Queenie May (Lukey) Walker (1902)

Born 1902 in Echuca, Victoria, Australia

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Biography

Queenie May Lukey was born in 1902 in Echuca, Victoria, Australia, the daughter of Lilian Alice Lukey and Francis Daniel Lukey. ^[1]

She firstly married Hardy Meredith, ^[2] however, she was granted a divorce when it was found that Meredith was a bigamist. ^{[3] [4]}

She then married Joseph Walker in 1927.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Registry of BDM, Victoria.
   Birth certificate
   Record information
   Event: births
   Registration number: 2590 / 1902
   Family name: LUKEY
   Given name(s): Queenie May
   Place of event: ECHUCA, Australia
   Personal detail
   Mother's name: Lillie Alice
   Mother's family name at birth: SMITH
   Father's Name: Francis Daniel
2. ↑ Registry of BDM, Victoria.
   Marriage certificate
   Record information
   Event: marriages
   Registration number: 9225 / 1923
   Family name: LUKEY
   Given name(s): Queenie Maie
   Personal detail
   Spouse's family name: MEREDITH
   Spouse's given name(s): Hardy Lancelot
3. ↑ The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) Tue 16 Feb 1926, Page 6, PRISONER SENTENCED.

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   Bigamist Punished.
   Before Mr Justice Schutt in the Criminal Court yesterday, Hardy Lancelot Meredith, aged 25 years, salesman, pleaded guilty to a charge of bigamy. Meredith, it was stated, was first married in September 1923, and in February 1925, he went through the form of marriage with another woman at Collingwood, knowing his wife to be alive. He was arrested at Cooma (N.S.W.) on December 31. Mr Chelton (for the defence) said that Meredith was separated from his wife. No serious wrong had been suffered by either woman. Mr Justice Schutt said that It appeared that Meredith had deserted his wife, although she was apparently not affected by his subsequent conduct. A comparatively light sentence would be imposed. Meredith was sentenced to imprisonment, with hard labour, for six months.
   

   https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3735004?searchTerm=%22Hardy%20Lancelot%20Meredith%22
4. ↑ The Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954) Thu 2 Sep 1926, Page 7 Queenie May Meredith, 24, ticket-seller, Burnley Street, Burnley, was granted a decree nisi, for divorce from Hardy Lancelot Meredith, 25, motor mechanic, today on the ground of bigamy, coupled with adultery.
   https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/243703737?searchTerm=%22Queenie%20Meredith%22
5. ↑ Registry of BDM, Victoria.
   Marriage certificate
   Record information
   Event: marriages
   Registration number: 12954 / 1927
   Family name: LUKEY
   Given name(s): Queenie Maie
   Personal detail
   Spouse's family name: WALKER
   Spouse's given name(s): Jos Swanson