Annie (Fuller) Thurston (1870 - 1958)

Born 25 Apr 1870 in Carrickalinga, South Australia, Australia

Ancestors

Wife of William John Thurston — married 24 Feb 1897 in Brentwood, South Australia, Australia

Descendants

Died 30 Jul 1958 at age 88 in South Australia, Australia

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Biography

• Born 25 April 1870 in Yankalilla, South Australia.^[1]
• Anne's brother George had married William Thurston's sister, Caroline Louisa, on 20 January 1897.^[2]
• Anne married William Thurston on 24 February 1897 in Brentwood, South Australia (on southern tip of Yorke Peninsula), creating a double connection between the Fuller and Thurston families.^[3] The marriage was registered in the cadastral County of Daly, probably at Snowtown. ^[4]
• Children:
  1. Clarence William (b 1899)
  2. Percival Charles (b 1901)
  3. Albert George (b 1903)
  4. Hilda Emma (b 1905)
  5. Marie Annie (b 1911)
  6. Roy John (b 1914, died before first birthday)
• Apparently Annie was known for being very kind and so approachable in the neighbourhood. People who had a problem would come to her for a spare cup of sugar or counsel.^[5]
• Died in 1958.
• Interred at Balaklava Cemetery. Later husband, William, was interred in same plot.^[6]

Sources

• South Australian Births, Deaths & Marriages
• Adelaide Advertiser 1897

Notes

1. ↑ SA BDM Births Registration #82/322:

   1870 FULLER Anne; Father: Jonathan FULLER; Mother: Louisa HOLMES; Location: Yankalilla

2. ↑ Adelaide Advertiser Personal Notices, 11 February 1897:

   FULLER — THURSTON. —On the 20th January, at the Bible Christian Church, Snowtown, by the Rev. S. Clark Mugford, George James, eldest son of J. Fuller, Esq., of Brentwood, Y. P., to Caroline Louisa, eldest daughter of the late Charles Thurston, Esq., Lochiel.

3. ↑ Adelaide Advertiser Personal Notices, 23 March 1897:

   THURSTON — FULLER. —On the 24th February, at the residence of the bride's parents, by the Rev. J. Nairn, William John, eldest surviving son of the late Charles Thurston, of Lochiel to Annie, eldest daughter of Jonathan Fuller, of Brentwood, Y. P.

4. ↑ SA BDM Marriages Registration # 190/711: YEAR: 1897; REG: 190/711; SURNAME: THURSTON; GIVEN NAME: William John; SPOUSE SURNAME: FULLER; SPOUSE GIVEN NAME: Anne; DISTRICT: | Daly. |
   
5. ↑ Memory of L Hayes, 2013
6. ↑ Memory of L Thurston, June 2016