Associate names and places

This series of posts focuses on an A-Z theme for April in 2025. I have chosen events that occurred On This Day in April of years in the past. These events are recorded in my genealogy database.

A - Associate Names and Places

Many of my relatives lived and died in a small area within South Australia. When researching family history, one way to bring ancestors to life is by connecting their names to the places they lived. Streets, towns, and landmarks that may seem ordinary today were once the backdrop of their daily lives, shaping their experiences and stories. Here we have Minnie from Freeling, and Margaret who lived in Riverton and was buried in the local Catholic cemetery.

Lower mid-north, South Australia

On this day - April 1

Birth 1922 - Minnie Patricia MEANEY 2nd cousin once removed 

Minnie was the eleventh child born to Catherine Peters and Thomas John Meaney near Freeling in South Australia. Freeling in 1922 was still a small town with the surrounding farms growing mainly cereal crops, wheat, oats and barley.

On October 24, 1946 at age 24 she married Michael Collins. 

MEANEY—COLLINS.—The marriage of Minnie Patricia, youngest daughter of Mr. T. J. and the late Mrs. Meaney, of Freeling, to Michael Francis, youngest son of Mrs. E. and the late Mr. D. Collins, of Mallala, will be solemnised with Nuptial Mass at St. Peter and Paul's Church, North Adelaide on Thursday October 24, at 3 pm.

1946 'Family Notices', The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 - 1954), 24 October, p. 16   http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article35762902 

Death 1992 - Death: Margaret Mary CALLERY 1st cousin once removed

Margaret Mary Callery was the second child of five born to Catherine Smyth and John Callery in Riverton in December 1901. Her mother died of acute meningitis before her ninth birthday leaving John with five young children. The youngest was only five months old. 

When Margaret’s eldest sister Ann became a nun in 1924 it would have been up to Margaret as the next eldest daughter to take responsibility for the household. Her brother Edward married in 1926 then her father died in 1928. By 1941 her two younger sisters had married Shanahan brothers. 

In 1950 when she was 48 she married Donald Bascombe. They were to have 34 years together.

CALLERY — BASCOMBE. — The marriage of Margaret Mary Callery, second daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Callery, of Riverton, to Donald Allan Bascombe, second son of Mrs. and the late Mr. James Bascombe, of Streaky Bay, will be solemnised at Sacred Heart Church, Hindmarsh, on April 17, at 9 a.m. Reception at Berkley Hotel.

1950 'Family Notices', The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 - 1954), 8 April, p. 24.  http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article50201944

Donald died in 1984. After her death on 1 April 1992, she was buried alongside him in the Navan Cemetery near Riverton.

Tombstone in Navan Catholic Cemetery

The Callery Family

This post first appeared on earlieryears.blogspot.com by CRGalvin