Gladys Evelyn FRANCIS (1917

Gladys Evelyn FRANCIS (1917 - 1997)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Living	Gladys Evelyn FRANCIS (1917 - 1997) + Raymond EDYVEAN-WALKER (1912 - )	James FRANCIS (1887 - 1959)	James FRANCIS (1856 - 1938)	Joseph FRANCIS (1827 - 1909)
				Ellen HEATHFIELD (1833 - 1886)
			Elizabeth YOUNG (1856 - 1915)	William YOUNG
				Theresa JERRARD (1830 - )
		Elsie Winifred FRANCIS (1900 - 1998)	William Herbert FRANCIS (1871 - 1947)	Joseph FRANCIS (1827 - 1909)
				Ellen HEATHFIELD (1833 - 1886)
			Annie Mary DEXTER (1870 - 1949)

b. 08 Jul 1917 at Kumbia, Queensland, Australia

m. 03 Sep 1938 Raymond EDYVEAN-WALKER (1912 - ) at Kumbia, Queensland, Australia

d. 12 Mar 1997 at Batemans Bay, New South Wales, Australia aged 79

Near Relatives of Gladys Evelyn FRANCIS (1917 - 1997)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	James FRANCIS	29 Aug 1856	Hampton, Middlesex, England	03 Aug 1938	Esk, Queensland, Australia	81
Grandmother	Elizabeth YOUNG	Oct 1856	Chideock, Dorset, England	24 Mar 1915	Esk, Queensland, Australia	58
Grandfather	William Herbert FRANCIS	08 Jun 1871	Merton, Surrey, England	18 Oct 1947	Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia	76
Grandmother	Annie Mary DEXTER	18 Feb 1870	England	24 Jul 1949	Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia	79

Father in Law	Geoffrey EDYVEAN-WALKER
Mother in Law	Jeanne DELEON

Father	James FRANCIS	16 Sep 1887	Ipswich, Queensland, Australia	22 Jan 1959	Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia	71
Mother	Elsie Winifred FRANCIS	21 Oct 1900	Wimbledon, Surrey, England	24 Aug 1998	Normanby, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	97

Self	Gladys Evelyn FRANCIS	08 Jul 1917	Kumbia, Queensland, Australia	12 Mar 1997	Batemans Bay, New South Wales, Australia	79

Husband	Raymond EDYVEAN-WALKER	19 May 1912	Nambour, Queensland, Australia

Daughter	Living or Recently Deceased

Brother	Ronald James FRANCIS	11 Feb 1922	Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia
Sister	Living or Recently Deceased

Aunt	Ada Maria FRANCIS	06 Aug 1879	Merton, Surrey, England	10 Sep 1966	Hendra, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	87
Uncle	Frederick William HIMSTEDT	28 Jun 1869	Queensland, Australia	25 Apr 1954	Toombul, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	84
Uncle	WIlliam Joseph FRANCIS	abt 1880	Merton, Surrey, England	14 Oct 1954	Kumbia, Queensland, Australia	74
Aunt	Alma Maria Louisa SUSZBIER	1883	Borung, Victoria, Australia	04 Jun 1947	Queensland, Australia	64
Aunt	Ellen Teresea (Nellie) FRANCIS	19 Nov 1881	Merton, Surrey, England	13 Aug 1975	Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia	93
Uncle	Albert James Herman (Hermie) HIMSTEDT	19 Aug 1867	Toogoolawah, Queensland, Australia	17 Nov 1947	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	80
Aunt	Alice FRANCIS	02 Nov 1883	Merton, Surrey, England	01 Feb 1973	Esk, Queensland, Australia	89
Uncle	Walter Herbert HIMSTEDT	18 Nov 1879	Esk, Queensland, Australia	28 Jul 1953	Esk, Queensland, Australia	73
Uncle	George FRANCIS	03 Oct 1885	Ipswich, Queensland, Australia	11 Sep 1986	Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia	100
Aunt	Harriet May TAYLOR	07 May 1894	Esk, Queensland, Australia	05 Sep 1959	Kumbia, Queensland, Australia	65
Aunt	Mary Amelia MUSCH	11 Sep 1903	Queensland, Australia	29 Apr 1981	Buderim, Queensland, Australia	77
Uncle	Charles FRANCIS	09 Mar 1890	Esk, Queensland, Australia	28 Mar 1991	Esk, Queensland, Australia	101
Aunt	Elsie Rose TAYLOR	01 Dec 1895	Biarra, Queensland, Australia	16 Sep 1965	Biarra, Queensland, Australia	69
Aunt	Eliza FRANCIS	26 Nov 1891	Esk, Queensland, Australia	03 Dec 1967	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	76
Uncle	James Henry (Harry) ANDISON	10 Oct 1877	Queensland, Australia	26 Aug 1965	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	87
Uncle	Frank FRANCIS	14 Sep 1893	Esk, Queensland, Australia	12 Aug 1973	Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia	79
Aunt	Ethel Mary CRISP	26 Jan 1897	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	22 Apr 1973	Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia	76
Aunt	Grace Rosalind FRANCIS	07 Nov 1898	Wimbledon, Surrey, England	30 Dec 1954	Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia	56
Uncle	Jack RUTHERFORD	08 Jun 1892	PercyMain, Northumberland, England	25 Aug 1975	Kumbia, Queensland, Australia	83
Uncle	Arthur William FRANCIS	08 Mar 1905	Wimbledon, Surrey, England	31 May 1987	Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia	82
Aunt	Eugenie (Jean) Emma Beatrice GUPPY	03 Sep 1903	Glen Innes, New South Wales, Australia	23 Jan 1990	Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia	86

