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Edmund James GALE (1864 - 1953)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
	Edmund James GALE (1864 - 1953) + Catherine Jane PURVIS (1863 - 1942)	Willliam Crook GALE (1832 - 1900)	Thomas GALE
			Elizabeth CROOK
		Ann CROOM (1832 - 1913)	Edmund CROOM
			Mary Ann BELL

b. 1864 at Castlemain, Victoria, Australia

m. 1889 Catherine Jane PURVIS (1863 - 1942) at Victoria, Australia

d. 1953 at Surrey Hills, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia aged 89

Near Relatives of Edmund James GALE (1864 - 1953)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	Thomas GALE
Grandmother	Elizabeth CROOK
Grandfather	Edmund CROOM
Grandmother	Mary Ann BELL
Father in Law	William PURVIS	1828		1891	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia	63
Mother in Law	Margaret CROFT	abt 1830		1882	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia	52
Father	Willliam Crook GALE	1832	Cliffe Pypard, Wiltshire, England	1900	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	68
Step Father	William DUCKWORTH			1856	Victoria, Australia
Mother	Ann CROOM	abt 1832		1913	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	81
Step Mother	Matilda TURNER	abt 1827		1853	Victoria, Australia	26
Self	Edmund James GALE	1864	Castlemain, Victoria, Australia	1953	Surrey Hills, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	89
Wife	Catherine Jane PURVIS	1863	Victoria, Australia	1942	Surrey Hills, Victoria, Australia	79
Sister	Flora GALE			1939	Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia
Sister	Annie Croom GALE	1860	Victoria, Australia	1925	Mbna, Victoria, Australia	65
Brother	William Crook Gale GALE	1862		1927	Murrumbeena, Victoria, Australia	65
Sister	Effie Ellen GALE	1874	The Loddon, Castlemain, Victoria, Australia	1946	Trafalgar, Victoria, Australia	72
Half Sister	Louisa Anne DUCKWORTH	1850	Manchester, Lancashire, England	1915	St Kilda, Victoria, Australia	65
Half Sister	Emma Croom DUCKWORTH	1851	The Murray, South Australia, Australia	1853	Victoria, Australia	2
Half Brother	Joseph Wilkinson DUCKWORTH	1854	Forest Creek, Victoria, Australia	1861	Victoria, Australia	7
Half Sister	Emma DUCKWORTH	1856	The Loddon, Castlemain, Victoria, Australia	1918	Yarra Glen, Victoria, Australia	62
Niece	Hazel PURVIS
Niece	Daisy Clarice PURVIS	1891	East Melbourne, Vic, Australia	1923	Victoria, Australia	32
Sister in Law	Eliza Mary PURVIS	1857	Ballarat East, Victoria, Australia	1938	Geelong, Victoria, Australia	81
Sister in Law	Margaret PURVIS	1859	Mt Bunintong, Victoria, Australia	1939	Geelong, Victoria, Australia	80
Brother in Law	Thomas James PURVIS	1868	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia	1948	Brighton, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	80
Brother in Law	John Martin NICOL	1866	Victoria, Australia	1917	Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia	51
Brother in Law	Henry Lockwood BROWN	1856	Campbells Creek, Castlemaine, Victoria, Austrlaia	1947	Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia	91
Sister in Law	Janet Stevens THOMPSON	1862		1934	Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia	72
Brother in Law	Robert PURVIS			1941	Victoria, Australia
Brother in Law	William Highet BEER			1939	Victoria, Australia

Events in Edmund James GALE (1864 - 1953)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1853		Death of step mother Matilda TURNER (aged 26)	Victoria, Australia	Note 1	52
1856		Death of step father William DUCKWORTH	Victoria, Australia	Note 2	52
1864		Edmund James GALE was born	Castlemain, Victoria, Australia	Note 3	52
1889	25	Married Catherine Jane PURVIS (aged 26)	Victoria, Australia	Note 4	52
1900	36	Death of father Willliam Crook GALE (aged 68)	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	Note 5	52, 60
1913	49	Death of mother Ann CROOM (aged 81)	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	Note 6	52
1942	78	Death of wife Catherine Jane PURVIS (aged 79)	Surrey Hills, Victoria, Australia	Note 7	52
1953	89	Edmund James GALE died	Surrey Hills, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	Note 8	52

