Robert died on 7 Oct
1927 in Northcote, Victoria, Au.
Ellen died on 18 Feb
1943 in Ballarat, Victoria, Au.
INFO:
Stableman. Worked at Stables in Flinders St.
Melbourne. Moved to a farm at Wattle Flat, Castlemaine, of 44
acres, and cut and supplied wood, by horse and dray to supply
wood for boilers at the Castlemaine Iron Foundry.
1908: inherited the family farm from his brother
John. By the time of his death in 1927, the family house had all
but gone and the land descibed as bushland.
1927: "The
Castlemaine Mail" reported on October 11th, 1927, the
following:
BIOGRAPHY: "The death
occurred at the residence of his daughter at Northcote on Friday
of Mr. Robert Conn, a very old resident of Wattle Flat, where for
many years he was a contractor for the supply of firewood. He
went down to the Royal Show last month for a holiday, and during
his visit became unwell and died on the Friday.
He was 75 years of age,
and leaves a widow, six sons and three daughters, three of the
sons residing in the district. viz. Harold, fruiterer, of Barker
Street North, William, of Harcourt, and John, of Wattle Flat.
Deceased was one of the founders of the Hope of Australia
Rechabite Tent at Harcourt, and at one time was a prominent
cricketer. He was born at Prahran and arrived here over 70 years
ago as a child, and had always been held in very high esteem. The
remains are to be interred in the Campbell's Creek cemetery this
afternoon."
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