Eva Mary (Brown) Franklands (abt. 1879 - 1968)

Born about 1879 in Wansford, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom

Wife of Herbert William (Fankhauser) Franklands — married 24 Jun 1907 in York, Western Australia, Australia

Died 1968 at about age 89 in Victoria, Australia

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Biography

Eva Mary Brown (married name Fankhauser) was born around 1879.^[1].

In 1881, she was 2 and living with her parents and siblings in Wansford. They must have been quite well off as they had many servants.

Name Age

Fergus M. Brown 32

Janet Brown 40

Ellen A. Brown 10

Mabel A. Brown 7

Maurice P. Brown 5

Colin M. Brown 3

Eva M. Brown 2

Furgus L. Brown 1

William Siddons 19

Betsy Smith 27

Ann Wills 19

Eliza Broughton 18

Florence Bransome 17

Gertrude Baynes 20^[2]

She married Herbert William Fankhauser on 24 June 1907 in York, Western Australia^[3].

MARRIAGE. FANKHAUSER--BROWN .-On June 24, at York, W.A.. by the Rev. Melville Dunn, Herbert William, second son of F. T. Fankhauser, Canterbury, Victoria, to Eva Mary, third daughter of the late Dr. F. Malcolm Brown, Northamptonshire. England^[4].

Their children were:^{[citation needed]}

• Eva Frederika Fankhauser (1908–?)^[5]
• Herbert Malcolm Fankhauser (1909–?)
• Dorothy Mary Fankhauser (1910–?)

It appears that when they moved to Victoria the family chnaged their name to Franklands. Eva Mary and Herbert William Franklands were living at 13 Lambert Road in South Yarra in 1949. He was working as a medical practitioner ^[6] as he had been in Western Australia^[7].

She passed away in 1968 in Victoria^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ Eva M. Brown Age: 2 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1879 Relationship to Head: Daughter Father: Fergus M. Brown Mother: Janet Brown Gender: Female Where born: Wansford Civil Parish: Wansford County/Island: Northamptonshire Country: England. Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1881 England Census [database on-line].
2. ↑

   1881 Census

3. ↑ WA BDM Index, Marriage record, https://www.bdm.justice.wa.gov.au/: Reg: 12/1907
4. ↑ Family Notices (1907, August 9). The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), p. 1. Retrieved August 30, 2021, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article25709843
5. ↑ Family Notices (1908, May 23). The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954), p. 1. Retrieved August 30, 2021, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28842236
6. ↑ Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980 for Eva Mary Franklands. Victoria.1949. Fawkner. South Yarra. Ancestry.com. Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980 [database on-line].
7. ↑ Family Notices (1906, September 5). Mount Morgans Mercury (WA : 1906 - 1909), p. 2. Retrieved August 30, 2021, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article251808582
8. ↑ Eva Mary Franklands Death Registration Year: 1968 Death Registration Place: Victoria, Australia Father: Fergus Malcolm Brown Mother Maiden Name: Lee Reference Number: 18557. Ancestry.com. Victoria, Australia, Death Index, 1836-1988 [database on-line]