Arthur STRAHAN

1932 - DECEASED   Has 34 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.

James STRAHAN

1840 - 1918  (~ 81 years)

Birth	Between 1837 and 1840	Armagh, Northern Ireland
Died	8 Nov 1918	Guildford, Western Australia, Australia
Buried	1918	Cemetery, Guildford, Western Australia, Australia
Family	Susannah STRAHAN,   b. 15 Aug 1835, Camagh, Armagh, Northern Ireland
Married	18 Jan 1859	Derry Noose, Armagh, Ireland
Children	+ 1. Elizabeth Ellen STRAHAN,   b. Abt 1861, Armagh, Northern Ireland   2. Isobella STRAHAN,   b. 1862, Newcastle, Western Australia, Australia + 3. Isabella STRAHAN,   b. 15 Jul 1863, Toodyay, Western Australia, Australia + 4. James STRAHAN,   b. 1866, Newcastle, Western Australia, Australia + 5. Thomas John STRAHAN,   b. 20 Aug 1867, Toodyay, Western Australia, Australia + 6. William Henry STRAHAN,   b. 21 Sep 1869, Toodyay, Western Australia, Australia   7. Sarah Ann STRAHAN,   b. 1872, Toodyay, Western Australia, Australia   8. Susan STRAHAN,   b. 1874, Toodyay, Western Australia, Australia   9. Joseph STRAHAN,   b. 1876, Western Australia, Australia + 10. Joseph Edward STRAHAN,   b. 28 Sep 1879, Toodyay, Western Australia, Australia

Mary Jane PATERSON

Abt 1790 - 1853  (~ 63 years)

Birth	Abt 1790	Northumberland, England
Died	1 Jul 1853	Upper Swan, Western Australia, Australia
Buried	1853	Guildford, Western Australia, Australia
Family	John DEWAR,   b. Between 1782 and 1784, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Married	Abt 1814	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Children	+ 1. Ann DEWAR,   b. Abt 1814, England + 2. Alexander DEWAR,   b. Abt 1815, Scotland + 3. Janet DEWAR,   b. Abt 1817, England + 4. Robert DEWAR,   b. Abt 1820, Scotland + 5. Ralph Thomas DEWAR,   b. Abt 1824, England + 6. Mary Ann Jane DEWAR,   b. 29 Aug 1825, Horsley, Surrey, England + 7. John DEWAR,   b. Abt 1827, Northumberland, England + 8. William Smart DEWAR,   b. Abt 1829, Northumberland, England + 9. Ellen DEWAR,   b. 23 Jun 1832, Swan River, Western Australia, Australia

Living

Father	Preston George STRAHAN,   b. 28 Sep 1898, Guildford, Western Australia, Australia
Mother	Violet Rose DODD,   b. 1908, Victoria Plains, Western Australia, Australia
Married	1929	Irwin, Western Australia, Australia
Family	Gladstone Benjamin WYATT,   b. 18 Aug 1919, Dandaragan, Western Australia, Australia
Children	+ 1. Living   2. Living   3. Living

Gladstone Benjamin WYATT

1919 - 1994  (74 years)

Birth	18 Aug 1919	Dandaragan, Western Australia, Australia
Died	19 Jun 1994	Moora, Western Australia, Australia
Father	James WYATT,   b. 1879, Dandaragan, Western Australia, Australia
Mother	Louisa Alice BUTLER,   b. 16 May 1883, Dandaragan, Western Australia, Australia
Married	1901	Dandaragan, Western Australia, Australia
Family	Living
Children	+ 1. Living   2. Living   3. Living

Arthur STRAHAN

1932 - DECEASED

Birth	1 Aug 1932	Western Australia, Australia
Died	DECEASED
Father	Preston George STRAHAN,   b. 28 Sep 1898, Guildford, Western Australia, Australia
Mother	Violet Rose DODD,   b. 1908, Victoria Plains, Western Australia, Australia
Married	1929	Irwin, Western Australia, Australia

