Sarah Sadie (Parkes) Orton (abt. 1882 - 1970)

Born about 1882 in Parramatta, NSW

Ancestors

Wife of Leslie Harvey Orton — married 22 Dec 1917 in St.Philip's Church, Sydney NSW, Australia

Died 20 Mar 1970 at about age 88 in St Leonards, NSW

Profile manager: Alistair Orton [send private message]

Biography

• Daughter of Frederick Charles Parkes and his wife Ruth. First married name was Joyce. After being widowed, she married, at age 35, to Lesley Orton.
• Witnesses to her marriage were her sister, Jessie Parkes, and F A Orton

• Sarah's Death Notices read:
• ORTON, Sarah - March 20, 1970 at hospital, late of Spofforth Street, Cremorne, beloved wife of the late Leslie Harvey Orton, loved mother of Johnathan (deceased), Denver and Wilga (Mrs. Harris), and loved grandmother and great-grandmother of their children, loved sister of Dora and Jessie, aged 87. Privately cremated.
• ORTON, Sarah - March 20, 1970 at hospital, late of Spofforth Street, Cremorne, beloved wife of the late Leslie Harvey Orton, loved mother of Judith Mary (Mrs. Groat of Hanford, California, USA and dear grandmother of her children."

Sources

• "Australia Miscellaneous Genealogical Records, 1776-1980," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLVB-5MG : 27 December 2014), Leslie Harvey Orton, 22 Dec 1917; citing New South Wales, Australia, Greenwich New South Wales Family History Centre, Greenwich; FHL microfilm 1,514,718.

• NSW BDM Birth Registration 14640/1882 (Reg. Parramatta)
• NSW BDM Marriage Registration 13/1918 (Reg. Sydney)
• NSW BDM Death Registration 11839/1970 (Reg. St. Leonards)
• Sydney Morning Herald Death Notices - March 24, 1970

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