Freda Malcolm (Clerk) Dossetor (1889 - 1972)

Born 26 Jul 1889 in Armadale, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Ancestors

Wife of William Green Dossetor — married 1 Jun 1912 in Malvern, Victoria, Australia

Died 1972 at about age 82 in Sandringham, Victoria, Australia

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Biography

Freda Malcolm Clerk (married name Dossetor) was born on 26 July 1889 in Armadale, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, the daughter of Ellen Sophia Clerk and Duncan Ramsey Clerk.^[1][2][3]

She was christened on 18 August 1889 in Prahran, Victoria.^[3]

In January 1911, she was a bridesmaid at her brother Allan's wedding to Ella Dossetor.^[4][5]

She married Ella's brother William Green Dossetor on 1 June 1912 at St. George's Church, Malvern, Victoria.^[6][7] Their children were:

• Freda Margaret Clerk Dossetor (1913–1997)^[8]
• Colin William Clerk Dossetor (1915–1943)^[9]
• Oliver Clerk Dossetor (1917–1941)^[10][11]

William died in 1961.^[12]

Freda died in 1972 in Sandringham, Victoria, aged 82 years.^[13]

Research notes

On occasion, Freda wrote letters to the editor of The Argus, which give us some insights on some of her opinions:

• suggesting Victoria's new railway stations be given Aboriginal names^[14]
• urging for consideration of humane slaughter of animals before progressing a project to enlarge the Melbourne city abattoirs^[15]
• suggesting telegram boys bearing casualty telegrams wear khaki, to avoid unnecessary shock on receiving ordinary telegrams^[16]
• questioning a statement on Australian butter exports that had been published in the London Sunday Express^[17]
• again suggesting all future Victorian railway stations be given Aboriginal names^[18]
• suggesting that Flinders Street Station subways be hosed down each night and sprayed at daytime with disinfectant^[19]

Sources

1. ↑ Birth record: 17975 / 1889. BDM Victoria. https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history.
   (Name: Freda Malcolm CLERK); (Place: ARMADALE); (Mother: Ellen Sophia SALMON); (Father: Duncan Ramsey)
2. ↑ "Births." 8 August 1889. The Argus (Melbourne), p. 1. Retrieved 25 September 2017 by Clare Spring from http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/6268960.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} "Australia Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XT8D-L5H : 11 December 2014), Freda Malcolm Clerk, 18 Aug 1889; citing ; FHL microfilm 1,238,886.
4. ↑ "Weddings." 4 February 1911. The Australasian (Melbourne), p. 47. Retrieved 5 September 2019 by Clare Spring from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/142938822.
5. ↑ "Clerk—Dossetor." 4 February 1911. Weekly Times (Melbourne), page 14. Retrieved 4 January 2022 by Clare Spring from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/222241697.
6. ↑ Marriage record: 2754 / 1912. BDM Victoria. https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history.
   (Freda Malcolm CLERK and Wm Steen DOSSETOR)
7. ↑ "Marriages." 10 August 1912. The Argus (Melbourne), p. 13. Retrieved 25 September 2017 by Clare Spring from http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/10521619.
8. ↑ Birth record: 12770 / 1913. BDM Victoria. https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history. (Name: Freda Margt DOSSETOR); (Place: GEELONG, VIC); (Mother: Freda Malcolm CLERK); (Father: Wm Green)
9. ↑ Birth record: 22001 / 1915. BDM Victoria. https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history. (Name: Colin Wm DOSSETOR); (Place: GEELONG, VIC); (Mother: Freda Malcolm CLERK); (Father: Wm Green)
10. ↑ Queensland Birth Registration of Oliver Romney Dossetor.

    Birth date:02/04/1917
    Mother:Freda Malcolm Clerk
    Father:William Green Dossetor
    Registration details:1917/B/47746

11. ↑ "Australians in World War II: North Africa and Syria." Department of Veterans' Affairs (Australian Government. p. 105. Retrieved 21 April 2017 by Clare Spring from http://anzacportal.dva.gov.au/history/publications/australians-world-war-ii-north-africa-and-syria/image-gallery.
12. ↑ William Green Dossetor's death record at Births, Deaths, Marriages Victoria: Reg. No: 22214; Reg. year: 1961. Retrieved 7 March 2017 by Clare Spring from https://online.justice.vic.gov.au/bdm/indexsearch.doj.
13. ↑ Death record: 24389 / 1972. BDM Victoria. https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/research-and-family-history/search-your-family-history.
    (Name: Freda Malcolm Clerk DOSSETOR); (Place of birth: Armadale); (Place of death: Sandringham); (Age at death: 82); (Mother: Nellie SALMON); (Father: CLERK Duncan Ramsay)
14. ↑ "Railway station names." 16 September 1929. The Argus (Melbourne, page 11. Retrieved 21 January 2023 by Clare Spring from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/4037516.
15. ↑ "The abattoirs." 11 April 1934. The Argus (Melbourne), page 4. Retrieved 21 January 2023 by Clare Spring from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/10926636.
16. ↑ "The dreaded wire." 23 January 1941. The Argus (Melbourne), page 2. Retrieved 21 January 2023 by Clare Spring from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/8151234.
17. ↑ "Butter to South Africa?" 26 February 1944. The Argus (Melbourne), page 6. Retrieved 21 January 2023 by Clare Spring from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/11826079.
18. ↑ "Railway station names." 18 July 1947. The Argus (Melbourne), page 2. Retrieved 21 January 2023 by Clare Spring from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/22442858.
19. ↑ "Sprayers." 6 April 1954. The Argus (Melbourne), page 3. Retrieved 21 January 2023 by Clare Spring from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/26601390.