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Description: Beatrice McConnell is represented on the webpage created for the Significant Women of Gawler Project. Gawler History Team has preserved information from this website as it is significant to Gawler's history. To read about Trix McConnell's life please <[https://drive.google.com/file/d/18-iCmCLWhHwpvuPARti6JvaEeBzLdsX4/view?usp=sharing click here].> [https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B4EjkA7CXbhAbFRBM1NOcEpTeFk/edit?usp=sharing Click here] to read "Looking Back. Recollections of the 'Church of England' in Gawler 1846-1996" as compiled by B.E. McConnell August 1996 [https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B4EjkA7CXbhARENFcnNLb1RxQlU/edit?usp=sharing Click here] to read "The Church of the Transfiguration, Gawler South 1895-1995" by Beatrice E McConnell 1995 Beatrice (Trix) McConnell lived all of her life in Gawler. Trix was just three months old when her mother died; a she was raised by her grandmother and aunt. Trix never married and the one constant thread in her life was the community of the Transfiguration Church where she attended all her life. In her early years she was a keen photographer and stamp collector. Noting that the girls of the town needed a diversion, Trix took up the challenge of creating a Brownie and Girl Guide group at Gawler. She was involved with the group well past her eightieth year. Trix spent her last few years at the James Martin Retirement Village. This information was extracted from 'Gawler's Cemeteries' Historical Leaflet. Researched and written by Anne Richards, Librarian, Reference and Research Services <br /> ''Number 16 in a Series of Historical Pamphlets produced by Gawler Public Library © 2008 Gawler Public Library'' <br /> Please <[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1z4avrizgUjcFYnRFPmbJG9_QU3ajM0Ho/view?usp=sharing click here]> to view the document, with reference to Beatrice McConnell on Page 15. Please [http://www.flickr.com/photos/gawler_history/sets/72157633467734923/ click here] for photos of Trix McConnell READ ALSO "Gawler memories 1901 to 2001" by Trix McConnell In 1943 Beatrice (law clerk) and her Aunt Caroline Sweeney (dressmaker) were residing at 9 Twelfth Street, Gawler South.<ref>Australia, Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980 via Ancestry</ref> === Beatrice McConnell's Birth, Death & Burial Information === ====== McCONNELL, Beatrice Eileen 'Trix' ====== b. 10 Oct 1901 Gawler, SA (Reg. Port Gawler 684/364, father 'James McConnell' & mother 'Amelia nee Sweeney') Never married d. 3 Dec 2001 Gawler, SA Buried St George's Cemetery, Gawler East, SA (Plot U47) === Sweeney Family Birth, Death & Marriage Information - Beatrice's Maternal Line === ====== SWEENEY, Michael (Beatrice's maternal grandfather) ====== b. Abt. 1839, England m. 10 Nov 1863, Manchester, Lancashire, England d. 29 Mar 1925, at his residence Murray Street, Gawler South, SA, aged 86 (Reg. SA 336/477)<ref>Death Notices (Chronicle 4 Apr 1925) https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/89368089</ref> Buried St George's Cemetery, Gawler East, SA (Plot U7 - with wife & children Samuel & Amelia) ====== NEAL, Hannah (SWEENEY)(Beatrice's maternal grandmother) ====== b. Abt. 1844, England d. 8 Oct 1913, Gawler South, SA, aged 69 (Reg. Port Gawler 202/378) Buried St George's Cemetery, Gawler East, SA (Plot U7 - with husband & children Samuel & Amelia) ==== Children of Michael Sweeney & Hannah nee Neal ==== The children of the couple included: ====== SWEENEY, Mary Hannah (RIVERS)(Beatrice's aunt) ====== b. 1866, England m. '1896, 'Francis Ernest Edgeo Rivers', WA (Reg. WA 487) d. 25 Sep 1952, SA (Reg. SA 788/5416) Buried St George's Cemetery, Gawler East, SA (Plot U46 - with sister Caroline) ====== SWEENEY, Amelia 'Millie' (McCONNELL)(Beatrice's mother) ====== b. 12 Sep 1875, Lancashire, England m. 1900 'James McConnell', SA (Reg. Port Gawler 205/1213) d. 13 Jan 1902, Gawler South, SA, aged 26 (Reg. Port Gawler 220/283) Buried St George's Cemetery, Gawler East, SA (Plot U7) ====== SWEENEY, Caroline Beatrice 'Carrie' (Beatrice's aunt) ====== b. 4 Jun 1878, Gawler, SA (Reg. Barossa 489/201) d. 12 Jun 1959, SA (Reg. SA 3849/892) Buried St George's Cemetery, Gawler East, SA (Plot U46) ====== SWEEENEY, Samuel Frederick ====== d. 3 Jan 1882, aged 17 months Buried St George's Cemetery, Gawler East, SA (Plot U7 - with parents & sister Amelia) The fields below can each contain multiple values. Separate them with a comma.
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