Cousin	Alice Elizabeth HIMSTEDT	12 Dec 1901	Esk, Queensland, Australia	21 Jul 1960	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	58
Cousin	William Frederick HIMSTEDT	22 Jan 1903	Esk, Queensland, Australia	21 Mar 1907	Esk, Queensland, Australia	4
Cousin	Charles Walter HIMSTEDT	13 Jun 1906	Moore, Queensland, Australia	11 Aug 2001	Yarraman, Queensland, Australia	95
Cousin	Ernest Stuart HIMSTEDT	29 Oct 1908	Esk, Queensland, Australia	14 Dec 1912	Yarraman, Queensland, Australia	4
Cousin	Alexander Mervyn HIMSTEDT	23 Dec 1910	Esk, Queensland, Australia	Jun 1950	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	39
Cousin	Cora Sylvia HIMSTEDT	09 May 1916	Esk, Queensland, Australia	30 May 1996	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	80
Cousin	Arthur Cedric HIMSTEDT	30 May 1919	Yarraman, Queensland, Australia	07 May 1922	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	2
Cousin	Albert James HIMSTEDT	11 Jan 1903	Esk, Queensland, Australia	06 Aug 1997	Esk, Queensland, Australia	94
Cousin	Stanley Lewis HIMSTEDT	21 Oct 1904	Esk, Queensland, Australia	09 Jul 1907	Esk, Queensland, Australia	2
Cousin	George Edward HIMSTEDT	19 May 1906	Esk, Queensland, Australia	10 Nov 1970	Mt Thompson, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	64
Cousin	Leslie Frank HIMSTEDT	02 Jan 1908	Esk, Queensland, Australia	25 May 1925	Esk, Queensland, Australia	17
Cousin	Robert Victor HIMSTEDT	16 Apr 1913	Esk, Queensland, Australia	31 Aug 1966	Nambour, Queensland, Australia	53
Cousin	Norman Arthur HIMSTEDT	11 Oct 1906	Esk, Queensland, Australia	20 Nov 1993	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	87
Cousin	Herbert Walter HIMSTEDT	14 Feb 1908	Esk, Queensland, Australia	10 Mar 1996	Esk, Queensland, Australia	88
Cousin	Ivy Lillian HIMSTEDT	22 Aug 1909	Esk, Queensland, Australia	12 Aug 1983	Esk, Queensland, Australia	73
Cousin	George Leslie FRANCIS	29 Sep 1915	Kumbia, Queensland, Australia	29 Sep 1915	Kumbia, Queensland, Australia	0
Cousin	Alwyn FRANCIS	25 Oct 1916	Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia	31 Mar 2002		85
Cousin	Leslie FRANCIS	15 Jun 1918	Esk, Queensland, Australia	17 Dec 1998	Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia	80
Cousin	Muriel Joyce FRANCIS	19 Apr 1920	Esk, Queensland, Australia	09 Apr 2005	Caboolture, Queensland, Australia	84
Cousin	Living or Recently Deceased
Cousin	Esme Elizabeth FRANCIS	15 Dec 1915	Biarra, Queensland, Australia
Cousin	Stanley Charles FRANCIS	07 Jan 1919	Toogoolawah, Queensland, Australia	06 Mar 1998		79
Cousin	Ernest James FRANCIS	16 Aug 1920	Esk, Queensland, Australia
Cousin	Elsie Phyllis FRANCIS	17 Aug 1924	Toogoolawah, Queensland, Australia
Cousin	Living or Recently Deceased
Cousin	Living or Recently Deceased
Cousin	Living or Recently Deceased
Cousin	Allan James ANDISON	16 Oct 1913	Paddington, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Cousin	Keith Francis ANDISON	13 Jul 1919	Nundah, Queensland, Australia
Cousin	Owen Francis ANDISON	17 Jul 1921	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Cousin	Lawrence FRANCIS	Sep 1919	Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia	27 Nov 1920	Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia	1
Cousin	Lewis Jack FRANCIS	13 Mar 1921	Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia	15 Nov 1979		58
Cousin	Maude FRANCIS	07 May 1923	Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia
Cousin	Living or Recently Deceased
Cousin	Living or Recently Deceased
Cousin	Joyce Dorothy FRANCIS	05 Jul 1931	Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia	15 Dec 1971	Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia	40
Cousin	Living or Recently Deceased
Cousin	Living or Recently Deceased
Cousin	Coral May FRANCIS	14 Feb 1938	Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia	29 Jul 1939	Kingaroy, Queensland, Australia	1

