Pauline Jeanette GORDON

1927 - 1989  (62 years)

• Name	Pauline Jeanette GORDON
  Born	3 Apr 1927	Kooringa, Burra, SA, Australia   [1]
  Gender	Female
  General event	Death : Was she killed in a car accident?
  Residence	* Pauline and David lived in xxxxTown (it is difficult to decipher the newspaper article) after their wedding. * They were living in Lockeys in 1953 (ref : Adelaide Mail, 7th November 1953, p 52)
  Died	18 Jul 1989	Lockeys, SA   [2]
  Buried	Cheltenham cemetery
  Person ID	I47	Alexander & Jessie
  Last Modified	14 Oct 2016

  
  

  Father	Linley Matheson GORDON,   b. 1 Jan 1891, Glenelg, SA, Australia ,   d. 18 Aug 1975, SA, Australia  (Age 84 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Laura Doris MCBRIDE,   b. 26 Sep 1898, Redruth, Burra, SA, Australia ,   d. 18 Oct 1980, Glenelg, SA, Australia  (Age 82 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Married	29 Jan 1921	St Theodores Church, Rose Park   [3]
  Family ID	F14	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	David Bevan KIRBY,   b. 12 Sep 1917, Largs Bay, SA, Australia ,   d. 17 Jun 2009, Lockeys, SA  (Age 91 years)
  Married	13 Jan 1951	Holy Trinity Church, North Terrace, SA, Australia   [4]
  Wedding	Wedding : Peggy and David were married on 13th January 1951 at the Holy Trinity Church in North Terrace, SA (ref : Faraway and Beyond 1980). They might have had a long courtship as, in Sept 1948, Pauline was a bridesmaid and David was groomsman at the wedding of Dr Donald Anderson and Doreen Collins. (ref : The Advertiser, Adelaide, Mon 27th Sept 1948, p5). At that stage it looks like David had not yet finished his medical studies but Donald may have been a fellow student. "Glenelg Bride for Doctor : Two hundred guests were entertained at the South Australian Hotel after the wedding today of Pauline Gordon and Dr. David Kirby. The wedding took place this afternoon in Holy Trinity Church, North Terrace. The bride, daughter of Mr. and Mrs LM Gordon of Glenelg wore a gown of white bodice had a yoke of Chantilly lace on the full skirt. The tulle bodice had a yoke of Chantilly lace forming cape sleeves edged with a frill of tulle. The high round neck was beaded with pearls. Her French tulle veil was rolled in front and held at the back with a half circle of orange blossom and she carried a sheaf of white gladiolo, tuberoses, and white roses, tied with tulle. Attendants were her sister, Jillian, Josephine Grundy, and flower girl Ameryllis Neillsen, the groom's niece. Jill and Josephine wore ?? blue tulle strapless full-skirted frocks with matching boleros and blue tulle picture hats trimmed with sprays of lily of the valley. They carried blue delphiniums and hydrangeas. Ameryllis wore blue figured organdie over tulle and a head dress of swathed blue tulle caught with blue velvet bows and carried a basket of pink and blue flowers. The groom, son of Mrs Bevan Kirby of Mount Lofty and the late Mr Kirby of Largs Bay had Ross Henderson and Vern Ploughahn? as best man and groomsman. The bride and groom will make their home at xxxx Town, where they have a flat." (ref : The Mail, Adelaide, Sat 13th January 1951, p 38) "The Windsor Hotel in Melbourne is a popular spot. Dr. and Mrs. David Kirby, who are honeymooning there, are being entertained by Mrs. Norman McBride. who is also at the Windsor." (ref : The Mail, Adelaide, sat 27th January 1951, p 33). Mrs McBride was probably Pauline's aunty.
  Children	1. Elizabeth Susan KIRBY,   b. 6 Aug 1953, Adelaide, SA, Australia ,   d. 30 May 1978, Adelaide, SA, Australia  (Age 24 years)  [Birth] + 2. SA K
  Last Modified	14 Oct 2016
  Family ID	F22	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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• Sources

  [S22] Birth Index of SA 1907 to 1928. [S66] Samantha Evans. Samantha has a photo of the headstone. [S19] Marriage Index of SA 1917 to 1937 . [S23] Faraway and Beyond, AJ & PA McBride, (AJ & PA McBride Pty Ltd), ISBN 10-0959487700 and 13-9780959487701.