Alexandra Frances Henty MacLeod (1894 - 1943)

Born 1 Aug 1894 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Ancestors

Wife of Grenville Archer Silvester — married 12 Oct 1915 in Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia

Died 3 Sep 1943 at age 49 in East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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Biography

Alexandra was born in 1894. She was the daughter of Alexander Macleod and Caroline Henty. She passed away in 1943.

Sources

• birth: Victoria (Australia) birth 1894/25709
• death: Victoria (Australia) death 1943/9261 49y
  • Death notice, The Argus (Melbourne) September 4 1943 p10: "SILVESTER - On September 3, at private hospital, Melbourne, Alexandra Frances Henty, loved widow of Grenville Archer Silvester, late of Casterton, and beloved mother of Mary, Alex and Henty, aged 49 years. - Deeply missed.
    SILVESTER - The Funeral of the late Mrs ALEXANDRA F H SILVESTER will leave the Church of England, Merino, THIS DAY at 3.30pm, for the Merino Cemetery at 3.30pm for the Merino Cemetery.
    AA SLEIGHT PTY LTD in conjunction with WJ PEDEN Casterton"
• marriage:
  • Victoria (Australia) marriage 1915/9787
  • Report of marriage, The Australasian (Melbourne) October 16 1915 p45:
    "SILVESTER - MACLEOD
    The marriage of Granville Archer Silvester, of Casterton, to Alexandra Frances Henty, daughter of the late AM MacLeod, of Talisker, Merino Downs, and the granddaughter of the late Mr Francis Henty, was quietly celebrated at Christ Church, Hawthorn, of Tuesday, October 12. The cermony[sic] was performed by the Rev Herbert Taylor (vicar), who had also baptised the bride in her infancy, and the wedding music was played by Mr Henry Alsop, who had presided at the organ when the bride's mother was married 25 years ago. The bride was given away by her guardian (Mr Peebles), and was attired in a smart white cloth coat and skirt, and a hat in pale pink colouring, and she carried a bouquet of lilies of the valley. Mr Hebblethwaite was best man. Wedding tea was served at Menzies', and the small party included Miss Henty, of Field Place, Studley Park, and the bride's sister (Mrs Kenneth McWhae) and her husband, both of whom leave shortly for Egypt. The bride and bridegroom subsequently left by the Sydney express for their honeymoon, which is being spent in the Blue Mountains."

• Macleod, Bruce, The Macleods of Talisker, Self-published, Sydney 1980s
• The Macleods. The Genealogy of a Clan, by Associated Clan Macleod Societies, Edinburgh, Second Edition 1990, Section 4 The MacLeods of Raasay