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Edith May Forshaw - Memoirs
1911 - 1989
My name is Edith May Forshaw. I am about to try and record some of my childhood memories, as far back as I can remember and many things that remain in my mind over the last 74 years, I shall commence by telling you of my father and my mother, both of whom I knew very little, only little pieces here and there.
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My name is Edith May Forshaw. I am about to try to record some of my childhood memories, as far back as I can remember and many thing that remain in my mind over the last 74 years, I shall commence by telling you of my Father and my Mother, both of whom I knew very little, only little pieces here and there.
Firstly my Mothers Mother, my (Gran) as I called her, had a boarding house in Cobar, where she had 70 boarders from the copper mine. My father worked at the mine and he boarded with my Grandmother. So this must be where he met my Mother. My Father was born in Port Adelaide South Australia and my Mother was born in Newtown Sydney Australia. My Father was 28 years and my Mother 19 years when they were married on the 8th June in Casino 1910 New South Wales. My Mother's maiden name was Lillian May Taylor and my father was Henry Hawkins, (he was called Harry). Now on the 29th April 1911 a child was born to Mr and Mrs H. Hawkins and that child being me I was named Edith May Hawkins. The Doctor who attended my birth was Dr Paul, the Nurse was Nurse Dorman and Witness was my Grandma.
Now what I have been told by my Gran (as I called her) there was a seperation between my Mother and Father and I was only 18 months old and my father had already gone to Sydney and boarded with some people by the name of Young at North Sydney and by all accounts my Father was able to take me and [reside?] at North Sydney, N.S.W.