Shirley May JOYCE / PEARSON
Born 19 November 1929 [25]
Daughter of Eric Joseph Beddingfield JOYCE and Violet PEARCE [P110]
Resided with her parents in Three Springs from 1929 to 1940 [P110]
Baptised by Graeme C. JACKSON of the North Midlands Methodist Mission in 1929 [84]
Member of the Three Springs Methodist Sunday School in 1933 [5: 10-Nov-1933]
Student at the Three Springs State School in 1936 [5: 9-Oct-1936]
Won a 2nd prize for Needlework in the Educational section of the Three Springs Agricultural Show on 17 September 1936 [5: 25-Sep-1936]
Competed at the Three Springs District Schools Athletic Championships in Three Springs on Saturday 26 September 1936 [5]
She won the 7 Years Girls Running Race and came 2nd in the 6 & 7 Years Girls Time Skip [5: 9-Oct-1936]
In 1940 shifted with her parents from Three Springs to Winchester, a townsite and railway siding between Carnamah and Coorow [P110]
Student at the Winchester State School from 7 October 1940 until 17 December 1942 [25]
Helped run the Methodist Church Sunday School in Winchester in 1943 [5: 10-Dec-1943]
Member of the Winchester Tennis Club in 1945-46 and 1946-47 [5: 18-Jan-1946, 29-Nov-1946]
In March 1946 she was a trainee telephonist at the Post Office at 12 Macpherson Street in Carnamah [5: 15-Mar-1946]
She later worked for a period as a telephonist on the Postmaster-General's Department's telephone exchange in Geraldton [P110]
Resided with her parents in Winchester until her marriage in 1950 [5: 13-Apr-1950]
Married Ray Connolly PEARSON on Saturday 8 April 1950 at the Presbyterian Church in Carnamah [5: 13-Apr-1950]
She wore "white figured satin and carried an unusual bouquet in the shape of a horse-shoe" [5]
Her bridesmaids were Marion CHATFIELD and Winnie FOWLER with Merle FLAVEL as flower girl and Dennis JOYCE as page boy [5]
Later resided at 255 Spencer Road in the Perth suburb of Thornlie [156]
Her husband, late of Thornlie, passed away at the age of 81 years on 27 July 2004 and was buried at Karrakatta Cemetery [2]
Mother of Norman, Erica and Diane [45]
Died 4 December 2006; buried at Karrakatta Cemetery in Perth, Western Australia (Lawn, S, 58) [2]
| Reference: Carnamah Historical Society & Museum and North Midlands Project, 'Shirley May Joyce / Pearson' in Biographical Dictionary of Coorow, Carnamah and Three Springs, retrieved 26 December 2024 from www.carnamah.com.au/bio/shirley-may-joyce [reference list] |
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