Bertha Olive (Denning) O'Donnell (1910 - 1991)

Born 5 Aug 1910 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Ancestors

Wife of John Brook O'Donnell — married 20 Oct 1934 in Newtown, New South Wales, Australia

Descendants

Died 4 Jul 1991 at age 80 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Olive (Denning) O'Donnell was born in New South Wales, Australia

Olive (Denning) O'Donnell has Danish ancestors

Olive (Denning) O'Donnell has Irish ancestors.

Biography

Bertha Olive Denning was born 5th August 1910 in Sydney, NSW, Australia. She was the 2nd child of 4 to Fred Denning and Bertha (Pleace) Denning.

She was commonly referred to as Olive.

Olive studied Piano at the London College of Music. The examinations were held at the New South Wales Centres. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Olive married John Brook O'Donnell 20th October 1934 at St Stephen's Church of England, Newtown, NSW, Australia.

They had 3 sons, 2 of them being twins.

Olive passed away 4th July 1991 of pancreatic cancer, she was 80 years old.

The Sydney Morning Herald
O'DONNELL Bertha Olive 4 July 1991, at hospital, late of Chatswood, wife of John Brook O'DONNELL (deceased), mother of Tom, John and Paul, mother-in-law of Lorrie, Jill and Robin, grandmother of Anne, Jim, Nicholas, Michael and Ryan, age 80y Funeral: Monday 8 July, St Pauls Anglican Church, cnr View Street and Fullers Road Chatswood, 9.45am then Mona Vale Cemetery, Simplicity Funerals. ^[4]

Family Connection to me, Kylie-Jo Glynn

Olive (Denning) O'Donnell is my Great Aunt, mothers, mothers side.

Sources

1. ↑ he Sydney Morning Herald (NSW: 1842 - 1954), 17 July, p. 12 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/16081022 )
2. ↑ The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW: 1842 - 1954), 15 July, p. 11 (http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16210442 )
3. ↑ The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW: 1842 - 1954), 24 December, p. 6 (http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16342872 )
4. ↑ The Sydney Morning Herald Friday 5 Jul 1991

• Sydney Morning Herald 05 JUL 1991
• Information given by immediate family