Robert Mangles King (1855 - 1924)

Born 22 Jun 1855 in Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia

Husband of Annie Eliza (Abernethy) King — married 1908 in Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Died 29 Apr 1924 at age 68 in Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Biography

Robert was born in 1855 in Fremantle, Western Australia.^[1] He was the son of Robert King and Elizabeth Bridges.

He possibly accompanied his father on a voyage to Toronto on 9 November 1863. He employed a Ticket of Leave labourer at Fremantle in 1874. He went to King George Sound and overseas on 12 June 1876 per Georgette. He returned on 4 October 1878 per Macquarie from Colombo. He departed on 5 May 1879 per Rob Roy for Melbourne.^[2]

He married Annie Eliza Abernethy in Perth in 1908.^[3]

KING. — On April 29, 1924, at Perth, Robert Mangles King (surveyor), late of Darlington, the dearly beloved husband of Annie Eliza King, of 21 Hooper-street, West Perth, aged 68 years.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ "Australia Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTDV-Z2Q : 28 January 2020), Robert Mangles King, 1855.
2. ↑ The Bicentennial dictionary of Western Australians, pre-1829-1888. [compiled by Rica Erickson], https://www.friendsofbattyelibrary.org.au/bicentennial-dictionary
3. ↑ WA Marriage Index 1908/100521
4. ↑ Family Notices (1924, May 1). The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), p. 1. Retrieved January 20, 2023, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article31228794