Individual Details

Archibald "Archie" STRAHAN

(27 Nov 1872 - 1 Jan 1956)

Events

Birth27 Nov 1872St Peter's School, Melbourne, Victoria, Australian Colonies
Occupation1914civil servant
Marriage15 Apr 1914St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Hilda Nellie BRIGGS
Note1920His nephew Dr John Bothroyd described him as “handsome and dark; he became secretary of the forestry department. He was a keen sportsman. I remember him carrying a bat, walking with me in the Treasury gardens; he was going to play at the MCG. When I was a boy I was once having a meal at grandfather’s (27 Richmond Tce) and there was rice pudding which I didn’t like. Uncle Archie gave me a whack on the wrist for not eating it”
Death1 Jan 1956Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Note2 Jan 1956According to his will he was residing at 55 Richmond Terrace, Richmond, Victoria at the time of his death but he must have been visiting Perth

Families

SpouseHilda Nellie BRIGGS (1890 - 1973)
FatherEdward STRAHAN (1830 - 1910)
MotherSarah Anne CAMPBELL (1836 - 1923)
SiblingAntony STRAHAN (1858 - 1860)
SiblingJulia STRAHAN (1860 - 1860)
SiblingCatherine Campbell STRAHAN (1861 - 1861)
SiblingSarah Deborah "Dolly" STRAHAN (1863 - 1939)
SiblingElizabeth Mary "Bess" STRAHAN (1865 - 1954)
SiblingEdward Alfred "Ted" STRAHAN (1867 - 1936)
SiblingRichard Henry STRAHAN (1869 - 1873)
SiblingJohn Campbell "Jack" STRAHAN (1871 - 1955)
SiblingDavid STRAHAN (1874 - 1938)
SiblingSeptimus George "Sep" STRAHAN (1877 - 1933)
SiblingLaura Isabel STRAHAN (1879 - 1943)

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