Mollie (Beach) Emms
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Mollie Jean (Beach) Emms (1908 - 1968)

Mollie Jean Emms formerly Beach aka Trowbridge
Born in Launceston, Tasmania, Australiamap
Ancestors ancestors
Wife of — married [date unknown] (to 15 Nov 1946) in Hobart, Tasmania, Australiamap
Wife of — married 15 Nov 1946 in New Zealandmap
[children unknown]
Died at age 60 in Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdommap
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Biography

Birth

On 16 June 1908 Mollie Jean Beach was born in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, the daughter of Ernest Beach and Minnie Joseph. [1][2]

Marriage - 1

She was first married to Malcolm Ward Trowbridge, born 5 Feb 1906 in Goulburn St, Hobart, father Walter Trowbridge, 39, stained glass artist, born Hobart and mother Clara (Ward) 34, born Fiji, who were married in Hobart in 1902. [3]

In 1946 the marriage of Mollie Jean (Beach) and Malcolm Ward Trowbridge ended in divorce in Tasmania, Australia. [4]

Newspaper report[5]
HOBART. Thursday. - On the application of the respondent, the Chief Justice (Sir John Morris), in the Supreme Court to-day, pronounced a decree absolute in the divorce suit Malcolm Ward Trowbridge v Mollie Jean Trowbridge.

Marriage - 2

On the same day, 15 November 1946, Mollie Jean Trowbridge and George Edward Emms were married in New Zealand. [6]

Residences

Electoral Rolls [7]

From 1949 to 1966 they resided in Gisborne, where George was a furniture maker.

Death

On 31 August 1968 Mollie Jean Emms died in Oxford, England, aged 59. [8] [9]

Research Notes

Current surname was originally from her father's will. Marriage must have been after close of marriage registrations available.

Sources

  1. Birth register entry of Mollie Jean Beach, born 16 June 1908, Registers of Births in Hobart, Launceston and Country Districts, Tasmanian Archives, parents Ernest Victor Beach and Minnie May Joseph, https://stors.tas.gov.au/NI/2081480 accessed 3 Oct 2022
  2. Libraries Search
    Name: Beach, Mollie Jean
    Father: Beach, Ernest Victor
    Mother: Joseph, Minnie May
    Date of birth: 16 Jun 1908
    Where born: Hobart Road, Launceston
  3. Parents Walter and Clara
  4. Tas Divorces #5/1946 - Trowbridge, Malcolm Ward - Petitioner, & Trowbridge, Mollie Jean - Respondent
  5. 1946 'A TIME-SAVER', Advocate (Burnie, Tas. : 1890 - 1954), 15 November, p. 7. , viewed 28 Nov 2023, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article69052067
  6. NZBDM marriages 15/11/1946 1946/16191 Mollie Jean Trowbridge, George Edward Emms
  7. New Zealand, Electoral Rolls, 1853-1981
  8. Will of Mollie Jean Emms
  9. General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes. London, England: General Register Office
  • Tas birth registration #1770/1908




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