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Latitude
60
Longitude
-110
Start Date
1838-01-01
End Date
1927-01-01

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ID
tb94bd

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Birth Place
Canada
Biography
John Louis Leverman was a Canadian-born country cabinetmaker cum undertaker who arrived in Western Australia in 1859. He married Elizabeth Rowland and they had ten children. She was a strict Methodist and he a Catholic which caused a rift with her family. He worked at the Greenough from the 1860s into the 20th century. Assisted by his son Charles Louis (1870-1936), he fitted-out of the Catholic Church at Greenough. The pair also made furniture for the Waldeck family of the district. By 1874 he had acquired land and was farming. He made a travelling medicine chest for his son- in- law Charles Conway. Writers: Dr Dorothy Erickson Date written: 2010 Last updated: 2011
Born
b. 1838
Summary
A country cabinetmaker who arrived in Western Australia in 1859. He worked at the Greenough from the 1860s into the 20th century.
Gender
Male
Died
1927
Age at death
89