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Elsie May Gay 1905–1959 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1 FEB 1905

Birth Location: Sherbrooke, Victoria, Australia

Death Date: 14 JUL 1959

Death Location: Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Father: Charles Gay

Mother: Maud Taylor

Spouse(s): Walter Cooper

Children(s): Phyllis Cooper, Rosemary Cooper, Charles Cooper, Royden Cooper

Elsie May Gay was born in 1905 in Sherbrooke, Victoria, Australia, the child of Charles Thomas Gay And Maud Priscilla Ethel May Taylor. Elsie May Gay married Walter James Cooper, and had children including Charles Joseph Cooper, June Winifred Elsie Cooper, Phyllis May Cooper, Rosemary Joy Cooper, Royden Albert Cooper. Elsie May Gay passed away in 1959 in Parkville, Victoria, Australia.

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Biography

  • Elsie May Gay was born in 1905 in Sherbrooke, Victoria, Australia, the child of Charles Thomas Gay And Maud Priscilla Ethel May Taylor.
  • Elsie May Gay married Walter James Cooper, and had children including Charles Joseph Cooper, June Winifred Elsie Cooper, Phyllis May Cooper, Rosemary Joy Cooper, Royden Albert Cooper.
  • Elsie May Gay passed away in 1959 in Parkville, Victoria, Australia.

Immediate Family

Parents

Charles Gay
1868–1930
Birth Location: Puckawidgee Station, Conargo, New South Wales, Australia
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Maud Taylor
1882–1959
Birth Location: Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
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Spouses(s)

Walter Cooper
1902–1970
Birth Location: Carlton, Victoria, Australia
WC

Children(s)

Phyllis Cooper
1924–1992
Birth Location: Horsham, Victoria, Australia
PC
Rosemary Cooper
1929–1984
Birth Location: Penola, South Australia, Australia
RC
Charles Cooper
1925–1977
Birth Location: –
CC
Royden Cooper
1925–1982
Birth Location: Northcote, Victoria, Australia
RC

Elsie Gay's Ancestors

Self
Elsie Gay
1905–1959
Birth Place: Sherbrooke, Victoria, Australia
Parents
Charles Thomas Gay
1868–1930
Puckawidgee Station, Conargo, New South Wales, Australia
Maud (Priscilla Ethel May) Taylor
1882–1959
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
Grandparents
Charles (William) Gay
1844–1925
Summer Street, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England
Ann (Maria) Simcox
1845–1916
Toll End, Staffordshire, England
John (Morgan) Taylor
1848–1927
Barrow, Boddington, Gloucestershire, England
Eleanor Cull
1847–1913
Elmstone Hardwicke, Gloucestershire, England
Great-Grandparents
William Taylor
1818–1875
Ann Ayers
1826–1901
William Cull
1811–1878
Esther Atwood
1815–1871
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Elsie Gay's Descendants

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Elsie (May) Gay (1 FEB 1905–14 JUL 1959) m. Walter (James) Cooper (4 JUN 1902–22 JUN 1970)
  1. 1. Phyllis (May) Cooper 1924–1992 m. George (Frederick William) Foster 1920–2012
  2. 2. Rosemary (Joy) Cooper 1929–1984 m. Robert (Richard) Johnson 1922–2000
  3. 3. Charles (Joseph) Cooper 1925–1977
  4. 4. Royden (Albert) Cooper 1925–1982

Elsie Gay's Timeline

2 Records

1905
1 FEB 1905
Birth of Elsie May Gay in Sherbrooke, Victoria, Australia
Sherbrooke, Victoria, Australia
1959
14 JUL 1959
Age 54
Death of Elsie May Gay in Parkville, Victoria, Australia
Parkville, Victoria, Australia

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1 FEB 1905
    Event Place: Sherbrooke, Victoria, Australia
    Record Source:
    [1] Ancestry Family Trees, Database online., @N628@
    [2] Ancestry Family Trees, Database online.
    [3] Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985
    [4] Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 14 JUL 1959
    Event Place: Parkville, Victoria, Australia
    Record Source:
    [1] Ancestry Family Trees, Database online., @N628@
    [2] Ancestry Family Trees, Database online.
    [3] Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985
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