NAA: A659, 1943/1/2126
Pipgras, Esther
Digital copy - 1890526
| Occupation as written | dressmaker. household duties |
| Standardised occupation | MF23: Manufacturing - Dress |
| Application received | 1 Jan 1915 |
| Application status |
Approved |
| Official | JGM |
| Date of approval or denial | 26 Mar 1915 |
| If rejected, why? | |
| Birthplace as written | Lara, Victoria, Australia |
| Modern country | Australia |
| Age on application | 40 |
| Age on arrival in Australia | None |
| Port of Departure | None |
| Port of Arrival | None |
| Date of arrival | None |
| Name of ship | None |
| Address in Australia | 494 Lygon St., Carlton |
| Address State | Victoria |
| Time at address | |
| Name of reference | Norman Wright |
| Occupation of reference | Justice of the Peace, Victoria |
| Marginalia description | p.1 'F' |
| Police report attached | Yes |
| Link to other applicant | |
| Literate | Yes |
| Reason | Buying land or mortgage |
| Other information | 'I am by birth an Australian' |
Australia. married. Hunt letter on 1 MArch asking about hubby’s nationality and birthplace, naturalisation status, etc.on 2 March (the next day!) she writes husband German and never naturalised. adds a ‘P.S. Sir. I would like to respectfully inform you that I have close on one hundred native born, blood relatives in Victoria.’ Husband was Carl Christian Pipgras, a cutter, and they were married at Northcost by the Revd Mr Kellaway, C o E. ‘I have entered into a contract for the purchase of property’ to live in with hubby. 5 March - query to police in Carlton: is she ‘a fit and proper person’ and ‘the applicant’s associations with other Germans’.
- police report, 17 March 1915 by E M Sharpe, Constable, Carlston: maiden name of Esther Harding and was a dressmaker. ‘She is a respectable married woman and she only visitors to her place of residence is he own people. THere are no German people coming to her house whatsoever and her husband is very seldom out of the house.’ she is ‘a fit and proper person’. Her husband is a reservist. minister and AH support it and it is granted.
- husband not naturalised until 1938 - barcode 31518990