Irene Veronica (Pratt) Gormly (1901 - 1998)

Born 15 Jun 1901 in Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia

Ancestors

Daughter of John Henry Malechi Pratt and Emma Mary (Winter) Pratt

Wife of James Noel Gormly — married 25 Sep 1926 in Bungendore, New South Wales, Australia

Descendants

Died 29 Aug 1998 at age 97 in Pymble, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

Irene (Pratt) Gormly was born in New South Wales, Australia

Irene Veronica Pratt was born on 15 June 1901 to John & Emma. ^[1] She was their 8th child.^[2]

In 1926 at Bungendore, New South Wales when Irene was 25 years old, she married James Gormly.^[3][4] They went on to have 5 children.^[2]

Irene died at Nazareth House in Pymble, New South Wales in 1998.^[2][5] She was buried in Bungendore Cemetery.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Transcription of Birth Certificate of Irene Veronica Pratt, Reg. No. 1901/20813, Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages - New South Wales, Australia. Transcribed 13 Jul 2016 by Laurence Turtle. In the personal files of J (Gormly) Manners.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} First-hand knowledge as recalled by J (Gormly) Manners, 4 Jun 2016.
3. ↑ "Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950"; Ancestry.com [database on-line]; James N Gormly & Irene V Pratt, 1926, Bungendore.
4. ↑ "Wedding: Gormly-Pratt", Goulburn Evening Penny Post (NSW : 1881 - 1940), 1 Oct 1926, page 8; National Library of Australia. Accessed 15 Sep 2016.
5. ↑ "Death Notice for Irene Veronica Gormly", Rootweb, Australian Records Database, Ancestry.com; originally published in The Sydney Morning Herald newspaper 31 Aug 1998; d. 29 Aug 1998, aged 97, of North Turramurra.
6. ↑ Find a Grave memorial #167687971, Irene Veronica Pratt Gormly, b. 15 Jun 1901, d. 29 Aug 1998. Accessed 3 Jun 2017.

• Maternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Irene's son and his third cousin once removed. Their most-recent common ancestors are their second/third great grandparents, Joseph Cox Plastow and Patience Collindridge. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 3rd cousins, based on sharing 98 cM across 6 segments.

• Paternal relationship is confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Irene's son and D. C., first cousin twice removed. Predicted relationship: 3rd-4th cousin, based on sharing 185 cM across 10 segments.