Eleanor Mabel Lockyer BUNDEY

1882 - 1969  (86 years)

• Name	Eleanor Mabel Lockyer BUNDEY  [1]
  Born	3 Sep 1882	Wellington SA   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Biography Notes	Eleanor Mabel Bundey - born 3/9/1882 at East Wellington SA. Married: James (Jamie) Beevor Rankine (b. 25/1/1877) son of Capt. James Rankine and his wife of "Wyndgate", Hindmarsh Island and "Braemar', Strathalbyn. His mother was nee Isabel Agnes Beevor. Jamie was born at "Glenbarr", Strathalbyn. He was not born deaf but became so after a severe childhood illness and in adulthood could hear gramaphone music faintly if he sat close. He was educated at Townsend House. Brighton, a school for the hearing impaired and there met Eleanor who had been born profoundly deaf. They were engaged for 9 years before marrying c.1913. They built "Woodford" with very large rooms on part of the "Wyngate" land at Hindmarsh Island as his widowed mother and some of the family still occupied the main house. Jamie farmed at the island. Neither of their two girls inherited the deafness of both the families but decided when quite young not to risk having possibly deaf children of their own. (information from the Rankine Family History by E.M.S.) Deaths: James died suddenly at the Victor Harbor Hospital on 6/10/1935 aged 58 years. Interred at Strathalbyn Cemetery. Eleanor Rankine lived in her latter days at Renmark with her younger daughter Mrs John Sharley and died there on 10/2/1969 aged 86 years.   [1]
  Residence	Renmark SA   [1]
  Died	10 Feb 1969  [1]
  Person ID	I-4177	Christina and Donald McLean | Archibald McLean's descendants
  Last Modified	5 Feb 2018

  
  

  Father	Albert Edward BUNDEY,   b. 1841, Hampshire UK ,   d. 21 Nov 1907, Strathalbyn SA  (Age 66 years)
  Relationship	-1356
  Mother	Rose Ann (or Anderson) MCLEAN,   b. 1850, Strathalbyn SA ,   d. 11 Sep 1945, Largs Bay SA  (Age 95 years)
  Relationship	-1356
  Married	1874	Norwood SA
  Family ID	F-1356	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	James Beevor RANKINE, Captain,   b. 25 Jan 1877, Strathalbyn SA ,   d. 6 Oct 1935, Victor Harbour SA  (Age 58 years)
  Married	6 Mar 1913	Adelaide SA
  	The wedding was at the 'Deaf & Dumb Church'
  Children	1. Isabel Bundey# RANKINE,   b. 7 Mar 1914, Hindmarsh Island SA  []   2. Nancy Bundey RANKINE,   b. 14 Nov 1919, Goolwa SA ,   d. 1 Mar 1983  (Age 63 years)  []
  Last Modified	5 Feb 2018 02:08:37
  Family ID	F-1378	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Headstones

  HS STRATH RANKINE James Beevor d.6 Oct1935 and Eleanor nee Bundey RANKINE Capt James born Argyll Scotland, died Hindmarsh Island 8 sep 1897

  
  

  Stories

  5091 - Eleanor Mabel Bundey & James (Jamie) Beevor Rankine Archibald'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. .