Image: Nene Courtie
FatherJohn Courtie1
MotherMyra Lowe2
Pedigree

Birth, Death, Marriage

John Mead Courtie was born in 1905 in England.2 
He married Doris May 'Nene' McDonald, daughter of Donald Glenorchy McDonald and Alice Euphemia Steer, in 1938.3 
He died in 1970 in Mooroopna, Victoria.2 

Family

Doris May 'Nene' McDonald b. 4 Apr 1903, d. 31 May 2003
Children
ChartsCampbell, John, descendant chart
McDonald, Archibald, descendant chart
Steer, Edward, descendant chart

Story

John Mead was born in Lancashire county, England in 1905. He was known as Jack.2
 
Marriage and Family 
Doris May Stuart and John Mead Courtie were married in 1938. They had two children.3
 
Jack was also a wardsman at the Mooroopna hospital [Apr 1940].4
 
Nene met Jack Courtie while dancing at the hall in Mooroopna. He would ride to Cobram, 64 km north, where he worked at Pullars orchard. Nene bought a bike too, and they rode together from Mooroopna to surrounding areas like Pine Lodge.5,6
 
John Mead Courtie died in Mooroopna in 1970, aged 65.2
 

Citations

  1. [S698] Stanley Alfred Leskie and Pauline Jean Stuart, marriage registration no. 20488, 28 December 1946.
  2. [S270] Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, registry and index, John Mead Courtie entry, death registration no. 29822, 1970.
  3. [S270] Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, registry and index, 'John Mead' Courtie and Doris May Stuart entry, marriage registration no. 14957, 1938.
  4. [S201] 'Local and personal notes', Shepparton Advertiser, 1914-1953, newspaper, Thomas Pettit and William Callender, 19 April 1940, p. 2, viewed 1 February 2023, https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/174612402
  5. [S52] Doris 'Nene' Courtie, personal communication, 10 November 2001.
  6. [S2] 'A brief history', Pullar Cold Storage, online, Cobram, 2015, viewed 17 June 2021 http://ppullar.com/about-us/