Daniel Keen Congdon was born in August 1836 in Chatham, Kent to William John (1801–1865) and Sarah Ann née Scott (1906–1859).[3] Congdon migrated to Western Australia with his parents from Kent in 1853. His father was a pharmacist and worked for the Western Australian Penal Department. On 22 December 1861 he married Jane Ainslie née Fairbairn. They had thirteen children (eight boys and five girls). In 1885 he was elected the mayor of the Municipality of Fremantle, a position in which he served for three years. He was re-elected as mayor in 1891. He was subsequently elected unanimously as the inaugural mayor of North Fremantle.[4]
He died on 17 January 1907, while travelling to Sydney to visit his sick son (who died before the father arrived).[5] The bodies of both men were returned to Western Australia (onTSS Kanowna),[6] and buried on 10 February in an Anglican section of Karrakatta Cemetery.[7]
^"OBITUARY". Western Mail. Vol. XXII, no. 1, 103. Western Australia. 16 February 1907. p. 15. Retrieved 29 March 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
^"DEATH OF MR. D. K. CONGDON". Western Mail. Vol. XXII, no. 1, 100. Western Australia. 26 January 1907. p. 44. Retrieved 29 March 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
^"Obituary". Day Dawn Chronicle. Vol. V, no. 72. Day Dawn, Western Australia. 19 January 1907. p. 3. Retrieved 23 July 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
