More Billetts in Australia - Goulburn and Sydney
29 Dec. 2004
On 20 June 1903 Frank William BILLETT married Lillian Maud APPLETON in Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Frank had been born 10 Sept. 1872 in Goulburn, NSW, son of Goulburn orchardist Jabez BILLETT and his wife Charlotte BILLETT (nee LEWIS).
Lillian had been born 29 May 1879 in Footscray, Melbourne, Victoria, daughter of Henry Edward APPLETON (ca 1838-1914) and his wife Bridget Agnes APPLETON (nee MALONE) (ca 1845-1933).
Frank and Lillian had one child, Gladys Irene BILLETT (born 15 April 1904), but the marriage broke down early and ended formally in divorce 21 Feb. 1911.Later that year Lillian married Carl MUMFORD at Portland, NSW, and by him had five daughters, of whom one, Joyce died in her first year (1918, Dubbo, NSW).
Gladys BILLETT married (1) organist/pianist Les WALDRON by whom she had one child, Kevin WALDRON, who had by Christine ?? a daughter Benita WALDRON now 46 years old and herself married for many years (married name not known).The last known locations for Benita and her husband, and also for Kevin, were in Queensland.Gladys married (2) Fred Cole.Gladys and Fred have been dead several years and Les Waldron would have died many years ago.
Does anyone know the BILLETT family here referred to?
Tony Rainer
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia