PARIS, Elizabeth Beatrice death and burial

[Dalet]

Thank Lois

Will send you a PM

Dale

[elizabeth smith]

response to lois watson from gordon's daughter. am in contact with dale who posted earlier searches.
you may wish to note ...le roy should be leroy not le roy.  ( it was incorrectly recorded  in the family history book published a few years ago)  it was a name which my mother always  disliked and in later life she reverted to using her first name of elizabeth.  leroy was her second name.
also my be helpful to note gordon's brother used the spelling of murray by choice in adult life.

[kathygsefhg]

Hello - I am doing a bit of research on Robert Smibert Paris for a local fallen World War one soldiers project and I wondered whether there was any significance in the unusual naming of his daughter, ie Elizabeth Leroy Paris. Leroy I believe is more commonly linked with males. I just wondered whether it was a family link, or perhaps a mate of Robert's who had been killed at the war. Can anyone help?

[Dalet]

Hi

Dont have any idea of the origin of the name Leroy in this case. It doesnt appear in any other family members to the best of my knowledge. ditto Smibert.

I would be most interested in what you find of Robert's service. He married in February 1916, his daughter was born November 1916 and his died in August 1917. I dont have his enlistment date so dont know if he ever saw his daughter.

Dale

[kathygsefhg]

Hello Dale - thanks for that. I would love to send you the draft story I have done as it has all the details I think you would be interested in but I'm new at this forum and I really haven't worked out yet how to send stuff properly. Anyway - I'd prefer to send it so not everyone else can see it at this stage too - as it is a draft. But no, Robert would never have seen his daughter Leroy - he was already overseas when she was born. Sad.

Kathy

[Dundee]

I would be most interested in what you find of Robert's service.

Dale

Service Record is here - 58 pages:

http://soda.naa.gov.au/record/8007105/1

Debra 

[Dalet]

Thanks Debra.

Have also sent a personal message to Kathy.

The service record makes for interesting and very sad reading.

Dale

[Spike H]

I know I'm late to the party and I haven't brought much, but here is the death notice for Elizabeth Beatrice Paris as requested in the original post:

Advertiser, published February 3rd 1978.
Paris, Beatrice Elizabeth. On Jan 25th, loving mother of Leroy.

(it would seem the date of death was the 25th with the cremation on 26th.)

[Dalet]

Thanks Spike