Occupation as written | Household duties |
Standardised occupation | DS00: Domestic service - Domestic duties |
Application received | 21 Nov 1919 |
Application status | Approved |
Official | EC |
Date of approval or denial | 21 Jan 2020 |
If rejected, why? | |
Birthplace as written | Cincinnati, Ohio, USA |
Modern country | United States of America |
Age on application | 61 |
Age on arrival in Australia | 11 |
Port of Departure | New York |
Port of Arrival | Melbourne |
Date of arrival | 19 Apr 1870 |
Name of ship | Garibaldi |
Voyage | Gaibaldi (1870-04-19) |
Address in Australia | 619 St Kilda Road, Melbourne |
Address State | Victoria |
Time at address | 19 years |
Previous address 1 | Ballarat |
Address State | Victoria |
Time at address | 4 years |
Previous address 2 | Creswick |
Address State | Victoria |
Time at address | 27 years |
Married | Widow | |
Children | Yes | 3: two boys and girl, all in 30s, all born in Creswick |
Name of reference | Henry Upton |
Occupation of reference | Commissioner of the Superior Court of Victoria |
Marginalia description | p.6 She puts that nationality is 'American' then official scribbles that out and puts '(Pole)' because she married a 'Russian Pole' (p.24). |
Police report attached | Yes |
Link to other applicant | |
Literate | Yes |
Reason | Pension |
Other information | Eva letter, p.29, 9 Nov. 1919: wants pension, after living in Australia for 50 years and now a widow about to turn 62. p.21, letter from 4 Dec 1919: 'I was ignorant of the fact that it was necessary for me to be naturalised being an American.' |
Eva letter, p.29, 9 Nov. 1919: American with parents from 'Russian Poland'
p.5: on application form, place for 'Any special peculiarities' has put 'slightly stooped injury to spine'
p.6 in occupation space has also written 'I am not employed'.
Police Report, 14 December 1919, p.14: woman at the Jewish Home, St Hilda Road, 'has known the applicant for the past thirty years and she is of good character and a loyal citizen.' Known also by local police for past 7 years 'as a respectable good living woman and a loyal citizen' and for 7 years has lived at the Jewish Home, St Hilda Road