Born in Dimboola, Victoria, Australia
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Joseph Hunter
— married
1912 (to 1932) in Victoria, Australia
Wife of
Leonard Fairhall
— married
1936 in Victoria, Australia
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 84
in Caulfield, Victoria, Australia
Profile last modified
| Created 28 Jul 2018
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Biography
Ida Paulina Franke was born in 1878, her birth registered Dimboola, Victoria, as Eda Paulina Frank. She is the daughter of Heinrich Wilhelm Franke and Anna Hoffman. [1]
Early 1897, Ida registered the birth of her daughter, Clara Elizabeth Franke. [2]
In 1912, when Clara was about 15, Ida married Joseph Hunter, a widower with ten children, the youngest being about eight. [3] Joseph passed away in 1932 aged 67, at Prahran, a Melbourne suburb, and was interred in the Fawkner Memorial Park.
- The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.) Monday 30 May 1932 p 1
- DEATHS
- HUNTER.—On the 28th May, at his residence, 20 Princess street, Prahran (late of Horsham), Joseph, beloved husband of Ida, and loving father of May (Mrs. Shaw, deceased), Lillian (Mrs. Hardman), Amy (Mrs. Pryce), Norman, Lindsay, Matilda (deceased), William, Allan, Dolly, Phillip, stepfather of Clara (Mrs. Leonard). –Sadly missed. [4]
In 1936, Ida married another widower, Leonard Fairhall. [5] Leonard passed away in 1940, aged 76 years, and was buried in the Box Hill Cemetery.
- The Argus (Melbourne, Vic) Wednesday 3 July 1940 p 4 :DEATHS
- FAIRHALL -On July 2 at his residence, 67 Thames street, Box Hill, Leonard, loved husband of Ida, and loving father of Cam, George, Ern, and Connie, aged 76 years. [6]
She passed away in 1962, aged 84. Her death was registered Caulfield, naming her birthplace as Dimboola, and her parents as Frank Henry Williamson and Annie Franke Hoffman. [7]
On 19th July 1962, Ida was interred in the Protestant portion of the Fawkner Memorial Park. [8]
Sources
- ↑ Department of Justice, Victoria Family history search [1] : 1878 BIRTH, FRANK Eda Paulina, reg 2035
- ↑ Department of Justice, Victoria Family history search [2] : 1897 Clara Elizth FRANKE, M: Ida Paulena Franke, reg 2762
- ↑ Department of Justice, Victoria Family history search [3] : 1912 MARRIAGE, Joseph HUNTER, Ida Paulina FRANKE, reg 8422
- ↑ 1932 'Family Notices', The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), 30 May, p. 1. , viewed 28 Jul 2018, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4454623
- ↑ Department of Justice, Victoria Family history search [4] : 1936 MARRIAGE, Ida Pauline HUNTER, Leonard FAIRHALL, reg 10984
- ↑ 1940 'Family Notices', The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), 3 July, p. 4. , viewed 28 Jul 2018, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11309268
- ↑ Department of Justice, Victoria Family history search [5] : 1962 DEATH, Ida FAIRHALL, reg 14809
- ↑ The Greater Metropoliitan Cemeteries Trust [6] : IDA FAIRHALL, Fawkner Memorial Park
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