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Bartholomew James Stubbs (1872–1917) was the first sitting member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly to be killed in action while on military service for his country.〔http://www.parliament.wa.gov.au/48256E5900133E9B/0/0A486D21D93265B948257D4A0009244B〕 == Family background == The soldier-legislator, known as Jim to family and friends, was born on 31 May 1872, second son of Irish Catholic parents William and Catherine Stubbs of Quarry Hill, Bendigo, Victoria.〔''Cyclopedia of Western Australians'' (1912), Vol 1, Ed. J.S. Battye.〕 His father was for many years a mining manager on sites such as Johnson's Reef Extended mine. After finishing school, Stubbs served an apprenticeship as a tailor in Victoria and was introduced to the Labor Party in 1890 when he first joined a trade union. In 1894, the 22-year-old moved to Perth, Western Australia. He was joined there later by younger brother Francis Michael Stubbs, an iron moulder who settled in the south-west township of Tambellup. Stubbs ran a tailor shop in Subiaco, where he soon met Alice Rewell, a young widow to the infamous surveyor-turned-swindler William Goodwin Geddes Junior. The couple married on 11 November 1897 at St. Mary's Cathedral, Perth.〔David Black and Geoffrey Bolton, "Biographical Register of Members of Parliament, Vol 1, 1870–1930"〕 Stubbs became stepfather to Alice's two children—William Frances Geddes (11) and Edith May Geddes (8). In 1905 they took in Alice's orphaned niece, five-year-old May Stephens.〔Brian Jones, "The Geddes Mystery", Spectrum, 2002.〕 A keen sportsman, Stubbs kept himself active by participating in various social events. He represented Perth tailors in several games of Australian Rules football as well as in running events during the annual Eight Hours Day (Labour Day) sports carnivals. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bartholomew James Stubbs」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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