Pedigree

Birth, Death, Marriage

John Forrester married Euphemia Elizabeth Lee, daughter of William Henry Lee and Beatrice Maud Steer, in 1939.1 

Family

Euphemia Elizabeth Lee b. 11 Sep 1918, d. c 1992
Child
ChartsSteer, Edward, descendant chart

Story

Effie and John Meet
At age 19 or 20, Effie had left the family home at Lake Boga and was working as head waitress in the dining room of the Swan Hill Hotel. She met a young Melbourne plasterer staying at the hotel and working on the new hospital. The two struck up a good relationship while he was there, and when the job was finished he was moving to Shepparton to work on a new bank building. After a couple of weeks she was missing him so much, her Mum suggested she go to Shepparton for a holiday, as Tom and Sis Phillips [Sis and Effie were cousins] had the hotel at Pine Lodge, about 5 miles out of Shepp. Effie gave up her job hoping that she could get another in Shepparton. [John Forrester]2

 
Effie and John became engaged while in Shepparton.3
 
Marriage
Euphemia Elizabeth Lee and John Forrester were married in Kerang in 1939.1,3
 
They moved to Melbourne to live.4
 
Jack served in the Second World War. Effie moved to Mooroopna with son John, to live. Her cousin, Bub Williams, was running the Cricketers Arms hotel and gave Effie a job as a waitress. Beatrice was also there, and was happy to have her daughter and grandson around.4
 

Citations

  1. [S270] Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, registry and index, 'Jno Forrester' and 'Euphemia Elizth Lee' entry, marriage registration no. 15194, 1939.
  2. [S148] John Forrester, personal communication, 12 January 2012.
  3. [S148] John Forrester, personal communication, 26 December 2011.
  4. [S376] From the Memories of the Life of Beatrice Lee, unpublished, 1987, p. 12.