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Harry (Snowy) Meatheringham (1896-1963) gardener, wharf hand and Labor party member and Domain orator
Birth: 8 November 1896 at Laura, South Australia, only child of native-born parents Henry Meatheringham (1856-1915), labourer, and his second wife Hester, née Parrott, late Hannett (1858-1948), a widow who had seven children by her previous husband. Marriage: 13 March 1928 at North Sydney, New South Wales, with Salvation Army forms, to Marjorie Louise Reeve, known as Jean Walther (1908-1994). They had four daughters and three sons. Death: 5 November 1962 in hospital at Katoomba, NSW; usual residence Mount Street, Leura, NSW. Religion: buried with Catholic rites.
Sources
Colin Roderick, (ed) 1976. Henry Lawson, Letters, 1890-1922, Angus and Robertson pp 397-398, 522; Northern Beaches Council History Hub, Harry Meatheringham: https://northernbeaches.recollect.net.au/nodes/view/9949
'Meatheringham, Harry David (Snowy) (1896–1962)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/meatheringham-harry-david-snowy-34436/text43228, accessed 10 December 2024.
8 November,
1896
Laura,
South Australia,
Australia
5 November,
1962
(aged 65)
Leura,
New South Wales,
Australia
Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.