Clara Emma (Day) Rigg (1910 - 1988)

Born 18 Oct 1910 in Emerald, Queensland, Australia

Ancestors

Wife of Hugh Rigg — married 1940 in Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia

Descendants

Died 9 Nov 1988 at age 78 in Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia

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Biography

Descendant of Chilean Mapuche Ancestors.

Descendant of Spanish Ancestors.

Clara Emma (known as Emma) was born on 18 October 1910 at Southernwood Station, Emerald, Queensland, Australia. She was the daughter of Argentine/Chilean immigrants, Arthur (Arturo) Day and Henrietta (Enriqueta) Parada.^[1]

She moved with her family to Wokalup, Western Australia, when she was in her mid 20s. Here she met and married farmer, Hugh Rigg. at St Patrick's Church, Fremantle on the 18 April 1940.^[2]

Hugh and Emma had 7 children:

• Hugh Neville - b. 29 March 1941, d. 24 April 1954^[3]
• Marion
• Colin - b. 23 December 1943, d. 11 April 2016^[4]
• Beryl (deceased)
• Edna
• Ivor Morden - b. 31 July 1948, d. 31 August 1996^[5]. Morden was an early activist within the Melbourne, Australia gay community and advocate for and supporter of men diagnosed as HIV positive or with AIDS. A transcript of an interview conducted by David Menadue OAM with him as part of the PLWHA (People Living with HIV/AIDS) Victoria History Project are in the possession of the profile owner.
• Kevin

Clara Emma passed away in Bunbury from a heart attack on 9 November 1988. ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Queensland Births, Deaths, Marriages and Divorce, Family History Search (https://familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au). Births: DAY, Clara Emma.[1]
2. ↑ The Harvey-Waroona Mail (Collie, WA : 1931 - 1946) Thu 25 Apr 1940, p.1 "Rigg-- Day"[2]
3. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:66M7-M6X5 : 25 May 2022), Hugh Neville Rigg, ; Burial, Harvey, Harvey Shire, Western Australia, Australia, Harvey Cemetery; citing record ID 233169217, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
4. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6FD5-DSLY : 13 May 2022), Colin Arthur Rigg, ; Burial, Harvey, Harvey Shire, Western Australia, Australia, Harvey Lawn Cemetery; citing record ID 236937651, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
5. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:66M7-M6N3 : 25 May 2022), Ivor Morden Rigg, ; Burial, Harvey, Harvey Shire, Western Australia, Australia, Harvey Cemetery; citing record ID 233169231, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
6. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:66M7-M6N4 : 17 December 2021), Clara Emma Day Rigg, ; Burial, Harvey, Harvey Shire, Western Australia, Australia, Harvey Cemetery; citing record ID 233169169, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.