Barbara Downie (Frater) Caughey (1897 - abt. 1967)

Born 1897 in Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Wife of Robert Caughey — married 1923 in Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died about 25 Oct 1967 at about age 70 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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Biography

Barbara was born in 1897 to William Henry Frater and Mary Burnside (Whitelaw) Frater. She married Robert Caughey in 1923 and they had 3 children who all migrated from Scotland to different parts of the globe. After Barbara was widowed in the 1950s, she later migrated to Australia aboard the P&O ship 'S.S.Canberra' in 1964 and then lived with her daughter's family until her death in 1967. She is buried at Fawkner cemetery.

Sources

• birth registration 1897: 654/ 662 Rutherglen, Scotland, UK
• marriage registration 1923:654/123 Rutherglen, Scotland, UK
• passenger arrival and migration records, database: NAA (https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=5323251&S=2&R=0)
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 13 November 2020), memorial page for Barbara Dawnie Caughey (unknown–25 Oct 1967), Find a Grave Memorial no. 212210897, citing Fawkner Memorial Park, Fawkner, Moreland City, Victoria, Australia ; Maintained by woowoo (contributor 49949980) .