Mercy Laura Close 1886– – Close Ancestry

Mercy Laura Close, 1886–

Name

Mercy Laura Close

Name: Mercy Laura /Close/

Source: Contributor: Lyn Hamilton

Sex Female

Events of close relatives
Birth	29 December 1886 Laura, South Australia, Australia Note: Name: Mercy Laura Close Name: Mercy Laura Close Birth Date: 29 Dec 1886 Father's Name: John Thomas Close Mother's name: Frances Wilkinson Birth Place: Laura Registration Place: Clare, South Australia Page Number: 268 Volume Number: 388 Australia Birth Index, 1788-1922
Death of a sister	Fanny Close 9 July 1893 Laura, South Australia, Australia Source: John Thomas Close (1853) 1896 Gravestone, Location: Laura, South Australia Note: Name: Fanny Close Name: Fanny Close Death Date: 9 Jul 1893 Death Place: Laura Age: 13 Hours Father's Name: John Thomas Close Residence Place: Laura Registration Place: Clare, South Australia Page Number: 97 Volume Number: 211 Estimated birth year: abt 1892 Australia Death Index, 1787-1985
Burial of a sister	Fanny Close after 9 July 1893 Laura, South Australia, Australia Source: Contributor: Lyn Hamilton Source: John Thomas Close (1853) 1896 Gravestone, Location: Laura, South Australia Gravestone
Death of a father	John Thomas Close 11 May 1896 Laura, South Australia, Australia Source: John Thomas Close (1853) 1896 Gravestone, Location: Laura, South Australia Note: Name: John Thomas Close Name: John Thomas Close Death Date: 11 May 1896 Death Place: Laura Age: 42 Residence Place: Laura Registration Place: Clare, South Australia Page Number: 37 Volume Number: 235 Estimated birth year: abt 1854 Australia Death Index, 1787-1985
Burial of a father	John Thomas Close after 11 May 1896 Laura, South Australia, Australia Source: Contributor: Lyn Hamilton Source: John Thomas Close (1853) 1896 Gravestone, Location: Laura, South Australia Gravestone
Death of a brother	James Ayrton Close 6 May 1934 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Burial of a brother	James Ayrton Close after 7 May 1934 Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Source: James Ayrton Close (1878) 1934 Gravestone, Location: Tasmania, Australia Gravestone
Death of a brother	Frank Wilkinson Close 17 January 1937 Murray Bridge, South Australia, Australia Source: Contributor: Lyn Hamilton Note: Name: Frank Wilkinson Close Name: Frank Wilkinson Close Death Date: 17 Jan 1937 Death Place: South Australia Registration Year: 1936-1940 Registration Place: South Australia Page Number: 285 Volume Number: 587 Australia Death Index, 1787-1985
Death of a mother	Frances (Fanny) Wilkinson 24 September 1938 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Source: Contributor: Lyn Hamilton Note: Name: Frances Close Name: Frances Close Death Date: 24 Sep 1938 Death Place: South Australia Registration Year: 1936-1940 Registration Place: South Australia Page Number: 4139 Volume Number: 606 Australia Death Index, 1787-1985
Death of a brother	Sidney Kitchen Close 26 July 1963 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Source: Contributor: Lyn Hamilton Note: Name: Sidney Kitchen Close Name: Sidney Kitchen Close Death Date: 26 Jul 1963 Death Place: South Australia Registration Year: 1961-1963 Registration Place: South Australia Page Number: 4577 Volume Number: 959 Australia Death Index, 1787-1985

