William Shanks

1907 - 1982  (74 years)

• Name	William Shanks
  Born	22 Aug 1907	Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Emigration	5 Dec 1912  [1]
  	Left London onborard the "Australind" destination Fremantle
  _UID	CAC3C377B1A24183BAAD5AE058D3E4740245
  Died	2 Mar 1982	Onslow, Western Australia, Australia
  Buried	8 Mar 1982	Onslow Cemetery, Onslow, Western Australia, Australia
  Person ID	I16955	My Big Tree
  Last Modified	26 Jul 2012

  
  

  Father	William Shanks,   b. 24 Dec 1878, Woodside Cottage, Torphicen, Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland ,   d. 7 Aug 1963, Guildford, Western Australia  (Age 84 years)
  Mother	Margaret Russell,   b. 7 Feb 1883, Entryfoot, Torphichen, West Lothian, Scotland ,   d. 9 Mar 1945, Bassendean, Western Australia, Australia  (Age 62 years)
  Married	20 Jul 1903	Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland
  Family ID	F2619	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Helen Veronica Chandler,   b. 30 Jul 1907, North Manchester, Lancashire, England, ,   d. 5 Mar 1982, Onslow, Western Australia, Australia  (Age 74 years)
  Married	11 Feb 1936	Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia.
  Children	1. Living
  Last Modified	31 May 2010
  Family ID	F5936	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Burial Notes: Church of England Section in grave number 350. The grave is in the old section of the new cemetery at Onslow. Also in Bill Shanks grave is a grand son Jesse John Kay. They were buried 8 december 1989. Bill worked on farms at Ballidu and Kalannie in his eary life and took up his own allotment on the farms at the age of 17. He continued this work untill the depression when the banks foreclosed on many of the farms. Bill took up work on Morrie Crawcours farm at Ballidu after he married Nell and during world war 2 he was called up to work in the State Implements Factory assembling Bren Gun Carriers. Bill and Nell moved to Chittering Valley from the farm at Ballidu in 1942 when he leased Kendalls Orchard for 2 years and had a produce run to the perth markets. Bill bought the garage at Bullsbrook in 1944. Bill put a manager in the garage when his cousin Eddie Shanks came out from Scotland in 1947 and they headed north to the Lead Fields in the Pilbara and pegged a few shows. Ray went back up with them in 1948 and all the family shifted to Onslow in 1950 where he bought another garage and mail run contract known as Northern Transport Company, which bill owned and operated with family help until he retired in 1975. Employed: State Implements Factory assembling Bren Gun Carriers, During World War 2. He had a residence in 1942 in Chittering, , Western Australia, Australia. Bill leased Kendalls Orchard for 2 years and had a produce run to the Perth Markets. Business: bought the Garage, in Bullsbrook, , Western Australia, Australia in 1944, in 1947 Bill leased the garage out when cousin Eddie Shanks came out from Scotland and they headed north to the Lead Fields in the Pilbara. He had a residence in 1950 in Onslow, Western Australia, Australia.

  
  

• Sources

  [S59] Passenger Manifest (Reliability: 3).