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Sunday's Obituary: Annora Elizabeth Jeffery (nee Bell)

Annora Elizabeth Jeffery (nee Bell) known as  'Annie 'was born in 1863 the daughter of William Henry Bell and his wife Catherine (nee Campbell).  My connection with her is that she is my first cousin four times removed.  In 1886 she married William Jeffery the son of William H. Jeffery and his wife Sarah (nee North).  Together they had a large family of at least six children.  Annie died at Goulburn in 1902 leaving William a widower with four young children to raise.  William married Catherine McCabe (nee Turner), a widow with three surviving children of her own, in 1905. William Jeffery died at Nurse Lakes Private Hospital in Goulburn in 1927.


Source: Death. (1902, July 5). Goulburn Evening Penny Post (NSW : 1881 - 1940), p. 4. Retrieved November 30, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article98715626

Transcript:

Death.

Mrs. Jeffery, wife of Mr. William Jeffery, died in Goulburn on Friday last from a weakness of the heart.  She took ill some few weeks ago, and came to Goulburn for treatment.  She leaves four young children.



Source: LOCAL AND DISTRICT. (1902, July 9). The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press (NSW : 1892 - 1948), p. 2. Retrieved December 1, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article125205974

Transcript:

Wingello.- Quite a gloom was cast over this district on Friday last, caused by the death of a resident, Mrs Jeffery, wife of Mr. William Jeffery.  The deceased, who was treated in Goulburn, died of weakness of the heart, and leaves four little children.  Great sympathy is felt throughout the district by all who knew them.


The children of William Jeffery and his wife Annora (nee Bell)  are:

  • Sarah Maria Jeffery  b.1890 - d. 1898
  • Catherine Esther Newman (nee Jeffery) b. 1892 - d. 1972
  • Selby George Jeffrey  b. 1894 - d. 1964
  • Arthur Ernest Jeffery b. 1896 - d. 1962
  • Aleana Rachel Bell (nee Jeffery) b. 1897 - d.1923
  • Alice Ellen W Jeffery b. 1901 - d. 1901


NSW BDM Birth Indexes

7354/1861 JEFFERY WILLIAM WILLIAM H SARAH GOULBURN
5503/1863  BELL  NORA E  WILLIAM  CATHERINE  BERRIMA
6944/1890 JEFFERY SARAH M WILLIAM ANNORAT E BERRIMA
23470/1892 JEFFERY CATHERINE E WILLIAM AMORAH E MOSS VALE
22043/1894 JEFFREY SELBY G WILLIAM AMORAH E MOSS VALE
14416/1896 JEFFERY ARTHUR E WILLIAM ANNORAH E MOSS VALE
23764/1897 JEFFERY ALEANA R WILLIAM ANORAH E MOSS VALE
33666/1901 JEFFREY ALICE W WILLIAM ANNORAH E MOSS VALE  
33668/1901 JEFFREY ALICE W WILLIAM ANNORAH E MOSS VALE

NSW BDM Marriage Indexes

3883/1886  JEFFERY  WILLIAM  BELL  ANNORAH ELIZABETH  ARGYLE
1292/1905 JEFFERY WILLIAM MCCABE CATHERINE GOULBURN
2014/1919 BELL LESLIE A E JEFFERY LENA R MOSMAN
18764/1920 NEWMAN WILLIAM J JEFFREY CATHERINE E GOULBURN
13301/1921 JEFFERY SELBY G HUGHES FLORENCE M MOSS VALE
11135/1922 JEFFREY ARTHUR E BELL BERTHA A ARMIDALE

NSW BDM Death Indexes

13918/1898 JEFFERY SARAH M WILLIAM HONORA E GOULBURN
13579/1901 JEFFERY ELLEN W WILLIAM ANNORAH E GOULBURN
9201/1902  JEFFERY  ANNORA E  WILLIAM  CATHERINE  GOULBURN
13970/1923 BELL LEANA R WILLIAM ANNORAH GOULBURN
9898/1927 JEFFERY WILLIAM WILLIAM H SARAH GOULBURN
2698/1962 JEFFERY ARTHUR ERNEST WILLIAM ELIZABETH TAMWORTH
24987/1964 JEFFERY SELBY GEORGE WILLIAM ANNIE MOSS VALE
63126/1972 NEWMAN CATHERINE ESTHER WILLIAM HENRY ANNIE BOWRAL

Source: NSW BDM Indexes.  NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages.  Retrieved from http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/

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