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From: "Lenore Frost" <>
Subject: RE: GSV-D - name changes
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 10:55:51 +1100
In-Reply-To: <200603222000.k2MK0QrZ027794@lists2.rootsweb.com>


>Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 12:37:06 +1100
>From: Ann Hurley <>
>To:
>Subject: name changes

>Dear listers,
>I am trying to trace the death of my grandmother Valdis Muriel Skidmore
>(b. 1901) who divorced my grandfather in 1945. My problem is not
>knowing if she kept her married name, remarried, reverted to her maiden
>name (Rogers) or officially changed her name. I cannot find any trace
>of her under her last known name and have consulted death indexes in
>Vic,. NSW, and SA. Can anyone suggest where I should look?
>Ann Hurley


In addition to the index searches people have already suggested, my
suggestion would be to look at death notices in the family for deaths after
1945 - her parents, her siblings, her children, in case she is mentioned.

eg, "Herbert Rogers, loved father of Valdis (Mrs Bloemfontein,
Johannesberg), Maisie (Mrs Smith)", etc.

And any relevant Wills. She might have been an Executrix if not a
beneficiary, at some stage.

Best wishes,

Lenore Frost
Essendon, Vic
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