Biography

Little Margery had been suffering from inanition for some 3 weeks but the cause has not been identified. Inanition is a critical deficiency in caloric power, nutrient, and vitamin intake. The term inanition mentions to the symptoms and effects of starvation.

Arthur Brakespeare appeared in the Bankruptcy Court in April of 1899. He had appeared in Coolgardie about four or five years before. He declared he had started business in the Kalgoorlie Hotel, Hannan street, in 1896, when he had £800. His assets were now about £1,000 and his liabilities £1,650. His wife had put considerable amounts of money into the business and she was, at the time, in Adelaide with a sick mother. He was also connected with several English companies.

Little Margery had an older brother, Arthur Romaine, who was born 2 August 1904. It appears that Arthur Brakespeare died in Singapore in 1910.