From Christine Frater 2.1.2007
He resided at Villa 1, The Boulevarde in 1997 in East Maitland, New South Wales, Australia.http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/Items_listing.asp?S=2&F=1&O=0&T=I&C=96
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FRATER KENNETH HAY : Service Number - NX41084 : Date of birth - 08 Feb 1909 : Place of birth - NARRABRI NSW : Place of enlistment - TAMWORTH NSW : Next of Kin - FRATER ELMA
Series number B883 Control symbol NX41084 Contents date range 1939 - 1948
Access status Open Location Canberra Barcode 4894386
From Christine Frater
http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/ marriages
18722/1928 RAINGER DAVID H FRATER PENELOPE H INVERELL
From Christine Frater
Known as Aunt Toss by Christine's father.Karen has her birth year as 1899.
details from Karen Leigh Hemmingway
From Caroline Frater
The day Dad was buried it was snowing and bitter cold. There was a foot of snow on the ground and we had to climb a small hill to get to the grave site. The pallbears had a hard time, as they kept slipping. Although there was a canopy over the grave site, the wind cut like a whip. The only consolation was that Dad was finally with my mother again.Raymond married Caroline M. FENNELL when he was nineteen yrs. old and she was just eighteen yrs. They went to the Court House in Greensburg and got the license, and were married there. Aunt Mildred said that since they were under age at the time, she didn't know how they pulled it off. I guess young love carried the day that time!
Dad was baptized at the Church of the Advent, in Jeannette,Pennsylvania. After his wife Caroline died he never went to church again.
From Caroline Frater
Caroline liked to draw and I have several of her drawings. She also played the piano.
From Caroline Frater
The day Dad was buried it was snowing and bitter cold. There was a foot of snow on the ground and we had to climb a small hill to get to the grave site. The pallbears had a hard time, as they kept slipping. Although there was a canopy over the grave site, the wind cut like a whip. The only consolation was that Dad was finally with my mother again.Raymond married Caroline M. FENNELL when he was nineteen yrs. old and she was just eighteen yrs. They went to the Court House in Greensburg and got the license, and were married there. Aunt Mildred said that since they were under age at the time, she didn't know how they pulled it off. I guess young love carried the day that time!
Dad was baptized at the Church of the Advent, in Jeannette,Pennsylvania. After his wife Caroline died he never went to church again.
From Caroline Frater
John had come home from the night shift at Jeannette Glass Co. He was washing up in a small bath off of the bedroom. Grandma heard a strange sound and went in and found him slumped over the sink. He had had a massive heart attack. He died almost instantly.John worked as a Glass Worker most of his life. At one time he was a Police Officer on the Jeannette Police Force. I have one picture of him in uniform and one of a group photo of the Police Force standing on the steps of City Hall in Jeannette.
From Caroline Frater
From Caroline Frater
From Caroline Frater
Grandma Lyda told me that she had a stillbirth between my father and the birth of his sister Mildred. She knew for several weeks that the baby was not living, but had to carry the baby to term, and go into labor naturally. The baby was a boy. He wasn't named and I think that was a shame, but I understand why that was.