Eliza HALDANE

1883 - 1972  (88 years)

• Name	Eliza HALDANE  [1]
  Born	29 Oct 1883	Adelaide SA   [1, 2]
  	BORN Maylands Adelaide SA Her father is recorded as Robert Haldane, farmer of Dover Street, Maylands (ref: John Mathews book, 'Their Name Liveth', p 146)
  Gender	Female
  Biography Notes	1888	Adelaide SA   [1]
  	Eliza was only 5 years when her father died in 1888 so the family circumstances were not so affluent as she grew up in Adelaide. Before her marriage she worked as a housemaid at Grayson's Coffee Palace (now the Grosvenor Hotel) on North Terrace, Adelaide. Her husband George (Robert) Poole had a dairy at West Hilton where they lived and had their 5 children. There is a family story that when she attended the Flinders Street State School, Adelaide, she was very disappointed at not being chosen for the "Thousand Voice Choir "held annually. Showing a determined spirit she went to the Head Master and asked to be included. "Can you sing?" he asked. Of course the answer was yes, so she had her wish and her uncle Jimmy McLean provided the money for her dress. However there is a flaw in this story. Only the top class, which in the compilers day was Grade 7 was permitted to take part, ln Eliza's time there were only 5 grades and as soon as the pupil obtained the School Certificate the child could leave no matter what the age. The compilers mother, born 1893 and 12 in 1905 and in the top class, said that there were no "Thousand Voice choirs" until alter W.W.1. (ended in 1918). Therefore it must have been a concert at Eliza's own Flinders Street School.
  Died	26 Sep 1972	Adelaide SA   [1]
  	DEATH Royal Adelaide Hospital SA
  Person ID	I-1082	Christina and Donald McLean | Allan McLean's descendants
  Last Modified	12 Dec 2020

  
  

  Father	Robert HALDANE,   b. 13 Aug 1838, Hackney SA ,   d. 22 Nov 1888, Hackney SA  (Age 50 years)
  Relationship	-254
  Mother	Eliza Ann b1851 MCLEAN,   b. 25 Mar 1851, Strathalbyn SA ,   d. 28 Nov 1911, Strathalbyn SA  (Age 60 years)
  Relationship	-254
  Married	20 Aug 1873	Strathalbyn SA
  	MARRIAGE PLACE: Meadowbank, Res of Allan MacLean Strathalbyn SA (genealogysa.com)
  Divorced	20 Dec 1886  [3]
  	Filed for the Dissolution of marriage - petition 628 on 20th December 1886
  Note	At the time of their marriage, Eliza was 22 yrs old and Robert was 34 years.
  Family ID	F-254	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	George Robert POOLE,   b. 23 Jan 1877, Yorke Peninsula SA ,   d. 28 Aug 1942, Hilton SA  (Age 65 years)
  Children	1. Thomas Robert POOLE,   b. 11 Oct 1907, Hindmarsh SA ,   d. 17 Jan 1995, Lockleys SA  (Age 87 years)  []   2. James Benjamin POOLE,   b. 28 Nov 1909, West Hilton SA ,   d. 9 Dec 1991, Urrbrae SA  (Age 82 years)  []   3. Mary Haldane POOLE,   b. 4 Jun 1912, New Mile End SA ,   d. 28 Feb 2004, Lockleys SA  (Age 91 years)  []   4. Sylvia Nance POOLE,   b. 14 Jun 1914, Hilton SA ,   d. 14 Jun 2007, Adelaide SA  (Age 93 years)  []   5. Audrey Laurel POOLE,   b. 4 Apr 1917, West Hilton SA ,   d. 2000, Lockleys SA  (Age 82 years)  []
  Last Modified	28 Nov 2013 12:24:00
  Family ID	F-361	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		0048 - Eliza Poole (nee Haldane), Tom Poole & Eliza Ann (nee McLean), & Jim Poole.jpg
  		Mathews, Poole, Haldane, Miller, Heath & Wells
  		0046 - Percy Haldane, Eliza Ann Haldane (nee McLean), Janet Henning (nee Haldane), uncle Jimmy McLean & Allan Haldane.jpg
  		0047 - Eliza Poole (nee Haldane), Eliza Ann Haldane (nee McLean), Janet Henning (nee Haldane) - from BRB p139.jpg
  		0186 - Fountain Villa - Eliza & Thomas Poole, Eliza Ann Haldane & James Poole in 1890.jpg DHW H 1778

  
  

  STORIES

  5014 - Eliza Haldane & George (Robert) Poole Allan's descendants - biography as published in the BRB in 1995.

  
  

• Sources

  [S-3] BRB 'Donald & Christina McLean & Their Descendants', 1995 copies available, Copies of the BRB available Strathalbyn National Trust Museum & Library, several libraries around Australia including State Library SA, and Western Australian Genealogical Society Bayswater WA Request assistance for locating a copy through 'Contact us' on this website. . [S-33] PUBLICATION "Their Name Liveth" by John Mathews, p146. [S-33] PUBLICATION "Their Name Liveth" by John Mathews, p65.