SEARCY, Frederick Henry

Name – SEARCY, Frederick Henry
Born – 02/07/1878
Died – 5/09/1948
Location – No. 32 Anglican Section
Mother – Eleanor
Father – George Henry Evan Searcy

Notes – Frederick Henry was born to Eleanor and George Henry Evan Searcy on the 20th July, 1878 in Melbourne, Victoria. He had two brothers – Herbert and Arthur.

His father George was an accountant in South Australia when he enroled Frederick at school on the 28th June, 1886. Fredericks grandfather (who was also named Frederick) died in 1912 in South Australia. His grandfather had many positions within the Victorian and South Australia Public Services and young Fredericks great uncle William, was once the commissioner of Police in South Australia. Fredericks own father, George, was the manager of the Mercantile Defence Association.

Frederick moved to Broken Hill for work, and in 1902 he passed with Honors for Assaying – Practical and Theoretical from the Sydney Techanical College. An assayer is one who determins the composition and quality of a sustance, so his qualification was important as he worked in the mines at Broken Hill.

On the 11th July, 1906 Frederick married Ethel Daisy Moore at Kensington, S.A. They had three children – Lillian 1907, Elanor Joy who died as a baby and Frederick George 1913. Frederick made enough money at Broken Hill to be able to buy land at Kinkabilla.  Their property was Cambrai via Meandarra. They lived at this location until his death in 1948.

Frederick is on the census papers at Broken Hill in 1913 and then from 1926 until his death at Cambrai via Meandarra.

Frederick has a headstone that says – Frederick Henry Searcy. Died 5th September, 1948 Aged 68 Years. His wife Ethel is buried next to him.

Newspaper Article – Obituary

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