Ethel May (McRae) Sibly (abt. 1886 - 1956)

Born about 1886 in South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Ancestors

Died 16 Aug 1956 at about age 70 in Malvern, Victoria, Australia

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Biography

Ethel (McRae) Sibly was born in the Colony of Victoria (1851-1900)

Ethel (also Esther, Etty) May McRae, daughter of William McRae (abt.1843-1915) and Clara Catherine (Farmer) McRae (1858-1935), was born in 1886 in 177 Park St, South Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.^[1]

Ethel first married Sydney Thomson on 1 November 1911 in St Lukes Church, South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ^[2]Their children were:

• Edith Claire Thomson (1912-)
• Sydney Ernest Thomson (1914-)

Prior to her marriage, Ethel worked as a "Waitress", which may have been the Mia-Mia Cafe in Collins St, Melbourne, which the Farmer family owned or worked along with three daughters.^[3]

Ethel's husband Sydney died in 1914 and she married her brother-in-law James Oliver Sibly on 13 March 1917 in 142 Albert Rd, South Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.^[4] James brother William Libby Sibly had married Ethel's sister Lucy McRae in 1906. Children from Ethel and James' marriage were:

• Avis Winifred Sibly (1917-)
• Melva Jean Sibly (1919-)
• Edna May Sibly (1921-)
• Beryl Joyce Sibly (1923-)

Ethel died on 16 August 1956 of "Coronary thrombosis, myocarditis, arteriosclerosis, hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid (HPT), bronchitis, tonsillitis" in 46 Parslow St, Malvern, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia at age 70.^[5] She was buried on 17 August 1956 in Fawkner Cemetery, Fawkner, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Victoria Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages. Online index (accessed 1 November 2023) Births 4618/1886 in 1886, MCRAE Ethel May, Father: William, Mother: Catherine Clara FARMER, Born at MELB.
2. ↑ Victoria Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages. Online index (accessed 1 November 2023) Marriages 8557/1911 in 1911, MCRAE Ethel May married THOMSON, Sidney.
3. ↑ Simons, Jean (Melville-1439), 2010. pers. comm.
4. ↑ Victoria Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages. Online index (accessed 1 November 2023) Marriages 1706/1917 in 1917, THOMSON Ethel May married SIBLY, Jas Oliver.
5. ↑ Victoria Registry of Births, Deaths & Marriages. Online index (accessed 1 November 2023) Deaths 10290/1956 in 1956, SIBLY Ethel May, Father: MCCRAE Unknown, Mother: Unknown UNKNOWN, Born at MELBOURNE SOUTH, Died at MALVERN, Died age 70.
6. ↑ "Find a Grave," database, Find A Grave: Memorial #212290026 (accessed 1 November 2023), Memorial page for Ethel May McRae Sibly (1886-16 Aug 1956), citing Fawkner Memorial Park, Fawkner, Merri-bek City, Victoria, Australia (plot: Methodist E, Grave 3143).