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William ‘Billy’ Bertram (1875-1957) fencer, grocer’s assistant, civil servant, trade unionist & Labor parliamentarian
Birth: 11 January 1875 in Hamilton, Scotland, son of John Bertram (1849-1926), flesher, later carpenter, and Elizabeth, née Collins (1854-1923). Marriage: 4 October 1899 at Brisbane, Queensland, to May Elsie Foggitt. They had three sons and five daughters. Death: 11 June 1957, Queensland. Religion: Presbyterian.
Sources
Duncan Bruce Waterson and John Arnold, Biographical register of the Queensland Parliament 1930-1989 (Canberra, 1982).
'Bertram, William (Billy) (1875–1957)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://labouraustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/bertram-william-billy-32172/text39770, accessed 4 February 2023.
11 January,
1875
Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland
11 June,
1957
(aged 82)
Queensland, Australia