Fernie Belle (Gillespie) Sylvester (1914 - 1982)

Born 16 Oct 1914 in Warwick, Queensland, Australia

Ancestors

Wife of Wesley John Osborne — married 9 Oct 1937 in Lutwyche, Queensland, Australia

Wife of Walter Allen Sylvester — married 23 Mar 1948 in St Johnsbury, Caledonia, Vermont, USA

Died 26 Nov 1982 at age 68 in Grand Isle, Grand Isle, Vermont, USA

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Biography

Ferne was born on 16 October 1914 in Warwick, Queensland.^[1]

Ferne's first marriage, to Wesley John Osborne, was on 9 October 1937 in Brisbane.^[2]

Telegraph (Brisbane, Qld. : 1872 - 1947), Saturday 9 October 1937, page 13
THE marriage is taking place in St. Andrew's Church of Eng-land, Lutwyche, this, afternoon, of Miss Ferne Belle Gillespie to Mr. Wesley John Osborne. Rev. J. H. Brown Beresford is officiating. Miss Nellie Gillespie is attending her sister as bridesmaid, and Mr. Tom Cohen is best man..............

The bride, who Is being given away by her father, is the second daughter of Mr. L. F. Gillespie, Casino, New South Wales. The bridegroom is the only son of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Osborne, Grafton, New South Wales............

When Mr. and Mrs. Osborne leave- for Sydney on their way to New Zealand, where they will make their home, the bride will be frocked in blue cloque relieved with navy, and allied with a navy hat and accessories.^[3]

Its not known if her husband Wesley passed away, or they divorced, but Ferne met her future second husband, Walter Sylvester, in New Zealand, eventually marrying on 23 March 1948 in Saint Johnsbury, Vermont.^[4]

Ferne passed away on 26 November 1982 at Grand Isle, Vermont.^[5] She is buried in the Grand Isle Cemetery, her grave marked with a monument.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ QLD Birth Index 1914/C/16046
2. ↑ QLD Marriage Index 1937/B/29513
3. ↑ https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/184569952
4. ↑ "Vermont, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPQ2-PF9V : 29 November 2018), Walter Allen Sylvester and Ferne Bell Gillespie Osborne, 25 Mar 1948; citing Marriage, St. Johnsbury, Caledonia, Vermont, United States, various town clerks and records divisions, Vermont; FHL microfilm 005465092.
5. ↑ "Vermont, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPQP-93F5 : 29 November 2018), Ferne Bell Sylvester, 26 Nov 1982; citing Death, Grand Isle, Grand Isle, Vermont, United States, various town clerks and records divisions, Vermont; FHL microfilm 005488095.
6. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16050532