| My Family History in Pictures |
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| The Lowrie family home in Echuca, Victoria, 1936 |
| The Lowrie boys with Rugby car, c. 1930. L to R: Jack, George and Walter |
| Fred Manning (my grandmother's uncle who owned the Royal Hotel, Bacchus Marsh, Victoria), Molly Davis (my grandmother's sister), Arthur Wise (my grandfather), Gwendoline Vernon Manning Wise ne Davis (my grandmother), Unknown. St Paul's, Caulfield. |
| Gwen Wise, died 17 July 2000 |
| Gwen Wise, Unknown, Arthur Wise (died 1990) |
| Emma May Davis ne Manning (my great-grandmother) and Edward Patrick Davis (my great-grandfather) on my mother's mother's side |
| Emma Davis ne Manning (my great-grandmother) and child unknown |
| Philip John Turvey (my father) |
| Philip Turvey (my father) was a member of the Lions Club, Mildura, Victoria |
| Philip Turvey as a teenager |
| Betty May Turvey ne Wise (my mother) and Clara ne Hornsby Turvey (my grandmother and father's mother) |
| My grandmother Gwen on the right, in her flat at Inkerman St, St Kilda, Melbourne |
| My grandfather Arthur with his mates at the pub |
| Gwen on the right |
| Mary Alice ne May Perkins/Wise (my grandfather Arthur's mother). She is with Stanley Madden, her son-in-law (left) and William Madden, her grandson |
| Gwen and Arthur with Luke, Gwen's sister Molly's great-grandson Luke |
| Irene Wise, Arthur's younger sister |
| Alma Kathleen Wise, Arthur's younger sister |
| ?, Irene Vine ne Wise, ?, ?, ?, Mavis Gymer ne Wise, Ray Gymer, Bernard Vine. Irene and Mavis are Arthur's sisters. Mavis is still living |
| Arthur, Gwen and their young son Ronald are buried at the St Kilda Cemetary, Melbourne |
| The tiny home of Robert Draffin and Christina Draffin ne Lowrie at Rupanyup (20 minute drive from Stawell). They were my great-grandparents on my father's mother's side |
| The grave of brothers Walter and Edward Lowrie. They were the brothers of my great-grandmother, Christina Draffin ne Lowrie. Walter was the father of Jack, George and Walter in the photo on the left with the Rugby car |
| The headstone of BridgetTurvey ne Roach and her husband John Turvey. They are my great-grandparents on my father's father's side |
| The grave of Edward Manning Davis, my grandmother's younger brother who was killed in a horse riding accident at the age of 15 and Kathleen, Manning Davis, my grandmother's younger sister who died of spinal complications at the age of 2. Brighton Cemetary, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Buried with Edward and Kathleen are my grandmother's other sister Molly Bourke ne Davis and their parents, Emma May Davis ne Manning and her husband Edward Patrick Davis |
| Christina's brother Edward "Ned" Lowrie lived in this old house which is situated on the Lowrie farm near Echuca, Victoria. The farm is a property called "Pannabamawm" at Bamawm, which is in the middle of nowhere and is about 15 minutes from Echuca |
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| From L to R. Karen Lowrie ne Camerm, my cousin Debi Gramson, Karen's husband Ken Lowrie and 89 year old George Lowrie who's father (Walter) was one of Christina Draffin's ne Lowrie brothers. George is in the photo with the Rugby car and is the uncle of Ken. |
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| The cemetary where Edward and Walter Lowrie are buried |
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| From L to R: Raymond Bourke (my 1st cousin) and his wife Claire, Michael Doherty (my cousin), Dorothy Doherty ne Bourke (my 1st cousin once removed), Michael's daughter Megan, Michael Bourke's wife Greta, Michael Bourke (my 1st cousin). The Bourkes and Dorothy Doherty are the children of Molly Bourke ne Davis, my grandmother Gwen Wise's sister. Dorothy is married to Leo Doherty and Michael is her son. |
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| Gwen Wise on the right |
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| My mother Betty (Beth) and her mother, my grandmother, Gwen Wise |
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| My mother, her brother Ronnie, Gwen Wise and Arthur Wise |
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| My mother and a friend at the Bendigo Show |
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| Ronnie was born in 1927 and died at the age of 10. He was Gwen and Arthur's son and my mother's brother |
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| Ronnie in a hospital bed before he died, probably from a form of cancer |
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| My father Philip John Turvey (died June 1984) |
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| My parent's wedding |
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