Viola Rachel Beatrice Morcom (1903 - 1908)

Born 1903 in Sandringham, Victoria, Australia

Ancestors

Died Jan 1908 at about age 5 in Prahran, Victoria, Australia

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Biography

Viola Morcom was born in Victoria, Australia

Viola Morcom died young.

Birth Viola Rachel Beatrice Morcom was born in 1903 in Sandringham, Victoria, Australia, daughter of Michael Allen Morcom (1876–1937) and Alice Johanna Kleeberger (1873–1952).^[1]

Death Viola died in January 1908 in Prahran, Victoria, Australia, aged 4 years 8 months. Viola died after choking on a halfpenny. ^{[2] [3]}

Burial Viola was buried on 30 January 1908 in Brighton General Cemetery, Caulfield South, Victoria. ^[3]

From The Age, 30 January 1908, page 10:

MORCOM.-The Friends of Mr. MlCHAEL ALLEN MORCOM, of Sandringham, are re-spectfully informed that the remains of his beloved daughter, Viola Rachel, will be interred in the Brighton Cemetery. The funeral will leave ... Chapel-street, Prahran. THIS DAY (Thursday), 30th inst., at 3 o'clock.
RAYBOULD, Undertaker, Prahran (near Town Hall). Tel. 17. ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Birth: "Historical index", database, Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria(https://my.rio.bdm.vic.gov.au/efamily-history/- : accessed 15 October 2023), entry for birth of Viola Rachael Beatri Morcom, 1903/21156; citing birth certificate of Viola Rachael Beatri Morcom, born 1903, Sandringham, Victoria, Australia. Family name MORCOM Given name(s) Viola Rachael Beatri Event birth Mother's name Alice Mother's family name at birth KLEEBERGER Father's name Michl Place of birth SANDRINGHAM Reg. year 1903 Reg. number 21156/1903.
2. ↑ Death: "Historical index", database, Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria(https://my.rio.bdm.vic.gov.au/efamily-history/- : accessed 15 October 2023), entry for death of Viola Rachel Beatrice Morcom, 1908/3523; citing death certificate of Viola Rachel Beatrice Morcom, died 1908, Prn, Victoria, Australia. Family name MORCOM Given name(s) Viola Rachel Beatrice Event death Mother's name Alice Mother's family name at birth BLUBERGER Father's name Morcom Michl Allen Place of birth - Place of death Prn Age at death 4 Reg. year 1908 Reg. number 3523/1908.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Burial: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/215585568/viola-rachel-morcom: accessed), memorial page for Viola Rachel Morcom (unknown–30 Jan 1908), Find a Grave Memorial ID 215585568, citing Brighton General Cemetery, Caulfield South, Glen Eira City, Victoria, Australia; Maintained by woowoo (contributor 49949980).
4. ↑ Newspaper - Funeral Notice: "Family Notices", The Age, 30 January 1908, p.10, col. 9; digital images, National Library of Australia, Trove(https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/196103565 : accessed 15 October 2023).