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| Martha WOODBRIDGE (1889 - 1935) |
| b. 20 Aug 1889 at Tarcutta, New South Wales, Australia |
| m. 1908 John "Jack" SPICER (1877 - 1959) at Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia |
| d. 29 Sep 1935 at Tumut, New South Wales, Australia aged 46 |
| Parents: |
| Alfred WOODBRIDGE (1855 - 1922) |
| Alice PATON (1853 - 1918) |
| Siblings (4): |
| Arthur James WOODBRIDGE (1879 - 1924) |
| Selina Eveline WOODBRIDGE (1882 - 1934) |
| John WOODBRIDGE (1888 - 1922) |
| Alfred WOODBRIDGE (1893 - 1930) |
| Events in Martha WOODBRIDGE (1889 - 1935)'s life | |||||
| Date | Age | Event | Place | Notes | Src |
| 20 Aug 1889 | Martha WOODBRIDGE was born | Tarcutta, New South Wales, Australia | 63 | ||
| 1908 | 19 | Birth of daughter Jean Evelyn Alice SPICER | Cooma, New South Wales, Australia | ||
| 1908 | 19 | Married John "Jack" SPICER (aged 31) | Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia | ||
| 1910 | 21 | Birth of daughter Irene Hannah SPICER | Tumbarumba, New South Wales, Australia | ||
| 1912 | 23 | Birth of son Alfred John SPICER | Tumbarumba, New South Wales, Australia | ||
| 1913 | 24 | Birth of daughter Rebecca Mary SPICER | Tumbarumba, New South Wales, Australia | ||
| 1914 | 25 | Birth of daughter Margaret SPICER | Tumbarumba, New South Wales, Australia | ||
| abt 1915 | 26 | Birth of daughter Gwendoline Agneta SPICER | |||
| 1916 | 27 | Birth of daughter Dorothy SPICER | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | ||
| 1918 | 29 | Birth of daughter Thelma May SPICER | Tumbarumba, New South Wales, Australia | ||
| 1918 | 29 | Death of mother Alice PATON (aged 65) | Tarcutta, New South Wales, Australia | ||
| 21 Aug 1922 | 33 | Death of father Alfred WOODBRIDGE (aged 67) | Tarcutta, New South Wales, Australia | ||
| 1925 | 36 | Birth of son George Robert SPICER | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | ||
| 29 Sep 1935 | 46 | Martha WOODBRIDGE died | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 63 | |
| Personal Notes: |
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The Tumut and Adelong Times 1 Oct 1935
OBITUARY MRS. MARTHA SPICER. By the death of Mrs. Martha Spicer wife of Mr. John Spicer, of West Blowering, there passed beyond the Vale a devoted wife and a mother of 12 children three sons and nine daughters, the youngest of whom is a toddler), her demise taking place in the Tumut District Hospital on Sunday last, at the age of 46 years. Deceased was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Woodbridge, of Tarcutta, and was married at Wagga to Mr. John Spicer, who originally hailed from Monaro, 28 years ago. After a residence at Tumbarumba of 15 years they came to Tumut to live, and eventually settled down at West Blowering where Mr. Spicer engaged in market gardening on a plot of rich river flat belonging to the Bourke Estate. Some weeks ago Mrs. Spicer, until then a fine robust, healthy woman, was seized with pneumonia and later kidney complications set in. All that medical skill and careful nursing could do was exercised to retain the vital spark, but in vain. There is left a sorrowing husband and the family comprised of Alfred John, George Robert. Kenneth Ar thur, Jean Evelyn Alice (Mrs. Rolf Eggleton, W. Blowering,) Irene Hannah (Mrs. J. Hendricks, Tumut); Rebecca Mary, Margaret Dorothy, Thelma May, Gwendoline Agneta, Joan and Lella (W. Blowering). Besides these there are two brothers (Arthur and John) surviving. One sister, Selina (Mrs. Jas. Byrne, West Wyalong, who died 12 months ago) and one brother, Alfred, predeceased her. The funeral took place yesterday afternoon, the mortal remains being laid to rest in the Roman Catholic portion of the Tumut New Cemetery, Very Rev Dean J. Sharkey officiating at graveside, whilst Messrs Fuller & Sons carried out the funeral arrangements. The pall bearers were Messrs. Jas. Byrne (brother-in-law), Jn. Henricks, Rolf Eggleton (sons-inlaw), D. J. Stanfield, Arthur Lindbeck and Wm. Denning. |
| Source References: |
| 63. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Trove, Title: Trove National Library of Australia, Locn: http://trove.nla.gov.au/ |
| - Reference = The Tumut and Adelong Times 1 Oct 1935 (Name, Notes, Death) |
| - Reference = The Tumut and Adelong Times 1 Oct 1935 (Birth) |
| - Reference = The Tumut and Adelong Times 1 Oct 1935 (Death) |