Ethel DOBBS

Notes:

Queensland marriage for Ethel Dobbs 1904/C001817 Dobbs Ethel George Henry Ransley
In 1912, was estranged from husband. Magistrate gave 12 month order against him. Report: http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article53273781

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Started Year One (aged 5) at Mt Morgan State School in April 1889 and left in December 1896.

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Ethel married George Henry RANSLEY on 15 Feb 1904 in Queensland, Australia. George was born in 1871 in Queensland, Australia; died on 9 Nov 1919 in Mt Morgan, Qld, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Australia Birth Index: Name: Cecil William Ransley Birth Date: 23 May 1904 Father's Name: George Henry Ransley
Mother's Name: Ethel Dobbs Birth Place: Queensland Registration Year: 1904 Registration Place: Queensland
Page Number: 21603 Registration number: 009371

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Died:
Australia Death Index, 1787-1985 Name: Cecil W Ransley Death Date: 1930 Death Place: New South Wales Father's Name: George H
Registration Year: 1930 Registration Place: Randwick, New South Wales Registration number: 12148

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Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1980, 33 Forest Rd, Heathcote, New South Wales, Australia

Notes:

Muriel left her first husband Henry Muller and took up with William Keefe who in turn had abandoned his wife and children.
The following entry from the New South Wales, Australia, Police Gazette in 1930 gives details:
Inquiry is requested at the instance of Eliza Keefe and Hilda Keefe, residing at 73 Frankland-road, and 2 Garfield-street, Launceston, Tasmania, respectively, with a view to trace their son and husband William George Robert Keefe (may assume the name of Galven), 35 years of age, 5 feet 6 to 8 inches high, sturdy build, very dark complexion, dark eyes; a miner or labourer; may be found in the company of a woman named Muriel Muller; has deserted his wife and four children, and inquiries should be discreet as he is aware the Police are anxious to interview him.

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Birth:
https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/ Birth registration:
Muriel Amelia Ann Ransley Birth date: 15/06/1905
Mother's name: Ethel Dobbs Father/parent's name: George Henry Ransley
Registration details: 1905/C/8976

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Residence:
Australian electoral roll

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Died:
Australia Death Index, 1787-1985

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Muriel married Henry Richard MULLER on 13 May 1923 in Queensland, Australia. Henry was born about 1900; died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: William George Robert KEEFE. William was born on 2 Dec 1894 in Beaconsfield, Tasmania, Australia; died in UNKNOWN in Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/
Birth registration:
Henry George Ransley Birth date: 23/09/1907
Mother's name: Ethel Dobbs Father/parent's name: George Henry Ransley
Registration details: 1907/C/9755

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Died:
https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/ Death registration:
George Henry Ransley
Death date: 01/12/1907
Mother's name: Ethel Dobbs Father/parent's name: George Henry Ransley
Registration details: 1907/C/3063

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Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1933, 26 Shepherd St, Bondi, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
• Residence: 1937, 26 Shepherd St, Bondi, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
• Residence: 1943, 47 Ramsgate St, Bondi, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
• Residence: 1949, 47 Ramsgate St, Bondi, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Notes:

At same address at Bondi is a Jean Ethel Bernice Ransley who presumably is his wife but no marriage record yet found.

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On 1937 electoral roll at 26 Shepherd St, Bondi there is a Vera Ransley and a Bernard Charles Ransley. Vera is presumably his sister but, at a guess, Bernard may be a cousin/uncle from Ransley branch.

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At same address on electoral roll in 1943 and 1949 at Bondi is a Jean Ethel Bernice Ransley who presumably is his wife but no marriage record yet found.

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In memoriam notice:
RANSLEY - In loving memory of my dear son passed away January 18 1953
To your resting place I wonder
And picture your face so dear
I touch each flower I place there
And whisper Vic I'm here
Inserted by mother and step-father
RANSLEY -In loving memory of Vic who passed away January 18 1953
A life of ever kindly deeds
A helping hand to those in need
Sadly missed by his sister Vera and Jim Walsh
RANSLEY -In loving memory of dear Vic who fell asleep January 18 1953 Still loved still missed still very dear Inserted by his sister. Ken and Dick
Family Notices. (1954, January 18). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), p. 16. Retrieved June 23, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18405219

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Birth:
Australia Birth Index, 1788-1922 Name: Victor George Wesley Ransley Birth Date: 1 Oct 1909 Father's Name: George Henry Ransley
Mother's Name: Ethel Dobbs Birth Place: Queensland Registration Year: 1909 Registration Place: Queensland
Page Number: 21604 Registration number: 008853