Note 1: Matilda Gale in the Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 Name: Matilda Gale Birth Year: abt 1827 Age: 26 Death Place: Victoria Father's Name: Turner John Mother's Name: Mary Registration Year: 1853 Registration Place: Victoria Registration Number: 595

Note 2: William Duckworth in the Victoria, Australia, Death Index, 1836-1988 Name: William Duckworth Death Registration Year: 1856 Death Registration Place: Victoria, Australia Father: William Spouse: Ann Croom Reference Number: 2925

Note 3: Edmond James Gale in the Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 Name: Edmond James Gale Birth Date: Abt 1864 Birth Place: Castlemaine, Casterton, Victoria Registration Year: 1864 Registration Place: Victoria, Australia Father: William Gale Mother: Ann Croom Registration Number: 7470

Note 4: Cath Jane Purvis in the Victoria, Australia, Marriage Index, 1837-1950 Name: Cath Jane Purvis Gender: Female Marriage Registration Year: 1889 Marriage Registration Place: Victoria, Australia Spouse: Edmund Jas Gale Reference Number: 7268

Note 5: Burial info Wm Crook Gale in the Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 Name: Wm Crook Gale Birth Year: abt 1832 Age: 68 Death Place: Prahran, Victoria Father's Name: Gale Thos Mother's Name: Elizth Crook Registration Year: 1900 Registration Place: Victoria Registration Number: 14427 The Australasian (Melbourne) 20 Oct 1900 GALE.-On the 14th October, at 47 Perth street, Prahran, William Crook, the beloved husband of Ann Gale, aged 68 years, late of Castlemaine.

Note 6: Burial info Ann Gale in the Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 Name: Ann Gale Birth Year: abt 1832 Age: 81 Death Place: Yarra Glen, Victoria Father's Name: Croom Edmund Mother's Name: Mary Ann Bell Registration Year: 1913 Registration Place: Victoria Registration Number: 3978

Note 7: Catherine Gale in the Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 Name: Catherine Gale Birth Year: abt 1864 Age: 78 Death Place: S Hills, Victoria Father's Name: Wm Purvis Mother's Name: Margt Croft Registration Year: 1942 Registration Place: Victoria Registration Number: 1916

Note 8: Edmund Jas Gale in the Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 Name: Edmund Jas Gale Birth Year: abt 1864 Age: 89 Death Place: Surrey Hills, Victoria Father's Name: Crooks Wm Mother's Name: Ann Croom Registration Year: 1953 Registration Place: Victoria Registration Number: 14226

Source References:

52. Type: Australia Birth Marriage Death Index 1787 - 1985 Record

- Reference = (Birth)

- Notes: Edmond James Gale in the Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 Name: Edmond James Gale Birth Date: Abt 1864 Birth Place: Castlemaine, Casterton, Victoria Registration Year: 1864 Registration Place: Victoria, Australia Father: William Gale Mother: Ann Croom Registration Number: 7470

- Reference = (Marriage)

- Notes: Cath Jane Purvis in the Victoria, Australia, Marriage Index, 1837-1950 Name: Cath Jane Purvis Gender: Female Marriage Registration Year: 1889 Marriage Registration Place: Victoria, Australia Spouse: Edmund Jas Gale Reference Number: 7268

- Reference = (Death)

- Notes: Edmund Jas Gale in the Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 Name: Edmund Jas Gale Birth Year: abt 1864 Age: 89 Death Place: Surrey Hills, Victoria Father's Name: Crooks Wm Mother's Name: Ann Croom Registration Year: 1953 Registration Place: Victoria Registration Number: 14226

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