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Ann Ross Cashman, née Watson, also known as ‘Nannie Annie’ (1890-1976) housewife, Labor activist and mayor
Birth: 14 May 1890 at Rozelle, Sydney, New South Wales, daughter of Scottish-born parents James Watson (1860-1930), from Glasgow, and Catherine Forbes, née Hunter (1862-1950) from Ferryhill, Aberdeen. Marriage: 22 July 1911 at Newtown Baptist Church, Sydney, to Daniel Joseph ‘Mick’ Cashman (1894-1959), a labourer born in Vancouver, Canada. They had two sons and one daughter. Death: 29 September 1976 in a nursing home at Leichhardt. Religion: buried in Catholic cemetery, Field of Mars, Sydney.
Sources
Information from S. Tracey 1997; ALP Women's Diamond Jubilee p 33.
Sue Tracey, 'Cashman, Ann Ross (Annie) (1890–1976)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/cashman-ann-ross-annie-33281/text41529, accessed 1 September 2024.
14 May,
1890
Rozelle, Sydney,
New South Wales,
Australia
29 September,
1976
(aged 86)
Leichhardt, Sydney,
New South Wales,
Australia
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