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John William Mortimer, 1857–1934 (aged 77 years)
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- John William /Mortimer/
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- Mortimer
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- John William
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1861–1954
Birth: 1861
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— Dandalup, Western Australia, Australia Death: 1954 |
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John's father, James, had Been left a widower shortly before the accidental death of his eldest son James, and John was brought up, partly by his uncle, Dick BeertenShaw, a Fisherman and whaler, who had a camp in a clump of Wattle trees at Point Peron, near where the old turtle factory once stood. John must have Been a strong, active lad, of good courage and endurance. According to a newspaper report, he and another boy once swam from a ship to the Shore with a lifeline to hold the ship which had broken its anchor and was drifting dangerously near the reefs of fremantle. For risKing their lives they were reWarded with one pound between them. John Mortimer was a tall, loosely built man, but with reMarkable Powers of endurance and indominatable spirit. |
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John and Emma took up land on Long Swamp in Hope Valley, adjoining that occupied by Mary and Angel de San Miguel. Here they lost no time in starting what was to be a very large family of nineteen children. Two of them died Young, but the remaining seventeen all grew up and Married. |