Williams-O'Connell Family History

Birth, Death, Marriage

Peter Zambellas began a relationship with Margaret Reid circa 1900.

Family

Margaret Reid b. 30 Nov 1881, d. 7 Oct 1941

Children

Mary Iris Reid b. 1900, d. 1900
Irene Dagmar Reid b. 1904, d. 1904
Eva Reid b. 23 Oct 1905, d. 11 Oct 1989
Nicholas Andrew Zambellas b. 4 Jan 1908, d. 25 Nov 1981
Olga Reid b. 15 Feb 1911, d. 28 Jun 1968
Greta Mary Reid b. 2 May 1913, d. 9 Dec 1966
(unknown) Zambellas b. 26 Mar 1915, d. 26 Mar 1915
Venez Zambellas b. 1916, d. 19 Mar 1976
Maurice Thomas George Zambellas b. 26 May 1917, d. 15 Jun 1996
Rosalind Zambellas b. 5 Dec 1918, d. 11 Aug 2002

Story

Relationship and Family
Margaret Reid and Peter Zambellas began a relationship in Melbourne around 1900. Margaret had a child in 1900 and the couple had nine more children. Three of the children died as infants.

After the first child died aged 7 months, Mary and Peter went to Western Australia. The next two children were born in Perth, and one died there. The next child was born in Narrogin, about 150 km south-east of Perth, then one in Collie 150 km south of Perth, then Perth, three in Collie and the last in Perth in 1918.

Five of the births were under the name Reid and five under the name Zambellas. Margaret and several of her children also used the family name Bell.¹

It is believed that a number of Margaret and Peter's children were looked after by Margaret's sister Johanna.²

Peter was a fishmonger when in Collie in 1916 and 1917.³

Citations

[S80] Ken Haddock, personal communication, 11 May 2019.
[S80] Ken Haddock, personal communication, 10 May 2019.
[S392] Australia, Electoral Rolls 1903-1980, online, division of Swan, subdivision of Collie, 1916 and 1917.