Document - LONG GULLY HISTORY GROUP COLLECTION: GRAN WEARNE & WILLIAM 'CLUBS' WEARNE
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Gran Wearne was born in Cornwall and married a miner, Thomas Wearne. They migrated to Bendigo And has six children of which three survived. She lost her husband and had to rely on charity to maintain her family. She earned a little money by selling goat's milk. She died in 1936 and was the last person who spoke English with a Cornish dialect. Also contains some information about William 'Clubs" Wearne, her son, who also became a miner. He was a member of the long Gully Fire Brigade , and was one of the team that was successful in 1914.
