Alfred FREE
1868 - 1946 (77 years)
Has 73 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.
1860 - 1942 (81 years)
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Name Alfred FREE [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] Relationship 
with Rodney VOJVODICH Birth Record 1868 Victoria, Australia 
#25644 Birth 11 Nov 1868 Mount Cole, Victoria, Australia Gender Male Certificate of Birth Have Occupation 1883 Horse Breaking. Residence 1892 Hay, New South Wales, Australia [5] Age: 23 Residence 20 Jul 1892 [6] Newspaper Article19 Aug 1892 [8] Crime 24 Jun 1893 Capture of an alleged Horse Stealer Newspaper Article1 Jul 1893 [9] Crime 20 Jul 1893 Cattle Stealing - 12mths - Gaol: Pentridge Newspaper Article17 Dec 1897 [10] Newspaper Article24 Dec 1897 [11] Newspaper Article30 Jul 1914 [12] Newspaper Article7 Aug 1914 [13] Newspaper Article14 Aug 1914 [14] Newspaper Article6 Feb 1916 [15] Occupation 1919 Farm Manager. Death Record 1946 Beverley, Western Australia, Australia #7 AKA John Hill Certificate of Death Wanted Death 22 Jan 1946 Beverley, Western Australia, Australia Burial 22 Feb 1946 Cemetery, St John in the Wilderness, Beverley, Western Australia, Australia 
FREE-Alfred1868-DE001 Siblings13 siblings Siblings10 brothers and 3 sisters Half-siblings2 half brothers and 1 half sister (family of William FREE and Louisa CHAPMAN) Patriarch & Matriarch 
William FREE, b. UNKNOWN d. DECEASED (4 x Great Grandfather)
Elizabeth UNKNOWN, b. UNKNOWN d. DECEASED (2 x Great Grandmother)Person ID I813 MyBradyTree | BRADY, Ancestor of Darryl William BRADY , KLF, RTJ, MAC, FW, SMF Links To This person is also Alfred FREE in the tree "Graeme Cheeseman" at Free, Flavell, Finkell, Coxall, Chaffe and Shepherd Families Last Modified 13 Oct 2024
DNA Tests 1 DNA test is associated with Alfred FREE
Father 
William FREE, b. 2 Mar 1829, Haslingfield, Cambridgeshire, England d. 2 Jun 1890, Corack, Victoria, Australia (Age 61 years)
Other Partners: Louisa CHAPMAN m. 16 Nov 1848Mother Eliza FLAVELL, b. 29 Nov 1840, Landbeach, Cambridgeshire, England d. 7 Jan 1925, Corack, Victoria, Australia (Age 84 years)
Other Partners: William BRUCE m. 7 Nov 1894Marriage 26 May 1856 Winchelsea, Victoria, Australia [1] - CofE, St Thomas
Reference Number #1380 Family ID F493 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Emma TISSOTT, b. 8 Jun 1862, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia d. 10 Mar 1917, Cannington, Western Australia, Australia (Age 54 years) Marriage 4 Dec 1890 Mount Cole, Victoria, Australia Notes - Witnesses to the marriage were Emma's sister, Maria Antionette Tissott, brother Harry Tissott, and sister-in-law Ellen Hughes.
Children + 1. Emma Louisa FREE, b. 3 Oct 1891, Eddington, Victoria, Australia d. 18 Feb 1986, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia (Age 94 years)â–» Arthur Mervyn DARCY m. 14 Mar 1913; David Kinnear HEBITON m. 1946+ 2. Alice Elisa FREE, b. 1899, York, Western Australia, Australia d. 29 Sep 1982, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia (Age 83 years)â–» Joseph Harris COLLETT m. 1919+ 3. May Victoria FREE, b. 1901, Williams, Western Australia, Australia d. 7 Sep 1976, Hilton, Western Australia, Australia (Age 75 years)â–» Sydney William BARRETT m. 1925+ 4. Charles William Alfred FREE, b. 6 Dec 1905, Waroona, Western Australia, Australia d. 29 May 1986, Balga, Western Australia, Australia (Age 80 years)â–» Eunice SCHMITT; Kathleen Mary ANNAKIN m. 18 Dec 1926Family ID F492 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 13 Oct 2024
Family 2 Eunice SCHMITT, b. 25 Nov 1882, Southwark, Surrey, England d. 14 Jul 1958, Mandurah, Western Australia, Australia (Age 75 years)
Other Partners: Charles William Alfred FREE; George Gregory De Grey COPPIN m. NEVER MARRIEDMarriage 8 Oct 1919 Northam, Western Australia, Australia Certificate of Marriage Have Reference Number #61 [16] Notes - The marriage certificate of Alfred and Eunice Free was witnessed by Jack & May Malacari.
In 2007 I spoke with the son of Jack & May, William "Bill" Malacari b.1921 and his wife Dell and they had no info on the FREE line but put me in contact with Mrs Peta Freeman who had asked Bill the same questions some years earlier.
Children + 1. Elsie Eunice FREE, b. 7 Aug 1921, Cunderdin, Western Australia, Australia d. 6 Jun 1983, Margaret River, Western Australia, Australia (Age 61 years)â–» Francis Robert WADE m. 19 Dec 1936+ 2. Violet Gertrude FREE, b. 20 May 1925, Byford, Western Australia, Australia d. 27 Feb 2003, Shoalwater, Western Australia, Australia (Age 77 years)â–» Rex Osborne BENNIER m. 2 Feb 1943Family ID F13 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 13 Oct 2024
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Birth Record - #25644 - 1868 - Victoria, Australia 
Birth - 11 Nov 1868 - Mount Cole, Victoria, Australia Marriage - 4 Dec 1890 - Mount Cole, Victoria, Australia 
Residence - Age: 23 - 1892 - Hay, New South Wales, Australia 
Marriage - 8 Oct 1919 - Northam, Western Australia, Australia 
Death Record - #7 - 1946 - Beverley, Western Australia, Australia Death - 22 Jan 1946 - Beverley, Western Australia, Australia 
Burial - 22 Feb 1946 - Cemetery, St John in the Wilderness, Beverley, Western Australia, Australia = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - Alfred and Alexander were twins. Alfred left home when he was 15 years old and went horse breaking.
The 16 October 1888 edition of the Donald Express reported that an Alfred Free of the Parish of Corack had an application refused for the lease of a 155-acre block of land there.
Dunnolly hospital records show that an Alfred Free, single and registered as a horsebreaker from the town of Emu, was admitted to the Dunolly Hospital on 11 Feb 1890 and discharged on 1 March the same year.
Alfred Free had a number of brushes with the law. Here are some notices from Police Gazettes and newspapers that list some of his doings.
Victoria Police Gazette: 25 November 1891, page 327
3. ALFRED FREE, horsebreaker, Eddington, reports stolen, at Corack, near Donald, on the 14th April, 1890, a bay cob horse, branded 6 off shoulder, broken to saddle and harness. Value £5.
New South Wales Police Gazette: 20 July 1892. page 242
Alfred Free, alias John Hull, charged on warrant from Bendigo, Victoria, with forging and uttering a cheque for £4 9s, purporting to be signed by William Free, and uttering same to Mrs Carter of Yorong, Victoria, has been arrested by Constable Foss, Hatfield Police. Remanded to Bendigo to be dealt with.
The Argus: Friday 19 August 1892, page 7
BENDIGO - THURSDAY EVENING
The August sittings of the Supreme Court commenced today, before Mr Justice Williams. The following pleaded guilty: Alfred Free, uttering a valueless cheque.
Victoria Police Gazette: 1893, Page 2
Horses and cattle - arrested for stealing-
Free, Alfred alias John Hill ... 182
Horses and cattle - charged with stealing-
Free, Alfred alias John Hill ... 101, 114, 132, 140, 154
Victoria Police Gazette: April 19, 1893, page 114
See Police Gazette, 1892, pp 132 and 140, and Police Gazette, 1893, p 101.
ALFRED FREE, alias John Hill, on warrant for horse stealing.- Offender was recently at Stoetry and Hill, near Beaufort. From there he went to Linton horsebreaking, but suddenly disappeared on the 12th inst. When he left Linton he wore black boxer hat, black faded paget coat, and coloured moleskin trousers.-O.3956, 18th April, 1893.
Victoria Police Gazette: May 10, 1893, page 132
See Police Gazette, 1892, pp 132 and 140, and Police Gazette, 1893, pp 101 and 114.
ALFRED FREE, alias John Hill, on warrant for horse stealing.- Offender's relatives reside at Corack, near Donald. He has a brother named Charles Free, residing near Rochester, New South Wales, and it is supposed he will go there. O.3956. 9th May 1893.
Victoria Police Gazette: May 31, 1893, page 154
See Police Gazette, 1892, pp 132, 140 and 149, and Police Gazette, 1893, pp 101, 114, 132 and 140.
ALFRED FREE, alias John Hill, on warrant for horse stealing.- Offender, when at Loch and Korumburra, went under the name of John McPherson. O.3956. 25th May, 1893.
Victoria Police Gazette: June 28, 1893, page 182
See Police Gazette, 1892, pp 132, 140 and 149, and Police Gazette, 1893, pp 101, 132, 140 and 154.
ALFRED FREE, alias John Hill, for horse stealing, has been arrested by the Yarra Glen police. O.3956 26th June 1893.
The Argus: Saturday 1 July, 1893 page 15
CAPTURE OF AN ALLEGED HORSE-STEALER
At Yarraglen on the night of Saturday last a man named Alfred Free, alias John Hill, was arrested by Sub-Inspector Walsh and Mounted-trooper Arnold. Free has been wanted by the police for 18 months or more, but has kept shifting about from place to place and eluding their efforts to arrest him. He is said to be a smart and daring horseman and a good bushman. The most recent charge against him is that of stealing a horse from Maurice Sheean, of Eddington, in May last. Free has been remanded from Yarraglen to Dunolly, and was brought to Melbourne on Thursday in custody.
Victoria Police Gazette: 1894
Index of Prisoners Discharged
Hill, John, alias Alfred Free, 6th June
Victoria Police Gazette: August 22, 1894, page 236
PROPERTY FOUND
OWNER required by the Maryborough police, for a bay horse, with black points, near hind foot white, white mark behind near shoulder blade, branded L near shoulder. The animal was left by a convicted horse thief named Alfred Free, alias Hill, with Mr Barber, of Golden Valley Hotel, Bet Bet. O.7297 20th August, 1894.
Victoria Police Gazette: September 5, 1894, page 251
See Police Gazette, 1894, page 236
OWNER required by the Maryborough police for horse left with Mr Barber.- This horse was legally obtained by Alfred Free.- O.7297 . 1st September 1894.
He went to Western Australia around 1895 during the gold rush to Kalgoorlie. Emma was one of the first white babies on the goldfields. He and his family later went farming on the Peel Estate on the Mandurah Road.
Reference Darryl Brady. "Alfred FREE". Brady Family Tree in Western Australia. https://www.bradyfamilytree.org/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I813&tree=BRADY2008 (accessed October 15, 2024).
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