Sarah Hannah (Dixon) Foley (1861 - 1939)

Born 1861 in Chewton, Victoria, Australia

Wife of Nils Olsson — married 1885 (to 1898) in Victoria, Australia

Wife of Andrew Foley — married 1926 (to Sep 1927) in Victoria, Australia

Died 1 Jun 1939 at about age 78 in Kensington, Victoria, Australia

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Biography

Sarah was born in 1861. She was the daughter of William Dixon and Esther Walker. ^[1]

Sarah married Nils Olsson in 1885.^[2] Sarah and Nils had the following children ...

1. Frederick Nils Olsson (1887 – 1918)
2. Ethel Maud Olsson (1893 – 1894) (aged 7 Months)
3. Richard Leslie Olsson (1895 – 1895) (age 4 months)

After the presumed death of her first husband, Sarah then married James Foley in 1926.^[3]

She passed away in 1939, and her remains were interred with her late husband, Andrew, in June 1939.^[4] A newspaper article published in The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954) Friday 2 June 1939, Page 1, Family Notices reads ...
FOLEY.— On June 1, at her residence, 75 Collett-street, Kensington. Sarah Hannah, second eldest daughter of the late William and Esther Dixon, loving mother of Fred (deceased), Harold and Olga (Mrs. Shaw), beloved grandmother of William, aged 77 years.

Sources

1. ↑ Registry of BDM, Victoria.
   Birth certificate
   Record information
   Event: births
   Registration number: 22562 / 1861
   Family name: DIXON
   Given name(s): Sarah Anna
   Place of event: CHEWTON, Australia
   Personal detail
   Mother's name: Esther
   Mother's family name at birth: WALKER
   Father's Name: William
   https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/
2. ↑ Registry of BDM, Victoria.
   Marriage certificate
   Record information
   Event: marriages
   Registration number: 2985 / 1885
   Family name: DIXON
   Given name(s): Sarah Hannah
   Personal detail
   Spouse's family name: OLSSON
   Spouse's given name(s): Nils
   https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/
3. ↑ Registry of BDM, Victoria.
   Marriage certificate
   Record information
   Event: marriages
   Registration number: 4693 / 1926
   Family name: OLSSON
   Given name(s): Sarah Hannah
   Personal detail
   Spouse's family name: FOLEY
   Spouse's given name(s): Andrew
   https://www.bdm.vic.gov.au/
4. ↑

   The Greater Metropolitan	Cemeteries Trust
   SARAH HANAH FOLEY
   Date of birth	1861
   Cemetery	Fawkner Memorial Park
   Service type	Interred
   Date of death	June 1939
   Section	Church Of England M, Grave 1241
   Service date	03 June 1939

   https://www.gmct.com.au/deceased/1586129