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Groom: Francis William BLENCOWE.
Status: Bachelor.
Age: 26 years.
Birth place: Brighton, Victoria.
Occupation: Gardener.
Residence: South Brighton, Victoria.
Father: John BLENCOWE.
Mother: Elizabeth HORNER.

Note.
Marriage Index error.
Francis' birth place given as Limerick.
Catherine's birth place not recorded.

Bride: Catherine HOGAN.
Status: Spinster.
Age: 28 years.
Birth place: Co Limerick, Ireland.
Occupation: Servant.
Residence: Caulfield, Victoria.
Father: Thomas HOGAN.
Mother: Margaret DREW.

Date married: 22 February 1881.
Place: St Marys Presbytery, St Kilda, Victoria.

Francis was born 1855 in Moorabbin, Victoria.
Parents named as John BLENCOWE and Elizabeth Horner.
See Post: BLENCOWE John married Elizabeth HORNER 1846

Francis died 1937 in Sandringham, Victoria.
Age: 81 years.
Death: Birth place given as Brighton.
Parents named as John BLENCOWE and Elizabeth HORNER.

Catherine died 1923 in Sandringham, Victoria.
Age: 70 years.
Parents named as Thomas HOGAN and Ellen DREW.

Three children located Victoria for Francis and Catherine.

[1]

Margaret Elizabeth BLENCOWE.
Born: 1883 Cheltenham, Victoria.
Died: 1972 Rutherglen, Victoria.
Age: 89 years.

[2]

Mary Helena BLENCOWE.
Born: 1884 Cheltenham, Victoria.
Died: 1885 not recorded, Victoria.
Age: 10 months.
Death: Recorded under BLENCOW.

[3]

Francis Thomas BLENCOWE.
Born: 1885 Cheltenham, Victoria.
Died: 31 October 1916, France.

First World War Embarkation Roll

Name: Francis Thomas BLENCOWE.
Service number: 5343.
Rank: Private.
Roll title: 7 Infantry Battalion - 13 to 23 Reinforcements.
Conflict: First World War, 1914-1918.
Date of embarkation: 04 April 1916.
Place of embarkation: Melbourne.
Ship embarked on: HMAT Euripides.
Ship number: A14.
Age: 30 years.
Residence: Neerim Junction, Gippsland, Victoria.
Status: Married.
Next of kin: Mrs. M E BLENCOWE, Neerim Junction, Gippsland, Victoria.

First World War Roll of Honour.

Name: Francis Thomas BLENCOWE.
Service number: 5343.
Rank: Private.
Unit: 59 Australian Army.
Conflict: First World War, 1914-1918.
Date of death: 31 October 1916.
Place: France.
Cause of death: Killed in action.
Place of association: Neerim, Australia.

Cemetery or memorial details.
Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France.

Married: Mary Ellen LYONS.
Year: 1913.
Place: Victoria.

Mary was born 1884 in Melton, Victoria.
Parents named as William Joseph LYONS and Ellen AHERN.

Mary died 1962 in Sandringham, Victoria.
Age: 78 years.
Parents named as William LYONS and Ellen AHERN.

Two children located for Francis and Mary.

1.
William Patrick BLENCOWE.
Born: 1914 Elsternwick, Victoria.
Died: 1979 Melbourne, Victoria.
Age: 65 years.

2.
Margaret Mary BLENCOWE.
Born: 1915 Elsternwick, Victoria.
Died: 1930 Prahran, Victoria.
Age: 14 years.

Sources:
Marriage Record for Francis and Catherine 1881.
Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria.
WW1 Embarkation Rolls.
AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army.

Also See:
BLENCOWE marriages 1854-1910 Victoria Australia
BLENCOWE marriages 1911-1941 Victoria Australia
BLENCOWE Deaths (males) Victoria Australia 1882-1958

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