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Catherine Hamilton Steele was born
Born in Glasgow Scotland.
Youngest of seven children -
Period: to
born and died
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Married Eugene
Catherine married Eugene Carragher who already had a son -
Finished school
Catherine dropped out of school at the end of year 10 -
First job
Started to work in a large grocery chain in Glasgow from 9qm til 9pm 7days a week -
Started work in a factory
Catherine started working in a factory known as McLennan's -
War
War was declared and worked on a lethe making ammunition for the war adn stayed there for for years- 1943 -
First child born
Rose Carragher was born. -
Migrated
Catherine, Eugene, Eugene and Rose migrated to Australia. -
Moved to Scadden.
Moved to Scadden 30 miles from Esperance. The closest neighbours were 10 miles away. -
Ran a post office
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. -
Moved houses
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. -
Worked at the Riverton plant nursery
Became the team leader ,(the nursery still supplies plants to Bunnings and other nurseries today.) -
Second child born
John Hugh Gerald was born. -
Bought Kandi Tienda Lollie Shop
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. -
Eugene passed away
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 -
Catherine passed away
Catherine Carragher passed away on the 1st of november 2011, due to an accident in her retirement home.
