Owen Robert Colverd

[sparrett]

PACF
Had you followed up on the co-respondent in the divorce case of Marjorie's mother Adeline??
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/169179811

Only a couple of months later this man was dead under tragic circumstances.

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/221473118

Sue

[cupoflife]

Picture of Marjorie Leigh
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/126412970
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/246679201
Some more articles:
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/230313231
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/246682369
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/230320379
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/17085149
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/229214211
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/132429094
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/194777704
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/193017268
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/28018961
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/10945690/561381
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https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/17122680
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/230316798
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/17121958
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/17109667
CAREER FOR GIRLS.
Culture and Modern Dancing under Miss Marjorie Leigh, of London, with a view of becoming Associate Teachers. Miss Leigh is a recognised authority on Figure Culture, modern European, Egyptian, and Russian dancing. American Tap and Rhythm, and Modern Point Work, a member of the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing, a Film and Stage Star, and has just completed an extensive tour of England, Africa, and India
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/17126319
LANGRIDGE SCHOOL OP PHYSICAL CULTURE
Vacancies for two young Ladies to study Figure Culture and Modern Dancing under Miss Marjorie
Leigh of London...

[sparrett]

PACF
Had you followed up on the co-respondent in the divorce case of Marjorie's mother Adeline??
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/169179811

Only a couple of months later this man was dead under tragic circumstances.

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/221473118

Sue

This man had married in July 1920

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/15897358
The record can be located on NSW bmd search

His wife was the executrix in the will.
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/15943885

A tragic story all together.

Sue

[majm]

1935, 1936 Electoral Roll WENTWORTH, Bondi
all with surname GEORGE at 2 Goldie Avenue, 

Fanny, home duties
Harold, accountant
Marjorie Emma, home duties

Sydney Anglican Parish Registers
Baptised 2 July 1905 at St Matthias, Centennial Park.  (near Victoria Barracks)
Majery Emma, born May 16th 1905, daughter of Harold &  Adeline Leigh GEORGE, of 19 Little Queen Street, Paddington, he a clerk.    Snip attached to confirm spelling for her Christian names

[majm]

May I gently suggest that Fanny GEORGE may have been mother of Harold GEORGE, and perhaps the widow of Robert GEORGE, and thus Fanny would be Majorie's paternal Grandmother...

I think Fanny died 18 April 1942, and NSW Archives may have her probate packet.  If Fanny is Harold's mum, then his sisters Anne Frances CLARKE and Edith Alice BARBER were the beneficiaries of her estate.   ADD, £1860 2/7d nett

JM

[PAFC]

Sue, MAJM and Cupoflife, I am overwhelmed! I have learned so much from you all today. It's like Christmas! Thank you so much. I now know what Marjorie looked like (yes, she was beautiful) and why she really came over to London for those life-changing two years for Dad ... 'Bollywood' and Dancing! And would you believe it, his 2nd wife was also called Marjorie and she was also a dancer! She used to be a professional dance partner at venues like the Hammersmith Palais, paid 'sixpence a dance' by those who had no-one to dance with to the wonderful dance and jazz bands of the 1930s. My father clearly had a 'type.' Mum was another quite glamorous looker - but a much, much sweeter and more loyal person than Marjorie Leigh. Thank you for the nudge re Fanny George, and her death date; I had failed to find that. The Ancestry profiles are filling up, and will continue to do so after this morning. My tree is public: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/family-tree/tree/22427996/family if you want to see where all this has got me so far.

[cupoflife]

May I gently suggest that Fanny GEORGE may have been mother of Harold GEORGE, and perhaps the widow of Robert GEORGE, and thus Fanny would be Majorie's paternal Grandmother...

I think Fanny died 18 April 1942, and NSW Archives may have her probate packet.  If Fanny is Harold's mum, then his sisters Anne Frances CLARKE and Edith Alice BARBER were the beneficiaries of her estate.   ADD, £1860 2/7d nett

JM

Death notice (left hand page in this link) https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=lL5f5cZgq8MC&dat=19420421&printsec=frontpage&hl=en
GEORGE - April 18, 1942, Fanny relict of Robert William George and loving mother of Edith (Daisy, Mrs F. A. Barber), Harold, Raymond, Anne (Mrs F. W. Clarke) and Winifred (Mrs Wood deceased). Aged 83 years. Privately cremated.

Probate Packet: https://www.records.nsw.gov.au/item/250071
Fanny George - Date of Death 18/04/1942, Granted On 08/06/1942 Series 4-268607

[PAFC]

Thank you, Cup-of-Life! You are so generous with your help. Pam.

[cupoflife]

Welcome  all a Rootschat team effort 
Picture of Owen Colverd (page 2) https://www.scottishshale.co.uk/DigitalAssets/pdf/BP/217012.pdf
A mention of Owen Colverd https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/248560968
Not sure if the tree owner has any info on the WALLACE marriage https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Colverd-56