[Index]
Martha WOODBRIDGE (1889 - 1935)
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
Joan SPICER
Kenneth Arthur SPICER ( - 1948)
Lella SPICER
Jean Evelyn Alice SPICER (1908 - 1995)
Irene Hannah SPICER (1910 - 1995)
Alfred John SPICER (1912 - 1981)
Rebecca Mary SPICER (1913 - )
Margaret SPICER (1914 - 1979)
Gwendoline Agneta SPICER (1915 - 1945)
Dorothy SPICER (1916 - 1999)
Thelma May SPICER (1918 - 2005)
George Robert SPICER (1925 - 1970)
Martha WOODBRIDGE (1889 - 1935)

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John "Jack" SPICER (1877 - 1959)
Alfred WOODBRIDGE (1855 - 1922) Robert WOODBRIDGE (1803 - 1882)



Elizabeth WHITTAKER (1813 - 1855)



Alice PATON (1853 - 1918) William PATON (1815 - 1889)



Lucy Ann STRICKLAND (1835 - 1926)




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)
Children (12):
Joan SPICER
Kenneth Arthur SPICER ( - 1948)
Lella SPICER
Jean Evelyn Alice SPICER (1908 - 1995)
Irene Hannah SPICER (1910 - 1995)
Alfred John SPICER (1912 - 1981)
Rebecca Mary SPICER (1913 - )
Margaret SPICER (1914 - 1979)
Gwendoline Agneta SPICER (1915 - 1945)
Dorothy SPICER (1916 - 1999)
Thelma May SPICER (1918 - 2005)
George Robert SPICER (1925 - 1970)
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:
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)

This public tree has about 60,100 people. Every person in the tree is related by birth or marriage to at least one other person in the tree - no strays. The people in the tree come mainly from four projects.
  1. My family tree. The original project begun about 1998. ID numbers less than about 6,000
  2. Canberra and Queanbeyan Pioneers. The next 30,000 begun about 2004. Sourced almost entirely from HAGSOC's excellent 'Biographical Register of Canberra and Queanbeyan'. The project began when I decided to add siblings, spouses and parents for a relation with an entry in the Register. 12 years work.
  3. Wagga Pioneers. I moved to Wagga and thought I would extend the Queanbeyan project by adding people from Wagga Wagga & District Family History Society's 'Pioneers of Wagga Wagga and District'. About 10,300 people added over about a year.
  4. Tumut Valley Pioneers. During the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020, I decided to extend the above projects by adding pioneers of the Tumut Valley. Initial sources were Snowden's 'Pioneers of the Tumut Valley' and 'Relict of ... Lives of Pioneering Women of Tumut and District'. Excellent references published by Tumut Family History Group. I've also added material from newspapers of the time - especially, death records, obituaries and weddings from 'Tumut and Adelong Times'. This project is in its early stage and might take a few years. I plan to extend to the upper Monaro (Adaminaby, Kiandra, Cooma, Jindabyne).
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