Living

Father	Preston George STRAHAN,   b. 28 Sep 1898, Guildford, Western Australia, Australia
Mother	Violet Rose DODD,   b. 1908, Victoria Plains, Western Australia, Australia
Married	1929	Irwin, Western Australia, Australia
Family	Kevin DOUST,   b. Abt 1926
Children	1. Living   2. Faye DOUST,   b. UNKNOWN   3. Living   4. Living

Kevin DOUST

Abt 1926 - 2002  (~ 76 years)

Birth	Abt 1926
Died	11 Jul 2002	Cranbrook, Western Australia, Australia
Buried	2002	Cemetery, Karrakatta, Western Australia, Australia
Family	Living
Children	1. Living   2. Faye DOUST,   b. UNKNOWN   3. Living   4. Living

Living

Father	Preston George STRAHAN,   b. 28 Sep 1898, Guildford, Western Australia, Australia
Mother	Violet Rose DODD,   b. 1908, Victoria Plains, Western Australia, Australia
Married	1929	Irwin, Western Australia, Australia
Family	Richard Bertram NILE,   b. 6 Dec 1932, South Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Children	+ 1. Living + 2. Living + 3. Living + 4. Living + 5. Living

Richard Bertram NILE

1932 - 2007  (74 years)

Birth	6 Dec 1932	South Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Died	25 May 2007	Camden, Western Australia, Australia
Father	Richard Garfield NILE,   b. UNKNOWN
Mother	Amelie Jean SOLOMAN,   b. UNKNOWN
Married	UNKNOWN
Family	Living
Children	+ 1. Living + 2. Living + 3. Living + 4. Living + 5. Living

Living

Father	Preston George STRAHAN,   b. 28 Sep 1898, Guildford, Western Australia, Australia
Mother	Violet Rose DODD,   b. 1908, Victoria Plains, Western Australia, Australia
Married	1929	Irwin, Western Australia, Australia
Family 1	Living
Family 2	Living
Children	+ 1. Living + 2. Living + 3. Living

Living

Father	Charles Sydney Gordon ESSEX,   b. 1 Apr 1924, Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia
Mother	Audrey Murial FOLEY,   b. 26 May 1924, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Married	14 Aug 1945	Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Divorced	1952	Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Family	Living
Children	+ 1. Living + 2. Living + 3. Living

Shirley STRAHAN

1949 - 2005  (55 years)

Birth	17 Jul 1949
Died	19 Jan 2005	Falcon, Western Australia, Australia
Buried	2005	Cemetery, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia
Father	Preston George STRAHAN,   b. 28 Sep 1898, Guildford, Western Australia, Australia
Mother	Violet Rose DODD,   b. 1908, Victoria Plains, Western Australia, Australia
Married	1929	Irwin, Western Australia, Australia
Family	Living
Children	1. Living   2. Living

Preston George STRAHAN

1898 - 1987  (89 years)

Birth	28 Sep 1898	Guildford, Western Australia, Australia
Died	9 Nov 1987	Moora, Western Australia, Australia
Buried	1987	Cemetery, Moora, Western Australia, Australia
Father	James STRAHAN,   b. 1866, Newcastle, Western Australia, Australia
Mother	Mary Ann BISHOP,   b. Between 1866 and 1867, New Norcia, Western Australia, Australia
Married	1889	Newcastle, Western Australia, Australia
Family	Violet Rose DODD,   b. 1908, Victoria Plains, Western Australia, Australia
Married	1929	Irwin, Western Australia, Australia
Children	+ 1. Living   2. Arthur STRAHAN,   b. 1 Aug 1932, Western Australia, Australia + 3. Living + 4. Living + 5. Living + 6. Shirley STRAHAN,   b. 17 Jul 1949

Violet Rose DODD

1908 - 1974  (66 years)

