16/06/09
Thomas Willam Oldfield
Son of Henry Oldfield and Mary Ann Swindle, born on the 23rd of March 1889 in St John's in the Vale, Cumberland
Married Margaret Woodsworth on the 1st of August 1914 in Dalton-in-Furness, Ulveston, Lancashire
Children
Died on the 16th of September 1969 in Brusselton, Western Australia
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| A porter and then signalman with the Furness Railway. Did not join the army in WWI since he was classed as medically unfit. Emigrated to Australia in 1923 with £138 to establish himself as a farmer. He sailed in April - his father died in September. |
 Margaret, Fred, Harry and Thomas |
Notes
1 Information supplied by Julia Oldfield
2 Studio photograph by J. Hargreaves of Dalton, Ulverston and Millom