1929-11-03 Edith Wilson to Aubrey Hall
| Title: | 1929-11-03 Edith Wilson to Aubrey Hall |
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| Identifier: | archives.org.au/1929-11-03_Edith_Wilson_to_Aubrey_Hall |
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| Authors: | Edith Olive Wilson (née Hall) |
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| License: |  Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0)It will enter the public domain in Australia on 1 January 2037. |
| Related people: | Edith Olive Wilson (née Hall) · Harold Aubrey Hall · Hubert Sylvian Hall · Isor Cecile Ester Hall (née Deakin) |
| Related places: | 98 Herbert Road, Shenton Park |
| Keywords: | H.M. Wilson Archives · IB scans 2019-12-03 |
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3 November 1929
Edith WILSON
98 Herbert Rd
Air Mail
Mr H.A. Hall
Stuart St
Carnarvon
98 Herbert Rd. Subiaco. Novem 3rd 1929.
Dear Aubrey.
Uncle Fred has showed me your letter and has asked me to reply. He is not feeling very well, the strain of Mother, and now Hubert has been very great, and he feels unable to sit down and write details of our great bereavement.
Dear old Hubert was down here about a fortnight or so before he died, looking quite well and happy, but very thin. You know he had a couple of accidents lately.
First he was thrown from his horse, and rolled on, riding home from Moora. After which he would not ride into the township, and early in Sept, while fallowing, his team (8 horses) bolted, and he was thrown from the plough which went over him, and he was -sfully[?] bruised and
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shaken, though apparently no bones were broken, and when we last saw him he seemed quite happy and well.
During the last ten days or so, he was in Moora a good deal, and was very worried regarding the financial matters of the farm.
He had ocean of feed there and could not get sheep, and am afraid things were going back with him.
He was in Moora during the day but was quite alright when he got home, in the evening. He stayed up till the usual time, and said good night to them all as usual.
For some time he had been using the spare room as Peter[?] had been keeping him awake, being a light sleeper. He was always first up in the morning, and when at half past six, Cecile heard the man come for the milk buckets, & she got up, and found the fire set, but not alight. After lighting it
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went to the store room to call Hubert.
When she saw him she said "He can't be dead, he can't be." and got hot water bottles, and called Geoff to ride off for the doctor. Geoff had to get his pony & ride to the Newman's, to nearest 'phone they rang, and the doctor was at the farm soon after, when he told Cecile that our darling brother had passed away. As he could not give a certificate, there has to be an inquest.
The poor old dear has had a very hard time during the last few years, the drought, loss of sheep, poor chops[?] and then when he had the feed, unable to obtain sheep, and he had been feeling the loss of his arm very keenly, and was feeling what a handicap it was, with the class of work, on a mixed farm. And although neally[?] things were straightening out, and Uncle Fred had been more than good to him, helping him financially, to a great extent, and
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the Leederville property was sold, and would mean additional help to him. the worry was eveidently more than he could bear, and he told Uncle Fred that he could not drive the team again. However he managed to harness and attend to, & drive, those eight great draughthorses with his one hand is absolutely beyond me. And he always appeared to be so bright, though he really had never got over our little Mother's death. He was with me for two weeks then, and Aubrey, it was a heartbreaking time for us, unable to do anything, but just watch our Mother slowly grow weaker & weaker, but we were so thankful that Uncle Fred came in time.
Uncle Fred & I went to Moora, and he with Alf Deakin, (Cec's brother). He came down on the Friday night with the coffin bearing our darling, we had decided to put him with Mother. Poor Uncle
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Fred, the train did not get to Perth till 1.20 a.m. and the funeral was at 9.45 Saturday morning. I stayed on with Cecile until the Wednesday, when they wired for me as Bruce was ill, He was far from well when I left home, and has had a nasty attack of gastric influenza, is still at home, though he is up now.
On the Friday afternoon they had the most beautiful service that I have ever attended, but as Uncle Fred is getting additional copies of the Morra paper, you will have one sent you. So there is no need for me to tell you of it.
Thank you so much Aubrey for your offer to help with the expenses, but we have decided, that Uncle Fred, Mand & I would rather [illegible] all ourselves, but we greatly appreciate your willingness to help. Hand[?] is at present at Burekup with Eva. Cecile has a friend staying with her, and a good man & his wife working on the farm.
We were very sorry to learn that the girls had whooping cough, and hope you and Helen do not also get it, & that the firls are recoovering. With much love to you all. Your affectionately, Edith Wilson.
