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SHANKS, Bessy & Nancy

7 October 1906 – 14 August 1997
25 October 1908 – 7 December 1991

Origin Whitburn, Scotland
Original Occupation Worked in family cake shop
Occupation in Australia Domestics

BALLARAT

Departure Port London
Arrival Year 1929

Fremantle

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Bessy settled in Fremantle and married Frank Machin in 1937. Nancy went to Koorda in 1929, married Norman J Gay in 1935, left Koorda in 1962.

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  • Nancy (Agnus) married Norman Vivian Gay.

    Tue 26 Feb 2013

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