| [Index] |
| Elsie Winifred FRANCIS (1900 - 1998) |
| Children | Self + Spouses | Parents | Grandparents | Greatgrandparents |
|
Gladys Evelyn FRANCIS (1917 - 1997) Living Living |
Elsie Winifred FRANCIS (1900 - 1998) + James FRANCIS (1887 - 1959) |
William Herbert FRANCIS (1871 - 1947) | Joseph FRANCIS (1827 - 1909) | Joseph FRANCIS (1797 - 1855) |
| Ann GREEN (1798 - 1891) | ||||
| Ellen HEATHFIELD (1833 - 1886) | James HEATHFIELD (1797 - 1848) | |||
| Elizabeth MERRYWEATHER (1793 - 1862) | ||||
| Annie Mary DEXTER (1870 - 1949) | ||||
| b. 21 Oct 1900 at Wimbledon, Surrey, England |
| m. 10 Jan 1917 James FRANCIS (1887 - 1959) at Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia |
| d. 24 Aug 1998 at Normanby, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia aged 97 |
| Parents: |
| William Herbert FRANCIS (1871 - 1947) |
| Annie Mary DEXTER (1870 - 1949) |
| Siblings (2): |
| Grace Rosalind FRANCIS (1898 - 1954) |
| Arthur William FRANCIS (1905 - 1987) |
| Children (3): |
| Gladys Evelyn FRANCIS (1917 - 1997) |
| Grandchildren (6): |
| , Geoffrey James FRANCIS (1949 - 1949) |
| Events in Elsie Winifred FRANCIS (1900 - 1998)'s life | |||||
| Date | Age | Event | Place | Notes | Src |
| 21 Oct 1900 | Elsie Winifred FRANCIS was born | Wimbledon, Surrey, England | 17 | ||
| 10 Jan 1917 | 16 | Married James FRANCIS (aged 29) | Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia | 1917/C489 | 18 |
| 08 Jul 1917 | 16 | Birth of daughter Gladys Evelyn FRANCIS | Kumbia, Queensland, Australia | 17 | |
| 18 Oct 1947 | 46 | Death of father William Herbert FRANCIS (aged 76) | Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia | ||
| 24 Jul 1949 | 48 | Death of mother Annie Mary DEXTER (aged 79) | Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia | ||
| 22 Jan 1959 | 58 | Death of husband James FRANCIS (aged 71) | Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia | 18 | |
| 12 Mar 1997 | 96 | Death of daughter Gladys Evelyn FRANCIS (aged 79) | Batemans Bay, New South Wales, Australia | 17 | |
| 24 Aug 1998 | 97 | Elsie Winifred FRANCIS died | Normanby, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | 17 | |
| Personal Notes: |
|
Elsie, the second daughter of William and Annie Francis, was born at Wimbledon in England. With her parents, brother and sister she emigrated to Australia in 1909. The family's first Australian Christmas was without holly, snow and chestnuts, not at all like the ones to which she was accustomed, and was celebrated in the Biarra home of Elsie's Uncle and Aunt, James and Elizabeth Francis and family.
Elsie was enrolled at Biarra School in January 1910 at the age of nine and left school in October the same year. School here was a totally different experience from her previous school in England, where the Wimbledon school was a day-school but provided a hot mid-day meal for all the pupils. By 1912 many of her cousins and father had selected land in the Kumbia district to where the family moved. Both Elsie and her sister, Grace, were accomplished dressmakers by this time and made their own clothes. Elsie was first on the roll when the Kumbia School opened in 1914 and her teacher soon discovered her talent for dressmaking and requested that she make her a dress. Three years later she married her cousin, James Francis and they lived on his Glencliffe property in the foothills of the Bunya Mountains - this they named 'Surrey Hills' reminiscent ofher English birthplace. Their home was often made available for dances and fund-raising nights for the Glencliffe School, which school their three children attended. They moved to Kingaroy in 1940 and to Brisbane in 1948. Prior to James' death, they were planning a trip to England and Europe to fulfil her wish to visit her childhood home. She eventually made the trip on her own in 1961 and again in 1972. She later resided at 'Sunsetholme' at Normanby in Brisbane where she died at the age of ninety-eight years. |
| Source References: |
| 17. Type: Book, Abbr: Francis 2000, Title: Francis 2000, Auth: Warwick & Kate Francis, Date: 2000 |
| - Reference = 47 (Birth) |
| - Reference = 47 (Death) |
| 18. Type: E-mail Message, Abbr: e-mails general pool, Title: e-mails general pool |
| - Reference = Tracy Berry email 29-1-09 (Marriage) |
| - Reference = Tracy Berry email 29-1-09 (Name, Notes) |