A brief History of Silas Street

William Silas Pearse (1838 – 1908) was a Fremantle-born merchant and politician. He was a Justice of the Peace, a Fremantle Town Councillor, and the founding president of the Fremantle Building Society, established in 1875. Pearse was an MLC representing Fremantle in 1872-80 and 1884- 90. He was an MLA for North Fremantle from 1890 to 1895.

Mrs Barbara Hicks lived at 59 Silas St (now 39) from 1911-1925 with daughter Barbara Mary and son Donald Jabez HICKS (Service No. 7069), who signed up for WW I on 5th. June 1917- see photo opposite courtesy of Ray Morriss (2022). You can read about Donald on the Roll of Honour. Their original house has been demolished and so is not in our list of houses below.

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