Date differences

Family with parents
father	Links Birth: 8 October 1853 — Northowram, Halifax, Yorkshire, England Death: 11 May 1896 — Laura, South Australia, Australia Burial: after 11 May 1896 — Laura, South Australia, Australia Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Frances (Fanny) Wilkinson Annie Lillian Maynard Close James Ayrton Close Frank Wilkinson Close Sidney Kitchen Close Mercy Laura Close Eva Mary Close Walter John Westcott Close Fanny Close Hazel Maynard Close John Thomas Close 1853–1896 Birth: 8 October 1853 — Northowram, Halifax, Yorkshire, England Death: 11 May 1896 — Laura, South Australia, Australia
mother	Links Birth: 5 August 1854 — Gawler River, South Australia, Australia Death: 24 September 1938 — Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse John Thomas Close Annie Lillian Maynard Close James Ayrton Close Frank Wilkinson Close Sidney Kitchen Close Mercy Laura Close Eva Mary Close Walter John Westcott Close Fanny Close Hazel Maynard Close Frances (Fanny) Wilkinson 1854–1938 Birth: 5 August 1854 — Gawler River, South Australia, Australia Death: 24 September 1938 — Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
elder sister	Links Birth: 25 March 1877 — Strathalbyn, South Australia, Australia Death: 15 May 1878 — Laura, South Australia, Australia Burial: after 15 May 1878 — Laura, South Australia, Australia Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Annie Lillian Maynard Close 1877–1878 Birth: 25 March 1877 — Strathalbyn, South Australia, Australia Death: 15 May 1878 — Laura, South Australia, Australia
21 months elder brother	Links Birth: 19 December 1878 — Laura, South Australia, Australia Roll AU Electoral: 1919 — Queenstown, Tasmania, Australia Roll AU Electoral: 1922 — Lindisfarne, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Roll AU Electoral: 1928 — Lindisfarne, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Death: 6 May 1934 — Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Burial: after 7 May 1934 — Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Rex Wilkinson Close Jack Ayrton Close James Ayrton Close 1878–1934 Birth: 19 December 1878 — Laura, South Australia, Australia Death: 6 May 1934 — Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
23 months elder brother	Links Birth: 20 November 1880 — Laura, South Australia, Australia Photograph: 4 April 1911 — Murray Bridge, South Australia, Australia Death: 17 January 1937 — Murray Bridge, South Australia, Australia Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Elizabeth Elsie Maud Grundy Frank Wilkinson Close 1880–1937 Birth: 20 November 1880 — Laura, South Australia, Australia Death: 17 January 1937 — Murray Bridge, South Australia, Australia
23 months elder brother	Links Birth: 4 October 1882 — Laura, South Australia, Australia Death: 26 July 1963 — Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Beatrice May Bills James Raymond Close Sidney Kitchen Close 1882–1963 Birth: 4 October 1882 — Laura, South Australia, Australia Death: 26 July 1963 — Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
elder sister	Frances Hannah Close –
herself	Links Birth: 29 December 1886 — Laura, South Australia, Australia Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Leslie Bennett Mercy Laura Close 1886– Birth: 29 December 1886 — Laura, South Australia, Australia
2 years younger sister	Links Birth: 6 March 1889 — Laura, South Australia, Australia Disappeared: after 1890 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Eva Mary Close 1889– Birth: 6 March 1889 — Laura, South Australia, Australia
2 years younger brother	Links Birth: 7 May 1891 — Laura, South Australia, Australia Milit-Beg: 20 January 1915 — Australia Military Service: about June 1915 — Australia Milit-End: about May 1918 — Australia Emigration: 30 November 1928 — London, Middlesex, England Milit-Beg: 3 September 1942 — Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Milit-End: 25 November 1943 — South Australia, Australia Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Gladys Muriel West Cilento Walter John Westcott Close 1891– Birth: 7 May 1891 — Laura, South Australia, Australia
2 years younger sister	Links Birth: 9 July 1893 — Laura, South Australia, Australia Death: 9 July 1893 — Laura, South Australia, Australia Burial: after 9 July 1893 — Laura, South Australia, Australia Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Fanny Close 1893–1893 Birth: 9 July 1893 — Laura, South Australia, Australia Death: 9 July 1893 — Laura, South Australia, Australia
13 months younger sister	Links Birth: 7 August 1894 — Laura, South Australia, Australia Milit-Beg: 1 October 1918 — Adelaide, South Australia, Australia Milit-End: 21 January 1921 — South Australia, Australia Disappeared: after 1922 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Hazel Maynard Close 1894– Birth: 7 August 1894 — Laura, South Australia, Australia

Family with Leslie Bennett
husband	Links Birth: 15 April 1883 — Moonta, South Australia, Australia Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Mercy Laura Close Leslie Bennett 1883– Birth: 15 April 1883 — Moonta, South Australia, Australia
herself	Links Birth: 29 December 1886 — Laura, South Australia, Australia Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Leslie Bennett Mercy Laura Close 1886– Birth: 29 December 1886 — Laura, South Australia, Australia
daughter	Joan Mercy Bennett –
son	Henry Trevor Bennett –
daughter	Frances Mary Bennett –
son	Graham Leslie Bennett –
son	John Nelson Bennett –

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Name	Source: Contributor: Lyn Hamilton

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Birth	Name: Mercy Laura Close Birth Date: 29 Dec 1886 Father's Name: John Thomas Close Mother's name: Frances Wilkinson Birth Place: Laura Registration Place: Clare, South Australia Page Number: 268 Volume Number: 388 Australia Birth Index, 1788-1922

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14 March 2014

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Family with parents
father Parents James Ayrton Close Hannah Kitchen	John Thomas Close 1853–1896
mother	Frances (Fanny) Wilkinson 1854–1938
elder sister	Annie Lillian Maynard Close 1877–1878
elder brother Family Alice Richmond Rex Rex Wilkinson Close Jack Ayrton Close	James Ayrton Close 1878–1934
elder brother Family Elizabeth Elsie Maud Grundy James Noel Close	Frank Wilkinson Close 1880–1937
elder brother Family Beatrice May Bills Ronald Wilkinson Close Frank William Close Sidney Maynard Close James Raymond Close	Sidney Kitchen Close 1882–1963
elder sister Family John Howard Dawkins Sydney Lance Dawkins Margaret Ina Dawkins Elaine Maynard Dawkins William Garth Dawkins Shirley Frances Dawkins	Frances Hannah Close
herself	Mercy Laura Close 1886–
younger sister	Eva Mary Close 1889–
younger brother Family Gladys Muriel West Cilento Jill Ayrton Close Rosemary Jocelyn Close	Walter John Westcott Close 1891–
younger sister	Fanny Close 1893–1893
younger sister	Hazel Maynard Close 1894–

Family with Leslie Bennett
husband	Leslie Bennett 1883–
herself	Mercy Laura Close 1886–
daughter	Joan Mercy Bennett
son	Henry Trevor Bennett
daughter	Frances Mary Bennett
son	Graham Leslie Bennett
son	John Nelson Bennett

Descendants

Mercy Laura Close(1886–)
- Leslie Bennett