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Henry Charles Cleeland (1877–1953)

Henry Charles Cleeland

Henry Charles Theodore Cleeland, also known as Henry Cleland (1877-1953) miner, carpenter, trade union leader and mayor  Birth: 26 November 1877 at Epping, Victoria, eleventh of fifteen children of Francis Moore Cleeland (c.18431-1923), farmer, later a grazier in Gippsland, born in Ireland, and native-born Sarah Jane, née Moore (1845-1910). Marriage: 1906 at Broken Hill, New South Wales, to Catherine Alice Foreman (1883-1955), born in South Australia. They had one daughter. Death: 17 October 1953...

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