_______________________ | _#UNKNOWN ____________| | | | |_______________________ | | |--Kristie Leigh COOPER | | _James William COOPER _+ | | |_Tracey Leigh COOPER _| | |_Martha JOHNS _________
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__________________________ | _Partick DRIES __________| | (1886 - 1965) m 1907 | | |__________________________ | | |--Majorie Jean DRIES | | _Edward William MEDHURST _+ | | (1857 - 1925) m 1888 |_Maria Adeline MEDHURST _| (1889 - 1953) m 1907 | |_Maria Jane MERRICK ______ (1855 - 1947) m 1888
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_John MEDHURST ______+ | (.... - 1887) m 1833 _George MEDHURST ____| | (1838 - 1888) m 1857| | |_Catherine SHAW _____+ | (1799 - 1894) m 1833 | |--George John MEDHURST | (1859 - 1937) | _Joseph BRIDGE ______ | | (1814 - 1891) m 1834 |_Ann Matilda BRIDGE _| (1839 - 1927) m 1857| |_Sarah WOODBURY _____ (1819 - 1904) m 1834
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GEORGE JOHN MEDHURST; starting when he was 13 years, George was the mail contractor of the area, spanning a great part of the New England, on packhorses. He completed 52 years of service, helping people in the backblocks.
DONALD FRANCIS MEDHURST; his son, at the age of 11 years he began helping his father on the mail run. He served 60 years and in 1960 was awarded an M.B.E., one of the few mail contractors to have been awarded this honor.
NORMAN JOHN MEDHURST; Duncan's son took over the mail contract and held it till 1978.
This mail run was followed on by Norman's JOHN GRAHAM MEDHURST (4th Generation-mail-men) helping his father, completing 80 years tradition, claiming this to be a record.
Norma Brasen
[988] C of E Cemetery
_Hunter MEDHURST ____+ | (1898 - 1973) _Robert MEDHURST ____| | | | |_Myrtle FOOT ________ | (.... - 1975) | |--Nola MEDHURST | | _____________________ | | |_Marlene ----- ______| | |_____________________
________________________ | _Colin Eric MEPHAN _______| | | | |________________________ | | |--Craig MEPHAN | | _Keith MEDHURST ________+ | | (1905 - 1985) |_Jeanette Marie MEDHURST _| | |_Annie Clara SCHMIERER _
_Norman Francis PASSFIELD _ | _Kevin John PASSFIELD _| | | | |_Clarice Daphne GRAYSON ___+ | | |--Michelle Kim PASSFIELD | | ___________________________ | | |_Denise Ann LYMAN _____| | |___________________________
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