Margaret Gwen (Weidenhofer) West (1921 - 1984)

Born 19 Sep 1921 in Murray Bridge, South Australia, Australia

Ancestors

Wife of Leonard Lloyd West — married 1959 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Died 14 May 1984 at age 62 in Seaton, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

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Biography

Margaret, fourth daughter of Henry and Hulda, followed her two older sisters, Joyce and Jessie, into nursing as a career. She trained at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, after which she became a ward sister at the Renmark District Hospital.

She did not, however, follow her sisters into the Army, but worked for some years on the nursing staff near Woomera, north of Adelaide.

In 1951, she became Matron in charge of the Stirling Hospital in the Adelaide Hills, a position she held until 1959, when she married Leonard West.

They had no children. Margaret, known as Gwen and Len lived in the Adelaide suburb of Seaton, where a number of Weidenhofer relatives also lived.

Gwen became ill in 1975 and her husband Len, nursed her in their home for nine years before she died at the Western Community Hospital on 13 May, 1984, aged 63.

Len continued to live in their home at Seaton until he died in 1995, aged 75. They are both buried at Centennial Park Cemetery.

A History of the Weidenhofer Families in Australia 1846 - 2004. Written by Wyn Allen (née Weidenhofer) 2004 ©.
Reproduced with permission of Stewart Allen, Barry Malcolm and Carlien Melrose.

This is a works in progress and any assistance with information or source details would be very much appreciated.

Sources

• Information taken from the Weidenhofer Database compiled from family input and research for the book “A History of the Weidenhofer Families in Australia 1846 – 2004”.
• Reproduced with permission of Stewart Allen, Barry Malcolm and Carlien Melrose.

South Australian Genealogy Index of Birth, Death and Marriage.
Birth
Date: 1921- Name: WEIDENHOFER Margaret Gwen - Father: George Henry WEIDENHOFER - Mother: Augusta Hilda ROSENBERG - District: Nairne - Registration No.: 83A/56.
Link to Index
South Australian Genealogy Index of Birth, Death and Marriage.
https://www.genealogysa.org.au/resources/online-databases.html

Centennial Park Cemetery Records
Margaret Gwen West
Passed away: 13th May 1984 Last Abode: Seaton
Details
Interment Type: Ashes - Interment Date: 15/05/1984 - Interment Status: Interred - Interment Location: Acacia A, Path AJ, Grave 498
Cremation Date: 15/05/1984
Interment Right: 4567 - Interment Right Status: Current - Interment Right Expiry: 15/07/2025.
Link to Website
http://www.centennialpark.org/memorial-search/margaret-gwen-west-157616/

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