Flora-May SMITH

1930 - 2016  (86 years)

• Name	Flora-May SMITH
  Born	19 May 1930	Adelaide SA
  Gender	Female
  Education	1940's	Adelaide SA
  	Flora-May attended after Methodist Ladies Secretarial College Adelaide
  Education	1940's	Adelaide SA
  	Flora-May attended Secretarial College after Methodist Ladies College
  Occupation	1945	Adelaide SA
  	Grovsenor Hotel Reception after Secretarial College until began at Telephone Exchange, later short time in Catering in John Martin Department Store before two decades in Holden Motors.
  Occupation	1949	Adelaide SA
  	Secretary at Holdens (Adelaide SA) all her career until marriage in 1951.
  Marriage/Wedding	1951	Unley SA
  	Mum (Joan Natalie McLean-nee Smith) bridesmaid. When I was child I would climb into the powder blue bridesmaid dress and my sisters would help me down off the coat hanger until we heard mum return.....ljm (researcher)
  Occupation	1950's	Adelaide SA
  	Catering at John Martins (later became Myers)at King William Street with her mother for a short while in 1950's
  Died	4 Oct 2016	Morphettville SA
  Person ID	I-7870	Christina and Donald McLean
  Last Modified	25 Dec 2020

  
  

  Father	Charles Robert SMITH (PREVIOUSLY TAYLOR-SMITH),   b. 16 Mar 1907, Walkerville SA ,   d. 1977, Adelaide SA  (Age 69 years)
  Relationship	-668
  Mother	Gladys Irene STOYEL,   b. 16 Mar 1909, Macclesfield SA ,   d. 19 Jun1967, Morphettville SA  (Age ~ 58 years)
  Relationship	-668
  Married	17 Mar 1928	Walkerville SA   [1]
  Divorced	10 Apr 1952  [2, 3]
  	Formal Divorce 1952- Adelaide News (broadprint) wrote DIVORCE ORDER a reserved judgment, Mr. Justice Reed. in the Supreme Court today,granted an order nisi for divorce to Charles Robert Smith, of Payneham Road, Payneham, against Gladys Irene Smith, of Light Street, Exeter, for desertion Mr. Harry Alderman, QC, with Mr. J. R. Alder man, appeared for Smith. Thursday, April _10,:1952
  Residence	c1930s	Rosebury SA   [2]
  	Combined memories of maternal and paternal parents during their upbringing during the 1930's - 1950's where both sister were married within six mos of each other. Where it matched a family type production of some 80 pages of links THE JOHN AND SARAH KANALEY DESCENDANTS. No formal printing, no ISBN number nor printers name; just family remembering. Created in the 1990's with some now added hand notes and dates. Compilers of the story have now passed on. No names available. Redmond St Rosebury SA
  Family ID	F-668	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sydney Frank WHALEY,   b. 8 Jan 1930, Adelaide SA ,   d. 22 Oct 2007, Adelaide SA  (Age 77 years)
  Married	1951	Unley SA
  	Church of England (Anglican) Church. This is the church that granmum (Berthas mother) has a window commemorating her participationa and donations to the church. Evidence to be confirmed of why. Recognising her work for the church.
  Occupation	1940's	Hindmarsh SA
  	Tailor own business
  Children	1. P W   2. S W
  Last Modified	7 Oct 2017 06:09:30
  Family ID	F-2558	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		Charles Robert Smith (Mick) father of Joan Natalie McLean nee Smith 3876.jpg Charles Robert Smiths mum was a Taylor-Smith and the name stuck for 2-3 generations prior to Charles who then opted to revert to just Smith in Mums lifetime; Joan Natalie McLean -I3876 profile
  		WEDDING:Flora-May Whaley nee Smith, Bridesmaid:youngest sister,Joan Natalie McLean nee Smith 1950
  		SMITH, Flora, Gladys(mum) and Irene c1947
  		ANZAC day-Joan Natalie Smith, Flora-May Smith and fiance Sydney Whaley at Morialta SA 1949
  		SMITH family children at Victor Harbour 1943+ 2sisters of Charles Robert Smith
  		Mother of Bride-Gladys Smith nee Stoyel, Florence McLean-flossie, Groom-Ben McLean, Bride-Joan Smith, sister of bride-Florence May Whaley-nee Smith, Sydney Whaley-groomsman Feb1952 Strathalbyn St Andrews Presbytarian Church

  
  

  Headstones

  HS STOYEL Flora died diptheria at 6yoa 1917. Sister to Gladys Stoyel.

  
  

• Sources

  [S-75] http://www.genealogysa.org.au requires login, https://www.genealogysa.org.au/index.php?option=com_search&Itemid=32, 20.1.2017 Researcher Lorna McLean. Groom Surname: SMITH Charles Robert Bride Surname: STOYEL Bride Given Names: Gladys Irene Marriage Date: 17-Mar-1928 Marriage Place: St Andrews Church Walkerville SA Groom Age: 21 Groom Marital Status: S Groom Father: William Taylor SMITH Bride Age: 18 Bride Marital Status: S Bride Father: Oswald Gwen STOYEL District: Adelaide SA Book/Page: 314/837 No other known evidence of BDM. Followup this website source to generalise the accuracy of this information & spellchecks [S-75] http://www.genealogysa.org.au requires login, https://www.genealogysa.org.au/index.php?option=com_search&Itemid=32, 20.1.2017 Researcher Lorna McLean. Youngest daughter, Joan Natalie McLean nee Smith in 1996 told her second daughter, Lorna McLean that her father Charles Robert Smith and Gladys Irene Stoyel, were later divorced after her father was officially charged with abandoning the family. Reported in the newspaper. 25 Sept 1996 Researcher Lorna Mclean No other known evidence of BDM. Followup this website source to generalise the accuracy of this information & spellchecks [S-24] https://findmypast.com.au, find my past will require log on, 23 May 2021 Lorna McLean Researcher. Charles Robert Smith Marital status Single/Spinster Age 21 Birth year 1907 Marriage year 1928 Marriage date 17 Mar 1928 Place St Andrews Church Walkerville Adelaide SA Father's first name(s) William Taylor Father's last name Smith Spouse's first name(s) Gladys Irene Spouse's last name Stoyel Spouse's marital status Single/Spinster Spouse's age 18 Spouse's birth year 1910 Spouse's father's first name(s) Oswald Gwen Spouse's father's last name Stoyel Registration number 314/837 Notes Additional information is on the certificate but not recorded in this index Record set South Australia Marriages 1842-1937 Category Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers) Subcategory Marriages & divorces Collections from Australia & New Zealand