Ada Rose SPENCER

1889 - 1973  (83 years)  Submit Photo / Document

• Name	Ada Rose SPENCER  [1, 2]
  Relationship	with Rodney VOJVODICH
  Born	15 Jun 1889	Perth, Western Australia, Australia
  Gender	Female
  Occupation	Poultry Farmer
  Residence	17 Jan 1906	Cannington, Western Australia, Australia
  Buried	1973	Cemetery, Karrakatta, Western Australia, Australia
  	KC00041636
  Died	6 Feb 1973	Canning, Western Australia, Australia
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Charles Phillip SPENCER,   b. 1802, Camberwell, Surrey, England ,   d. 13 Dec 1872, Serpentine, Western Australia, Australia  (Age 70 years)  (Great Grandfather)  Susannah SERGEANT,   b. 1792,   d. 17 Jun 1832, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia  (Age 40 years)  (2 x Great Grandmother)
  Person ID	I9819	MyBradyTree
  Last Modified	20 Apr 2021

  
  

  Father	William Edward SPENCER,   b. 9 Jul 1860, Canning, Western Australia, Australia ,   d. 15 May 1937, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia  (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Annie BRIGGS,   b. 16 Jun 1863, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia ,   d. 24 Feb 1943, East Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia  (Age 79 years)
  Married	5 Jan 1888	Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia
  	CofE
  Children	9 children
  1. Ada Rose SPENCER,   b. 15 Jun 1889, Perth, Western Australia, Australia ,   d. 6 Feb 1973, Canning, Western Australia, Australia
  2. Amy Jane SPENCER,   b. 14 Jun 1891, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia ,   d. 15 Apr 1975, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
  3. Forrest SPENCER,   b. 7 May 1893, Jandakot, Western Australia, Australia ,   d. 5 Jul 1921, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia
  4. Ivy Clarice SPENCER,   b. 20 May 1895, Western Australia, Australia ,   d. DECEASED
  5. Annie Linda SPENCER,   b. 30 Jan 1897, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia ,   d. 30 Jul 1969, Bassendean, Western Australia, Australia
  6. Jessie Hilda SPENCER,   b. 9 Apr 1899, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia ,   d. 14 Jul 1990, Western Australia, Australia
  7. Elsie Grace SPENCER,   b. 9 Oct 1900, Jandakot, Western Australia, Australia ,   d. 27 Feb 1998, Bateau Bay, New South Wales, Australia
  8. Wesley Anham SPENCER,   b. 5 Feb 1903, Canning, Western Australia, Australia ,   d. 1938
  9. Basil William SPENCER,   b. 28 Nov 1905, Canning, Western Australia, Australia ,   d. 23 Sep 1986, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia
  Notes	According to Jeff Spencer in a letter to Jill Bickmore (nee Cockram) dated 3 September 1999: Wesley was mainly brought up on the Spencer's Jandakot property and when William Spencer died, the Jandakot property was willed to Wesley and Basil in virtual equal shares but with a type of life tenacy to their mother Annie. The testament required that Annie be paid one pound per week and I believe it was a struggle in those depressed days to make the payment. The property was split into two sections, 50 acres for Basil and 50 acres for Wesley. During that time Annie Spencer remained in the old house on Wesley's portion of the property and Wesley and Stella lived nearby in a timber and iron house constructed by a family friend Mr Bob Semple. When Annie Spencer passed away, Wesley and Stella moved into her old family residence, which was constructed of a timber frame, Jarrah floors, brick fireplace, corrugated iron walls and roof and pine/Oregon lining. Your comment that Wesley found the old sea chest in the back of his shed is accurate according to our information and it was sent to Woodloes cottage. We hope to check whether it is still in that cottage. Apparently it was there at the time of the family reunion at Gosnells. The old Jandakot residence of William and Annie (followed by Wesley and Stella) was recently demolished to make way for development of a Catholic High School (under construction) and to be known as Beeliar College. The old residence had reached a severe state of decay with negligible restoration potential. We examined the building for possible salvage of old timbers but most were rotten or white ant eaten. It had been used as a sub standard barn since Wesley Spencer sold the property in the 1970's. Elsie Spencer was born in the old house on October 9, 1900. I am trying to find a photo of it for you. A possibly one hundred year old mulberry tree which was next to the house has been retained by Beeliar College. We are pleased to see it's retention because these particular mulberries (black) fruit for a much longer period than the other mulberry trees grown by the Spencer family on Basil's former section of property. The tree was planted by William and Annie. Are you aware that Annie Spencer was a mid-wife in the Jandakot district and delivered numerous babies throughout the area over many years." (Note: I am not sure that Annie was a qualified mid-wife, rather a trusted `mid-wife' by experience and reputation)