Nephew	Living or Recently Deceased
Niece	Living or Recently Deceased
Nephew	Geoffrey James FRANCIS	02 Mar 1949	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	03 Mar 1949	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	0
Nephew	Living or Recently Deceased
Niece	Living or Recently Deceased

Sister in Law	Living or Recently Deceased
Brother in Law	Patrick David LLOYD	16 Aug 1926	Maryborough, Queensland, Australia	12 Sep 1988	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	62

Events in Gladys Evelyn FRANCIS (1917 - 1997)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
08 Jul 1917		Gladys Evelyn FRANCIS was born	Kumbia, Queensland, Australia		17
03 Sep 1938	21	Married Raymond EDYVEAN-WALKER (aged 26)	Kumbia, Queensland, Australia		17
22 Jan 1959	41	Death of father James FRANCIS (aged 71)	Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia		18
12 Mar 1997	79	Gladys Evelyn FRANCIS died	Batemans Bay, New South Wales, Australia		17

Personal Notes:

Evelyn was born at Glencliffe and spent her childhood years on her parents property in that isolated rural area. Her early schooling was mostly by correspondence as the local school was wrecked in a windstorm in 1925 and not rebuilt for many years.

Her parents moved to Kingaroy for the latter years ofher schooling and Evelyn revelled in the impact of the increased companionship and, sportswise, excelled at basketball. She returned with her parents to Glencliffe in 1932 and, for a few years, assisted with farm and household chores before moving to Brisbane where she stayed with her Aunt Eliza (Andison). Here she soon obtained work, the equivalent of today's nanny, with families of pre-school children.

When Evelyn and Ray were married they settled in Brisbane. Ray's interests lay in music, his forte being piano and piano-accordion. He teamed up with a saxophonist and they were greatly in demand for wartime concerts.

In 1941 Evelyn and Ray moved to Sydney, Ray responding to a call for Aircraft Construction staff as he felt he would not make a very competent soldier. They eventually settled in Randwick. Later, Ray worked at the Dept of Aircraft Production's engineering factory at Mascot and, as always, was involved as a member of the factory's concert party. He retired in 1977.

Meanwhile, Evelyn became involved in the Methodist Church Aid movement, being always a fervent worker for charity. After retirement, the couple moved to Hurstville and both joined the Red Cross there. Evelyn became a member ofthe Hurstville Pensioner's Association and the CWA. Her green thumb saw her spending any spare time in her garden.

In 1991, seeking a quieter life, they moved to Bateman's Bay and, in 1992, the Australian Red Cross acknowledged their service of fourteen years with a certifIcate. As with all active people, their endeavour to lead a less active life met with only limited success.

Evelyn died quite suddenly in March 1997. Their only child, Karma, and her husband now live in Batehaven, as does one grandchild and her family. Three other grandchildren live in Sydney. There are now eleven great-grand children of the marriage.

Source References:

17. Type: Book, Abbr: Francis 2000, Title: Francis 2000, Auth: Warwick & Kate Francis, Date: 2000

- Reference = 47 (Name, Notes)

- Reference = 48 (Marriage)

- Reference = 48 (Birth)

- Reference = 48 (Death)

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