Florence Emily Frampton

  General Notes:

by Wendy Clarke, nee Phillips, wife of Robert George Clarke

Along with her sister Eliza Irene, and brother Frank, Florence is listed as being in attendance at Kilkoy State School in 1907, when the record of admission registers commences. (While the school commenced in 1892, admission registers from 1892 to 1896 are unavailable.)

Source: Kilkoy State School - the first one hundred years commemorative issue. See research notes for details.

an unsubstantiated family story has it that Florence's family came to Australia from New Zealand and that she was of mixed Maori/English blood.

  Research Notes:

Book: Kilkoy State School - the first one hundred years 1892-1992 commemorative issue, including the closed small schools of Gregor's Creek, Sheep Station Creek, Stanley River, Villeneuve, West Vale, Winya, Woolmar and Yednia.

  Some facts about her life:

• Occupation: Housemaid.

• Religion: christened Church of England.

Florence married Robert Joseph Clarke, son of Unknown and Mary Ann Clarke, on 15 Apr 1915 in St Mark's Church Of England, Albion, Queensland.¹ (Robert Joseph Clarke was born on 8 Nov 1892 in Hazeldean, Canning, Queensland, Australia ² and died on 21 Feb 1983 in Eventide Nursing Home, Sandgate, Queensland ².)