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Australia / Re: McCabe... a long shot
« on: Monday 19 June 23 10:20 BST (UK) »
Thankyou. Yes that's her father and yes we have searched and searched again the Victoria bdm indexes also Trove.
The hunt continues...
The hunt continues...
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Is this your Ettie RAY in 1924 "spending a few days in Invercargill and Winton"
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ST19241004.2.139?
(under Riverton Gossip)
Her father George died in 1946 nz, and she is mentioned in his obituary as Ettie McCabe.
Is there a mention of her in any of her siblings obituary's? Might help narrow some dates down to find a death for her and or a definite surname if she remarried etc.
"After giving birth to a daughter in 1923, who she leaves behind."[/b]Yes, they are both the same person. Esther seems to be a mistranscription of Hesba
1923/7545 RAY Molly Pearl Esther Elizabeth Father NR
Death 1923/3523 RAY Molly 8W
https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
Perhaps Ettie is a familiar for Esther?