Emma jane unsworth biography of alberta
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Didsburydad's Blog
Love, Hate and The Festive Season
The Festive Season is nearly upon us. Nearly as in the nauseating adverts have been launched and there is a slight sense of panic surrounding everyone I know. I don’t even have to worry about accessorising my little black dress; but from the taint of the wrong toy to a misunderstanding about the origins, ethos and expectations it can be stressful. There are certain aspects of Daddom that make even the most benign aspects of the season something to dread.
Here are my top ten…
1. Jools Holland’s Hootenanny: In my murky media lifetime I spent many New Years’ Eves throwing the party. There are late September, early October teens and early twenty somethings whose existence is down to these parties. They leave a legacy of slightly crumpled thirty plus ten somethings. However eclectic and enthralling the musicians are – watching a bunch of Z listers pretend it’s N
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Emma Jane Gee was born on 30 Jul 1871 in Launceston, one of 14 children of John Gee (1831-1922) and Emma Storey (1837-1892) who married in Launceston on 26 Oct 1854. John was born in Rathmolyon, Co. Meath, Ireland. Emma senior was born about 1837 and died on 5 Jan 1892, aged 54, during the Tasmanian Exhibition. Two of the three sisters pictured in the Family Album were in the Exhibition Choir. John Gee and his four youngest daughters, Emma, Kate, Minnie and Bertha, left Tasmania about 1897 and settled in Adelaide.
On 31 Jan 1914, at the age of 42, Emma married William Bosworth Gray at the residence of the groom in Mt Barker, South Australia. William died only a month later, on 1 Mar 1914, aged 61. Emma was killed by a train on the night of 23 Mar 1920. She and her youngest sister Bertha, who were both very deaf, were not likely to have heard the train as they were crossing the tracks
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