Marge Deveney (O'Loughlin)
Image: Eileen Redden
FatherThomas Joseph O'Loughlin b. 19 Jan 1894, d. 6 Jun 1957
MotherTeresa Ellen Phillips b. 27 Aug 1895, d. 7 May 1982
Pedigree

Birth, Death, Marriage

Margaret Ellen O'Loughlin was born on 29 November 1925 in Melbourne, Victoria.1 
She married John William Deveney, son of William Barclay Deveney and Mabel Amy Fraser, on 2 October 1948 in Kensington, Victoria.1 
She died on 3 September 2010 in Kensington at age 84.2 

Family

John William Deveney b. 13 Jan 1926, d. b Sep 2010
Children
ChartsO'Loughlin, Michael, descendant chart
Phillips, James, descendant chart

Story

Margaret Ellen was born in Melbourne on 29 November 1925. She was the third child of Teresa and Thomas. She was known as Marge.1,3
 
Visiting Grandma Phillips 
Grandchildren loved visiting their Grandma Phillips in Bacchus Marsh, either at the House on the Hill, Lerderderg St or Millbank St. They would also get to play with their Bacchus Marsh cousins, Roylyn and Joy Phillips. At different times, their Auntie Mary and Auntie Eilie were also living with Ellen.

They would visit for two to three weeks during school holidays. The older grandchildren stayed at the House on the Hill.
The house had a cow. Grandma would squirt them [Jack, Reg and Laurie] in the face. Also chooks. The water tank had 'wrigglers' [mosquito larvae]. Grandma said 'They won't hurt you'. [Laurie Phillips]

At the House on the Hill, the nearby railway embankment was a popular play area.
After they [Dot, Beryl and Marge] had - again - been sliding down the railway embankment, Grandma told them that this time she was not going to patch the seats of their pants again. Marge remembers hearing from Auntie Eilie something like 'Why do we have to look after those b__y kids again?' [Marge Deveney (O'Loughlin)]

At Bacchus Marsh, they [Jack, Reg and Laurie] visited Gran up on the hill. They had good times. At the railway embankment they'd shout 'Paper! Paper!' as the train went by and people would throw out newspapers. They'd flatten pennies or halfpennies on the railway line or roll rocks down the embankment. They'd also try to trap rabbits by blocking some of the exits with rocks. [Jack Phillips]

When Grandma and Auntie Mary lived up on the hill near the railway line, Jack, Reg and myself used to wait by the line as the train went by calling out 'Paper! Paper!' and the people would throw out papers, minties, different goodies they didn't want, we used to reckon it was as good as Xmas. Many trains went by on that line so we had a ball. Those were the days. [Laurie Phillips]

When Jack, Reg and Laurie stayed with their grandma during school holidays, they would bring their blue school shirts to wear. These got grubby and needed changing every day, and Eilie remembers 'an endless stream of those damn blue shirts to clean and iron'. [Eileen Redden]

The children would get to ride on the horse and jinker to get to church.

The younger grandchildren visited their Grandma at Lerderderg St or Millbank St and would make their own fun.

At the Millbank St house, when Don and I used to visit, there was an ant track along the back of the house. We'd put sticks in the way so the ants had to go over hurdles. [Rene Barnes]

When Brian spoke of visiting Grandma, he said it was at the Lerderderg St house, and Auntie Mary and the cockie quickly came to mind.4,5,6,7,8,9,10
 
Marge stayed with Joe and Vera [Phillips, in Shepparton] when the airmen were in town staying at the showgrounds. The airmen would march along High St/Benalla Rd. Marge worked out the time, then would sit outside as they marched past. The sargeant would say 'Eyes left!' as they went past, then "'Eyes right!' as they came back. Marge would wave, and maybe me too. [Rene Barnes]8
 
Marge was an office worker.1
 
Marge grew up with the family living at 27 Henry St, Kensington. Living next door at 29 Henry St were William and Mabel Deveney and their son Jack.5
 
Marriage and Family
Margaret Ellen O'Loughlin and John William Deveney were married at Holy Rosary church in Kensington on 2 October 1948. They had three children.1
Back: Lyn (Deveney) & Robert Dow, Margaret & Bill Deveney, Greg & Cathy Sinclair; Front: Marge Deveney (O'Loughlin), Mrs Deveney (Jack's mum), Jack Deveney
Image: Eileen Redden
Being actively involved with family and family history, Marge was a regular communicator. She kept in touch with her aunt Eileen Redden and with many of her her cousins, in particular Roylyn Phillips, Joy Prouse (Phillips), Bev Scott (Phillips), Pat Brown (Simmons) and Margaret Maher (Simmons).

In later years, she also met with families of her grandmother's (Ellen's) sisters, Annie Budge (daughter of Maggie, nee O'Loughlin) and Bridget Guerin (nee O'Loughlin).11,9,12,13
 
Marge had a heart problem that led around 1980 (age 55) to open heart surgery, and in later years to significant memory loss.14,15
 
Margaret Ellen Deveney died at Lynch's Bridge aged care facility, Kensington on 3 September 2020, aged 84. She was buried at Northern Memorial Park in Glenroy on 6 September.2,16
 
DEVENEY. - Funeral Mass of Margaret Ellen (Marge) Deveney will be offered at Holy Rosary Church, 24 Gower St, Kensington, on TUESDAY (Sept 7, 2010) commencing at 10:30am. The Funeral will leave at the conclusion of Mass for burial at Northern Memorial Park, Box Forest Rd, Glenroy. Rosary will be recited in the above Church prior to Mass commencing at 10:00am. No Flowers By Request In lieu, donations may be made to Lynch's Bridge Aged Care. Envelopes will be available at the Church.2,16
 

Citations

  1. [S579] O'Loughlin-Phillips family tree, 6 September 1996.
  2. [S271] Herald Sun, 1990-, newspaper, Herald & Weekly Times, death notice, 4 September 2010.
  3. [S126] Peter Phillips, personal knowledge or recollection.
  4. [S32] Laurie Phillips, personal communication, 26 May 2014.
  5. [S37] Margaret Deveney, personal communication, 11 March 1996.
  6. [S102] Jack Phillips, personal communication, 30 November 1996.
  7. [S281] 'Phillips Family', Facebook, webpage, Facebook Inc, group created 25 June 2011, 9 January 2012 post by Laurie Phillips.
  8. [S15] Irene Barnes, personal communication, 4 December 2013.
  9. [S31] Eileen Redden, personal communication, 25 February 1996.
  10. [S408] Brian Phillips, personal communication, 2 June 2015.
  11. [S278] Pat Brown, personal communication, 25 August 2014.
  12. [S38] Lynette Dow, personal communication, 22 June 1997.
  13. [S37] Margaret Deveney, personal communication, 15 November 2004.
  14. [S44] Roylyn Phillips, personal communication, 9 December 1998.
  15. [S38] Lynette Dow, personal communication, 31 March 2007.
  16. [S271] Herald Sun, 1990-, newspaper, Herald & Weekly Times, 'Tributes', Deveney, Margaret Ellen, 6 September 2010, https://www.heraldsun.com.au/tributes/notice/…