Author Topic: William Selby BLAIR -death reg.Vic.  (Read 7638 times)

Offline sparrett

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Re: William Selby BLAIR -death reg.Vic.
« Reply #27 on: Thursday 02 July 09 00:10 BST (UK) »
Hi Jenn,

Yes, thank you.

It was a great and lasting sadness to the family.

Thank you Kris.  All neat and tidy now :D
Sue
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Re: William Selby BLAIR -death reg.Vic.
« Reply #28 on: Thursday 01 September 22 11:14 BST (UK) »
Matthew Selby Blair was my great grandfather with my grandmother, Jessie, being the youngest child of Amelia and Matthew. Matthew remarried in Adelaide Australia and had two more children William the eldest child of Matthew and Amelia lived and worked in Melbourne and was involved with the design of the first skyscrapers built there. Mary or Mamie as she was known, worked for a leading solicitor in Melbourne, but never married. She moved to Mt Gambier, South Australia, in retirement and lived her remaining years with her younger sister Jessie Hanel and is buried in the Mt Gambier cemetery. Jessie moved from Adelaide to Hatherleigh near Mt Gambier, and married Louis Hanel a pastoralist. They had 5 boys and 1 girl with my father being the eldest. Hope this clears up a few questions raised.

Cheers Ian