Patrick Stone

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Patrick Stone (14 March 1854 – 23 December 1926) was a Member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly from 1901 to 1904, and from 1905 to 1908. Born in Buncrana in Inishowen, County Donegal, Ireland, on 14 March 1854, Patrick Stone was the eldest son of army private James Stone and Ann Dorothy née Doherty. His father had served in the British Army in India and Afghanistan and after being wounded there had been invalided back to Britain where he married. When the British government agreed to transport convicts to Western Australia, James elected to become part of the Enrolled Pensioner Guard, guarding the convicts on their voyage to Western Australia. Patrick travelled with his parents and younger brother James on board the convict transport , arriving in Western Australia in April 1856. The Stone's lived in Fremantle where his father was based until the 1860s when they moved to Greenough where his father had been granted land. Patrick received a brief education at the Roman Catholic school at Fremantle, before working for his father on the Greenough farm until around 1880. On 8 February 1880, Stone married Helen Emily Roe, daughter of James Elphinstone Roe. He then set himself up as a storekeeper and produce merchant, becoming the town's most prominent and successful merchant over a long period.…

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1. date of birth: 1854-03-14 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. date of death: 1926-12-23 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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