Birth	1908	Victoria Plains, Western Australia, Australia
Died	4 Sep 1974	Moora, Western Australia, Australia
Buried	1974	Cemetery, Moora, Western Australia, Australia
Father	James May DODD,   b. 6 May 1869, Western Australia, Australia
Mother	Mary Jane MORLEY,   b. 1870, Western Australia, Australia
Married	18 May 1893	Upper Swan, Western Australia, Australia
Family	Preston George STRAHAN,   b. 28 Sep 1898, Guildford, Western Australia, Australia
Married	1929	Irwin, Western Australia, Australia
Children	+ 1. Living   2. Arthur STRAHAN,   b. 1 Aug 1932, Western Australia, Australia + 3. Living + 4. Living + 5. Living + 6. Shirley STRAHAN,   b. 17 Jul 1949

• Name	Arthur STRAHAN  [1]
  Relationship	with Rodney VOJVODICH
  Birth	1 Aug 1932	Western Australia, Australia
  Gender	Male
  Picture	Have
  Medical	Died in rescuing his sister Kathleen and was lost to a shark.
  Death	DECEASED
  Siblings	5 siblings
  1. Living
  2. Living
  3. Living
  4. Living
  5. Shirley STRAHAN,   b. 17 Jul 1949   d. 19 Jan 2005, Falcon, Western Australia, Australia
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	James STRAHAN,   b. Between 1837 and 1840, Armagh, Northern Ireland d. 8 Nov 1918, Guildford, Western Australia, Australia  (Age ~ 81 years)  (Great Grandfather)  Mary Jane PATERSON,   b. Abt 1790, Northumberland, England d. 1 Jul 1853, Upper Swan, Western Australia, Australia  (Age ~ 63 years)  (3 x Great Grandmother)
  Siblings	1 brother and 4 sisters
  + 1. Living â–»Gladstone Benjamin WYATT,  m. 1950, Perth, Western Australia, Australia     2. Arthur STRAHAN,   b. 1 Aug 1932, Western Australia, Australia d. DECEASED + 3. Living â–»Kevin DOUST,  m. 1955, Perth, Western Australia, Australia   + 4. Living â–»Richard Bertram NILE,  m. May 1957, North Perth, Western Australia, Australia   + 5. Living + 6. Shirley STRAHAN,   b. 17 Jul 1949   d. 19 Jan 2005, Falcon, Western Australia, Australia  (Age 55 years)
  Person ID	I8922	MyBradyTree | Descendant of Convict Michael DODD , WDW, SRN, MW

  
  

  Father	Preston George STRAHAN,   b. 28 Sep 1898, Guildford, Western Australia, Australia d. 9 Nov 1987, Moora, Western Australia, Australia (Age 89 years)
  Mother	Violet Rose DODD,   b. 1908, Victoria Plains, Western Australia, Australia d. 4 Sep 1974, Moora, Western Australia, Australia (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	1929	Irwin, Western Australia, Australia
  Reference Number	#8
  Family ID	F3965	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  		Birth - 1 Aug 1932 - Western Australia, Australia  = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  World's best officer Article from: Print October 15, 2005 http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,16928625-2761,00.html JURIEN Bay policeman Paul World found himself a new family when he helped Kath Nile solve her tragic mystery. The Sen-Constable was asked by the coroner's office to investigate the facts behind the 1948 disappearance of Mrs Nile's 17-year-old brother, Arthur Strahan, in the ocean near Lancelin. Mrs Nile's son, Ron, wrote to Coroner Alastair Hope last year when he learnt a death certificate was never issued. The inquiry was given to Sen-Constable World, a father of three. He interviewed Mrs Nile and her sister Dawn Wyatt, 75 – who told him Mrs Nile had always been blamed for Arthur's death because he died while trying to save the 11-year-old from deep water. "The amount of emotion that came out when all these things that were never allowed to be discussed in the family were told was incredible," he said. As a result of the officer's report, Mr Hope said he was satisfied Arthur died in a shark attack or by drowning. Sen-Constable World said it was one of most rewarding things he had done for a family. "I have found lifelong friends. It has opened a door to another family," he said. A tearful Mrs Nile said Sen-Constable World would never know how much he had done for her.

  
  

• Reference

  #BFTWA. "Arthur STRAHAN". Brady Family Tree in Western Australia. https://bradyfamilytree.org/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I8922&tree=BRADY2008 (accessed May 18, 2025).