210. Gilbert Thomas BASKERVILLE
Killed in action in H.M.S. Cressy in 1914 (WWI).
140. Ruth Onelove McCorkill AULD
According to Laurie Thompson, Ruth had dark hair and brown eyes with a fairish complexion.
Memorial notice for Henry & Ruth Hortop:
HORTOP.-In loving memory of our darling
parents, mother, passed away January
8, 1927; father, February 22, 1940. -Always
loved and remembered. (Inserted by Mrs. A.
Hansen and Mrs. J. Thompson.)
Memorial notice for Henry & Ruth Hortop:
HORTOP.-In loving memory of our darling
parents, mother, passed away January
8, 1927; father, February 22, 1940. -Always
loved and remembered. (Inserted by Mrs. A.
Hansen and Mrs. J. Thompson.)
142. William George Fitzroy AULD
According to Laurie Thompson, William would walk around Fitzroy with a cock bird under his arm looking for a cock fight.
Ruth's grandmother, Elizabeth Colahan (nee Gardner) was present at her birth and was the informant.
Ruth was a nanny for a Jewish family and legend has it that she used to give the Jewish children ham to eat! This is why she left Ballarat to come down to Melbourne.
222. Ruth Elizabeth AULD
Ruth fell out of bed and broke her hip, she never came out of the anaesthetic.
TARRY. - Florence (Flossy). Passed away peacefully June 27, at St Bernadette's
Nursing Home. Loved wife of John (dec.). Dearly loved mother and mother-in-law of
Mary and Allan. Loved grandmother of Mary Catherine.
230. Mavis Annie AULD
Mavis' ashes were scattered.
231. Jean Araluen AULD
When Jeannie died, she and her sister, Doris, were sitting watching TV when
jeannie looked at Doris and said: "don't you just hate......" the sentence was never
finished!! as she had a heart attack and never regained consciousness.Jeannie would walk into a bank (any bank, any branch) and just stop, and smell the
air. When anyone asked what she was doing, her answer would be....."smell the
money; it is a beautiful perfume!"Jeannie washed her husbands wallet one day by mistake. When she discovered it,
she hung the money on the clothes line to dry. Her husband, Bernie, was
horrorfield and thought he would be done for money laundering if anyone had seen
it!Another time, she put Bernie's shoes in the oven to dry them out but melted them
instead!She always had her hair done every Friday. Always!
As a young couple, Jean & Bernie ran a Mixed business, until Jean had a nervous
breakdown.