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Mavis Ethel Murray

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Gee

Gee Report 27 Sep 2012 07:59

A brother to Mavis


Australia Birth Index, 1788-1922
Name: Cyril Hessick Murray
Father's Name: Hy Murray
Mother's Name: Edith Alice Whittaker
Birth Place: Victoria, Victoria
Registration Year: 1898
Registration Place: Victoria
Registration Number: 27133

Australia Death Index, 1787-1985
Name: Cyril Heric Murray
Death Place: Heidelberg, Victoria
Age: 64
Father's Name: Henry
Mother's Name: Alic Edith
Registration Year: 1982
Registration Place: Victoria
Registration Number: 29029
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1918

Seems both Mavis and Cyril told fibs about their age, or the informant of the death(s) didnt know how old they were!

Gee

Gee Report 26 Sep 2012 17:24

Australia Birth Index, 1788-1922
about David L Brennan
Name: David L Brennan
Birth Date: 1910
Father's Name: Michael Brennan
Mother's Name: Elizabeth
Birth Place: New South Wales
Registration Year: 1910
Registration Place: Kiama, New South Wales
Registration Number: 27629

Gee

Gee Report 26 Sep 2012 17:21

Australian Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980
Name: David Lyle Brennan (Alone)
Gender: Male
Electoral Year: 1980
State: Victoria
District: Melbourne Ports
Subdistrict: Prahran

Gee

Gee Report 26 Sep 2012 17:09

I'll delete that death I posted above as Mavis seemed to have married again or at least lived with someone else and took their name


Australia Death Index, 1787-1985
Name: Mavis Ethel Brennan
Death Place: Prahran, Victoria
Age: 66
Father's Name: Cyril Murray
Mother's Name: Edith Alic Whittaker
Registration Year: 1976
Registration Place: Victoria
Registration Number: 29
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1910

Australian Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980
Name: Mavis Ethel Brennan & David Lyle Brennan
Gender: Female
Electoral Year: 1968
State: Victoria
District: Melbourne
Subdistrict: Melbourne


Australian Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980
Name: Mavis Ethel Brennan & David Lyle Brennan
Gender: Female
Electoral Year: 1972
State: Victoria
District: Melbourne Ports
Subdistrict: Prahran

Gee

Gee Report 26 Sep 2012 14:58

Australia Marriage Index, 1788-1950
Name: Hy Murray
Spouse Name: Alice Edith Whittaker
Marriage Place: Victoria
Registration Place: Victoria
Registration Year: 1898
Registration Number: 1769

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Australian Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980
Name: Edith Alice Murray (Living alone)
Gender: Female
Electoral Year: 1942
State: Victoria
District: Balaclava
Subdistrict: Caulfield


Australia Death Index, 1787-1985
Name: Cyril Murray
Death Place: South Australia
Registration Year: 1916-1925
Registration Place: South Australia
Page Number: 471
Volume Number: 440


I thought I would post the details here rather than send them by PM, if you could also post on here it will help keep the info in one place and easier to ref to

Im not related to you, so there is no point in opening my tree.......just a member trying to help you

Add 'Australia' to your title thread and you should get help from the Oz experts

Gee

Gee Report 26 Sep 2012 13:03

???

Australia Cemetery Index, 1808-2007
about Mavis E Coleman
Name: Mavis E Coleman
Death Age: 58
Birth Date: abt 1902
Death Date: 21 Jun 1960
Cemetery: Woronora Cemetery
Cemetery Location: Sutherland, New South Wales, Australia
Burial Location: Sutherland

This death is not correct....see later postings

Gee

Gee Report 26 Sep 2012 12:55

Australian Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980
about Cyril Herrick Murray
Name: Cyril Herrick Murray
Gender: Male
Electoral Year: 1924
State: Victoria
District: Balaclava
Subdistrict: Elsternwick

Living with: Edith Alice & Mavis Ethel


I wonder if Mavis should have been Marie, or the other way around on the birth reg?


Australian Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980
about Mavis Ethel Coleman
Name: Mavis Ethel Coleman
Gender: Female
Electoral Year: 1949
State: Victoria
District: Balaclava
Subdistrict: Brighton

Gee

Gee Report 26 Sep 2012 12:40

Are you sure about her fathers name


Australia Birth Index, 1788-1922
about Marie Ethel Murray
Name: Marie Ethel Murray
Father's Name: Hy Murray
Mother's Name: Edith Alice Whittaker
Birth Place: Foray, Victoria
Registration Year: 1901
Registration Place: Victoria
Registration Number: 3294

Or have I got the wrong girl?

Andrew

Andrew Report 26 Sep 2012 12:16

Where is this, please?


EDIT, Australia?

Andy

Gary

Gary Report 26 Sep 2012 12:10

I'm looking for information about Mavis [b 1900] after 1945.
She married Lawrence Alfred Coleman in 1927, they divorce about 1944 or early 1945. Her parents were Cyril Herrick Murray and he mothers maiden name was Whittaker. They lived in Caulfield/Elstermwick.
Hope someone can help.
Gary Coleman