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Died:
NSW BDM ref: 4808/1953 RANSLEY VICTOR GEORGE W son of GEORGE HENRY nand ETHEL at BONDI
and in memoriam notice at http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18405219

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Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1933, 26 Weynton St, Glebe, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
• Residence: 1939, 26 Shepherd St, Chippendale, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
• Residence: 1968, 61 Gocher Court, Stuart St, Manly, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Notes:

Birth:
https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/
Birth registration: Vera May Ransley Birth date:08/02/1912
Mother's name: Ethel Dobbs Father/parent's name: George Henry Ransley
Registration details:1912/C/9867

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Residence:
Australian electoral roll

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Residence:
As per marriage entry, lived at 26 Shepherd St, Chippendale, Sydney.

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Residence:
Australian electoral roll

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Died:
Sydney, Australia, Cemetery Headstone Transcriptions, 1837-2003
Name Vera May Walsh Age 72 Birth Date 1912 Death Date 22 Sep 1984
Burial Place Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Cemetery Waverley
Section Central Mound Row 32
Inscription wife of Jim. Sister of Jean

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Vera married James Nelis WALSH on 11 Nov 1939 in St Paul's Church, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. James was born in 1914 in Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; died on 23 May 2002 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1954, 7 Moneur Ave, Belmore, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Notes:

Birth:
https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/ Birth registration:
Bernard Charles Colin RANSLEY
Birth date: 13/04/1915
Mother's name: Ethel Dobbs
Father/parent's name: George Henry Ransley
Registration details: 1915/C/6611

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Residence:
Australian electoral roll

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Notes:

Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950
Record details
Name Reginald Hector Ransley
Spouse Name Irene Joyce Carroll
Marriage Date 1942
Marriage Place New South Wales
Registration Place Sydney, New South Wales
Registration Year 1942
Registration Number 9390

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Birth:
https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/ Birth registration:
Reginald Hector RANSLEY
Birth date: 22/07/1918
Mother's name: Ethel Dobbs
Father/parent's name: George Henry Ransley
Registration details: 1918/C/10445

Died:
https://familyhistory.bdm.nsw.gov.au/
RANSLEY, REGINALD HECTOR, ref 9322/1975, son of GEORGE HARRY and ETHEL

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Australia Cemetery Index, 1808-2007
Name Reginald H Ransley
Death Age 56
Birth Date 1919
Death Date 14 Apr 1975
Cemetery Woronora Cemetery
Cemetery Location Sutherland, New South Wales, Australia
Burial Location Sutherland

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Other Events and Attributes:

• _FGRAVE: 217718300
• Residence: 1954, 144 Warner Ave, Bondi, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
• Residence: 1972, 129 Blair St, Bondi, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Notes:

Not yet confirmed, but she is the presumed base child of Ethel Dobbs who was the widow of George Henry RANSLEY (died Nov 1919, so therefore not this child's father).
When her sister Vera died in 1984, she is recorded on Vera's headstone as her sister.

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https://familyhistory.bdm.nsw.gov.au/ marriage
Ref 18987/1953, HARPER, MAJOR INNES to RANSLEY, JEAN ETHEL B, at BONDI

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Birth:
https://www.familyhistory.bdm.qld.gov.au/ Birth registration:
Jean Ethel Bernice Ransley Birth date: 12/12/1920
Mother's name: Ethel Dobbs Ransley Registration details:1920/C/13331

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Residence:
Australian electoral roll

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Residence:
Australian electoral roll

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Died:
Name: Jean Ethel Bernice Harper
Death Date: 29 Dec 2009
Cemetery: Waverley Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place: Bronte, Waverley Council, New South Wales, Australia
Has Bio?: N
URL:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/217718300/jean-ethel_bernice-harper

Jean married Major Innes HARPER in 1953 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Major was born on 29 Nov 1893 in Hokitika, New Zealand; died on 2 Jan 1978 in Manly, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1958-80, 82 Juno Pde, Greenacre, New South Wales, Australia
• Residence: 1949, 132 Johnston St, Annandale, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
• Residence: 1954, 76 Juno Pde, Greenacre, New South Wales, Australia

Notes:

Birth:
Family information

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Residence:
Australian electoral roll

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Died:
Family information

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Prudence married Bruce Allen EVANS on 12 Mar 1945 in Annandale, New South Wales, Australia. Bruce was born in 1922 in Australia; died on 9 Aug 1986 in Greenacer, New South Wales, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1980, 33 Forest Rd, Heathcote, New South Wales, Australia

Notes:

Birth:
Family information

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Died:
Family information

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Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

living - details excluded

Notes:

living - details excluded