See also
Irene Jessie CREAR, MacDonald Irene jessie grave58
MacDonald WA and Annie
Macdonald WA, Annie,Irene and Knight WF in front. Possibly William Crear at rear.
11 Kilmarnock Rd Glasgow. Birth address for WA Macdonald
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Irene Jessie CREAR, daughter of William Stewart CREAR ( - ) and Ellen Catherine WOOD (1870-1940), was born on 20 May 1901 in Port Pirie, South Australia.1 from marr. reg. Irene married Walter Alexander MACDONALD on 28 Nov 1925 in St.Saviour's Church, Glen Osmond.2 She died on 18 Nov 1934 in Port Pirie.3 3 Info from grave photo. |
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Photo of headstone is from Billy Knight's photo album. According to death transcription she lived at Port Pirie, South Australia.3 |
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Walter Alexander MACDONALD, son of Walter Alexander MACDONALD (1859-1915) and Annie SMITH (1863-1946), was born on 28 Jun 1895 in Glasgow, Scotland 95 Kilmarnock Rd., Shawlands District Eastwood County Renfrew. GROS 562/00 0311. Walter was a Ship's Engineer. He was Presbyterian. He married Jean Johnson PORTER c. 1940 in Brisbane. from death cert WAMacdonald. Walter died on 10 Mar 1963 in "Home of Peace+, Petersham, Sydney. lymph carcinoma 1961/1963. Walter was buried on 12 Mar 1963 in Rookwood Independent cemetery, Presbyterian section 5C, grave 9436.4 4 5 68 years, from Home of Peace, Petersham. Same grave as father. |
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Walter's Death certificate indicates immigration to Australia c. 1905. His nickname was "Mudgee", according to Ken Knight, and like his mother was a beautiful pianist. He lived for a while with the Knights' at Rowntree St. Like his father, he became a ship's engineer. He was in the merchant navy during WW1. He was awarded the Mercantile Marine medal and British medal, issued care of an address in Bathurst, NSW. according to his naval papers. His address at father's death in 1915 was with his parents, 3 Glassop St., Balmain South. By 1922 the Electoral rolls have him at 90 Short St., Balmain, engineer. He married Jessie Crear in 1925 in South Australia. Jessie died in 1934. He married again about 1940 in Brisbane to Jean Porter, who was still alive at his death in 1963. They were living at Charles Street, Ryde, about 1950, Lorraine Knight remembered. His death notice has his address as 76 Charles St., Ryde although he died at the Home of Peace, Petersham. He is interred at the family grave in Rookwood Cemetery. Member Mercantile Marine sub-branc5,6,7,8h
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William Stewart CREAR,2 son of Stedman CREAR and Helen Stewart, married Ellen Catherine WOOD in 1897 in South Australia. |
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Ellen Catherine WOOD1 was born on 7 Aug 1870 in Portland Estate South Australia. She died in 1940 in South Australia. She and William Stewart CREAR had the following children: |
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Irene Jessie CREAR (1901-1934) |
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Thelma Ellen Forrester CREAR (1904-1976). Thelma was born in 1904 in South Australia. She married Edward Gilbert Henry FORRESTER on 24 Jan 1929 in Gilberton, South Australia.9 She died in 1976 in Adelaide. |
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Stedman CREAR was born in 1832. He died in 1887. He married Helen Stewart. |
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Helen Stewart was born in 1832. She died in 1923. She and Stedman CREAR had the following children: |
genealogy SA, South Australia Births 1842-1928, (Find my Past.com.au).
South Australia Marrige Registrations 1917-1937.
SouthAustralia Deaths1842-1972 Transcription.
Alan Brown, Manager, per F. Hedges., Letter from Rookwood Independent cemetery 7/3/1998.
Sydney Morning Herald.
Knight family conversation. Knights talk 1-4.
Medal Card of MacDonald, Walter Alexander, (The National Archives Kew, Richmond, Surrey).
N.S.W. Electoral Rolls 1903-1922, Commonwealth Divisions.
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