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James Bashford
Bain (1893 - 1971)
James Bashford
Bain was born in Ipswich, Queensland on 27 December 1893. Born only
three months after his parents marriage, he was the eldest child
and first son of James
Edward Bain and Mary Emma Bashford.
James married
Eva Mary Yates in Ipswich, Queensland on 4 September 1918.
Eva Mary Yates
was born in Queensland on 4 November 1895. She was the third child
and second daughter of David
Yates and Mary Hayes.
James and Eva
produced 3 children, 1 son and 2 daughters:
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James
Edward Bain - b. 7 Aug 1919 ; m. Joyce Austin |
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Doreen
Bain - b. 21 May 1921 married Douglas James Hardie |
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Mary
Bain - b. married Charles Schieffelbein |
In 1919 when
he was 25, James was working as a railway clerk with the South Division
Traffic Branch, based in Ipswich. By the time the children were
in their early teens the family were still living in Ipswich in
a medium sized timber house on a 66 foot frontage block.
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James was a railway man, the family was relatively protected
from many of the deprivations of the depression. That said,
they didn't have money to burn and Eva took in work as a tailoress
supplementing the families income, this is most likely because
James had a fondness for the racetrack.
Eva was
religious, and at times a demanding woman with high expectations
of her children. All of the children were well educated attending
Ipswich Central School moving on to grammar school. The girls
especially were raised to be ladies. The family were comfortable,
taking regular family holidays to the beach. |
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In 1939 the
family moved to Prospect Avenue in Sherwood Brisbane, where they
lived until Eva died in August 1967, she was 72.
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Eva's death James moved in with his daughter Doreen and her
husband Douglas 'Tich' Hardie, where he lived until his death
in 1971 at age 77. |
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