Joseph Callaway b. 1886
Perth #27003 d. 1918 White gum Valley f. Francis Callaway m. Ellen Andrews
Albert Edward Mersey Kidson
b. 1891 Malvern
Victoria d. 1946 Victoria Park W.A. f. John Mersey Kidson,
Liverpool England. m. Ernestine
Kosky (anglicized from
Koschitshy) married at Melbourne VIC, She was Polish Jewess Her
family even then were on the run from Germany. They came
from a town right on the border of both countries. When arriving in
Melbourne Australia her family settled in a beautiful town called
Jamieson ref Denise Hitchens
Gunner
Albert Edward
Mersey Kidson 3777, 102nd Howitzer Battery
Private
Allan John
Kidson WX15346, 2/11th Battalion.
Joseph Calloway was
Rose's first husband he died of TB in 1918. He was customs officer at
Fremantle. He was survived by Grandma Rose, son Francis (Frank) and
Phyllis (2004) she was born July 1911. I will find out about Uncle
Frank later. He was deaf from a childhood accident of falling
down the stairs. With the death of Joseph she found it very difficult
to survive as there no widows pension. She had to put Phyllis and
Frank into an Sister Kate's Orphanage as not many people
didn't employ married women with children and they didn't consider
their situation either. She worked cleaning a boarding house owned
by Kidson - Kosky family. That is where she met Albert (Burt)
Kidson he just returned from the war. When she married him she got
Phyllis and Frank out of Sister Kate's straight away. They hated and
Rose hated them being there. Burt Kidson was a World 1 vet and
survived the great battles of France and Gallipoli.
Reference
Denise Hitchens
