Bessie May Skead1

#21331, (c 1893 - 1972)
Extended Family
ChartsSamuel Fernee & Mary Harris - collapsible 6 generation descendant chart

Children of Bessie May Skead and Sylvanus Hagen Fernee
  • Shirley Elizabeth Fernee6
  • John Lewis Fernee7
BirthBessie May Skead was born circa 1893.1
 
MarriageShe married Sylvanus Hagen Fernee, son of Joshua Fernee and Mary Carraill, on 9 Nov 1921 in St Alban's Church, Berri, South Australia.
Details from index: Sylvanus Hagen Fernee, age 34, single, father Joshua Fernee;
Bessie May Skead, age 28, single, father Frederick Henry Skead.1 
Newspaper Published 10 Dec 1921 in the Argus.
FERNEE-SKEAD.-On the 9th November, 1921, at St. Alban's, Berri, South Australia, by the
Rev. Durnford, Sid. H. Fernee, late A.I.F., to Bessie May, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Skead, of Ivanhoe. Present address. Carinya, Winkie, via Glossop, River Murray South Australia.2
 
(Widowed) DeathHer husband Sylvanus died on 8 Aug 1956.3 
DeathBessie died on 4 Dec 1972 in Loxton, South Australia.
Details from index: aged 79 years, widow, of Loxton, relative Sylvanus Hagen Fernie [sic] deceased husband, died in hospital.4 
GravestoneHer gravestone reads:
In Loving Memory of Sylvanus (Sid) H.Fernee. Beloved husband of Bessie May. Died 8 August 1956 aged 69 years . Also Bessie May . Died 4th December 1972 aged 79 years . Loved parents of Shirley , John, Joyce, Jenifer and Nona. Peacefully sleeping.5
 
Last Edited12 Nov 2008

Citations

  1. South Australia Marriage registration index, 1917-, Sylvanus Hagen Fernee & Bessie May Skead; Book 289, page 505.
  2. The Argus [Melbourne, Australia], 10 December 1921, page 17. Image online at Trove Digitised Newspapers. http://trove.nla.gov.au/
  3. South Australia Death registration index, 1842-1915, Sylvanus Hagen Fernee, book 847, page 5079 (district of Murray).
  4. South Australia Death registration index, 1842-1915, Bessie May Fernee, book 188a, page 9278 (district of Murray).
  5. Correspondence with Mary Dyer, who took a photograph of the grave.
  6. South Australia Birth Registration Certificates Index, 1842-1928. Text index viewed online at GenealogySA. Shirley Elizabeth Fernee, parents Sylvanus Hagen Fernee and Bessie May Skeard [sic]. Reference book 171a, page 237.
  7. South Australia Birth Registration Certificates Index, 1842-1928. Text index viewed online at GenealogySA. John Lewis Fernee, parents Sylvanus Hagen Fernee and Bessie May Skead. Reference book 211a, page 34.