Hi Sue
My name is Simon Rowell and i am related to some of the people listed, namely:
Florrie Schlank
Olive Schlank
Racey Schlank
They are all Great, Great Aunties to me.
The girls were daughters of prominent Adelaide Jeweller Salis Schlank and his wife Laura (nee Beaver). Salis and Laura had 10 children.
Salis was born 7/5/1840 in Chodriesen, Posen, Prussia, and died on 28/6/1892 (Adelaide). Laura was born on the 17th of September, 1851, and died on the 18/12/1918. Both were prominent members of Adelaide's Jewish community. They are buried together in the Jewish section of West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide.
The firm S Schlank & Co began when Salis Schlank acquired the business of P Falk & Co in 1887, which itself had started in 1871 Laura took over on Salis’ death in 1892, followed later by son Michael.
Florence Schlank was born in 1885 and died on 22/7/1940.
Olive Schlank was born 27/1/92 and died on the 18/6/1918. Both Florence and Olive are buried the Jewish section of West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide.
Racey Schlank was indeed Rachel Schlank - Racey was the name she was known to all by, both personally and professionally. She was born in 1872 and died on 14/4/1931. uring the last years of WW1 she also wrote under the name Racey Beaver (Mother's maiden name) as the German sounding name Schlank was hard to sell books under.
She was a poet and author, having written 2 books of poetry and a cook book. She was also a prominent founding member of the Women's Branch of the Liberal Union and has been credited with conceiving the idea of Wattle Day. Racey was also a songwriter, writing songs for children. My Grandmother (Racey's Niece) remembers that she had one leg, but could not remember how she lost her leg.
One of her books can be downloaded here:
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/auspoetry/inter/948387.shtmlAnother of the Schlank girls, Hilda, was also a well known artist in early South Australia.
If you would like any more info, let me know...
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Simon