Hi All,
A new mystery that has had us stumped for some time.
Juanita Christina Brett had a female child,
B Brett, in
1930's at Paddington, NSW. The child was adopted out some 9 months later and renamed as
Y B.Juanita was said to have been born in 1907 in Bathurst at the time of the baby's birth.
We can find a Juanita Christina Brett in Portland, NSW in 1930 - said to be a Nurse. The address we know to be a part of the Portland Hospital and a local older man said it was where the Midwife nurse used to live - was Juanita the nurse or was she living with the nurse as she was pregnant?
We can find Juanita in 1930 in Randwick, then again in 1933 on the Electoral roll, then she disappears from sight. We could find no record of her Before 1930.
We made an assumption - based on birth year, Bathurst, and last name - that Juanita Christina is actually Mary Christina Brett, born 1907 in Bathurst to Madeline Dennan and Charles Brett.
Mary Christina seems to have mysteriously also disappeared from sight, so this added to our view. Also, a family member confirms that Mary Christina (called Tina) is no where to be found and also she was an outcast of the family for reasons unknown.(?pregnancy)
Can anyone help us to track down Juanita Christina - does she exist or was this a name chosen for the 3 years around her having the baby?
Can anyone help us to track down Mary Christina?
We do know that if Mary Christina and Juanita are the same - Mary may have had a very fractured life - Mary's father died in 1915, her mother Marilyn remarried a Peter Evans Thompson in 1917 who also died in 1927. Marilyn and Peter had a son Andrew Evans Thompson in 1917, who was, by all accounts, an itinerant wanderer, who died in Canberra, ACT after walking in front of a car, drunk, in 1960. Were Mary and Andrew close and did they ever live/travel together?
Mary Christina may have taken the Thompson name at some stage and also may have called herself Mary Dennan too.
Madeline Dennan, Peter Thompson have a background in NZ.
We are completely stumped. You can look at my tree for more clues as we have discovered quite a bit for Mary Christina's original family but we don't even know if this is the same person. These Bretts have benefitted from a thorough Tree at least!!
https://www.ancestry.com.au/family-tree/person/tree/36022356/person/18869085337/factsA mystery to keep us all going