12 Ancestor in 12 Months; Elsie Minnie Ironside.
Elsie Minnie Ironside was born 21 May 1892, to Maude Kidney
and her husband Edgar Bird Ironside.[1]
Elsie was my husband’s grandmother.
How she met her future husband isn’t known but as they both
lived and grew up in the Paddington area, I can only presume that they either
met at the local church or the Paddington Town Hall. (Things we should have
asked Mum about.)
The Bridal Party.
Alf Tobin (friend), Violet Ironside (sister), Frederick Sigrist, Elsie Ironside, Lilly Sigrist (sister), Norman Ironside (brother).
Elsie and Frederick Charles Sigrist married in 5 April 1919
at St Michael’s Church of England, Flinders Street, Surry Hills.[2]
Elsie’s occupation was given as Saleswoman and Frederick’s a Telephone
Mechanic. It was this occupation that would kill him, but you will have to wait
until September to find out why.
Elsie and Frederick were blessed with two daughters, Edna
May born 1920 and Joan Violet born 1929. The little family settled in Fairmount
Street Lakemba, in a modest two bedroom brick cottage, on a large narrow block
of land.
This would be the home my husband grew up in.
Sadly for Elsie and the two girls Frederick died in 1930,
leaving Elsie to raise the girls alone.
Tragedy would strike again, when in 1934, Elsie died from
Mitral Stenosis[3],
aged just 41. Edna was 13 and Joan
4. Extended family would step in and
raise the girls.
Her legacy, two daughters, two grandsons, five great grandchildren
and 11 great-great grandchildren.
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