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Title: Florence Peacock/Livingstone
Post by: P-G on Tuesday 02 September 08 21:19 BST (UK)

Can anyone help me trace my Grandma's sister Florence Lester's family. She married Joseph Peacock in England in 1919 and then emigrated to Australia with him, he was in the autralian army during WW1. She parted from him and married Mick Livingstone who was the manager of a gold mine in New Guinea. Her last address was Moorookbark, Victoria.
She had 2 children Agnes & Nancy. Agnes Hurst had a daughter Bette O'brien last known living in O'connor, ACT in 1988.
I know Florrie died in 1982

Title: Re: Florence Peacock/Livingstone
Post by: cando on Wednesday 03 September 08 01:15 BST (UK)

Is this the 2nd marriage?

From NSW bdm
http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/familyHistory/search.htm
18869  1940     
LIVINGSTONE      John Pearson     
PEACOCK      Florence Agnes
District  Ryde

and death - only detailed this in case you wish to purchase her death cert - reg no is required.

LIVINGSTONE Florence Agnes
Father Lester William  Mother Agnes
Death Place Ringwood   82 years   1982  Reg#16638

Facility to purchase and immediately download death cert on
http://online.justice.vic.gov.au/bdm/home.

Burial record
Springvale Botanical Cemetery     
Given Names    FLORENCE AGNES    
Surname    LIVINGSTONE    
Date of Service    23/07/1982    
Burial Type    CREMATION    
Location Details    Book Of Remembrance - July Day of Month: 19    
Public Grave Y/N    N    
Tenure Date    In perpetuity - For all time

? 2nd husband's death
LIVINGSTONE John Pearson
Father Duncan  Mother Annie  PEARSON
At Chelsea  Aged 72  1950  Reg# 20414

Cemetery     Springvale Botanical Cemetery     
Given Names    JOHN PEARSON    
Surname    LIVINGSTONE    
Date of Service    08/08/1950    
Burial Type    CREMATION    
Location Details    Tristania - Wall Niche Wall 2B Niche 179    
Public Grave Y/N    N    
Tenure Date    In perpetuity - For all time

I wonder if this marriage is her dau ....however you mentioned that Agnes had married a HURST however it would appear she married an OBRIEN.

Marriage
Reg#1911         1953     
HURST      John Lloyd    
LIVINGSTONE  Nancye
District North Sydney

and death
http://www.rootsweb.com/~nswsdps/dpsindex.htm
HURST   Nancye   Death notice   24MAY1981   Death       at Hornsby Hospital, late of Turramurra   Sydney Morning Herald   26MAY1981
   
There is a facility on the website to request a lookup of the death notice.

and his death

HURST   John Lloyd   Death notice   23DEC2007   Death   84       Sydney Morning Herald   27DEC2007

This notice may give you more information on their offspring.   

and then there is this marriage
LIVINGSTONE Agnes Lester
OBRIEN Edward James  1942   Reg#9706

I can only suggest you try
http://www.whitepages.com.au/wp/initResSearch.do

Cheers
Cando

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Title: Re: Florence Peacock/Livingstone
Post by: cando on Wednesday 03 September 08 02:20 BST (UK)

You may like to read Joseph Edward PEACOCK's WW1 Service Record - it has been digitised.   States he wasn't married to his 'wife' Minnie, named on enlistment in 1916.   

Details of his marriage to Florence Agnes LESTER in August 1919.

http://www.naa.gov.au/collection/recordsearch.aspx
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Birth in Vic

PEACOCK Joseph Edward
Father Henry  Mother Annie WATERHOUSE
Birth Place WAND   1887  Reg# 15691
 
Death in NSW
Reg# 25048  1936     
PEACOCK  Joseph Edward
Father Annie  Mother Annie
District Kogarah

Cando

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Title: Re: Florence Peacock/Livingstone
Post by: cando on Wednesday 03 September 08 05:48 BST (UK)

Australian Electoral Rolls 1900-1936 [not every year is available]

1924  Victoria
PEACOCK  Florence Agnes   Wandiligong,  Home duties
PEACOCK  Joseph Edward   Wandiligong,   Farmer

1936
LIVINGSTONE Florence Agnes  Irvine Street Mitchelton   Manager
LIVINGSTONE  John Pearson  Irvine Street Mitchelton  Manager

John Pearson LIVINGSTONE was a carter in Mundaring, WA in 1901; 1914 at Castlemaine, Vic with a Mary at the same address and occupation Dredge Master; 1919 Wedderburn, Vic Dredge manager and 1924 26 Weller Street, Box Hill, Vic  Engineer.

Title: Re: Florence Peacock/Livingstone
Post by: P-G on Thursday 04 September 08 20:46 BST (UK)

Thanks for all this most useful information, it's a lot to take in and adds a lot to my family tree. What I would love to do is find a living relative so is there anyway to come forward in time to find out what happened to Bette O'brien. Did she get married? and could there be any children. I know it's a long shot but is it possible to look up marriages in the Hackett, ACT area.
I've also been told Nancy had 2 children John & Arthur Hurst, can anyone find any info on them. My last address for them is Sydney.