Col. Surg
21.3.84 Colonial Secretary
The Honourable
The Colonial Secretary
Noted & returned.
(illegible)
24.3.84 Spt Houses
Charles and Matilda Farley had four children:
Sarah Jane Farley was born 12 July 1880 at the Whitby Falls Coach House, Jarrahdale, possibly at a time when Charles was working in the area. Sarah married Henry Thomas Poland on 19 February 1901 and they had nine children. Sarah Jane Poland died on 20 February 1971.
Caroline Ellen Farley was born 1882 in Perth, WA and died 1906, aged 24 years.
Henry Alfred Farley was born 1886 in Perth, WA and died
Elizabeth Matilda Farley was born 1889 in Perth, WA. I have been unable to locate either a marriage, death or burial record for Elizabeth.
From this point on, I have very little information on Charles’ life, apart from a couple of newspaper items concerning himself, the death and funeral notices for his daughter Ellen (Caroline Helena) and finally his own death and funeral notices. His wife, Matilda survived him by two years.
The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879-1954),
Tuesday 27 November 1906, page 1
FARLEY - The friends of Mr. Charles Farley are respectfully invited to follow the remains of his late beloved daughter, Ellen, to the place of interment, the Wesleyan Cemetery, Karrakatta. The Funeral is appointed to leave his residence, 8 Little Stirling-street, Perth, a 9.30 o'clock THIS (Tuesday) MORNING, per road. Friends wishing to attend the Funeral may proceed by the 10.30 train leaving Perth.
BOWRA and O'DEA, Undertakers, 195 Pier Street, Perth, Tel. 308.
The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879-1954), Tuesday 29 May 1917, page 1
FARLEY - The friends of the late Mr. Charles Farley, late of Stirling Street, Perth, and beloved husband of Mrs. M. Farley, are respectfully invited to follow his remains to the place of interment, the Wesleyan portion of the Karrakatta Cemetery. The Funeral is appointed to leave Messrs. C. H. Smith and Co.'s private Mortuary, 281 Newcastle Street. Perth, at 10 o clock THIS (Tuesday) MORNING, per road. Friends wishing to attend the Funeral may proceed by the 10.30 a.m. train leaving Perth.
C. H. SMITH and CO., Undertakers. 151 Newcastle Street. Perth. Tel. A1231.
Sunday Times (Perth, WA : 1902-1954), Sunday 20 April 1919, page 1
FARLEY.-The Friends of Mr. H. Alfred Farley, of 31 View-street. North. Perth, are respectfully invited to follow the remains of his late dearly beloved mother. Mrs. Matilda Farley, to the place of interment, the Wesley Cemetery, Karrakatta. The Funeral is appointed to leave Messrs. C. H. Smith and Co.'s Private Mortuary, 281 Newcastle Street, Perth, at 10.00 o'clock TOMORROW (Monday) MORNING, per road. Friends wishing to attend the Funeral may proceed by the 11 a.m. train leaving Perth.
C H. SMITH and CO - Undertakers.
281 Newcastle Street, Perth. Telephone A1331
The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879-1954), Monday 21 April 1919, page 1
FARLEY--On April 19 (suddenly) at her daughters residence, 262 Fitzgerald street, North Perth, the dearly beloved mother and mother in law of Mr. and Mrs. H. Poland, grandmother of Dorothy, Charlie Olive, Ivy, Elsie, Ernie, Doreen, aged 73 years. Sadly missed.
The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879-1954), Monday 21 April 1919, page 1
FARLEY - The Friends of Mr. H. Alfred Farley, of 31 View Street. North Perth, are respectfully invited to follow the remains of his late dearly beloved mother. Mrs. Matilda Farley, to the place of interment, the Wesleyan Cemetery, Karrakatta. The Funeral is appointed to leave Messrs. O. H. Smith and Co.'s Private Mortuary, 281 Newcastle street, Perth at 10 o'clock THIS (MONDAY MORNNG), per road.
Friends wishing to attend the Funeral may proceed by the 10.45 a.m. train leaving Perth.
C. H. SMITH and CO., Undertakers, 281 Newcastle street Perth. Tel, A1331.
It’s difficult to try and fathom Charles’ thinking and the choices he made; was his behaviour due to the fact that he grew up without a mother, was he made to feel responsible for his mother’s death, did the removal of his sister, Mary from the family affect him, were his grandparents and father overly strict with him? Even if any of this were true, surely after finding himself transported to the other side of the world for seven years penal servitude, that punishment alone would make him think twice before again reverting to criminal activities. Or, maybe, he just couldn’t help himself.
I would have liked to have been able to include much more information on Charles Joseph Farley; unfortunately his ongoing convictions seemed to overrule his personal life. As a child, I never thought of asking my grandmother Sarah Jane (Farley) Poland about her parents or her childhood - perhaps it’s just as well. I think those memories, for her, were probably left well alone.
Annette Bergeron
1 July 2014
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1838 - 1917 (79 years)
Has no ancestors but 31 descendants in this family tree.
1849 - 1919 (~ 69 years)
Matilda CHEVERIL, b. Sep 1849, York, Western Australia, Australia 
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