Albert Henry COUSINS

Male 1882 - 1972  (89 years)   Has 44 ancestors and 32 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name Albert Henry COUSINS  [1
    Relationshipwith Rodney VOJVODICH
    Birth 19 Dec 1882  Dongara, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Certificate of Birth Have 
    AKA Bert 
    Occupation Drover, Farmer, Kangaroo-shooter, Hotelier 
    Certificate of Death Have 
    Death 20 Mar 1972  Wilson, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Agmaroy Hospital
    Burial 22 Mar 1972  Cemetery, Midland, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • ANGLICAN-J-0075 MB00003632
    Siblings 11 siblings 
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    Richard FAIRWEATHER,   b. 1517, Aspall, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1566, Aspall, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 49 years)  (10 x Great Grandfather) 
    Esther KENNY,   b. UNKNOWN   d. DECEASED  (Great Grandmother) 
    Siblings 6 brothers and 5 sisters 
    Person ID I5328  MyBradyTree | Descendant of Convict Robert COUSINS , KC, MC, RJS, Descendant of Convict George S C KING

    Father AncestorsHenry William COUSINS,   b. 18 Feb 1858, Perth, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Dec 1935, Perth, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years) 
    Mother AncestorsClara Elizabeth Cook KING,   b. 7 Sep 1859, Watford, Hertfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Sep 1926, Arrino, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years) 
    Marriage 29 May 1882  Greenough, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • St James Church
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    Certificate of Marriage Have 
    Reference Number #5312 
    Documents
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    Family ID F2554  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 AncestorsElizabeth DODD,   b. 5 Aug 1889, Dongara, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Feb 1931, Mount Lawley, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 41 years) 
    Marriage 15 Jan 1910  Perth, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • St George's Cathedral
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    Certificate of Marriage Have 
    Children 
    >1. Austin George COUSINS,   b. 15 Dec 1911, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. DECEASED, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location
    +2. Eunice May COUSINS,   b. 27 Mar 1912, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Oct 1999, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)
    â–» John Ross ANDERSON  m. UNKNOWN
    +3. Albert Mervyn COUSINS,   b. 1 May 1913, Moora, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Aug 1963, Claremont, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 50 years)
    â–» Ruby Maude CONNOLLY  m. 23 May 1936
    >4. Winifred Maud COUSINS,   b. 12 Jun 1914, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Jul 2003, Inglewood, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years)
    +5. Verdun Charles COUSINS,   b. May 1916, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2003, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 86 years)
     6. Edgar Roy COUSINS,   b. 31 Mar 1918, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Apr 1945, Arrino, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 27 years)
    +7. Daphne Doreen COUSINS,   b. 10 Jul 1919, Arrino, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Nov 2005, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)
    â–» Philip Harry MARQUAND  m. 1937
    +8. Herbert Barry COUSINS,   b. 5 Dec 1921, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Sep 2000, Narrogin, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
    >9. Living
    Documents
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    Family ID F2556  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Elsie Sophia AIZELWOOD,   b. Abt 1892   d. 21 Nov 1981, Carmel, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 89 years) 
    Marriage 6 May 1941  Albany, Western Australia, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2557  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map Click to hide
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 19 Dec 1882 - Dongara, Western Australia, Australia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 15 Jan 1910 - Perth, Western Australia, Australia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 6 May 1941 - Albany, Western Australia, Australia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 20 Mar 1972 - Wilson, Western Australia, Australia Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 22 Mar 1972 - Cemetery, Midland, Western Australia, Australia Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
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  • Notes 
    • Albert Henry (Bert) COUSINS was born in Dongara, Western Australia on 19 December 1882, the eldest son and child of twelve children born to Henry William COUSINS, farmer and Clara Elizabeth nee KING.

      Bert grew up and was educated in the Greenough District. At the age of eighteen, he went north droving and kangaroo shooting with two friends. After a few years, he returned to the Greenough district and went to work for the railways.

      It was about this time that Bert met, and married Elizabeth DODD, the daughter of Edward DODD, former convict, farmer and Emma nee PAYNE. Elizabeth was born in Dongara, 15 August 1889 and spent all her younger years in the Greenough region.

      The Dean of Perth married them according to the rites and ceremonies of the Anglican Church, on 15 January 1910, in St Georges Cathedral, Perth. At the time of the marriage, they were both living in Arrino.

      After the marriage, Bert and Elizabeth were allocated land at Arrino for farming.
      Emma's sister, Elizabeth and her husband, Ben SWEETMAN, left their Fremantle home and moved to Arrino about the same time as Bert and Elizabeth. Other members of Elizabeth's family at Arrino were her mother and father who had opened the first store in about 1895. It had the following grand name.

      "DODDS UNITED GROCERY STORE & REFRESHMENT ROOMS"

      During the early twenties Bert was a member of the committee that was set up to raise funds for the building of the Arrino Hall. Other members of the committee were the secretary Mr. A. G. SAUNDERS, and Messrs. T.DALEY, C.SHEAHAN, M.CARROLL, C.DODD (Elizabeth's brother), N.STOKES, B.SWEETMAN (Elizabeth's brother-in-law), W.J.TURNER, W.DURACK and H.G.TOWNSEND. The hall, built for a cost of seven hundred and fifty pounds, was opened in 1922, and to celebrate the occasion a race meeting was held at the Arrino Race Course. A grand ball followed this.

      On 4 February 1931, Elizabeth passed away at the early age of 41, in the McGill Hospital in Mt Lawley. Cause of death was Cellulitis of the face. She was buried in the Anglican portion of the Karrakatta Cemetery on 6 February.

      Times would have been very difficult for Bert, as the youngest of the girls would have been only eight years old.

      Not long after the death of Elizabeth, Bert sold the farm and went prospecting at Paynes Find. Eventually he worked in the Wiluna mine, and at its closure, he took over the lease of the Pindar Hotel on the road between Mullewa and Mount Magnet. After three years, he bought the Callingri Store and Post Office, and later he went to the Hyden Post Office and Store. Moving to Cue, he bought the Murchinson Club Hotel, but because he was suffering ill health, he rented the hotel out and took up residence in Mosman Park for some time. After partnering his brother in the Kojonup Hotel for a while, he returned to Cue to the Murchison Club Hotel where he spent 18 years, till ill health forced him to sell.

      On 6 May 1951 at age 59, Bert married again, this time to Elsie Sophia AIZLEWOOD in Albany.

      At the age of 89, Bert died on 20 March 1972 in the Agmaroy Hospital, 115 Riverton Road Wilson. He was interred in the Anglican portion of the Midland Cemetery on 22 March.

      Eric Leslie Hansen - eric-at-wantree.com.au

  • Reference  #BFTWA. "Albert Henry COUSINS". Brady Family Tree in Western Australia. https://www.bradyfamilytree.org/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I5328&tree=BRADY2008 (accessed July 10, 2025).

  • Sources 
    1. [S244] ecousins-at-gmp.usyd.edu.au, Elizabeth Cousins, Some Information Submitted by Elizabeth Cousins.