This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: Jocelyn1411 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.oceania.australia.vic.general/11044.1.2.1.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: There is a wonderful Obit for Maurice de Lacy DUDLEY - 1935..don't know if you have had time to check him out properly, but he was also a radio announcer - his wife Mabel was also an actress Its worth looking up the Will of Kathleen CROKER who died 1914 in Victoria- mentions the Dudley relatives Kathleen CROKER is mentioned in Elizabeth PIERSE's Will of 1893 as a daughter.... and as result of this re-reading of Wills, I have been able to follow Mabel Marion DUDLEY....who had married Maurice De Lacey DUDLEY 1903 Name: Mabel Marion Dudley Gender: Female Electoral Year: 1903 State: Victoria District: Kooyong Subdistrict: Kew Living 44 Sterling St, Kew- occ: ARTIST! Then Name: Mabel Marion Dudley Spouse Name: Charles Richard Dyson Marriage Date: 1937 Marriage Place: New South Wales Registration Place: Albury, New South Wales Registration Year: 1937 Registration Number: 22784 Living 20 Queen Street- Charles is a Traveller, Mabel, Home duties he had been married before...see in Electoral rolls..and born 1870, so ages work! he died 1953: 1953 16 Apr Burial Springvale Crematorium, Victoria, Australia and Mabel died 1951: SPRINGVALE BOTANICAL CEMETERY DYSON MABEL MARION THE CREMATED REMAINS HAVE BEEN COLLECTED CREMATED 17/08/1951 Name: Maie Marion Dyson Death Place: Mount Park, Victoria Age: 75 Father's Name: John Geo Masters Mother's Name: Amelia Pierse Registration Year: 1951 Registration Place: Victoria Registration Number: 10939 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1876 Then after that I found a Tree on Ancestry! Birth: 1874 - Australia Marriage: 30 Mar 1903 - Kew, Victoria, Australia Death: 1951 - Kew, Victoria, Australia Parents: John George Masters, Amelia Minnie Pierse Spouse: Maurice De Lacy Dudley Kathleen CROKER details: 1841 Dec Birth Whitechapel, London, england 1866 26 Dec Age: 25 Marriage to John James Croker Auckland, New Zealand Episcopalian Church Otahuhu 1914 2 Apr Age: 72 Death St Kilda They had one daughter in NZ who died as an infant: 1867/18137 Croker Mary Kathleen John James actually the CROKER Tree is interesting as it shows the PIERSE daughters moved about - Kathleen to NZ and another married in Tasmania...Florence Joanna P to MCLEOD - her Will is also online -1911 - good clues there as well Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.