Individual Details

Richard William STRAHAN

(23 Feb 1873 - 4 Oct 1935)

Birth	23 Feb 1873	Colac, Victoria, Australia
Note	1882	In spite of his father being a policeman, Richard was made a ward of the state on 9 Jun 1882 for "uncontrollable" behaviour, sentenced to 1 year. He was sent to a boys home in Sandhurst (Bendigo) from which he absconded & was sent back. At the completion of his initial sentence he was recommitted for another 5 years & 8 months, finally being released 25 Feb 1891 when he turned 18
Marriage	21 Apr 1894	198 Johnston St, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia - Ellen (Nellie) DICKSON
Residence (family)	21 Apr 1894	Warrandyte, Victoria, Australia - Ellen (Nellie) DICKSON
Occupation	21 Apr 1894	Wood Carter
Living (fam)	1903	Mount Dandenong, Victoria, Australia - Ellen (Nellie) DICKSON
Occupation	1903	gardener
Living (fam)	1914	99 Crockford St, Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Ellen (Nellie) DICKSON
Occupation	1914	driver
Living	1924	3 Bath Place, Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Death	4 Oct 1935	of senility, bronchitis & heart failure (his usual residence was recorded as 80 Kent St, Richmond, the home of his son Alfred Stewart & daughter-in-law Annie Beatrice Strahan) - Victorian Benevolent Home & Hospital for the Aged & Infirm, Royal Park, Victoria, Australia
Burial	5 Oct 1935	Box Hill Cemetery (CE NS660), Box Hill, Victoria, Australia

Father	Simon STRAHAN (1848 - 1927)
Mother	Florence Jane (Jane) DOOLEY (1851 - 1886)
Sibling	Marion STRAHAN (1871 - 1921)
Sibling	Simon STRAHAN (1874 - 1879)
Sibling	Lizzie Jane STRAHAN (1875 - 1876)
Sibling	Ann Florence "Annie" STRAHAN (1877 - 1878)
Sibling	John "Jack" STRAHAN (1878 - 1946)
Sibling	Alfred Thomas "Thomas" STRAHAN (1880 - 1918)
Sibling	Anthony STRAHAN (1882 - 1956)
Sibling	David Thomas STRAHAN (1883 - 1939)