FatherPeter Zambellas
MotherMargaret Reid b. 30 Nov 1881, d. 7 Oct 1941
Pedigree

Birth, Death, Marriage

Greta Mary Reid was born on 2 May 1913 in Perth, Western Australia.1 
She married William Harry Thomas. 
She died on 9 December 1966 in Perth, Western Australia, at age 53.1 

Family

William Harry Thomas b. c 1907, d. 3 Jul 1968

Story

Greta was born in Perth on 2 May 1913. She was the sixth child of Margaret and Peter.1
 
Johanna Gardner (Reid) & Greta Reid/Zambellas/Bell, WA, 1917. Back: 'To Mary with kind regards from Joe and Greta; wishing you all a Merry Xmas and Happy New Year, Nov 1917'
Image: Pat Whyte
Early Life 
It is believed that a number of Margaret and Peter's children were looked after by Margaret's sister Johanna.2
 
Marriage
Greta Mary Reid and William Harry Thomas were probably married around 1936. It is not known if they had any children.3,4,5
 
Greta and Bill lived at 32 Urquhart St, Wiluna, about 700 km north-east of Perth between 1937 and 1943, where Bill was a miner. They then moved to 42 Thompson St.6
 
They lived at Greta's sister Johanna's boarding house at 1168 Hay St, Perth until early 1949 where Bill was working as a truck driver. By June that year they were at the Kentucky Stud in Serpentine, about 45 km south of Perth. Bill was a studmaster there until 1958.7,8,9
 
Johanna Gardner (Reid, centre), Bill & Greta (Reid/Zambellas/Bell) Thomas, likely Hay St, Perth, 1956
Image: Ken Haddock
Contact with Victorian Family 
Eva, Greta and Maurice had contact with their Victorian family. Eva and Maurice stayed with their cousin Eileen Haddock's son Ken in Melbourne during a holiday in the early 1960s.2
 
Greta and Bill lived at 74 London St, Mount Hawthorn (Perth suburb) in 1963. Bill was then a process worker.10
 
Greta Mary Thomas died in Mount Hawthorn on 9 December 1966, aged 53. She is buried in the Anglican section of Karrakatta cemetery in Perth. Bill died two years later and is in the same grave.11,1,12,13
 

Citations

  1. [S268] 'Skoda Family Tree', Ancestry.com.au, online, family tree, prepared by Dale Skoda, viewed 14 July 2019.
  2. [S80] Ken Haddock, personal communication, 10 May 2019.
  3. [S1] While no marriage registration has been found, William appears in the 1936 electoral rolls in Hamel WA on his own, then from 1937 he is with Greta Thomas.
  4. [S392] Australia, Electoral Rolls 1903-1980, online, division of Kalgoorlie, subdivision of Yilgarn, 1937.
  5. [S392] Australia, Electoral Rolls 1903-1980, online, division of Forrest, subdivision of Wellington, 1936.
  6. [S392] Australia, Electoral Rolls 1903-1980, online, division of Kalgoorlie, subdivision of Yilgarn, 1937 & 1943.
  7. [S392] Australia, Electoral Rolls 1903-1980, online, division of Perth, subdivision of West Perth, 1949.
  8. [S392] Australia, Electoral Rolls 1903-1980, online, division of Canning, subdivision of Murray, 1949.
  9. [S392] Australia, Electoral Rolls 1903-1980, online, division of Canning, subdivision of Murray, 1954 & 1958.
  10. [S392] Australia, Electoral Rolls 1903-1980, online, division of Stirling, subdivision of Mount Hawthorn, 1963.
  11. [S124] Western Australia Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, registry and index, Greta Mary Thomas entry, death registration no. 4109, 1966.
  12. [S177] Metropolitan Cemeteries Board, online, cemetery index, WA Government, Greta Mary Thomas entry.
  13. [S177] Metropolitan Cemeteries Board, online, cemetery index, WA Government, William Henry Thomas entry.