1895 - Kate Coleman childhood home

John Vincent Coleman, the grandson of Bridget Coleman, was born on 28th April 1892 in Malvern and died on 2nd November 1970, aged 78. On 18 Oct 1917, when he was 25 years of age, he married Kate Jones (1896-1990).
Kate was born on February 20, 1896 in her family's log cabin home in Yarra Street, Warrandyte. The simple family home had a bark roof. Clothes were washed in the river and cooking was done on a wood-fired stove. The site is where the squash courts now stand.
The photo shows the primitive house in which Kate grew up. It shows Freda Jones and children (from left): Mary, Freda, Tom, Ben, Bill and Rachel. Charlie and Winifred are not pictured. Freda was expecting Kate at the time.