In 1901 when Arthur Compton was 23, he married Helena May DONOVAN in Leederville, Western Australia, Australia. Born on 11 Apr 1880 in Mount Baker, WA, Australia. Helena May died in 1936; she was 55. Buried in Karrakatta Cemetery.

- 1880 Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922
Name: Helena May Donovan
Father's name: Richard Donovan
Mother's name: Mary Ann Ashby
Birth Place: Mount Barker
Registration Year: 1880
Registration Place: Western Australia
Registration Number: 20836

- 1910 Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980
Name: Helena May Thomas
Gender: Female
Electoral Year: 1910
Subdistrict: Balkatta
State: Western Australia
District: Perth
Country: Australia
2853 Thomas, Arthur Compton, jun., Richmond Street, Leederville, railway employee M
2855 Thomas, Helena May, Richmond Street, Leederville, married F
Other Thomas’ in Leederville
2852 Thomas, Alice Cordelia, Bourke Street, Leederville, married F
2854 Thomas, David, Bourke Street, Leederville, engine drive M
2856 Thomas, Sarah Ethel Colenso, “Trentham.” Kimberley St, Leederville, married F
2857 Thomas, William Charles, “Trentham.” Kimberley Street, Leederville, clerk M

- 1916 Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980
Name: Helena May Thomas
Gender: Female
Electoral Year: 1916
Subdistrict: Nelson
State: Western Australia
District: Swan
Country: Australia
3123 Thomas, Arthur Cumpton, Jarnadup, timber inspector M
3128 Thomas, Helena May, Jarnadup, married F

- 1925 Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980
Name: Helena May Thomas
Gender: Female
Electoral Year: 1925
Subdistrict: Nelson
State: Western Australia
District: Forrest
Country: Australia
4723 Thomas, Helena May, Jarnadup, married F
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4717 Thomas, Arthur Cumpton, Jarnadup, timber inspector M

- 1931 Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980
Name: Helena May Thomas
Gender: Female
Electoral Year: 1931
Subdistrict: Nelson
State: Western Australia
District: Forrest
Country: Australia
5122 Thomas, Helena May, Jarnadup, married, F
5116 Thomas, Arthur Cumpton, Jarnadup, timber inspector M
[no other Thomas’ listed in Jarnadup]


From other researchers:
- Daughter of Richard Donovan (1851-1926) and Mary Ann Ashby (1857-1942)
- Daughter of Richard Donovan (15 Oct 1851- ) and Mary Ann Ashby (16 Oct 1859-1942)
- First surviving white child born in Mt Barker / first child, a girl, died
- Died 8 Mar 1936 in Gosnells WA, and buried Karrakatta Cemetery, Anglican Section FC, Grave 376

On 16 Jan 1901 when Elizabeth Mary was 18, she married Richard William LEEDER , son of Jesse David LEEDER (1842-1899) & Rebecca SHREEVE (1844-1883), in St Barnabas, Leederville, Western Australia, Australia. Born on 16 Nov 1874 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. Richard William died in Como, Western Australia, Australia, on 31 May 1950; he was 75.

- 1874 Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922
Name: Richard William Leeder
Birth Date: 16 Nov 1874
Father's name: Jessy David Leeder
Mother's name: Rebecca Schrieve
Birth Place: Adelaide
Registration Place: Adelaide, South Australia
Page Number: 259
Volume Number: 143

- 1950 Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985
Name: Richard W Leeder
Death Place: Western Australia
Registration Year: 1950
Registration Place: Perth, Western Australia
Registration Number: 1203

From other researchers:
- Son of Jesse David Leeder (1842-1899) and Rebecca Shreeve (1844-1883)
- The Leeders Hotel was on William Street in Perth WA. The Place Hotel was later built on this site.
- Richard’s grandfather William Henry Leeder immigrated to Australia in 1830 aboard the ship Rockingham. On the passenger ship transcript they are listed as LEEDER, Mr & Mrs and 5 children

RESEARCH NOTES
- from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_Hotel,_Perth
“The site [where the Palace Hotel now stands] was first used as a lodging house when the King's Head Hotel operated there from at least 1830, owned and operated by William Dixon.[1] In 1831 Dixon sold it to William Henry Leeder after which it was known as Leeder's Hotel, with it becoming a social centre for the town with many important dinners and celebrations conducted there.[nb 1] The Perth Gazette wrote in August 1833:

‘Few, if any, of [the employed classes] enjoyed a table such as the gentry made merry with at Leeder's Hotel on the occasion of the King’s birthday celebrations in August 1833, with nine types of meat and a choice of three desserts.[11]’

Leeder's Hotel was extended in 1845, by which time it was known as the Freemasons' Tavern and housed the first Masonic Lodge in Western Australia.[1] Following the death of Leeder in 1845, his wife transferred the management to Julian Carr, a merchant who would later become a prominent local politician and Chairman of the Perth City Council from 1861 until 1869. At this time it was known as the Freemasons' Hotel[12] with a number of other proprietors running it in the intervening years, including the wife of future Premier Sir Walter James and George Towton, a prominent horseman and hotelier.

A fire at the rear of the hotel in 1888 destroyed a number of outbuildings, adding to the premises' general dilapidation. American real estate investor and former hotelier John De Baun purchased the property from Leeder's widow for ₤14,000[7] in 1894, along with several other sites along St Georges Terrace.” -

see wikipedia for sources, including:
11. Perth Gazette, 24 August 1833, in Stannage, C. T. (1979). The People of Perth: A Social History of Western Australia's Capital City, Perth. p. 65. ISBN 0-909994-86-2.
12. The Independant Journal - 5 Aug 1864, page 2 [available on Trove)
Mentions the Freemasons’ Hotel in Perth, location of the “Meetng of the Western Australian Turf Club .. on Monday next, the 8th instant, at 4 o’clock p.m....”