What happened to Ethel Pontin?

[Freya Ellingsen]

Ethel was born Ethel, Marie Maurer in 1882 Geelong, Victoria.
She married Ernest Pontin in 1904 Geelong.They have two children, Clarice 1905 and Dorothy in 1904. Both children were placed in care in Geelong Orphan Asylum Victoria in  abt 1906.
Nothing further can be found about Ethel..
 We know Ernest died in 1950 and we can see that the two female babies went on to marry but what happened to Ethel, Any clues?
Thanks

[rosie99]

The Victoria  Petty Sessions register 28th May 1906 mentions Ethel Marie Pontin and Ernest James Pontin - It would appear that Ernest left his children without adequate means of support at Geelong on 8th May 1906

[CassT]

deleted sorry incorrect person

Cass

[Jackiemh]

Hello, there is a tree on Ancestry which has Ethel remarrying in 1927 to a Graham McNair and dying in Flemington, Victoria in June 1971.
I know that some of the information on ancestry trees is untrustworthy but it might be worth checking it out.
Jackie

[cupoflife]

Hello, there is a tree on Ancestry which has Ethel remarrying in 1927 to a Graham McNair and dying in Flemington, Victoria in June 1971.
I know that some of the information on ancestry trees is untrustworthy but it might be worth checking it out.
Jackie

Not the right person…
Deaths: 14997 / 1971
Family name: MCNAIR
Given name(s) Ethel Mary
Place of event: Flemington, Australia
Mother's name: Beatrice Mary EYRE
Father's Name: PONTIN Victor Harold

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/199260704/ethel-mary-mcnair
Ethel Mary McNair
BIRTH: 1905
DEATH: 24 Sep 1971 (aged 65–66)
BURIAL: Melbourne General Cemetery
Parkville, City of Melbourne, Victoria
PLOT: MGC-PRE-Comp-N-No-700
MEMORIAL ID: 199260704

Same plot:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/199260904/victor-harold-pontin
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/199260903/beatrice-mary-pontin

[Freya Ellingsen]

Thanks for looking this is the wrong Ethel M Pontin.
As the Ethel Im looking for was born Ethel M Maurer in 1882, Geelong Victoria, father was Victor Louise Maurer her mother was Mary Ann Hensel, Pontin being her married name.
This Ethel Mary Pontin you have found was born in 1905 her father was Victor Harold Pontin and mother was a Beatrice Eyre.
Thanks, the mystery continues.

[Freya Ellingsen]

The Victoria  Petty Sessions register 28th May 1906 mentions Ethel Marie Pontin and Ernest James Pontin - It would appear that Ernest left his children without adequate means of support at Geelong on 8th May 1906

Yes I have seen this it seems its the last mention of Ethel I can find...

[CassT]

Seems that the spelling of parents surname differs

 MAURER

Find A Grave death notices on this site

Victor Louis Maurer
Birth 22 Jul 1849 Vechigen, Verwaltungskreis Bern-Mittelland, Bern, Switzerland
Death 18 Aug 1914 (aged 65)
South Geelong, City of Greater Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Burial Barrabool Hills Cemetery Highton, Plot HGH-COE-X-825-X

Mum
Mary Jane Hensell Maurer
Birth 1850 Death 10 Oct 1888 (aged 37–38)
Geelong West, City of Greater Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Burial Barrabool Hills Cemetery Highton, City of Greater Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Plot HGH-UNK-X-825-X

Cass

[Freya Ellingsen]

Thanks, Yes lots of typo's with surname, I've also seen it as Mourer