Family History Friday

Family History Friday: My Nana and Great Grandma

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MY NANA  (my dad’s mum)  standing between her mother and step-father

Mavis Olive Crute was born on 1 Apr 1908 in Stawell.Victoria.Australia, died on 17 Aug 1963 in Horsham,  buried 27 Aug 1963 in Horsham Cemetery.

MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER  (my dad’s grandma)

Caroline Amy Griffiths Crute was born in 1887 in Stawell,Victoria and died on 8 May 1926 in Coburg, being buried 11 May 1926 in Fawkner Cemetery.

Caroline married William Henry Timms, son of Edward Timms and Selina Jane Conduit, in 1911 in Stawell. William was born in 1891 in Ararat,Victoria, and died in 1965 in Ingwood, Victoria, buried on 28 Sep 1965 in Fawkner Cemetery.

This photo taken just before Bill went overseas to war.  Caroline and Bill went on to have another child.

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