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| 1922 Edith Geyer with grandchildren Urith and Lorna Geyer |
It would be interesting to know how many other children delivered by Nurse Edith Geyer are missing or incorrect. The birth of my Grandmother, Eva Pilgrim, who was also delivered by her grandmother Nurse Geyer, was incorrectly registered.
My grandmother celebrated her birthday on the 18th August. However her birth record states that she was born on 18th October 1910. Her parents were married in 1907 (and I have the certificate) so she was definitely not conceived out of wedlock! I have another theory why the date was registered incorrectly!
There were three births, delivered by Edith Geyer in Nhill, registered on the 9th December 1910;
Reg No. 29552 - Rose Ellen Gladys Cunningham born 18 October 1910
Reg No. 29553 - Eva Jean Pilgrim born 18 October 1910
Do you know where I am going yet?
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| Cousins - 1924 Urith Geyer, Edith Pilgrim, Freda Presser, Hazel Pilgrim and Alf Geyer |
Anyway, back to Urith. She married Stanley Victor Stevens on the 28th October 1940 in Horsham.
According to my grandmother, she and one of her sons were murdered in Mildura on the 28th April 1960.
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My father's brother went to get his birth certificate to enlist in the navy. They could not find it at the Detroit City Hall. After some effort it was discovered that he had been celebrating his baptismal day instead of his actual birthday. My grandparents didn't see what the problem was.
ReplyDeleteWhat an unusual name! I've never heard of it before. I like your theory about why the birth dates were registered incorrectly.
ReplyDeleteMurdered!?!?! Well, don't stop now.
ReplyDeleteI don't know if there was a penalty for late registration here in Virginia, but for many years registration was voluntary. My grandmother was never sure whether her birthday was Oct 9 or 19. She didn't have a birth certificate until she was an adult when her mother obtained delayed birth certificates for all the children.
My grandma is Urith’s sister, Myrtle.
ReplyDeleteSadly that story about Urith and her son Brian is true. My grandmother, Murtle Kennett née Geyer is Urith’s younger sister. It’s a subject that is very hard for her to talk about but over the years I’ve managed to piece the story together.
ReplyDeletePrior to meeting Urith rumour has it that Stanley spent some time in a mental institution, where and for how long is unsure. He met and married Urith in country Victoria, Australia and they went on to have two boys, Brian, the eldest and John, the younger of the two. All was going along swimmingly until one night Stanley snapped, found an axe and killed Urith while she was sleeping in their bed, he then went into Brian’s room and swung the axe at him while he laid sleeping in his bed. John had awoken to the sounds of his mother being murdered and watched as his father entered the boys bedroom that they shared and while hearing and seeing what his father was doing had enough sense to open the boys bedroom window, jump out and run to the neighbours house, which was a fair distance from home, to alert the authorities as to what had happened. Stanley ended up serving his sentence in a mental institution and was released when it finally closed down. He spent the rest of his days alone in a suburb of North Melbourne, Victoria. John was placed with family in Adelaide, South Australia where he still lives today. He only ever saw his father once before he passed away and just exactly what was spoken about no one will ever know.
https://www.sunraysiadaily.com.au/murder-and-mayhem/1535399/axe-murder
ReplyDeleteHere is some more information on the horrifying murder.
https://www.sunraysiadaily.com.au/murder-and-mayhem/1535399/axe-murder
ReplyDeleteHere is more information on the murder that took place in Mildura
https://www.sunraysiadaily.com.au/murder-and-mayhem/1535399/axe-murder
ReplyDeleteHere is more information on the murder that took place in Mildura
https://www.sunraysiadaily.com.au/murder-and-mayhem/1535399/axe-murder
ReplyDeleteHere is more information on the murder that took place in Mildura
I was in the same class as 12-year-old Brian Peter Stevens when he and his mother were murdered under tragic circumstances. Our class was invited to his funeral - I think a guard of honour was mentioned. At 12, I was too traumatised to attend. B.
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