Una Grace (Driscoll) Britton (1887 - 1947)

Born 9 Jan 1887 in Research Bay, Tasmania, Australia

Wife of Alfred Richard Britton — married 1915 in Victoria, Australia

Died 7 Mar 1947 at age 60 in Shepparton, Victoria, Australia

Biography

Una (Driscoll) Britton was born in the Colony of Tasmania (1856-1900)

Una Grace Driscoll, daughter of Thomas Driscoll (Constable), and Harriett McKenzie, was born on 9 Jan 1887 in Research Bay, Esperance, Tasmania.

Una married Alfred Richard Britton in 1915 in Victoria.

Una Grace Britton died in 1947. Her death was reported in The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954) Wed 12 Mar 1947 Page 9 Family Notices:

BRITTON. — On March 7, at Mooroopna Base Hospital, Una Grace, dearly bewife of Alfred Richard (136 Nixon-street, Shepparton, and loving mother of Geofffrey, Lorna, Sylvia and May; loved grandma of Ian, Wendy, Heather and Barbara, aged 60 years. We will always remember her.

and also The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954) Wed 19 Mar 1947 Page 16 Family Notices:

BRITTON.-Passed away at Shepparton, Victoria, March 7, 1947, Una Grace, third loved daughter of the late Thomas and Henrietta Driscoll, late of Recherche Bay. Peacefully sleeping.

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• Birth: LIBRARIES TASMANIA, Name: Driscoll, Una Grace, Record Type: Births, Gender: Female, Father: Driscoll, Thomas, Mother: Mckinzie, Harriett, Date of birth: 09 Jan 1887, Registered: Esperance, Registration year: 1887, Record ID: NAME_INDEXES:1128543, Resource: RGD33/1/66 no 1466, Image available

• Marriage: VIC BDM Online, Registration number: 4313 / 1915, Family name: BRITTON, Given name(s): Alfd Richard, Spouse's family name: DRISCOLL, Spouse's given name(s): Una Grace

• Death: VIC BDM Online, Registration number: 17142 / 1947, Family name: BRITTON, Given name(s): Una Grace, Place of event: MOOROOPNA, Australia, Age at Death: 60, Place of Birth: RESEARCH BAY TASMANIA, Mother's name: Janet, Mother's family name at birth: UNKNOWN, Father's Name: DRISCOLL Thomas

• Death Notice: TROVE, Family Notices (1947, March 12). The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), p. 9. Retrieved February 9, 2023, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article205312091

• Death Notice: TROVE, Family Notices (1947, March 19). The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), p. 16. Retrieved February 9, 2023, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article26383369

• Memorial: Find a Grave (no image)
  Find A Grave: Memorial #208093757 (accessed 9 February 2023)
  Memorial page for Una Grace Driscoll Britton (9 Jan 1887-9 Mar 1947), citing Shepparton Public Cemetery, Shepparton, Greater Shepparton City, Victoria, Australia (plot: Church Of England, Row Q, Grave 87).