Edith Mary Gielis (1896 - 1899)

Born 29 Jan 1896 in Thornborough, Queensland, Australia

Ancestors

Died 23 Aug 1899 at age 3 in Thornborough, Queensland, Australia

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Biography

Edith Mary Gielis has Irish ancestors.

Edith Mary Gielis has Belgian origins.

Edith Mary Gielis was born on the 29th January 1896, in Thornborough, Queensland, Australia, the sixth child, fourth daughter, of Francis Henry Gielis and Mary Ann Louisa Jane Rees.^[1]

Edith Mary Gielis died young.

Edith Mary Gielis passed away of pneumonia, on the 23rd August 1899, in Thornborough, Queensland, Australia, just five months six days before her 4th birthday.^[2]
Edith was buried beside her paternal grandfather, Leopold, in the Thornborough Cemetery, Thornborough.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Queensland State Government Births, Deaths, Marriages Birth Registration details: Edith Mary Gillis, Event date: 29/01/1896, Event type: Birth registration, Registration details: 1896/C/12113, Mother: Mary Ann Louisa Jane Rees, Father/parent: Francis Henry Gillis (NOTE: the last name has been rendered as Gillis, rather than Gielis. This is seen as incorrect as the family name was Gielis.)
2. ↑ Queensland State Government Births, Deaths, Marriages Death Registration details: Edith May Gielis, Event date: 24/08/1899, Event type: Death registration, Registration details: 1899/C/5192, Mother: Mary Ann Louisa Jane Rees, Father/parent: Francis Henry Gielis
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 26 October 2020), memorial page for Edith Mary Gielis (1896–23 Aug 1899), Find A Grave: Memorial #49941609, citing Thornborough Cemetery, Thornborough, Mareeba Shire, Queensland, Australia ; Maintained by Brett Williams (contributor 47234529).

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