Robert Wilton

1876 - 1951  (74 years)

• Name	Robert Wilton
  Birth	23 Mar 1876	Greenough, , Western Australia, Australia   [1]
  Christening	23 Apr 1876	Greenough, , Western Australia, Australia   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	22 Mar 1951	Yuna, , Western Australia, Australia   [1, 3]
  Burial	24 Mar 1951	Nabawa, , Western Australia, Australia   [3, 4]
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  Person ID	I50	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	7 Jun 2020

  
  

  Father	Robert Abel Wilton,   b. 16 Apr 1849, Clerkenwell d. 18 Feb 1932, Port Denison, , Western Australia, Australia (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Emma Eversden,   b. 29 May 1851, Cambridgeshire d. 29 Apr 1939, Port Denison, , Western Australia, Australia (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	8 Apr 1874  [1]
  Family ID	F8	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Louisa Poole,   b. 23 Mar 1876, Greenough, , Western Australia, Australia d. 26 Jul 1959, Nabawa, , Western Australia, Australia (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	14 Sep 1898	St James, Greenough, Western Australia   [1]
  	Witness; Edward John Edwards, George Henry "Thrupp?", Charlotte Poole.
  Children	1. Robert Walter Wilton,   b. 10 Jan 1899, Greenough, , Western Australia, Australia d. 22 Mar 1996 (Age 97 years)   2. William Frederick Wilton,   b. 29 Mar 1900, Greenough, , Western Australia, Australia d. 5 Apr 1930, Northampton, , Western Australia, Australia (Age 30 years)   3. George Abel Wilton,   b. 28 Jan 1902, Greenough, , Western Australia, Australia d. 15 Jun 1970, Perth, , Western Australia, Australia (Age 68 years)   4. Clarence Mervon Wilton,   b. 7 Dec 1903, Yalgoo, , Western Australia, Australia d. 9 Apr 1967, Leederville, Western Australia, Australia (Age 63 years)   5. Eversden Bert Wilton,   b. 17 Dec 1905   d. 6 Nov 1979, Subiaco, , Western Australia, Australia (Age 73 years)   6. Stanley Gordon Wilton,   b. 18 Jun 1906   d. 6 Oct 1989 (Age 83 years)   7. Alfred Septimus Godfrey Wilton,   b. 1 Aug 1908, Northampton, , Western Australia, Australia d. 21 Apr 1979, Geraldton, Geraldton, , Western Australia, Australia (Age 70 years)   8. Ethel May Wilton,   b. 25 May 1910, Howatharra, , Western Australia, Australia d. 17 Feb 1991 (Age 80 years)
  Family ID	F28	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Nov 2012

  
  

• Event Map

  Burial - 24 Mar 1951 - Nabawa, , Western Australia, Australia  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Headstones

  Robert Wilton Plot: Sec Ang Plot H 75

  
  

• Notes

  A YUNA FARMER FIRST VISIT TO PERTH THE COUNTRY PREFERRED Although this is his first visit to Perth, in fact the first time that he has been south of Carnamah, in the whole of his 62 years, Mr. Robert Wilton, of Yuna, stated to a representative of the 'West Australian' last week that he is not greatly impressed with city life and would prefer to be rambling through the bush with his favorite gun. Born at Greenough, Mr. Wilton acquired a taste for solitude in his early years whilst shepherding his father's flocks on Gooroowell Station, and frankly admits that he is 'not at his best amongst a crowd of people.' 'I have never seen a tramcar until this week,' he said, with a smile, 'and had never ridden in one until last night, but I am not exactly out of date, as I do most of my travelling by car, and all my farming work is done by tractors, although I leave the driving of them to the younger men. Powerfully-built and carrying his years easily, Mr. Wilton looks a picture of health, although he states that a bout of rheumatic fever has stiffened his joints somewhat. He admitted that he had suffered from rheumatism for years, but claimed to have cured himself by bee stings incurred whilst robbing the nests of the wild bees. As a shearer in the days of the blades, and for a few seasons with the machines, he has 'undressed the woollies' throughout a large portion of the State's sheep country, and long before the advent of motor trucks or even the camel teams which preceded them, he used to cart wool to the port of Gerald ton with horse teams. With the exception of seven years as a fettler on the railways, and a brief experience of prospecting trips, on one of which he almost died for want of water, Mr. Wilton has been chiefly engaged in farming pursuits. At present he farms 2,600 acres at Yuna, where he produced over: 9,000 bushels of wheat this season. Married since 1897, he has seven sons and a daughter, and Mrs. Wilton is still supervising the running of her own property at Howatharra. 'The buildings in Perth are well worth seeing,' he remarked as he departed, 'but when I leave had a look round the Sou'-West I'll be quite ready to go back to the farm at Yuna.' "A YUNA FARMER." Geraldton Guardian and Express (WA : 1929 - 1947) 1 Mar 1938

  
  

• Sources

  [S38] Wilton Family Bible. [S122] Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., Ancestry.com, (\i Ancestry.com\i0 . Ancestry.com.au : 2014 Provo, UT, USA.), (Ancestry.com.au : accessed 7 Jun 2020); Australia, Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981. (Reliability: 3). [S128] Find A Grave, (www.findagrave.com.), 174796984 (Reliability: 3). [S148] Mid West burial register, ((https://midwestwaheritage.com/)), accessed 7 Jun 2020), Nabawa cem Western Australia Sec Ang Plot H 75. (Reliability: 3).