Elizabeth Lacell (Harvey) Moffitt (1896 - abt. 1987)

Born 2 Sep 1896 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

Ancestors

Wife of Francis Granville Moffitt — married 4 Jan 1922 in St Peters College Chapel, St Peters, South Australia

Died about 13 Nov 1987 at about age 91 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

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Biography

Betty married Francis Granville Moffitt on 04 January, 1922 at the St Peters College Chapel, St Peters, South Australia.

The marriage produced five children, three of whom survived to adulthood (source and details to be verified). The Genealogy SA Databases contain details for the following children:

William Harvey MOFFITT, born 08 June 1923, Maylands, South Australia, birth registration 116A/541; died 03 February 1924, Kensington Park, South Australia, death registration 468/220, age=8 months+2 weeks;

Michael MOFFITT, born 05 May 1926, Maylands, South Australia, birth registration 127A/231; died 15 May 1926, North Adelaide, South Australia, death registration 486/474, age=10 days;

Richard Barry MOFFITT, born 10 October 1927, Maylands, South Australia, birth registration 200A/300.

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Later life:

Betty later moved to Melbourne, Victoria. Her great-nephew, Keith Harvey writes:

"She was my great Aunt Betty who lived in Melbourne in her later years and I knew her well. She died in Adelaide.." (5)

Place of burial: not known

Sources

(1) Dingwall Fordyce, Alexander. Family Record of the Name Dingwall Fordyce in Aberdeenshire. In two volumes. 1885.

(2) HARVEY Elizabeth Lacell, In Genealogy SA Online Database, South Australia "Birth Registration Certificates Index 1842 - 1928"; date of birth: 02 Sep 1896; place of residence: College Park; district: Norwood; father: Thomas HARVEY; mother: Alice Mary HARRIS; Registration Book/Page 590/126. In, www.genealogysa.org.au

(3) HARVEY, Elizabeth Lacell, In Genealogy SA Online Database, South Australia "Marriage Registration Certificates Index 1842 - 1937"; daughter of Thomas HARVEY, on 04 Jan 1922, at age 25, married Francis Granville MOFFiTT age 28, son of William Taylor MOFFITT; place of marriage: St Peters College Chapel St Peters; district: Norwood; Registration Book/Page: 290/25 In www.genealogysa.org.au

(4) Family records.

(5) Keith Harvey, email message to Ed Noack dated 05 May 2020.

(6) MOFFITT, Elizabeth L. In Genealogy SA Online Database, South Australia “Newspaper Death Notices Index from 1852”. Date of death: 13 Nov 1987. Published in The Advertiser (Adelaide) on 16 Nov 1987. In www.genealogysa.org.au