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Blackman Info 10b: for Lucy Blackman |
Lucy Charlotte BLACKMAN - Leonard and Margaret's only child
Lucy Charlotte was born on 07 September 1900 to Margaret FS Blackman, née Odewahn, and Leonard Blackman (NSW BMD 32197/1900) at 'Allora' on the Allora Road, Coolamon, NSW and was registered at Junee NSW.
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| Above: Lucy Charlotte Blackman's birth certificate Source: In appreciation to Vivian Bugden, Leonard Blackman's great granddaughter in Ancestry Public Members Tree |
| It should be noted that Margaret was just turned 16 years old and of an age when
her parents had to give permission for her to marry on 04 August 1900. VivIan Bugden
writes 'Margaret’s father told fibs on the marriage document when he said she was
17!!!' It would suggest that at 34 years, Leonard was a more world-wise person.
As far as is known, Lucy was their only child. Lucy, along with her mother, and her grandparents, Margaret and Wilhelm Odewahn and her uncles, arrived in Parramatta circa 1920-21. It is thought they all lived at Windsor Road, Northmead. Source: Wilhelm's 1923 Obituary. Right: Margaret and Lucy Blackman in Coolamon in 1909 Source: Vivian Bugden |
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Lucy charlotte Blackman ... m.25feb1925 ... Harry william Shields
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Harold Keith Jean Eileen Mervyn Joan
arthur james lillian margaret george lucy
b.21apr1925 b.01oct1926 b.01apr1928 b.20jul1929 b.22mar1933 b.29feb1936
d.21oct1995 d.04jun1992 d.21dec2007 d.28aug2009 d.10nov1995 d.02oct2002
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m.01mar1947 m.29jan1949 m.27aug1947 m......1948 m.24nov1951 m.28may1955
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Jean catherine Marjory Benjamin Theodore Norma faye John frederick
Davis Ryan john Reeves Hetherington Gambrill Beeken
b.....~1926 b.28jun1927 b.27may1923 b......1929 b.10jun1932 b.
d...nov2011 d.18aug2020 d.17feb1979 d.06nov1960 d.02dec2016 d.
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Doreen
mary
b.18feb1939
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Lionel john
Bugden
b.30may1937
d.11oct2020
| On 26 February 1925 the 24 year old Lucy married Harry William SHIELDS (35), <
i>(NSW BDM 2945/1925) at the Methodist Parsonage, Burwood in the south-western
suburbs of Sydney. Harry was was born on 22 August 1889 (NSW BDM 18466/1889)
in Carlingford, north-west Sydney/Central Cumberland, West Sydney the fourth child of
Arthur SHIELDS and Anne Marian LUTHBORROW. Together they had seven children.
Right: Lucy and Harry Shields late 1920s Source: In appreciation to Vivian Bugden |
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Marriages
Deaths
The Australian Electoral Roll 1903-1977, available on Ancestry, records Harry and Lucy's homes and occupations. In 1930 it recorded:
| Harry was a tram driver with NSW Tramways. He was transferred to Newcastle,
Newtown, Dowling Street and Fort Macquarie.
Source: Harry and Lucy's divorce papers. Right: A period Sydney tram at Circular Quay of the type Harry would have driven and cleaned |
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The 1933 Electoral Roll shows Margaret living with Harry and Lucy at:
In 1934-35, Lucy and Harry had moved to 9 Taylor Street, whilst Margaret remained at 3 Taylor Street.
In 1936-37 there was a change of address and occupation:
On 25 September 1939 Lucy and Harry were legally separated but on 11 April 1941 their petition for divorce, on the grounds of habitual drunkenness, cruelty and non-support was dismissed. They were finally divorced on 13 July 1944 in Sydney. The details and dates of the Notice of Decree Nisi, were stamped on their marriage certificate.
In the 1943-49 Rolls Lucy was alone:
Lucy then took William Thomas (Bill) CROWDER as a partner. William was born in 1895 (NSW BDM 21003/1895) in the district of Brewarrina on the NSW/Qld border and died in 1961 in Armadale, Victoria. In 1949, Lucy's new partner was next door:
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Right: Lucy Charlotte Shields in the early 1950 in Sydney Source: Vivian Bugden |
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The 1963 Roll shows Lucy had moved:
but in fact she and her youngest daughter Doreen Mary moved to Canberra in 1962:
In mid 2023, Doreen was still living in Canberra.
| In 1964 Lucy moved into a cottage in the Goodwin Homes complex on Bonney Street
Ainslie, ACT, where she lived until being taken to hospital in September.
Right: Goodwin Homes |
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Right: Lucy Charlotte Shields in the late 1950 in Melbourne Source: Vivian Bugden |
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| Harry died in Parramatta, Sydney on 14 July 1947 (NSW BDM 22724/1947).
Right: Harry Shields death note The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate (Parramatta) Wednesday 16July 1947, page 4 |
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| A death notice that confirms the names of his children.
Right: Harry Shields death note The Sydney Morning Herald Tuesday 15 July 1947, page 22 |
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Vivian Bugden writes: 'As far as I can ascertain Lucy and Bill (William Thomas CROWDER) never legally married. They lived together in Sydney from 1949 moving to Melbourne in 1953. It is unclear as to exactly when Lucy moved back to NSW - possibly before, or because of, Bill's death in 1961'. William Thomas CROWDER death is not obvious in the Victoria, NSW and ACT records. There is no obvious record of Leonard's death and his great granddaughter is still searching.
Lucy's death
| Lucy died on 13 September 1964 in Phillip, Canberra, ATC and was buried as Lucy
Charlotte Shields on 15 September 1964. Right: Lucy Shield's funeral note Canberra Times Monday 14 September 1964, page 13 |
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| Right: Lucy Shield's headstone Portion 7 - Presbyterian/Roman Catholic section - Section B, Grave 20 Old Canberra Cemetery, Woden, ACT Source: Vivian Bugden |  |
Their children
Keith James - Lucy and Harry's second child and Vivian Bugden's parents
Keith James SHIELDS was born on 01 October 1926 in Parramatta, NSW. On 29 January 1949 he married Marjorie RYAN in Leigh Memorial Methodist Church, Parramatta. In March 1951 Keith, his wife and daughter Vivian moved to Yarralumla, ACT, as a much needed government painting contractor, where the family remained until his death on 04 June 1992. Marjorie and her twin Kathleen, were born in Young, NSW, on 28 June 1927. Marjorie died on 18 August 2020 at Yass NSW, in the care of her daughter Vivian.
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| Above: Keith James Shields | Above: Marjorie Shields |
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The 1949 Roll shows Keith living in NSW with his mother:
with Marjorie living down the road:
By 1958 he had married and moved to ACT:
and then, in 1963-80, (Lucy 1963 only) to :
| In 1980 Keith is recorded alone and Marjorie is not recorded.
Right: 9 Abbotts Street, the Shield's home for many years |
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With thanks to Vivian Bugden for all her research.
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| This page was created by Richard Crompton and maintained by Chris Glass |
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Version A4 Updated 20 August 2023 |
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