Grace Pretoria Sholl (1900 - 1981)

Ancestors

Wife of Richard Emil Schlesinger — married 10 Feb 1927 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Descendants

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Biography

Grace Pretoria Sholl was born on 27 February 1900, the daughter of Jessie Sholl and Horace William Sholl.^{[1] [2]}

She lived for a time in Perth, Western Australia.^[3]

Her engagement to Bob Schlesinger was announced in April 1926.^[3] The couple married on 10 February 1927 at the Melbourne Church of England Grammar School chapel in Melbourne, Victoria.^[4] Their daughter was Sonia Schlesinger.^[1]

Bob died in January 1968.^[5]

Grace died in 1981.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Personal recollection of events witnessed by Deborah Hunn as remembered 22 Aug 2017.
2. ↑ "Gentry." Research of Mark Spring and John Permezel. Accessed by Clare Spring from a CD-ROM on 27 November 2017.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} "Schlesinger engaged." 28 April 1926. Referee (Sydney), p. 14. Retrieved 23 April 2017 by Clare Spring from http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/128097399.
4. ↑ "Melbourne talk." 17 February 1927. Western Mail (Perth), p. 37. Retrieved 23 April 2017 by Clare Spring from http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/38005348.
5. ↑ Richard Schlesinger (tennis). (2017, March 24). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved by Clare Spring on 23 April 2017, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Richard_Schlesinger_(tennis)&oldid=772003997.