Henry Edward Hickmott

Henry was the only son of Henry & Sophia(Nee Goldsmith). He was born at Mount Baker in South Australia. When he was three years old, he moved with his mother and stepmother to Clunes in Victoria where he lived for a few years before moving to Charlton, Henry Edward married Eliazabeth Ann (Owen) in Kingower but continued to reside in Charlton where he worked as a farmer, brickmaker and builder. While Henry Edward would have helped his father on the latter's farm, it is likely that, while in Charlton he worked mostly as a brickmaker and builder. In 1891 Henry Edward and their family moved onto a farm near Lalbert where Henry's sister Rebecca Smith and her family had lived since moving there from Waubra in 1878. Henry Edward and Elizabeth stayed in Lalbert for some eighteen years. During this time, Henry was responsible for geting the government to establish a school in the area, served as secretary of the Lalbert Farmers Association, seemed to be involved in local politics and continued to play cricket. In spite of these interests, Henry and Elizabeth decided, in 1909 to sell up and move to Western Australia where they purchased a farm which they named 'Dingley Dell' near Brookton (Three of their grown -up children William Henry, John Edward and Edith Olive declined to go with their family and stayed in Victoria). As in Lalbert, Henry soon became actively involved in the local community, serving as a founding member of the Brookton Farmers and Settlers Association and its President for two years. On 21st October 1914, he was elected as a member for Pingelly in WA Parliament, where he sat for three terms before being defeated at the 1924 general election. After Elizabeth death during a visit to Ouyen in 1923. Henry married Sarah Ellen Clarke in Perth 1925. It seems they had no children.

On Sunday 18th  January 1931, Henry Edward was killed when he was thrown from a cart. He was laying rabbit poison on his property when the cart hit a stone  and he was thrown to the ground, breaking his neck.  His funeral took place the following day and he was buried in the Methodist section of the Brookton Cemetery.

GEDCOM Note

HICKMOTT , Edward Henry. 19 Jan 1931 aged 78. Methodist 050