School Results
It appears that Grace Walmsley Payne excelled at her studies and music lessons as several of her results were listed. Music played a significant role in the Payne family. In 1909 she was still at school in Ballarat, Victoria.
By 1916 Grace had left school in Ballarat and was living in Adelaide where she passed a Grade IV singing examination (1). In later life she is listed as leading the choir at the Catholic church of Colonel Light Gardens in Adelaide. (2)
In the meantime her future husband John Michael Galvin had also undertaken music lessons listed here as passing an elementary piano exam.
Perhaps some of my readers may remember waiting for their own final school results to be published in the newspapers.
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| 1909 'SCHOOLS OF THE SISTERS OF MERCY.—MERIT CERTIFICATES.', Advocate (Melbourne, Vic. : 1868 - 1954), 14 August, p. 21. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article170909620 |
In the meantime her future husband John Michael Galvin had also undertaken music lessons listed here as passing an elementary piano exam.
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| 1906 'SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS.', Evening Journal (Adelaide, SA : 1869 - 1912), 12 December, p. 4. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article201890777 |
1. 1916 'MUSIC EXAMINATIONS.', The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1931), 13 October, p. 10. , http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article6458260
2. 1928 'HONORING A SAINT.', The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1931), 8 October, p. 16. , viewed http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article73726867
I recently found school results for my great-grandfather! I first thought he was very bad at school, but then I realized the numbers were backwards back then (1 was the best and 5 the worst).
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