SOWDEN, Joseph Ledger
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General
Name SOWDEN, Joseph Ledger Date of death 29 June 1895 Burial date 30 June 1895 Age 72 years Cause of death Place of death Perth -
Monument
Headstone? Yes Inscription Sacred; To The Memory Of; Mary Ann; The Beloved Wife Of; Joseph Ledger Sowden; Who Died At Perth, WA; Feb 20th 1890; Aged 54 Years; Also; Joseph Ledger Sowden; Died June 29 1895; Aged 72 Years; To Be With Christ; Which Is Far Better; Why Seek Ye The Living Amongst; The Dead! She Is Not Here; She Has Risen
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Family
Birth details 1825 England Arrival date 28/12/1863 per Lord Dalhousie Spouse 1st Jane Farrar; 2nd Mary Ann Hart; 3rd Fanny Ellen Parker Marriage details 1st 1844 Leeds Yorkshire; 2nd 18/09/1869 Perth; LEDGER: 3rd 21/09/1891 St Saviours Leeds Yorkshire Parents Sarah SOWDEN and Thomas Ledger Children Residence Hay Street West Perth Biography/history Birth name Joseph Sowden LEDGER; Convict No 7551; Joseph SOWDEN Conviction York; 12/07/1862; Robbery with violence; previous convictions; 10 years; Ticket of Leave 26/10/1865; Conditional Pardon 11/07/1872; Certificate of Freedom 11/08/1875; 1870's Blacksmith and Tinsmith; Established a foundry in Hay Street with T H Goode and W J Starte; 1878 Partnership disolved and resumed with Starte in 1880 -
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Official Records
Location of grave Church of England Grave number 614 (Search for all decease buried in this grave) DEATH CERTIFICATE NUMBER NR State Records Office
Accession NumberCons 3403 item 1895/061 State Library of WA Acc 2467A/11 Newspaper Notice 06/07/1895 The West Australian pg 4 Comments
