Pedigree

Birth, Death, Marriage

William Harry Thomas was born circa 1907.1 
He married Greta Mary Reid, daughter of Peter Zambellas and Margaret Reid. 
He died on 3 July 1968 in Mount Hawthorn, Western Australia.1 

Family

Greta Mary Reid b. 2 May 1913, d. 9 Dec 1966

Story

William Henry was born circa 1907. He used the name William Harry and was known as Bill.2,1,3
 
Marriage
Greta Mary Reid and William Harry Thomas were probably married around 1936. It is not known if they had any children.4,3,5
 
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
Greta and Bill lived at 74 London St, Mount Hawthorn (Perth suburb) in 1963. Bill was then a process worker.10
 
William Henry Thomas died in Mount Hawthorn (Perth suburb) on 3 July 1968, aged 61. He is buried with Greta in the Anglican section of Karrakatta cemetery in Perth.1
 

Citations

  1. [S177] Metropolitan Cemeteries Board, online, cemetery index, WA Government, William Henry Thomas entry.
  2. [S80] Ken Haddock, personal communication, 10 May 2019.
  3. [S392] Australia, Electoral Rolls 1903-1980, online, division of Kalgoorlie, subdivision of Yilgarn, 1937.
  4. [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.
  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.