  Family ID	F4329	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Herbert John COCKRAM,   b. 27 Oct 1879, Canning, Western Australia, Australia ,   d. 3 Jun 1954, Canning Vale, Western Australia, Australia  (Age 74 years)
  Married	17 Jan 1906	Cannington, Western Australia, Australia
  	St Michael's All Angels
  Children	1. Jack Raymond COCKRAM,   b. 30 Jan 1923,   d. 18 Jul 2010  (Age 87 years) â–» Daphne Iris RILEY  m. UNKNOWN 2. Clarice Margaret COCKRAM,   b. 22 Sep 1907, Canning Vale, Western Australia, Australia ,   d. 13 Jul 1991, Perth, Western Australia, Australia  (Age 83 years) â–» William Henry James LANGFORD  m. 22 Sep 1934 3. Avis Norine COCKRAM,   b. 15 Jan 1910,   d. 13 Feb 1990, Sorrento, Western Australia, Australia  (Age 80 years) â–» Robert MILLAR  m. 1933;   Stanley Ivor MCKAY  m. 1958 4. Leslie Edwin COCKRAM,   b. 8 Dec 1913, Canning Vale, Western Australia, Australia ,   d. 22 Oct 1995, Shenton Park, Western Australia, Australia  (Age 81 years) â–» Ada Rebecca SWETMAN  m. 17 Oct 1942 5. Dora Betsy COCKRAM,   b. 6 Jun 1919, Canning Vale, Western Australia, Australia ,   d. 28 Jun 2002, Wembley, Western Australia, Australia  (Age 83 years) â–» Reginald Jack REID  m. 27 Nov 1948;   Lawrence FAIRCLOUGH 6. Stanley Bernard COCKRAM,   b. 20 Oct 1921, Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia ,   d. 23 Jan 1995, Northampton, Western Australia, Australia  (Age 73 years)
  Last Modified	20 Apr 2021
  Family ID	F4331	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  		Born - 15 Jun 1889 - Perth, Western Australia, Australia Residence - 17 Jan 1906 - Cannington, Western Australia, Australia Married - 17 Jan 1906 - Cannington, Western Australia, Australia Buried - 1973 - Cemetery, Karrakatta, Western Australia, Australia Died - 6 Feb 1973 - Canning, Western Australia, Australia  = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  Compiled from an interview with Mrs Ada Rebeccah Swetman, 1 June, 1995. Married at 16 yrs old by arranged marriage. Had six children (Clarice reared her brothers and sisters). Preferred the outdoors. More of a farmer than a farmer's wife. Had little homemaking skills when first married. Herbert used to pick her up out of bed and dump her at the kitchen table expecting his breakfast to be made. Lesley Edwin Spencer (son of Ada Rose) married Ada Rebeccah Swetman. According to Eula Hunt, Ada's grandaughter, Ada Spencer attended St Michael's of All Angels Anglican Church regularly and for most of her life. Ada Rose drove her husband Herbert around as he was unable to drive. The following transcript is from receipt, found by Jill Bickmore (nee Cockram), in an old dresser which belonged to her grandmother Ada Rose. The receipt was found many years after Ada's death. The receipt: A standard form in lovely cursive writing, printed by E.S. Wigg & Son Limited, Printers, Sydney, Hay Street, Perth. It bears the State emblem (or similar) centred with scrolling leaves to the left of the form. It bears three Western Australian Duty Stamps of one shilling, one penny and two pence value. There are two rubber ink stamps across the duty stamps but these are not legible. The wording: (?The) West Australian Trustee, Executor & Agency Company Limited AD Barrack Street, Perth 7 May 1920 Received from Mrs A R Cockram by cheque & cash the sum of Four hundred and eighty five pounds seventeen shillings six pence being (?) purchase price Lot 2 Cottesloe (Pounds)475 refund pptn of rates (?) (pounds) 3 10 and Titles Office fees (pounds) 7 7 6 Exd by (?) (pounds) 485-17-6 (Signed) Cashier

  
  

• Reference

  Darryl Brady. (2021, April 21). Ada Rose SPENCER. Brady Family Tree in Western Australia. Retrieved from https://www.bradyfamilytree.org/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I9819&tree=BRADY2008