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Born in Glasgow Scotland.
Youngest of seven children -
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Catherine married Eugene Carragher who already had a son
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Catherine dropped out of school at the end of year 10
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Started to work in a large grocery chain in Glasgow from 9qm til 9pm 7days a week
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Catherine started working in a factory known as McLennan's
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War was declared and worked on a lethe making ammunition for the war adn stayed there for for years- 1943
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Rose Carragher was born.
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Catherine, Eugene, Eugene and Rose migrated to Australia.
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Moved to Scadden 30 miles from Esperance. The closest neighbours were 10 miles away.
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Catherine ran a post office when the moved to Scadden. While Eugene ran the farm.She cooked for the shearers and did correspondence lessons for Eugene and her daughter Rose.
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Moved to Corinthian Road Riverton, no road only gravel track the bus that went to the Riverton Bridge about 5 miles away and had to walk on a bush & gravel track lived in tents.
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Became the team leader ,(the nursery still supplies plants to Bunnings and other nurseries today.)
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John Hugh Gerald was born.
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Became a business women and bought Kandi Tienda lollie shop in La Plaza Bentley shopping centre . She owned it until the shopping centre burnt down.
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Eugene passed away on the 12th of August 2004, due to suffering from prostate cancer for a number of years. Leaving behind a loving wife, 3 children, 6 grandchildren and 8 great grandchildren
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Catherine Carragher passed away on the 1st of november 2011, due to an accident in her retirement home.
