Tuesday, January 10, 2017

Doris

I don't know anything about Doris - she was my great aunt, my father's aunt.  According to the 1927 electoral role, she lived at Carisbrook, 14 Wilson Street, Glen Iris in Melbourne.  I visited the house once, when I was in Melbourne for an AFES conference, and Aunty Nancy was living there on her own.  The house was sold after Nancy's death.

In 1927, Doris was a 'typiste' (probably that's a typo!!). She was living here with her parents, Emily Mary (née Street) and John Henry Peken.  Presumably her brother John Reuben had already left home, and perhaps Nancy was not yet of voting age, so isn't listed.

Family history

Decided to put stuff I'm learning about family history in here.  Since I want to be able to share it with family, and am too lazy to work out another way!!