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Solomon Shenton Maley’s Baptismal Certificate

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Thomas Bird

1881

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Maley family Collection

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Solomon Shenton Maley’s Baptismal Certificate

Historical information

Certificate issued by Thomas Bird, Wesleyan Minister on 20/11/1881 to certify Solomon Shenton Maley's baptism.

Solomon Shenton Maley was born on 28 August 1881 at Greenough and was baptised at the Wesleyan Chapel on 20 November 1881. Sol played cricket for Bootenal in 1900 and was present at Greenough when his grandmother died in 1902.
Like many of the sons of Greenough settlers he sought land elsewhere. He was farewelled at a social held in Greenough in May 1906.
Sol first took up land at Three Springs in partnership with his brothers Charles and Henry and then took up farming at Chilimony, near Northampton.

Sol married Ruby Flynn. They had three children but only one daughter survived.

Sol died on 13 [or 20] March 1952 at Carlisle. He is buried in the Karrakatta Cemetery.

Thomas Bird was the Wesleyan Minister at Geraldton from 1880-84. There was never a resident Wesleyan Minister at Greenough.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-72-GMOB0178

Item type

Certificates

Themes

People
Social History

Material

Card

Width

114 mm

Height or length

78 mm

Depth

1 mm

Inscriptions and markings

Certificate issued by Thomas Bird, Wesleyan Minister on 20/11/1881.

Contextual Information

Of John and Elizabeth Maley’s 14 children, this is the only baptism certificate we have. This certificate is evidence of the Maley family’s religious affiliation. It is also the only baptism certificate and the only item associated with the Wesleyan Church at Greenough in the collection.

Keywords

Greenough

Place made

Western Australia
Australia

Year

1881

Statement of significance

The object 'Solomon Shenton Maley's Baptism Certificate' (GMOB0178) has high aesthetic significance, given its (form, colour, texture) and has some rarity value. The item has low scientific significance, although being representative of the class RELIGIONS/Christian in good condition. The item has historic significance for the local community and has good interpretive potential. This item has very high social significance given it was associated with SOLOMON SHENTON MALEY(20/11/1881),

Primary significance criteria

Social or spiritual significance

Comparative significance criteria

Interpretive capacity

Object’s condition or completeness

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