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Ivy Constance Waterford (nee Little)

1894-1989 Father William Thomas Little Mother Adelaide Clara Swain Siblings  Nita May, William Clement, Arthur Patrick, George Thomas, Alexander Irwin, Jessie (Swain, Little, Chapman, Stewart) Married William Ernest Waterford Children Wilma, William Bede, Paula Catherine (Burnheim, O’Connor) Ivy’s Life Ivy Little always wanted to be a nurse and began her career aged 16 at the […]

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William Waterford I

1799-1876 Father Gabriel Waterford Mother Ann Siblings  Mary, Michael, Ann, Philadelphia, Phillis, Gabriel, Robert, Hannah, George Married Mary Griffiths (nee Brown), Margaret Burn, Susannah Merrick (common law), Elizabeth Hunt and Eliza Doherty. Children William (2), John Merrick, Hugh James and Ellen Belle William’s Life William Waterford was born in Limpsfield, Surrey, the seventh child of

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William Waterford II

1859-1938 Father William Waterford I Mother Eliza Doherty Siblings  John (Mother, Susannah Merrick), Hugh James, Ellen Belle Waterford/Davis Married Catherine (Katy) Carney Children William Ernest, Hugh Arthur, Mary(Wilson), Leo Cecil, Zita Kathleen, Eileen Agnes(Macpherson), Roy Laurence, Rupert Joseph William’s Life William Waterford II was born at Rathcormack near Cork in Ireland in 1859, the first

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William Ernest Waterford

1877-1960 Father William Waterford II Mother Catherine Carney Siblings  Hugh Arthur, Mary (Wilson), Leo Cecil, Zita Kathleen, Eileen Agnes (MacPherson), Roy Lawrence, Rupert Joseph Married Gwendoline Catherine Morrell Ivy Constance Little (nee Swain) Children Hugh Phillip, Marie Josephine(Carson), Gwendoline Winifred (Payne), Leonard Frances, Bernard Joseph, John Arthur, Evelyn Margaret (Flanagan) Wilma Waterford, William Bede, Paula

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Thomas at his brickworks

Thomas White

Thomas pictured on horse and cart. 1849-1926 Father John White Mother Bridget Devory Siblings Henry Married Catherine Ryder Banwell Stepchildren William Henry, Elizabeth, Mary, Charles, Edward, Alfred, Charlotte (Banwell) Married Catherine Thompson Fitzgerald Carney Stepchildren Amelia (died in infancy), William Peter, Mary Ann, John, Joseph Henry, Catherine (Katie), David (Carney) Children Elizabeth, Agnes (White) Thomas’

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Henry York

1798-1881 Father William York Mother Mary Murray Siblings Harriet, Ann, Elizabeth, Mary, Thomas, Charles Married Mary Murphy Children Elizabeth, Maria, Harriet, Ann Mary (Annie), Mary Agatha, Elinor Mary Angela (Ellen), Thomas Henry, William Patrick, Honora Mary (Nora) Henry’s Life Henry was born in Bristol, Gloucestershire in 1798. His father William was a Carpenter/Cabinet maker. Henry

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Maria York

1838-1916 Father Henry York Mother Mary Murphy Siblings Elizabeth, Harriet, Annie, Mary Agatha, Elinor Mary Angela (Ellen), Thomas Henry, William P, Honora Mary (Nora) Married John Paul Children Mary Ellen (Molly), George Henry, Anne Beatrice, Alodia, Maria Bridget, Joseph, John Thomas, Joseph Andrew, William Bernard, Henry Charles, Hannah Maria’s Life Maria was the second daughter

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Vida Younghusband Strudwick

1911-1993 Father Henry Charles Younghusband Mother Minnie Louisa Billings Siblings  Doreen Amy, Clifford, Floyd, Harold (Buzz), Mary Melva, Roy Eric, Hedley, Vaughan (Nino or Snow), Lionel Clarence, Garnet (Jacky) Married Edward Milton Strudwick Children Lyall Strudwick Vida’s Life Vida was born in 1911 in Tarnagulla, Victoria to Henry Charles Younghusband and Minnie Louisa Billings. She

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